Tunnel (터널)

Tunnel

As Park Kwang Ho did to me

I should take away his most precious possession, right?

That is you, Professor Shin. Park Kwang Ho's daughter!

But why did Mok Jin Woo search for his fountain pen so zealously?

And why didn't he kill me right away?

If he killed me, no one would have been able to find the fountain pen.

Did the fountain pen hold special meaning for Mok Jin Woo?

Final Episode -

October 1, 1985, my mother died.

I am not sad, because my mom died because she was dirty.

November 3, 1985. I saw a woman speaking on the pay phone.

She was wearing a skirt and stockings.

After hanging up the pay phone, she brushed past me.

She made me feel so dirty, I could not stand it. So I strangled her with her stockings.

I sent her to death without a single moment of suffering.

I put a dot on her ankle with the fountain pen. The fountain pen that Mom gave me.

Like Noel, my baptismal name, that she would be reborn.

That fountain pen...

It was something his mom gave him. That's why he wanted to find it again, so badly.

Because something precious to him was stolen, he wanted to find it...

Yeon Ho! Where are you? Nothing happened to you, right?

I... think that Mok Jin Woo's next target is...

I think it is me.

Mok Jin Woo knew whose daughter I was.

What?

He won't be selecting his next target based on his victim type.

Instead, he will target me again.

No, actually...

He's actually targeting Kwang Ho.

Because it was Kwang Ho who first took his fountain pen.

Yes.

He wants Kwang Ho to experience the same thing.

Different from his previous murders, he's now acting with emotional motivation.

He's trying to make someone experience the same thing that he's experienced.

This crazy bastard.

Yeon Ho, listen to me carefully, this guy is going to come find you.

- Where is he going to show up? - At your house.

Her house?!

Yeon Ho, do you remember that day? Someone rang your bell, and when you opened the door, no one was there?

What's wrong?

Aigoo, who is playing prank like this in the middle of night?

I think that was Mok Jin Woo.

He's going to come for you when we are paying attention to something else.

So don't disappear from my sight even for a second, do you understand?

No, then he will suspect something.

We must behave the same as we always have. That is the only way to catch him.

- No, Yeon Ho, not again... - This time,

you will protect me, won't you?

Yes.

No matter what, I will definitely protect you.

Hey, Kim Sun Jae, let's begin our stakeout.

Team Leader, we figured out Mok Jin Woo's next target.

Hey, you bastard!

You bastard!

Professor Shin.

Come here, you bastard!

Yeon Ho!

You bastard. Die. Die, you bastard.

Sun Jae, you handcuff him.

Yeon Ho, are you okay?

Mok Jin Woo, I am arresting you for attempted murder.

- You can refuse to answer the question unfavorable to you. - He isn't worthy to knowing his rights.

You have the right to an attorney.

Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.

Take him away.

Finally, we caught him.

Yes, we finally caught him.

You did well, Sun Jae.

Thanks.

This is breaking news. The serial killings that have occurred in Hwayang City 30 years ago,

it is a case that was not well-known in current times. A suspect in these cases was finally caught by the police, after 30 years.

The Haein River incident that was previously known to have been committed by Jeong Ho Yeong

and the incident at Yeonjindong Playground, the police believe that they were committed by this suspect... - Whoa, a serial killer?

Maybe he killed about ten people?

He should have killed at least that many, in order to be considered a serial killer.

But how did he kill them?

Why are you curious about that?

People died, you bastard. This isn't just gossip fodder...

My friend had died.

There were cases like that? This is the first time I'm hearing of it.

30 years had passed.

So many cases like that have become buried and forgotten, you know?

Chief of Police

Yes, Chief.

Just imagine, the culprit was the doctor who performed autopsies on those very cases.

We were harboring the murderer.

Aigoo, jeez.

It appears that I obstructed justice. I am sorry.

Oh...

I'm sorry.

You did well. You should never listen to higher-ups like me, anyway.

If you find something strange, then following it till the end, that is being a true detective.

That is the one thing I learned from you, Hyung-nim.

- Not listening. - Aigoo.

Someone in the past was like that, too.

I spoke to the Chief of Police on the phone. We will back you up all the way, so make sure to finish this case off properly.

You understand what I mean, right? Then everyone, please work hard.

Ah, and make sure you eat well, too.

We caught the culprit. Now what's left is to prove his murder.

Regardless of any statutes of limitations, we will get a confession out of him, for sure.

