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[Jun Ji-hyun]

[Ju Ji-hoon]

[Sung Dong-il]

[Oh Jung-se]

[Cho Han-chul]

[Joo Min-kyung]

[Go Min-si]

[Jirisan]

[The show is an adapted fiction based on stories of National Park Rangers.]

[All characters, events, regions, ]

[organizations depicted in the show are fictitious.]

[When I got injured here before, ]

[there were yellow ribbons.]

[They were tied to the other side, not the top.]

As if they wanted you to get lost.

What about the yellow ribbon?

[Anything on this?]

Why are you asking about yellow the ribbon?

Was there anything else? Like, did you see someone suspicious?

No, I don't think so.

[Someone murdered my colleague.]

Who gave you the yogurt drink?

[The hiker looking at the pink rucksack handed him a yogurt.]

Since then, he felt dizzy and nauseous

and even hallucinated.

[And that person is]

[still on this mountain.]

[Killing people]

[on this mountain]

[to this day.]

[Daily Log]

The shape has changed.

[Jirisan National Park Haedong Ranger Station]

[Date of the accident: August 4th, 2020 Cheonwangbong Peak, Restricted Trail]

[Daily Log, August 4th, 2020 Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[Mujindong Missing Case Report]

[July 19th, 2020, Mujindong Restricted Trail]

[Daily Log, July 19th, 2020 Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[Jo Dae-jin]

[Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[July 19th, 2020]

[Kang Hyun-jo, Haedong Ranger Station, 2019]

[Lee Jong-gu, Jan. 20th, 2018 Fell from Buam Cliff, Deokseoryeong]

[Kim Hyeon-su, Sept. 15th, 2017 Died in Baektogol during ruck march]

[Daily Log, Sept. 15th, 2017 Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[Seo Geum-ja, Nov. 16th, 2017 Yangseokbong Peak, the rope broke]

[Daily Log, Nov. 16th, 2017 Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[Lee Jong-gu, Jan. 20th, 2018 Fell from Buam Cliff, Deokseoryeong]

[Jo Dae-jin, Day Off]

[Kim Jin-deok, Mar. 23rd, 2018 Fell in Narigol, Daeyeong-ri]

[Day Off]

[Exploded and died]

[Day Off]

I didn't know you were here.

Sorry, I scared you. Sorry for screaming.

Did you just get here?

Did you see anyone on the way?

No.

But there's something I must tell you.

Have you checked the automated camera?

Well...

I checked it all, but...

This! What on earth is this?

How can a twig move by itself?

Also, when I was up there,

another branch snapped by itself.

- And it suddenly turned dark, - Dowon Valley.

and it was so windy.

- I was so scared. - Dowon Valley, Sumgol Rock.

I'm sorry?

Someone is going to die there.

We need to go there.

Haedong Ranger Station control room.

There's been an SOS report from Sumgol Rock in Dowon Valley.

I repeat.

There's been an SOS report from Sumgol Rock in Dowon Valley.

Seseok One.

Bidam One, 1km point from Dowon Valley.

Patrolling the trail at Sumgol Rock 2km point.

- We'll mobilize. - We will too.

[How's the victim?]

It must be an urgent situation.

The call ended after he said he was lost.

This is a false report.

Is this okay?

[Haedong Ranger Station control room.]

How does it look? Did you get there?

[We found the victim!]

Take his belt off!

Tilt him more.

The mouth!

Sir.

[National Park]

[Sungjin Hospital]

Yi-gang.

How is he?

It would have been dangerous if we came any later.

So that's a relief.

He's gotten a lot better after they washed out his stomach.

What happened to him? Did you ask?

There was something wrong with the yogurt he drank.

Yogurt drink?

Yes. Someone left a yogurt by the stream.

He was thirsty, so he didn't think much of it.

And that's when he started to feel sick.

Excuse me!

Where did you get that?

Did you get that from a hiker or pick it up from somewhere?

Why?

Are we not allowed to bring this to the mountain?

It's not alcohol.

We can't even drink yogurt here?

Sorry about that. Take care.

What's wrong with you?

Did the police even investigate Geum-rye's incident?

I told you, it's concluded as an accident.

I met Private Ahn again.

