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Do you know
what Mr. Lee looks like?

His name or age?
He might not be a "mister."

You're outta your mind, Jo. I'll have
Team Two take the case. You're out.

Sir, I'm going to catch Mr. Lee.

So you want Mr. Lee?

Get him! I'll help you capture him.

The survivor is named Seo Young-rak.

There was a female factory worker
among the deceased. He's her son.

Was Mr. Lee
really responsible for this?

Who is Mr. Lee?

Let's get Mr. Lee.

There's a salt factory in Taean.

There's two technicians there.
They're geniuses.

The only problem is,
they were born unable to hear or speak.

Now say hello.
Brian, the director.

Brian?
We didn't have him on our list.

LEE IN-MU, DIRECTOR

YONGSAN STATION

Welcome, Mr. Jin.

How rude of me.

Yes, I am Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee's someone I've known

for a long time.

When you've had
your sights set on someone for that long,

maybe you just develop a sixth sense
that you can't explain, but it's there.

You claim you're him.
But I'm just not convinced.

What is that?

Something I was supposed to bring
from Mr. Lee.

How come you said you don't know
what it is, if it's from you?

MR. LEE

Son of a bitch.

Get up, you asshole.

What the heck are you guys doing?

Where you went wrong, though,
was thinking you could replace me.

The sheer bravado of saying you were Lee…

to me too.

With all my soul… I apologize.

I was being stupid,
delusional, and arrogant! I beg you—

MR. LEE

Shit.

I told you I believed in you.

You got him in the end.

You little shit.

Mr. Lee will see you
on the first floor.

-Damn!
-Shouldn't we report this?

Hey! Move. Move!

What the…?

-Someone must've fainted.
-Oh no…

Laika.

Damn it.

We gotta run a quick errand.

RECIPIENT INSTITUTE: GB SAENARA BANK

FOR: KIM JAE-SEOK
HAEMYEONG PARK COLUMBARIUM

These two fund Ewoo Shipping.

If they get killed off,
Brian won't have any money backing him.

Meaning he'll no longer have the money
to pay back Jin Ha-rim's gang.

Hmm.

He can pay back with Laika.

You dumbass, we failed to make it.

Don't you remember seeing that mess?

Fuck me!

The police took all the raw materials.

Who told you about these punks?

Park Sun-chang.

He told them
before his arm got cut off.

That son of a bitch.
We should've cut off both his arms.

Well, why didn't you kill Brian?

He's still… useful for us.

He's got chemical factories
scattered all around the country.

We need to beat him to those materials
and cook up some Laika.

AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

And?

And then we'll have Lee.

Do you know where Lee is?

I'll find out soon enough.

I left her an invitation
in Bo-ryeong's hand yesterday.

Do you think
Lee will fancy the invitation?

If I'm right about this woman…

before long, she'll lead us

to where…

the real Lee is.

DALIAN

These fuckin' guys.

It's over 99% pure.

Fuck me.

Ewoo Shipping.

They first reached out to us

when they were planning
to expand into China.

After that, Director Ha-rim
visited Korea himself,

personally checked out their stuff,

and signed off on buying 5 kg of Laika.

We provided Ewoo with the raw materials
to produce the stuff too.

So they did make 5 kilos of Laika,

but the Korean cops
confiscated everything.

-It's all gone now.
-How much was our material worth?

So, at the current rate, 20 bill.

In won.

Ewoo Shipping used a proxy
for the contract, didn't they?

Right.

So our genius of a leader,
Jin Ha-rim, brought over

20 billion won worth of material.

only to return home as a corpse

with nothing but the sample
to show for it?

He's a loser.

I received a report
that his guys confirmed

seeing 5 kilos of Laika
just like the sample.

So it seems as if Ewoo Shipping
must've actually cooked up something.

When does the buyer need the Laika?

Fifteen days.

Call up the buyer and tell them it's cool.

We'll make the deadline.

The only issue is,
we're almost out of ingredients.

Last time, Jin Ha-rim grabbed up
all the stuff he could find

and took it to Seoul.

You going to Korea too, Director So?

I should go.

I should teach them what happens
if you dare to cross me, huh?

Could you tell me
the evidence number?

Yongsan Station, evidence number 13.

Oh, Detective…

I wanna see if the battery still works.

-Can I please scan the barcode?
-Sure.

Ah, shit.

Are you still convinced
that Rak is Mr. Lee?

I don't get why you're so obsessed
with him, sir. What's behind it?

By any chance…

…Is this all about Dong-woo and Soo-jung?

Get home safe.

We'll see, Doc.

What? The doc was just here.

Neurology sent me here. I'm a specialist.

Can I take a look at that chart?

Shit.

Hallelujah.

I froze your accounts
as soon as I could.

