It looks like fairies.
Young Jin, isn't it a mutant?
It can't photosynthesize due to the lack of chlorophyll.
That's why it's all white.
Then, what does it feed on?
It earns nutrition from decaying bodies...
of animals and plants, and also from animal excretion.
That's gross.
What do you mean it's gross? It's doing its best to live on.
It even cleans up the dirty things.
You sound like an old soul.
Do you know you sometimes talk like your grandfather?
- What's wrong with it? - Forget it.
What's its name?
What is it?
Ghost plant, and Soojungcho in Korean.
Soojung?
Really?
My name is Soo Jung too.
How can you be this elegant and beautiful?
Like me!
Let's go back.
That's nonsense.
The eighth victim with stigmata was found in Pyeongchang, Gangwon.
The brutal murder...
of a victim with scars on her both hands took place again.
Stigmata is a scar that Jesus had on his side, hands, and feet.
It also refers to a religious scar that appears on a human's body.
The murder with the same pattern took place three times in a series.
The police specified the cases as serial murders...
and created a nation-wide investigation team.
The police deeply apologize for the pain caused to the bereaved.
The culprit's whereabouts are still unknown.
The victim is a young high school student,
the youngest among the victims found so far.
She also had a scar on her side and her hands.
These serial murders will be recorded as the worst case.
This is the most brutal serial murder case.
This is the last question.
In the afternoon of that day,
Soo Jung called you three times. Why didn't you answer?
I was just too lazy to do so.
But she called you three times.
The connection is bad inside my place,
so I had to go out.
If I had answered her phone calls,
she might've not been killed.
(Young Jin)
(3 missed calls)
The assailant must have her phone, right?
I'm sure he threw it into the sea or something.
Or he must've broken it into pieces.
Then, why would he have taken it with him?
What?
I heard that it's the first time that the murderer had...
taken his victims' belonging.
I'm sure he has it with him.
(Soo Jung)
Young Jin?
It's you, right?
This is her.
Finally, you picked up the phone.
If I had answered her call...
She would've been alive by now.
I was going to kill you,
but you didn't meet the requirements I set.
So I killed her instead.
I'll kill you.
Are you not scared of me?
I might go find you.
I'll go find you.
Then, I should tell you this.
The stigmata murder will not happen any longer.
Soo Jung was the last one.
So you can't find me.
I will.
No matter how long it takes,
I'll find you at any cost.
So you must stay alive until then.
I kind of like you.
I can't wait to meet you.
I really hope we meet someday.
(Soo Jung)
It's a young man.
Did he say he's the assailant?
(Soo Jung)
And what else did he say?
He said...
he'll start killing more people again soon.
He said it would never end here.
(Eun Ho)
Yes?
Are you getting a promotion?
How did you know that?
I'm in front of the cleaner's.
Why didn't you tell me?
Do you tell me everything that happened at school?
When is it?
Tomorrow.
Should I bring the cloth home for you?
Okay.
(Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Regional Investigation Unit)
You should wait a bit longer.
Who is it?
The mother of the first victim of the stigmata serial murder case.
Let's stay out for a while.
We'll only make her moan longer.
We hardly sleep at all!
Why now? You've been sitting on your hands so far!
Why do you start checking my daughter's belongings?
Ma'am, please calm down. We've never sat on our hands.
We have more advanced technologies now, so new evidence might come...
Then, you shouldn't have returned it in the first place!
We didn't know this day would come at the time.
Just don't do this, all of you.
- Pardon? - In my house,
I have none of my daughter's belongings left.
Only our family has nothing left!
I also oppose reexamining.
It's nothing but trouble.
But aren't you opposing everyone else's because you can't do it?
Stop the reexamination on other families.
Don't give them false hope!
It was your choice to burn your daughter's stuff.
You can't obstruct our work because you're sore about it.
Inspector Kim!
Watch your language.
I'm sick of seeing you.
It was 17 years ago that you came...
to my house for the first time with Detective Hwang.
Have you been... working on the case all this time?
Who are you kidding?
The police never...
gave up on the Stigmata Serial Murder Case.
Then...
you should have held on to the evidence.
Even when we begged you to give us,
you should have held on to it!
We still have...
your daughter's belongings.
But I burned them all.