He said the hiker was closing the rucksack zipper.

He could have put poison mushrooms in the bag.

To make us think she died from mushroom poisoning.

But since Private Ahn caught the scene, he tried to kill him too.

His looks?

Do you remember?

Of course.

He was

about 175cm tall.

Just a regular-looking dude.

In his early thirties, max.

He was wearing a black T-shirt with white stains

and a pair of beige hiking pants.

We only need to find him.

He's got to be our culprit.

It's all your guess.

You think the police will buy that?

Her family is suffering enough as it is.

We can't burden them more with something uncertain.

Hello.

Don't get up.

It's all right.

Oh, I can't thank you enough.

Not at all. This is our job.

Still...

I came to ask a couple of things. Please answer comfortably.

That yogurt...

Where and how did you find it?

Did you see anyone else there?

If there was, I wouldn't be in this state right now.

There was no one to help me.

My phone stopped working,

and I kept barfing.

I thought I'd die.

I guess the story was true.

About the ghost, you know.

The ghost?

There's a male ghost on the mountain these days.

And the rumor is you die in a few after seeing him.

I didn't believe it at first.

But I saw that ghost with my own eyes.

Yes, coming!

[I hid because I thought he was a ranger, ]

[but he looked weird.]

He was covered in blood.

A ranger?

That logo on your uniform.

It was on his jumper.

It was white and this long

with that logo on the back.

You mean a snow suit?

I don't know what that is.

You mean this jumper?

It's him.

What do you mean?

It's him!

The ghost I was talking about.

I'm sure of it.

Who is he?

Is he really a ranger?

Why's he covered in blood?

Just because you don't get them doesn't mean they're lies.

[It gave me a gift.]

To save people.

I saw it.

Where the lost hikers are...

[Kang Hyun-jo.]

Hello?

Yi-gang! It's been so long.

How have you been?

Are you keeping up with rehab training?

[So how can I help you?]

Well...

Hyun-jo...

[How is Hyun-jo?]

He's fine.

[Did he]

regain his consciousness?

No, nothing really happened.

But he's hanging in there.

Okay, thank you.

Yi-gang?

I heard you came back. I guess it's true.

I was worried about you.

I'm glad you look healthy.

Do you need a ride to the ranger station?

No, it's all right.

Okay, then.

You know...

You said before

that anything is possible on the mountain.

Yes.

Could there really be a ghost on the mountain?

You think all the folktales set on mountains are false?

You know they call Mount Jirisan the mountain of patience.

There are more people who climb with a story or two

than for the sake of leisure.

Those people have sorrow and regret.

And ghosts are all about sorrow and regret.

If anyone had a strong desire,

they could remain there as a ghost.

Sure.

Then I'll see you around.

[Emergency Ward]

[Year 2018]

[Mud Festival]

[Korea National Park Service]

[Mud Festival, RSVP Now!]

[Name: Jung Gu-yeong]

- What are you up to? - Goodness!

[Mud Festival]

What?

Girls hate these.

This is exactly why Yang-sun doesn't like you.

Lee Yang-sun?

Are you two dating?

It's a one-way thing.

It's not!

She's looking at me differently these days.

She'll think you're a perv if you try to bring her to this festival.

Is it that bad?

They don't love it.

Their makeup washes off, and they have to redo it.

How do you know that? Have you gone with a girl?

Yes.

Then where should I take her?

Why are you asking us?

Ask Yang-sun.

I have to cancel all this? It took a while.

Will there be half-naked men there?

Yes. Do you want to go?

[Endangered Species Restoration Center]

What is this sound?

What else? It's moon bear.

There are bears here?

Not just bears.

Elks, raccoons, pythons...

They study every animal and plant from Mount Jirisan.

So why are we here?

Come, you'll see.

Hey.

What did you want to ask?

Who's this?

A newbie?

Hello. I'm Kang Hyun-jo.

You can have some if you want.

Don't. They're for the bears.

My babies are so spoiled.

They won't touch the fruits if I don't cut them up.

Whatever. Why did you call me?

Is that a Korean rat snake?

That's right.

Because of ecological study on endangered species,

we injected microchips in ten and released them.