They were already fully withdrawn though.

Seo Young-rak's doing, I'm sure.

He's a little attention-hungry, huh?

He must've been hoping
to catch my eye, my dear Mr. Seo.

I lost the battle, I know.

I guess my bank account
was just spoils of war.

No point dwelling over all that.

When will she…
take the plane over to Korea from China?

She'll be here in two days.
It'll be a daytime flight.

That airline passenger…

will take us all
to paradise together, my dear.

Put us on the case.

You're acting like
we're debating what to order for dinner.

All Ewoo Shipping files
were transferred to Central,

so give it a rest.

Can't our departments collaborate?

Our new case is almost wrapped,
so we'll have time.

Why are you making this so difficult?

This is not for
Regional Investigation Squad 1.

Consider it a reward and take it easy.

There's no…
there's no reason I deserve a reward, sir.

We think so.

You caught us the elusive Mr. Lee.

I've told you a million times
that Brian sure as hell isn't Mr. Lee.

You're still on that one, huh?
Still stuck on Seo Young-rak?

Sir, look. At the Yongsan incident,
we confiscated all of that Laika.

Twenty billion won of it.

With that going on, two of Brian's
slush fund managers were abducted.

Don't you think it's obvious
who's behind that?

-It's Lee. He's still in power.
-The case isn't ours.

Don't dig into it
or step on it or think about it.

If they catch the real Mr. Lee,
what then? You won't feel bad?

My specialty is bowing
my fucking head down for the cameras.

But if you cause any more trouble
trying to find a man you already caught,

-I'll need more than a "sorry"
-Please!

You basically killed
your underage CI and Dong-woo.

But I can let their deaths go

'cause you put Mr. Lee away.

Move on, Jo.

Forget about Yongsan Station
before I have to get tough.

Do you idiots see a sign
saying my office is your bedroom?

-Learn to knock!
-You've gotta see what's on TV.

…was killed, then they escaped together,
leaving the hospital.

Lee In-mu was also known as Mr. Lee,

the infamous head boss
of the largest drug ring in Asia.

-He suffered severe burns--
-Jesus Christ.

SEOB SO-CHEON

NAME: SEOB SO-CHEON

You make a better first impression
in person.

You're much more beautiful in the flesh.

You know who you're talking to?

]Brian] Of course I do.

You're Seob So-cheon.

In China, people call you Big Knife

instead of invoking your name.

I thought I'd see Laika here.
Where is it?

I regret to tell you

that, at the moment,
the pigs have confiscated everything.

It's like my children were taken.

It feels like the sky has fallen down.

Have you ever considered paying me back
with money instead of drugs?

Of course. I planned to do that initially.

However, I faced an unexpected issue.

My two money guys
have mysteriously disappeared.

Right when the raw materials for Laika
that we'd hidden away

also went suddenly missing.

Pretty long story there.

In conclusion,

money, no. Drugs, no. Raw materials, no.

So was my coming here today
just a big waste?

That's Seo Young-rak.

Not only does he currently have
all our stuff and money in his hands,

he's the finest Laika chemist there is.

His stuff is beyond compare.
So there's that.

Not to mention

I have an abundance of raw materials
in Thailand, waiting.

It's probably twice the amount
that I lost to the cops.

Coincidentally, I've heard Mr. Lee

also has factories

in a certain warm country, isn't that so?

Yeah. So what?

Perhaps you noticed,

I don't look too hot.

It's a little tough
for me to move about right now.

But with your assistance,
I could get to the supplies in Thailand.

I swear that if you help me,

I'll make up for your lost materials.

You'll get it, and then some.

What do you think?

Well,

Jin Ha-rim wasn't the only one

that guy pulled one over on.

Poor Jin Ha-rim.

I heard that he's your step-brother,
correct?

You must be deeply heartbroken.

Yeah, so fucking heartbroken.

So you've got an abundance

of raw ingredients… ready?

An abundance, indeed.

Captain Jo.

I looked into the name
we found on the ATM receipt.

Kim Jae-seok. Born in '58, passed in '94.

He died at 37.

His wife's name was Lee Myeong-hui.
They had one child.

The money was wired
to pay a fee at his grave.

Okay, let's dig more. Can you look up
both of their travel records next?

On it, sir.

EWOO SHIPPING'S LEE FLEES,
ONE OFFICER DEAD

POLICE FOCUS ON ARRESTING LEE

Kim Jae-seok. Ewoo Shipping.
These punks, man.

Captain Jo, I have
the digital forensic results

from Park Sun-chang's cell.

If you look at his activity log,

It says he ran a factory reset
on his phone once a day.

It's like he's got OCD or something.

And he kept deleting files
between resets, to boot.

Hmm. His GPS location data's all here.

