Carmen: Looks like danger has already struck the television studio, <Player's Name>! We have another murder victim on our hands!
The Bureau arrives to Seoul, South Korea, to follow the lead about SOMBRA's recruited children being sent there. Deducing that SOMBRA could be abusing media to reach more children, Chief Ripley orders Carmen and the player go to the set of "Oh! Crazy Kids!", the most influential children's show in the country, where they stumble onto the body of TV producer Gwak Sung-ho, crushed by a LED pillar.
Tropes:
- Ambiguously Evil: SILVERee's music videos are being used by SOMBRA to brainwash children with subliminal messages, and claims to have no idea about it even with Jack having his doubts.
- Broken Pedestal: Pyo Kun-woo was the victim's biggest fan until he had him banned from the studio and ordered security to beat him up after he decided to come back anyway.
- Call-Back: Obaasan and SILVERee reappear as suspects.
- Death from Above: Subverted. The killer pushed the LED pillar onto Sung-ho after killing him to Make It Look Like an Accident.
- Fanboy: Pyo Kun-woo was Gwak Sung-ho's proclaimed biggest fan until he banned him for entering the studio without permission.
- Firing Day: The victim had fired Kang Dong-yun prior to his death, which led to Dong-yun getting himself in debt with hwatu gambling and murdering Sung-ho to erase said debt after he was Blackmailed into doing it.
- He Knows Too Much: In addition to producing "Oh! Crazy Kids!", the victim was also in charge of an exposé show that was close to uncovering the truth about criminals running the hwatu gambling business. For this reason, they ordered Dong-yun to murder Sung-ho in exchange of erasing his debt.
- Instant Death Stab: The victim was killed by being stabbed between his cervical vertebrae with an ice pick, which instantly stopped his heart according to Angela.
- Lame Pun Reaction: Carmen has one when Lars analyses the murder weapon.Lars: <Player's Name>! It's a good thing you're so picky! Get it? Picky? Ice pick?Carmen: I am not even going to dignify that with a response, Lars.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: The killer pushed the LED pillar onto the victim after killing him for this.
- May–December Romance: Park Eun-ji, who is 22, was having an affair with the victim, who seemed to be past his 50s.
- Mind-Control Music: Combined with Subliminal Seduction, this is how SOMBRA is brainwashing children into following their ideology: by making them watch musical videos of SILVERee with subliminal messages hidden between them.
- Musical Number Annoyance: Like his previous appearance, SILVERee's constant singing annoys the player's partner whenever you talk to him, with Carmen being the unfortunate victim this time.
- Persona Non Grata: Kun-woo was banned from the "Oh! Crazy Kids!" after he kept harassing the victim due to wanting to give him ideas for the show.
- Red Herring: At the beginning of Chapter 3, Eun-ji appears on television claiming that Sung-ho had been brainwashing children with his program, leading to the Bureau to believe that he was involved with SOMBRA's indoctrination. However, it turns out that Eun-ji was just implying that his show had dumbed down Korean children and made them achieve less at school.
- Selfie Fiend: SILVERee turns out to be this when Elliot analyses his phone.Elliot: I rummaged around in the smartphone. It definitely belongs to SILVERee. I don't think I've ever seen this many selfies in one phone!
- Shout-Out:
- In the Karaoke Booth scene, there is a parody of The Great Wave off Kangawa.
- In the Karaoke Couch scene, there is a bottle of Rrush soda parodying Crush.
- The Stoic: The victim, according to SILVERee.SILVERee: Gwak Sung-ho was a really high-strung type, you know. Very difficult. The only time I saw him smile was in the park outside the studio! He went there all the time.
- Subliminal Seduction: SOMBRA is using SILVERee's music videos to brainwash children by putting subliminal messages in them, showing their logo and messages involving being strong instead of weak.
- Talent Show: Obaasan wanted to put her children in the talent show section of "Oh! Crazy Kids!", but the victim refused to comply.
- That Syncing Feeling: SILVERee got busted lip-syncing in the middle of Sung-ho's show when the victim decided to turn off the music, embarrassing him on national television.
- Tracking Device: Obaasan has been using one provided by her son to track things like her keys and, strangely, the victim, which she claims was an accident.
- Trapped by Gambling Debts: After being fired from the show, Dong-yun obtained a massive gambling bet playing hwatu, and was ordered to murder Sung-ho for knowing too much in exchange of having said debt erased.
- We Interrupt This Program: In Chapter 3, Eun-ji takes control of "Oh! Crazy Kids!" to claim the victim was "brainwashing" children by dumbing them down with his program.
- Ye Goode Olde Days: Obaasan continues with her ramblings about how things were better in the past when you discover her son gave her a GPS device to help her look for things and follow the victim because he was a celebrity.Obasasan: It makes me sad that he would choose to let some machine look after his own mother rather than just help me find my things, but kids today...If you ask me, kids today are just too obsessed with TV and celebrity culture! They should be studying to make something of themselves, but they just want to be stars!
