Midnight Runners Page #3

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Come here.

Pick up, pick up!

Please pick up.

- 911, what's your emergency?

- Hello?

I just saw a girl being kidnapped.

Yes.

She looked like a college girl.

Some men knocked her out

and put her in a van.

Yes, I witnessed it myself.

Yes. Excuse me?

No, I don't know her.

The license plate number?

You know it?

37GU8338, a green Starex van.

- We got them.

- We can do this.

Yes!

Pardon? What's wrong?

No way.

I have a really good memory.

Then what about 8838?

That's right. Hurry!

Pardon?

Then what about 8383?

Sh*t.

Pardon? Oh, okay.

What did he say?

They can't find it.

What?

They want us to wait here

for the patrol car.

How long will that take?

About 10 minutes?

10 minutes?

Let's go.

Go where?

We'll still need to go to the station

to make a report.

In 10 minutes,

we can go to Gangnam Police Station.

Let's save time. Come on.

Okay!

Taxi!

Salute.

Salute.

Salute.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We're from Police University.

We're here to report a crime.

Good evening.

Which floor is

Missing Persons Unit on?

They're getting ready

to be dispatched.

Pardon?

There they are.

Sir, they're here for

Missing Persons Unit.

What can I do for you?

We're Police University students

and want to report a crime.

What class are you in?

Pardon?

We're Class of 2017.

I was Class of 1999.

- Hello, sir.

- Hello, sir.

So what was the crime?

We saw a woman getting kidnapped

near Nonhyun station, 30 minutes ago.

Are you sure?

- Yes, sir.

- You knew her?

No, sir.

I see. We're on the move

on a Chief's special order.

Some business mogul's

grandson went missing.

I'll lead the initial investigation

and be back asap. Wait here.

Excuse me, sir.

For adult women, since the critical hours

occur during the first 7 hours of

abduction, - Captain, please hurry.

We were taught to

start investigating asap.

That's right.

You were taught correctly.

But the Chief's order comes first.

Wait here. I'll be back soon.

What do we do now?

It'll be too late when he gets back.

Then what do we do?

We can't go looking.

Seriously?

Yeah.

We're the only ones

who know she's kidnapped.

She could die without us.

That's true.

But we can't track her phone

or see the CCTV tapes.

What can we do?

I know you're smart,

especially at a time like this.

Think of something

you've learned from school.

Hey.

Should we use

the 3 sources of investigation?

How do we do that?

3 sources of investigation.

Examine victim, evidence,

crime scene.

Let's do that.

What's wrong?

Nothing. Keep going.

We can't examine the victim

because we don't know the victim.

We can't examine evidence

because there's no evidence.

So we examine the crime scene.

That's true, but

Let's go back there.

I don't think we'll find anything.

Even if we don't, we should try.

Okay. Let's go.

Come on.

Here, here.

This is it. Thank you.

Wasn't it this way?

Yeah.

I think we're almost there.

I think it's here.

Hey, the van was here.

- Here?

- Yeah.

So if the van was waiting here,

it's likely that it was premeditated.

If it was premeditated, it's likely

that they're habitual offenders.

Which lowers the chance

of us catching them.

You're right.

Hey, look.

Wasn't the pink girl

carrying that earlier?

Yeah.

Right?

What's wrong?

You open it.

I think it's alive.

What's this? Blood!

It's Topokki.

Is it?

That's a lot of Topokki.

Maybe enough for 4 people.

Who cares?

You know of anyone who

freezes Topokki for later?

I've never done that.

It means she has people

to share at home.

Kickass lifestyle inference!

Only if we knew her address,

we'd find more.

There's not even a receipt.

We can't find her house, but

we might find the Topokki stand.

Because Topokki gets mushy easily

so people buy them near homes.

Freaking forensics.

Let's go.

Yes, iPhone 6. Pink.

What do you mean?

Mr. Hwang,

how could you do this to me?

You paid $300 last time.

I want $500 for this one.

Or you won't get the girl.

Is this from your stand?

It's too sweet.

It's not mine.

Are there many

Topokki stands around here?

There are a few, but

they're all about to close.

Really?

Let's hurry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Where do we go?

Let's go this way.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Are there any Topokki shops near here?

There's one Kukde Topokki shop

over there.

Over there?

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

Did you sell these Topokki?

Our scallions are rectangular,

but these are stringy.

It's not ours.

I'm sorry, but do you know

where this is from?

How should I know?

Try another place.

- Okay.

- Right?

Okay.

Stop interfering with my business

and please leave.

We're sorry.

Let's go.

- No, it's not ours.

- Okay.

Is this a mistake?

Where to?

- Sorry.

- We're sorry.

- Let's go over here.

- Come on.

Hello, ma'am.

Could you please see

if this Topokki is from your stand?

I don't know anything.

Excuse me, ma'am.

It might be closed already.

Should we call Prof. YANG?

He worked in Serious Crime Unit.

He'll be more upset

if he knows what we're doing.

Gi-jun, listen.

Can we examine evidence right now?

No.

Then can we examine the victim?

No.

So calling Prof. YANG

would be a bad idea, right?

I know this isn't

the right time to say this.

But you know what I wrote

as the 3 sources of investigation?

What?

Passion, tenacity, big heart.

I got it wrong.

Are you a moron?

I think so.

Come on. We can find it.

- Okay.

- There must be one.

There must be.

Hello.

No one's here.

The scallion!

You're right.

- We found it.

- This is it.

Hello, handsome boys.

Is this Topokki from your stand?

Yes.

Then do you remember

the girl who bought this?

I have a lot takeout customers.

She was wearing a pink parka

and had a very small face

Like this big.

She sounds like the girl,

who comes here often at midnight.

Tall.

- That's her!

- That's her!

My goodness.

You wouldn't know

her house, would you?

No.

Oh, I know where she works.

7-eleven over there.

I met her there once.

I saw her coming up from

the building's basement in front.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

Across.

The basement.

This is the place.

Gi-jun.

Yeah?

She must work at

the ear-cleaning salon.

What's that?

You rest your head in a girl's lap

while she cleans your ear.

If you work her up to it,

she'd let you touch her b*obs.

Holy mother.

How do you know about this?

In high school, my friends

wanted to go so I googled it.

You went.

I didn't go because

they don't sterilize ear picks.

- You did go, loser.

- I did not, loser.

You so did.

Shush.

If we get caught in this shady place,

we'll be expelled.

But we don't go in,

we'll never find her.

But we could get expelled.

Then don't get caught.

One keeps watch

while the other goes in.

I'll keep watch.

No.

I don't want to either.

Do rock-paper-scissors.

- Is that all you know?

- Play or go. Rock Paper Scissors!

Get in there.

Please just this once.

Two out of three.

So damn bitter.

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