We Extract What You Cannot See

There is a place called Gyeong Clinic, hidden on Taepyeong-ro 7beon-gil, a street that does not appear on any map. At this clinic, mental illnesses can be extracted just like physical tumors. But there are exactly three rules. The extraction cannot be stopped once it begins. What is extracted can never be put back. And after the extraction, the clinic takes no responsibility for the emptiness that the patient feels. Patients come carrying pain that no medicine or counseling could ease, and they do not seem to care about those rules. But before every surgery, the clinic director, Joo-hoon, always uses a special device called the "Inner Eye" to show each patient exactly what they are about to lose.

The People who Passed through Gyeong Clinic

Among those who passed through Gyeong Clinic was Lee Mi-na, who wanted to extract her son Do-gyeom’s autism spectrum disorder. But through the Inner Eye, she came to understand how her son actually perceived the world, and instead of extracting his disorder, she chose to extract her own anxiety. Then there was Jeong Min-seok, a teacher who had already taken leave three times due to recurring depression. He saw the root of his depression clearly, but he gave up the surgery because he wanted to keep the eyes that could recognize his students' hidden pain. Do I-joon, a young man trapped in PTSD from his military service, had his trauma extracted and finally broke free from uncontrollable violent urges. Through all these cases, Joo-hoon slowly began to realize that removing pain and being truly cured were never the same thing.

Joo-hoon's Own Unfilled Emptiness

One day, a government worker named Kim Da-hee came to the clinic. She suffered from compulsive buying urges. Joo-hoon usually didn't recommend surgery for such cases, but Da-hee begged him desperately. Something made him change his mind — and for the first time ever, the operation for extraction failed. In the past, Joo-hoon had been a capable psychiatrist, but he had been consumed by guilt after failing to prevent the suicide of a famous actress, Han Seo-jin, who suffered from depression. He had once undergone surgery himself at the hands of the former director of Gyeong Clinic. The extraction was successful, but the emptiness inside him had never been fully filled. In that moment with Da-hee, he had impulsively seen Seo-jin's face overlapped with hers and made a reckless decision. And to make matters worse, Han Tae-rim, Seo-jin's older brother, showed up at the clinic with a knife, hearing the voice of his dead sister.

Learning to Grow a New Sense

After the failed surgery, Kim Da-hee suffered from side effects and returned to Gyeong Clinic. She demanded another operation, but this time, Joo-hoon refused and offered rehabilitation instead. In the rehab room, Da-hee met others who were living with imperfect emptiness, just like her. Han Tae-rim, who had been driven to harm himself by the voice of his dead sister, also came to face the truth — that denying his sister's voice did not mean losing her. He finally accepted his own illness. Even now, the location of Gyeong Clinic still does not appear on any map, but people keep knocking on its door without end.