01x05 - w*r of Blood

[bunniefuu]

[♪ tense music]

VIETNAM, 1965

Column, halt.

[Kitae] It doesn't really matter
what the w*r is for.

Someone's death becomes
someone else's chance.

That's what w*r is.

[soldier whistles]

[soldier]
Looks like one of the Vietcong tunnels.

[Kitae exhales sharply]

Moving in.

[footsteps approaching]

[Kitae] And my role was to be that death.

Just cannon fodder
for someone else's rise.

[♪ fast-paced music playing]

-[Seokjung] How did it go?
-[Haksu] It's been taken care of, sir.

And the money in the safe?

Baek will take it to you.

[Seokjung]
Clean it up right. No loose ends.

[Haksu] Yes, sir. Understood.

[in English] It's done.

[Yejin, in Korean] Mr. Jang!

[Investigator Kim]
Man, what the hell happened here?

Mr. Jang, are you all right? Are you hurt?

-Baek Kitae didn't show, right?
-No, he never got off the ship.

Well, let's start by tracking down
Pyo Haksu first.

We were just about to call in backup
from the nearby army base.

[Investigator Kim] Search request,
KCIA Agent Pyo Haksu.

-[Geonyoung] He showed up on his own.
-[officer] You can't come in here!

[Haksu] Move, as*h*le. I'm with the KCIA.

-Hey! Let him through.
-[Haksu] I said, move!

Mr. Pyo Haksu!

Come here, please.

[Haksu] How do you know who I am?

What's going on here?

[Geonyoung] I'm Busan District Prosecutor
Jang Geonyoung.

[Haksu] Okay. And?

What brings the KCIA department head here?

I came to pick up the director.

-[Geonyoung] Director Hwang?
-Yes, where is he?

[Geonyoung] Well, you k*lled him.

[Geonyoung] You're under arrest

for suspicion of Director General
Hwang Gukpyeong's m*rder.

Cuff him.

Don't be ridiculous.

-Hey, wait.
-[investigator] Don't make a scene.

-Just hold on.
-Come on.

No, stop! I'll do it myself.

You sure you can handle this?
What do you think you're doing?

[Yejin] Quiet down. Let's go.

[♪ precarious music]

EPISODE 5: w*r OF BLOOD

Mr. Baek, you're here.

[Kitae] What's going on?

Prosecutors arrested Mr. Pyo

under suspicion
of murdering Director Hwang.

We're waiting on the autopsy to confirm
the body's really Director Hwang.

Silence the press first.

Yes, sir.

Wait, sir. There's blood on your…

[Kitae] I'm heading up to Seoul.
Get the car ready.

Yes, sir.

[sighs]

[line ringing]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

-[Kitae] Hey, Soyeong.
-Hi, Kitae.

-[Kitae] Where's Daeil now?
-Mr. Daeil?

He was at the lab
but left to take care of something.

Why do you ask?

-Is something wrong?
-Got it. I have to go.

Who was that?

[Soyeong]
It's Kitae. He's looking for you.

What for?

I have no idea.

-[♪ unsettling music]
-[Geonyoung] Mr. Pyo Haksu.

Why did you k*ll him?

Why did you k*ll Hwang?

[Haksu] You keep crossing the line.

If you keep bulldozing ahead like that,

how will you handle
the consequences later?

Just worried about you.

You k*lled him. Didn't you?

Did you see it?

I saw him dead, shot through the eye.

[Haksu] I told you. I dropped him off
and went to buy cigarettes.

Go ask at the store.
How many times do I have to…

[Geonyoung] So you're saying,
while you were out buying cigarettes,

Hwang ended up dead?

[chuckles] What then?

You think I k*lled him

and then went out for cigarettes?

And the fire just happened to break out?

Come on, Mr. Jang. That doesn't add up.

And what motive could I have to k*ll him?

There's no motive.

[Geonyoung] Right.

