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(Episode 1)

Hey!

Go get a young girl.

- Okay. - Go!

What are you doing? Come with me now.

Where are you?

Did the person that just left really leave on a boat?

What the heck are you doing?

Do you think I'm a joke?

Found you.

No, please don't.

You idiot.

- Please let her live. - What's with you?

Please help my daughter.

Please help her.

Dad...

(Sea Special Attack Team)

Sir, I think you need to come here.

Roger.

Watch out for dead bodies ahead.

(Sea Special Attack Team)

A person ahead. Get ready.

Come out!

Enter.

Enter.

Hands up!

Put your hands up!

Please help...

Put your hands up!

Drop your weapon! Put your hands up!

Standby. Do not shoot.

Disclose your identity!

If you don't, we'll shoot!

Four.

Seven.

Four. Nine.

This was the gunshot.

Chief Ha, I'm sorry to interrupt you.

- What is it? - The Coast Guard just tried...

to identify one of our staff, so I looked into it,

but the file is locked.

It's locked?

I can't access it with my clearance level.

(National Intelligence Service)

- Put it up. - Yes, sir.

- Can you put it up on the screen? - Yes, I will.

(Han Ji Hyuk)

(Han Ji Hyuk, NIS Black Agent, Foreign Intelligence, Class 5)

The paperwork states he's already dead.

- Who did it? - Sorry?

Who tried to identify him?

Western Regional Coast Guard.

Contact the director. Now.

What is it? It's my day off.

What is it?

What?

Yes, I already checked.

I compared the fingerprint the Coast Guard ran, and it's him.

It's Agent Han Jin Hyuk.

Okay. How is he?

I don't have information on that. I'll have to check myself.

You know that this information cannot be leaked out, right?

Do whatever it takes to bring him here.

Don't worry, sir.

(Repatriation of Agent Han Ji Hyuk)

As you're aware,

when our agency or civilians are damaged by our enemies,

we track down the cause and carry out...

retaliation operations.

We kept Heukyang in operation,

a team of elite agents under the Foreign Intelligence Bureau.

It's a secret task force.

And Han Ji Hyuk belonged to Heukyang.

He was the best field agent we had who successfully executed...

our projects abroad.

And this is his best work.

(Name: Han Ji Hyuk)

Three years, in Libya,

two of our agents were publicly executed by an armed organization.

And Heukyang was able to eliminate the leader of the organization,

Abu-nidal, after pursuing him for months.

He even impressed international media outlets.

Detective Kim.

What's going on?

(Korea Coast Guard)

A year ago,

three of our agents who were dispatched...

to China and North Korea were murdered.

Han Ji Hyuk along with other agents from Heukyang...

were assigned to the case.

And they acquired intel...

that there was a drug cartel that dealt drugs from North Korea.

They were able to destroy the network...

and on the verge of completing their mission.

And during the operation,

two of the agents from Heukyang and Han Ji Hyuk...

vanished without any trace.

Back then, we utilized all of our resources to find them.

But we weren't able to find Han's body in the end.

(Incident Summary)

Please take a look at this.

This footage was filmed around 5 a.m. today...

from a ship that was drifting on the West Coast.

Who's that?

I know it may be hard to believe, but that's Han Ji Hyuk.

Is he Jesus or something?

Pardon?

I mean, think about it.

He's risen from the dead.

Doesn't that ring a bell?

How could you handle this matter so poorly?

You made a perfectly healthy man into a corpse.

Well, you know that we always have a good reason for it.

After that agent went missing a year ago,

the list of our international agents in China got leaked.

(Jung Yong Tae: Director of Security Investigations Division)

And then we lost all of our agents for North Korea.

It's known as the Bloody Friday Incident.

Hey, Director Jung.

That's enough.

Right. That's true.

We did rush to close the case...

due to the diplomatic conflict between us and China.

Thanks to that, weren't you able to cover up your scandal...

regarding surveilling innocent civilians?

I remember that caused quite a headache for you.

And we are bringing him in as we speak.

If you give us a bit more time, we'll get to the bottom of this.

Sure. I don't think we need to make a big fuss about it.

But as you are the experts in this field,

please take care of this however you see fit.

Sir.

I have arranged what we talked about for the appointment...

of the Minister of Justice last week.

I'll brief you in the afternoon.

Don't let me keep you here. You can get back to work now.

Go ahead.

Please.

Okay. Thank you for your time.

It seems that they were smuggling these people...

into the country...

and harvesting their organs against their will on the ship.

The rest of the people were found a few kilometers away in a rubber boat.

- Mr. Kim. - Yes.