Thankfully, he used
a navigator app on his phone,

which left a record.

We also found
this CCTV footage from Brian's factory.

That's Seo Young-rak, right?

Crazy punk.

Is he really planning
to make more Laika and sell it?

I followed up that lead and checked
Kim Jae-seok's travel records.

I also found out
he was a theology major at university.

After that, he worked
with an overseas volunteer org.

He married another volunteer,
Lee Myeong-hui,

And they moved to Cambodia
and ran a farm over there.

I heard of someone
in the Korean Association

who remembers them.

-Where's that source now?
-I'll check that out and let you know.

'Kay.

Look into Park Sun-chang's data.

Anywhere at least 2 km from the highway

where we can place him
for at least ten minutes

may have an answer.

Check each location.

One must be a clandestine factory he used,

and that is where

Seo Young-rak's gonna be now.

Damn it.

It's disgusting. I'm about to barf.

Can we make 12 with these?

It's just enough.

Get two. Bring them outside.

Can we make it here?

I think we can make it here.

Hey.

Hands off the stuff
unless you wanna bleed.

-The hell?
-Who the hell are you?

And what's all that in your truck bed?

I'm from HQ.
Seo Young-rak, at your service.

HQ?

-Punks.
-Who are these guys?

I heard our empty factories
have been having a rodent problem.

Heard rats have been running around.

Right? I guess it must have been you. Huh?

Chief Woo, hm?

You all used to work here, didn't you?

I'd heard there were workers
who occupied this factory

after they were unjustly dismissed.

I didn't think anyone
would still be here though.

Tell me about it. Neither did I. Huh?

There must be a misunderstanding.

-We weren't sent by the company.
-What is this?

Do you think just 'cause I'm cooped up
in here I don't hear things from outside?

I've heard all about what's going on.

'Kay? Get lost, if you've got any sense.

I'm involved in serious shit.

Ah, you don't understand.

We aren't here to steal anything.
We just want to work with you.

To work, huh?

Yeah.

Maybe you could tell
from seeing our truck outside,

we have plenty of supplies.

We came here to cook Laika
with those raw materials we brought.

This factory is the only place
we can get to work without being seen.

Really?

You three punks are gonna cook up Laika?

Let me show you something, sir.

Hey. Hey.

Slowly, slowly, slowly.

-Hey, Dong-su.
-Yeah.

Whoa. I think it's real.

Careful.

This one…

One sec…

Hello?

Hey.

Take him to the hospital
if he's sick. The medicine--

I can't take him to the doctor right now.

It's not because I don't want to.
What's with you?

I can't go. Jesus… Calm down.

I wish I could…

I'll call you later.

Let's go.

We need to do two more stops tonight.

Yes, Captain.

The more you change his bandage,
the better.

I saw your two friends
taking the dog somewhere.

They went to find
an animal clinic out in town.

We need new bandages
and a shot for his swelling too.

You won't do somethin' funny, will you?

Something funny?

When all the materials are here?
And I'm here too.

When we're done,

what do you plan to do with all the money?

What do you think I'm gonna do? Leave!

What the…

Two buses?

Hey, Dong-su. Check it out, boys.

On it.

You fucking liar! I told you not to—

Did you just come in from China?

Well, aren't you a smart one?

So very quick-witted.

Mr. Seo, what are you doing here?

I was making Laika, miss.

You came to take it
to save your hide, right?

We're in the same boat.

What kind of mess did I walk into?

-None of your stories add up to shit.
-She's got him…

Okay. I'm aware that you're cooking drugs.

But how much?

You need a lot more ingredients
than you got here.

If you'd please give me a little time,
I can deliver the amount I agreed to make.

To who?

I don't recall agreeing
to anything with you.

Not you.

Jin Ha-rim, I promised him.

As long as I have enough raw materials,
I can make ten times,

no, 20 times
the Laika you lost in that incident.

I believe I can do a lot for you.

I'd like to meet Mr. Lee, miss.

BACKUP REQUEST. THE ADDRESS IS…

Wait, Captain, I requested backup.
Stay in the car.

-Let's go in when they're here.
-There isn't time.

-Captain! Wait, please.
-Are you insane?

You wanna let him run away again?

-Jesus Christ…
-Captain Jo.

Sir, I'm scared to go in.

-Wait out here if you're scared.
-Captain--

I know you work for Mr. Lee,
Ms. Seob. I wanna meet him.

-I ask you to let me work with you.
-Why should I?

Tell me why.

I could be a great help to Mr. Lee.

I'm willing to help
with anything he needs.

Help him? Come on,
don't make me laugh.

So-cheon is all the help he'll need.

He must have

told you to retrieve the Laika
no matter what.

I'm sure he wouldn't mind meeting me too.

Freeze!

