This area is crazy
2. What is a beomtangmo?


Why is life so hard to get through?

Lee Seok-min grabbed his pounding head and stepped onto the rooftop.


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... ha.

He took out a pack of Marlboro cigarettes from his pocket, picked up a cigarette, and lit it with the lighter.

A dazzling collaboration of pungent air and a head that feels like it's going to burst.


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I need to quit smoking...


김민규
Excuse me, detective.


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...please don't surprise me.


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I'm so embarrassed I could cry.


김민규
Because I don't care about the crying face of a young man.


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Do you know who it is?

Lee Seok-min said that Kim Min-gyu in front of him was because of cigarette smoke.

I knew that he was talking in a hurry and his eyes were red.


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If you're a non-smoker... don't be so mean, go home and rest comfortably.


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I'm not really interested in seeing people who have the same thing cry.


김민규
Who said I was crying? Give me a cigarette too.


김민규
Because I can smoke too.

Kim Min-gyu picked up a cigarette from Lee Seok-min's hand and stared at him intently.

He brought his cigarette close to the one Lee Seok-min was holding.


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...Shall I give you a lighter?


김민규
No need.

Close face.

Rather than feeling excited, I felt depressed and turned my face away after checking that the cigarette was lit.


김민규
... gulp, gulp. Ah, gulp.


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Seriously, why are you doing that?


김민규
Why, what? It's because my lungs aren't in good condition.


김민규
Do you have any complaints?


김민규
If not, just ignore it.


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Ah... Min-gyu.


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If you say, "Let's just ignore it," and end it, the interest doesn't disappear.


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Please give me a cigarette.


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And why did you follow me here?


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Say what you want to say. I'm here to listen.

I swallowed the words, “That kid who can’t even smoke a cigarette…”


김민규
Okay. Now, let's get to the point.


김민규
You know that this place is called Death-dong, not XX-dong, right?


김민규
And this is a crazy town where even the police, detectives, and doctors have given up.


김민규
I... grew up here.


김민규
Leaving is also difficult.


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Are you so bored at the age of twenty-six?


김민규
Ah... Don't interrupt. Let's do the talking next time.


김민규
So, since there is no one here who can do the job properly,


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Characteristics of alleys where crimes occur.


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The possibility of serial murder.


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The role is to guess and eliminate such things.


김민규
This is the role of our Beomtangmo...


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B...what?


김민규
Crime Squad Meeting.


김민규
Abbreviated as Beomtangmo.


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Oh, really... You're giving away everything.


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So how did the deduction go?


김민규
First, we arrested three people who were clearly involved.


김민규
I guess it's not the police or anything...


김민규
And you can't just lock them up.


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It feels like they've locked me up on purpose. What's the difference?


김민규
Consciences are different.


김민규
Anyway... that's why I need you, detective.


김민규
It happened in a small bar in the bookstore alley here.


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Alleyway cocktail incident.


김민규
We need to resolve that together first.


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ha...

Kim Min-gyu closed his eyes tightly after hearing that sigh.

Please. This place needs to become a place where people can live.


이석민
All right.


김민규
Jin, really? You can't say anything else.


김민규
Thank you, Detective.

“Thank you so much,” said Kim Min-kyu with a smile.


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...I'm a detective too, and I'm just doing my job.


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There is no need to be thankful.

He seemed like the kind of person who could make your heart flutter a little.


정성
Hello, this is Jinseong!


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From today onwards, we will begin to see cases where we can do some serious reasoning.


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With him, the story progresses and love...comes up too. Hahaha. ♡


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