You went to buy cigarettes,
Hwang died, and the fire broke out.

Baek Kitae was with you, wasn't he?

He was with you at the temple, right?

[Geonyoung] Here it is.

Look, that's Ikeda Yuji.

Tell me, what was the KCIA

doing with the yakuza in Osaka?

That's classified. I can't tell you.

Classified, my f*cking a*s.

Watch your language.

[Geonyoung]
I know you and Baek Kitae went to Japan

and sold meth there.

Then, you passed the money to Hwang.

You did all the work,

but the b*stard reaped the cash.

That's why you and Baek Kitae
k*lled him, isn't it?

Do you have proof? Do you?

Proof? Sure.
I'll whip up a good one for you.

-Wow.
-[Geonyoung] You little…

You do that.

Hey.

You like prison food? Huh?

[laughs]

-[deputy chief prosecutor] Jang.
-[Geonyoung] Yes?

A word?

[Geonyoung] Goodness! What is it?

[Haksu] You should go.

-Looks like you're in trouble. Go on.
-[Geonyoung] Have a smoke while I'm gone.

[chuckles]

Geez.

BUSAN DISTRICT
PROSECUTORS' OFFICE CASE RECORDS

[deputy chief prosecutor sighs]

So, Baek Kitae took over

Jo Manjae's meth business?

[Geonyoung] Yes, sir.

[deputy chief prosecutor]
With Kang Daeil backing him?

That's right.

And they k*lled Director Hwang?

He had a g*nsh*t wound

to the face,

through the right eye.

They shot him dead.

And set the place on fire

to wipe out the evidence.

Sir.

I'm going to

issue an arrest warrant for Baek Kitae.

[deputy chief prosecutor]
If this goes wrong,

the whole prosecution blows up.

You realize that?

-Yes.
-f*cking hell.

[Geonyoung]
I'll make sure we get Pyo's confession.

[Kitae] This is the money

Director Hwang had been skimming off
behind your back.

Looks like his head wasn't the only thing
he was thinning out.

I believe he also had some land
and buildings in his relatives' names.

I'll check and report back
as soon as I can.

And this.

[♪ suspenseful music]

It's Bae Geumji's notebook.

Did you look?

Yes, sir.

I did.

And you saw my name?

I'm sorry, sir.

[drawer closes]

What do you want?

[Kitae] I came to ask you
to please reinvest this money with me.

If you'd let me,
I'm sure I can use this as seed money

and multiply the returns
by many times over.

[Seokjung] So you're saying,

you want to do business with me?

[Kitae]
The election is less than a year away.

I heard the President needs 70 billion won

to secure another term
for the good of the nation.

I'll raise it.

How can I trust you?

[Kitae] You don't have to trust me.

Just give me a chance
to prove what I can do.

I'll show you that even if you don't
trust me, you can trust my money.

I won't let you down, sir.

[Seokjung] Go sit in that chair.

Go sit in it.

[Seokjung scoffs]

[Geonyoung] I heard Hwang went around
telling everyone

you were his pick for the next director,

and he took good care of you.

And that made a lot of people jealous.

Now that…

he's dead…

shouldn't you be
the one to take his place?

Come to think of it,

it's not all bad

for Baek Kitae that you're stuck in here.

Someone definitely m*rder*d Hwang

with a g*n and burned down the place…

but you were out buying cigarettes.

-Do you trust Baek Kitae?
-[Haksu scoffs]

I don't know what kind of deal
you made with him,

but think carefully.

You and I both know

who k*lled Hwang.

PROSECUTORS' OFFICE

STATEMENT

That day,

who else

was at that temple…

besides Hwang?

I want you to write down

the truth.

Do you want to rot in prison?

[sighs]

[Geonyoung]
Baek Kitae becomes director general,

and you go to prison.

[Haksu sighs]

[door opens]

-[Investigator Kim] Excuse me, sir.
-Yes?

Damn it.