Why do you think Han Ji Hyuk was...

on that ship?

Wasn't he trying to come back to Korea?

They probably didn't know they were trafficking organs.

No, listen.

Why did he try to come back as a stowaway?

That's...

Ji Hyuk.

Han Ji Hyuk.

By the way, the Korea Coast Guard was able to find the ship.

- They said they got a tip. - What?

A tip?

I looked into it just in case.

The person who gave them the tip...

used an untraceable line just like we do.

Are you sure?

Yes, sir.

The professional go player, Lee Se Dol, didn't give up...

and managed to win a match that's worth his every effort.

Let's hear more from Reporter Lee Jun Beom.

The AI machine, AlphaGo, waves the white flag in the end.

The first victory of Lee Se Dol has been confirmed...

The scars on his body tell us...

he was tortured and locked up for a very long time.

Other than he's dehydrated, his numbers look good.

But...

we found dozens of neurochemical substances in his blood.

Neurochemical substances?

And among them, there's a substance called Zet-IP, also known as ZIP.

So what that drug does is that...

it affects our brain and wipes out our memory.

Well, we are developing it on our end to treat...

post traumatic stress disorders.

I don't follow you.

In other words, someone had injected him with small doses of ZIP...

and erased Han Ji Hyuk's memory.

Of course, it was done on purpose.

Are you telling me he lost his memory?

Yes.

To be precise,

he doesn't have any memory since his disappearance until now.

It's like someone had carved out his brain.

He doesn't remember a thing for the past year.

This isn't your first time, right?

I read in your record that...

you underwent the captivity avoidance training.

Let me clarify it just in case.

This is a completely different device.

It can record your heart rate, blood pressure, brainwaves,

and even minor vibrations in your eyes and ears.

What I want to do right now is very simple.

I just need to evaluate...

if you're telling me the truth or not.

And I will be reporting the result to your superior.

If...

you are hiding something right now,

you are making a big mistake.

All right.

Let us begin.

It says...

your name is Han Ji Hyuk. Is that correct?

Let me ask you again. Is your name Han Ji Hyuk?

Yes.

Did you work for the National Intelligence Service?

Yes.

Do you live in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province?

Yes.

You said that the last memory you have is having dinner...

with your colleagues,

Kim Dong Wook and Oh Kyung Seok, at a safe house on the outskirts...

of Andong on February 29 last year.

Is that correct?

Yes.

And is it also true that you don't remember what happened...

over the last year since that night?

Yes.

And you heard that your colleagues,

Oh Kyung Seok and Kim Dong Wook died. Correct?

Were you involved in their deaths?

Or is there anything you remember about their deaths?

Let me ask you again.

Were you involved in...

Oh Kyung Seok and Kim Dong Wook's deaths?

No.

Have you contacted or been in contact with other individuals...

from other groups or organizations during your operations?

Is this it?

Is this...

how you show respect to a man who escaped the jaws of death?

Mr. Han. Just answer my questions.

It's me who should be asking questions, not you.

So don't hide behind that glass window...

and come face me.

So listen.

Mr. Han, please don't move.

- Stay seated. - Stop hiding there.

Come out this instant!

Tell me. What's the result?

My analysis tells me...

he's telling us the truth.

Nothing in my analysis told me that he was lying.

Good job. You may go.

Director Kang.

Yes, ma'am.

What's our next step?

(Dandong, China, one year ago)

You should buy drinks.

Seriously? You're so cheap.

What do you want to eat?

Let me think.

They're on the move. They're going down.

Got it.

I taking her to a nice place tonight.

- There you go again. - I'm serious.

- Really? - Of course.

Her butt was this big!

Want to make a bet?

Go and see for yourself tonight.

- Okay. - Fine.

- Hwang Young? - What?

Who are you?

- Where is it? - Over there.

I'm sure they've lost it by now.

Without a doubt.

The amount of ice they lost because of us...

has got to be couple hundred kilos.

- How much do you think it costs? - Why? Do you regret it?

I'm just asking.

Why are you...

Why are you putting it like that?

It'll be ten months next month.

What are you going to do when this is over?

When I get back this time, I'm going to ask for a desk job.

I'm serious.

I'm never coming near the field again.

Dong Wook, your face is meant for the field.

Want to die?

What about you?

You still haven't figured it out, have you?

Ji Hyuk prefers the field to home.

I bet he's going to ask...

to be sent to the field as soon as we get back to HQ.

Right?

See? What about you?

I want to go somewhere for a couple of weeks and get some rest.

Have you heard of Palawan?

Why do you belittle me so much? Of course, I do.

- No, you don't. - I do.

