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Did you ID the suspect?

No, not exactly. However,

I did find...

a cold case with his fingerprints.

A cold case?

It happened in 1996 at Yeonhye-dong of Gangryeong City.

They collected the culprit's fingerprints,

but the case wasn't solved because they couldn't ID him.

(Gangryeong Steel Tradings)

(12-5 Yeonhye-dong)

What was the case?

What's this?

Why is there a trap door here?

Does it lead to the basement?

I should check it out.

Seong Mo, run!

Run. Get out of here!

For nine years, a man kept a woman and child...

locked up in the basement.

Detective Eun, are you still there?

That's everything written on the report.

I'll text you the case number and who investigated it.

(Psychometry, Greek "PSYCHE (soul)" and "METRON (measure)")

(The ability to measure and interpret a person or object's soul)

(He is Psychometric, Episode 12)

What...

is all this?

Why are there cages...

in a basement?

Were someone locked down here?

I saw Seong Mo running out of this place.

He was only about 7 or 8.

Ji Soo.

He was probably nine.

Seong Mo...

was locked up here until he was nine.

What do you mean?

How is that even possible?

Officer Yoon. Take a look around with An.

I'll visit the local precinct and get some information.

Kang Seong Mo.

Why do you have so many secrets?

You worried and thought on your own for two years.

I want to help.

Am I that useless to you?

Our relationship's not even.

My thoughts are so transparent.

I can't see a thing unless you tell me.

Shall I wait outside?

I might get in the way of your reading.

See if you can find anything I can take a look at.

Okay.

Don't push yourself too hard.

You know you fainted last time.

Yes.

Save me.

Let me out.

Please let me out.

I want to get out.

If you touch this baby, I die too.

Is that what you want?

Seong Mo.

I promise to get you out of here.

(Gangryeong Police Station)

(Filing Room)

People think such things only happen abroad.

It happens a lot in Korea. People just don't hear of it.

The Sinan slave incident,

and the confinement and assault of some cults.

A case like this would've gathered a lot of attention.

I don't remember hearing of it.

How was it kept this quiet when it was unsolved?

People don't talk about it because it was unsolved.

What?

Say something, anything. Tell me what you can.

I can't help you if you won't tell me anything.

A woman was confined for nine years and had a child.

The police had no knowledge of it.

The victims escaped on their own, without the police's help.

Not being able to find the culprit alone would've...

caused the police a lot of grief.

Do you know what the biggest problem was?

The culprit wasn't a registered citizen.

So...

this case would've exposed all the force's weaknesses,

so it was kept covered up?

Here you go.

(Gangryeong Ironworks Confinement Case)

(Suspect wanted)

(Kang Geun Taek, assumed name)

(175cm, 75kg, scar around neck)

Kang Geun Taek?

That's the name the victim Kang Eun Joo remembered.

He has no ID number, so a name is meaningless.

What's this?

A long scar around the neck?

He had an old scar around his neck.

We couldn't tell what it was.

Only Kang Eun Joo and her son had seen it.

Do you think the evidence from the case was kept somewhere?

The victim collected that a few years ago.

The victim?

The son had become a prosecutor.

I found out about this case while giving the evidence...

to the prosecutor.

I want Seong Mo to study.

Buy us some books.

Please get us some.

What use would that be in here?

He doesn't smile...

or say he's in pain when he's shackled.

He wants nothing...

and likes nothing.

Please, just any book.

Just one, even.

We must find something to help him feel emotions.

Please. Or he'll become like you.

You're afraid he'll become an emotionless monster like me?

Yes.

I won't let my son become a monster like you...

who fixates on someone.

I won't make him like that!

An emotionless...

monster?

(Gangryeong Ironworks Confinement Case)

What?

(Behavioral Analysis Results)

"Behavioral analysis results on Kang Seong Mo."

"Alexithymia."

"He's considered to have the inability..."

"to identify emotions."

Prosecutor Kang...

has alexithymia?

He seems to have gotten it...

genetically from his father.

He sure is...

a bit clumsy at expressing his emotions,

but there's no way he has alexithymia.

What if everything was...

an act...

the whole time?

Something's not right.

Not just Prosecutor Kang, but also Kang Geun Taek.

How could he fall in love with Kang Eun Joo...

and be obsessive with her?

