Mad Place — Chapter 7

WHAT... ARE YOU SAYING?

EVERY TIME I ANSWER ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS...

I WANT US TO HAVE SEX.

ONCE...

FOR EVERY TESTIMONY.

...IS THAT A NO?

ARE YOU SURE? IT WON'T BE EASY, YOU KNOW...

FIGURING THIS OUT WITHOUT MY HELP.

COME ON, WE'RE BOTH ADULTS HERE.

ARE YOU BEING SHY? ARE YOU SCARED?

OR...

...ARE YOU PERHAPS... A VIRGIN?!

WATCH YOUR MOUTH.

PFFT...

...CRAZY BASTARD.

Episode 7

GOODNESS, I GOT THE TIME MIXED UP AND GOT HERE WAY TOO EARLY...

I MIGHT AS WELL GO AND TIDY UP THE OFFICE.

OH...

osecutor Gu Sehyuk

MR. GU, YOU'RE IN EARLY!

CAUSE OF DEATH: EXCESSIVE BLEEDING FROM ABDOMINAL WOUNDS.

EXACTLY AS THEY SAID.

WEAPON: ESTIMATED TO BE A KITCHEN KNIFE. WIDTH 4.5, LENGTH 17CM.

A KITCHEN KNIFE... AGAIN, A COMMON MURDER WEAPON.

I'D EXPECTED AS MUCH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO SURPRISES HERE.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS...

Autopsy Report Club B Itaewon Murder Case

Seoul National Forensic Service

Seoul National Forensic Service

HERE'S THE NFS AUTOPSY REPORT.

THANK YOU, DETECTIVE.

LIKE I SAID, EXACTLY AS WE'D PREDICTED. JUST SERVE IT AS A REFERENCE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME...

GEEZ... WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?

THANKS FOR COMING IN, MR. GU. IT'S NO SURPRISE FOR US, BUT I KNOW IT'S EARLY FOR YOU...

IT'S ALRIGHT. I WANTED TO LEAVE EARLY, ANYWAY.

I SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR WAKING YOU-

NAH.

I WAS JUST NAPPING AFTER THE ALL NIGHT SEARCH... I WAS JUST ABOUT TO HEAD OUT.

WHAT SEARCH?

FOR THE MURDER WEAPON. WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND IT.

OH...

ANY LEADS?

NOTHING SO FAR. AND WE'VE COVERED ALMOST ALL OF THE SUSPECT'S ITINERARY...

BECAUSE IT WAS SO LATE, I DOUBT WE'LL EVER FIND ANY WITNESSES.

THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, BUT I'M OUT OF IDEAS.

FINDING THE WEAPON IS IMPORTANT, BUT KEEP IN MIND...

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CASES IN WHICH WE CONVICTED THE SUSPECT ONLY WITH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

HM...

no parking

THE THING IS...

DO YOU REMEMBER, MR. GU...

ABOUT THE DRUG THAT CAME IN FROM HONG KONG, ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER?

AH...

YES.

HIS NAME IS KIM JINTAEK. AGE 57. UNEMPLOYED. SEVEN-TIME FELON.

HE WAS A DRUG DEALER AROUND SEOUL TRAIN STATION.

A WEEK AGO, WE GOT A REPORT SAYING NEW DRUGS HAD COME IN FROM HONG KONG.

WE ASSUMED HE WAS THE BROKER, SO WE WERE TRACKING HIM...

YOU'D SAID THAT THE VICTIM, KIM JINTAEK, WAS THE PRESUMED BROKER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT...

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THESE DRUGS CAME IN.

SEVERAL HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND SEOUL STATION WENT MISSING THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

Seoul Station Seoul Station

IT WASN'T OBVIOUS TO US AT FIRST, SINCE THESE PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

ONCE WE STARTED DIGGING INTO IT, WE FOUND OUT THERE WERE MANY MORE MISSING.

WE LATER FOUND SOME OF THEIR BODIES...

...AND THEY ALL TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DRUG.

AND THERE'S NO WAY THESE PEOPLE COULD HAVE PURCHASED THE DRUGS...

RIGHT. MEANING THAT SOMEONE DELIBERATELY GAVE IT TO THEM...

...KNOWING THE HOMELESS WOULD EASILY GO UNNOTICED. TERRIBLE, I KNOW.

