Kokdu: Season of Deity (꼭두의 계절)

- Come on, Team Leader! - I told you I'm busy!

- Come on, Team Leader... - Gosh, seriously.

It's a desk, and it says Kokdu on it.

Look for it carefully, please?

There are so many collection companies,

so I can't find it with just that!

Double!

I'll pay you double.

Young lady,

I can't even take a taxi with that money.

Go. Just go.

- Gosh! Q-Quadruple! - This young lady...

You know how to get someone's heart.

Okay. But you need to pay upfront.

Okay.

What's with this young lady...

You'll get someone in big trouble!

She's not...

Han Gye Jeol, no...

Han Gye Jeol, leave!

Leave, Han Gye Jeol! Leave!

Han Gye Jeol... Han Gye Jeol!

Call me! Please call me!

Shit!

Please call on me!

- Kok- - That's right!

Kokdu-

Once again, once more!

- Kokdu, please come bac- - Call me one more time, Han Gye Jeol.

Han Gye Jeol!

What the...

Why would you pop out from there?

Ms. Kim Yang Ja?

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

I mean...

what's this all about?

If you don't explain to us your reason, we have no choice but to report you.

I wasn't trying to harm her. Please...

Please don't report me...

I mean,

what were you trying to find here?

The health examination results...

Excuse me?

Apart from having severe diabetes, there was nothing wrong with your results.

I have...

severe diabetes to the point of needing insulin shots.

At first, I told my bosses honestly,

but they kept firing me

saying they were worried about making me work.

So I didn't say anything this time,

but I thought my boss might find out, so...

If I get fired from this job,

I have nowhere to go.

Are you okay?

Now that I think about it, I haven't even had the chance to thank you.

Thank you.

It was good that I was able to help you.

But...

how were you there right at that moment?

There was something I had left behind,

so I just happened to drop by.

So you just happened to drop by and just happened to help me.

When did you start following me?

Since when

did you know?

I heard footsteps following me on the way to the clinic.

I was a bit excited to think that some guy was following me...

Were you disappointed that it was me?

Gosh, you're definitely not someone that anyone could be disappointed by.

I guess...

I'm also not someone's type either.

That's why you keep looking for Kokdu's seat.

By chance, did you follow me all the way there?

- You said you were scared. - Excuse me?

You said you were scared when Park Choong Seong disappeared

because you thought maybe Kim Pil Su might have been responsible.

I'm an ordinary person,

so I don't have the ability to find or protect someone.

So,

I did...

what I could.

You've gone through so much trouble for nothing.

You didn't need to do all that.

Seeing you keep searching for Kokdu,

I thought I should convey my feelings this way.

How would you convey the feelings for me when you don't feel them?

Professor, you don't like me like that.

I'm an expert at crushes, so I know at which point I'll be rejected.

You said I liked you while I was Kokdu.

I want to know what part of you I liked so much.

So,

I want to make the time that I spent as Kokdu my own.

Don't try to be greedy for the time you have no memory of.

You will end up getting sick from indigestion.

I'm already sick.

So,

I'm asking you to fix me.

Perhaps Kokdu may be someone like Hyde from Jekyll and Hyde.

- Multiple personalities? - Yes.

I can't be sure of it medically, but that's how I see it.

I don't know why Kokdu appeared,

but what I do know is that he keeps obsessing over you within me.

So, if you keep missing that guy,

I'm afraid he might appear again.

And so...

you're telling me not to even miss him?

I know you have feelings for Kokdu.

So, perhaps, you may want me to

keep having him within me.

That's...

Yes. That's right.

I can't lie.

But the thing is...

in a world where someone must hide the fact they have diabetes,

will I be able to live having him within me?

Please help me so the personality known as Kokdu can disappear...

so that I can keep living as Do Jin Woo.

Even if I don't have any feelings for you,

we could meet as a doctor and a patient.

I-I'll think about it...

Dr. Han.

In the end, Kokdu is

an illusion.

Don't get hurt by getting deceived by a mirage

that might fade at any moment.

By chance...

do you know my mom?

Should I know her?

By chance,

do you know...

my mom?

I know her too well.

You and your mom.

Seeing how they have different memories,

it does seem to be multiple personalities...

Why is Kokdu a mirage!

Gosh, so frustrating!

My insides are burning up...

He should've told me sooner...

My heart has already gone fully over to the mirage...

So you're saying this side is mine, right?

In any case...

you're so selfish.

Your eye for people has improved greatly.

I am quite selfish.

There will never be another like me in this world...

A miracle!

You think you're all that!

Still...

I miss him...

Hello, I am Nam Seok Ho, head of the pharmaceutical review department

of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

On September 29, 2022,

we would like to inform you that Pilseong Bio's new drug, Axis, has passed

phase 3 clinical trials and has been officially approved.

Congratulations, sir.

Today is a historic day.

In one month, Axis, our new drug for cartilage regeneration, will be released.

Once our Pilseong Bio gets listed,

we will become a giant that can compete with Pilseong Group itself.

Now, let's come out from the shadow of the Pilseong Group,

and go out into the world!

Yes!

Yes!

Does Do Jin Woo really not know about the list? Are you sure?

He could have deceived you after noticing that something was off.

I thought that could be the case,

so I beat up Park Choong Seong. But...

no matter how much I tortured him, Park Choong Seong didn't know anything.

Also,

there's no evidence of Do Jin Woo contacting Park Choong Seong separately.

The new drug I've been waiting about 10 years is about to be released.

I can't sit idly by with a ticking time bomb in our hands.

I'll take care of him.

Whether he dies from carbon monoxide poisoning or from an accident, he will die.

How about we bury it as a sudden heart attack, Chairman?

Why are you putting that away?

Since there is no more need for it.

- Are you going to kill me? - You will die.

When tomorrow comes, you will die completely.

Why is it tomorrow of all days?

Since it's the 49th day since you died.

Do you think it's called a 49-day vigil for no reason?

It means even the toughest spirit can't live past that date.

So why don't you quietly hand over

your soon-to-decay body to Master Kokdu.

God has given you one more day.

Think carefully about whether you will use that day for Han Gye Jeol

or for yourself.

You will die.

When tomorrow comes,

you will die completely.

I will...

survive and go on.

Dr. Han.

What brings you here, Professor?

- I came because I was anxious. - Anxious?

There was a call

from Yeongpo Public Health Center,