[Geonyoung] What's going on?

The deputy chief prosecutor ordered
the release of Pyo Haksu.

[agent] Please come with us, Mr. Pyo.

[Haksu scoffs]

[Haksu] God, my legs…

[sighs]

Mr. Seo!

Mr. Seo!

How can the prosecution hand over
its investigative authority?

To the suspects, no less!

Who says you can do that?

Hey!

[deputy chief prosecutor] Get back inside.

You too. Get back inside.

DEPUTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
PROSECUTOR SEO GIHO

What about you?

Who says they're suspects?
You have no evidence.

You said you didn't see Baek Kitae there.

I'll arrest him on meth charges first.

I'll get Kang Daeil to talk,
charge Baek with drug offenses,

and then prove the m*rder!

Now's the time to keep your head down.

They've even stripped our authority.

You've got to hold on to your job
if you want another chance later.

[Geonyoung] That b*stard
k*lled his own boss just to push meth!

All right?

You know if we don't get him now,
he'll become too big to catch!

[deputy chief prosecutor]
The order came from much higher up.

You understand what I'm saying?

Well, who the hell is this higher-up?

Just watch your back for a while.

THE BLUE HOUSE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA

[official 1] Na's really getting under
Cheon's skin today, huh?

[official 2] Tell me about it.

The President favors
Cheon of the Security Service

over the secretariat these days, so…

[door closes]

[Seokjung] Mr. Na.

Why do you keep stirring up
something that's already settled?

Didn't you hear me?

It was the President's orders.

[Seokjung] That's what you always say.

It's getting hard to believe.

If you don't believe me,
go ahead and check with him yourself.

Still, I serve him the same way you do,
so how could you do that without a word--

[Yongcheol] Did you ask me
before getting rid of Bae Geumji?

[laughs] You've got to be joking.

-Bae Geumji? Me?
-[Yongcheol] Anyway…

Keep tossing people out for no reason,

and you might be the next one to go.

All right?

You know, I'm just saying this
for your own good.

Right, of course.

Since you're so concerned,
I'll bear that in mind.

Oh, right.

I heard you lost one of your subordinates.

You must be devastated.

Perhaps, it's a sign

you should watch your back too, Mr. Cheon.

[♪ tense music]

[Seokjung] Yeah,
you should always be careful too.

Take care of yourself.

As you know, I don't ask anyone…

before I get rid of someone.

[Haksu] It looks like there's a leak.

Any idea who?

Jang Geonyoung knew we went to Japan.

And what we went there for.

So what did you tell him?

[Haksu] Well, what else?
I said it was classified.

[Kitae] Did he say anything else?

[Haksu] He was sure you're the one
who k*lled Hwang.

[♪ graceful piano music]

[sighs]

How did your meeting with Cheon go?

How much…

did you tell Cheon?

What do you mean?

He looked like he knew everything.

I didn't tell him you k*lled Hwang.

Like we agreed,

I just said he died in a fire.

Which is true. He did die in a fire.

Well, doesn't matter.

He didn't really seem to care.

Yeah?

But how did Jang Geonyoung know?

We got a rat or what?

[wall caves in]

[door opens]

Did you find Baek Kitae?

He's nowhere to be found.

He hasn't been home,

and the KCIA's keeping their mouths shut.

What about the scene?

All we found were some b*llet casings.

Everything burned to a crisp.

There's no evidence left.

[Geonyoung sighs]

[Investigator Kim] But, sir, is it really
okay for us to keep doing this here…

I mean, there's nothing left to dig into,

and if the deputy chief finds out,
he'll rip into us.

What about Kang Daeil?

Any word from him?

[sighs]

[Soyeong sighs] When are the materials
from Japan getting here?

We'll never make quota with what's left.

[Daeil] Ms. Baek.

Come on, take a break.

[Soyeong] All right.

Hope this tastes okay.

Thank you.

Mmm…

-It's good.
-[Daeil] Wait.