But number four went missing.

Where is its final location?

Near Bamgol.

But I can't locate the signal anywhere near there.

I think it went over to the Haedong Ranger Station side.

Please look for it when you're on patrol.

Here's a tracker.

Hey, Dr. Yoon.

You've worked in the mountain for years. Don't you get it yet?

You have to look elsewhere, not the mountain.

[Health Foods]

Welcome.

Are you looking for anything specific?

Are you two married?

Looking to make a baby?

Snakehead is great for women.

Actually...

What's good for virility?

You've come to the right place.

How about turtle soup?

We make good turtle soup.

No, you know what I mean.

Something that really works.

Like...

snake, you know?

Are you sure that's the one?

Yes.

If it disappeared near Bamgol, it must be around here.

And I heard that store is making a bank lately.

I'm sure that's the one.

I don't know about this.

If it's within 700m, the tracker should go off.

But there's no signal.

You just wait.

They'll make a move soon.

I heard you study mushrooms there too.

Do you study Common Rustgill too?

It's a dangerous mushroom.

Of course we do.

Can a regular person

extract poison from it?

I doubt it.

You need proper tools to do it.

Why do you ask?

This is his guess,

but someone's putting the poison in yogurt to kill people.

Seriously? Who? Why?

I said it's his guess.

Do you think that's possible?

It's not impossible.

Someone who knows an extraction method

and the geography or vegetation of Mount Jirisan could do it.

But that's only rangers...

Why would a national park ranger

do such a thing?

Hold on. Look!

[Health Foods]

Hey.

Take this.

Hide, hide now.

Quick! Follow them!

Seat belts! I need to put on the seat belt.

Why isn't it starting?

You're too close. They'll find out.

We're getting a signal!

Why aren't they coming out?

Should we go in?

Wait.

Should we call the police first?

Yi-gang!

Yi-gang!

Freeze!

Yi-gang!

Who do you think you are?

Do you own that mountain?

Don't you know the law regarding wild animal protection?

Look! Here.

"If you process, distribute, or store wild animals in danger of extinction,"

"you'll be imprisoned for 2 years or charged with a fine of 20 million won."

What do you know, kid?

My family's been collecting herbs and catching animals on that mountain

since my grandfather's grandfather.

You must be real proud.

- What? Come here! - Stop it.

- Darn you! - I'm here!

What are you going to do?

- What can you do? - Stop it.

National Park, my foot!

Humans came before mountains!

Is that why you caught so many snakes?

You could've wiped out the whole species!

- You look like a snake! - What did you say?

What have those poor snakes ever done to you?

I should have known when you winked at me.

- Hey! Who do you think you are? - How dare you kill all those snakes?

- Why mess with me? - What did you say?

- Get off of me! - What?

- Darn it! - Come at me!

Is that the newbie?

Yes.

He's tall but very plain-looking.

I wouldn't say he is plain.

He's not normal, though.

Is that so?

What a shame. He's so young though.

23 black and 18 yellow rat snakes,

and 53 tiger keelbacks. That's 94 in total.

Well done.

Thanks a lot.

Good night.

Oh, right.

We should head back now.

Okay.

This trail is a lot worse than other restricted areas.

Not even herb collectors come here.

And since there are no humans, it's animal paradise.

And...

This is the only graveyard where you can see Cheonwangbong Peak.

Is this it?

Yes, it is.

Nothing, right?

Yes, I guess.

Let's go down.

We've got special patrol to do.

How come you came with me without a question?

You always yell at me for saying nonsense.

But today, you came without a complaint.

It's weird. You're Demon Seo.

You don't want to live long, do you?

Darn it. Who do they think they are?

Hurry up before it gets dark.

What if we get caught again?

How else will we pay the fine?

Are we going to starve the kids?

It's either do or die.

What are you doing? You go that way.

How could such a graveyard still remain in a national park?

Aren't illegal properties subject to demolition here?

For the graves that were here before it became a national park,

families often don't agree to move them.

Like that one.

Chuseok is over, and Cold Food festival is not here yet.

No one will come for a while, which means no injuries.

Not only families come here.

[There are many animals around too.]

[Especially snakes are spotted a lot under a stone table.]

