‘Witch’ Park Jin-young threw himself into the Han River to avoid the ‘Law of Death’. It was an ending where the suffocating tension reached its peak, wondering what kind of ending his data verification risking his life would lead to.

Episode 7 of Channel A‘s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Witch’, which aired on the 8th, continued Dong-jin’s (Park Jin-young) struggle to collect data and directly verify hypotheses in order to reduce the errors in the ‘Law of Death’ surrounding Mi-jung (Noh Jeong-ui). Dong-jin worked as a deliveryman at the mart only on Tuesdays, in line with Mi-jung‘s lifestyle of having daily necessities delivered from the mart every Tuesday. And finally, upon receiving Mi-jung’s order, he headed to her with a trembling heart. Although the conditions for meeting Mi-jung within 10m and 10 minutes were limited, Dong-jin liked that ordinary, everyday time of checking the delivery items and talking.

The two met for the first time for about 8 minutes. When it didn‘t go over 10 minutes, nothing happened to Dong-jin. After that, Dong-jin went into Mi-jeong’s space and tested it for several days, timing himself. There was no problem until 10 minutes. Then he tried to go over 10 minutes. As expected, Dong-jin tripped and fell down while coming down the stairs. That‘s how he verified the hypothesis that it was dangerous to be within 10 meters of Mi-jeong for more than 10 minutes.

The 10-minute delivery meeting continued after that, and Mi-jeong also started waiting for this moment. It was the first time in a long time that she had a conversation like this with anyone other than her only friend Eun-sil (Jang Hee-ryeong). Although it was only a short 10 minutes, this moment became special to Mi-jeong as well. When Dong-jin looked at the receipt and called out the items one by one, Mi-jung followed along and confirmed them, creating a strange warmth as if they were sharing a small part of their daily lives.



However, an unexpected variable occurred that day. Mi-jung, who always paid in cash, handed over her card. Dong-jin, who had not yet brought the card terminal, panicked for a moment and tried to hurriedly turn back. However, Mi-jung caught him and went inside the house to look for cash. As time passed, Dong-jin became anxious. As soon as he received the cash from Mi-jung, he quickly left the building, and fortunately, it did not take more than 10 minutes. However, the moment he felt relieved, the sign that had been shaking on top of the building fell. This time, he hurt his hand.

Dong-jin clearly followed the ‘10m 10 minutes’ rule. However, the fact that the ‘Law of Death’ was triggered meant that there was another rule. Dong-jin, who was thinking back on that day, thought that the number of conversations might be a variable. To verify this, he checked the delivery items and counted the number of conversations. Before he knew it, they had exchanged seven words and after six minutes, Mi-jung’s gaze turned to Dong-jin‘s injured hand. She shrank down as if she had hurt it because of him. Dong-jin lied that it was an injury he had sustained while exercising, and because of that, he had spoken more than ten words, but just seeing her relieved face was enough. The moment he turned around, he had a motorcycle accident. It was dangerous to have spoken more than ten words to her.

Dong-jin proved the ‘Law of Death’ with no damaged parts of his body. Even though Eun-sil told him that he could really die, he couldn’t stop now. And just as Eun-sil had warned, he faced a dangerous moment. It was the day Mi-jung went on a bus trip once a month. Dong-jin, who wanted to see what Mi-jung was seeing, got on the same bus. The distance between them on the bus was about 11m, which was a bit precarious, but it was nice just to be with her.

However, after Mijung gave up her seat to the grandmother and moved towards Dongjin, a variable occurred. Now, the distance between them was less than 5m. To make matters worse, the road was jammed due to traffic. The situation worsened as the 10 minutes approached. Heavy rain and lightning struck, and right next to the bus Dongjin was riding, a truck loaded with iron pipes was parked precariously. Dongjin, who was starting to get anxious about how the ‘Law of Death’ would come into play this time, eventually opened the window and escaped, getting away from her.

At that moment, Mijung‘s gaze fell squarely on Dongjin. His hat had come off in the wind and rain, exposing his face. And then something unexpected happened. Mijung called his name, saying, “Lee Dongjin”. Mijung knew Dongjin’s name. 10 minutes within 10 meters, and even the name, Dong-jin broke too many rules at once, but he trusted the data and patterns he had accumulated over the years. In the middle of winter, there has never been a single record of lightning striking the Han River. So he declared war on the ‘Law of Death’, saying “Catch me!” and jumped into the Han River without hesitation, raising curiosity about the next episode to the peak.

Episode 8 of Channel A‘s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Witch’ will air today (the 9th) Sunday at 9:10 PM.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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