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Sir! Over here!

The sleeve.

The scorched sleeve.

Why am I only remembering this now?

NO CALLER ID

Did you get the ticket?

The flight's tomorrow.

You know why it's Jeju, right?

Yes.

I'll see you there.

It was the same ship back then.

Do you remember?

Je Moon-jae?

Hello, this is Sky Sunset Vacation Home.

Hello. I'd like to confirm my reservation.

It's under Je Moon-jae.

Yes, for two.

Okay. I'll see you when I check in.

I'll disappear just like that.

In the end, you'll be the only one left.

That's how our story ends.

MOUSETRAP

Easy. It stings.

It stings.

Sir!

- It really hurts! - Quit whining, you bastard.

- Gently. - Dong-cheol, maybe it's broken.

Hey! I said it really hurts.

Goddamn.

- Think I'm kidding? - He's awake.

Oh.

- Oh man. - Hey.

Just stay down, you punk.

What about the uncle?

Couldn't find him.

We couldn't find him, but we did find a witness.

A railway crew member.

He asked how to get to Children's Grand Park,

like he had somewhere to be.

He said he had to go find someone.

What about Noja and that bastard?

We lost them.

Major Crimes will find them.

Hey.

- Hey! - What are you…

Hey, you've lost a lot of blood.

- Stick it in quickly. - I'm fine.

Hey.

You two.

Track down writer Je Moon-jae now.

Those two will definitely show up there.

Kid, you're coming with me. Let's go somewhere.

- Hey, do you have an extra T-shirt? - I do.

Captain, sir.

What should I do, sir?

You

just go home, wash up, and get some rest.

Hui-jeong's a senior in high school.

She started university last year, you damn bastard.

You didn't even know that?

Let's go.

Yes?

It's been a while,

Yu-min.

Hey, it's me.

Get a car to the airport. Four in the morning tomorrow.

Shit, I don't know how long I'll be there.

See you when I get there.

Yeah.

Fuck.

Are you an American?

Why the fuck are you coming in with your fucking shoes on?

Oh, come on!

Let's not do this.

You've got a new life now. Try to be a better person.

I'll be a new person too. Okay?

He said he was going to find someone?

Like he had somewhere to be?

It's okay. Don't cry.

Who did this?

Moon-jae.

Moon-jae!

He's here?

The uncle?

I have a feeling

his memory might be stuck here.

You stay here.

You've buried a lot of people too.

Fuck.

You can do it, but I can't?

Let's

stay alive together.

Once I get my money back…

Fucking hell.

Let the living live.

Shut up, you son of a bitch.

That bastard Dong-seok begged for his life

the same way you are now, you son of a bitch.

I told him to keep it under control and not cross the line.

He got killed for stealing from the gang.

He wanted to start a new life.

You dipped into the gang's money too.

Yeah.

I wanted to start a new life too. You fucking bastard!

I'm so sick of this shit, you son of a bitch!

Stay alive together? Let's say I let you live.

Are you gonna leave me alone?

I promise you, Noja.

Fuck.

You'll never ever see me again.

Can I trust you on that?

Never…

Never ever…

Never what? Fucking bastard.

Never what? Never go back to living like trash?

Since when were we human?

Then get yourself a new identity.

You fucking dumbass!

Got it?

How can people like us live without creating new characters?

When you buried Dong-seok, shit,

you were cold as fuck.

Fucking bastard.

If you hesitate,

you fucking die, you dumbass!

Fuck.

I have to get another one. Fuck.

Min-yeong, you, and I used this room last time we were on board, right?

The ship's horn during our call. I knew you were gonna get on this ship.

But we didn't agree to meet here.

But who knows what kind of trap you've set there?

Tell me why you did all this shit.

Tell me!

You really don't know why?

I don't know!

I don't know, you bastard!

No matter how much I think about it, I don't know, you bastard!

I don't know, you bastard.

What reason could there be?

I just want to be you.

That place

was never yours to begin with.

You're not even Je Moon-jae.

Huh?

Moon-jae, where are you?

Moon-jae!

Moon-jae!

Moon-jae!

Moon-jae!

You didn't know?

That the detective was your brother?

