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(Snowdrop)

(All characters and events depicted in this drama are fictitious.)

(Episode 7)

I told you I decide who gets to leave.

You leave.

This is our dorm.

This is our dorm, you stupid communist!

Oh, my goodness.

Keep your heads down!

You…

You don't know who I am, do you?

Why can't I hear them?

I think she's speaking too quietly.

Turn the volume up then!

Yes, sir.

I'll tell you.

I'm…

the daughter of the director of ANSP.

If you don't believe me, go check with them.

Eun Chang-su,

the director of the Agency for National Security Planning…

is my father.

-I can't hear her. What's she saying? -Why is she whispering?

I don't know.

Let them go.

Let them all go!

It's working again.

You will never…

get a chance to be released again.

Since she doesn't want to leave,

only nine will be released.

You evil bastard.

Release one more person since I'm not leaving!

Who do you think you are?

To me, you are…

just…

a human shield.

Comrade Joo.

Have her stand by the windows.

Now!

Ms. Hall Director.

The daughter of the ANSP director has been living in the dorm.

That must've been bothering you.

Why are you asking me that out of the blue?

I heard the ANSP director is

one of the most powerful people in the South.

And such a person's daughter living in the dorm?

Did Yeong-ro tell you herself that she is

the daughter of the ANSP director?

She was quiet about it

even when she was being kicked out of here.

Kicked out?

It was decided she leave the dorm as a punishment for hiding you.

She hid him?

Hid the communist spy?

Your daughter really did it?

She helped you because she believed she was doing the right thing.

So he was willing to accept any punishment without any regret or reflection.

But her courage and sacrifice ended up

putting everyone in the dorm in danger.

So imagine how Yeong-ro must be feeling right now.

If you can understand that even just a little bit,

it's only right for you to release as many hostages as possible.

That is…

the least you can do for her,

who saved you risking her life.

I think I made it very clear that only nine hostages will be released.

You were her partner at the Open House.

I remember that you seemed quite nervous.

Was it all for show?

To take full advantage of Yeong-ro?

Let's go.

I need to go to

the bathroom first.

RESTROOM

Eung-cheol doesn't look good.

Can we

trust that doctor?

The hall director's in the restroom. Bring her when she's done.

What are you doing? Hurry up.

Just give me a second.

I can see the students are safe.

Now I need to see if my team leader is okay.

Where's he now?

Not now.

He can't have surgery until his fever breaks anyway.

I mean, the doctor's doing nothing, so how about my team leader get surgery first?

He has a gunshot wound.

He needs surgery as soon as possible.

-What's wrong with treating him while-- -Hey!

Are you kidding?

He shot at me, and you want us to let him get treated?

Keep your word.

You promised to release hostages, let me check the students' safety,

and let the doctor do surgery on my team leader.

I brought Dr. Kang here because you agreed on those terms.

You've fooled us twice today, and what? Promise?

I'll kill you first if anything goes wrong, so don't mess with me.

How is he?

His temperature's still 38°C, and it's not going down.

It's because the infection caused a high white blood cell count.

I gave him a fever reducer, so it'll go down in two to three hours.

SWAT team breaking in soon.

The whole dorm is being wiretapped.

Then why don't you treat their team leader until then?

I think that's better as well.

The ANSP team leader will be treated first.

Comrade.

Treat him? We should be killing him.

For now, it's most important to maintain mutual trust.

Trust?

Their goal is killing us. How can we trust them?

Just keep an eye on the hostages. That's your job.

Especially those by the windows.

Didn't you say there was no problem with her?

Yes, according to all those weekly reports!

That damn Pi.

She even went through water and electric torture.

How dare she stab me in the back?

My goodness.

I got to say,

you are indeed a liability.

A liability to us.

Even your child has become a liability now.

Unbelievable.

Oh, right.

-Hey, An. -Yes, sir.

Does hiding a communist spy count as espionage?

To be precise, it's aiding and abetting espionage.

My God.

The ANSP director

should be in the vanguard of anti-communism and counterespionage.

You're a disgrace to our country.

Don't you think?

I was just kidding.

By the way, ma'am,

I know he said it should be 13 young virgins,

but does it have to be exactly 13?

As a matter of fact,

I was dying to know about that all night,

so I called the fortuneteller first thing in the morning.

