Inspector Koo (구경이)

HE DESERVES TO DIE, SO KILL HIM

I KILLED HIM LIKE YOU SAID BECAUSE HE DESERVED IT

KILL HIM!

SAVE HIM?

OVERLY SUSPICIOUS EVIDENCE, HIKIKOMORI

I DO AS I PLEASE?

MY GOSH! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?

CURIOUS?

THEY ALL DIED!

A HUSBAND-KILLER? I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE

SOMETHING IS FISHY

MUST WE ALL LIVE?

WE MUST

A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN INSPECTOR

Hansel, I don't feel good about this!

Gretel, stay calm.

Gretel, stay calm.

What is that glistening in the dark?

What is that glistening in the dark?

That cottage is made of tasty snacks.

That cottage

is made of tasty snacks.

Come here. Let's go inside.

EPISODE 2

Come here.

Damn it. Do I have to go in there?

Let's go inside.

Mr. Kim!

One…

two, three!

TONGYEONG SAVER

DO NOT CROSS

Je-hui, I'm afraid you should come down here too.

This is bigger than I thought.

Hey…

A man in his thirties who disappeared and was declared dead

was pronounced dead for the second time.

The police believe when he was caught faking his death for an insurance payout,

he fled inside the sewers and died

after inhaling poisonous gas.

An insurance inspector, who had come to assess the situation,

was the first to find his body.

The police are being criticized for failing to carry out

a thorough investigation during his initial disappearance.

Next up is the weather forecast.

Here is the weather forecast. Due to the clear weather…

-I need water… -My goodness.

The weather is cool, and the fine dust level is low.

I didn't even know you came.

The wonderful weather…

I was watching something frightening on the news and you scared me to death.

-Under the blue sky… -Oh, dear.

Goodness. Look at you sweating.

My gosh.

Gosh, I shouldn't have told you to come.

-I shouldn't have. -It's okay, ma'am.

I'm loving the fresh air.

Did you see that?

I remember you saying

that he was certainly dead seeing how they couldn't find him.

Yes.

But he revealed himself and ended up dead.

You're right. It's baffling.

Did you look into her?

Yes. She's a former police officer.

She works as an investigator for NT Life Insurance from time to time.

What time was she born?

Hold on…

Between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m.

That's great.

That's fire. I get along well with people like her.

I think we should be cautious so that there won't be any issues.

Mr. Kim, I can't even sleep at night because I'm terrified.

Isn't this horrendous?

How is this happening?

I'll try to take care of it.

This is a letter to you.

There are kids in need.

Please protect them

and look after them.

They need your support.

Pureun Children's Foundation.

I'm Heo Hyeon-tae, the honorary ambassador.

Goodness, look at that boy.

That boy, Hyeon-tae, is my only joy in life.

He's one adorable boy.

Don't you agree?

Yes, ma'am.

It looks scrumptious.

Got you!

Where have you been?

Please respect your niece's privacy.

Why did you sleep here, not at your place?

As your aunt, I can come here whenever I want.

But, tell me.

Where were you all night with your phone off?

I'm not a kid.

I'm hungry. Did you have breakfast yet?

Did you have a nightmare again?

You should've called me right away.

I was drinking with my colleagues.

Then I got drunk, so I stayed at a nearby cafe to sober up.

Happy?

I see.

No wonder you smell musty.

Is it bad?

Go take a shower. You reek.

Should we have sausage stew?

-With beans, butter, and rice? -Sounds good!

Sounds good!

Right.

All right.

What's wrong?

Oh, it's nothing.

JOB SHADOW DAY

No way.

Unbelievable.

Had it truly been an accident,

the container wouldn't have been set on fire.

Someone did it on purpose for Yoon Jae-yeong.

Something's fishy.

Ma'am, what are you doing here?

They waited for a witness to be Yoon Jae-yeong's alibi,

and even got rid of the evidence.

But who?

She wasn't seeing anyone and didn't have other family members.

Over the past two years, workers from the plant Min-gyu worked at…

They all died.

They fished out a dead body from the breakwater.

It was someone who died while doing chores for the people on the boat.

They say that he held a grudge against them and cursed them,

which is why everyone on the boat died.

Let's see.

One of them died in a car accident. One of them died of a heart attack.

Come on.

Instead of helping Yoon Jae-yeong,

what if the killer just wanted to murder those people?

This is a police station, you know?

How much investigation did you do on the Hyochang Bio people?

Why do you ask?

I'm too busy working on this case.

I heard those who died, including Kim Min-gyu, had been at the party.

Everyone knows already.

Come on. Do you seriously believe everything they gossip about?

Look at what happened. Everyone who was there ended up dying.

-It's not true. -Did you even look into it?

Look here. Tongyeong may seem like a small town, but it's not.

Coincidences can happen.

Han Man-gu and his mistress died in a car crash.

The other one struggled to make ends meet and hanged herself.

And Kim Min-gyu was just after the insurance payout.

He died after hiding in the sewers and inhaling poisonous gas.

So what is there left to investigate?

Then what about that kid?

Lee Jun-hyeon.

So you do know.

That boy who died on the boat during the company dinner.

-Poor thing. Gosh. -What happened?

He died alone.

The security camera is broken?

Yes, sir. And no one saw anything.

You were in charge of that case, right?

You must've heard some ridiculous rumors again.

He has nothing to do with this!

He was a troublemaker who was in and out of youth reformatories.

But as you know, he'd often roam around the quay drunk.

He must've lost his footing or something by the quay and drowned.

Something's fishy.

Ma'am, we're not done here.

I'm just a witness. I can leave whenever I want.

Ma'am, that's the wrong way.

Gosh, I can't think.

What should you do when you're stuck?

BAIGAN LIQUOR

This makes it taste like whiskey.

Want some?

Just one sip.

Come on.

He doesn't know what he's missing.

Have a glass and tell me

who did this to you.

THE LATE LEE JUN-HYEON

His landlord has kept his belongings, but there's nothing special.

His rent had been overdue so they kept asking me to pay them instead.

Here's his phone.

GYU-JIN, CAN YOU LEND ME 20,000 WON?

I'M SORRY, JIN-SEOK. PLEASE HELP ME OUT.

GALLERY

He didn't have friends or family,

which means no one would have the motive to avenge his death.

He was like me.

Ms. Na.

What?

Someone lit a candle for him.

THE LATE LEE JUN-HYEON

PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN BEFORE LIGHTING A CANDLE

Here he is.

LEE JUN-HYEON

YOON JAE-YEONG

If I report this to the police, you won't be able to receive the payout.