On the August 16 broadcast of SBS "Running Man", the "Beating the Heat Cool-cation" race took place.
On this day, the members experienced a cave tour, body-nourishing food at a valley, a horror escape room, and an ice cafe experience to beat the sweltering heat.
They then split and paid the amounts they spent for the getaway. The final course totaled 307,000 won. Once the payment order was decided, Yu Jae-seok, who ended up in the very last turn, deduced who might have paid the lowest amount.
As payments proceeded in order, the production team revealed that the lowest payment amount was 0 won and that two people had paid the lowest amount.
In response, Yu Jae-seok welcomed the news, saying, "The probability actually got higher. That works out well." He then placed each member on the suspect list and used the process of elimination to deduce who paid the lowest amount.
First, Yu Jae-seok suspected Jee Seokjin. However, he quickly ruled him out, reasoning that Jee Seokjin, who had already taken the brunt of a penalty previously, had no reason to take another risk.
Next, Yu Jae-seok suspected Ji Ye-eun. Ji Ye-eun protested her innocence, saying, "Why would I bother doing that? I don't have the guts for it," and Yu Jae-seok found her explanation convincing.
Then Yu Jae-seok began staring down Yang Sechan. Yang Sechan expressed his frustration, saying, "Why is it always me whenever anything happens?" However, despite his protests of unfairness, not only his face but even his knees turned red as he looked flustered.
Yu Jae-seok also suspected Kim Ji-eun. Kim Ji-eun, who had actually paid the lowest amount, put on a brazen act of innocence, causing Yu Jae-seok to drop his suspicions.
Ahead of his final decision, Yu Jae-seok made eye contact with Yang Sechan. Convinced, he said, "I saw it. That gaze just now, avoiding my eyes. That look he gets when Sechan gets caught by me appeared," and became certain that Yang Sechan was the one who paid the lowest amount.
His prediction hit the mark. Regretful, Yang Sechan said, "I am never doing this again when this hyung is around."
Watching this, Kim Jong-kook expressed pity, asking why he would do something so meaningless. Yang Sechan drew laughter by reflecting, "I wanted to overcome this. To make it so Jae-seok-hyung couldn't find me out. But I couldn't overcome it, I'm not doing it anymore."
After all the missions concluded, the penalty recipients were selected. Despite having the most penalty balls, Jee Seokjin avoided the penalty, while Jung Eunji was selected despite ranking third, defying low odds to the audience's dismay.
As expected, Yang Sechan, who receives a penalty every week, was chosen as a penalty recipient once again, and his penalty mate Ji Ye-eun was also picked. They received the penalty of foot bathing in ice water while writing a thousand-character reflection essay.
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