Freeze. Don't move a muscle. I mean it.

Oh, lovely to meet you.

Shit!

Freeze, you asshole!
Stop right there, okay?

Captain, are you all good?

Block the entrance.
Don't let these punks get away.

Did you block the entrance?

Kang Duk-cheon!

Kang Duk-cheon! Where'd you go?

Duk-cheon!

Where is he?

Hey?

Kang Duk-cheon!

Duk-cheon.

When you find
your enemy is hungry,

see to it that he has food to eat.

When he is thirsty,

bring him his fill of water.

Amen.

NOTICE TO APPEAR
JO WON-HO

Did I not make myself crystal clear
when I signed off on your case?

Lee In-mu was the end of that road.

I told you not to mess
with the others, didn't I?

You're--

That's it. I'm suspending you.
You're out for six months.

Just think what
the disciplinary committee will do!

I can't believe he's really gone.

He always worked overtime,
worked all night, worked weekends.

And still, I never once said
a bad word about you.

If anything ever happened
to Duk-cheon in the field…

…I knew that no matter what
you would protect him.

I knew you would do that.

I called him, begging, wanting him
to come home when our kid was sick.

I told him I'd call you myself to ask you,
and he said I couldn't.

I…

Ma'am, I have nothing to say.

Don't pay your respects. Just go.

My husband…

…was too polite and would've forgiven you.
I can't do that though. I can't.

Leave, please.

I have the address of the man
who remembers the farmer couple.

He's at a garden farm in Yongsang-dong,
Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.

I checked the farm's business license.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Let's stop by
after we're done checking out factories.

We can't wait that long.

Call them. We'll go tomorrow.

I don't think I can make it tomorrow…

What do you mean, you can't?
What's more important than this right now?

Huh?

I'll be there, sir.

Once we get our hands
on the new raw materials,

mutilate their asses.

"I'm so sorry, Director Lee."

Try saying that to me, okay?

Why did you tell So-cheon
where to find me?

You can't hurt me with her here.
The Laika protects me.

You're the reason I'm in this state.

Even if I pulled out your eyeballs

and crushed your brains to bits,

it still wouldn't be enough.

Sadly, I can't do that.

I'll put that on hold for the

big picture.

I'LL GO MEET HIM, SO GET SOME REST

I'm from Dongbu Police Station.

A detective?

Yes. Do you remember
a man named Kim Jae-seok?

Oh… oh, yeah, I do.

I remember them. Kim Jae-seok's family.

Our sons were just about the same age,

so we'd take turns
babysitting for each other.

I think their kid was… U-ram or something?

Did you live nearby, then?

Oh, everyone lived near each other
in Koreatown.

People said that Jae-seok planted poppies

or opium flowers?

Something like that.

That's why I remember him.

Oh, wait a minute.

He said he was working
with some Chinese fellow.

A Chinese fellow?

Do you know
what this partner did for work?

'Fraid I don't know.

I know they called him "Mr."
Like a schoolteacher.

But I have no idea
what kind of work he did. Sorry.

"Mr." what?

All us neighbors,
we just called that guy Mr. Lee,

if I recall.

Yes, Lee.

"Mr. Lee."

When I first
got into this business,

there was this chemist out on Jeju Island

who was our main drug supplier.

He would go around

blabbering that he was Mr. Lee.

Up until one day.

The day he came across them.

JEJU
12 YEARS AGO

Are you Mr. Lee?

Hey!

Oh shit!

Having fun?

Why do you leave that noisy lightbulb on
in the middle of the day?

Hmm?

-I can explain. Please!
-Mm-mm-mm.

I can explain, please.

Please don't--

Buddy, I've seen three Mr. Lees this year.

Why do you all insist on screwing
with Mr. Lee and making me do this?

-A Mr. Choi. An Im. Park too.
-Damn it!

And then…

oh…

I can't remember.

Spare my life, please.

Open wide.

Open now.

Why do you always make so much trouble?

Meddle somewhere else.

Don't you know that we'll run out
of chemists at this rate?

Such a child.

Do you not know who you've gotta kill
and who you can set free—

Aah…

So-cheon.

Remember in Macao, when you got it
in your head to try and kill me?

Yeah, I wanted to slice off
your little head.

But Bo-ryeong stopped me.

She felt sorry for you.

"Why not let her go?"

Shit…

It was like I woke up inside
when she said that.

"I'll let her live her

pathetic-ass little life,

just as pathetically as she always has."

Meddle with shit enough,

and I promise you,
you're gonna wind up dead.

You know how it is here.

It's not hard to get killed.

Come here.

Oh Lord.

To be honest,
I wasn't sure what it all meant.

But that was when I found out

the Lee I'd heard about really existed

and that he never shows much mercy
to those who

use his name and assume his identity.

