Partners for Justice (Investigation Couple / Gumbeobnamnyeo / 검법남녀)

Arrest him again.

The body was cremated.

- What? - The process has begun.

The body's all burnt.

How much of it was burnt?

We're from Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor's Office.

- Stop the machine. - Pardon?

This is the warrant that allows us to seize the body in there.

Turn off the power. Please do it now.

- What are you talking about? - Please turn off the power. Hurry.

Hyun, it's me.

I stopped the machine midway,

but it's all burnt.

- Okay. - Bring the body.

I don't think you understand what's going on here.

- It's all over now. - It's not over yet.

I can still perform the autopsy with a piece of the body.

- What? - A piece of a bone is enough.

What can you achieve with the half-burnt body?

I must perform the autopsy.

Don't you want to prove that it was a murder?

Hyun.

Transfer the body to the NFS.

All right then. Go ahead.

Get ready for the autopsy.

Did he really ask you to bring the body?

It's completely burnt. Will the body give him a lead?

Let's head over there for the time being.

By the way, what's wrong with Dr. Psycho?

If it turns out to be homicide, he will return to the detention center.

My goodness.

Start the car. Let's go.

- We should go. - Okay.

Prosecutor Kang, what do you think you're doing?

- I'm sorry. - Do you not trust me?

The autopsy is a part of the investigation.

And the investigation falls under my authority.

Then will he really redo the autopsy with the burnt body?

Sir, Dr. Baek will take a thorough look again.

Director, the tissues are all ruined from the first autopsy.

Besides, do you believe he can do an autopsy with a burnt body?

Do you think that will restore the burnt tissues?

If the protein gets denatured from the heat, it's irreversible.

You do have a point, but...

If you know, how could you allow this?

I can't find a reason to stay and watch this autopsy.

Prosecutor Kang, I'm pulling myself off this case.

Sir.

The body is here.

Current time, 2:16pm.

I'll begin the autopsy.

Wait, what happened? Did the body move?

His hands and feet didn't look like that after the first autopsy.

It's the pugilistic posture.

It's due to high heat.

The tissues in his muscles have been denatured.

Our muscles that get swollen up are more developed than other muscles.

That's why every muscle has become denatured to swell up.

Did that happen after his death?

The fact that muscles are made of protein is immutable.

- All of his hair is destroyed. - "All of his hair is destroyed."

- 90 percent of skin is ruined. - "90 percent of skin is ruined."

Will we be able to find anything?

Only his muscles are left. We can't see any external injuries.

I need blood. Blood.

Can I have blood, please?

Scalpel.

I think the organs are burnt as well.

I just need his heart.

Where's the heart?

Since it was situated in the inner part, it wasn't completely burnt.

Syringe.

Will there be any blood?

Come on.

Yes. Fantastic.

We can put this through LC-MS at least once.

(LC-MS: Liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer)

One and only chance.

It's urgent.

Roger.

Show me the pictures from the first autopsy. Let me compare them.

Okay.

- There's no vital reaction. - What does that mean?

They cut off his nails after his death.

Nails leave the most evidence...

when one gets into a fight or comes in contact with someone.

That must be why they cut it off on purpose.

His nails probably scratched the culprit's body as he fell.

If the culprit cut his nails,

there could be traces left on the cut nails.

It's no use. His fingers are burnt.

Goodness. Only if we were an hour early.

Which is the first? The head injury or the injection?

Professor Pyo said the injection was first.

You have the result, don't you? What came first?

What is it?

I will refrain from judging until we have his blood analysis.

You're right. What can he find out with a body that's burnt up?

- Is the site preserved? - Yes.

A strand of hair and a piece of nail are all parts of his body.

Soo Yeon, go to the field.

- Yes. - I'll see you.

Ms. Cheon. It's me.

I'll text you.

Do you think we'll find a piece of nail that he clipped off?

The pride of National Forensic Service...

rests upon that piece of nail.

But we might find the nails which he clipped off himself.

How can you know which is which?

We can look into its components.

Old nails have a different level of water content.

We don't know where it could be,

- so please go through every inch. - Okay.

Hey, good to see you.

Jang Tae Joo stole succinylcholine a few days ago.

Give that to me.

And not just 1 bottle, but 3.

You can never tell what this idiot is up to right now.

He has yet another target after Mr. Seo.

Is there a possibility of his committing another crime?

Prosecutor Kang, this is a serial murder case.

Someone suspicious had been lurking around Mr. Seo as well.

Was that Jang Tae Joo?

He looks quite similar.

It looks like this was planned.

I'll write up a list of people that Jang might hold a grudge against.

Invalidate his passport immediately,

and put him on the most wanted list nationwide.

Let's take all the measures which we can take...

to find Jang Tae Joo.

Yes.

I'll go back to the office to form a team to arrest him.

Let me know when the autopsy result is out.

Okay, Hyun.

Keep tracking Jang and let me know how it goes.

All right.

- Lieutenant Cha. - Yes?

I'm sorry for everything.

You're back.

Prosecutor Kang.

What will happen to us if we don't find that nail?

If he clipped 1 nail 3 times, that makes a total of 30 pieces.

I'm sure we'll find one.

Found it.

His name is Park Byeong Goo.

He used to provide Jang with drugs five years ago.

He got locked up first, then ratted on Jang.

Thanks to that, he got his sentence reduced to two years.

That sounds like a good reason to hold a grudge.

We're here.

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What is this?

Are you sure this is his place?

I am.

Do you think he killed him already?

Then we should at least see a dead body here.

Did something happen in this house again?

Pardon?

Who are you?

Young man.

I called the ambulance for the young man who lives here...

when he was about to die.

Stay with me.

The ambulance?

We performed CPR on him in the ambulance.

Then we left him on the bed, but he disappeared soon after.

I got the security footage.

Good.

There are many people who run away because they can't pay the bill.

No, he didn't run away because of money.

There is someone who can find his whereabouts.

Take a left here. No, take a right.

- A right? - Yes, to the right.

Go straight.

This place looks exactly the same. Go straight.

Are you sure we'll find something if we keep going?

Just keep going. Go straight.

That's all that you've been saying.

I can't believe this place.

This neighborhood hasn't changed a bit.

I can't believe it.

- Where are we going? - Just go straight.

Keep going. More.

Keep going. Yes.

Okay, that's it. Hey, wait. That's it. Stop.

Good job. We're here.

You'll see a person named Doctor Park up there.

She's the godfather of all druggies.

Say that I sent you two, and she'll know what to do.

- Hurry up and go. - Okay.

Come on, you know who Park Byeong Goo is.

Don't do this. We already know everything.

There's no one like that here. You're at the wrong hospital.

Come on, we both know what we're talking about.

I really know everything.