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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, AND EVENTS IN THIS WORK ARE FICTITIOUS

ALL MINORS WERE FILMED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD PRODUCTION GUIDELINES

They said Dad can get his hearing back

if we have money.

Snow Fairy Sugar.

Please turn the snow that falls like crazy into money

like in cartoons.

Help my dad get surgery.

It's been about a 7km walk from Cheonggye Plaza to here.

Are you on a date with me or what?

We'll get attached at this rate!

Stop whining. We're almost there.

What trick are you pulling right now?

You wanted a documentary proposal.

Just follow me.

Seriously.

It had better be that proposal.

It was you who got J into action

and created the supernote.

And

you already knew that a counterfeit 100-dollar bill was stuffed

in the dead Choi Do-sik's mouth.

Yes, you know way too much.

That's how you almost got killed.

But here's the thing

you know nothing

about supernote distribution.

I have something to report.

Come back later if it isn't urgent.

The autopsy results are in.

The Incheon murder case.

Come outside.

EPISODE 5: PLAN A AND PLAN B; GAME OF DECEPTION

We recovered a bullet fragment

from the victim's thigh in the liquor warehouse.

It's 9mm Major.

A round that was made through a workaround in Europe

for use in civilian handguns.

Is this Sergeant Jung?

Yes.

It's written in the report. Give me one moment.

Hey, what was it again?

The bullet inside Choi Do-sik. What type was it?

It's 9mm Major.

It's called 9mm Major.

It's not something you see in Korea.

SINDAP RAILWAY BRIDGE, CHEONGGYECHEON

Back under Park Chung Hee, they covered up Cheonggyecheon

with concrete to build the Cheonggye Overpass

and restored it in the early 2000s.

So what?

From Cheonggye Plaza where we started

to under that Sindap Railway Bridge you see over there.

That's the stretch they covered back then.

What does that have to do with your proposal?

Gosh, your temper.

How come you're so impatient?

Seriously.

All right. This is the core of the real documentary pitch

so listen carefully.

Seoul in the 1960s.

They said they were building

the Cheonggye Overpass to improve traffic.

But the real reason was to prepare for war.

They covered up Cheonggyecheon

to build escape tunnels and bunkers underground.

You're saying there's a tunnel under Cheonggyecheon?

It's 30m down.

We go 30m underground

move forward 7km

then come up 30m to the surface

and we're on Cheonggye-ro.

And less than 10m from there is

KC Bank headquarters.

That building right there is the place we met two hours ago

and our target.

KC Bank is scheduled to move to a new headquarters in two weeks.

Before that

they're transferring 2.25 trillion won in cash

and the VIP safe-deposit boxes to the new building.

There will be three cash-transport operations.

Next Wednesday is their first run.

How much are we taking?

It's 500 billion won.

Before the transport even begins

we walk out with 500 billion won

and leave counterfeit bills in their place.

You're telling me the counterfeits

won't be noticeable?

Here.

This is my guys' work.

What's this?

Are you sure this is fake?

High-precision counterfeit.

A so-called supernote.

That's insane.

I'm keeping this as a souvenir.

But from here to KC Bank looks like

at least 20 to 30 meters.

We hired a Chinese gold-mine excavation team

with 30 years of experience

and they've been digging for a month already.

The passage is secured.

Let's check it out.

You don't trust me?

Me? Trust you?

I have to see it to believe it.

Especially when it's coming from you.

KC FINANCIAL GROUP

Careful.

What do you think?

You lunatic!

This is what I call a documentary proposal, you punk!

You're out of your mind!

You slick son of a bitch.

You lovable bastard!

All right!

J killed Do-sik, right?

I don't know.

We confirmed

that J took the counterfeit bills and met up with Do-sik.

Yes, there was a time

when he took 25 billion won in counterfeit cash

and came back empty-handed.

About five days before I called in the tip

to the NIS

J and I went out together for the first time in a while.

5 DAYS BEFORE THE TIP-OFF

He's not here yet. It's been two hours.

He called and said he'd reschedule for tomorrow.

He's got zero intention of doing this deal.

- It's hot! - Sorry.

- That's so hot! - I'm sorry.

What were you even looking at?

Yes, my eyes are crooked.

What?

Cops are on us.

Listen to me.

Go outside

grab a commercial taxi, license plate 8508

and say you're going to Jangchung Arena.

We've met with Choi Do-sik.

Well, a welcome passenger after two hours.

Go to Jangchung Arena, please.

Goodness.

I almost got a stiff neck waiting for you, sir.

Two hours isn't exactly a short time.

You could have come out a little sooner.

You kept me waiting for two hours.

Let's talk naturally, sir.

J?