I guess you two didn't talk about that when he interrogated you.

I thought he smuggled you out because you two were brothers.

Before you were born,

he was the real Je Moon-jae.

That detective.

What's this?

You were a fake from birth.

When you were born, he was sent away.

You took his place.

I brought him in to catch you.

But the damn uncle suddenly showed up. So things got a bit messed up.

Why am I doing this?

Because you took everything from me.

Me?

Yes.

Even Min-yeong.

Huh?

Did you guys see the post? That's So Min-yeong.

- You're right. - It's her, right?

She's got some nerve showing up here.

If I were her, I couldn't.

Isn't that Seo Yu-min?

What? Are they still seeing each other?

You have a knack for it.

Mixing truth with lies.

ANONYMOUS FORUM LOATHSOME RATS 1

THE SOUND OF THEIR BREATHING COMING FROM THEIR ROOM…

With all the rumors going around school,

Min-yeong had to give up on grad school.

You must've been one hell of a writer. Even the cops had nothing on you.

The person who wrote that dirty post is Moon-jae.

I wanted to beat you to death, but I had no idea where you were.

Everybody knows it's about us!

After that, Min-yeong dropped out and cut ties with her family.

She became a wreck who couldn't sleep without sleeping pills.

Then she tried to kill herself with sleeping pills.

There was nothing I could do.

I didn't even have any money.

But I had to save her. She was dying.

So I took my writing to a publisher, hoping to sell it, and found out.

INTERVIEW BY SUNG HAG-YUN

My novel had already been published and won the Best New Writer award.

INTERVIEW

You took my life, my future,

everything from me.

Even Min-yeong.

I wanted to tell her so badly.

I wanted to tell her I'd finally found that bastard.

But there's no one left to listen.

Min-yeong.

Min-yeong.

Min-yeong.

Min-yeong.

Min-yeong.

Min-yeong.

I stayed by Min-yeong's side all night, thinking of only one thing.

"How should I pay this back?"

Night after night, I read your novels beside Min-yeong's body.

From beginning to end.

Without missing a single word.

You took everything.

You became me, and Min-yeong became your girlfriend.

You were so jealous of me that, in your novel,

you subtly made yourself me and me you.

So I decided.

I'll get my revenge.

I'll become you too

and take back everything you took from me.

I'll rip that mask off your face,

strip you of everything, and throw you out.

Satisfied now?

Does that answer your question? Why I became a monster?

Welcome.

An antiseptic, bandages, a hemostatic agent, and painkillers.

Hang on.

Sir, shouldn't you go to the hospital?

I'll

handle it myself.

Moon-jae

went to meet the rat bastard.

The one who looks just like him.

That bastard doesn't even know who he is.

No matter who he used to be…

he really is Je Moon-jae.

Save him.

I don't think I can go there.

He might fall into a trap and die.

You go save him.

Catch him,

and if he's guilty, throw him in prison or whatever.

Save him

for now.

Please.

Unbelievable.

He still trusts that bastard?

Fine, fuck it. I'll check it out.

Hey, have you figured out where writer Je Moon-jae is?

Yes.

Where is he?

He's at sea.

I

just wrote that.

I was high on drugs.

Hey, who'd read that bullshit? I just wrote it like a novel.

That's why Min-yeong killed herself?

What about the woman you killed?

Someone else.

You know that thug? The one who does identity fraud?

I used him a bit.

Why?

To frame me?

Yeah.

You crazy bastard. You fucking nutjob!

You're the bastard who posed as a university student with a fake ID!

Are you crazy or just pretending to be crazy?

Hold on.

You bastard.

You're not lying.

You're not hiding behind lame excuses

like panic disorder and depression after stealing someone's life.

Hey, are you crazy?

Are you insane?

Get a grip, man.

You…

You're the bad guy, you bastard!

You don't remember stealing my notebooks?

Everything in your novels came from my notebooks.

You're the fake university student, you bastard!

Those were

my notebooks…

What is it?

Why are you trailing off? Huh?

You're not so confident?

Min-yeong was my junior in the department.

She went out with me.

That's all from your novel, you crazy bastard!

That's not reality, you bastard!

