Download Mousetrap Episode 9

Mousetrap Episode 9 begins with the search for Han Hui-su becoming increasingly desperate. The police and the criminals are both combing the dark mountain area for the elderly man, knowing that his DNA could finally resolve the identity dispute surrounding Je Moon-jae. Seung-gyu's men are frustrated because they cannot find Hui-su, and they realise that losing him could destroy the entire plan and cost them the money they were promised. The Rat contacts the criminals and makes it clear that Hui-su must be found alive. He wants the old man delivered to him because Hui-su is the final obstacle standing between the two competing identities. At the same time, Moon-jae is moving through the same mountain area while trying to evade the police. The darkness, rain and difficult terrain turn the search into a chaotic race between Moon-jae, the police and the people working for The Rat. The search eventually uncovers a freshly dug pit. The men initially fear that Hui-su has already been buried, but they discover evidence that the old man is still alive. The discovery gives Sun-yong and the other investigators renewed hope. Hui-su has been taken somewhere in the mountains, and finding him becomes their highest priority. Moon-jae eventually finds Noja alive. After everything that happened between them, Moon-jae is stunned to see him still standing. Noja is furious and immediately demands that Moon-jae finally prove that he is really Je Moon-jae. The two men argue because Noja has been deceived repeatedly and can no longer afford to trust anyone blindly. The Rat has sent Noja a message that changes the situation. The message tells Moon-jae that he will never find his uncle and gives him one final opportunity to meet The Rat. Moon-jae realises that the person who stole his identity may be the only one who can provide the proof he needs. Instead of continuing to run, he decides that he will meet The Rat and finally end the mystery. Noja reluctantly agrees to go with him. Their relationship has changed dramatically since they first met. Noja originally saw Moon-jae as nothing more than a debtor who had disappeared with his money, but after everything they have survived together, he now treats him almost like a younger brother. Noja tells Moon-jae that the most important thing is not to allow other people to decide who he is. He urges Moon-jae to remember who he really is and not let the people around him force him into becoming someone else. Meanwhile, The Rat begins revealing the truth behind his obsession with Moon-jae. He explains that when he was at university, there was a man named Seo Yu-min who seemed to possess everything he wanted. Yu-min had the confidence, talent and life that The Rat envied. From the beginning, The Rat looked at him and wished he could have Yu-min's life instead. The Rat then reveals something that completely changes the meaning of Moon-jae's writing career. According to him, Yu-min had written an incredible story but was too lazy to finish it. When the university literature club needed submissions for an anthology, The Rat secretly completed the story using Yu-min's notes. He discovered that he could imitate Yu-min's ideas and writing style well enough that nobody would notice. That first act of theft became the foundation of everything that followed. The Rat claims that the novels published under the name Je Moon-jae were not actually written by Moon-jae. He says that he stole the stories from Yu-min's original notes and later continued living under a false identity. The books, the reputation and the successful career were therefore built on a chain of stolen work and stolen identities. The Rat's revelation also explains why he has been so obsessed with making the world believe that he is Je Moon-jae. He does not simply want Moon-jae's face or property. He wants the entire life attached to the name, including the literary career and public recognition. By taking Moon-jae's identity, he believes he is finally correcting an injustice that began years earlier. At the publishing company, The Rat pushes ahead with the release of another novel under the name Je Moon-jae. Han Ji-hye is increasingly uncomfortable with the situation, but the book is already scheduled and The Rat insists that the ending is complete. His confidence demonstrates how completely he has taken control of Moon-jae's professional identity. Elsewhere, Seung-gyu begins to suspect that his own men are secretly communicating with The Rat. One of them admits that The Rat wants Moon-jae kept alive because there is unfinished business between them. Seung-gyu realises that The Rat is manipulating everyone around him and that his own men may eventually betray him to save themselves. Seung-gyu confronts Byeong-jun about the suspicious messages on his phone. Byeong-jun finally admits that The Rat told them to protect Noja's friend from being killed. He explains that they fear Seung-gyu will kill them