Chapter: 04

Daniel finally arrives to the location where the three kids are. He finds the three boxes that they’re trapped in and quickly opens them. Daniel gets Cairo and Claire out of the tunnel first and tells them to run as far as they can to get some some help. He then heads back inside the tunnel to save Aria, aware that the kindergarten teacher has seen him rescuing the kids.

He returns to the restroom which was where he made eye contact with the kindergarten teacher as he was rescuing the kids below in the basement. It’s completely dark and the teacher is nowhere to be found. He then opens the shower curtains and sure enough, Aria is laying there unconscious. Just as he’s about to rescue Aria, a possessed Bori attacks him and bites him in the arm. Daniel manages to push Bori away by biting the dog in the neck, but that’s not the end of it. Daniel is attacked by the kindergarten teacher with a hammer and falls unconscious on the floor.

That’s when we’re shown how Daniel found himself isolated out on the muddy tracks in the paddy field in the beginning of this episode. He was dragged and buried by the kindergarten teacher to the field. Combined that with the pouring rain and Daniel was trapped inside the mud. Thankfully, Daniel manages to wake up and pull himself out of the mud, still alive.

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Cairo and Claire manage to escape safely and to get help. Meanwhile, Sam receives a call from the CEO’s lawyer who delivers him some important news.

Olivia wakes up from a nightmare and interprets it as a sign of bad news. She fails to get in contact with Daniel so she hurries to the daycare where she assumes Daniel is. There, she asks Detective Luca about Daniel, but he too is clueless about Daniel and where he is. At that moment, Sam interrupts the two and takes Olivia away. He explains that Daniel must be in hiding since he saved the kids without reporting to the police and probably doesn’t want to get into any trouble.

After discovering the kindergarten teacher’s dead body and rescuing Aria, Detective Luca and his colleague explore the rest of the daycare. They also find Bori’s corpse in the basement. Luca ponders whether there was someone else present with the kids and the kindergarten teacher, but he tries not to think about it too much.

Olivia continues with her investigation behind Cairo and Claire’s kidnapping. There’s no telling how the two kids in particular were kidnapped. Maybe there might have been an accomplice who was at the daycare earlier the night before and attacked Daniel. Sam doesn’t buy into Olivia’s theory and adds that Daniel isn’t the type of person to be abducted so easily.

However, the wait for Daniel’s return gets to Sam and even he begins to grow doubtful. While waiting for Daniel, Sam shares with Olivia how he first met Daniel two years ago. Sam was the one to approach Daniel and offer him the idea of starting a detective agency as business partners. They can do something different for once since detectives aren’t highly respected in Korea. Daniel doesn’t need or want the recognition; all he asks for is a place to sleep, his privacy, and the ability to call the final shots. Sam easily agrees with him and that was how the two created the agency and are now able to work on Claire’s case. More so than focusing on the story, Olivia traces the details back to Claire. Claire must remember Daniel since he was the one who saved her and urged her to go get help.

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