Haedong One, 3km from Saemagol. An explosion noise!

Check for an SOS report!

Don't come up!

Stay there!

A potato bomb?

That's right.

Homemade bombs used by poachers who hunted moon bears in the 60s and 70s.

Bear liver and gall bladder were considered a luxury back then.

So the poachers set them up here and there on Mount Jirisan.

It's kind of like a landmine.

But they're still on the mountain?

In the 60s, when the national park was established,

everyone including the villagers searched

and removed any remaining bombs.

But they couldn't reach the deep restricted trails.

This is Mount Jirisan, after all.

But how did this old junk explode?

The casing of a potato bomb is entirely sealed with wax.

And because no wind or rain could get in,

the detonator and explosive must have remained inside.

We keep telling them not to enter.

Well...

I have something to tell you.

We patrolled the site before the accident.

We've looked all around for any dangerous objects.

But the bomb wasn't there.

Is that true?

Yes.

Did you really look everywhere?

Maybe you confused it with something else.

No.

There really was nothing then.

I'm positive.

Are you sure?

If you're not sure, this is a huge problem.

It means a civilian died because of a park ranger's mistake.

My goodness.

Take me with you.

How could you leave me?

What on earth is wrong with you all?

You act like you own the mountain,

and look what you've done to my husband!

Please calm down, and let's...

How can you say that? My husband died before my eyes!

Bring him back.

Bring him back!

Bring my husband back!

We're terribly sorry about the accident.

Accident?

Did you say it was an accident?

I saw

those two on the mountain that day.

Yet, they did nothing!

Am I wrong?

They just let the bomb explode!

The reason he went to the mountain that day

is because of you all.

He needed to make money somehow after getting all the snakes taken!

You have

murdered my husband!

- Mom... - I can't let him go like this!

Please get a grip!

I won't move a step until you pay for his life!

I'll stay here with my husband!

Calm down.

Bring him back!

My poor son.

Bring him back!

My poor son.

My goodness.

[Health Foods]

[Jirisan National Park Jeonbuk Office]

[Jirisan National Park Haedong Ranger Station]

["Coffin Can't Leave. Whose Fault Is It?"]

["Bad Maintenance of National Park Loses a Man's Life"]

It's been days already.

We must come up with measures.

Yes.

It's still hot during the day.

If the corpse starts to rot, the media will get even louder.

Why don't we compensate them now?

That's impossible.

What happened is unfortunate,

but it happened in a restricted area.

If we compensate them,

the grounds for regulating illegal hikers will get weaker.

Well, we can't leave them like that.

We must take responsibility somehow.

[Chief of Korea National Park Service]

You're right.

Someone

must take responsibility.

Seo Yi-gang.

Is it true that you were there before the accident?

You could've recognized and removed such a dangerous thing.

What's wrong with Haedong Station lately?

Hey, have you seen a potato bomb?

How can you remove something you don't know?

That's not all.

Last time with Geum-rye, too. Why are there so many accidents?

I'll say this as a team leader.

Stay vigilant.

That stupid team leader nonsense.

You should have become a team leader then.

How did it go?

What did the chief say?

He'll take the responsibility and resign.

Sir!

What Hyun-jo told is the truth.

There was nothing there when we were on patrol.

Someone placed it there after we did our patrol.

If we find the person,

we'll prove that it wasn't our fault.

All right.

Let's say that someone did.

Then finding that person is the police's job.

But...

We have our own job.

It's to protect those who come to the mountain.

Local residents are the ones who come here the most.

Our priority

is to regain their trust.

See you around.

Bring him back!

Bring him back!

Bring my husband back.

Please bring my husband back

Bring him back.

How am I going to live without him?

Bring him back!

[Jirisan National Park Haedong Ranger Station]

My poor son...

Dad.

Dad!

- Dad. - My poor son...

Let's go back.

I can't end it like this.

Don't make matters worse.

Chief resigned, trying so hard to settle this down.

I saw a hand.

[There were five scratch scars]

[like from a small animal's claws.]

I can never

forget that hand.

Enough.

On that day,

someone else was on that mountain.

I will find that person,

no matter what it takes.