On the day the statute of limitations expired,
I burned everything in her room.
Your youngest daughter put a letter card in her bag.
And she kept it with her when the police returned it to her.
She has it?
Will she...
mail it from the US?
No.
She said she'll bring it herself.
Get home safely, ma'am.
Gosh.
"The police never gave up"?
Why did you have to tell her that?
The families of the deceased are going to pester us now.
Inspector Cha.
This will be the last time we're examining the Stigma Murder.
I told you to investigate it because we had time after a big case,
but this is a waste of time.
Except for the last victim, Choi Soo Jung,
all the statute of limitations expired.
If it weren't for Choi Soo Jung,
the case would have been pending already.
When we get the evidence back from the families,
we'll get a lot of new DNA test results.
It would be very contaminated after everyone's been touching it.
We couldn't catch the suspect not because we didn't have... his DNA in the first place.
It was because we couldn't identify him.
Did you hear that?
I'll continue investigating if there are still ways.
There you go again!
Again.
You two,
look into the intelligence we got from Yeonju-dong.
Proceed with just Jae Hong.
Okay.
I get old because of you. I used to look so young.
Goodbye.
But...
I didn't know Superintendent Hwang was Detective Cha's senior.
- Do you know him? - Don't you?
Superintendent Hwang in the division of child and youth.
He got a call from the Stigma murderer...
warning him of a new murder, so he got famous for it.
Really?
Because of that one call,
we were on emergency duty for over three months.
There were a lot of prank calls on a national scale.
Chief Hwang dropped the case a long time ago.
She's been on it for 17 years.
(Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency)
(Special Promotion Ceremony)
She really called no one.
She must have no friends.
That's how she's able to be promoted so quickly.
She has no one around her.
All she does is dig into the case unlike everyone else.
(Cha Young Jin, "Check your pocket.")
Inspector Kim Kyoung Ik.
(Eun Ho)
Check your pocket.
Officer Lee Jae Hong.
Congratulations. Well done.
What are you doing after school?
He'll only take a minute again, right?
I think he'll take less than 40 seconds.
Let's begin the closing meeting.
- Did you all check this? - Yes.
See you tomorrow.
Hey, it's 30 seconds!
He's breaking records every day.
Awesome.
Hey, Eun Ho.
I have to leave early again.
Me, too.
- Okay. - Thanks.
I'll get going first.
Yes, goodbye.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Goodbye. - Yes.
I envy him.
He gets to go home as soon as school ends...
The former chairman's son, the present chairman's brother-in-law,
and he'll be the chairman himself in the future.
He's got nothing to worry about.
(Chairman Yoon Hee Seob)
Come in.
I'm here.
- Do you want to drink too? - No, I'm okay.
What about the closing meeting?
I finished it.
Of all the classes,
yours is the only class that cleans after the closing meeting.
The other students have to wait while the ones on duty clean up.
It's inefficient.
Who's supervising the cleanup?
They do it on their own.
Teacher Lee Sun Woo.
Yes, Chairman Yoon.
I don't mind the efficiency and the autonomy,
but you should keep an eye on them if they're doing well.
Yes, Chairman Yoon.
Where are you going?
What about dinner?
I'm getting something expensive for dinner before I get home.
- Hello. - Yes.
Eun Ho.
Why are you cleaning alone?
The others didn't feel well. So I told them to go.
Both felt sick at the same time?
Yes.
Stop it.
I'll get the other two to clean the rest tomorrow.
Mr. Lee.
I'll just do it by myself.
It was me who told them to leave.
All right.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Goodbye.
Let's not bother.
- Congratulations. - Congratulations.
She's so cool.
I'm a bit late.
Congratulations.
Let's tell people...
that I answered this call.
Or you'll be harassed for a while...
maybe for a considerable period of time.
So let's do as I say.
By the way,
why did you wear the full-dress uniform today?
I went to the prevention of violence campaign.
Kids like this uniform the most, you know.
Who is it?
It's from a reporter.
Do reporters still ask you for interviews?
I've declined several times,
but they keep acting like creditors.
Do you not regret it?
Stepping forward on my behalf...
and telling the world that you took the culprit's call.
Not at all.
When I look at you,
I don't think it was a great choice to hand you...
the investigation records when you showed up as a cop.