I don't know.

This isn't what I specialize in.

Anyway, I asked Doctor Hong, so she'll call me soon.

Hi, Doctor Hong.

Let's go straight to the point.

Alexithymia occurs to someone...

with an inherently small size of amygdala.

Amygdala?

You know amygdala is...

what makes people have different personalities.

But the thing is,

the amygdala may acquire a personality...

through training or some kind of trigger as well.

A trigger?

(Korean Dictionary)

In the case of Kang Geun Taek,

meeting Kang Eun Joo might've been his trigger.

He learned an emotion for the first time through her.

Maybe that's why he's more obsessive with her.

Mom.

What's there outside that cabinet?

Trees.

Flowers.

Butterflies.

(Butterfly, a kind of insect)

Oceans.

The sky.

It's full of beautiful things.

Do you want to see them, Seong Mo?

What do you think? Isn't it pretty? Try touching it.

Seong Mo, look over there.

I don't know what it feels to have the desire to see.

Or to see something beautiful.

Does this mean...

Seong Mo had some kind of trigger to start feeling emotions too?

He must've kept trying...

not to become a monster like Kang Geun Taek.

An once told me...

that he saw a vision of Prosecutor Kang...

learning emotions from his mother.

Doctor Hong.

By any chance, is alexithymia...

the same thing as psychopath?

I get what you're thinking.

But psychopath and alexithymia require different brain structures.

Psychopaths have zero ability to empathize...

no matter how hard they try to learn.

People with alexithymia can change if they put their effort...

even if it wouldn't be perfect.

Thank you, Doctor Hong. I'll call you again later.

Are you okay?

You see,

I always wondered why...

Seong Mo never asked me for help.

Now I get it.

He risked his life to cut off his shackles and come out of the world,

but people were busy...

turning a blind eye on them instead of offering to help.

Was it that basement or the world...

that was more horrid for him?

Cutting off the shackles is no use.

His painful past...

is still haunting him.

My dad once said...

the would would fester if you cover it up.

His wound has finally been uncovered.

Everything will go well now.

Right.

A little more. Just a little more.

"The little prince asked,"

'"What does tame mean?'"

"The fox said,"

'"Something that is frequently neglected,'"

'"It means to create ties.'"

I want to stop reading.

I want to listen to it more.

The last part there.

You don't want to?

You might regret it later.

No!

Don't do it.

Please don't.

Don't hit him.

That's my woman.

Fine.

I'll continue reading.

But I want something in return.

What more do you need?

Clothes for the child? Books? Plants?

You just have to answer my question.

What is your real name?

Where are you from?

Kang Geun Taek.

That's my real name.

And...

I'm from somewhere that's not supposed to exist.

What?

Now as we promised,

keep reading.

"To me,"

"you shall be..."

"the only person who exists in my world."

"And I will become..."

"the only person..."

"who exists in your world."

That's right.

That part right there.

It's my favorite.

An, wake up. An!

An, wake up!

An.

Are you all right?

Can you hear me?

I told you to take it easy and not harm yourself.

Rather than yelling at me,

hand me a piece of candy.

Let's eat first.

The police force offers...

Officer Yoon and I insurance, but not you, so eat.

Officer Yoon, get him to eat.

What on earth...

did he mean by being from a place that doesn't exist?

Could Prosecutor Kang have found the abductor...

with a clue that's more like a riddle?

An invisible man who comes from a place that doesn't exist.

An invisible man?

Like I said, he's not a registered citizen.

I saw it on the news once.

Children who were never registered as citizen...

grow up to be involved in child abuse,

human trafficking, and illegal adoptions.

My guess is that...

the culprit spent his childhood in a similar way.

I agree.

Prosecutor Kang once received a commendation...

for mopping up...

a human and organ trafficking ring.

Some of the young victims he saved...

weren't registered...

Why aren't you finishing your sentence?

- I got it. - Got what?

Seong Mo worked some of his cases...

so that he could find his abductor.

If we look into the cases he investigated...

Eat up so that we can go.

How is eating a priority right now?

Don't and I'll leave you behind.

What do you mean Ji Soo went to work at a security center?

A female police officer was abducted recently.

She was almost murdered too,

but the culprit is still at large.