What did he say?

He said it should be

exactly 13 virgins.

No more, no less.

Exactly 13.

Then it's very unlikely.

I mean, how will the spies kill

exactly 13 as if they know about it?

There are more than 70 hostages in the dorm.

My goodness.

That many?

Yes.

That reminds me.

They're supposed to release some of the hostages today.

Release?

How many?

Well, as many as the spies want, I guess.

Yes, I guess so.

What kind of man is Eun Chang-su, the ANSP director?

Do you want me

to brief you on my boss?

Brief a Northern spy?

I'm holding tens of students hostage,

yet he's fooled me twice.

Is he foolish enough to try to fool me again?

Was Cheong-ya caught?

Was Han-na caught?

The ANSP director is dealing with you himself?

A mere Northern spy like you?

The director himself?

His daughter is being held hostage,

so I'm sure he ran over in a rush.

The director's daughter?

The whole building is rigged with C4 bombs,

from basement two to the third floor.

If you try to deceive me again,

the bombs will go off all at once.

Check if it's true.

If I push this button,

you, I,

and the 70 hostages

will all die.

Then

Director Eun Chang-su

won't even find his daughter's body.

How dare that bastard threaten him like that?

Wait, Eun.

Don't tell me you believe that bulls***.

I should.

If the bombs explode and the students get killed,

what will you do?

You'll blow yourself and your men up?

Aren't you their leader?

Is Geum-cheol's death not enough?

Are you going to lead the rest to death too?

I'll do anything for my men's honor.

I won't let them die as traitors.

I'd rather blow ourselves up

to die heroes for my country.

What is this?

Don't tell me

what he just said is scaring you.

My goodness.

You're too chicken to serve the country.

We can just get them all at once

before they blow themselves up.

Get them all at once? How?

I knew this might happen, so I already put another plan into action.

Dr. Kang will knock out two of the communist spies with injections,

so all you need to do

is get rid of the booby traps on basement two.

Then our SWAT team will go in secretly and kill

the last one.

I understand, sir.

I call it

"Operation One-shot-two-kills."

Saving your daughter and getting them at the same time. What do you think?

Isn't it a good plan?

Are you insane? They'll blow themselves up if we fool them again.

But what?

I can't believe this.

My, this is so frustrating.

Teaching at the Military Academy suits you better.

Why are you even the ANSP director?

Mr. Lee.

Are you all right?

Let go of him!

A gun in the medical kit.

SWAT team breaking in via an emergency exit.

Are you all right, Mr. Lee?

Are you okay?

How could you make him suffer like that?

He's your hostage. Is this really necessary?

Didn't you people kill Geum-cheol?

No, we didn't.

He took cyanide and dropped dead according to that stupid manual of yours.

Drop dead?

Don't speak ill of our late comrade.

Do you understand?

You idiot!

Didn't I tell you to always keep your temper?

Are you stupid? You're not even armed.

Don't cross the line.

If you want to maintain our mutual trust.

Should I see his wound?

You follow me.

I'll release some of the hostages.

Don't shoot!

You can come out.

It's all right.

Go.

It's okay. Don't worry.

Let's go!

-The hostages are coming out. Move! -Help them to safety!

Go, go.

Hurry up!

Stop.

Get them into the ambulance and the rest into the van.

Yes, sir.

Move it!

-Hey, leave right away. -Yes, sir.

-Get them in now. -Yes, sir.

They're all being moved.

Make sure they all keep their mouths shut.

Yes, sir.

Well, I sent five injured students

to the ANSP-designated hospital.

And as for the remaining four,

I sent them to our agency for questioning.

-Salute! -Salute!

Thank you for your hard work.

-Hello. -Hello, ma'am.

What a surprise.

You guys must not have had anything to eat since last night.

Hello, Mr. Nam.

Honey.

We were starving, actually.

Oh, my, ma'am. It doesn't look like food.

It looks like artwork. It's too pretty to eat.

I must say,

you sure are full of surprises.

You have such a considerate wife. You're so lucky.

All right. Let's dig in.

In any case, some of the hostages have been released.

Let's eat and get back to fighting those spies.

All right, guys. Let's dig in!

-Thank you for the food! -Thank you for the food!

Thank you, ma'am.

Come eat.

