Yeong-jin gets released from prison after killing 16 innocent people in a fit of insanity and returns to his hometown but his family is driven out to the streets because of his debt. The farmers' representative Cheon Sang-min attempts to chase the ex-serial-killer from his town but Teacher Park talks him out of it. Yeong-jin gets acquainted with Hae-shin, the daughter of a crazy old man he met in jail, and gets a job at an ironworks. He begins to tutor Gui-nam, the director's son, and continues to search for his father and Yeong-hee. Yeong-jin thinks Cheon Sang-min's foster son Cheon Jae-man is the one behind Hae-shin's arrest and kills him. When the police chase after him, he flees to Yeong-hee's house. After he meets with his father, Yeong-hee and Hyeon-gu, he becomes delirious and ends up getting arrested.