She went to the Seoheun Community Security Center...

in order to investigate the case.

Hold on.

Did you say Seoheun Community Security Center?

Yes, sir.

Seoheun Community Security Center?

(Yeongseong Apartment Murder Arson)

I brought lunch.

That Detective Eun...

How can she put Jae In on a case...

when she was only just discharged from the hospital?

Spicy stir-fried chicken.

Weren't you the one who called Jae In your responsibility?

How can you not know where she went?

Beans boiled in soy sauce and stir-fried kimchi.

If she lands in the hospital again,

I'm telling her to quit.

Bean sprouts soup.

My nose does its job even though I'm worried.

What?

I'm curious though.

Why are you still here?

I'm here to eat.

If there's a case to solve, then you're more qualified...

than Jae In...

since you're more experienced.

Why aren't you on it too?

What can I do at this age?

An old eagle still has abilities.

I saw you in action when Jae In was abducted.

You weren't kidding about being a hotshot in your heyday.

In other words, you're saying that I'm a loser now.

I don't want to do anything that I know I'll fail at.

(Search: Invisible children)

He must be completely out of battery.

Prosecutor Kang handed me a notepad...

when he asked me to help An with his abilities.

The one containing notes of An's readings?

- Do you know it? - Yes, I've seen it before.

He kept one ever since An started to have readings.

I see that he gave it to you.

He wrote that An was able to use his abilities...

to find the stuffed puppy dog his mom made.

(An is hurting and is sick.)

It said that An's abilities...

is brought to the maximum when he's desperate.

No wonder he found you that quickly when you were abducted.

Now that he knows what the man did to Prosecutor Kang,

he'll do whatever he can to get a read on him.

Let's develop his skills above and beyond...

and exploit them for other cases.

(Yeongseong Apartment Complex)

(Murder and arson)

(Kang Geun Taek)

I finally see the connections.

Yeongseong Apartment Complex, Hanmin Care Home,

the murder of Kim Gab Yong,

and the Gangryeong Ironworks Confinement Case...

were all committed by Kang Geun Taek,

the man who abducted Jae In.

That's right,

and it was all because of Prosecutor Kang's mother.

What about her body found in the Yeongseong Apartment fire?

He probably killed someone similar...

and brought the body.

Kang Eun Joo's ID card was found on the body,

so the arson must've been premeditated.

He was going to take her after faking her death,

but he failed.

(Police Commissioner Eun Byung Ho)

Only Kang Eun Joo and Kang Geun Taek know the truth about that day.

- That's why I'll... - Hold it.

Officer Yoon, you now know for sure that your father was framed.

Do you know that Detective Eun's father is responsible?

Yes.

Talk about a twisted fate.

Detective Eun.

We need to talk.

[VIU Ver] tvN E12 'He is Psychometric' "The Painful Past" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-

Let's forget about our ranks and just talk as colleagues.

Sure, go ahead.

You're investigating this case...

even though you know what your father did.

When the real culprit is revealed,

my father will have to pay for his mistake.

However, he'll be proud of me when the truth comes out.

We all make mistakes in life, right?

A mistake?

You think it was a mistake?

I'd like to ask you something too.

I know that you and my dad worked out of the same station...

when the Yeongseong Apartment Murder Arson happened...

although you were on different teams.

Just where...

did it go wrong?

Instead of an honest mistake,

did my dad cover up the truth on purpose?

("Blind Area of the Law, Invisible People")

Lieutenant Nam...

was acting weird, right?

Yes.

It seems like he knows something about the murder arson.

After you joined the force,

you said he caught you looking into the case files...

and had you stationed here with him.

He even let me live here,

so I thought he was being sympathetic.

Maybe that wasn't it.

What if he wanted you...

to stop looking into the case?

(Kang Eung Joo, Kang Geun Taek)

Didn't you figure out anything...

while raiding the human trafficking ring?

I'm sure you heard the rumors...

of it being related to YSS Construction.

Yes.

However, it wasn't mentioned in any news articles.

That's because YSS Construction...

has politicians and the police in its pocket.

They're not a company you can go up against.

What does that have to do with this case?

Before YSS Construction became the big company it is today,

it was called Yeongseong Construction.