You knew that,
but you still insisted that you were him.

Why?

Do you know Mr. Lee's real name?
Or maybe his age

Or even his hometown? Anything will help.

Well, he never talked
very much about himself.

Oh! Hmm.

I heard he used to work at a school
in Busan, in Chinatown.

Yes, a school over there.

Here.

We've got one match in our files for you.

Lee Yang-gwak.

-Born in 1955.
-Can I just…?

Yeah.

He was a science teacher

who worked here from 1988 to '90.

Oh, he went to a program
in Thailand we had.

-Thailand?
-Yeah.

Not Cambodia?

-No. Look at what it says.
-'Kay.

He studied abroad in Thailand.

LEE YANG-GWAK

KIM SO-YEON

I TRACKED THE VAN FROM THE FACTORY

SEOB TOOK RAK
THEY'RE ON A BOAT TO THAILAND

BRIAN WAS ON THAT BOAT TOO

Captain Jo!

Captain Jo!

Headquarters is in an uproar
all because of you.

The commissioner lost it

and tried to put you
on the most wanted list.

I'll go with you on the flight.

Come on now.

What are you gonna do there?

You don't have the right
to investigate there.

No one there is gonna
listen to you at all.

-I won't let you go alone.
-I told you, that's enough.

-Please head to departures.
-Yes, thank you, miss.

Captain Jo.

Captain Jo!

THAILAND
KRABI

Five days. Five kilos.

The best stuff.

Five kilos of the finest.

If I do get it done in five days,
what's next?

I never said
you were allowed to ask me shit.

When I'm done, do I meet Mr. Lee?

You keep talking
outta that ugly mouth about Mr. Lee.

It's nonstop.

Ah shit.

EUN-GWAN

-You asshole!
-Not yet. Get the materials first.

Move to the right!

Thanks be to God.

Thank you, my Lord.

MUNICIPAL SCHOOL 1 TALADCHAO

-Have some tea.
-Oh. It's…

-I insist. Don't get up.
-All right.

Lee and me, well, uh, we go way back.

He's such a tall, good-looking guy.

-Oh yeah.
-I graduated from this school.

Ah, everyone here
is just crazy for Mr. Lee.

Anyway, uh, how do you know him?
I don't think you said.

I once owed a debt to Lee,
and I'm in town,

so I thought I'd stop by
and say hi to him, if I could.

Ah, good thing
you found the school!

Do you happen to know
where Mr. Lee's living as of late?

Oh! Loomfangsoh.

-Loom…
-It's a neighborhood.

-Oh, sure.
-Yep!

That's his part of town, yeah.
Mmm! One second.

Yes…

You know, he might be home by now.
One second.

How interesting.
A Korean detective showed up?

A Korean detective…

I'm sorry.

I hope I'm not bothering you.

I'll talk to him and send him away.

If we mess with him,
things may get out of hand.

Kill him.

Yes, I understand.

He'll be home soon.
Why don't I take you there first?

We could leave right now.
I live close to him.

Thanks, that's not necessary.

No, I insist.

He'll probably get home
while we're on the road.

I see.

Where's Seo Young-rak?

Do you know where he is now?

The two cars went two different ways.

Yeah, that sounds just like So-cheon.

That girl's got… bad manners,
through and through.

I'm sorry, sir.

How about those deaf-mute drug chemists?

Did they show up here yet?

Yes, they arrived
in the country this morning.

Huh.

You have one message.

It's me.

There's a problem.

I'm outta the car,
but I have no idea where.

Listen up.

You need to find Captain Jo.

He has a GPS tracker
that tells him my location.

You need to use it to find me.

You must.

First off, we have to locate the captain.

Head on to Jay.

I can feel it.

The end is approaching.

This way.

Oh, well. It seems
Lee isn't here yet.

Ah, yeah.

In that case,
let's go inside and wait for him.

-Yeah, why not?
-He won't mind.

I house sit and help out, you know,
with the cleaning and such sometimes.

So, yeah, it's cool.

Yeah.

What?

You're pushy.

Go inside.

You… you'll regret this, Detective.

Go in.

As you wish.

Hey, I'm hungry.

We got no time.

Not bad.

Quite ordinary.

I LOST RAK. WE'LL ATTACK HIM
AS SOON AS WE FIND HIM. BE READY.

I'll take that one.

Hurry up, we're in a hurry.
We got no time.

Hey.

Hey, get up. Look alive. Time to wake up.

Jeez.

Jeez, man.

I mean, really?

What the hell do you expect

you're gonna get out
of this goose chase of yours, huh?

You're not creative, just annoying.

Huh?

I heard that Mr. Lee was captured
in Korea already.

Well that didn't happen,
though, Jo Won-ho. It wasn't him?

