Chapter 11 - Mind
Episode 11_
[Mind]
A face with flawless white skin and a few strands of hair stuck to it due to sweat. The camera movement focuses on deep eyes that do not match her age. The camera director’s selfishness in taking pictures of Yeo-Jun Yoo can be seen.
-Oh my, the baby is handsome.
-What is it???
-Wow, he’s handsome
-Wow, it seems to have come out better than expected?
Yeo Jun-woo’s first appearance was so well-captured that it shook the viewers who were watching the live.
-What kid’s face is already complete?
-The kid is an actor.
-Where did the director get that guy?
-What are you guys looking at right now?
As the real-time response praised Yeo Woo-jun’s face, even other people who had no interest in it started looking for the channel.
“hi.”
“hello.”
“Kid. Do you know what happened here?”
“who are you?”
Issain shrank back as if on guard at the appearance of the strange man and woman.
“The old man… … is this kind of person.”
“Police officer?”
The child’s eyes, which had been indifferent, sparkled after checking Park Yu-won’s ID. It must have been his trust in the profession of a police officer.
-Wasn’t that just weird?
-? What? Just like that
-What is it? It’s strong.
Later, the boy’s identity will be revealed and when you see him again, you will see him in a new light.
Yeo-Jun Yeo did a great job of expressing the subtle gaze that could be interpreted as, “Is this person here to catch me?”
Some observant viewers have already noticed.
“Do you know why I came here?”
“I know. The old man in the blue gatehouse died, right? And the old lady who lived on the hill over there.”
“Yeah. How were those two usually? What did people around them say?”
The boy shakes his body slightly and thinks deeply.
It may seem like he hasn’t found his balance yet, but he’s actually at an age where he should be able to find his balance. It was an expression of a subtle psychological anxiety.
“The old man at the supermarket hated the dead man.”
“okay?”
“Yes. He said he wished he would die because he always brought alcohol on credit.”
“hmm…….”
“I think I would be annoyed if someone kept taking my stuff. Oh! And there’s more.”
Park Yu-won and Kim Ji-soo sat on either side of the boy, as he chattered away about useless information about the village.
Rather than going to other places to ask around, it seemed like listening to the boy would be more beneficial for gathering information.
“Saint. Then, who would be the one to kill that old man?”
“Um, the hardware store guy? I hate that guy.”
“Why don’t you like it?”
“He always yells at me and chases me away… … .”
The person who was eventually identified as a suspect was also the owner of a hardware store.
The first deceased, a man living in a house with a blue gate, also stopped by a hardware store before he died, and the second deceased, an elderly man, also reportedly visited because of home repairs.
Moreover, the hardware store owner had an unclear alibi for the time of his alleged death.
“I told you everything for my uncle and my sister. What do you think?”
“I’m a man, why is she an older sister?”
“The uncle is like an uncle and the older sister is like an older sister, isn’t she?”
“Oh, kid.”
Park Yoo-won roughly stroked Lee Se-in’s head as if he thought she was cute. Lee Se-in frowned.
At first glance, it seemed like he was a little uncomfortable with the rough touch. However, Yeo-Jun Yeo expressed his unpleasant feelings here, saying, ‘How dare you touch me.’
“So, did I do well? Did I help you and your sister?”
“Yeah. Good job.”
“So who did the killing?”
“I don’t know yet.”
“is it so?”
Yeo Jun-woo did a great job as a supporting actor in the first half of the drama.
Fresh and lively, the two leads appear wherever they are needed and provide information.
Other townspeople point out someone other than the hardware store owner. The screen focuses on the people suspected of being the culprits, focusing on their suspicious behavior.
Who on earth is the culprit here?
-How was the first episode of Mind?
-Mind, first of all, the visual beauty comes
-It still seems okay
-The kid is so cute
-But isn’t the kid who appears in the middle good at acting?
-Your breathing and vocalization are really stable.
The real-time response was also good.