The Yeongseong Apartment Complex didn't provide the proper roads...

for firetrucks to enter which resulted in many casualties.

No one was interested in that though.

Why?

Because they were given a much juicier story.

- No way. - The hero who saved lives...

turned out to be the culprit.

A self-fabricated scenario.

What could be more entertaining than that?

So in order to quickly cover up the case,

my dad purposely framed Yoon Tae Ha?

That's insane.

You probably know this,

but your father moved up the ranks rapidly after that case.

He's now police commissioner.

What do you think...

all that means?

Being a detective is reason enough...

for you to look into the Yeongseong Apartment arson.

Prosecutor Kang had reasons that involved his mother.

But as Eun Byung Ho's daughter...

Don't go any further.

In the end, you'll end up targeting...

Eun Byung Ho, your own father.

I guess Detective Eun's not coming back.

She's not answering her phone.

I'll take you home.

Why bother? I live right here.

I can only relax when I can see you.

I wish I could take you home.

Why would I come to your place...

Wait.

The things in Prosecutor Kang's room.

Weren't they all about the case?

Yes, I think so.

Let's go to your place.

Sit down.

Let's talk.

When will you stop doing what you want?

Do you think you can take whatever case you want and leave?

Living in a society means following rules and principles.

Are you acting like this because I have your back?

Return to your team tomorrow.

Detective Lee will take over the abduction...

at Seoheun Community Security Center.

Dad.

Why did you do it?

Did you think a castle...

built on sand would last?

What are you talking about?

Do you...

want me to tell you what you hid...

for so many years?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I know all about the Yeongseong Apartment fire.

And about...

YSS Construction.

Everything.

Eun Ji Soo.

Let me officially reopen the case.

That's the best you can do.

It's in the past.

No, it's all happening right now.

Do you know how people whom you hurt are doing now?

If you'd just investigated properly...

Even if...

I were to go back, I'd make the same choice.

How could you say that?

It's what I had to do to save you.

A few times a year,

you would collapse because of your diseased heart.

I was too weak and poor to provide care.

I hated that more than death.

You did that because of me?

If you don't want to return, resign.

I won't let you do this anymore.

Hey.

Did Dae Bong feed you?

Were you scared all alone?

How about I keep White Snow?

I live with my aunt.

White Snow would feel so lonely now that you're busy.

- Really? - You can come home with me later.

(Elimiate Panhandling in 100 Days)

My gosh.

- Is this the last one? - Yes.

Do you think...

something here is really related to him?

He brought these home.

That means these cases bothered him enough.

There must be something.

I'll look as well.

- You? - I'm not good at much.

But I can read Korean.

"Based on Criminal Code..."

"Article 152 Clause 2, the punishment of perjury..."

"and the goal of..." I need to freshen up.

My eyes are dim.

I overexerted myself today.

- I know. - It's not that I don't understand.

This isn't your expertise.

Don't try to take my job.

Don't you feel uncomfortable?

About what?

Being alone with you?

Not at all.

Work is work, privacy is privacy.

I'm pretty good at drawing lines.

I meant your outfit.

Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to work all night in that?

Then can you get me something to change into?

What is it?

It's like the calm before a storm.

It's as if a huge group...

will barge in when I'm not ready.

If it hadn't been for us alumni, you'd be long out of business.

Why? I love your chicken.

Don't compliment him. It goes to his head.

Eat up quick and start your part-time shift.

What about you, boss?

He's not going.

So Hyeon will come for her chicken soon.

Doesn't she have a kid?

My goodness. Boss, are you hitting on a married woman?

Morally or legally speaking,

there's no reason she can't date whoever she wants.

Dae Bong.

Follow her around if you can support her,

but if you're not serious, stop it right now.

Can you convince your dad to accept So Hyeon?

Can you?

This isn't something a few hits with a golf club can solve.

That's enough.

Are you after some fun and laughter, is that it?

So Hyeon's having a hard enough time as it is.

You're morally dirty if what you're thinking of...

Let's go.

You're leaving?

Teacher.

I just wanted to make her laugh.

Can't I even do that?

Boss. Stand with your back straight.

I think you're awfully charming.

You're cute, nice, and rich.

You like me because I'm a pushover.

Not as a guy.

Who cares if she has a kid?

My dad's a stepdad and he's really nice to me.