after everything is over and that they have begun looking for a way to protect themselves. Seung-gyu responds violently. He sees the betrayal as proof that nobody can be trusted and kills Byeong-jun. His criminal organisation begins collapsing from within as fear and distrust spread among the men who once followed him. The police meanwhile continue searching the mountain. Sun-yong is determined to find Hui-su before The Rat's men can reach him. The detectives discover another freshly dug pit and follow a trail deeper into the forest. Their search eventually brings them into direct contact with Moon-jae and Noja. The confrontation becomes chaotic. Police believe that Noja and Moon-jae are working together and order them to surrender. Sun-yong tries to explain that Moon-jae has been manipulating everyone and that the man they believe is the real Moon-jae may actually be the impostor. The officers are confused because the identity evidence has become impossible to interpret. Noja refuses to surrender easily. He and Moon-jae fight their way through the confusion while Sun-yong tries to prevent his fellow officers from killing them. The situation becomes even more dangerous when the police discover that several of the men involved in the search are connected to the criminal organisation. As the police close in, Noja makes a decision that changes the relationship between the two men forever. He tells Moon-jae to run and deliberately draws the police toward himself. Noja knows that Moon-jae will never escape if they remain together, so he sacrifices his own chance of freedom to give Moon-jae a head start. Before they separate, Noja gives Moon-jae the last of the money he has with him and tells him not to let anyone else control his identity. His final advice is simple but deeply personal: Moon-jae must be himself, no matter what anyone else says. Moon-jae is devastated as he runs away, knowing that Noja has deliberately put himself in danger to save him. The search for Hui-su finally reaches a breakthrough. Sun-yong finds the elderly man wandering through the forest. Hui-su is frightened and confused, but he repeatedly calls out for Moon-jae. His memory is damaged, yet something about the young man he is searching for remains deeply embedded in him. Sun-yong tries to reach Hui-su and protect him, but one of The Rat's men attacks. A violent struggle follows, and Sun-yong is seriously injured while trying to keep Hui-su alive. The police arrive to assist him, but the situation remains chaotic as the criminals attempt to escape. Hui-su continues calling for Moon-jae. The repeated calls confirm that he remembers the name, even if he cannot explain the full relationship. For Moon-jae, the moment becomes the closest thing to proof that he has received throughout the entire investigation. His uncle knows him as Moon-jae, and that recognition gives him the courage to confront The Rat directly. The episode then shifts to The Rat, who prepares for the final stage of his plan. He explains that he has spent years living with a face that was not originally his. He describes the psychological burden of living under another person's identity and claims that everything he has done has been leading toward one final confrontation. A flashback connects The Rat's crimes to an unidentified woman whose body was recovered from the water. The Rat admits that he killed her and deliberately allowed her to remain unidentified. He wants the world to know that the face associated with the murder belongs to Je Moon-jae, making the stolen identity itself part of his revenge. The body is later identified only as an unknown woman who had been buried under an unknown name. The case had originally been treated as a possible suicide, but new evidence confirms that it was not suicide. The Rat's actions have therefore created another murder investigation that will further complicate Moon-jae's attempt to prove his innocence. The final moments of Episode 9 reveal where the last confrontation will take place. The Rat contacts Moon-jae again and tells him that the ending is near. He says Moon-jae should already know where to find him: the place where everything began. Moon-jae receives an itinerary showing a journey from Seoul to Jeju. The destination is the beach connected to the beginning of their story. The Rat wants the two identities to meet there and settle everything once and for all. Episode 9 ends with Moon-jae heading toward the final confrontation. Noja has given him the courage to stop running, Hui-su has finally shown signs of recognising him, Sun-yong is injured but still pursuing the truth, and The Rat has revealed that the identity theft is connected to a much older story involving Seo Yu-min and the stolen origins of Moon-jae's novels. With Jeju ahead and both men preparing to face each other, the mystery is now approaching its final answer: which man is truly Je Moon-jae, and who has been living behind the stolen identity all along?