Blood
[Episode 9]
Are you... are you okay?
Yes. Just go.
But, I'm sure my car hit...
I'm perfectly fine so just go!
Where did you find him?
Behind the building.
Are you okay?
Is your head injury serious?
Even if I'm injured, you know I'm fine. Why bother asking?
Thank you. You found him for us.
What happened, exactly?
We had an emergency and he must have slipped out during that time.
You're saying out of all those people, no one managed to see him?
I apologize. It was our fault.
We will take over the transfer of this patient.
Wait. I'll take this patient.
- You can't do that. This patient... - I said, I'm taking him!
If you insist on doing that...
regretfully, we will have to use physical force.
Go ahead and do so.
Take care of Professor Park Ji Sang, separately.
Take the patient with you.
Take the patient back to where he came from.
Doctor Yoo!
Please do as I say... okay?
So tell me. Why did you send the patient away?
Anyone could see that the patient was in a state of hallucination.
He was allowed out of the hospital without anyone stopping him.
You know very well that something is off here!
We should have done everything we could have to keep him from going back.
Even if that meant getting into a physical fight with the security team?
What's your alternative solution?
I assume you stopped me because you had an alternative solution.
I have to think about it... about what we should do.
What did you mean when you said you should be the one interrogating me?
Before we discuss that, let's organize a few things.
This picture of the cemetery...
I found it by chance while going through the secure database.
The person who posted it was listed as 'No Name'.
There was no department listed either.
I saved the picture and went back in a few days later.
But, the file had already been deleted.
Did you get this cemetery picture from the secure database, as well?
If so, I just can't comprehend it.
This picture was in the database long before you came into the hospital.
You would not have had access to the secure database.
I see why I'm under suspicion from you.
How did you come across this picture, Chief?
I'm sorry, Doctor.
Fortunately, I don't think Park Ji Sang was able to see me.
Is that your excuse right now?
I'm sorry.
I can be quite generous when it comes to mistakes.
However...
I cannot stand the type of foolish mistakes only humans make.
If you make that kind of error again...
I will no longer consider you a friend.
Because... You have no right to live your own life.
That's right.
I obtained this picture through an abnormal route.
For what reason?
My reason?
It's the same as yours, Chief.
It's for the purpose of research.
I suppose as a doctor, it is something you may want to research.
But what was the reason for being so serious and asking me all your questions?
Were you just angry because we were researching the same topic?
Do not continue this research.
You are behaving more and more absurd.
I am not trying to hog this research to myself.
It is because this can get dangerous.
At the very least...
if you want me to quit my research, that reason is not enough.
A day will come, when I tell you the reason why.
So for now, just stop this research.
This is not a request. It is a warning.
Will he stop, just because you tell him to?
I don't think he has anything besides the picture of the Kochenia cemetery.
Though I suppose if he keeps at it, he'll find at least one other thing.
Well, it's not like the Hematoma Department will orient the virus.
For now, continue monitoring Chief Jung.
He might have other research information or have files.
I was going to anyways.
He's no joke.
Oh, did you look into it?
- The patient that was forced to leave? - Yes.
Nam Dong Pal...
On the day he was forced out...
he died that evening in a car accident.
- A car accident? - Yes.
According to formal procedures, the corpse was cremated the next day.
If that other patient had been left alone, he would have died in a car accident.
Wow. Something about this smells funny.
What if...
Someone purposefully created the accident?
Huh?
The patient from tonight, he didn't look like he was there naturally.
It was like he was pushed and he had fallen.
Then, possibly...
Nam Dong Pal, this patient too?
We'll have to keep an eye on them... All of the patients in ward 21A.
Oh yeah.
- This. - What is it?
The results of the analysis on the blood you got from Director Lee.
It's a bit unexpected...
No...
The results are a bit shocking.
This is my inference and I could be wrong.
If you consider the antibodies and other aspects of the blood
I believe all three units are blood belonging to children.
But...
Taking the blood of children...
Aside from the fact that it's illegal, it's morally incomprehensible.
If you're correct, what would be the reason for drinking the blood of children?
