Kokdu: Season of Deity (꼭두의 계절)

I missed you.

I've wanted to hug you.

I've wanted to be grateful

for you being alive like this

Is something wrong?

I was worried because you said you suddenly wanted to see me.

Do you remember

Seol Hee?

Why are you suddenly asking about Seol Hee?

I thought it was strange

that you, who were searching for Seol Hee,

couldn't tell if I was Seol Hee or not.

I thought about how you said

you don't even remember her name or face.

Yeah. I cannot

remember Seol Hee.

The road to the afterlife where I used to be is like that.

You continue to have a burning thirst

that makes every sense you have, whether physical or emotional, feel on fire.

Under the sharp blades of the falling snow,

all memories fade.

Like that, you lose your emotions and memories.

It was God's will that I live a new life,

but I refused to obey it.

Why?

You don't even have any memories, so what would be left?

A lingering longing.

A lingering longing took the place

vacated by memories.

So when I first saw you, I got angry.

Because I was foolishly so full of lingering longing.

I hated that feeling,

but I was drawn to you by that feeling.

Then if Seol Hee were to appear now

and recognize you,

would you be happy?

No.

Why not?

You waited so long for her.

I don't know about anything else,

but I do know one thing.

While I was gone,

she would have been miserable.

I don't want her to know her own misery.

If I have to look back on her misery with her,

there's no way I could be happy.

My misery...

would make you more miserable...

That's a relief.

What do you mean?

I was anxious...

that I might lose to that girl.

But now, I feel like I stand a chance against her.

I can compete with her, right?

You see, you see!

Who is it? Is it me or Seol Hee!

I have an obligation to make her happy.

Love is not an obligation.

If you think of it as an obligation,

then she would probably get upset too.

For one person,

love can be a flash of passion,

a heartbreaking sympathy,

and an endless obsession,

but for me, it's an obligation that I've devoted my life to.

I can't escape it,

but I also don't want to escape

this obligation.

As I'd thought, I couldn't help it.

This is why I can't let go of you.

Because you are someone who believes that love is an obligation.

Because you are someone who would

fulfill that obligation with your whole life.

Even if the day comes when these hands grow wrinkled,

will you fulfill your obligation

and hold them?

A sad winter...

Once this season passes,

a spring filled with light will come for you, too.

I look forward to...

our first

spring together.

There aren't even ten days left...

Why are you standing outside pitifully and not going inside?

- It's because of you! - What did I do?

I'm troubled because of what you said before about that being a sign!

Now that he's made up with Han Gye Jeol...

What if he decides to stay in this world, saying he's happy here?

Then what if something really serious happens to him?

Hey.

Have you ever seen me say anything right before?

That is true.

Don't worry. Also, that guy is not someone who would die that easily.

Oh gosh, I must have said something wrong.

What did you say wrong?

In dramas,

when someone says something like this, it ends up with them dying.

Do you want to die, you bastard?

Do you want to die? Why don't you die instead, you bastard!

- How could you say such negative things! - What did I do so wrong-

Where and how did you hit him that he's in that state?

I ended up hitting him somewhere I usually don't hit him,

so I guess it was quite a shock for him.

You did well. Seeing how dispirited he seems, I like it a lot.

You should keep hitting him there often, specifically in that location.

Kokdu, since it is your command, I will do so to the best of my ability.

Be quiet!

What did Jung Yi Deun say? Did he say he would go to the U.S.?

I told Golfer Jung that he is currently the burden of the Boolhwa Group,

so I told him to leave and come back when things quiet down here, and he agreed.

You did well.

Ok Shin, what about you?

Oh, right!

Right, right! I found it, I found it!

I found it.

I found it.

One of the family members of the deceased visited me.

A lady came to see me and said that

while she was still alive, her mother was told to go to a big hospital after receiving an X-ray, so she went to Pilseong Hospital.

But they said there were no issues, so they returned relieved.

But then, a few days later, her mother

supposedly committed suicide.

I mean,

she kept crying, saying that her mother wouldn't do such a thing, and I felt so bad.

I see.

Try to do what you can to persuade the family member of the deceased.

I thought about exposing everything about Tae Joong Shik and making him stand before the court,

but supposedly, he harmed himself.

Excuse me?

I don't know if he harmed himself or if he got attacked,

but in any case, he's not in the state to testify or anything like that.

How about having Golfer Jung come forth as a victim? That would be the most decisive way.

I told you that he will go to the U.S. that day.

I see. Okay.

Master Kokdu.

Will you go to court?

I'm the one who filed the lawsuit.

If I don't go, then who will?

Case No. 2022

Gahap 382

We will start the trial for

Plaintiff Do Jin Woo and Defendant Kim Pil Soo.

The attorney for the defendant,

you may begin.

On November 8th,

Kim Jin Ah, you met Chairman Lee Eung Chool of Boolhwa Group, right?

Yes.

He wanted to ask me about my mother.

I heard that your son had surgery 12 times because of apert syndrome. Is that right?

Your Honor, this question is irrelevant to this case.

I am checking the legitimacy of her testimony.

The witness who was behind in over 100 million won in hospital fees,

just happened to pay off all her debt

after that day.

Would that be a coincidence?

What is he trying to say?

The defendant's attorney, you may continue your questions.

On November 8th,

did you get paid by Chairman Lee Eung Chool to give false testimony?

Excuse me?

Yes.

Yes?

When did I ever do that!

Are you crazy! Hey! When did I do that!

Be quiet, be quiet!

Humans are evil,

but gods are weak-hearted.

That's why life is easy.

What did you say?

Kim Pil Soo!

What did you do to the witness? Tell me!

How dare you!

Gosh! If I knew he would do this, I should have given out money too!

If I did, she wouldn't have done something like that after being paid off by him!

You said that the IRS was going to audit you.

Imagine you leave any evidence of paying people off.

That's the end that Kim Pil Soo wants.

That's true...

In any case, I won't be able to do anything with prosecutors and the IRS investigating me for the time being.

Master Kokdu, how about you

bring Jung Yi Deun back from the U.S.?

How do I bring back a guy who just left today! He's on the plane right now in the sky!

What's with you?

Why are you here and not on the plane?

I saw the news at the airport.

I came back because I had something to ask you.

If the side effect is cancer,

then I would also have the side effect.

What?

It's my body,

so do you think I wouldn't have checked if it was cancer or not?

You kept trying to hide it,

so I thought to just pretend not to know.

I couldn't be much help even if I was here,

so I thought it would be better for me to go to the U.S.

If you know that, then why'd you return?

Go back to the airport.

Even if you don't need Jung Yi Deun,

Nam Se Ri would be useful.

I now understand why Kim Pil Soo