Even if you hadn't helped me then,
things would be the same as now.
Probably.
How did it go with reanalyzing the evidence?
We've got six new sets of DNA.
None of them match the database.
It started being contaminated when it was handed to the family.
Many guests must've visited the house.
Or it could've been left mistakenly by detectives or researchers.
What are you going to do now?
There's evidence which I haven't gotten to check yet.
The first victim's younger sister put a letter in her bag in secret.
Do you remember it?
There was a trace of opening,
but it only had her sister's fingerprints.
The victim passed away without getting to read it.
We assumed that the culprit read it instead.
But didn't her mother say...
that she burned all of the victim's stuff...
after the statute of limitations expired?
Right.
She changed her mind at the last moment...
and got a burn on her hand while trying to take it out.
But how?
The sister put it aside when they got the victim's stuff back.
Her name was...
- Ha Ru, right? - Yes.
I'm meeting her tomorrow.
Was she... eight years old when the case happened?
So she's 29 years old now.
Time flies, after all.
But then again,
you were in high school when I first saw you.
You cried a lot.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
- Hello. - Hi.
("The Life Before Us")
"You're still young."
"There are a lot of things you better not know..."
"when you are little."
(Congratulations. Good work.)
(Soo Jung's Mother)
Good afternoon.
What brought you here in Seoul?
My kids pestered me to come.
I'm thinking of selling off my house in Gangwon.
I see.
Do you still live there?
Yes.
Do you still have the room the same?
(Stigmata)
(Female murder)
(Culprit of Stigmata Murder Case forewarns the detective himself)
(He contacted the police himself with the eighth victim's phone.)
Soo Jung came out in my dream.
With a sad face, she said:
"Mom."
"Young Jin is struggling."
"I feel bad for her."
Are you going to keep living like this?
Thinking only about catching that jerk?
I'm a police officer. That's my job.
Good thinking.
It should be your job.
Don't let it be your life.
It's partly my fault...
that you're living like this.
Wait, hey.
Get off me. You.
Why didn't you answer your phone?
It wasn't just once, but three times.
Why didn't you answer?
I'm sorry.
Because of you, my Soo Jung...
- Because of you... - Are you crazy?
Why would you blame her?
She could've been able to survive.
I'm really sorry.
No, ma'am.
Actually, it wasn't Mr. Hwang,
but me who took the culprit's call.
In case reporters would give me a hard time,
he said he took it.
My goodness.
You heard...
that horrible announcement yourself...
that he'd kill another person?
Yes.
Did you only hear it?
No.
I told him that I'd find him.
People say he's dead...
because someone like him...
would never be able to stop killing people.
He's been quiet for 20 years.
I think he's dead too.
I wish...
he's alive.
Would you be able to find him though?
For 20 years, you've done everything you could.
Unless he kills again.
Young Jin.
Yes.
Give up when you can.
If you keep holding on to it,
it could become your life.
(Senior Inspector Cha Young Jin)
(Felony Crime Section One, Senior Inspector Cha Young Jin)
Take care.
Are you going to live here?
I live in unit 201 with my mom.
Who do you live with?
Alone.
Where are you going?
I'm going to get my luggage.
I'll help you.
Never mind.
But I want to help you.
- Why? - Because you're alone.
You can't carry it.
You can't do your laundry and vacuum in the middle of the night, okay?
My mom really hates it.
My mom's really scary when she's angry.
Why are you sitting here and not going home?
Is it because of your mom?
No.
Do you really live downstairs?
(First Stigmata Serial Murder Case)
(Eighth Stigmata Serial Murder Case)
Who are you to cause a scene at my house?
Under Article 212 of the Criminal Procedure Act,
you're under arrest without a warrant for assault.
Crazy wench.
What are you saying? Who are you to arrest me?
Anyone can arrest the offender when they see one on the scene.
Thank you for coming on to me.
Why you...
Under Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers,
it adds obstruction of justice.
You have the right to an attorney and to remain silent,
and refuse anything that can be used against you.
Hey.
Let go.
Ma'am.
Did your mom tell you to play outside again?
I waited for you.
How did you know when I'd be back?
So I waited for you every day.
You're my hero.
Water it twice a week until the roots are soaked in water.
