Café Minamdang (미남당)

THREE YEARS AGO

EPISODE 6

Careful. Follow me quietly.

POLICE

This is delicious.

It's so good.

Oh no, Kkot-sun!

Gosh, she's doing it again!

You've eaten up a million won's worth of strawberries already!

Get her!

Stop!

Your grandmother's worried!

Hey, Ms. Kkot-sun, put down the gun!

Stop, stay right there.

-Gosh. -This way, this way.

Shoot.

Oh, seriously. Stop right there!

Jeez, where did she go? It's cold out.

I know.

Do you think she crossed the road?

Wait, I think that truck has a black box.

I'll go look.

Where's the owner?

Sir. Sir!

Ma'am, the black box isn't here.

But the key's in the ignition too.

I wonder where he went.

Sir!

Sir!

This isn't blood, is it?

I hope not.

Here, look at this.

RICE FOR SALE

Oh, wow. What's this smell?

Call for backup right now.

Okay.

We're at 278 Gisannam-ro.

There seems to be a fire.

Requesting backup from available officers.

POLICE

PROSECUTOR HAN JAE-JEONG

Jeez, clean it regularly, would you? It's filthy.

Use a cleaner. You'll leave fingerprints.

Jeez.

You've never cleaned this before?

Probably not.

Never mind that.

Look at this. Do Jun-ha was arrested without a warrant

six months ago on charges of rape.

There was a video on his phone that he took himself,

but the evidence was illegally obtained so he apparently got off free.

Choi Yeong-seop's daughter killed herself the day after.

So you think Choi Yeong-seop murdered

-his daughter's rapist to get revenge? -Yes.

He has a clear motive,

and while he doesn't remember what happened because of his overdose,

he admits that he killed Do Jun-ha.

So he admits to the murder but doesn't remember doing it.

You're saying you have it all, the motive, the evidence, and the confession.

What's bothering you that you asked me for help?

Why didn't he run away, staying at the scene of the crime

and taking an insufficient dose of medicine to kill himself?

Did you kill him?

He's dead.

He's really dead.

I killed him.

You're asking the wrong question.

No wonder you can't find an answer.

What?

You're asking the question under the assumption that he did it.

Why didn't he run away after committing a brutal murder?

Am I wrong?

No.

Why would he admit to a crime he doesn't even remember?

That's what you should be asking.

Why?

Because Choi Yeong-seop didn't do it.

Choi Yeong-seop didn't do it?

On what grounds?

Is a cup of coffee all I get for my professional analysis?

Of course not.

I shall find a restaurant

that's right up your alley, Mr. Profiler.

Somewhere really trendy.

But legal.

Okay, I have your word.

-All right, let's go! -Go where?

-To the scene of the crime. -Right now?

You can only learn about people and cases…

If you go see them for yourselves?

There you go. How many times do I have to tell you that?

You drive.

The cause of death was pressure exerted on the victim's neck.

That means the murderer took the victim to the warehouse,

unconscious from the blow, then choked him to death.

But this is the weird part.

Look. There are gaps between the bloodstains.

He moved an adult man on his own, but there are no drag marks?

Don't you find that odd?

Choi Yeong-seop is 10cm taller than the victim.

He's much bigger too.

Then we should at least see his footprints.

The scene's too clean.

So he had an accomplice?

DO NOT ENTER, UNDER INVESTIGATION

The officer reported to have seen smoke when they arrived.

Choi Yeong-seop was just waking up.

Judging from the ketamine level in his blood at the time of arrest,

he must have been out for at least an hour.

It takes 30 minutes at most to burn the exterior of a body

like that with benzene.

Arsonists enjoy watching their work.

Especially if they committed murder.

If he did this,

this would have been an act of punishment,

and he would have wanted to watch.

But you said he had just woken up when the officer got there.

-Yes. -If that's true,

then that means Choi Yeong-seop didn't see Do Jun-ha die

or his body burn.

You mean someone's framing Choi Yeong-seop?

Bingo.

But I don't think this is their first time.

What are you talking about?

It takes skill, special equipment, and practice to use benzene

to scorch the exterior of a body without burning up the internal organs.

And the way he's framing Choi Yeong-seop.

Wow, how fun.

There is no way

-this is their first crime. -Wait.

You're not saying the real murderer is a serial killer, are you?

That's not important.

What's important here is the link

between the victim, Choi Yeong-seop, and the killer…

No. That's pretty important to me. This is so confusing.

-Hey, you go that way. -Okay.

Damn…

Gosh.

-Jeez, you scared me. -Jeez.

Hey, who do you think you are, Captain America?

And what are you supposed to be, Thor?

What?

Let me pour you a cup, sir.

Sure.

Is there anything you wanted to report to the police, sir?

Yes, there is.

That day,

the day of the murder, I saw something very strange.

I was working out in the field,

when I saw smoke coming from the warehouse.

I kept watching because I thought some outsider was burning garbage

That's when someone walked out of the warehouse.

But…

he just swept the ground with a broom or something and then left,

leaving the car behind.

Sir, do you remember when that happened?

Yes. I had just had lunch,

so it was a little after one o'clock.

The officer arrived at the scene at 1:08.

Yes. That was when we requested backup.

But you're going to let Choi Yeong-seop go? Why?

We found a witness who saw another man at the scene.

That doesn't mean Choi Yeong-seop isn't the killer.

You should have seen his eyes.

He was smiling, I'm sure.

There was something off about him.

I hear you,

but there was another suspect at the scene

and no concrete physical evidence.

On top of that, the profiler says Choi Yeong-seop didn't do it.

So you trust the profiler but not me?

Jeez, who's the quack?

He's not a quack.

His name is Nam Han-jun, the one who solved the Mi-sun case recently--

Nam Han-jun? How do you know Nam Han-jun?

Are you two close?

Yes, he's my friend from high school.

I guess he's pretty famous if you know about him too, Jang-mi.

You know how much I love and respect you, right?

-Set me up with Nam Han-jun. Please? -What's with you? Why?

Why not me?

Does he have a girlfriend? Am I not his type?

He doesn't have a girlfriend, but why would you want to go out with him?

Really?

I guess I'll have to meet up with him, if only about the Choi Yeong-seop case.

Do you want to talk to him about the case, or have a date with him?

The case, of course!

I mean, I did a pretty good job growing up.

I think I can take him on this time.

DETENTION CENTER

Choi Yeong-seop.

I'm going to catch you

and make a majestic entrance when I go see Nam Han-jun.

Shoot.

Why is he back at the crime scene?

DO NOT ENTER, UNDER INVESTIGATION

I'm going home for the first time in I don't know how long. Don't stop me.

You said the guy who framed Choi Yeong-seop

-must've done it before, right? -Yes.

I think I found the link that connects