A child's' blood is lacking in immunity.
So for a infected, it's much safer to drink.
It would be lacking all the regular antibodies that's usually in blood.
To put it simply, it's like water that has less impurities.
Are you okay?
- What do you mean? - You don't look well.
I'm fine.
- There's a surgery patient today. - Okay. Send me the files.
Before...
I had that same dream again.
Walking Soo Hyun down the aisle on her wedding day?
Yes, our Soo Hyun.
Do you know how pretty she is?
I'm sure she's very pretty. She's our daughter after all.
Can't someone invent a time machine or something?
Just...
for five minutes.
Were you crying again?
Nope.
I was just thinking.
About what?
- Um, Doctor... - Yes?
Well...
Yes, what?
I have a favor to ask.
You mean to let your dad to live long?
- I just don't have the means. - No...
Not that.
Yes.
Patient Park Soon Young?
Oh, Chief's patient.
I'll be in the operating room in ten minutes.
Since yesterday, I hear something in my ears.
It feels like it's getting worse.
I'll get back to you after I find out more.
What is it?
- It's a bit weird. - What is?
Some patients seem to have tinnitus.
How many?
Quite a few. So far we have more than ten.
Including the patients in the rest area.
Should we consult the ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat)?
We should.
But first, inform those patients' physician in charge.
No, it's okay.
We will consult the doctors directly.
Excuse me!
- It's our job to contact the physicians in charge. - No.
There's a revised set of protocols for ward 21A.
You should read it in detail again.
Well, you probably wouldn't listen to me anyways.
But, can you share at least some of your problems with me?
Whether I'm helpful or not.
Even if it's a tiny bit.
Even if you knew my illness
there's nothing you can do.
Just like how I, right now
can't do anything for myself.
Are you okay?
Is your head injury serious?
Even if I'm injured, you know I'm fine. Why bother asking?
This call for a meeting was very last minute.
I hope it's okay with everyone.
Recently, because of many reasons
I couldn't perform surgeries on occasion.
I felt that I needed to explain my behavior.
The reason I couldn't operate...
is in fact due to my health issue.
According to the rumors, you have chronic enteritis?
That's not it. Actually, I am currently...
suffering from panic disorder.
I developed it while I was in the Kochenia war zone.
I should've treated it sufficiently.
I think I came here to work too quickly.
Then given your state, won't it be problematic for you to do surgeries in the future?
No, not really. After a month or two of treatment
I will likely be cured of it, according to my doctor.
So just for the next two months, I won't be performing any surgeries.
But this isn't something I have authority over.
I need everyone's permission, so that's why I called this meeting.
If Chief Park can't do the surgeries...
who will do the ones that are scheduled already?
For now, Doctor Yoo Ri Ta will take over.
At the latest, in two months, I'm planning to start performing surgeries again.
I can take over your surgeries.
But for your recovery, maybe going outside of the hospital...
For situations like this...
we need to support each other.
A colleague that came back from volunteer work in Kochenia
shouldn't be punished for his mental illness.
Don't you agree, everyone?
I think a mere two months is fine.
If Doctor Yoo has too many operations
can't we divide them up?
It'll be great for the team morale.
I also agree with Chief Woo.
If nobody opposes, then we will accept Chief Park's request.
Thank you.
Chief.
What do you think about getting a new specialty doctor?
My classmate from Stanford is an authority in panic disorder.
That's okay.
Oh, if not then...
Since you're single...
should I introduce you to a beautiful lady?
For a disorder of mind, a relationship can be medicinal.
I'll just accept your consideration.
Be healthy.
You're the shining star of our department.
Shining star!
Why are you suddenly acting this way?
Everyday you called him 'psychopath, psychopath'.
That's right.
Since when did you become such a fan of Chief Park Ji Sang?
It's just that... I've started to like him.
Person-to-person.
Yes?
What? Na Jung?
Na Jung!
What are you doing? That's dangerous!
Why are you yelling?
- It's not like I'm falling. - But you can't sit there like that.
It's really dangerous here!