Right. It wasn't.

We've got a ways to go
until we're through.

Shit, dude.
What are you smiling for?

Come on, Captain.

Try to pull yourself together.
Do you know where you are right now?

"Loomfangsoh."

Meaning a grave.

Your grave.

Now, let's have fun.

Exactly.

Couldn't agree more. Let's have fun!

My… my issue isn't with you, buddy.

I need to talk to your boss now.

What?

Fuck! Shit!

SEOB SO-CHEON

God.

Goodness, look who we have here.

Oh my!

So we meet again, Captain Jo.

I'm valuable to them right now,
and you're not.

29 HOURS AGO

The moment you handed me over
to that woman,

you lost any use you might've had
to Mr. Lee and his minions.

As soon as we all get to Thailand,

I know he's gonna find the right time

to torture me as punishment.

Lee's got two underlings
who basically live to fulfill his whims.

One is Jin Ha-rim,
who manages Lee's drug ring.

The other's Big Knife,
real name Seob So-cheon,

who cleans up his messes.

And word is, that girl is

totally driven by her jealousy of Jin.

When she and Ha-rim were in Macao,
she framed him as a traitor

and tried to kill him

because she wanted to try to get Mr. Lee
all for her ruthless self.

She craves his approval.

And that's the reason she's gonna
defend his factory tooth and nail.

And she will lead us

to the land that we've longed to go to,
that flows with milk and honey.

It'll be hard
to take the factory out of her control.

Yes, of course, it'll be difficult.

However,

if you give me a hand here, Mr. Seo,

that will make things a little easier.

I'll do it, under one condition.

Captain Jo lives,
and you hand him over to me.

Ah, the good old captain.

I'm gonna need Jo for the grand finale.

May I ask if I also play a role

in your grand finale?

Aah…

Oh, lovely Ms. Seob.

The beautiful, merciful Ms. Seob.

Ah.

Mr. Seo Young-rak, there you are.

A real "speak of the devil" situation.

Did you get my message?

Of course, Mr. Seo.

And Captain Jo?

It's a romance for the ages,
listening to you two.

All right, I'll let the little lovebirds…

…chat with each other now.

Hey, Seo Young-rak.

Explain this situation right now,
so help me God.

Are you all right?

Tell me what the heck is going on here!

We're on the same team, that's what.

This isn't the time to be a smart-ass.

It's simple.

You, me, and Director Brian

are all desperate to find Mr. Lee.

That desperation gives us a common goal.

You want to let go of our differences

and work together on this?

Brian wants to be Mr. Lee.

And I want to catch Mr. Lee.

For you,

I have no idea what on earth
you want from Mr. Lee.

But let me run a couple names by you.

Kim Jae-seok. Lee Myeong-hui, perhaps?

All right, then.

Shall we all go to chase our destinies in

the land of gold?

You saw my sample, right?

What did you think?

MR. LEE

Yes?

Hi, sir.

Hey. What do you want?

Jay sent me.

I'll have this
wrapped up soon, Mr. Lee.

Yes, I know. I'm not worried.

Have you read the report I made for you?

I have.

What do you think?

It's very nice stuff.

I'm glad!

Thank you for that, sir.

You know I work very hard for you.

Oh, also, I have the chemist here
who made the sample.

I'll put him on, if you'd like that?

But I didn't contact you
to talk about Laika.

You don't need to send me reports anymore.

I called you to tell you that.

I gave you permission
to run the business in my name,

not to hold back

someone who already walked away.

I never gave you permission
to do that. Hm?

But I atoned.

I… I… uh,

made up for all that.

Daddy, please!

Oh, sorry.

Please, sir.

Does this mean you'll come back?

So-cheon,

I'm not retiring because of your error.

The only thing I want to do
is relax here with my family.

Hmm?

You really should stop by sometime.

Join us for dinner, hmm?

What did he just say to you?

You all just go do whatever you feel, huh?

So-cheon, where is Mr. Lee?

So-cheon is still a kid.

13 YEARS AGO
CHINA

LEGAL OPINION

I'm sure she didn't know
her actions would lead to this.

SO-CHEON UNABLE TO CONTROL
ACTING ON DELUSIONAL IMPULSE

Please let this go.

Mr. Lee,

I ask that you give her one more chance.

Do you wish to forgive
the girl who wants you dead?

I almost lost my freaking life.

So-Cheon,

because of you.

[breathing deeply

Lying is an awful thing.

Did you really think
I wasn't going to know

if you lied to frame your older brother?

Hmm?

So-cheon.

Why is it that you hate Ha-rim so much?

Are you jealous?

Or are you anxious
that you'll lose your place to Ha-rim?

Mmm.

Ah…

Can you see better now?

Pa--

Hello? Ha-rim, it's me.

