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Seon-woo.

Go home.

We’ll meet again very soon.

Sir, I'm Kim Seon-woo.

About an hour ago,

I received a call from a woman claiming to be a North Korean spy.

She said she wants to turn herself in.

But according to her, things are in chaos over there right now.

Death penalty.

There’s been a purge in the South-operations line...

Death penalty.

The new person appointed as head is labelling all the existing agents as traitors

And having them all wiped out.

I’ll cooperate as much as I can, whatever you want.

But you have to bring my family in the North over here.

As quickly as possible.

Who is it?

Seong-hye.

It’s been a long time.

Are you going by 'Hye-rim' now?

Whatever this is, I’m not doing it.

Are you really going to ruin your life over something so small?

Kim Seon-woo works for the NIS.

He’s an excellent field agent, maybe not as good as you, but close.

Recruit Kim Seon-woo.

Then...

You’ll be free.

No. Don’t do it.

Just keep your head down and live your life.

The man with the burn scar Jo Soo-yeon mentioned, he killed my colleague.

He’s right here. If you were me, could you walk away?

Contact Seon-woo immediately!

No, I won’t!

Then shall I just do things my way?

Honey!

We’ll do it.

As you wish, you’ll take care of it instead of your son.

There’s something I must tell you.

There is a way...

To catch the agents sent down this time.

I’ll trust you, Mr Kim.

Can’t you just not go?

This is really important to me.

It’s something I promised I’d take responsibility for.

We need to erase it.

I can’t watch Seon-woo be put in danger, no matter what.

I can’t guarantee

Jo Soo-yeon’s safety.

Would anyone really kill someone in such a crowded place?

Shall we proceed as planned?

Or do we expose Jo Soo-yeon to the media?

What will it be?

It’s too late to turn back now.

If anything even slightly dangerous happens, we abort immediately.

No matter what, please save my family.

That’s all I ask.

Don’t worry.

Everything will be fine.

Comrade Jo Soo-yeon, your mother and two siblings live in your hometown.

They too...

Will pay the price for your betrayal.

Seong-hye.

This time, I’m truly disappointed in you.

I’ve just finished killing your son’s lackey.

Your son belongs to me now.

It’s all right. An ambulance will be here soon.

My family...

Hello?

Hello!

Episode 5

Do you admit that this operation was reckless?

Yes.

You were careless about Jo Soo-yeon’s safety...

Did you even consider the possibility of her death?

Mr Kim Seon-woo?

Answer the question, please.

After Jo Soo-yeon died, where did you go?

A field planner leaving the scene is an act of shirking responsibility.

Ambulance!

Call an ambulance, right now!

It’s alright, you'll be ok.

The ambulance will be here soon...

My... my family...

Soo-yeon.

Soo-yeon!

Soo-yeon!

Are you alright?

Blood...

Hey!

What just happened, huh?

We were fully prepared, so why did we get ambushed?

Where’s the suspect?

I asked where the suspect was, damn it!

Oi!

Let’s say we lost Jo Soo-yeon,

But we should’ve caught at least one or two suspects, shouldn’t we?

Huh?

Why aren’t you answering?

Why are you just sitting there without saying a word?

I’ll explain everything, sir.

You failed it, so shouldn’t you be thinking about fixing the situation, damn it?

Talk to me, sir.

I apologise.

Let go of this!

Where are you going?

Everything alright?

Call me, I’m worried.

We need to improve our adaptability to each encryption method.

It solves the hard ones easily,

but it seems to trip up on the easy ones.

It was my mistake.

I wasn’t trying to hide anything.

I was going to tell you everything when it was over.

I went out there to the rendezvous myself...

...to find out what was going on.

Then I was going to report to—

Let's try again.

This time, the real reason.

I thought it was something that didn’t concern you.

Try again.

I was worried about Seon-woo.

I didn’t want him to clash with you.

If things went wrong, someone could get hurt, so…

But you're clever enough to find a way out anyway.

You probably hoped I’d die at the hands of the South Korean agents.

You thought that with me gone...

you could just return to your peaceful, happy family life.

You’re not actually planning to use Seon-woo, are you?

Without Seon-woo, you’d be in danger too.

Seong-hye,

I don’t need Kim Seon-woo.

I need a tool that can get me inside.

The same kind of tool as his mother.

For old times’ sake,

I went through all that hassle for you…

Remember the promise?

