Mad Place — Chapter 12

I'LL CALL YOU ONCE WE HAVE THE RESULTS.

OKAY.

Episode 12

WHAT...?

HE DID WHAT...?

HUMAN... TRAFFICKING?

SO YOU MEAN...!!

HA IDEUN WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL?!

NO, NO...

HUH?

THEN WHO?!

THE VICTIM, KIM JINTAEK.

?!

HE'S BEHIND THE DEATHS... NO, I MEAN-

THE SERIAL MURDERS, OF THE MISSING HOMELESS PEOPLE.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU SAYING, DETECTIVE?!

IN THE BAG... WITH THE WEAPON AND THE DRUGS...

NOT HIM.

WE FOUND KIM'S ACCOUNT BOOK.

AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RECORD OF THE DRUG DEALS HE'D MADE...

AND WHEN WE RAN THE NAMES THROUGH THE DATABASE, IT SAID THEY WERE ALL MISSING.

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THE NAMES OF THE MISSING PEOPLE, NEXT TO THE DATES AND THE PRICE...

Kim Juhyun Park Sungwan Seoul Station

...THAT PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL.

WE QUICKLY RAN THE NAMES AND IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 15 VICTIMS.

15+ missing

2 years

SINCE THE EARLIEST MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS FILED OVER A YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AGO...

WE THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE HE GOT INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING.

BUT IT WASN'T THAT.

A YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AGO? THEN WHY TWO YEARS...?

AND THE CASE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH THE OTHER MISSING VICTIMS.

IT'S A COMMON PATTERN.

HE PROBABLY DELIBERATELY CHOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY TIES SO NO ONE WOULD NOTICE THEY WENT MISSING...

...USED THE NEW DRUG TO KNOCK THEM OUT AND SELL THEM OFF.

BUT DUE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS, MORE PEOPLE ENDED UP DEAD.

ANYWAY...

WE'LL HAVE A TASK FORCE LOOK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY.

I KNOW IT'S UNRELATED TO YOUR CASE, BUT THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU THIS...

...ISN'T JUST BECAUSE IT'S NEW INFO ON THE VICTIM...

OBVIOUSLY, THE RENT WAS PILING UP... SO THEY REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE.

BECAUSE IT WAS THE LANDLORD, NOT A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND.

...BUT BECAUSE WE'LL NEED TO BRING HIM IN ONE OF THESE DAYS...

...HA IDEUN, I MEAN.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THEY FOUND THE BAG...

WHERE YOU SAID IT WOULD BE.

I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.

SEE? I TOLD YOU I DON'T LIE.

YOU KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT, DIDN'T YOU?

DRUGS, RIGHT?

WHICH IS WHY THEY CALLED ME IN FOR A DRUG TEST.

THEN...

...DID YOU ALSO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE FOR?

THAT'S GOOD NEWS, RIGHT?

YOU...

WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM JINTAEK?

RELATIONSHIP?

WHY DID HE AGREE TO MEET YOU THAT DAY...

WITH A BAG FULL OF THOSE DRUGS?!!

DEALERS...

...DON'T USUALLY CARRY AROUND A BAG FULL OF DRUGS WITH THEM.

DUE TO THE RISK OF LOSING IT OR GETTING CAUGHT IN A STING OPERATION.

NOR DO THEY JUST HAND IT OFF TO SOMEONE ELSE, KNOWING IT HAS GRAVE SIDE EFFECTS...

...USED THE NEW DRUG TO KNOCK THEM OUT AND SELL THEM OFF.

...FOR THE FEAR OF ATTRACTING THE POLICE'S ATTENTION AND LOSING THEIR CREDIBILITY.

AND DESPITE THESE RISKS, KIM SHOWED UP THAT DAY, WITH THE BAG, TO MEET HA IDEUN.

THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REGULAR ACQUAINTANCES.

BUT DUE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS, MORE PEOPLE ENDED UP DEAD.

THEY MUST'VE KNOWN THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVED. DID THEY WORK TOGETHER?

IT'D BE A RELIEF IF IT WAS JUST FOR THE DRUGS.

BUT IF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TRAFFICKING... NOTHING COULD BE WORSE.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN...?

SO, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I MET UP WITH KIM JINTAEK?

IS THAT IT?

IF THE POLICE HADN'T CAUGHT HIM...

OR IF I HADN'T AGREED TO HIS PROPOSAL?

WELL THEN.

WHO KNOWS WHAT...

...HE WOULD'VE DONE BY NOW?

YOU KNOW THE RULES.

...APPALLING.

HELLO THERE, MR. GU.

AH, IT'S THE YOUNGEST DETECTIVE...

...IS HE PISSED?

WHAT?

WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY, DETECTIVE?

I WAS TOLD TO WATCH OVER YOU UNTIL PROSECUTOR GU GOT BACK.

IT'S QUITE RARE, BUT SOME TEND TO HARM THEMSELVES AFTER A DRUG TEST, SO...

OH, REALLY? LIKE FROM WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS?

MORE LIKE TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION...

LIKE A SCAM...

WHICH I HOPE WON'T CONCERN YOU...

WILL IT, MR. HA?

ME? I WOULD NEVER HURT MYSELF.

DO PEOPLE REALLY DO THAT?

ANYWAY, I GUESS YOU'RE STUCK HERE FOR A WHILE...

TILL MR. GU COMES BACK.

WHAT TIME DOES HE GET OFF USUALLY?

HE USUALLY WORKS FROM DAWN TILL LATE NIGHT.

SO, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 15 HOURS FROM NOW.

T-THAT LONG...?!!

NOT THAT IT'S A PROBLEM...

I MAY BE A NEWBIE, BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY WORKED OVER- NIGHTS...

HE EVEN GAVE HIM HIS DOOR LOCK CODE?

WELL THEN, EXCUSE ME-

ACTUALLY, DETECTIVE.

YES?

SINCE THE PROSECUTOR'S NOT COMING BACK ANYTIME SOON...

...COULD YOU PLEASE...

...CALL THE DRY CLEANERS FOR ME?

OFFICER, I NEED YOU TO PRINT TWO COPIES OF THE FILE NAMED "KIM JINTAEK ACCOUNTS" IN THIS FLASH DRIVE...

AS WELL AS THE LIST OF ALL THE MISSING PEOPLE REPORTED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE YONGSAN DISTRICT.

THE CHIEF AND I WILL LOOK THROUGH THE LIST OF PENSION, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND LONG- TERM TAX DEFAULTERS TO SEE WHO WE CAN CALL.

I SHOULD START LOOKING WHERE I CAN INSTEAD OF JUST WAITING...

MAYBE I'LL FIND THE LINK BETWEEN HA IDEUN AND KIM JINTAEK-

WHAT? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

AH, WAS IT... FROM EARLIER-

HE GETS ON MY NERVES EVEN WHEN HE'S NOT AROUND...

To be continued