Hometown (홈타운)

Mom!

Mom!

Mom! Is no one there?

Sweetheart, are you okay? - What?

Mom, I kept calling for you.

Why didn't you answer?

What are you talking about? You were asleep.

Mom, I think I'm really sick.

I had a really bad nightmare.

Really?

Your friends are here. Should I send them back?

Who's here?

Are you guys dating?

We haven't talked about it yet.

That pretty much means you're dating.

Not exactly. We need to make it official first.

I'll leave the notes over here.

I envy you guys.

Why is he eating ice cream so early in the morning?

Isn't he cold?

He's eating that to wake himself up. He didn't get enough sleep.

He didn't get enough sleep?

No, he apparently keeps having these weird dreams.

Yong Tak also had the same nightmares.

It's been over ten years,

but I still remember it clearly.

Really?

Why can't I remember anything?

Jung Hyun.

Do you know why I remember that morning so clearly?

A few days after that day, there was that terror incident...

during Chuseok.

And after that, you stopped coming to school.

Yes, that's right.

After you stopped coming to school,

the school magazine club disappeared.

It was as if we were never friends.

Then we just graduated.

Do you know an agricultural chemical called Gramoxone?

Due to its affordable price and effectiveness,

it was commonly used as a herbicide.

Gramoxone has...

an unusual nickname. "The Green Devil".

The moment you ingest it, your tongue,

esophagus, stomach, even your lungs...

melt down.

The pain is like being burned alive.

It's like your skin's melting.

You see purgatory with your own eyes.

Do you?

A few years back,

a girl who had just started middle school...

added Gramoxone...

to her dad's makgeolli and killed him.

We even found...

a tape of a recording she'd made...

of her dying dad.

So I'd asked her...

why she'd gone that far.

I wasn't asking why she'd killed him.

I asked why she watched him die...

and even made a recording of it.

What she said to me...

remained with me for a while.

What did she say?

"In case I forget."

"In case I forget how much..."

"I hated my dad."

She said she did it...

in case, with passing time, she'd forgive her dad.

That was her answer.

I still think of what she said.

I'm always running away from the few memories...

that torture me.

That girl was the opposite.

I'm sorry,

but among the memories that torture you...

Is the memory of that day one of them?

I believe there was an accident.

Let's go.

Team One, report.

The first floor hallway's empty.

We're checking for people...

Team One, report.

Team Two.

We're going in.

Don't move!

Freeze!

Go to the second floor in two-three formation.

This is crazy.

What is it? - Don't be afraid.

We're police.

Are you detained against your will?

You're who? - Police.

The lock's too thick. We need a key.

No.

What do you mean no?

It's too noisy right now.

They might be listening.

Detective Lee. Go that way.

Okay. - Watch out.

Shoot.

Wait here.

What's this?

This way.

Hey, you. Drop your gun.

It's all over, punk. Drop the gun.

Put the gun down, you lunatic!

Keep still, Detective Lee.

Drop the gun! - Do you see that?

Come on. Put down the gun.

Don't you see it?

What are you trying to pull?

Keep still, Detective Lee.

What are you talking about?

That woman over there.

Don't you see her?

Darn...

No, I don't see her. What are you talking about?

So this is...

what Guru meant.

"Guru"? - You fool!

I'm sorry, honey.

Darn it.

Detective Lee.

Check that side. Pull yourself together.

Don't let your guard down. - Okay.

Detective Lee.

Take this and go to those people.

Stay calm, okay? - Okay.

Darn it.

Darn.

You're ready to leave already?

Hang on.

That's it.

What is that? - Tamagochi.

Test me.

Darn it.

Detective. I wasn't withholding evidence.

My friend Cho Jae Young asked me so desperately...

that I decided not to share it with outsiders.

However, I'm worried as well that we still haven't found her...

even as of today.

Therefore, I feel like I should give you this item...

that Jae Young gave me.

Why are you talking like that? Are you a robot?

It's so long.

I lost my place.

Where was I?

"Please show mercy."

Please show mercy.

We got a whole bunch of requests...

for refunds for our latest mixtape.

Our business is finished.

The kids at the school call us losers.

What? Losers?

My mom won't even feed me anymore.

I need to receive love in order to be healthy.

Let's hold Jae Young responsible when she comes back.

You're right. For putting us through this.

She'll have to run our food errands to the snack shop...

for a year.

Yes. - Yes.

Yes.

Check it. - Give it back.

"Detective."

Yes.

Hello.

Is Detective Choi Hyung In here?

Why? What's up?

We're from the broadcasting club at Gyeongcheon Girls Middle School.

I have something to give Detective Choi Hyung In.

He's busy.

Give it to me. I'll give it to him.

What is this?

It's a tape.

But... There's something I need to tell Detective Choi...

Tell me. I'll write it down.

It's okay. Never mind.

Are we good? Just give this to him?

Yes.

Have a nice day.

Take your medicine.

I don't think that dog will last much longer.

He lived 15 years.

The poor thing.

He would've had a fun life if my wife were alive.

He was probably depressed living with me.

Didn't you quit drinking?

Drinking again after so long...

reminds me of why I tried so hard to quit.

Why?

There are things...

that I can forget briefly when I drink.

But once I sober up,

the guilt comes with a vengeance with interest.

Then I want to drink more.

It's just like...

a gambling addict deep in gambling debt...

borrowing money from a loan shark.