Kim Seon-woo,

He’s mine now.

No!

It’s all my fault.

I’ll do whatever you say.

Just give me one more chance.

You’ll do whatever you’re ordered to?

I’ll do whatever you want.

If you tell me to die,

can you die?

If I die,

You’ll leave Seon-woo alone, right?

Sure. Let’s go with that.

Right now, that mindset...

Don’t you forget it.

Mummy!

That man’s bleeding!

Let’s go, honey. Come on.

(Yoon-jin)

Are you okay?

The operation…

Did it go well?

I told you,

everything was going to be fine.

I just watched from the back the whole time.

There was no danger at all. Everything went fine.

The bad guy got taken in,

...and the good ones went home.

I’m really relieved.

I went back and forth on whether to call.

Honestly, I was so worried you’d get hurt.

Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.

Hey, Yoon-jin.

Yeah?

Can I rest at your place for a bit?

Sure.

You know where the key is, right?

Get some rest there.

I’ll come home as soon as I can.

Yeah.

Hello, welcome!

Hello?

Is that you?

Are you okay?

Honey…

Given how quickly she moved,

I think it’s where you expect it to be.

I’ll make sure to retrieve it on time.

She’s not someone torture or threats would work on.

I know her well.

I’ve made it clear.

Please, just trust me on this a little longer.

This approach has a better chance of success

than forcing Kim Seon-woo.

Yes.

If things go wrong,

I’ll take full responsibility.

Honey…

That damn bastard…

I’m sorry…

I’m so sorry.

So… what did he say?

He was raging, demanding that I hand over Seon-woo,

and I could barely calm him.

And... there’s one condition.

Condition?

Song Jung-hyuk, the head of the North Korea Intelligence Analysis Team…

He’s Seon-woo’s direct superior.

Plant a wiretap on his phone.

Gi-cheol’s real target is him.

I think trying to recruit Seon-woo was just a way to approach him.

But…

Can we actually plant a bug on the head of the NIS team’s phone?

We have to make it work somehow.

And… one more thing.

What are you doing?

How would Gi-cheol know we were trying to deceive him?

There’s definitely a bug somewhere in here.

That can’t be right.

It has to be here somewhere.

Honey, calm down.

There must have been another informant inside.

Then he wouldn’t have tried to recruit Seon-woo.

Trying to use a washed-up spy like me,

And even you, who’s never done this before…

They must be really desperate.

There’s one more place a bug could be.

Hey,

Where are you at now?

I’m sorry.

What...? Save your apologies.

No need to apologise to me.

You know, you’ll end up taking the fall for this failure.

If you want to avoid any more trouble, get over here right now.

Sitting there won’t do you any good.

If there’s responsibility to bear, I’ll take it all.

Hey! You idiot, damn it!

Don’t be absurd!

Turn on the TV.

What?

I’m telling you to watch the news.

You need to see how things get messed up from the top.

Around 8:20 PM in Gangnam, Seoul,

A woman in her 20s of Chinese-Korean descent was stabbed to death.

According to police,

The victim, Ms. Jo, had been working as a money handler for a voice phishing ring.

Police believe this incident was caused by...

A financial dispute within the Chinese-Korean community,

and are investigating.

If this operation goes wrong even a little,

They’ll try to act like nothing ever happened.

I don't care about myself but...

No matter what happens,

Please save my family.

That’s all I care about.

Seon-woo.

You’re back?

You’re home early.

I was worried about you…

Why?

I told you everything went fine.

Thanks to you, I got some good rest.

Thanks.

You're leaving?

There are still a few things I need to deal with.

Seon-woo…

Are you...

...really okay?

Of course I am.

Don’t do it.

Don’t do... anything dangerous.

I don’t.

Like I said,

I’m just going back to the office.

You should go back in too.

Sorry for making you worry.

Seon-woo…

Don’t get hurt.

Come on, it’s not like that.

I’ll call you.

It’s me.

I need a favour.

Yes.

If it’s something small, talk to the Chinese lads.

This isn’t something we can discuss over the phone.

I need someone extracted.

Three people.

How much will it cost?

Blimey, that’s bold of you.

Hang on.

You’re calling from a secure phone, right?

I’ll come to your office now.

Let’s talk in person.

Yes.

Ah… well,

No, not at all.

You don’t need to think that at all.