There's this resort right by the beach there,

and the view of the sunset from the terrace is amazing.

Imagine watching that view...

and ordering crab balls from room service...

You went there with a woman, didn't you?

No wonder you were always so busy texting in the corner.

- No. - What?

I must be right!

- He must've gone with a woman. - I didn't!

- Isn't this neglect of duty? - I didn't!

What do you mean you didn't? Who is it?

You should...

Calm down.

You're in a state of hypnosis.

Exhale slowly.

Slowly.

From now on,

we're going back to the period of time that you can't remember.

We're going to break through the barriers and go inside.

When I start counting,

you will go into the gap of your memories.

Five, four,

three, two, one.

Okay. What do you see?

Darkness.

Calm down. You're okay.

Take a deep breath. Slowly.

You're going to wake up on my count.

Three, two, one!

I think we overdid it when you're weak in both mind and spirit.

Get some rest.

Put that down.

Put that down!

Even if he was in a state of hypnosis,

I can't believe he did something so radical.

What on earth did he see?

While he was in that state, he said he saw darkness.

There's a saying.

The reason why you enter darkness...

is because your memories are reacting.

Then does that mean...

those memories will eventually return?

So you're saying that hypnosis didn't work either?

Yes, ma'am.

Is there anything else we can try?

To be honest, there's nothing more we can try at this point.

I think it's best to let him get some rest...

as we continue to watch him.

Did you hear the rumors floating around these days?

What? What kind of rumors?

I heard that everyone's talking about how Han Ji Hyuk...

was the one who released the list of agents a year ago.

That the person who was once deemed the best agent...

is the main culprit that dragged down an entire division.

But do you know what's really interesting?

Our last hope to save us from this mire...

is also him.

Everything is settled at the bottom of his mind.

We can't just sit back and wait for it to float.

Han Ji Hyuk.

Reinstate him right away.

Ma'am, I think it's too soon to...

You decide which department he'll be assigned to.

Let him catch his breath for now.

What do you think?

Tell me what you really think not your professional opinion.

You're the one who recruited him.

Do you really think Han Ji Hyuk...

lost his memory?

(Silent Devotion to Protect and Bring Glory to Korea)

To be honest,

I always wondered...

what has he got in his head.

Even a higher being will never know...

what he's thinking.

What do you see?

A lion.

What about this one?

A lion.

A lion.

And this one?

He's accepting his colleague's death as his failure.

In other words, his colleague's death...

became a symbol that reminded him of his failure.

How is his treatment coming?

It's not coming easily.

His defensive mechanism is too strong.

Actually, he is rejecting the treatment.

Did you know he was suffering from PTSD?

And that he was taking medication?

Yes, I do.

He was taking anti-depressants and painkillers in excess amounts.

I didn't report it due to your request.

I'm in debt to you.

They wouldn't have freely talked about it...

if they knew the current state of our elite agent was in.

If that were the case,

they would have resigned.

So I want to ask a favor.

Discharge him for now.

No, that can never happen.

He may look calm on the outside.

But he's like a time bomb.

People from higher up have already decided.

There's nothing I can do about it. Now if you'll excuse me.

By the way, did you read the report?

His blood test result says...

there's amphetamine and opioid in his blood.

And?

Coincidentally, those two substances...

have similar effects to the anti-depressants and painkillers...

he has been taking.

Do you mean as a substitute?

That would be most likely...

if he wasn't able to get it prescribed to him.

Did you put that in the report?

No, I wanted to tell you first.

Here's what I want you to do.

Let's keep this between us.

I'll find the right moment to report it to my superior.

(Discharge Order, Han Ji Hyuk)

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What happened to me?

Answer me.

What happened to you?

(Seo Su Yeon)

(Seo Su Yeon)

How do you feel to fall into the bottomless pit?

I heard what kind of conditions you got.

I didn't know.

That's why I thought of a million questions to ask you.

But I guess it's all for nothing.

You...

never accepted us as your colleagues.

Not even once.

You didn't care about the others.

You only focused on your missions.

To you,

we didn't mean a thing.

Once...

I asked you a favor.

Do you remember?

Don't tell me you forgot that too.

Let me make the drink for you.

- Pour just a little. - Just a little for me too.

- That's enough. - I'll just go with beer.

This is considered a superfood. It's good for your skin.

- Goodness. - Lots of them suffer.

They have to put their lives out in danger.

Thanks.

Please let me have one too.

What is it?

- What's wrong? - Nothing.

What brings you here?

May I...

ask you for a favor?

You don't have to worry. I didn't see anything.

No.

Not that.

I have a bad feeling...

about this project.

And?