[If you find this explosive, do not touch it]

[and report immediately to the national park office.]

[Caution, Explosion Risk]

[Caution, Explosion Risk]

Who's there?

What brings you here?

I have something to ask you.

Okay. I'll be done in a second.

They're all found on Mount Jirisan.

You know, to capture wild animals

like bears, raccoons, snakes, and badgers.

Although this time, a person was sacrificed.

[Town Hall Meeting, Information Session on Explosives]

Darn it.

It's so busy today.

Why did the newbie have to be sick today?

That's strange.

Where did this sick kid go in this early morning?

He wasn't in the residence.

No?

He must be really sick.

He called me early, saying he'll get checked at a big hospital.

What?

Really?

What's wrong with him?

His head.

Head?

Head?

Hey.

We don't have enough drinks. Go get some more.

Okay.

No, no. I'll go.

Help me, Yang-sun. Come with me.

Why's everyone so awkward today?

No, just hurry.

Why are they going together?

The potato bomb?

Yes.

I heard that you've been researching on it.

Was it

really the one the poachers used in the 1960s?

Could someone have

copied one from the past?

No.

You can't get any parts of the bomb from anywhere now.

I'm certain it was what the poachers used in the past.

You said

they removed a bunch of potato bombs before.

Were the bombs sent anywhere?

Like a museum or a national park.

Why would the park keep such a dangerous thing?

They were dismantled and burned immediately.

I see.

Why do you ask?

Do you think it wasn't an accident?

Yes.

That's very unlikely.

I mean, there were some people in the town

who found them on their own and kept them privately,

but I heard they were all confiscated.

Privately owned bombs?

By who?

Some workers kept them as a souvenir.

Could I get a list of them?

I told you.

It's highly unlikely.

That's okay.

[We don't have a list, ]

[but I can introduce you to one of the workers from then.]

[He'll probably know other workers.]

I'll take this too.

- No, it's fine. - Don't worry.

I've been working out, so my arms feel strong.

Boy, these are light as a feather!

Oh, not this one!

You must be tired because of all this.

How did that stupid potato bomb...

Who's there?

get left behind?

Don't worry, though.

It won't happen again.

This is when you need a change of surroundings.

You want to go for a drive on your day off?

There's this Milking Goats Festival.

It's supposed to be really fun.

Do you want to go milk some goats with me?

I'm sorry, but I need to go to the station right now.

Sorry.

Okay.

I got dumped again.

What on earth is the problem?

Hello?

Anyone there?

Who is it?

Hello.

I'm from the national park.

The national park?

Mr. Kang at the Restoration Center referred me here.

I heard you were a part of the bomb removal process.

Yes, so?

I have something to ask about the potato bombs.

I don't know anything.

One second!

I know you've got nothing to do with this.

I'm only asking to check.

Is there anything that you know about the recent bomb incident?

I know nothing!

The bomb just disappeared!

The bomb disappeared?

I swear I left it in here.

But it just disappeared.

I didn't want people to get the wrong idea so I didn't share it.

So pretend you didn't see this.

I don't want to get my granddaughter in trouble.

Your granddaughter?

Hello.

Where are the people?

They should be here soon.

Oh, granny is here.

Hello!

Thank you for your hard work.

Welcome.

Girl, you haven't called in days!

Have you been skipping your meals?

It's not just me. We've all been busy.

Are you okay?

Did you come alone? What about others?

They said they'd come.

Oh, there they are.

Thank you for coming.

I'm not here to forgive you.

I want to watch what you all have to say.

Let's go in first.

Come in.

[Haedong Town Hall]

[Information Session on Explosives]

If her work finds out about this,

she might get in trouble.

You're her colleague.

So please just let it pass.

[I saw a hand.]

[There were five scratch scars]

[like from a small animal's claws.]

[Jirisan]

[Three bombs went missing. There's still one left.]

[The person might know something.]

[You're Yang-sun's cousin?]

[It's that person.]

Where's Yang-sun?

Yang-sun!

[If I believed you at first, ]

could we have saved her?

[Someone noticed our plan.]

[It was one of the rangers.]

[You're the only one I can trust.]

Can you help me?

[I can prove that he's the criminal.]