That 97% pure meth

I'm trying to buy for 50 billion won.

That's Joong-hyuk's product, isn't it?

How did you...

I know that bastard Joong-hyuk.

He's getting more and more arrogant.

He's trashed every bit of industry etiquette.

That two-faced son of a bitch.

I came because you said you were investing 50 billion.

I didn't come to listen to you talk trash about people.

You're right.

We should talk business.

There's a 97% pure meth production plant in Incheon.

From manufacturing to shipping

it's locked down so tight that not even security cameras

can catch anything.

And right now

they've got products worth 100 billion won finished.

You extract all of it

you take your promised 50 billion

and we split the product 50-50.

Do you seriously think that's possible?

All right.

Listen carefully from here on out.

Joong-hyuk has a secret underground route

into his drug plant.

Because of toxic fumes called

formalin that come out during production

they have to vent it every day.

So, from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.

the plant shuts down.

There's a sewer tunnel 6m underground

and it's a drainage route built to prevent flooding during rainy season.

It's so safe that no one can know

unless they're local rats and cats.

That's why Joong-hyuk

doesn't pay much attention to security down there.

You're the hottest drug dealer in the country

so selling top-shelf meth you bring out

will be nothing for you.

And you get

your 50 billion that I promised.

How long are you going to keep living

getting looked down on by a guy like him?

It's a deal.

Let's do it.

The day J was supposed to meet Do-sik

after he stole the drugs

J told Joong-hyuk that Do-sik robbed the stash.

What?

- What? - What is it?

Hey, Do-sik.

Have you been having a hard time lately?

Fuck.

Hand it over, you bastard.

What a pathetic piece of shit.

So

you're saying Joong-hyuk chased Do-sik down and shot him?

Is that what you're saying?

I only laid out the circumstances.

You're the one who has to find the evidence.

Joong-hyuk shot him. That part is true.

But

what about the bill in his mouth?

Why are you asking me that?

You don't remember what you said yesterday?

You said it was staged by the guy who put the bill in his mouth.

It was J, wasn't it?

What the hell is he plotting?

There is no security footage.

One Jung-gu Police Station detective is set up to take the fall.

And they're

pushing the narrative that the killer was a junkie.

Meanwhile

some random asshole is claiming the illegal fight club is his.

So, the conclusion is

that Joong-hyuk has nothing to do with any of this.

Why not investigate the bullet found in the victim's thigh?

The murder weapon was a knife

and they found the killer's prints on it.

They're focused on getting a confession.

Getting a confession is one thing.

Can't you assign a detective or two to trace where that round was bought?

That's the police's job.

We

focus on the supernote case, okay?

Jang Joong-hyuk, that bastard.

I have a feeling he'll slip out once again.

Darn it!

Where are you going without reporting?

To interrogate Han Soo-hyun.

Talk to me.

Didn't you come to spill everything?

The third member.

The doctor is here.

A woman in her mid-30s.

J called her "Dr. Choi."

Dr. Choi?

She was J's mole planted on Joong-hyuk's side.

He asked her to manufacture

some kind of chemical agent

for Plan B.

Jeez.

I can't even figure out Plan A, and now there's a Plan B?

And what's the deal with the chemical agent?

Every substance causes different chemical reactions

and leads to oxidation and corrosion.

We need to derive

the reactive elements that match our operation.

Here.

The chemical formula is NaCIO3.

It triggers powerful oxidation and corrosion

in an acidic aqueous solution.

Bring me Han Soo-hyun's phone that we confiscated.

That's really all you know?

Yes.

Right.

How would you know their Plan B

when you don't even know what Plan A is?

A chemical agent

that oxidizes and corrodes material.

Why?

Why exactly?

What for?

What do you think?

So

this is 500 billion won in counterfeit bills, right?

Oh, man.

It's rough.

That's impressive.

It's perfect.

Nice.

It's unbelievable.

It tastes good.

There's something

I need your help with.

Ask me.

Anything.

BANK OF KOREA

I heard B&A Security was KC Bank's cash transport firm.

But your bank runs two-track security

with B&A Security and Secure, right?

- Your two security companies. - Yes, so?

From now on

route the jobs through B&A Security.

Our group owns eight savings banks.

How can B&A's headcount handle that?

They can barely handle KC Bank alone.

J is using that exact weakness.

Who is he?

He prepared them in advance.

They're former and current cash-transport security agents.

Every one of them is a high-risk credit delinquent.

He cut deals with them for 500,000 dollars as a signing fee.

So, his plan is to merge KC Bank with the outsourced contractor

to push new hires and plant moles?

All you need to do is

keep an eye on the people with acquisition rights over B&A.