How are you so beautiful?

Oh, please!

Come on, stop.

[chain rattles]

[pigs grunting]

[Daeil] Any word from your brother?

Who cares?

He made one lousy call
and hasn't shown his face since. [blows]

[footsteps approaching]

What's that? Didn't you say
no one else was here?

Who'd be here this late?

-Sir.
-[Soyeong gasps]

-[thuds]
-[Soyeong groaning]

Hi, Kitae.

God, speak of the devil.

Anyway, Kitae.

What are you doing here?

What are you two
doing here alone? It's late.

I had to finish up the books.

Kitae.

Gosh, this isn't what it looks like.

Yeah.

Soyeong, give us the room.

-Why?
-[Kitae] I need to talk to Daeil.

Okay.

[Daeil] You said you were going to Japan,
but I didn't hear from you

so I was worried.

[Kitae] Everything okay while I was gone?

[Daeil]
Of course, sir. Everything was fine.

So, you need to talk to me
about something?

Have a seat.

Okay.

Daeil.

What do you think is the most basic virtue
a person should have?

[p*stol clinks]

I've never really thought about it.

Then think about it now.

Loyalty?

Sure, loyalty's important.

But you know what I think?

I think it's shame.

[Daeil] Shame?

[Kitae] The people I hate most are
the shameless ones.

Those who have no sense of shame at all.

They're the ones who stab you in the back.

[♪ uneasy music]

They wag their tails in front of you,

acting like they'd do anything for you.

[sighs] But when it really counts,
they betray you.

They do it because they have no shame.

But if you don't have shame,

how are you any different from an animal?

Am I right?

[Daeil clears throat]

Hey.

You got anything to say to me?

[exhales sharply]

You're colluding
with Jang Geonyoung, aren't you?

If you do this, we can't work together.

If you really can't trust me…

just sh**t me.

Why do you look like that?

Is Director Hwang dead?

Did Baek Kitae tell you?

I can't do this anymore.

If even Hwang can be
snuffed out just like that…

That's why you need to do this right,

if you don't want Baek Kitae to k*ll you.

If he finds out you're my mole,

you think he'll let you get away with it?

This only ends when Baek Kitae's caught.

And that's how you stay alive.

This is the last time.

When's the deal?

I need your word.

When is it?

-[♪ stirring music]
-[Geonyoung] Tonight at 10:00 p.m.,

the Mangeum will rendezvous
in international waters

with a Japanese vessel
loaded with meth ingredients,

according to my source.

One team will hit the Mangeum,

and the other will raid the g*ng's base,
the meth lab, at the same time.

-Team Mangeum.
-[investigators] Team Mangeum!

-Team Meth Lab!
-[investigators] Team Meth Lab!

[Geonyoung] Now, Team Meth Lab.

This is Baek Soyeong.

She's a key figure
who handles the g*ng's accounts.

She must be arrested on site tonight.

-[investigators] Yes, sir!
-Busan Prosecutors Narcotics Unit!

-We got this!
-[investigators] We got this!

We got this!

-We got this!
-[investigators] We got this!

Let's go.

[Investigator Kim]
All right, we're moving in.

Let's go.

[flares popping]

-[alarms blaring]
-[horns whooping]

[Geonyoung] These b*stards.
They're all hiding, huh?

♪ Ready or not, here I come! ♪

Hey, you! Over there! Don't move!

You b*stard!

Get out here!

Hey! Get out here now!

-What the hell?
-[gangster] Get them!

-Mr. Jang! Are you all right?
-[clamoring]

What are you doing? Get in there! Go!

Go! Move it!

-You damn… Hey!
-Let's go!

Come here!

Hey, you! Come here!

Stand down, as*h*le!

Get back here!

[Geonyoung shouts]

[gangster groans]

Get back here, you b*stard!

Got you now, you little sh*t.

[gangster] You as*h*le,
why do you keep following me?

