(Episode 26)
What are you doing here?
- You said to come. - Sorry?
You said to come to you whenever I was reminded of that man,
and that you'd join me in whatever I want to do.
Is it rude for me to come at this hour?
Yes, it is.
Coming to the house of a man who lives alone...
is quite impolite and inappropriate.
I see.
I didn't know you cared about that.
All right then.
What are you talking about?
Relationships are built on discourtesies.
Let's go up.
Want a shot?
This is a glass.
Most people...
call this a shot, Prosecutor.
Player Han Mu Young,
I didn't expect you to be such a lightweight drinker.
But were you always smart?
Why?
I can only imagine how hard it must have been to become a prosecutor.
You don't know the half of it.
Can't you just tell by looking at me?
Becoming a prosecutor was your dream, wasn't it?
Yes.
I couldn't do anything, but become a prosecutor.
I wanted to take my revenge...
on people who did messed-up things in life.
it sounds like you have a story about that.
I don't know.
Do I have to have a story about it?
But abiding by the law doesn't do any good these days.
It's a bit awkward to say this in front of a prosecutor though.
No.
It's not technically wrong.
That's why...
I wanted to let the people who met me...
as a prosecutor know that everyone...
isn't like that.
But after I got demoted,
do you know the first case I was assigned?
There was this old lady who got beat up...
by gangsters for running a food stand without proper license.
I had to decide whether to prosecute or not.
That was my first task.
There was a man who lived in a motel...
that cost 200 dollars a month with his family of three.
He got arrested for stealing few heads of kimchi.
Everyone...
was indicted.
Do you regret it?
I don't know.
Is that why you waited?
During Park Eung Mo case?
Maybe.
I spent five years bowing my head to this rotten world.
I saw this man who was released even though he was guilty.
Going to the scene 10 minutes late wasn't much.
That could have been my reason.
But now,
my career...
is over, isn't it?
No.
No one can possibly know that before we reach the end.
Do you really believe that we can catch Nam Kang Myung?
Waiting for someone to give us information...
sounds too naive to me.
You're right. We won't be able to catch him.
- Sorry? - No one in this world believes us.
Including Aeguk Newspaper,
Splash Team and you, So Ra, a prosecutor.
Then why did you tell them you'd accept information?
They came up with a plan first.
They gave us a useless tip that he'd be arriving at Kyung In Port.
It was 3 birds with 1 stone.
They completely ruined us.
So we ought to return the favor with the same attitude.
Return the favor?
How?
We should escort our enemies into an empty port,
but the real work will happen somewhere else.
Either you really plan on waiting for tips from the public.
Or you have another plan.
Which one is it?
What's your plan?
No one will come forward with any tips for us.
They even used a stand-in to get Nam Kang Myung out of the port.
There's no way there would be any witnesses.
Hey, do you think this is a joke?
Then why did you tell the reporters we'll accept tips?
I needed them time to catch them off guard.
What?
You said that Nam Kang Myung came to Korea...
to get a surgery, didn't you?
That's right, but that's not the only reason why he's here.
His first goal is to change the pace maker for his artificial heart.
The word is he's also here to gather the money he kept hidden...
in his private vaults.
If we can't find where he is,
we can make him reveal himself.
He thinks of money to be as important as his life.
It will take him two weeks at most.
While he waits to recover after the surgery,
we should intercept all the money hidden in his private vaults...
throughout the country.
In order to find that money,
he will take whatever means it takes to find the money.
In the process,
he's bound to reveal to the world that he's alive.
I get your plan. I get it,
but you think this is a movie?
Are we thieves or what? Besides, private vaults in Korea...
are managed by the nation's 1st and 2nd gang organizations.
How are we going to get past them?
Why not?
We might not know the 1st or the 2nd,
but we know an organization that comes after them in ranks.
Are you thinking...
about the thugs next door?
You mean Youngbum Gang?
After that, we need help from the Splash Team.
We'll give you the knife,
so we need you to create the battlefield.
"Battlefield"?
This is the opposite...
of what happened before.