I have liver cancer, which is way more dangerous than this ledge.
What's so dangerous about this?
Yeah but still... I looked everywhere for you.
Later when you can't find me, just assume I fell from here and died.
Don't say things you don't mean.
Don't talk about death so easily.
I'm going to die anyway!
Why would you die?
That pretty doctor is going to perform surgery on you.
Pretty? She looks like she has a nasty temper.
Let's go down. It's cold.
Can't you just forget about me?
No, I can't.
Why?
Because I keep thinking about you.
Come on, let's go. It's really dusty out today.
Do you think you'll have a solution in one or two months?
Without drinking blood...
do you have a way to free yourself from your true way of life?
We'll see. When the time comes, I'll know.
Even just yesterday, I thought your rejection was because you needed time.
But now, you seem to behaving dangerously and recklessly stubborn.
Even if I am dangerous and stubborn, I do not wish to drink children's' blood.
By the look on your face, it must be true.
I was only taking a stab in the dark.
You cannot obtain children's' blood legally in any country.
Even in country's where blood can be sold in the market.
I know I told you that I pay a price that is more than fair.
At the very least, those children are not cast off or left to starve.
So... that gives you the right to drink their blood?
Rather than an angel that gives pain and anxiety...
I would choose the devil that gives happiness and comfort.
And...
I do not take their souls. I only take their blood.
If that is so, then do it on your own. Keep me out of it.
Chief Park.
You make it difficult to depend on you.
Of all the feelings exchanged between people, dependence is the last to come.
We need to go further than that.
Even if we go to the end, that feeling may never come.
His assets look straightforward and there is nothing suspicious about his finances.
His personal relationships look normal, as well.
He keeps a distance between the drug company and the development business.
Hello Editor.
I assume the preparations are going well.
Tomorrow morning? I see.
I'm looking forward to your article.
- Just one minute will do. - I'm sorry.
Yesterday I let you transfer the patient. Can't you just let me in this once?
I'm sorry.
Is this guy set on repeat or what?
- You keep saying the same thing. - Let her in.
Let's go in.
This morning, he started getting symptoms of a virus.
His temperature is 40 degrees Celsius?
There were no signs even yesterday.
You know how it is.
Symptoms can appear within hours.
Still, it's a relief.
If you and Chief Park did not check on his unusual symptoms
the other patients could have been harmed.
I looked through all the files and documents that you gave me.
Excluding the pictures of the blood vessels and the growth pattern...
I narrowed it down to five crucial keywords.
I think the researcher started from the Kochenia skeletal remains.
Yes that's right. The researcher was on vacation in that region.
He happened to hear a story from an old man in the village.
He got curious and he dug up the cemetery, secretly.
As for this V?T-?1...
the letters were deleted in the middle, so I couldn't tell what it was.
It was likely the name of the virus, given by the researcher.
Since there's a 'V' in it, don't you think he meant 'vampire'?
He discovered ancient vampire remains.
And concluded that it was not merely just a legend.
He hypothesized that it was the result of a virus.
Lastly, I don't know how the physeal plate fits into all of this.
I don't know how this growth plate is connected to this virus.
I can't quite figure out that part either.
But if this is real, isn't this truly awesome?
Do you think they really transformed and like drank people's blood?
Wait please!
You're here?
What's wrong with your face?
I'm just a bit tired.
What brings you here?
I wanted to discuss something.
So you wanted to discuss something...
It was my first time seeing such an illness.
I didn't know what the risks were.
If that patient presents a risk
we should not continue his treatment in this manner.
Your role was to manipulate the medical files and stay out of it altogether.
That is what we agreed on.
However, Chief Jung of the Hematoma Department is observing closely.
I don't know about others, but he is a hard man to fool.
I'll take care of it.
Yes... I understand.
However...
- Director? - Go ahead.
This may be forward of me to say.
I put my scholarly conscience on the line when I decided to do this.
So my heart feels very heavy.
Of course, I have no regrets because it is something I did for you, Director.
Regardless...
I would like to request some more consideration from you, Director.
So that the conscience that I threw away doesn't come back.