After the first episode ended, keywords like ‘Mind child actor’ and ‘Mind child actor who’ came up here and there, but Legacy Entertainment Company decided to release Yeo Woo-jun’s profile and press release on the day the second episode was released.
And the next day, the second episode aired.
With no alibi, a bad reputation, and a criminal record, all circumstantial evidence points towards the hardware store owner, but only Park Yu-won seems uneasy and tries to find other evidence.
But the district chief was adamant. It was a small town. Since the suspect had already been identified, dragging out the case would be of no help.
“No, I’m really not!”
“No, it’s not. It’s you!”
Park Yu-won couldn’t push it any further because it wasn’t under his jurisdiction.
“Senior. Why are you like that?”
“Why do I feel like that person isn’t the culprit?”
Park Yu-won glanced at the hardware store owner with his sharp eyes. Then he turned his gaze to the playground across from the police station.
At that time, Issei was playing with some children of the same age.
“No! I don’t want to do this!”
“I left it for you?”
“I don’t like it.”
“Because I’m the leader! You have to listen to me!”
At first glance, it seems like he’s absorbed in playing the captain. But Park Yu-won saw it differently.
Just then, his cell phone rings.
(Detective Park. Where are you now?)
“It’s in front of the police station.”
(Then I’ll send you the address by text so you can come there, right?)
“… … Could it be that there is a third victim?”
(Haa…… Yes. Please take a look at the scene.)
This way, the hardware store owner is no longer the culprit. He was locked up in jail the whole time.
Park Yu-won couldn’t take his eyes off Lee Se-in even while driving to the scene.
“… … The child is dead.”
The third victim was a child. Park Yu-won and Kim Ji-soo, who visited the scene, searched the scene silently.
Anger rose toward the criminal who even murdered a child.
The hardware store owner screamed as he was released from the detention cell.
“Can you arrest an innocent person like this without any evidence? I’ll sue you all!”
“Yes, I’m sorry.”
The police couldn’t raise their heads. The case became a black hole as they found a solid alibi for the prime suspect.
“Why did you kill a man in his 40s and then an elderly person?”
Park Yu-won stared intently at the photo of the first victim, which was attached to the whiteboard with a magnet.
“This guy is the clue.”
As a result of such a thorough investigation starting from the first victim, new evidence emerges from an unexpected place.
The first victim’s autopsy revealed small pieces of fiber found between her fingernails.
“Senior, you said that before, right? The hardware store owner doesn’t seem to be the culprit.”
“That’s right.”
“Then, who do you think it is?”
Park Yu-won looks at Kim Ji-soo with a meaningful expression.
“Have you ever felt uncomfortable with that kid?”
“That kid? Could it be… Se-in?”
Isaine often appeared to the two people who were asking around the village and told them useless information about the village.
What if that was an attempt to get himself off the hook?
“He may be a stranger to us, but he was so friendly when we first met. He even told us things we hadn’t even asked about.”
“Isn’t that because you’re a kid? It’s a good time to meddle here and there.”
“Is that really so?”
The prejudice in their hearts that children are innocent. Isn’t that what blinded them both?
“He explained his actions in detail and used the past tense more often than the present tense.”
“……no way.”
“Did you see the kids playing at the playground yesterday?”
A scene passes of children playing at a playground.
There’s always that one kid who wants to be the leader among a group of kids.
It makes sense that Isaiah would be taller than her peers and have longer arms and legs. But the nuance was subtle.
“You control the situation to your own liking. I left it for you. Do something for me there.”
“… … .”
“You know what this tendency means.”
Kim Ji-soo wasn’t stupid either. Her face, which gradually turns from amazement to amazement, is shown in close-up.
A child’s fingerprints taken at the first victim’s house. The first victim’s house was originally not suspected because it was a place where children often came and went.
-Oh my god
-Is that kid the culprit??
-I think that kid is the culprit.
-I don’t know yet, but this is a special twist on the twist twist twist twist
Viewers were half in doubt about Park Yoo-won’s guess, but they did not change the channel.