Five years ago,
the Splash Team came to us with a trump card...
when we had the knife.
And they suggested we work together.
It was all a wreck.
As you know.
That won't happen again this time.
Do you trust me?
Do I trust you?
Okay.
I understand what you mean.
You do?
I don't.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Let's say that the stowaway who disappeared is Nam Kang Myung.
Kwon So Ra and Lee Suk Min witnessed him returning to Korea.
And he wants to take the cash he has left in this country.
But why do you need our cooperation at this point?
You know that we have completely different interests.
Yes, I know.
You received information from Kim Yong Soo,
so you must know exactly where the money is.
But,
you don't have any means to get it.
That's illegal.
Be strict with the law.
We'll fill in the gaps...
the prosecutors can't cover.
I guess the Splash Team is at its wits' end too,
considering the fact that you're making this ridiculous suggestion.
What can we do with our backs against the wall?
So if we arrange things so that the Youngbum gang...
can take over where the money's being kept...
I'm saying we want to pass you the baton.
We...
can catch Nam Kang Myung.
I'm not sure. All things require sacrifice,
but I don't know why I have to join and make that sacrifice.
So,
are you saying you won't cooperate?
("Nam Kang Myung is Alive? Aeguk Newspaper's Shocking News")
Young Ki,
I wanted to let this go for your father's sake.
But no matter how much I wish to be generous,
how can you be so pathetic in handling this?
Why are there still rumors going around that I'm alive?
You don't have to be concerned.
People will soon conclude that it was a trashy tabloid's nonsense.
Hey,
you.
What if the one person out of the 50 million people in this country...
who believes them shows up right in front of me?
I'll do my best to ensure that there is no witness.
If you can just remain quiet until you finish your surgery...
You know that...
I can still be very useful, don't you?
I contributed a lot to help your elders live the good life,
as they do now.
And once the administration changes, this world you've...
ruled for decades will be my doing too.
I heard your recovery will take around two weeks.
Please take care of your health first.
We will take care of everything...
to make sure you return to China.
Before that, what are you going to do with Gu Tae Won?
I heard he's the one who tried to hold me hostage...
and split everyone apart.
What else can we do when he doesn't know his place?
We'll have to punish him to send out a warning.
He probably thinks that the world is under his thumb.
But does he know that you're...
a step ahead of everything he schemes?
So you agree?
He'll get an artificial heart before the transplant surgery?
Yes, he called me today.
We'll set the date for the operation soon.
Thank you.
He can be very suspicious, so please be mindful.
(2017! Let's see it to the end!)
Yes, I'm on my way to see him.
Are you sure you're confident?
There's nothing else I can do to catch the tiger.
Okay, let's go...
inside the tiger's cave.
(Youngbum Constructions)
(We can become a global small business group!)
(Youngbum Constructions)
Yes, hello.
Have a seat.
(10 million dollars export medal)
(Certificate of Outstanding Company for Developing Human Resources)
So you're saying you'll take care of Dongdaemun Gang,
and Jaejung Gang for us?
And in return, we facilitate taking back the money...
Nam Kang Myung took for himself?
Who put you in that chair right now?
Isn't it because I gave you all the information from the streets?
And that 44 story building in Su Won you haven't completed building...
how will you finish the construction if you miss this chance?
I heard that you lost your investment because Mr. Yang...
interfered with the auction.
Did I hear wrong?
You want to blow off a building right now at this spot?
Look at you threatening me.
Hey Byung Gun, this kid over here is a complete thug.
His soul is pitch black.
You didn't see how big my employees are as you walked in?
Are you asking for a beating?
Who in the world is Nam Kang Myung for you to act this way?
Seeing how desperate he wants to find him,
I think it must be his long lost father.
I'm sorry.
Just give me the answer. Will you do it or not?
I'm not saying yes,
because of a tiny building.
It stems from the patriotic desire...
to catch one of the worst criminals in this nation...
with my two hands.
Okay, so it's a yes.
Yes. So what's the construction plan?
It'll be a week at most.
