Mad Place — Chapter 4

Seoul Gongdeok Police Station

Detention room

SO YOU MEAN...

...IT WAS HA IDEUN WHO SENT YOU THIS PHOTO?

I'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I NEED YOU TO STAY HERE FOR NOW.

I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT PUTTING A PROSECUTOR IN HERE, BUT...

...IT'S FOR PREVENTIVE MEASURES. WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

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LET'S BE CLEAR...

MR. HA...

IT WASN'T THE POLICE WHO DID THIS TO YOU. IT WAS MR. GU.

WHY WORRY, LIEUTENANT, WHEN WE HAVE IT ALL ON CAMERA?

YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL ABOUT THESE THINGS. THIS IS HASUNG CORP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES, SIR...

BY THE WAY, I WAS WONDERING...

WASN'T IT MR. GU...

WHO WAS ON THE NAMYEONG-DONG CASE LAST TIME?

YEAH, THAT WAS HIM.

BOY, HE SURE TAKES ON A LOT OF MURDER CASES!

HIMSELF.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT ASSIGNED TO HIM?

HE'S QUITE PARTICULAR ABOUT THESE MATTERS. ESPECIALLY...

...'CAUSE OF HIS PERSONAL HISTORY.

I SUPPOSE YOU WEREN'T AROUND...

ISN'T THIS THE FOURTH TIME ALREADY?

WELL, HE CHOOSES THOSE CASES...

...WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED.

THE MURDER IN NORTH JUHYEON...

TWO YEARS AGO...

IN NORTH JUHYEON, MR. GU'S NEIGHBORHOOD...

A MIDDLE- AGED MAN...

...STABBED A PASSING BY COLLEGE STUDENT. MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE MAN HAD ALREADY FLED THE SCENE...

...WHEN PROSECUTOR GU FOUND THE VICTIM AND CALLED 911.

BUT THEY HAD LOST TOO MUCH BLOOD, AND IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE.

A FEW DAYS LATER.

ONE OF OUR OFFICERS FOUND THE KILLER IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT...

...HE WAS ALREADY GONE. HE HAD KILLED HIMSELF.

AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HE KILLED HIMSELF?!

WHY DID HE KILL THE COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AND TRIED TO FIND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT IN THE END...

WE CONCLUDED IT TO BE WANTON MURDER.

MY GOD...

SO YOU'RE SAYING...

MR. GU'S OBSESSION NOW...

...IS DUE TO THE TRAUMA FROM BACK THEN?

OH, WELL, IT'S MORE SO-

Detective Jang

DETECTIVE.

LIEUTENANT CHA.

ARE YOU FINISHED WITH MR. GU?

Reference room

NOT YET. I HAD TO GO OVER SOME FILES IN THE REFERENCE ROOM.

LISTEN, I CALLED TO MAKE SURE THOSE REPORTERS DON'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE SUSPECT.

YES. PUT HIM IN THE CELL FOR NOW.

OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

THAT PHOTO HE RECEIVED...

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT'S FROM THAT CASE...

UGH... WHERE IS IT?

Case report

Jang Youngwoo

THERE YOU ARE.

homicide/north juhyeon

WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?

HE WANTED TO KEEP THE SUSPECT WHERE THE REPORTERS CAN'T GET TO HIM.

I'M SORRY, PROSECUTOR... THE DETECTIVE'S ORDERS.

PLEASE HANG IN THERE UNTIL DETECTIVE JANG RETURNS.

IS YOUR HAND...

ALL RIGHT?

I MEAN, YOU DID PUNCH ME PRETTY HARD WITH IT.

SO YOU'RE ACCEPTING MY OFFER, RIGHT?

WHAT OFFER?

FROM LAST NIGHT! OUR PRIVATE INVESTIGATION!

ISN'T THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE?

I THOUGHT I MADE IT CLEAR LAST NIGHT.

OH, REALLY?

'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER YOU ANSWERING.

YOU TOLD ME TO GET OUT, BUT YOU NEVER SAID-

I WON'T DO IT.

THERE, I GAVE YOU MY ANSWER.

DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO BE YOUR BUDDY.

I CAME HERE TO WARN YOU NOT TO BOTHER ME FURTHER.

WHY DO YOU KEEP TURNING ME DOWN?

WE MIGHT GET ALONG, YOU NEVER KNOW...

I ALREADY TOLD YOU. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR LITTLE GAMES.

PROSECUTOR, YOU MUST'VE FORGOTTEN...

BUT I SAID IT TWICE LAST NIGHT.

THESE RIGHTS...

AND OBLIGATIONS YOU SPEAK OF...

I CAN GIVE THEM TO YOU.

THAT'S ENOUGH!

THAT'S NOT FOR YOU TO DECIDE! YOU HEAR?!

THE PHOTO.

YOU CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THE PHOTO.

YOU WANT ANSWERS.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I SENT YOU THE PHOTO.

AND WHAT I MIGHT KNOW...

WHO ARE YOU KIDDING?

SO YOU DID A LITTLE DIGGING TO TORMENT ME.

DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN TRICK ME WITH THAT?

TORMENT YOU?

YOU HAVE IT ALL WRONG...

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE HERE, PROSECUTOR.

THINK CAREFULLY...

TWO YEARS AGO...

THAT NIGHTMARISH SIGHT...

...YOU SAW IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE...

...WHAT DID YOU MISS...?

WHAT...?

WHAT... DID I MISS?

PROSECUTOR...

WHAT...?

YOU LOOK...

SO SCARED...

EVER SINCE THAT DAY, I...

...IT'S VERY CUTE.

CRAZY BASTARD...!

AHAHAHAH!

YOU'RE JUST TOO HILARIOUS!

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!

WHAT DO I WANT?

FOR YOU TO ACCEPT MY OFFER.

ARE YOU DEAF?!

I SAID, I WON'T...!

WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY...

...ALL YOU KNOW...

...ARE THE "FACTS."

BUT YOU'RE MISSING WHAT MATTERS MOST.

IF YOU ACCEPT MY OFFER...

I CAN TELL YOU...

...THE "TRUTH."

To be continued