Please promise me something.

That you won't do anything rash just as you did before.

That no matter what happens,

you'll consider the safety of your colleagues as your priority.

Are you asking me as your colleague, or...

I know what you mean.

And it's both.

So promise me...

that you won't forget what I just asked you.

After that incident,

I had to go check Kyung Seok's body...

when it came through the consulate.

His face was crushed so badly...

that I couldn't recognize him...

no matter how hard I tried.

You should've seen it yourself.

If you did,

then even someone like you...

couldn't have forgotten that for life.

Make sure you remember.

Do whatever it takes to remember...

who did that to him,

what the situation was like,

and how he looked as he passed.

You need to tell me everything...

without leaving out any details.

You're the most amazing guy in this world.

So this time,

try to save yourself.

Climb up from that pit...

with your own power.

Are you sure these feelings are solely caused by Kyung Seok?

Because I don't really get it.

There were three people on the field that day, including me.

You and Chief Ha were waiting in the headquarters.

In that situation, we were cut off from contact,

then found on a ship 300km away from the shore.

I really don't understand.

Did you really fail to receive any contact from us?

That's it?

The only thing you can say to me...

in this situation...

is that?

You still have no idea...

what the problem is.

So this time,

try to save yourself.

Climb up from that pit...

with your own power.

You're the most amazing guy in this world.

There's no sign of resistance.

He was caught off guard,

without getting a chance to fight back.

Three shots in the chest and abdomen.

Two shots in the left head.

And...

I must find out...

who it was.

- Incheon Airport, please. - Yes, sir.

Plates 95S 9548.

Yes, it looks like he's headed for the airport.

He's on the phone.

Yes, sir. I'll tail him.

(Han Ji Hyuk, Online)

I don't have to tell you who he is, do I?

Do not let your guard down.

Where's the man that got in your taxi?

He got off in the middle.

He told me to keep driving this way,

then gave me this much money.

(Incheon Port Authority)

Officer Kim.

Excuse me.

Can you show me your ID?

(Coast Guard)

Gosh. No way.

That was so cool. Nice.

Hello, how can I help you?

Thank you.

Han Ji Hyuk?

Yes.

You have the highest grades here.

But you bombed the evaluations from your drill sergeants...

and peers.

"He doesn't care about anyone else. He's very stubborn."

"He's extreme and reckless."

Forget about them.

This place is full of stupid fools who care about their reputations...

and are good at making connections.

And they have forgotten the essence of this place.

What this place is all about.

In our line of work,

there's a place ordinary people can never reach.

Good and evil. Ethics and morals.

Knowledge and ideology.

You can go beyond these limitations.

So...

don't let these fools have any sway over you.

You are good enough as you are now.

Oh, my. You haven't changed...

seeing how you ditched the guys and got this far.

You know, it's been a while.

Shouldn't you at least pretend that you're happy to see me?

Why did you come all the way here yourself?

Come on. You're so stiff.

Well, we discussed internally what to do with you.

Your doctors said that you needed to rest a bit more.

So you'll be helping out the team in the outskirts for now.

Open it.

We retrieved it at the scene where you went missing.

I had been keeping it personally.

Want to die?

What about you?

I understand what you must be going through.

But you must know that we did what we could.

It's been a year.

What do you think you could do there all by yourself?

Don't fixate on finding your answer outside.

Perhaps,

you might be able to find it, somewhere close and unexpected.

Ji Hyuk, don't rush this.

Let nature take its course.

Please make me one promise.

Once I do everything you tell me to do, please let me...

investigate the incident myself.

Sure.

I'll talk to the deputy commissioner about that.

Oh, this?

It's nothing.

An occupational hazard.

May I leave first if you are done speaking?

Assign him to the information center when you get back.

There's a friend there I know.

Yes, sir.

I checked if Han Ji Hyuk had any ticketing records.

But...

there was nothing.

What do you mean?

I mean, he didn't purchase any tickets.

By the way,

the people you put on my tail during the past few days...

Please, pull them back.

That's what I can here to say.

Okay. Good job.

Bye.

(Employee Personal Information)

(Employee Personal Information)

(Name: Yoo Je Yi)

(Silent Devotion to Protect and Bring Glory to Korea)

As you know,

our organization is putting fewer people...

on anti-communist projects.

This is how things are changing. Who can we blame?

But we still have to show results.

So we established another team to deal with these changes.

It's called the Crime Information Center.

Well, it's a fancy name.

We just combined our narcotics, counterterrorism,

and cybercrimes teams...

and gave it a new name.

And you'll be joining the support team for the center.

Whenever they need help,

you can just join them and help them out.