Stepdad?

I'm not saying...

I would even dare marry So Hyeon.

Why can't you? You can if you love her.

Hey, that car. Isn't that hers?

Don't turn around.

Don't. She'll get the wrong idea.

- That's what I'm after. - What?

You know nothing about women.

A man who throws himself at a woman isn't attractive.

Let go.

- Come along. - Let go.

You'll regret it if you go back now.

- I said no. - Then lean on my shoulder.

- Why would I do that? - Just do it.

- That's nonsense. - It's fine.

She'll get the wrong idea.

Stop it.

Let's just go.

Let go.

- Come on. Walk. - I'm serious.

Don't.

I don't want to break her heart...

just to win her favor.

Am I...

giving you a hard time?

If my hanging around you...

is sickening and disgusting,

tell me.

I won't show up again.

Yes.

I hate it.

Okay.

I see.

(Elimiate Panhandling in 100 Days)

(Human trafficking)

There's more relevant data than I expected.

Human trafficking, panhandling groups, and organ trafficking.

Especially, there are many cases of murdering the homeless.

All these may be related to people with unclear identities.

It must've been hard trying to read something you don't even know.

Seong Mo!

If you want to kill someone with that short height,

you shouldn't stab here.

but here.

You should've stabbed me here.

An. Lee An.

An.

Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?

Was it a dream?

It felt like I was performing psychometry.

What was it about?

In that basement, Seong Mo...

stabbed that man.

It's because...

you saw way too many shocking visions today.

You think so?

Go sleep in bed.

That way, you can perform your ability again tomorrow.

What about you?

I'm going to go home soon.

I'll take you home. Let's go.

- The homeless murder case? - Yes.

That case bothers me the most.

The day Kang Geun Taek abducted me,

he said his ID card was fake.

And its actual owner hasn't been found yet.

So he killed homeless people...

to get his hands on others' ID cards?

There are a few more murder cases other than that.

I'll have to look into them first.

There's something I've been unable to understand.

What is it?

Who is the person Kim Gab Yong mentioned?

You aren't dead yet, Hee Sook.

I'm sorry, but the higher-up doesn't want any future trouble.

I don't know.

In the worst case scenario...

Seong Mo's mother?

(Hardware Store)

(Knife)

Kang Eun Joo attempted suicide the day she found out...

the deaths of Kang Hee Sook and Park Soo Young.

It keeps bothering me.

I know that you're watching me.

If that's the only way...

to stop you,

I'll have no choice but to go with it.

Did you mean...

you'd come to see me?

Fine.

I'll let you see me...

because you're the best bait...

to find Eun Joo.

(Case Report)

(Witness Statement)

"Abandoned station"?

"They stayed at the abandoned subway station."

"Most panhandling children..."

"were unregistered and locked up with..."

(Most panhandling children were unregistered...)

"shackles around their necks."

What, shackles?

Where's the data on the confinement case which Detective Eun brought?

Here.

(Psychiatric Evaluation Result)

(Gangryeong Ironworks Confinement Case, Culprit Wanted)

I remember your face.

You took my father's jacket.

The scar on his neck.

It must be from the shackles.

What do you mean? Make me understand.

(The abandoned station in Saeki-dong)

("Transfer Line Plan Gets Called Off")

"A plan for a new transfer line between..."

"Saeki-dong Station and Kangguk Station..."

"was brought up, but soon called off in 1988."

(Gangryeong Ironworks Confinement Case)

What's all this?

I think I found Kang Geun Taek's safe house.

What's taking Ji Soo so long at this crucial moment?

She isn't coming.

- What? - And I'm dropping out too.

Lieutenant Nam.

We can neither put a start nor an end to this case.

Clean the documents while I'm away for patrolling.

But...

This group is something.

They're even dealing with the slush fund of YSS Construction.

I told you, the slush fund case is too big for us to handle.

Ji Soo, you better take your hands off this case.

So you knew about it all.

(Psycho An)

(Psycho An)

Jae In found a clue about the place that's not supposed to exist.

Come quick.

How can I go see you right now?

I don't deserve...

to solve this case.

(Ji Soo)

It's strange. She's been out of reach since yesterday night.

What if...

that punk kidnapped Ji Soo?

Hello, I'm Detective Lee Seung Jong.