If So-cheon ruins another business,

feel free to handle her on your own.

Hmm.

I told you already,

never call me that.

Oh, what's wrong?

Do you need a family?

You can't afford

that kind of luxury.

Will you talk to him for me?

Ask Mr. Lee to come here.

Say he'll get the Laika.

I need to know
where the hell I can find Mr. Lee.

I will decimate all you fools,
starting with you.

Now, now, you can't die on me yet.

I want to savor your death.

I'm gonna kill you all nice and slow.

All of you damn maggots
that hassle Mr. Lee. Suck it!

I'll talk to him.

I'll do it. I'll say
that I'm making the Laika for him.

Let me go, and I'll call to ask.

Yeah?

You'll make the call?

For real?

-Huh?
-Yeah.

Do it quickly now, okay?

If you tell me
where to find Mr. Lee. Deal?

Pa! He is my pa!

You get his name out of your mouth!

Dear Lord,

thank you.

Was So-cheon

taken care of properly and disposed of?

Bitch had it coming.

So now what's next, huh?

Oh, Captain.

There is still one last person
I must tend to.

Man, you don't quit.

It's not like

any of us ever really trusted you.

This is about what I expected.

I've told you so many times, man,

that I can't die
until I catch Mr. Lee, got it?

So either you and I walk outta here

or I send you to your maker.

These are your options, all right?

You're not who I was referring to.

I was talking about

Mr. Seo Young-rak.

I'd overlooked something
in all of this that's obvious now.

Mr. Lee's a real man that actually exists,
and he knew that.

Our dear Seo Young-rak knew
I was faking all along, but how?

How did he know everything?

He knew enough to know who Lee wasn't.

That's enough, asshole—

Let go!

Get your hands off! Asshole. You--

Oh shit.

Son of a…

Now, Mr. Seo.

Talk to me, son.

That day…

there was somebody else
watching with you in Jeju, sir.

Shut up!

It's my call!

So you were there, Seo Young-rak?
You saw it all too?

And what I saw that day…

taught me something important
that I have never forgotten.

If I pretended to be Mr. Lee,

I'd eventually run across
the real Lee's minions.

And if I chased them long enough,

then they'd lead me to Mr. Lee.

And that's why

when you first appeared
and pretended you were Lee,

I saw a great opportunity.

When all eyes were watching you,
I made my move.

I was able to finish carrying out my plan.

I leaked out samples of our Laika
to intrigue and entice Mr. Lee.

Copy that.

I cleaned out those factories
on purpose

to reveal my location and get caught.

And I gave you the grand finale,
Director Lee.

I realize now that I had…

…underestimated you before.

For that mistake,

I show my repentance to my Lord.

But there's a funny thing
about humans, Mr. Seo.

Unless they stay vigilant,

many things can cloud their judgment.

They'll find someone
and throw away their trust

like pearls before so many swine.

You say you leaked the samples
of Laika to catch Mr. Lee's eye,

exposed the factory's location
on purpose to get yourself caught,

and teamed up with me

to bring this whole mess
to its thrilling conclusion.

Take a sec to think about it.

Oh, Mr. Seo Young-rak,

you're as delusional as I was a month ago,
repeating all my mistakes.

It's the delusion you already won. Right?

The reckless arrogance
as you told yourself,

"I will find Mr. Lee."

Take our five kilos of Laika.

That should be plenty for…

a man like you to take over Mr. Lee's name
from now on, for real.

No, no, no.

That's not what I was saying.

I've done some research on you, Mr. Seo,

just while I've been waiting around.

"Who is he?" I wondered.

"How'd he learn to make Laika?
It's an infamously elusive formula."

I'm a man of simple plans,

and then there's you
and your damn complicated nature.

I couldn't quite make sense of you.

"Okay."

"This guy I can't explain.
I can offer him a deal though."

Then, of course,

I made my big mistake.

I didn't see your motive,
so I underestimated you.

And now I look like this.

Revenge?

Ah! Blessed revenge.

That's what drives you.

You have that fire
that comes from seeking revenge.

You'll try harder than me to find Lee,
thanks to that fire.

Here's how it's gonna be, Mr. Seo.

Your two pals
are gonna leave here with me.

And I know they'll work diligently

to cook up their fine Laika for me.

You can't make them cook Laika without me.

Why are you so sure, son?

What?

Stop it!

What are you doing?

She won't be able to use
those pretty eyes anymore.

Stop it!

This is all on you,
so don't you act like it isn't.

Also…

Listen carefully.

You're gonna head out,

find Mr. Lee, and get rid of the bastard.

And once I confirm he's really dead,

I'll consider
whether those two sorry souls…

can stay alive.

Do I make myself clear, punk?

Does that make sense? Huh?