Even if we can't prosecute him for the past crimes, I have to hear it from Mok Jin Woo's mouth.

That is the way we can relieve even just a little bit of pain for the bereaved families.

Tae Hee and Min Ha, come with me to Mok Jin Woo's house. We received a search warrant

so let's find anything that can prove his murder.

Sunbae-nim, you start the interrogation along with Kim Sun Jae.

Will you be okay?

I have to hear it, too. Mok Jin Woo confessing, with his own mouth.

All right, then let's investigate like crazy for 10 days. We must finish this up.

Yes. This time, we must make sure that he cannot get away with it.

Let's begin.

Are you really okay? I came right away after the seminar ended.

I shouldn't have invited you to work at Hwayang University.

No.

Because of that, I was able to meet someone I needed to meet.

Someone you needed to meet?

Yes.

It was someone I really had to meet.

But, you also met someone you shouldn't have met.

That murderer who got captured. Mok Jin Woo.

As you said, there really was another serial killer who was very close.

He was hiding in plain sight.

If Jeong Ho Yeong was a psychopath, Mok Jin Woo is more like a sociopath.

He's different from Jeong Ho Yeong, who wasn't able to function in society due to being locked in a mental hospital for many years.

Mok Jin Woo, on the other hand, as a very skilled forensic pathologist, lived his life being acknowledged by society.

People like him are even more scary, because others believe that they are good.

I suppose he won't confess, will he?

It's one or the other, in my opinion.

He will easily confess that he did everything he was accused of.

Or he will keep his mouth completely shut.

Look, these are the women that you killed.

Of course, that's not all. Lee Jeong Seok, Kim Kyeong Soon,

Hwang Joon Hee, Seo Hee Soo, Kim Young Ja, Jin Seon Mi...

Are you not going to answer me?

The evidence that you told me to bring,

here it is. We found the victims' DNA from your fountain pen.

Your DNA was found on the pen, too.

Do you accept the charges?

Hey, are you not going to answer?

Don't just stare at me. Answer.

The game is over. Just admit it.

Answer me. You killed them, didn't you?

Aren't you even sorry to these people? They lost their lives suddenly because of you.

Look at the pictures. Look clearly at them.

Answer us! Answer!

So he's not opening his mouth, after all.

There isn't anything in his diary?

I'm still looking. I'll call if I find anything.

All right. Make sure to keep your door locked.

Give me a call if you need anything.

Okay. Oh, have you eaten yet?

I have to eat. Thank you.

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Ah, Team Leader.

What is this?

Goodness, this is all...

This is what Kwang Ho was talking about.

Let's first find these people's identities.

So it looks like the total number of victims is 25?

If you include the Park Kwang Ho who died, it's 26.

Aigoo...

To be honest, with the evidence we already have, indictment is no problem.

But as you said, Team Leader, we cannot finish it like this.

We have to get him to admit to everything, but he just won't open his mouth.

Mok Jin Woo's first murder happened right after his mother died.

And the place he took Professor Shin to, after kidnapping her

was the place he lived with his mother when he was young. And the reason he targeted Professor Shin again

was because of the fountain pen, which was a keepsake from his mother.

The one source of all these crimes... we have no choice but to poke him with it.

As Yeon Ho said, as much as he loved his mother, he hated her, too.

So he will definitely have a reaction, for sure.

Interrogate Mok Jin Woo again.

You look a lot like your mother.

I know.

That you wanted to kill your mother.

You probably did not despise your mother from the beginning.

Because you sometimes went to visit the place where you once lived with your mother, even before 30 years ago.

That means you have happy memories from that house.

She smiled like this for you, when she saw you.

Isn't that right?

But at some point, she had begun to smile like this, for others.

To the male customers that your mother brought back to her home.

I'm sure you've thought about it. "Why does Mom do this kind of work?"

You must have also thought this when you were sent to your grandmother's house for school.

"My mother finds me annoying, because of those men."

And when your mother sometimes came to visit your grandmother's house, the neighbors must have gossiped.

That she works "in town."

You must have been angry.

"My mom isn't that kind of person. Why do they speak so thoughtlessly?"

But that anger must have been transferred to your mother, eventually.

In addition, Mr. Chun said this to you:

Dirty people. You have to kill all of them.

The hatred in your heart grow bigger.

And your mother no longer came to visit you.

Because she was in the hospital for alcohol poisoning.

After awhile, you went to look for your mother.

But she was already dead.

And that is when your anger exploded.

Mom?

Because she died, without saying anything to you.