-What is it? -You should see the news.

Controversy arose over Professor Han

-What? -who was found dead on a Northern

-spy boat. -It's Gal.

There was a suspicion that the economics professor tried to defect to the North,

but decisive evidence has been revealed

that the North in fact tried to abduct him.

According to the Catholic Priests Association for Justice,

Priest Kim Hyeon-seung received a tape recording from Han I-seop,

and the tape contains the voice of the spy

who tried to abduct him on November 27.

What did you just say?

Where did you say my son is? He's studying in the US.

Your son isn't in Boston. He's in Pyongyang.

In Pyongyang?

Who are you?

Who are you people?

Did you kidnap my son?

If you want to save him, come with us to Pyongyang.

Stop the car!

Stop the car!

Stop the car! Now--

Saying it was likely to be the spies' second attempt to abduct him,

the CPAJ denied the rumor about him defecting to the North.

And the opposition party is claiming that the current administration is behind it,

so it's expected to have a huge impact.

Reporting from Yeyeon Cathedral, I'm Gal Sang-sik, JBC.

You son of a b****!

Why me, sir?

I'll fix it.

What do you mean, fix it?

It's in the news!

How will you fix it?

You bastard. It's hot! Stop right there!

-First, I'll sue them for defaming ANSP. -Come here. Why you…

-Come here, you bastard. -And, sir,

I'll issue summonses against the CPAJ and that bastard Gal Sang-sik.

-What? You idiot! -Stop the nonsense and get out!

-Well… -Everyone, out.

Hey.

-You should go home. -Okay.

Get out.

Where are you going, you idiots? Come back here!

Hey.

Are you crazy?

Why did you tell them to leave?

We must press charges, make up evidence that he was defecting, and make it public!

Hey!

Did you find anything useful in Han's bag?

Well, we found a letter from his son in Pyongyang--

Why have you still not used it? Make it public now!

Fabricate evidence if necessary!

Shut up!

What?

"Shut up"?

Fabricate evidence?

We've given the press guidelines every morning trying to shut them up,

but it didn't work!

They have hard evidence. You think you can cover it up with fabricated evidence?

Then what?

We just let the opposition party have their way?

Our candidate will lose the election for sure at this rate.

Pick it up.

Eun Chang-su speaking.

It seems plan B also failed.

I'm sorry, sir.

I'll find the--

Come in by five with a solution.

Yes, sir.

-What did he say? -To come in by five.

What? What do we do?

This is bad. We'll catch hell if we go without a solution.

Wait, Eun!

-Wait. -Then we should…

come up with a solution.

We should let the press know

about the hostage situation in the dorm.

Are you crazy? Yeong-ro is in there.

If we also reveal the fact that they have the ANSP director's daughter,

I doubt they'll hurt our Yeong-ro.

But they already know she's my daughter.

They're still willing to die with the hostages.

If they find out we've told the press, they might blow themselves up.

Then we should

make the North order them not to blow themselves up.

That's impossible. They want us to send them back unscathed.

We have bait that's worth 300 million dollars.

Will Lim Ji-rok give up the 300 million dollars

just to save those expendable spies?

The presidential election is in ten days.

You can take care of this after the election's won.

If we make this drag on

and be in the news every day up until the election,

nobody will pay attention to Han I-seop's case.

Definitely.

Hoping to fight against the Northern spies holding the girls hostage,

I'm sure people will vote for candidate Park Mu-yeol.

Exactly.

I'll talk to Lim Ji-rok then.

Withdraw the SWAT team right away.

I'll take care of that.

So you go do your job. Hurry up. We have no time to lose.

Hey! Get me the radio!

SWAT team, stand by. Don't do anything!

Anyone move a finger, and I'll kill that bastard myself!

Get dressings ready.

Okay.

Give me the gun.

Now.

This is bad.

I totally forgot about it.

I'm supposed to meet Antonio at Rome Coffee Shop at five.

What if he thinks I stood him up?

Are you serious right now?

Antonio?

What about your lovers here?

Are you seriously worried about that now?

I guess you haven't heard yet.

She and Gwang-tae are through.

And she's started seeing Antonio this month. To learn Italian.

Oh, no.

The criminal law final is tomorrow.

They must know we're being held here, right?

They won't hold the exam, right?