Why?

Why do you want to be me?

Huh?

Now I remember.

Now I understand why I couldn't write anything

for some time now.

None of it

was ever mine to begin with.

After barely overcoming my panic disorder,

I wanted to become a better version of myself,

like my mom always told me.

INTERCOLLEGIATE LITERATURE CLUB RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS

Hey, guys. Listen up.

We got a new member today.

Hello, I'm Je Moon-jae.

It's very nice to meet you all.

Have a seat.

You eat first.

- It's good, right? - Yeah.

I'll eat the burnt part again.

Hey, looking good, you two.

Huh?

Something might happen.

Stop drinking. You're already drunk.

Min-yeong. Let's talk.

- You're drunk. Talk tomorrow. - Fuck.

Let go, you bastard.

What are you?

You said you two weren't a thing.

We're dating.

We kept it a secret at the club because it'd be awkward if people knew.

Since when?

Since before you asked me.

Fuck. You two shouldn't toy with people.

Huh?

You are just jealous of me.

You're dying of jealousy because you want to be me.

Aren't you?

Shut up.

I said shut up.

I was

the fake university student?

I never dated Min-yeong…

and all my novels were yours?

Were you always crazy?

Or did the meds make you crazy?

Yu-min.

Then was I…

Was I the Rat?

You weren't supposed to show up here.

That beach. You should've come to that vacation home.

I should've disappeared there forever,

and you should've been exposed to the world as the real Rat.

That was our ending.

Sir!

Sir!

- Go get the master key. - Sir.

Sir!

Do you know what's going on?

Open up! Sir! Are you okay?

One of us

has to disappear forever right here.

Before they open the door!

Sir, are you okay?

Sir, open up!

Just die.

I'll live as Je Moon-jae.

Everyone should be out. Why can't we see him?

You checked the passenger list, right?

I did. I checked that writer Je Moon-jae was on board.

WRITER JE MOON-JAE

What's going on?

He said there was an accident last night.

What accident?

He snuck on board that ship.

To kill me.

We checked the CCTV.

There was someone who looked like him.

What is he talking about?

And?

He fell into the ocean.

He tried to throw me out the window, but fell himself.

I think he thought killing me would make him me.

I'm glad you found my uncle. We should do the DNA test right away.

In due time.

Not that I think we need to.

I told you, I'm Je Moon-jae.

Even if he'd killed me, he couldn't have proven he was me anyway.

He wouldn't have known you'd find my uncle.

Thanks to you, I'll clear my name.

The button.

- What? - Button up your shirt all the way.

That's how he wears it.

Why are you going this far?

I don't follow…

You can drop the act. I'm not recording.

Isn't killing the fake enough?

Why?

Why are you pretending to be the fake one?

Was there something else he had that you wanted?

You always take someone's place…

Did you really

want to be me that badly?

I don't think I wanted to be you.

I think I wanted to be myself.

A better version of myself.

This isn't the end.

You won't be able to handle it.

Long ago…

my mom told me this all the time.

"You have to be a better Je Moon-jae than the old Moon-jae."

Now…

I understand what it meant.

I heard you were Je Moon-jae once.

I think there's a misunderstanding here.

That place was always mine.

I didn't take it from you.

Keep that place all to yourself.

Why would I care?

Let's never cross paths again.

Oh, you changed your style.

Looks fucking awful.

Are you hurt badly?

It just grazed me, you punk.

And the hospital?

Did you eat?

You're not popping your meds anymore?

No, not anymore.

I'm all better.

What's with your arm?

I don't fucking know. It just doesn't move.

Then you should go to the hospital.

Hospital? You bastard.

Want me to turn myself in over a knife fight?

Well, it worked out.

It's a forced retirement.

Right? I'm old too.

The karma I built up with my fists.

I'm paying it off with one arm.

Then what are you gonna do now?

You punk, since when do you care about me?

Are we close, punk?

Well, it's partly my fault.

I'm trying to help you now.

Cut the bullshit. Damn it.

I don't need help from a punk like you.

Anyway…

So,

are you the fake one or the real one?

That fire on the school trip.

I started that fire.

I remember everything now that I'm off the meds.