Come on, let's go! Come on!

-Fine. Let's go, jackass.
-[gasping]

[chattering]

Hey, man!

That was a blank.

Now it's live rounds.

[gasps]

-Kim!
-[Investigator Kim] Yes, sir!

Round them up and find the drugs!

-[Investigator Kim] You heard him!
-[investigators] Yes, sir!

[Investigator Kim] Search for the drugs!
Start searching for the drugs!

[clamoring]

[♪ energetic music]

[gangster] Hey, eat sh*t!

There!

[gangster] Back off! Go!

Hey! Back off!

[gangster grunts]

Back off!

f*ck.

Damn it, why do you keep following me?

[gangster screams]

Stop! Stop it!

[gangster groans]

KOOC, MENT, FUNKY STRIKE

-[Investigator Kim] What?
-[investigator] Sir.

[Investigator Kim] What is this?
It's not here?

-[investigator] No, it's not…
-It's not?

[Investigator Kim] Check deeper inside.

Damn it.

-What about here? No?
-No.

[Investigator Kim] Mr. Jang!

There's only stuff like this.

[pigs squealing]

Is Baek Soyeong not here?

[Yejin] She's not here.

[investigator sniffs]

-Come on, open them.
-Damn it.

[investigator] Check this one. This one.

Damn it. These are all just watches.

[metal clangs]

Where's Kang Daeil?

[Yejin] Hey! You shithead.

Where's Baek Soyeong?

[gangster] Who's that?

I have no idea.

[Geonyoung exclaims]

-I said, where's Baek Soyeong?
-[gangsters murmur]

[gangster] I don't know.

I really don't know!

-Damn it!
-[metal clangs]

You don't have to give me this.

I'll never…

I won't ever cross you again, sir.

-[♪ unsettling music]
-If you really can't trust me…

just sh**t me.

[bolt locks]

[bolt locks]

-I'm sorry, sir.
-[bolt locks]

[Daeil breathing shakily]

Lay low for a while.

Yes, sir.

-[door closes, car departs]
-[Geonyoung] Kang Daeil.

Kang Daeil.

Finding Kang Daeil comes first!

Stake out his family's homes

and coordinate with local precincts
to post officers at every terminal.

Now!

-[investigators] Yes, sir!
-Will do!

-[door opens]
-[footsteps approach]

[inspector]
We're from the Inspection Division.

Everyone, hands off your desks.

Who the hell are you?

-[door closes]
-[inspector] We got a tip

that the investigators here
resold the drugs they seized.

[Investigator Kim]
What the hell are you talking about?

[Yejin] Look, who said that? What tip?

Senior Investigator Kim Jeongwon.

Investigator Oh Yejin, right?

Please come with us, the two of you.

Don't move an inch.

I'll be back in a minute.

Move!

-[inspector] Get everything.
-[door opens]

-[door closes]
-[Yejin] Geez, why are you doing this?

PROSECUTOR SEO GIHO

You're shutting down the Narcotics Unit
because those dealers are giving you sh*t?

[Giho] It's the chief's orders!

So we're going to let Baek Kitae
toy with the prosecution like this?

[Giho]
It's just until the inspection is over!

End of discussion!

Just don't come into the office,
and keep your head down for a while!

I'll pull your people
out of the Inspection Division somehow!

All right, fine!

I'll go pay the chief a visit

and talk to him myself!

-[door opens]
-[Giho] Hey!

Oh!

Hey, get back inside.

Get back inside!

Hey.

You think I haven't tried?

The man didn't even flinch when I stood up
to him and threatened to quit!

What the hell do you think you can do?

Unless you want your people
to suffer more, keep your head down.

Those b*stards are coming at us hard!

-[sighs]
-[Giho sighs]

-But I--
-[Giho] Jang.

Stop trying to bulldoze through.

Think, for God's sake.

Baek's got Chief Cheon backing him.

Who have you got?

