The tongue of a world-renowned biochemist is missing. The fingers of a celebrated author have been severed. The two die under mysterious circumstances in cities a thousand miles apart...
The case involving the biotechnology expert is assigned to an overlooked deputy squad leader, a "perennial runner-up" with no connections or influential backers. Desperate to make a name for himself, he has been struggling to find an opportunity. Then his superior hands him this major case, one that should never have been entrusted to a good-for-nothing like him.
A university professor was orphaned as a teenager and always believed his parents' deaths were an accident. But a childhood friend discovers that things are not so simple. Haunted by doubts, the professor begins investigating the truth behind his parents' deaths.
Their paths cross across different times and places. Will they ultimately solve the mystery? And what will they go through as they investigate?