I’ve made sure everything on our end is handled

So that nothing leaks to the press.

Yes, we just wanted to gauge the reaction first,

So you don’t need to worry.

Yes.

I didn’t expect him to show himself so easily…

But it seems certain now.

Yes.

I’ll give you updates as we go.

Yes, sir.

Hey, where’s Kim Seon-woo?

He seemed pretty shaken, so I told him to rest a bit.

He’s calmed down now, so he’ll be out soon.

What?

Resting?

After leaving the place in such a mess, he’s resting?

Tell him to come out, right now.

I said, right now!

Oi,

Contact him, now!

Got it?

It’s tough. It’s really tough for me too.

You know I’m not doing this because I hate Kim Seon-woo?

Think about it, if an accident happens in an organisation,

You know someone has to take responsibility.

That’s how organisations work.

Who doesn’t know that?

But who could’ve known those bastards would kill someone

in broad daylight, then vanish like that?

We know how this goes.

We just figured if they got the hint, they wouldn’t show up.

That’s all we expected.

So then,

Does this failure really fall squarely on Kim Seon-woo?

I’m not saying this is my opinion,

I’m saying it’s what the higher-ups think.

So who’s going to take responsibility? You?

Or should I take responsibility?

Tell me honestly, do you really want to help Kim Seon-woo?

Then help me out, yeah?

Catch that bastard too,

Find out everything, and report it to me.

And all the materials from the field are ours,

Don’t show them to the other team.

Just these three things.

You’ve got a sharp nose for this.

I’m counting on you.

I’m asking you as a friend here.

Yes.

I’m counting on you.

I trust you.

Favour? Give me a break.

Ah, something feels off about him.

I hear you, boss.

But the one from the news earlier...

You want me to extract the family of the girl who died, right?

It will be difficult to handle that.

They’ll know exactly whom we’re after over there. So, how do we get them out?

They might already be taken to the camp.

I know your reach extends to the camps.

You’re loaded, bro?

This is everything I have.

Would that cover this?

Not enough.

It’ll only cover one person and a half.

Consider this a down payment.

I’ll figure out the rest somehow.

I already told you it won't be easy.

Do you have any idea how much we have to manage here?

We can still make it work, right?

Bro,

can’t we just ignore it?

The people doing this sort of work...

They know they’re risking their lives.

You can’t worry about every little thing.

You were so sharp in China.

Is this about your colleague who died?

I don’t have time for games today.

Jo Soo-yeon is already dead.

What did her family ever do?

Boss.

I don’t have time for games, either.

I need to make money.

I know you’ve been using the defectors for your street cart business.

I’ve turned a blind eye until now,

but that ends today.

Do you have any idea how many people live off my little ‘allowances’?

Can you really handle it alone?

Yeah. I can.

Shall we try?

Man…

Damn my luck,

This time, you’ll owe me.

Get that money ready.

Ah, I really hate this stuff.

Thanks.

I need you to move fast.

The code, still can't crack it?

Yes… the system is so solid,

Forcing it open is nearly impossible.

And if you fail five times,

It automatically shuts down.

We have to be extra careful.

So… there’s no way?

For now, yes.

But I’m doing my best.

If we’d just caught one of them…

Sir…

If you just told me what’s in here,

It might help with decoding.

It’s classified. National secret. It might help with decoding.

It’s classified. National secret.

Ah… right.

Oh, and—

Did you hear the Defense Ministry recently held a bidding for a code-cracking program?

I know. They all failed.

That's right.

Nobody could break the Defense Ministry’s code, so it ended there.

But...

One company came close.

Their program wasn’t finished, but it was still impressive.

Maybe

they could crack this.

How about we check them out?

I’ll consider it.

Good work.

Feeling calmer now?

Yes, I apologise for this morning.

Someone died, so there’ll be an investigation.

But don't feel too bad.

Since this happened,

try to look after yourself.

Sir…

About Jo Soo-yeon’s family in the North.

What about them?

I promised to save them...

...to Jo Soo-yeon.

Who did?

I never made that promise.

If you made that promise, then you lied.

I’ll take responsibility.

I won’t let that harm the organisation.

If you could support a little...

What, are you thinking of using a broker?

If we do nothing, they’ll…

...all die.

Everyone dies.

Sir!

Why waste precious tax money there?

Stop dragging this out,

just step aside.

Don’t you see we’re discussing something important?