Even without your 10% out of 300 billion won in profit

it's still 270 billion getting wired to the Eul Society.

That would cover

next year's budget, even after funding the election.

What do you mean, "270 billion"?

The amount going to the Eul Society is 500 billion won.

You said J would take half.

Oh, come on.

You've been living

with high society for too long.

You've lost your edge.

My ten percent.

We must make it 50 billion.

That's good. I like that.

Sure.

Joong-hyuk said he'd shut down the drug plant for a while.

Instead

he asked me to make a gas bomb.

A gas bomb?

It's called toluene.

It releases a huge amount of toxic gas as it burns.

If inhaled, it can melt a person's lungs in ten seconds.

It's extremely lethal.

That's Joong-hyuk for you.

Just like I expected.

When we pull out 500 billion won in real cash

he plans to intercept all of it in the middle.

So, that's how you want to play it?

Plan A and Plan B.

We run both at the same time.

Boss.

What's the target for Plan B?

The Bank of Korea.

These element symbols on Soo-hyun's phone.

They're a list of chemical reactions that occur

when fiber materials oxidize and corrode.

Got it. Leave us.

Fiber material?

A chemical agent that oxidizes and corrodes fiber?

Banknotes aren't paper.

They're fiber. Short-staple fiber.

Worn-out bills.

He's going to turn freshly printed counterfeits into worn-out bills!

Why would he do that right before distribution?

Exactly.

Right?

It doesn't make sense.

Darn it.

Come on.

Worn-out bills.

Why?

You're so disgusting that I can't even sit with you.

Why turn perfectly fine bills into worn-out bills?

RECYCLE

Yes.

Exchanging mutilated currency!

You scared me.

"Exchanging mutilated currency"?

Burned, stained, torn, and worn-out bills.

The bills sent to the Bank of Korea for disposal each year

are enough to fill a hundred five-ton trucks.

That bastard, J.

He's going to turn 500 billion in supernotes into worn-out bills

and submit an exchange request to the Bank of Korea.

Then, they shred and incinerate them

and hand over brand-new bills, fresh off the press.

That's how you switch from counterfeit

to real cash instantly, with zero evidence left behind.

He gets to secure 500 billion won in one move.

It's me.

Call the Bank of Korea to see if any bank requested

to exchange 500 billion won in 50,000-won notes

as mutilated currency for new bills.

Myeongseong Thrift Institution

requested an exchange for 500 billion in worn-out bills.

When is the approval?

Next Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

Call Myeongseong and tell them to cancel the request.

Right now.

Hold on.

What about J?

How am I supposed to catch the rat if you block up the rathole?

Listen.

We've got plenty of time until next Thursday.

If J comes

to the Bank of Korea like he planned, we grab him there.

Keep that in mind.

What's wrong now, Team Leader?

Stop being so childish.

You're making it hard for the team to work.

Smile a little.

No matter what I tell the team

you're still our team leader, okay?

Even if I catch him, you're getting the credit.

What did I even do now?

Also

I am

going to catch J myself.

All right. To the conference room.

Man, I hate you.

You're even more annoying because you're so slick.

5 DAYS BEFORE D-DAY

NO CALLER ID

Where are you rushing off so early, skipping work?

D-Day's in five days, and you've got time to call me?

The part you were supposed to handle was sloppy

so I made time to nag at you.

This bastard.

I let you share a table with me a few times

and now you're getting cocky.

Aren't you?

Cocky.

Since I'm already being cocky

should I get even cockier?

I'm moving D-Day to the last day

of KC Bank's cash transport.

You piece of shit.

Hey! Are you messing with me?

The outsourced cash-transport contractor

and the experienced-hire paperwork for B&A Security.

We need a perfect alibi

so Chairman Bang doesn't suspect anything

and you won't end up in a tough spot.

But the thing Chairman Bang's side promised to do is so sloppy

that I'm moving D-Day to the last day.

I'll lay it out again from the start

so if you think you're too dumb

write it down.

You know this.

Money solves everything in Korea.

Stuff enough cash into B&A's CEO's pocket

put out his little fire

and in exchange, tell him to fix the paperwork

so the moles I planted look like they were hired

three months ago.

Do I really have to nag you

like some mother-in-law?

Do I?

Chairman Bang, your boss

is an ambitious man with dreams big enough

to bankroll a secret organization called the Eul Society.

But on something this big

he wants to invest nothing and eat for free.

Why are people so cheap these days?

You.

How do you know Eul Society?

Is there anything I don't know?

You see

unlike you, Detective Jang

I don't solve crises with a gun.

I solve them with this.

My head.

Isn't it basic to run background checks on the cast

before starting a job?

That way, when trouble hits

we have leverage and an escape route.