You did this all along just so
I would lead you to the real Lee—

Don't talk back to me. Don't ever do that.

Let them go.

Don't do it.

Let them go!

Aw, it's all right. It's okay.

It'll be over soon enough.

I was in a lot of pain, too,
you piece of shit.

Stop.

I'll do it.

I'll do it. I'll do it!

It's so wild to think,

after all these crazy twists and turns,

all over the name "Mr. Lee…"

…look where we are.

After today, there'll only be one man left

claiming that damn name.

No more competition.

Pleasure doing business.

Did you learn another lesson,
Seo Young-rak, dearie?

Hallelujah.

Captain Jo.

Do you recognize me?

What are you here for?

Oh, this time, I really…
I thought you wouldn't wake up.

I got a call from the Thai police
three days ago.

Three days?

They found you
in some big drug factory, unconscious.

-They said a gang uses the spot.
-Really?

Are you okay now?

Oh man, those punks.

-Why is he laughing?
-What's your name?

-Oh, man…
-He's Korean, right?

NORWAY

Your Laika…

I have to say, it's quite impressive.

-Hmm.
-Thank you. You're too kind.

I imagined you significantly older.

Much younger than I was
when I started out.

I've been wondering,

why did you invent Laika?

At first, it was only
sheer academic curiosity.

"What's the limit to pleasure
the human brain can experience?"

I wondered.

Then I realized something, huh?

"To answer that question, then,

I must cross over the line."

The line?

All laws. All morality.

The line that humans draw for themselves.

It's so ironic, huh?

All people wish
they could be happy, you know?

They give up so many things
and put up with so much,

all for happiness' sake.

And then they wind up unhappy.

Hmm?

Do you think there's a God above?

I never have.

I only believe in science.
Things you can prove.

I see pleasure,
and I want to quantify its value.

How long does it last?

And is it replicable?

You must admit, it's beautiful.

They buy happiness,

and I sell happiness.

You're more arrogant than I'd expected.

"Arrogant"?

Twenty-five years ago, do you recall?

There was a young married couple
who got on a smuggler boat.

You handed over drinking water
and food inside a backpack.

That married couple

open-heartedly trusted your kindness.

But you…

you chose to brutally betray their trust.

To be honest,

I can't say that I remember that.

That was a very long time ago.

Does that sound a little too cruel?

You have to regret something.

Family.

To be more precise…

I regret how much I've changed.

Somehow,

I've become

completely and utterly ordinary.

My life is

pretty easy to live.

It's just so ordinary and boring.

So that right there's your whole family?

There was someone who was desperate
to become part of your family.

Someone who thought of you as her father.

But at least her phone led me to you.

I killed her.

And your family.

I killed them all.

Looking at you…

reminds me of who I was when I was young.

What do you say?

Why don't you start
a new family with me? Hmm?

No.

You've got no idea…

what family is.

Ah…

Isn't it a bummer?

The world is so quiet
now that I can't see anything.

That's one thing I like about this.

Tell me anything
you want to see right now…

or anything you're curious about.

What's the color of the sky right now?

It's bright and clear.

Nice.

Mm.

What was going through your mind
when you put a tracker on Laika?

Gut instinct, I suppose.

Right.

You've always had good instincts.
I noticed that quickly.

So, then…

am I right about this hunch too?

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AT HOME

I see.

Mr. Lee.

I want to know what he was like.

He had a daughter.

And a granddaughter.

I heard that he was kind to his neighbors.

He was someone as ordinary as we are.

Bound to be forgotten in time.

Why did you want me to come here?

What do you think my parents were like?

Were they just like Mr. Lee?

Were they worth everything I did…

trying to avenge them?

Do you know how pungent it is
when human flesh rots?

Even after I was released
from the container they died in,

the smell of death has always haunted me.

Even after all these years,
the stench is still there.

That's the reason I went looking for Lee.

I thought that maybe
the smell would stop bothering me

once I found him
and did everything to him I wanted.

But the smell hasn't left.

I've done everything
I ever wanted to do with my life.

Did you already know

that I wouldn't be able
to go back to my old life?

Seo Young-rak.

Take your hand away.

I will be Mr. Lee.

Will you arrest me, Captain?

It's your turn now.

Once you do everything
you ever wanted to do…

will you be able to go back
to how things were?

The National Police Agency
announced a special promotion

for Senior Inspector Jo Won-ho,

Captain of the Narcotics Unit,

as a reward for his recent performance
in a drug investigation.

Above all, he was highly praised

for his unprecedented performance
in cooperation with Interpol.

The agency added,

"Superintendent Jo Won-ho's persistence
is what made this success possible."

Superintendent Jo Won-ho
had previously played a key role…

IN MEMORY OF KIM JU-HYUK