I understand what you are saying.
It is not normal for a virus to act up like that over one day.
Was he really okay up until last night?
Yes.
His arms were cold to the touch though.
Why don't we discuss this with Professor Lee of Internal Medicine?
I don't know. I'm not sure that he will give me a straight answer.
Why is that?
He's already on intimate terms with the Director.
By the way, Doctor Yoo?
This is a project of Chairman Yoo's, are you alright with all of this?
Even if it is my Uncle's work, we cannot forget what's right and wrong.
I'm sorry, I misjudged you all along.
I didn't know you were like this.
As long as you know now.
What's this? The mood in here is giving me goosebumps!
Nonetheless...
Since we've formed a link, why don't we have all have a meeting?
Even with this group...
the Director will come back at us with a shield.
It'll just make us look stupid.
Let's give it a shot for now.
This time, I'd like to wear that gun too.
If you step in, I'd be very grateful, Chief.
I told you. It's just personal research.
Really? Are you sure?
Yes.
Then why does it say 'vampire' on the board?
Does the Hematoma Department research things like that now?
Vampire? What's that?
Maybe you are mistaken?
Are you really my friend?
Kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school together.
- Of course... - Then why are you lying?
I'm not lying.
Alright...
I guess our friendship has it's limits...
when it comes to work.
Hey, hey, hey!
Sit down.
You really can't tell anyone.
This research is top secret.
What do you mean discharged?
- He's still so sick. - I'm sorry.
In situations like yours, prolongation of life treatment ends up being too long.
The only other options are a hospice or to be discharged.
He's still receiving treatment!
Isn't prolongation of life, a treatment too?
I'm very sorry... Tomorrow, you'll have to...
But, what if the physician in charge doesn't give permission?
It's usually the physicians that recommend it.
Who said that I recommended it?
This patient is still receiving cancer treatment, so leave.
- But Doctor, the regulations are that... - Regulations make no difference to me.
So don't ever talk about that in front of me again.
Honestly, I couldn't believe it either. Look at this.
Look at the teeth and nails. It really does exist!
If the Chief reveals this to the Hematoma science community...
this would be a total hit!
So they really did exist... vampires.
That's right!
Well, this was all in the past.
There couldn't be any now... right?
No way! If there were, they would have spread out and there would be vampires.
Okay thanks.
I'm going to go now.
Are you okay?
Look at you! You haven't been looking well all day.
Get up. What's going with you? Oh my!
You really don't look very good. If you don't have surgeries, go home.
Doctor.
If I don't have any hope at all, please tell me quickly.
Are you perhaps worried that this old woman won't be able to handle it?
I've been wondering if you've been hiding it from me all this time.
I really am okay.
I guess I'll have to tell you again.
It's not quite time for you to be joining Him yet.
So, please don't ask questions like this again.
Since you're talking like this
I think I can believe you.
Yes, you can believe me.
Excuse me, Chief?
When it comes to other terminal patients, you tell them their situation clearly.
It seems like you're not that way with Sister Sylvia.
Do you have a reason for doing so?
Sister Sylvia...
does not need to learn the value of death.
The value of death?
The thing a terminal patient needs the most is the time to prepare for death.
The most valuable thing in a person's life is time.
And soon that becomes the value of death.
And Sister Sylvia?
She's a person who doesn't need much preparation.
She has done so much work that holds a lot of value.
And she is a person with almost no regret or need for self-reflection.
Chief, can I ask for one difficult favor?
If it's difficult, don't bring it up.
Just a meal...
Can you treat me to a meal? It's a wish of mine.
I'm sorry, I'm being too...
I detest any food that is flour-based, spicy, salty or greasy.
So choose anything, but these.
Also, nothing with more than four legs.
On Friday.
Okay.
Yes.
We have a few more patients with tinnitus symptoms.
The New Drug team said they will take care of it?
Yes.
I shouldn't be saying this.
- But, they are super annoying! - I agree!
By chance...
are there any patients with hyper sensitivity along with tinnitus?
Oh, right!
There are patients that ask me to turn off the lights in the hallway every night.