If you're going to go after them,
you've got to match their weight at least!

You complete idiot.

[Geonyoung] "The Prosecution,
walking the straight path,

upholding principle!"

[door slams]

[Giho] Hey, get back inside.

You too. Get back inside.

[taps golf ball]

[Yongcheol] Hope you don't mind me
calling you in while I do this.

I've got to take good care
of the President,

but I never get time to hit the field.

Not at all, sir.

-Don't worry about it.
-[golf ball clunks]

I hear Chief Cheon's been meddling
with prosecutorial authority?

Yes, sir.

It seems he ordered the KCIA

to investigate
Director Hwang's case directly.

Go on.

[Giho] The truth is,

one of our prosecutors
in the Narcotics Unit

was investigating Baek Kitae,

the KCIA department head who's in charge
of Hwang's case right now,

for running a meth operation.

I know it's presumptuous of me
to say this to you,

but the fact that the Chief
of the Presidential Security Service

-would back someone like Baek--
-[Yongcheol] Chief Cheon is

covering for a meth peddler?

[Yongcheol chuckling]

[♪ uneasy music]

OSAKA, JAPAN

[Yakuza members clear throats]

[Yuji, in Japanese]
Looks like I'm the last one.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Father.

So,

how many factories do we have left?

We've still got a couple left,
but the police are watching them closely.

There's no telling how long they'll last.

[yakuza] Everyone says the meth trade's
finished in Japan.

Even the Shibazaki clan seems
to be pulling out of the business.

[Yuji] Finished? Hardly.

Addicts are still crawling
all over Japan looking for drugs.

We just need to build
a new plant in Korea,

and the problem's solved, Father.

In Korea, we can easily bring in
raw materials from Hong Kong or Taiwan,

and enforcement is weak.

It's the ideal place to produce meth.

Look, just when is this new plant
supposed to be built?

Chasing pipe dreams like a fool
only puts the clan at risk.

The meth market grows every year,

and it's still
our biggest source of funds.

Giving that up too easily

is what would put the clan at risk.

The real foolishness, don't you think?

You're forgetting your place,
you Chosenjin!

How dare you!

[Ikeda] I hope

you're not making a foolish choice.

Because giving a fool a chance is

just as foolish.

[yakuza 2 scoffs]

SEOUL, KOREA

[Yuji, in Korean] Seems like you've taken
quite a liking to Baek Kitae.

You forgave him
for taking out Director Hwang.

He's the one who k*lled Hwang?

You didn't know?

[Seokjung] I heard he died in a fire.

Am I mistaken?

Well, there was a fire, but…

You just don't care, do you?

The thing about greedy people is,
they're quick to get stupid.

Doesn't matter to me
who sits in that seat.

Apparently, you're the one
who's taken a liking to him.

Is it because he's good-looking?

What if something happens to Baek?

Do you have an alternative?

Why?

Do you not trust him?

I don't trust people.

I trust what I hold.

[chuckles]

And that's why you're
the one who scares me most.

[Yuji] Baek cares a lot
about his younger siblings.

Especially his brother, Baek Kihyun.

He's a Korea Military Academy graduate,
just like you.

-A Military Academy graduate?
-[Yuji] Yes.

His brother is his weak spot.

That's what concerns me.

[soldiers] Move to the sides!

-[sergeant] Hey, walk straight.
-[Jihwan] Private First Class Hong Jihwan!

[sergeant] I'm pushing you from behind.

[Jihwan] Thank you. Thank you, sir!

-[sergeant] Really?
-I've got this, sir.

-[sergeant] The hell you do, damn commie.
-[Jihwan screams]

Hey!

What are you doing?

[Jihwan groaning]

[sergeant]
Hong must've twisted his ankle, sir.

That's why he tumbled down the hill.

Please don't worry about him.

Get up.

[Kihyun] Take off your pack.

[Jihwan] I've got this, sir.

Take off your pack.