What if it dies because of me?
It's okay because you're a child.
Even if you make a mistake and do something wrong,
it's okay for now.
Come here.
From now on, this room will be locked,
so you can't go in.
Why?
If you see what's inside this room,
you'll have nightmares.
I told you to just water it.
Then you should come home often.
Unit 201.
Eun Ho.
Thanks.
Let's grab something nice to eat.
Goodness. Mr. Lee.
We bump into you here.
Hello, ma'am.
You should say hello.
It's been a while, Jae Min. Have you been well?
We were going to visit you after you quit,
but you wouldn't pick up the phone.
I'm sorry.
What are you talking about?
If it weren't for you, Something bad...
might've happened to him because of that bully.
Oh, right.
How is your wound?
It's a long time ago.
I'm all better.
That's good to hear.
Hurry up already.
Done. You sloppy boy. Let's go.
He takes after his mom.
What are you thinking about?
Stigmata Serial Murder Case.
What if the culprit ends up getting away?
Will you keep looking for him?
Until when?
Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?
Did something happen?
What if...
Just if...
something bad happens to me,
I don't ever want you to know.
What do you mean?
I'm asking what you mean by that.
The room...
was open.
Don't tell me...
you went in there.
You can't go in just because it was open?
I'm sorry.
- You knew what was in there. - So...
I braced myself beforehand.
But it was horrible.
Way more than I imagined.
It was only for a moment, but it was terrifying.
But you're still investigating it...
when the culprit might be dead already.
You knew it when I didn't tell you I was promoted.
You're right.
How's school?
Not bad.
Yes, Mom.
Are you home?
Did you have dinner?
I did.
Something at home.
Something at home?
You're here.
Okay. I'm sleeping at my friend's house today.
Do you want something to drink?
Okay.
Is she not coming home?
No.
Does she do that often?
It's fine. I'm not a kid anymore.
It's more comfortable when she sleeps over in his place...
than to have him home.
You're still a kid.
I wish I could become an adult soon.
Do you still have the room the same?
If you keep holding onto it,
it could become your life.
(First Stigmata Serial Murder Case)
(Evidence Five)
(To my sister from Ha Ru)
There was a trace of opening,
but it only had her sister's fingerprints.
The victim passed away without getting to read it.
We assumed that the culprit read it.
(The statute of limitations expired on March 20, 2015.)
(The Statutes of Limitations on the first to seventh Stigmata Serial Murder Cases expired)
(The statute of limitations, abolished)
(Murderer from 16 years ago gets sentenced for life imprisonment)
(Only the last stigmata serial murder case...)
(has its statute of limitations available thanks to the Tae Wan Law)
(The Tae Wan Law wouldn't have been applied if the case had happened earlier.)
Are you not scared of me?
I might go find you.
I will make sure...
to find you.
(Senior Inspector Cha Young Jin)
Have a good day.
Did you make up your mind?
Follow me.
The promised date has passed.
Who are you to tell me to turn myself in?
I got a good result for my exam with the answers my mom gave me,
but did that do any harm to you?
I just shared it with you so that we could be friends again.
Let it go this once.
I won't do it ever again.
I'm doing this because you're my friend.
- What? - If you don't,
I will.
Darn it.
Okay.
Give me a few more days.
- Min Sung. - I'm not prepared yet.
Okay?
("The Life Before Us")
- Yes. - What's so amusing?
You'll know if you read it.
Give it back.
You said I'll know when I read it.
I'll give it back after I read it.
Give it back.
I said I'll give it back after I read it.
Give it back.
Gosh, you should have avoided it.
Ko Eun Ho.
Why are you standing there after the bell rang?
I'm sorry.
From today,
you can go home after you clean up the classroom.
- Why? - What?
This isn't happening.
Be quiet.
Open your books.
No way.
Turn to page 96.
Now, the conservation of energy.
When energy is converted during chemical reactions...
Get your hand out of your pocket first.
Should I tell Mr. Lee that Eun Ho got hit?
Yun Jin Il's mom's on the Anti-Bullying Commission.
She might put the blame on Eun Ho.
Hey.
How was Eun Ho hit?
- Detective Lee, let's go. - Yes.
Hello.
Congratulations on getting a citation award.