The light hurts their eyes.
Their rooms are dark enough for them to fall asleep...
Oh my!
After first round of reagents, tinnitus and hyper sensitivity to light have developed.
Well, they'll last at most a week.
But, there's an encouraging result.
This round of reagents had desired effect, temporarily.
Is the reactivity fairly prominent?
Yes, it can be clearly distinguished.
I was in a need of a carrot.
That's good.
Soo Eun.
The meds I took in the afternoon won't cut it.
I think I'm going to die.
What should we do? What should we do?
Wait a bit. I'll get the prescription filled and bring it to you.
I'm getting another call. Hold on a little, okay?
Yes, Chief.
Yes?
I'm sorry for asking you to come by so late.
I thought it'd be better if you saw this directly, rather than hear about it.
I enjoy this.
21A patients were treated with first round of reactants, followed by a round of medication.
This is the result we got after four days.
Show him.
What you're seeing is
a tumor from final stage cancer, treated with the reagent.
After the medication...
this tumor was neutralized seven times faster than chemotherapy.
You can probably see with naked eyes too.
This is truly amazing.
This reagent is lethal against tumors or foreign cells.
But, there's still problems with its stability.
We'll achieve its stability in the near future.
Just seeing this is very overwhelming.
Director.
Forgive me for all the bitter comments I made.
Don't worry.
Oh, right. Chairman, I have a favor to ask.
Oh my...
Hey.
I'm on my way. I hear the doorbell fine.
No, Ri Ta, that's not what I'm saying.
You know my door code, why are you ringing the bell?
What the...
Sorry.
I was on my way, but then there was an emergency patient.
So I got stuck here. Sorry...
But then why Chief Park?
I ran into him on my way to the ward.
He's one of the more trustworthy people...
After I recover from this cold, I'll destroy you first.
I'm feeling better now, so you can go.
You turned into Gollum.
What 'feeling better'?
I said I'm fine.
Okay, then... bye.
Let's at least measure your temperature.
I said I'm okay...
Ugh...
I can't serve anything, so help yourself to whatever.
Get up.
Why...
Go to your bed now.
Goodness, it's okay. Just measure my temperature and go.
Do you want me to carry you there?
No way!
What is this?
It's nothing weird, so don't worry.
Seeing that I'm getting drowsy, it must be something weird.
Haven't you been taking care of yourself? What kind of a surgeon gets sick?
You can't even perform surgery at all.
Do you even know why I'm so sick?
How would I know?
I don't have a cold. This is out of anger. Anger!
This is a sickness from being angry and frustrated.
Why are you checking for a fever?
I'm not checking for a fever.
I'm cooling you down.
You know that my hand is as cold as a ice patch.
I guess. You are like a block of ice.
Your hand is like a block of ice. Your heart is like a block of ice too.
These days... I'm afraid you Chief.
I'm very scared of you.
Since I drunk... no...
Since I'm medicated, let me ask you one think.
What?
Do you really transform like that?
Like when you saved the patient, Gong Ja Bok?
I saw all of it... all.
But this is seriously...
it's not like the injury that healed in front of my eyes last time.
It's not like this is a computer graphic or something.
A person just went swoosh...
Okay, we'll do it like that.
Don't disappoint me this time.
Whenever there's an open fire, there's always one consistent thing.
Insects don't realize that they're going to die and they fly into the fire.
Humans see the open fire and get caught up in their own thoughts.
They don't realize what's really important.
If you distance yourself from desire, you can see the beautiful flames.
When it gets too hot...
they don't even realize that they will burn and die.
Doctor, it is 20,000 won.
It's not just Doctor anymore. It's Chief... Chief.
Yes, I see.
Here's 20,000 won and 10,000 for the taxi.
Thank you. I'll get going now.
Why did you pretend you didn't know even after seeing me transform?
I told you that I was scared.
What I said something and sucked out my blood?
Why would I drink...
Am I a monster?
Then what are you, Chief?
Are you some sort of supernatural being or something?
Are you a forest-dwelling...
ghost or something?