This is an order.

[both grunting]

[sergeant] We've got a g*dd*mn commie
and a chickenshit.

-That g*dd*mn idiot.
-What a great f*cking unit.

[night birds singing]

[private]
Private Hong, it's not your watch yet.

What are you doing here so early, sir?

[Jihwan] Huh?

I was cold.

Everyone's asleep, right?

[private] Yes, sir. They are.

[Jihwan] Good work.

[g*nshots]

[thuds]

[siren wailing]

[♪ tense music]

MILITARY POLICE

[soldiers] One, two.

One, two.

[commander] Look at this little sh*t.
Did you just dodge?

g*dd*mn it.

How the hell did you let this happen?

I'm sorry, sir!

[commander] Both our jobs are on the line
if we don't contain this.

-You hear me?
-Yes, sir!

[commander] Keep checking on the injured
until sunrise,

and if anyone else dies,
report it immediately!

[captain groans]

Yes, sir!

-[door opens]
-Damn it.

[door closes]

You little…

You f*cking b*stard.

Are you trying to screw me over?

I warned you, didn't I?

I told you to get that damn kid
transferred or whatever

to keep him out of trouble.

Hey, look at this mess.

You brought this on yourself.

Get it?

[door opens]

-[door closes]
-[sighs]

PERSONAL RECORD

NAME: BAEK KIHYUN
SEX: MALE

[investigation officer] Baek Kihyun,

it's been a long time.

We haven't seen each other
since graduation?

Don't cut corners
just because you know me.

Do what you always do.

INVESTIGATION OFFICER
NAM SANGUK

Still c*ck as ever, huh?

Because you graduated top of our class?

So you think everyone's beneath you?

You're Security Command now,
but you haven't changed.

Cut the smart-a*s act and proceed.

[Sanguk sighs]

[Kihyun]
There must be a reason they sent you.

[Sanguk] Well…

I heard you testified
your company commander

shot down the transfer request
for Private Hong.

Is that true?

I don't make things up.

I said exactly what happened.

[laughs]

[Sanguk] You know,

you really haven't changed
a bit, have you?

Still condescending as f*ck
when you don't know sh*t.

Your company commander?

Apparently, his uncle's
the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,

and his father runs
Myeongjung Construction.

The best way to clean up this mess

is for someone
to take responsibility and step down.

But it's never going to be your commander.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

Get it?

You know what hits me hard
every single day at Security Command?

No matter how great you are,

you can't do jack on your own.

So stop acting like you're the only one
with integrity and rewrite your statement.

It's not too late.

If you cooperate now,
I can keep you in uniform.

Hey.

What are academy buddies for?

We should cover each other's asses, right?

So from now on,
you just need to do what I tell you.

All right?

You mean you want me to take the hit
instead of ruining my commander's career?

Hey.

I testified the way I did
because I knew you were going to do this.

What?

[Kihyun]
I don't want to ruin my own career either.

[♪ unsettling music]

Tell him, if he wants to use
his uncle for an easy out,

he'd better rethink making me
the scapegoat and handle it properly.

I'm not going down alone.

[soldier] Sir!

Someone's here to see you, sir.

He's in the visiting area.

[Kihyun] How can I believe you?

[Geonyoung] It's hard to believe,
isn't it?

But you know as well as I do,
Mr. Baek Kihyun.

The fact that Mr. Baek Kitae has

that much power at his age.

Well, that doesn't just happen on its own.

Your sister.

Ms. Baek Soyeong is helping him
with the business.

If I arrest Baek Kitae,

your sister goes to prison,

and you, Mr. Baek Kihyun,
might be forced out of the army too.

Before that happens, you should talk
to her and get her to confess.

If you could have taken my brother down
so easily, you wouldn't be here right now.

The fact that you even had to come to me

means you're in a tight spot, right?

So bad that you, a prosecutor,
are threatening me.