Don't look down on it because it sounds unimportant.

Get in shape there.

I'll bring you back once you're ready. I give you my word.

You know, a cup of coffee...

I bought it...

Come on. He's so much younger than me.

Look at that rude jerk.

Saying hello is a polite thing to do when you meet new people.

He's handsome, though.

What? You think so?

Come on.

She graduated from KAIST with a degree in chemistry.

She joined our organization at 21 with early graduation.

For the past seven years,

she has mainly worked in data processing teams.

She not only received high evaluations regarding her work,

but her peer evaluations were also top-notch.

- Who is it? - Sorry?

As you're aware, she's the only one who applied.

No, I mean...

Why did she apply with that kind of background?

It's an insignificant field support team.

It's not common for someone at the desk to apply for a field job.

Considering how the higher-ups signed off on it right away,

there must be a reason.

Plus, she'll be working with Han Ji Hyuk as his partner.

Did Ji Hyuk come in yet?

Yes, sir. I saw him coming in this morning.

- Tell him to come to my office. - Yes, sir.

What was her name again?

Yoo Je Yi.

- Tell her to come in too. - Yes, sir.

(Employee Personal Information, Name: Yoo Je Yi)

She's an interesting character.

Focus. I can do it.

I can do it!

Focus.

(National Intelligence Service Korea)

Oh, right.

The team leader for Team One at that center...

is someone you know very well.

I'm just saying this out of concern for you.

All things considered, just keep your head down.

No matter what.

Have some of the coffee.

How are you? Are you feeling okay?

Yes.

Relationships between people are quite interesting.

It's incredible how you came back from the dead,

but who knew we'd end up like this?

After what happened a year ago,

the entire division got turned upside down,

and when I watched our team fall apart,

I thought that everything was over.

But there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.

After I came here,

my performance records have been pretty good too.

I think I'm finally settled in.

I heard the basic gist of everything.

That you've lost your memory.

I had a feeling that something was off...

when I saw you there.

Right. I'm sure you're sick and tired of talking about this,

so we can always talk about it later on.

What do you want to know?

It's okay. You can ask me anything.

Did you really...

lose all of your memories from the past year?

You don't remember a single thing? Not even one bit?

Yes, sir. I don't remember a single thing...

from the moment we lost contact in Dandong until now.

Then what about everything before then.

Why do you want to know about that?

Luckily, everything before then is clear in my mind.

Especially everything that happened with you, sir.

If you don't believe me, would you like me to recite every I remember?

I see your personality is still the same.

(Situation Room, Please give me a call.)

Have you seen Su Yeon?

You'll be surprised when you see her. She's changed a lot.

Do you know where she went after our team broke up?

She went to the domestic part.

She's the team leader of Team Four, here in this center.

Isn't that hilarious?

She acted like she cared so much about her colleagues,

but after the incident happened, she changed face...

and went there.

So about that...

Su Yeon...

Come in.

Hello.

I'm Yoo Je Yi, the newly assigned member of the field support team.

I called for you ages ago. What took you so long?

I'm sorry, sir.

I wasn't able to check my phone as I was at lunch.

Say hello. This is your partner.

Hello, sir. My name is Yoo Je Yi.

Okay, everyone. Pay attention!

I'm sure you guys are all aware,

but your colleague has returned home safely.

Let's give your colleague, who has miraculously returned from the dead,

a warm round of applause to welcome him back.

The end.

Sir. It's an honor to work with you.

To be honest, I applied to come here because of you.

Sir?

It's our first day as partners,

so if you have time, would you like to eat...

No, I mean... Would you like to get some coffee?

- Didn't you hear? - Pardon?

- I asked if you didn't hear. - Hear about what?

My partners died.

A year ago. Both of them.

No, I didn't... Sir...

M... M. A. R...

M. M. A. R...

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(Lockers, Retrieve)

Please select the locker.

(Select the locker)

Please enter your passcode.

(Keypad)

(Expires in: 1 day 22 hours)

(Open locker)

The locker is opened.

Please retrieve your item and close the door.

(Lockers)

(Flash Drive D)

Listen up to what I'm about to say.

You'll only get one chance.

There's a rat in our agency.

And I deleted...

my own memories...

to find the traitor.

(The Veil)

You must be suspicious of every move, word,

and breath from everyone who approaches you.

Don't forget the warning I gave you.

These are the people Ji Won was after a year ago.

I'd like to question him myself. Please let me see him.

I looked everywhere for you, Han Ji Hyuk.

Ji Hyuk, are you insane?

What are you doing?

You're dead now.

You must find that traitor.

Yes.

It was him.