WITH KIM JINTAEK GONE, WE'VE LOST ALL LINKS TO THE MISSING PERSONS CASE.

THE BAG KIM JINTAEK WAS CARRYING THAT DAY- THE SAME ONE HA IDEUN CARRIED OUT...

...IS OUR ONLY LEAD LEFT.

WE'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR IT. BOTH THE MURDER WEAPON AND THE DRUGS SHOULD BE IN THERE.

WITH THE MURDER CASE... LIKE YOU SAID, WE COULD FIND A WAY EVEN WITHOUT THE WEAPON.

BUT WITH THE MISSING PERSONS CASE, IF WE DON'T HURRY...

...THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE VICTIMS.

WE HAVE TO FIND THE BAG.

IT WAS JUST THE MURDER CASE AT FIRST...

BUT NOW THERE'S SIHWAN'S CASE, AND THE CASE WITH THE MISSING PEOPLE...

SO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT NOW THAT IT'S COME TO THIS...

...WE HAVE TO FIND THAT BAG WITH THE WEAPON AND THE DRUGS.

AND THE FASTEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM...

IS...

ONCE...

...FOR EVERY TESTIMONY.

NO, THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY.

SOMETHING ELSE I CAN DO WITH THE INFORMATION I HAVE...

MS. YOON.

YES?

PLEASE COLLECT ALL THE ARTICLES ON HASUNG CORP...

FROM THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.

HASUNG ELECTRONICS GOING GLOBAL! SIGNING NEW TRADE DEALS WITH THE U.S...

DIGITAL INNOVATION... VICE-CHAIRMAN HA SUNGJOON, THE SPLENDID YOUNG LEADER...

Family

unemployed

family member of hasung

criminal record

none

THIS FALL, HASUNG CONSTRUCTION'S H-HEAVEN-TOWN FINALLY OPENS UP...

RUMORS ON CEO HA SUNGYEOB'S ILLNESS PROVES TO BE "GROUNDLESS."

THE SECRET TO HASUNG CONSTRUCTION'S PHENOMENAL GROWTH DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

CONTROVERSY OVER HASUNG CORP'S... "CONGLOMERATE PREFERENTIALISM?"

THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES... EVEN AFTER TRIMMING THEM DOWN.

I SUPPOSE IT'S NOT A SURPRISE, CONSIDERING THEY'RE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY...

BUT...

EXCEPT FOR THIS MURDER CASE AND THE BRIEF MENTION OF "THE CHAIRMAN'S THREE SONS..."

...THERE ISN'T A SINGLE LINE ON HA IDEUN.

USUALLY, THE CHILDREN OF THESE MAJOR COMPANIES ARE BOUND TO RECEIVE THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION...

121 articles

46 articles

85 articles

57 articles

ARE THEY KEEPING IT THIS WAY SO HE CAN HAVE A NORMAL LIFE...?

OR...

...ARE THEY KEEPING HIM HIDDEN AWAY BECAUSE THEY FEAR HE MAY DAMAGE THEIR REPUTATION?

THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOTHING ON HIM... IT WAS FRUSTRATING AT FIRST, NOW IT'S SUSPICIOUS...

I NEED SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE COMPANY'S INSIDE AFFAIRS.

ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T THE BEST TIME...

YTM A body found in “Club B”, Itaewon. prime suspect...? liste 82 115 neus Police sa “irreleva

neus Police says Club B murder case is “irrelevant” to owner of H corp’s son... seo yoonsun. kim seunghee 5780

...I COULD START WITH HIS FORMER ATTORNEY, HIS GUARDS, OR HIS SECRETARY...

MS. YOON, OFFICER CHO.

I'LL BE STEPPING OUT FOR A MOMENT.

OH, SURE.

I THINK I MIGHT FIND A WAY...

...SOONER THAN I THOUGHT.

Gu Sihwan

AAH!

...THE CURRENT WEATHER IN SEOUL...

...WHILE THE SKY REMAINS CLEAR... DUE TO THE FINE DUST CONCENTRATION...

...TO REFRAIN FROM OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...

THE TEMPERATURE WILL RISE BY TWO DEGREES...

...RAIN CLOUDS MOVING UP TO SEOUL...

...START CLOUDING OVER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...

...EXPECTING SOME RAIN DURING THE NIGHT.

...THE WEATHER REPORT...

To be continued