Now that D-Day is postponed

do your job right.

You idiot!

And there's one more variable.

One member who held a grudge against me

walked right into the NIS and turned herself in.

But the problem is

that she was the one who made the supernotes.

So, I've got no clue

how much she'll talk over there.

So

just in case

I've prepared Plan B.

What?

We'll see on the day before D-Day

and decide whether we run Plan A or Plan B.

Oh, I'm going to share Plan B

so don't get paranoid, okay?

That would be petty.

Stop the bullshit

and share Plan B immediately.

Since you love proposals so much

I'm drafting it at the moment.

Give me two hours.

The prep for Plan B is

so simple that it's not even comparable to Plan A.

It'll be ready by the day before the last day

so don't worry.

People call my network an MLM network.

When you tossed me that proposal

you think I didn't run it by my own network?

Her name is Han Soo-hyun, right?

That bitch who walked into the NIS.

She's getting interrogated just fine.

Listening to what she's been running her mouth about over there

this crossed my mind.

"What if

the two of you are working together?

The technician

goes into the NIS to throw the investigation off

while the architect

plays me and the NIS at the same time?"

If my concern is correct

what's the bluff

and what's real?

Your Plan A.

It was detailed and real.

The presentation was perfect.

But when you think about it

it's too dangerous

and too complicated.

You said Plan B was simple.

So, the card you're holding.

Is that Plan B?

Dozens of expert diggers.

Plan A cost you a fortune, didn't it?

Would you really use a plan you worked that hard on

as a bluff?

I told you, didn't I?

We'll see on the day before the last day

and pick one of the two plans.

Gosh, that brain of yours.

Maybe my little comment

about using your head got on your nerves.

That's why you're rambling on about how smart you are.

Fine.

Detective Jang.

You are not dumb.

You're smart.

I disrespected you to your face.

Let's just say

I was concerned about my partner.

Yes.

Think of it as a matter of caution.

Please be generous and let it go.

Okay?

All right.

I'll wait.

But if that day

you try to backstab me

I'm rounding up

your whole crew.

Be my guest.

RECENTS

CHOI CHANG-SEOK

NIS

- Yes, sir. - Did you find anything?

Han Soo-hyun?

J and Han Soo-hyun.

There's something going on between them.

I have a feeling they're working together.

I already told you everything about what happened eight years ago.

Dig deeper.

Deeper!

You met me twelve years ago

when I caught you getting high

and going to orgies.

I get it.

I only need to run her full background

and see if there's any link with J

right?

This bastard.

You always make me talk too much.

I won't give you too much time.

Now, that's fresh air.

Detective Choi, where are you headed?

The illegal gambling incident

is all cleaned up and closed.

The guy who came in for you

got his statement fabricated and was released this morning.

I didn't know you were

handling business for the Eul Society.

How did you know?

You know

my family is qualified to be in that circle

but they never contacted me.

I'm almost 60 now.

Shouldn't I get to be the chief before I die?

I'll set up a meeting.

Visit Seoul sometime.

You're leaving already?

I was going to buy you an expensive drink.

Can't you cancel your plans?

I'm busy. Let's drink another time.

Joong-hyuk, we have to drink next time.

Promise me!

Welcome back.

- Boss! - Boss!

Big Boss told us not to act like thugs.

Cigarette.

Can you dress a little more freely?

Why is everybody dressed the same?

- Sorry, Boss. - Did you go to the same store?

Fucking idiots.

If Big Boss sees me like this, he'll lose his mind.

Who do you think you're honking at?

Where are you going?

You're here, Boss.

You want to let everyone know you're a gangster?

Get in.

What brings you all the way to this dump?

You suffered after eating government rations for a few days.

Get some real food in you.

Thank you, Boss.

Do a job for me next Thursday.

It might get rough.

We're having a meeting.

Come to Pearl House in Songdo tonight.

Yes, Boss.

Ta-da!

All right.

If you've changed your mind

leave the 500,000 dollars here and walk away.

There's no way we change our minds. Don't worry.

All right, then. Let's go.

KC BANK

BANK OF KOREA

BANK OF KOREA

MYEONGSEONG THRIFT INSTITUTION

Jindo Dog just departed.

Jindo Dog is out for a walk.

We're looking at about 13 minutes.

It's a paranoid dog

so hold your positions

until it enters the kennel to eat.

BANK OF KOREA

SINDAP RAILWAY BRIDGE, CHEONGGYECHEON

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

I have visual on Jindo Dog.

Jindo Dog is approaching the kennel.

Wait for my signal.

We hit them when the elevator comes up.

Hold.

Get them!

Stay right where you are.

Turn around.

KC BANK

Subtitles by Ho Young Yun