[Geonyoung]
You're a lot like your brother. [laughs]

But there's one thing you don't know.

I'm never going to give up.

I'll make sure Baek Kitae faces the law
and pays for what he's done.

Mr. Baek Kihyun!

Think carefully!

[Haksu] What's your plan?

How long will you let
Jang Geonyoung run loose?

I heard from the prosecution's
Inspection Division.

They say they can't hold
his team much longer.

Okay?

[Kitae] If we go at him half-baked,
it'll be worse than doing nothing.

So what are you thinking?

[Kitae sighs]

I'll handle it.

Hey, you…

[stammers]

Just tell me, okay?

-Handle it how exactly?
-[running footsteps approach]

[knocks on door]

[Kitae] Come in.

I'm sorry to interrupt, sir.

It's urgent.

What the hell are you looking at?

You telling me to leave?

Spit it out.

What is it? Just tell me.

I'm afraid there's a problem
with your brother.

Security Command's launched
an investigation,

and it's not looking good.

What?

Who's here? The KCIA? Baek's brother…

What are you talking about, idiot?

Well, who are you?

[captain groans]

-[kicks landing]
-[groaning]

[captain groaning]

[captain coughing]

[Kitae] Stand up straight.

Back to your senses?

[captain] Yes.

[Kitae] Go get Baek Kihyun.

Yes, sir.

[door closes]

[Kihyun] How did you hear about it?

[Kitae] Did you think I wouldn't find out
if you kept quiet?

I can handle this on my own.

Handle it how exactly?

I said, I'll handle it on my own!

I told you.

If you're angry at reality, get stronger.

If you don't want to be
looked down on, strike first.

If someone blocks your path,
get rid of them.

How many times have I told you

that guys with power
run the world at the end of the day?

If you're done, I'll be going now.

Stop.

You c*ck little…

Your company commander will be
the one forced out, not you.

Security Command will have an opening
next month, so get ready.

This is power.

Got it?

I'm going to Vietnam next week.

What the hell would you go there for?

[Kihyun]
That "power" you always talk about.

I figured I'd try to earn some myself.

All you need to do is what I tell you!

I can take care of myself!

You little…

[Kihyun] So I want you

to please just get your own act together.

PROSECUTOR JANG GEONYOUNG

Before you wreck my life
and Soyeong's too.

[♪ tense music plays]

Ms. Oh.

What are you doing out here?

[Yejin] Mr. Jang, where have you been?

[Geonyoung] I went to see Baek Kihyun.

Baek Kihyun?

[Geonyoung] Things must've been rough.

[♪ tense music pauses]

No, it's okay.

[Geonyoung] Appreciate the effort.
Let's get inside.

[Yejin] Well,

why did you go to see Baek Kihyun, sir?

[Geonyoung]
Thought I'd stir up Baek Kitae too.

We've got to hit back
just as hard as he hit us.

So you're not giving up?

[chuckles]

Why would I give up?

It's my job to catch criminals.

You haven't eaten yet, right?
Let's eat first and get our strength back.

Where's Mr. Kim?

I'm not sure.

He said he'd be here soon.

But I think we ran out of rice.

Should I cook some ramyeon?

[Geonyoung]
sh**t. We're out of ramyeon, too.

I'll run out and get some.

Oh, no. I'll go, sir.

I'll be right back.

[door opens]

[Geonyoung] Take care.

Oh, man.

It started raining.

[Kitae] I won't live as cattle.

I'll be the one with power.

[♪ tense music resumes]

I'll make the herd kneel before me,

drag down anyone more powerful than me,

and change the world in the end.

[door opens]

-[Jeongwon] Ms. Oh, you're here alone?
-Yes.

-[Jeongwon] Where's Mr. Jang?
-He went to get some ramyeon.

Hey, the water's boiling.

[Jeongwon] Man, I'm exhausted.

[Kitae] That's just the way it is.

The world has always been

a b*ttlefield for the powerful.