Hey,

What are you doing?

Stop embarrassing yourselves, same team, remember?

Sir.

Jo Soo-yeon died because of us.

We can’t just ignore it.

Ignore it.

Sir!

Seon-woo, focus on yourself.

Don’t worry about others.

I told you to ignore it.

What are you waiting for?

Mum, why are you out here?

Just wanted to see my son a little earlier.

I was going to come after work, but it ran late.

I'm tired. Let’s go inside.

Give me your bag. Let me carry it, it must be heavy.

No, it’s not heavy. I’m fine.

Come on, hand it over.

What is it, Mum?

You have something to say?

No.

Just having a good look at my son.

Hey, bro!

Home today, huh?

I thought you'd be at your girlfriend’s again…

I mean, I thought you’d be working all night again.

How was the exam?

Don’t even bring it up!

You should’ve studied harder all along, silly!

What’s your problem!?

So… how’d the exam go?

I said, don’t talk about it!

Seon-woo.

You must be tired. Go rest inside.

Leave your dirty clothes outside.

Is he drunk or something?

Go on, get to your room.

What if anyone saw this…?

No!

Honey,

are you still at the office?

The program keeps going on and off.

It can solve the hard stuff fine,

but it struggles with the easy stuff.

I don’t even know where to start.

Just like us…

Anyway,

I’ll be home before morning.

Why?

Did something happen?

You said your office has bug detectors, right?

If we want to protect Seon-woo,

that is the only way.

“Even 10 minutes of study a day can change your future husband’s face.”

My future husband… it’s hopeless…

Don’t ever talk back.

“Yes. Yes. I made a mistake.”

“I was wrong.”

Just say that.

It won’t do any good to provoke him.

And…

I’ll cover for you afterwards.

What is it?

Follow me.

Mr Kim Seon-woo?

I’m from the inspection team.

Let’s go somewhere quiet to talk.

Do you admit that this operation was reckless?

Yes.

You were careless about Jo Soo-yeon’s safety…

Did you even consider the possibility of her death?

Mr Kim Seon-woo.

Please answer the question.

Where did you go after Jo Soo-yeon’s death?

A field planner leaving the scene is an act of shirking responsibility.

There was nothing more I could do there.

If so...

Did you have work to do somewhere else?

There was a promise...

I needed to keep.

His father, Kim Woo-seok, used to work

At the Ministry of Defence as a computer security expert,

then he retired.

Currently, he works at an IT security company called Hedge Technet.

That guy’s no good.

Even groveling wouldn’t be enough...

At the very least, he’d be suspended.

If things escalate, he might even be stripped of his job.

What a show.

This was already planned. So what’s with the act?

What did you just say?

Can’t you hear me?

Didn’t you hear me?

This isn’t the first time we’ve experienced this.

You’ve already decided who to blame, no?

Frankly, what did Seon-woo do wrong?

You’ve never been to the field, have you?

What could you have done if you were there anyway?

You.

We've met before, right?

You’re still working here?

Wow, you can't hear, but keeping track by sight, are you?

I remember you too.

You said you’d strip me of my job back then too, you pervert.

I should report you for harassment, for stripping people like that.

Stop.

Let’s have a word.

Well, I think Analyst Kim Hyun-tae does has a point.

In a way, all of this happened...

for the sake of the country.

So…

How should I put it…

Do we really need to conduct an inspection arguing over right and wrong?

That’s how I see it.

Still, someone did die.

But it wasn’t one of our citizens.

Just a spy, for crying out loud…

Let’s not make a big deal of it.

We were aiming for the real target,

using a minor pawn, and the intent wasn’t wrong.

Think about it.

Our line of work naturally involves some risk, doesn't it?

Right, Eun-ah?

Exactly!

Looks like the team leader is siding with us.

So let’s not crush the spirits of the younger agents here.

Let’s resolve this amicably.

How did it go?

She really doesn’t have much.

So your parents are still in Shenyang?

Ah… well…

They passed away.

Oh…

I’m sorry.

Both of your parents?

Yes.

(Mum)

Bro,

Get that money ready.

I tried contacting them through China,

But we need to go through a direct line.

We’ll need more money,

And once this starts, there’s no turning back.

Don’t say anything different later.

If you’re going to quit, speak now.

Just make it work.

I’ll make sure everything’s taken care of.

Hello.

(Delete call history)