The Fiery Priest

Kim Ha-il, a priest serving in Yeosu, is fiercely principled and deeply respected, but his hot-blooded nature makes his fists fly before his words, landing him in police trouble repeatedly. Park Kyung-sung of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office is an ambitious, sharp prosecutor.©SBS

After being reprimanded by Assemblyman Park Won-mu and others for the commotion at the groundbreaking ceremony, Cheol-bom is ordered to seize the welfare facility's management rights from Kudam Cathedral as soon as possible. Meanwhile, at Kudam Cathedral, Jang Ryung arrives again that day to threaten the priests.©SBS

Hae-il tries to retrieve Yong-joon's body to uncover the truth behind his death, but the hospital refuses. De-yong and Seung-ah are guarding the mortuary, preventing him from even approaching. Meanwhile, taking advantage of Yong-joon's absence, Chul-bom forcibly takes over management of the welfare facility, leaving Assemblyman Park and the others beaming with delight.©SBS

Rumors spread about Hail's words at the Corporate Person of the Year award ceremony, making it difficult for Chul-bom to manage the welfare facility. He approaches Ki Yeong-mun, the leader of the Megak Church. Meanwhile, at Kudam Cathedral, the first Mass since Father Lee's death was held, but only a handful of parishioners attended. ©SBS

Hae-il, assigned to investigate alongside De-yong, visits the two witnesses who testified about sexual harassment and embezzlement. Both claim they're going overseas and then disappear. Hae-il instructs De-yong to check their departure records and review security camera footage around the cathedral. ©SBS

Hae-il and Sun-ah transfer the two witnesses to the station, but after Hae-il gets off en route for church business, they are suddenly surrounded by a Russian car and the witnesses are taken away. Returning to the church, Ha-il is enraged by the notice revoking the welfare facility's management contract and goes with the Sister to see District Chief Jeong Dong-ja.©SBS

Shocked by Ha-il's extraordinary fighting skills, Chul-bom questions his true identity and orders his men to investigate thoroughly. Sun-ah, pressed by Kyung-sung for her source, hides it to the end, but thanks to Section Chief Park, it's revealed Ha-il was the source. ©SBS

Kyung-sung, demoted to his hometown of Yeongwol, was already fed up on his first day after being pestered by his father's acquaintances. While playing a crane game, Kyung-sung remembered Ha-il and asked a senior colleague at the National Intelligence Service to investigate him. Meanwhile, in Seoul, Chul-bom summoned Dae-yong and threatened him to expel the troublesome Ha-il from the district.©SBS

The exposure of corruption in the Sanitation Division sent the Gudaem District Office into an uproar like a beehive that had been disturbed. Dong-ja denied organized crime at a press conference, but Ha-il stormed into the venue, demanded accountability from Dong-ja, and forced her to promise to resign as district chief if organized crime was confirmed. ©SBS

Hae-il, saved at the last moment by De-yong's tip-off, was hospitalized with severe injuries including fractures and full-body contusions. Kyung-sung, who saved Dong-ja, was offered a position by Chief Kang and ordered to investigate traitor Assemblyman Park and Chief Nam to bring them down.©SBS

Hae-il and De-yong manage to escape from Chul-bom's villa, but the Gudam Police Station launches a major investigation into the theft. Kyung-son, who encountered the perpetrator, suspects it might have been Hae-il. Meanwhile, learning that the raid on Dong-ja's home was orchestrated by Assemblyman Park and Chief Nam, Director Kang orders Chul-bom to deal with Assemblyman Park. ©SBS

As the fact that Hae-il was an NIS agent is revealed not only to Kyung-sung but also to Dae-yong, Sun-ah, Chul-bom, and Prosecutor Kang, his former colleague Lee Joo-kwon visits the sanctuary and warns him to stay out of Yeon-joon's case.©SBS

Hale learns that the would-be assassin of Representative Park belongs to an organization called Diable and has already boarded a smuggling ship bound for Russia. He heads to Incheon Port with Sun-ah, capturing the assassin while also extracting information from the broker about the whereabouts of the witness to Father Lee's murder. ©SBS

Kyung-son arrests Kim Go-nyeong at Rising Moon, but can only hold him for 48 hours. To persuade the two Russian perpetrators, whose deportation is finalized, to confess, Ha-il devises a plan to sneak Yohan, Song-sak, and Father Han onto the deportation vehicle. Meanwhile, Prosecutor Kang orders Lee Jung-kwon to send an assassin after Chul-bom.©SBS

The situation rapidly reverses when Chul-bom's subordinate, Gon-woo, turns himself in. Investigative Unit 1, Team 2, including Dae-yong, are all demoted. Kyung-sung is placed under internal investigation, and Ha-il, whose past as an NIS agent is exposed, finds his position as a priest endangered. ©SBS

Three gamblers gathered to wager the Rising Moon accounting files, and the game began. However, early on, a gambler on Cheol-bom's side was exposed for cheating and expelled, leaving the match a one-on-one duel between Oh Gwang-doo and Sister. Later, Chief Nam and Dong-ja are arrested after their misconduct at Rising Moon is exposed.©SBS

The detectives from the First Investigation Division, who had been beaten to a pulp by the mercenaries Jung-gwon sent, far from being intimidated, burned with fighting spirit to take down the villains and promised to help crack the safe. So Hae-il devised a concrete plan, but breaking into a safe so sturdy that even bombs couldn't destroy it seemed impossible no matter how you looked at it. ©SBS

Hae-il and the others, having escaped the vault, immediately pursued the money's trail, but they couldn't catch the tracking device's signal and were helpless. Having lost the money, Prosecutor Kang gave up on it, instead silencing Chief Nam and Dong-ja in detention to complete his cover-up. Meanwhile, Chul-bom proposed teaming up with Ha-il to recover the money.©SBS

Believing his presence endangers everyone, Ha-il leaves the cathedral, submits his resignation from the monastery, and prepares to take revenge on Jung-kwon. Jung-kwon arranges a forged passport to flee, but first, he schemes to get the money back from Ha-il. Amidst this, Ha-il, having seen the video sent by Sun-ah, rushed to Chul-bom and demanded responsibility for Father Yi's murder.©SBS

While the false accusations of embezzling donations and sexual harassment were cleared, Prosecutor Kang, the real culprit behind Father Yi's murder, denied the crime. Meanwhile, having given up on obtaining a forged passport, Chul-bom tracks down Jung-kwon to repay his final debt, only to fall into Ha-il's trap and be arrested.©SBS