Did she just laugh? Hey.

What's so funny?

You leech living off the tuition we pay.

What?

"Leech living off the tuition we pay"?

What? Am I wrong?

That's what you are.

Don't you agree?

Hey, Polka Dot.

Shut your trap.

You confidently promised to get 300 million dollars from them in ten days.

Rescuing your son as well as getting 300 million dollars…

Will that be really possible?

Despite knowing it's impossible,

he's trying to buy time.

The almighty Lim Ji-rok is also

just another father who loves his child.

Lim Ji-rok speaking.

Mr. Lim.

I'm sorry about last time. I apologize.

It was so urgent that--

When on earth are you going to send

our agents in the dorm back to us?

It's been exposed that Han was abducted

and not defecting to the North.

So Aemin Party is in a tough spot right now.

That's your problem.

Send our agents back to the North right away!

I'm sorry to tell you this,

but we have no choice but to make

the hostage situation public.

What?

The hostage situation?

What on earth is your big plan you want to carry out?

As for the spies, how about we kill

all three?

Kill all three?

Are you seriously thinking of killing them all?

Sir, it's just three spies. If you sacrifice them,

you'll get 300 million dollars.

Just three spies?

Send our agents back to us unscathed!

Send them back right away! If you don't,

there will be war! You hear me?

Sir.

Yeon-hwa!

Send them a message

that they must come back alive! Now!

Yes, sir.

Anyway,

the Secretary's Office wants to see you right now.

Right now?

Mr. Lim?

This is Choi Su-ryeon, the deputy director of MSS.

I see.

You'll have to negotiate with me from now on.

I'm sure

our spies consider dying for our party honorable.

Kill them.

Comrade Choi Su-ryeon just told the South to kill all of our spies.

STOP SECURITY CHECKPOINT

SECURITY CHECKPOINT, RESTRICTED

What's going on?

You did well.

Could you put the rifle away?

Don't you know about the Geneva Conventions?

Even during war, you can't attack any of your enemy's medical staff or hospitals

that wounded soldiers are in.

What did you do to him? Why isn't he waking up?

Midazolam is

a sedative you use before surgery.

Hold on.

Stand up.

Look. How could you suspect the doctor?

If they wanted to kill you, they wouldn't have sent in a doctor,

but an armed agent.

Calm down. She's just a doctor!

Stop!

What's going on?

Why is there music playing?

Why? Fix it! Now!

Fix it! Hurry up!

Why is there music playing? Fix it!

Fix it, you bastards!

I didn't know. I swear! I didn't know about it.

Comrade.

I found a pistol in her bag.

A pistol!

You found it, so let it go.

They've deceived us three times, but what? "Let it go"?

They're looking down on us because you're so soft!

What the hell are you doing?

It's an emergency.

The doctor's in danger.

It's an emergency. The doctor's in danger.

Which sniper was that?

-Which one? -It was number 14.

-Go find out where it is. Now! -Stand by!

It's the back side of Mount Ogong.

Stand by!

You've deceived us three times!

You're forcing us to kill her!

Come here!

Don't shoot!

Please don't!

Don't shoot!

Sniper… Sniper!

Hey, kill that communist bastard right now!

Now!

But the doctor's in the way.

That little… That piece of…

How dare those bastards try to harm my…

F***!

You have to save her!

-At all costs! -Yes, sir.

-You bastards. -I'm sorry, sir.

If you fail to save Dr. Kang, I'll kill all of you.

-Save her! At all cost! Understand? -It's dangerous.

You bastard!

Cheong-ya…

Are you insane?

We need her to save Eung-cheol!

Let go of me. We need to teach them a lesson right now.

Comrade Joo!

Ma'am, please do something.

Come! Now!

Come here!

I'll kill her!

Let go!

Hey.

Let go.

Let go!

Gyeok-chan.

Calm down.

Please.

Hey.

Stay away!

Put it down.

Oh, no. Yeong-ro's in danger.

-This is bad. -Hey.

Put the gun down. Now.

Or you'll get hurt.

Let the doctor go. Now!

Do you want to die?

Your teammate…

No! Easy, easy.

Your teammate

hasn't been treated yet.

He'll die if he doesn't get treated.

For sure.

Comrade Joo.

If you kill the doctor, they'll never

send in another doctor.