Um...
I guess you could say that.
What kind of a supernatural being is so ambiguous about it?
What kind of a ghost is so ambiguous about it like that?
There are ambiguous ghosts in the world too.
There are some ambiguous supernatural beings in the world too.
What is this? This deja vu?
This is weird.
How long have you been this way? Since you were young?
Since I was born.
So...
I lived in a forest where no one else lived.
My mom and I, just the two of us.
The forest?
I was most comfortable there.
Though I was always alone.
I was living there comfortably.
When one day, a girl appeared out of nowhere.
She looked like she had come to an amusement park, not a forest.
A pink shirt and pink hat...
and a flower skirt.
She walked around fearlessly and she lost her way.
As soon as she got lost, she ran into a pack of wild dogs and nearly got in trouble.
Fortunately, I was nearby and I saved her.
And...
I tended to her injuries.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
At that time, I really wanted to save her.
Even though I was really scared.
This must be a dream, right?
Everything you're saying to me right now...
I really wish this wasn't a dream.
That means...
Right now, I've finally met that boy who saved me.
All my life, just once...
I wanted to see him.
That boy...
Oh my goodness!
Why did you sleep here?
Are you feeling okay?
I don't have a fever. I'm fine.
You should go wash your hair.
Your hair is so greasy.
It looks like tree bark.
Why do you care whether it looks like tree bark or tree root?
Go to your own house and sleep.
Five more minutes.
By the way, did you...
Chief, did you talk about your past?
What?
So what I'm saying is...
So you're a supernatural being of some sort.
And you're that boy that I saw in Jeju Island a long time ago.
What are you talking about?
Of course. There's no way it was real
Darn it. What's with my dreams?
If you're going to remember, remember it correctly.
What?
What did you say last time?
How many wild dogs did you say? Oh yes, ten wild dogs.
There were five wild dogs. Just five.
And what? I jumped 30 meters?
What am I? A flea? At most, it was five meters.
Chief.
At in conclusion... I said you were pretty? Kiss...
And I kissed you?
Kiss, my ass.
Why would I have kissed you?
This isn't a dream, is it? This is real, right?
This isn't a dream alright. Why are you dropping the honorifics?
This is real?
Right?
If you're done checking...
you can let go now.
Oh my!
Hey. It's not what you're thinking.
Enjoy your morning and I'll see you at the hospital!
Oh! I said, it's not that!
You should take one more day off.
I have all of your surgeries to do on top of mine so...
Um, if it's too hard for you, I can ask some other Professors...
That's okay. I can just do it myself.
And from now, you should take that off your face.
What do I do after I take it off?
Not too many people know that you got a cut there.
Just say it was a scratch, and now it's better.
Doctor Choi Soo Eun saw it.
Although it was a fake suture.
I'll take care of her. She won't say anything.
The more I look, the more your profile looks like the younger version of you.
[Notice: From today, no staff member can call a meeting.]
[One-on-one communication should be used to relay treatment suggestions amongst physicians. Chairman.]
Why put a stop to good tradition?
The person who started the tradition must think it's no longer good.
Agora conference is finally coming to its end.
We lost from the beginning.
We can't even call for a meeting now.
I bet the Director is in the middle of it all.
It's not like we can start a movement for democracy about this...
[Jung Ji Tae]
[infection scholar]
[Jung Han Su]
No way...
- Yes? - There's something you need to see now.
- What is it? - Chief Jung seems to have some other information.
Other information?
But then that information... Just see it first.
What is this? Including the graveyard pictures...
Chief Jung's father Doctor Jung Han Su's logs.
Doctor Jung Han Su...
The doctor I respect the most. A legend in HPB.
I was reading through the old articles and found something new.
Scroll down.
Mom?
Look at the next picture.
You need to be careful with the Director until he trusts you.
If there's no opportunity, there is no miracle.
Everything feels wrong. Even the tiniest things.
Doctor Yoo Ri Ta, I hope you don't know much.
He for sure knows something.
More so than what I know.
From today, I'm going to start 100 questions and 100 answers.
About vampires...