I was the one who started the fire.

Why'd you do it?

Something happened the day before the school trip.

CHEONGUN CRAM SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Who's Park Chan-u?

Why'd you register under a different name?

Don't like your name?

I don't.

Why?

It doesn't feel like my name. I don't want to live with it.

How come?

You have to be a better Je Moon-jae than the old Moon-jae.

Whether at home or at school,

I had nothing to show for it.

You know, nothing special.

I was neither this nor that.

I think that's why my mom and father didn't like me.

I didn't like myself for it either.

So I guess I wanted to be different that night.

Like being reborn, I guess?

You know,

a kid who would only cross on green, even when no cars were coming,

became someone who could cross on red for the first time that night.

It was like a reset button.

That fire.

So,

did you switch names again?

You crazy bastard.

What choice did I have?

I have to live too.

Fucking bastard.

Noja.

Can I stay with you?

I've got no one but you now.

Stop bullshitting.

I'm not your friend.

Not taking the money?

What money?

Your money.

I can give it back to you.

Take the money.

That's not my money.

I told you before, didn't I?

No matter how shitty your life is,

you've got to be the real one.

Seung-gyu will come looking for you.

That bastard's not the type to give up on his money.

Don't go wandering around.

Stay hidden.

If he catches you,

you won't die easy.

Where are you buying smokes?

Over there.

Why do you wear fake glasses? You dumbass.

The light changed.

Get lost.

Just…

Just a moment.

THE RAT

THE RAT VOLUME TWO

Volumes one and two are usually released together.

Since volume two wasn't finished in time, we released volume one first.

Readers are going crazy right now.

Volume two needs to come out soon. They are waiting for it.

We

might become really famous.

Hurry home and finish editing it.

Apartment 705, Luchena Tower, Gangnam.

The passcode is 0912. You know that, right?

I LOATHE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU… THE RAT

This story is entirely true.

I killed someone.

This is a record of my crime and a letter of confession.

This is proof that I'm the Rat.

Wait, this…

No.

This…

This should never get out.

This…

This is proof I'm the Rat, not a human.

This isn't the end.

You won't be able to handle it.

DEFENDANT

Mr. Park.

Is there anything you'd like to add?

PLAINTIFF

I recently found my uncle.

He's not related to me by blood,

and I barely remembered him.

But when I was little,

he was like a father to me.

He's already at the tail end of his life.

Seeing him again

made me think about

what family means.

I remember…

reading the phrase "the beginning of the end"

somewhere a long time ago.

The thing is,

I'm not very smart, so I don't know exactly what it means.

But I thought…

it didn't mean that the end was beginning…

but that things begin at the end.

That was just how I interpreted it back then.

I know it's because I failed as a husband and father

that my family has come to the end of the road

like this.

But if…

at the end of this road…

I'm given one last chance…

If you can…

If I could…

somehow get that chance,

I…

I'd like to start over.

MEDIATION JUDGE

If I were given…

one last chance.

Hey!

You're here?

It's so hot today, so…

Don't just stand there.

If you're here, help out.

I need to tend to that dying one and pick and dry the chili peppers.

Perfect timing.

Go change and come back.

The Rat thought

that it could never escape from here.

The perfect rathole.

There would be no place safer than here.

But…

But

after weeks of agonizing recollection,

the Rat finally realized that it was that loathsome Rat.

Everything was a dream.

A dream made by endless self-loathing.

There wasn't a shred of truth in it.

It had gone insane.

Even dreams and reality…

HAN JI-HYE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WE CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE!

No!

Fuck.

No. Fuck.

Just wait!

Who is it? What kind of fucking…

Fuck off!

I said fuck off! You fucking bastards.

Try and come in.

Try and come in! You fucking bastards!

How have you been, you fucking bastard?

Didn't think I'd find you, did you?

Open the door, you fucking bastard.

I said open the door, you fucking bastard!

Hey, rat bastard.

I know you're hiding in there.

Hey, we've got to settle this money issue,

or this is never going to end.

Hey, rat bastard. Open the door now.

I said open the door, you fucking bastard!

MOUSETRAP

Subtitle translation by: Sung In Jang