The Lies Within (Everyone's Lie / Modooui Geojitmal / 모두의 거짓말)

THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION. ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES,

ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Hello.

I'm Mun Jeong-beom, Commissioner General of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

I will now share the course of police investigation

regarding the CEO of JQ Group,

Jeong Sang-hun's disappearance and battery step by step.

On March 7, we have discovered

Jeong Sang-hun's first severed body part.

Considering the gravity of the case,

immediately after the incident,

we have set up the Investigation Headquarters in Songju

where the incident took place by putting Seoul RIU in charge.

The culprit has become more clever about his mode of operation day by day

which continued to cause confusion

during the police investigation.

And last night,

another body part was delivered to a newspaper agency.

According to the autopsy result,

it is confirmed that the body part belongs to the CEO of JQ, Jeong Sang-hun again.

We have confirmed that it was extracted when he was still alive.

We believe that there is a possibility that Jeong Sang-hun

may still be alive.

We will do everything in our power to identify the culprit

as soon as we can and apprehend the culprit.

Who is it? Who?

Who's doing this to him? Who?

Who is it? Who...

Meanwhile, Chairman Jeong Yeong-mun

had collapsed after hearing the news.

When the news broke out that he fainted,

there was a sharp dive in JQ's stock price.

It's been a day since the incident.

However, JQ has not made any official statements

regarding Chairman Jeong's health.

Ms. Kim, how do you feel right now?

Who do you think is behind this?

Do you have anyone in mind?

Did anyone hold a grudge against him?

What will be the next body part and who will get it?

Do you think that your husband is still alive?

EYE

I really can't be sure.

Why not? Did you find any signs that he's dead?

Well, not really. But I just thought perhaps,

we should assume that, given the current situation.

Even if he's alive, he must be a mess.

When do you think the eye was extracted?

Do you see that? It's just water. Plain water.

Organs and eyes get decomposed first in corpses.

But it was delivered in the water without any preservative agents.

And it still hasn't decomposed.

It was extracted 24 hours ago at max.

It's been less than a day?

Yes. I'm sure of it. The eye was extracted a day ago when he was alive.

Is the suspect from the medical field?

Why do you ask?

The way it was extracted...

It was well-executed.

You've probably heard.

This time, his eye was found.

According to the medical examiner,

the estimated time of the extraction

is less than a day.

Then, you can't be the culprit

because you've been in our custody since yesterday.

Right?

How do you feel?

Are you angry and sad as his friend?

Or are you just happy and relieved to be

off our suspect list?

I'm really dying to know one thing from you.

Do you think Jeong Sang-hun is still alive?

No, let me rephrase it. Do you want him to be alive?

-You can go home. -When Sang-hun was young,

he got easily scared.

One time, Sang-hun got hurt

when we were playing together.

He lost his pinky fingernail when it got stuck between the door.

He kept crying about his fingernail for three days in a row.

I actually got annoyed by it.

I asked him later why he had cried so much.

He said he was so scared.

He must've thought his nail wouldn't grow ever again.

I teased him about it for a long time.

Whenever I was on the phone with him after he left for Germany,

I asked if his nails were intact.

I keep thinking about that day.

Since the day he came to the orphanage,

he cried in terror every night.

I keep thinking about six-year-old Sang-hun.

I don't care if you believe me or not.

I want Sang-hun to come back alive.

That's what I truly want.

You're out.

When I first heard that you were a suspect,

I didn't want to believe it.

I would've lost it if I had to suspect you too.

I hoped that it wasn't you.

I knew that it couldn't possibly be you.

I thought

I was wrong to have suspected you, but...

But you weren't wrong.

You looked like a different person.

What happened to Jin Yeong-min I used to know?

Which side is the real you?

You really had nothing

to do with Sang-hun's case?

Shouldn't you at least try to explain it to me?

If I do, will you believe me?

You won't believe me whatever I say.

Believe whatever you want.

-Hey, she's here. -She's here.

Hey, come with me now. Hurry.

-Ms. Kim. -Ms. Kim. A word, please.

-Please share a word with us. -We'd like to interview you.

-Ms. Kim! -Hold on!

-How do you feel now? -Wait.

-Please do an interview with us. -Move back!

-How do you feel right now? -Will you keep your position?

-Did anyone hold a grudge against him? -Do you know who did it?

-Do they have any suspects yet? -Please comment.

-Anything you want to say to your husband? -Move.

-What did the police tell you? -Will you give us an interview?

-Any words for the press? -Ms. Kim!

-Ms. Kim. -Ms. Kim!

-Ms. Kim. -Just a word, please.

At first, it was a hand. A foot was next.

And this time, it's an eyeball.

What's your take on the current case?

I'm not sure if you remember the murder of a village supervisor

in Jeonggyeong-ri in 1998.

After Park, the village supervisor, had been murdered,

his corpse was hanging under a tree at the entrance of the village.

It was a gruesome case.

Right after the arrest,

this is the statement the culprit made about the motive.

"I was going to reveal my crime at some point.

That's why I left a message."

What kind of message?

When the culprit was arrested, he was only 19 years old.

While growing up,

the victim, Park, had sexually assaulted the culprit on multiple occasions.

The culprit told that to other people in the village, but no one believed him.

And the incident escalated his hostility against the whole village as well.

In the end, the corpse was hanging under the tree at the entrance.

The act of displaying the corpse

was the message from the culprit.

-Then, are you implying that -Why this agency?

these cases are similar?

Yes.

These cases may seem as separate cases without anything in common,

but I'm sure there must be a message from the culprit for this case as well.

The culprit is trying to make a statement.

We must be able to read the message.

Who is it?

Who is it?

He's in the crowd. I must find him.

I must find him.

I can't see anything.

I can't find him.

What does this mean?

"Zero, two, one, four. Zero, three, zero, three. Zero, three, zero, six."

Why did he give me the note?

"Zero, two, one, four. Zero, three, zero, three. Zero, three, zero, six."

These numbers must mean something.

March 3.

March 3. That's the day Dad passed away.

Third...

Dad died on the 3rd. And Sang-hun was taken on the 6th.

Zero, two, one, four.

February 14th.

What did I do on February 14th?

ARE YOU DOING WELL?

When the eyeball was delivered, I received this message.

Who...

Who sent this message?

I'm looking into that as we speak.

If this message...

ARE YOU DOING WELL?

...was sent by the culprit, at least it means

the culprit can't be from our side.

Then,

was Sang-hun's eyeball delivered to the newspaper agency...

It cannot be a coincidence, sir.

I'm sure it's because of the reporter, Ms. Choi.

I am certain that someone is trying to dig up that incident.

I'm well aware that you cherish Mr. Jeong very much.

However, if you let the police investigate this further--

Are you asking me

to give up on Sang-hun? Are you?

If that incident surfaces,

all the effort you and I have made

will come to nothing.

Do you think

Mr. Jeong will be happy to have come back alive if he finds out JQ collapsed?

Hey.

I agree with him, sir.

Tae-sik, can I ask you a question?

Don't.