You've been fooled three times.

Shouldn't you take advantage of this chance?

They have no choice but to do what you ask because you might blow yourselves up.

Oh, right.

To get out of here safely,

you also need a means of transportation. Right?

Comrade Joo.

Lower the gun.

Now!

Those damn bastards!

I'll kill you all!

Hey! Don't fire back!

Everyone get down!

Hold fire! Don't fire back!

Come on!

Stop wasting the bullets.

IT'S NOT THAT I MISS YOU BUT I WANT TO SEE YOU ONCE MORE

IT'S NOT THAT I MISS YOU BUT I WANT TO SEE YOU ONCE MORE

IT'S NOT THAT I MISS YOU BUT I WANT TO SEE YOU ONCE MORE

Take your hands off the door.

The SWAT team is standing by outside.

Take your hands off it if you want to live.

Even if you shoot me, they'll break in since I disabled the booby trap.

You know what this is, right?

If I push this button, you and I, as well as the hostages, will all die.

You want to save your team leader,

don't you?

He even got shot to protect you.

If you want to save him,

go out and stop the SWAT team.

SWAT team, go in! Now!

SWAT team, go in!

SWAT team, go in!

SWAT team, go in! You bastards!

Hey, are you sure the wiretapping is working?

Why can't I hear anything? Turn the volume up!

Turn it up!

Turn it up, you idiots! God damn it!

Eun, how did it go?

Did you talk to them?

See? I told you.

In any case, I'm worried how much more Lim Ji-rok will demand this time.

He's not in charge anymore.

We negotiate with Choi Su-ryeon now.

What? Why?

What's going on?

Why are we not sending the SWAT team in?

We must send them in!

How dare you--

It's me.

You said you'd send us back to the North safely,

but you're sending the SWAT team in?

Sending the SWAT team in?

Hey! It's all a lie! Our agent lied to you!

She lied to make you surrender!

Give it!

Listen. First, let Cheong-- No.

Let the doctor out.

Let Dr. Kang out right now, you bastard!

How did you find out your agent talked about the SWAT team in the tent?

He wants to talk to you.

The hostages' lives are at stake, but what?

It's all a lie?

Seriously?

All right.

Get her out of here!

Yes, sir. Come out here.

Hey, Choi.

Come here.

Let go of me!

There must've been

a misunderstanding. We didn't try to send them in.

-We just wanted to send you back-- -No.

I bet all you're thinking about is killing us.

If you don't believe me, check with the North.

Check the instructions.

You tell me to check the instructions whenever you're cornered.

Last time we followed the instructions, we got shot at upon getting out.

That was because of the engagement on the West Sea. I told you!

Does the leadership in the North

know that you tried to kill us?

They do know all three of you are alive.

Seeing how you know our rendezvous point

and the goal of this mission well,

you must be in close liaison with the leadership in the North.

What kind of deal did you make?

You'd better be honest with me.

Your daughter's in my hands.

You know that, right?

You are

a spy who must obey orders from your country.

So check the instructions right now!

I wanted us to talk it out before I make you pay for fooling us.

But it's not working.

Listen carefully.

I'll pick a hostage at random and kill them in ten minutes.

What?

And that student's death will be all on you.

Hello?

Hello?

Turn the volume up!

Turn it up!

"Student"? He definitely said student.

Are you really going to kill them?

I should.

Who do you think we should kill?

The one who called us communist bastards…

Shouldn't we kill that one first?

So you're saying we should kill Eun Yeong-ro first, right?

Okay.

Kill her.

It's not working, is it?

Why can't I hear anything?

The wiretapping in Area 2-4 is cut off.

What?

Eun Yeong-ro's the daughter of the ANSP director.

Which means she's our lifeline.

-Area 2-4… -Area 2-2 is cut off.

-Can any sniper see her? -What?

I repeat. Area 2-4--

-Hey, An! -Yes, sir.

One moment, sir.

Area 2-3 is not working as well!

Forget that.

Area 1-1 is not working as well!

Don't just say that! Find the ones still working!

Check if there's any working!

Hurry up.

What the hell are you doing?

Please.

Damn it.

Hey.

I got rid of all the bugs.

You can talk freely now.

What's going on?

Lim Soo-ho?

This is the ANSP director.