Thank you.
Congratulations on your promotion.
Me too.
Right. Keep up the good work.
Detective Cha.
Why did you choose Officer Lee instead of me?
What if I tell you the reason?
I need to know so that I can change.
Just tell her.
Or she's going to fall sick.
There were no better or worse between you two.
Then on what standard did you make your decision?
I just liked Detective Lee's motives more.
What were your motives for applying?
- Don't bother. I'm going. - Okay. Good luck.
See you later.
What did you put for your motives?
You should deal with me, Officer Yoon.
We work together all day long at the Investigation Support Team.
I want to become like Detective Cha...
who went up all her ranks with special promotions.
I'd better help you so that your wish comes true.
How?
I won't give you good marks so that you don't get promoted.
Ma'am.
Ms. Lee Ha Ru?
- Detective Cha? - Yes.
This is Detective Lee Jae Yong.
Nice to meet you.
Me too.
You recognized me straight away.
You look a lot like your sister.
It's been a while since I last heard that.
(To my sister from Ha Ru)
I'll call you as soon as the results come out.
There is one more.
I found this while looking for the card.
Until I saw this, I had forgotten...
that I encountered a strange man on the streets... a few days before my sister died.
It's okay.
Your sister is sick.
No, she's not. She's healthy.
It's not her body.
It's her soul that's sick.
What should I do then?
- Do you want me to help you? - Yes.
All right.
Your sister will be reborn.
I hid it because my sister told me to throw it out.
I had forgotten about it until now.
What do you remember about that man?
Only that he sounded kind.
This has six wings.
It's an angel from the painting... "St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata."
Is it the stigmata from the serial murder case?
It really is stigmata.
You should go to the National Forensic Service by yourself.
- Where are you going? - Home.
What?
(July 16, 2000)
(Called made from a payphone in Yongin)
(Talking about a doll with six wings repeatedly, prank call?)
(New Life Church)
New Life Church.
(New Life Church)
(Pastor Kwon Jae Chun, New Life Church)
(New Life Church)
That restaurant used to be very popular back in the days.
It tastes totally different now.
People don't go there anymore.
(10-year Anniversary of New Life Church, 1988)
I told you before.
You shouldn't be so shallow.
Excuse me.
Have you seen this before?
Let me see.
Oh, this.
- Do you know it? - A pastor in our church made it...
and handed it out to kids.
What is the name of that pastor?
What was it?
It's him.
Seo Sang Won.
Yes, it's Seo Sang Won.
Seo Sang Won
This man is still alive.
We lost contact a long time ago.
Then I guess it won't matter even if you tell me.
You need to tell me what this is about.
Or we can't cooperate.
I'll find it out anyway. It's just a matter of time.
And for that much time,
I'll get to learn a lot about this place.
(Shinsung Middle School)
Sir.
Sir, are you okay?
I found someone down.
It's Hongje-dong.
Near New Life Church.
Yes, I've learned how.
Okay, I will try.
(Emergency Medical Center)
Thank you.
It was you.
Are you okay?
Thank you.
You saved my life.
I'm glad you're alive.
(Ko Eun Ho)
(Shinsung Middle School)
Do you go to Shinsung Middle School?
Yes.
What class?
Class 2-2.
Ko Eun Ho, Class 2-2 of Shinsung Middle School.
Eun Ho.
Your righteous deed today...
will come back as a huge reward in the near future.
He's using the fifth floor alone.
- Did you arrive? - Yes.
- I'll be there in about 20 minutes. - Okay.
(Seo Sang Won)
(Young Jin)
(Soo Jung)
(Message)
(Seo Sang Won)
(Senior Inspector Cha Young Jin)
Seo Sang Won.
Detective Cha Young Jin.
If he was watching the bereaved, he must've known about Ms. Cha.
- Is Seo Sang Won the culprit? - I can't tell you yet.
If you don't cooperate,
I'll have no choice but to dig up New Life Church.
Keep this safe until I get it back from you.
Then I'll repay for your kindness.
Can I believe you?
Yes.
It's good to see you.
I'm Chairman Baek Sang Ho of One Life Foundation.
I have something to tell you.
You don't know. You don't know anything.
You know why I became a cop.
I need to put an end to this myself.