If they take the bait, we'll start right away.
Okay.
Hey, stop there!
(One week later)
- Hey. - Wait.
It's him!
- What? - It's him!
- Stop right there. - Would you stop if you were him?
If you hadn't just turned around...
- I see him! - Where?
- Go! - Where?
- Go! - We're going!
- Hurry! - We got him!
Catch him!
Hurry! Go!
Go!
- Stop! - Hey!
What's going on?
I'm sorry!
It's been five years...
since I lost a home while taking care of my sick daughter.
I thought it was an empty house.
I really was going to pay back my debt.
It's not Nam Kang Myung!
It was really believable this time.
I really believed it too. He looks like Nam Kang Myung right there.
Please let me go.
A sick daughter?
I can explain, sir.
About this necklace...
You can explain to the police.
- Pardon? - Guys,
call the police.
- Police? - Yes.
Sir, I have my reasons!
They can listen to your reasons.
- Please listen to me! - Let's go.
Wait!
- What do you mean the police? - Come on.
Is he still watching?
Yes. Why did he follow us...
when he's so bad at being incognito? We had to run because of him.
Anyways, that Jang Hak Su is Seoul Post's tragedy.
(Kwangtan Police Station)
You are the heroes of this town,
All we did was catch a thief.
- No, good job. - Thank you.
- Here we go. - Mu Young!
- Come here for the photo. - Mu Young.
- I'm taking the photo. - Okay.
1, 2, 3.
Let's take one more. 1, 2, 3.
Let's do a different pose.
- My goodness. - On three.
- 1, 2, 3. - Good luck!
I'll throw in a couple more witness reports.
You said it's in a week,
so we'll have to distract people until then.
("Aeguk Newspaper Catches Thief Instead of Nam Kang Myung!")
So they take the drugs confiscated by the police,
and sell it mixed into alcohol?
How else do you think the Dongdaemun gang grew so quickly?
Money is power.
It's the power of money.
We're taking out the most powerful gang in the country for them.
Youngbum gang must be having a field day.
("Aeguk Newspaper Catches Thief Instead of Nam Kang Myung!")
We have a week max.
Let's get started. Internal affairs, case number 17-6354.
We will now begin the questioning of Prosecutor Kwon So Ra.
Let's leave in 10 minutes.
He committed all those crimes,
but he still has a smile on his face.
What can we do?
I don't think...
10 minutes is that long.
You said all this...
with a reporter in the same room.
Is this how you do your job?
I was unaware...
that I was being recorded.
You were with him.
Denying won't work.
An innocent person died.
If you'd left 10 minutes early, you could have prevented that incident.
I didn't have this conversation on the day Nam Kang Myung was reported.
It was on July 14,
during the Park Eung Mo case.
Haven't you already verified this through the investigator?
Park Eung Mo also died by accident when the crowd pushed him over.
Then are you admitting your fault in that incident?
Yes.
I admit it.
She admits it?
I heard you plan to hand this over to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.
Do you really...
intend on dismissing her?
What's it to you?
Thanks to her,
all the past cases are coming back to the surface.
Are you talking about Chairman Min Young Ho's case?
Are you afraid you'll get backlash too?
You're right.
I'm going to have to hop on this train.
- What? - I'm so close to a promotion.
I have to avoid everything at all cost.
I can't let this get in my way.
So what? You're going to climb on her back or something?
I feel bad but what else can I do?
I have to get ahead when I can.
You and I both didn't get this far by playing cards.
My goodness.
Even the great Cha Yeon Su...
ends up here.
I didn't expect for this to end so quickly.
The committee will soon decide whether to suspend you or not,
so keep your place until then.
Do you have any last words?
The victims of the Park Eung Mo case...
were innocent women in their 20s.
There was no way...
for me to explain to their families...
what protocols we used to release Park Eung Mo.
Since I was also an accomplice,
I couldn't find a way to explain to them.
Hey,
what are you trying to do here?
I want you to look at the process, not the result.
I'll take responsibility for embarrassing prosecutor's office,
but it's your responsibility to know...
why I did it.