Comrade Joo Gyeok-chan.

You were fearless and worthy of the Order of Military Service Honor you got.

I was instructed to come here to send you back to the North safely.

I'm Kang Cheong-ya, the Chief of Surgery at Hankuk Central Medical Center.

And I'm also known as Moran Hill 1 in our country.

Moran Hill…

The one awarded the Hero of the Republic?

I apologize. I should have recognized you.

I provoked you on purpose to fool the others,

so don't worry.

Lim Soo-ho! Can you hear me?

Lim Soo-ho. You and I may

believe in different things in different situations, but we want the same thing.

You want your men's safety,

and I want

the hostages' safety.

Now,

the director of the Agency for National Security Planning

desperately wants to talk with you.

Pick up the phone!

You can hear me, right?

Let's talk it out! Please!

-Those bastards. -Lim Soo-ho!

They wiretapped us, and what? Talk it out?

They can hear me, right?

Actually, the ANSP director told me to check the party's instructions,

so I took you here to check them with you.

Lim Soo-ho.

If you kill any of the students,

you'll be disobeying orders from the North.

We agreed to send you back to the North safely in ten days, so check right now.

You bastard! Check the instructions first!

He hung up again!

Stop provoking him!

Hello?

They're not answering?

Check them.

It has been the basics review homework--

"Reached an agreement with the South."

"Not to kill any hostages."

"Guaranteed to be sent back in ten days."

Will we really be able

to go back alive in ten days?

Last time we were ordered to cooperate with them, we almost died.

-So from my point of view-- -Your point of view?

Since when did you start questioning the instructions?

Comrade Lim Soo-ho.

The failure to abduct Professor Han is all on you.

And because of you, all of our agents on our ship

were killed.

Your new mission is to go back alive

after keeping the hostages for ten days.

Making a contribution to make up for your failure

is what you need to do from now on.

I understand.

Look.

You should feed the students.

They haven't eaten for days.

She's right.

And Mr. Kim's blood sugar is too low.

Let's do that.

Well, then I should go make some rice balls.

What ingredients do we have?

Sausages and some tofu…

I should fry them and cook some doenjang soup as well.

Go back.

That's good. Yeong-ro's still alive.

They must've listened to the instructions.

Then should we let the press know, sir?

We should tell Code 1 first.

Let's hurry. You know how impatient he is. Let's go.

Hello?

Yes. And?

What? What are you talking about?

Eun Yeong-u?

How did that happen to an administrative clerk?

Eat.

Aren't I just a human shield?

So why?

I'm not telling you to eat for your sake,

but for our sake.

Because the ANSP director's daughter shouldn't starve to death?

That paper airplane…

Why do you have it?

Don't tell me

you came to the dorm

because of that paper airplane.

Hello. This is JBC breaking news.

During the engagement on the West Sea around 22:00 last night,

Eun Yeong-u, the son of the ANSP director, was injured and passed away.

It has been known that the person KIA was corporate Kim Seong-hun,

but it turned out that it was marine Eun Yeong-u,

the ANSP director's son, that died.

What's more shocking is that Lim Soo-ho,

the leader of the spies who killed Eun Yeong-u,

is holding the students hostage in Hosu University dorm as we speak.

He'd been acting secretly all over East Germany,

but he disguised himself as an economics graduate student at Berlin University

and came to Korea

to approach Professor Han I-seop.

This is the shocking truth revealed a day after the engagement on the West Sea.

We will update you as soon as we find out more.

(Snowdrop)

Cardiac arrest!

Bring him back.

Bring him back!

So the ANSP director's daughter

hid you in this dorm?

But don't let your personal feelings ruin our mission.

The doctor?

I never had any personal feelings for her.

We don't intend to hurt you.

We want this to end without anyone getting hurt.

So you must know

this is the scheme the high-ups of our countries planned for the election.

They don't intend to rescue the hostages.

That's a bomb, isn't it?

Aren't they going to just kill us all? Where's Yeong-ro?

Let me out.

BONUS

The doctor who treated you

is comrade Kang Cheong-ya

also known as Moran Hill 1.

Moran…

No. Don't get up.

Get better as soon as possible.

To go back alive in ten days.

Comrade.

Am I dreaming right now?

Can you pinch me?

Translated by [Wayne Ryu]