I'm in charge of your abduction case now.

What about Detective Eun?

She isn't feeling well.

Ji Soo is sick? Are you sure about that?

The commissioner said it himself this morning, so I'm pretty sure.

Anyway, I've taken over this case.

I don't understand.

Why don't we sit down and have a talk first?

Detective Eun didn't hand me anything about it.

All right.

Please give me a detailed timeline...

of your abduction.

A detailed timeline of my abduction?

Yes.

I guess you didn't know.

Officer Yoon was just about to go on patrol.

Aren't I right?

Yes, you're absolutely right.

Why don't I contact you later?

Good day then.

But Officer Yoon... Officer Yoon?

Officer Yoon!

What's going on? Why is he here instead of Ji Soo?

Her being sick seems like a lie, right?

It seems like Lieutenant Nam knows something too.

I guess we have no choice. We'll go by ourselves.

Go where?

(Saeki-dong Station)

(Restricted area)

Three years ago, Prosecutor Kang worked on a case...

that involved the extermination of...

a panhandling ring.

The case which he received a commendation on?

Yes, and victims as well as the suspects,

which are the panhandlers and those in management,

stated a place like the one we're looking for.

The one at Saeki-dong Station?

It's not just any station though.

It has an abandoned subway station.

An abandoned subway station?

Care to explain?

The platforms we use definitely exists, right?

However, have you ever wondered...

what's below them?

30 years ago, they built extra platforms...

and railways for an additional subway line.

The plan was canceled,

and many platforms were left abandoned.

Anyway, the ones at Saeki-dong Station...

were a frequent hideout for the panhandling ring.

Also,

that same ring managed the young kids...

by putting shackles around their necks.

The wounds on Kang Geun Taek's neck is also from shackles.

That's right.

He avoided security cameras by living underground...

and moving through those abandoned stations.

I think he learned how to do so...

during his time in a panhandling ring.

Would he be back here though?

The panhandling ring stationed here was raided.

I doubt he'd come back.

We should look for invisible clues.

That's your specialty after all.

Detective Eun, we're headed to...

the abandoned station under Saeki-dong Station.

Please meet us here as soon as you get this message.

(Saeki-dong Station)

Detective Eun, we're headed to...

the abandoned station under Saeki-dong Station.

Please meet us here as soon as you get this message.

How can they go there without any backup?

I apologize on my dad's behalf...

for wrongly accusing your father.

I'm sorry.

I'm not sure if I can pay back what I owe by working hard,

but I won't make the same mistake.

Did you get a read?

No.

What's that?

An.

What is it?

It's his.

(Detective Eun Ji Soo)

Detective Eun?

Darn.

We found the culprit's belongings...

at the abandoned station.

I think Kang Geun Taek was here.

I can't believe you went there by yourselves!

No, it's my fault for not calling you sooner.

Officer Yoon, don't do anything dangerous.

It'll take time for me to get there,

so I'll request backup.

Sure.

I'm sorry...

for being late.

Please hurry, Detective Eun.

(Spy)

Yes, Detective Eun.

Request backup at Saeki-dong Station.

Why? What's it for?

I got a tip that Officer Yoon's abductor is staying there, so hurry!

Detective Eun, I'm sorry...

but the police commissioner ordered us...

to deny your requests for backup for the time being.

- What? - I'm truly sorry.

Calling others won't do you any good.

It's all in the past.

Nothing will change what has happened.

No. No!

Run. Get out of here!

Is this the photo that Kang Geun Taek...

took from your house?

Yes,

I think so.

What was that?

Seong Mo...

Why? What did you see?

I thought about what I'd be able to see...

if I were to perform psychometry on myself.

The most painful moment of my past...

It wasn't the apartment fire...

or when Jae In was abducted.

It was that day...

at the abandoned station.

(He is Psychometric)

This side and that side. I want it to be completed...

without either side getting mangled.

What do you mean you saw him with Kang Eun Joo?

Seong Mo lured us to Saeki-dong Station.

He left the files so we'd find them.

Did you tell Ji Soo about Yeongseong Apartment?

Did you meet Prosecutor Kang Seong Mo...

after the Yeongseong Apartment fire?

I was told to go where the jerk is.

To stop Seong Mo.