I...
was embarrassed.
I was so embarrassed that...
even as a prosecutor, all I could do was leave 10 minute late.
You should be embarrassed too.
Even after discovering Im Ji Tae's illegal acts during investigation,
all you can think about is covering it up.
My gosh, even at the very end, she won't let go.
My goodness.
- Get inside. - Let go!
- Let go! - Get inside.
- What? - Come on!
- Get inside. - Stop that.
We...
can catch Nam Kang Myung.
The option to satisfy all of us is right in front of us.
Don't take the long way.
I'm not sure. All things require sacrifice,
but why do I have to join in on making that sacrifice?
So,
are you saying you won't cooperate?
Let's add in another plan.
Siphoning off Nam Kang Myung's money...
is fine, but...
how will you ditch the guys keeping watch inside the organization?
We can't fall into the same trap again.
So...
what's on your mind?
Show them...
that Kwon So Ra and Lee Suk Min are no longer risk factors.
In other words, become a paper tiger.
That sounds like...
you want me to put my position on the line.
Of course,
that's under the assumption that you're prepared for it.
This is evidence that Jaejung Gang participated in an illegal loan.
I feel quite bad taking...
all these reports from you.
But they have some powerful connections.
There won't be much you can do if...
they hire a dozen lawyers and try to avoid getting charged. Be careful.
You prosecutors always lose...
to those with money.
Who do you think we are?
What do you mean?
You're this nation's prosecutors.
Anyways, how did you find out about this on the Jaejung Gang.
It must not have been easy to access this back alley information.
About that...
when gangs and media jackals meet...
there is a special synergy that forms.
Goodness, how can you even think to cover this up...
just because you know some prosecutor.
Because of you, people are calling Daehan Newspaper trash.
- Do you know that? - I have a lot to say,
but I acknowledge my fault.
But I'm sure that you...
are well aware of what the truth is.
Yes. Anyways, someone has to take responsibility for this.
What do you want to do?
I'll leave.
You know...
your dismissal directly leads to the end of the Splash Team, right?
Instead,
let me publish one last article.
This has basically been my home for the past 15 years.
I think the readers,
and the company can be that generous.
Instead,
Chief Editor Jung has the editorial rights this time.
Do you have any objections?
- Hello. - Hello.
I thought you had a long road ahead of you,
but I suppose this is how it ends.
It's just like what you said.
You said this time, I'd be surrounded by wasteland.
This is why you should have just done your job,
instead of getting caught in a trap.
I did do my job.
I was only outwitted by someone...
who plotted for himself.
You won't be able to stop...
with me and the team.
Me? What do you mean?
You're alone.
You have no one beside you.
Do you remember what you said when I first joined the team?
A reporter's right...
only comes from speaking the truth.
- Goodness. - But you...
have dumped your own worth...
down the trash bin.
Even if you lost your pace,
I hoped you'd avoid at least that.
What do you really want to say?
You've already become a monster.
So try not to become an even bigger monster.
(I miss you.)
Can we really do this?
I think this is...
Kim Yong Soo already confessed to everything.
Their ashes aren't here.
Both his parents are buried on the family gravesite.
Now then, let's get started.
(Kim Soon Ja)
So Nam Kang Myung...
keeps the keys to his private vault in here?
He's not your average pervert.
Are you sure the ashes aren't inside?
This is way too heavy to hold just a couple of keys.
My gosh.
You're saying...
we have to move the cash from all these vaults?
This is what Kim Yong Soo was talking about.
He said our plan wouldn't be so easy.
Well, he must have thought through it.
What do you think? Can we do this in a week?
That seems difficult.
What did you say?
So,
let's do it while hoping for a miracle.
Jesus Christ performed miracles...
of bringing people back to their feet and back from the dead.
That miracle...
will happen right here.
(Distorted)
If the people are stupid,
we have to slap them in their face to wake them up.
If you get caught, you'll die.
This is what we can tell them.
Han Mu Young from Aeguk Newspaper has your money,
so if you want it back, come find me.