Park Yu-won, who was sluggish in the first half of the first episode, suddenly changes and shows his sharpness from his active days.
This kind of reversal of charm and new information about the child’s suspicious identity made the drama even more immersive.
“But I can’t take that kid’s fingerprints without any reason.”
“I know. I have to throw out some bait.”
To prevent disappearances, children are also registered with fingerprints, but it is not mandatory. Park Yoo-won called Lee Se-in under the pretense of showing her around the police station. And then he pressures Lee Se-in.
The interrogation room scene that captivated all the staff during the first filming is finally revealed.
“Why did you do that?”
It was partly because he was a child that he avoided suspicion, but also because he was still a child and was confident that he could get a confession if he applied psychological pressure. And Park Yu-won’s gamble paid off.
“How did you know?”
A line from Fox Jun that contained winter. Even people who knew nothing about acting or vocalization would get goosebumps on their arms after hearing this line.
The child who had been glaring at Park Yu-won without blinking an eye slowly sits down. Then, tense background music begins to play.
-Wow, is that kid really the culprit?
-What changed the mood?
-Crazy
-Who is the child actor of Mind now?
He turns his head slightly to hide his glare and does not waver under Park Yu-won’s pressure.
The face of Yeo-Jun, which was full of herself, had a presence that dominated the screen.
“When you disturbed us with useless information.”
“Really? I thought I said it well.”
Issain leans back comfortably against the backrest. Unlike her fluttering figure in the beginning, her body’s center of gravity is well maintained.
Let’s get it all out, it actually looks like he’s psychologically stable.
“Shall we go back to the beginning? Why did you kill the man in the blue gatehouse?”
The first victim’s house was famous among children.
Just like the old days when people would ring someone’s doorbell and run away, the blue gate house was considered a kind of courage test among the village children.
The challenge was to go into the house of that rambling old man and steal his stuff or leave my mark behind.
“I wish the old man at the supermarket would die.”
The screen changes and shows the truth of that day.
An old man hurling harsh curses at a man who took a bottle of soju without paying the debt.
(Eight, that son of a bitch. I hope he falls over and dies.)
Oh, that guy is someone who can be killed .
Ise-in puts pesticide in the alcohol that men often drink. The man, an alcoholic, drinks the alcohol without even being able to tell the difference.
“Do you think it’s right to kill that old man because he said something like that?”
“Why? Because it’s the ‘right thing to do.’”
It was a self-consolation, or a look that seemed to lack the morality of a child, thinking, ‘I listened to the old man at the supermarket. That means I didn’t do anything bad.’
(Ugh, ugh……!)
(uh?)
The scene where Issei commits his first murder is shown at the intersection.
The man, who was thought to die after drinking pesticide, survived for a long time despite suffering.
Issain, who had been enjoying the sight of him struggling, soon hardens her expression.
(This won’t do.)
(Cough, ugh!)
(Why don’t you die?)
Even in situations where one should be afraid that one’s crime will be discovered in an unexpected and sudden situation, the child’s expression is nothing but confusion.
Huh? What if this person comes back to life? Contrary to my worries, the first victim slowly died.
An unexpected situation like this should not occur. So, from the second time on, the target will be changed. Someone who would die instantly if they ate it, or someone elderly or weak.
“Then what about the second victim, the old lady who lived on the hill? Did you kill that person instead because someone wanted her dead?”
I don’t think so. Park Yu-won stares at the child’s face with a stern expression.
There would have been no reason from the second time onwards. Whatever the motive was the first time, the murderer Sae-suk, who has tasted the taste of murder, will not know how to stop now.
“flaw…….”
At that moment, Issei-in twists her head and lets out a faint smile.
There is an uncontrollable joy in that smile. The expression on his face seems to be soaked in ecstasy.
‘Could it be that he is recalling the feeling he had when he committed murder?’
And yet, you’re laughing so creepily? At that moment, Park Yu-won and Kim Ji-soo’s expressions turn into shock.
Even the actor who was acting thought this way. Is this really the same person as me?