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Detective Lee Kang To is in danger!

It's urgent!

I'm telling you Detective Lee is in danger.

It's true!

They're really planning to kill Detective Lee.

Yeah. Please.

Damn!

Damn!

Damn!

Damn!

Damn.

Hurry. Hurry!

Just stay alive.

If you stay alive, I'll find you.

How could I have shot you?

Boon Yi. You can't die.

Don't die.

Don't die, Boon Yi.

Step on it! Faster, faster!

This is a shooting victim. She's been shot in the chest!

Look here, Doctor!

Do you not hear me?

This is the Government-General Annex Hospital.

In our hospital, we can't treat...

I'm Lieutenant Lee Kang To from the Jongro Police.

I will take responsibility.

So treat her immediately.

Of course, there are exceptions.

If the Director gives his permission, it's possible.

Where is Director Woo?

Where is Director Woo?!

[Gaksital]

[Count Lee Si Yong's Mansion]

Aigoo, aigoo.

Aigoo.

You don't have to worry too much.

So frustrating! What do you mean I shouldn't worry?!

I suffer from headaches, toothaches, indigestion, even insomnia, and now...

He defecated blood, there's blood in his stool.

Honey, honey.

How strong his sense of patriotism must be.

This stress has him passing blood.

Aigoo.

So single-minded in your worry over the country...

I think your indigestion gave you hard stools,

which ruptured your anus as they were passed.

What a relief it's nothing fatal!

Let's hope for a speedy recovery,

so that you can attend the Unification Commemoration ceremony.

Ceremony?!

So frustrating!

Judge Choi was murdered,

and the Governor-General's doctor and the Countess were held hostage!

And how many days has it been,

since mighty Lee Si Yong has been able to leave the house?

When the supporters of the Japanese Empire are tormented like this,

how can the Governor-General be so carefree?

You know that they've said they're sending support from Tokyo.

Instead of just talking,

they should be bringing us Gaksital's head!

Director, Detective Lee Kang To from Jongro...

They are refusing to treat a gunshot victim,

because she's a Joseon person.

What the hell kind of behavior is this?!

We have to save that girl in order to catch Gaksital.

The girl that bastard has saved over and over again has been shot.

What are you doing, Director Woo?

He says we could catch Gaksital, Gaksital!

It's urgent.

Every moment is critical.

[Surgery in progress]

Search all the circus troupes in Gyeongseong.

Search every last corner.

Find the group that caused the ruckus this morning over at the West Gate.

Why circus troupes all of a sudden?

They tried to kill me.

Seeing how they came after me with guns, they're no typical group.

You, Lieutenant?!

You weren't hurt?

As soon as you've looked into it, come to the Government-General Annex Hospital.

How did it go?

I performed the operation.

I, the Governor-General's doctor, performed it myself.

Did it go well?

Is there any danger to her life?

I'm sorry.

Since she's the only way to catch Gaksital, I just...

Since I saved that wench,

you'd better catch that bastard without fail.

When I think about what I went through as a hostage...

That wasn't making a mockery of me, but a mockery of the empire!

I'm sorry.

I will definitely capture that bastard and clear you of dishonor!

Even if he says that she's the bait to catch Gaksital,

he seems overly concerned about that wench's life.

Thinking about it made me feel uneasy, so I called you.

The wench tried to kill him...

And he's worried about her as if she were family.

Is that what you're saying?

Do you still believe Gaksital is working with Lee Kang To?

The Commissioner says it's not true, but,

your words keep bothering me.

Of course they're working together.

If they weren't, then why would Gaksital...

In any case, keep a close eye on Lee Kang To and that wench.

And let me know immediately if you notice anything suspicious.

Thank you for your call.

Well then.

So, did she give up any information?

She keeps saying the same thing.

That she came because of Lee Kang To.

I went there on your word alone and almost got killed.

How did Gaksital know to go there?

How did he know to get in my way?!

I- I don't know.

Mok Dan was planning to kill Detective Lee, so I just...

I just thought I could make some money if I let you know.

So, it was for that reason only?

How would you feel...

about acting as my spy?

Shall I provide you with the good life?

I'm the son of the Jongro Chief of Police.

I'm higher up than Lee Kang To.

I've never done that sort of thing.

Report every single thing the circus troupe does.

Particularly...

- ...that wench. - Mok Dan?

Yeah.

Everything that involves her.

Okay.

I'll report everything. Everything.

You're going to shut down the circus?

I can't ensure your safety any longer.

Since we tried to kill Lee Kang To during the lion show,

it's just a matter of time before he finds us.

What about our Mok Dan?

Aigoo.

Did you not see her get shot and hit the ground?

So, whether our Mok Dan lives or dies, let's just save ourselves?

I'll be responsible for Mok Dan, so don't worry.

Troupe Leader!

Let's wait a while.

And when it seems safe, let's put an advertisement in the paper.

We can get back together then. But for now...

We can't do this!

Troupe Leader, there are many circuses in Gyeongseong.

How would they know it's us?

Rather, if we shut down,

that low-down Lee Kang To will probably be more suspicious.

Don't you think?

That's true. Gye Soon unni is right, Troupe Leader.

Mmm, that's right.

That would basically be revealing we were the culprits.

Huh?

Boon Yi.

Boon Yi!

No matter what happens, you have to stay alive.

You can't die, no matter what, okay?

Boon Yi. Please...

Please wake up.

I need to know how you've been living.

How you got connected with Gaksital...

There's so much I need you to tell me.

That wench I need to kill...

The girl I need as bait to capture Gaksital...

What if she were your first love?

What if it were that girl you could never forget?

What would you do?

If it were me, I'd still kill her.

If it meant that I could capture Gaksital.

A mere girl...

I could offer her up as a live sacrifice.

If it meant I could lure in that bastard, I could give up a mere girl,

hack and pulverize her, and toss her remains all over the mountains!

Teacher! Teacher!

Teacher.

H- help us, Teacher.

Mok Dan unni was shot by Lee Kang To...

Teacher!

Teacher!

Teacher!

Have you recovered your senses?

Can you hear me? Do you recognize me?

It's me, it's me. Lee...

Thank goodness.

It's really a relief.

Where am I?

The Government-General Annex Hospital.

The Governor-General's doctor, himself...

What happened to the others?

The others in the troupe, the others!

So, it was a circus troupe.

Which troupe?

Tell me.

Gaksital is a masked performer too, isn't he?

No.

You've guessed wrong.

Tell me.

If you tell me everything you will live.

The masked performers who together with you tried to kill me...

I'll let them all live.

I don't know, and even if I did, do you think I'd tell you?

Look. Look carefully.

You don't know who I am?

I know.

Of course I know.

A lap dog to the Japanese, a traitor,

who snatches up independence fighters, a cannibal!!

I kept thinking, "He wouldn't, he wouldn't."

Even though you burst out saying that if it meant you could catch Gaksital,

you'd offer her up as a live sacrifice and spread her remains all over.

Still, I thought, "He wouldn't, he wouldn't, would he?"

"No, he wouldn't."

I believed in you.

What are you talking about?

Don't act like you don't know!

You shot her even though you knew!

You shot her even though you knew she was Esther!

I know. I really do know...

How much you want to capture Gaksital.

But, it's Esther.

How could you shoot her, when you clearly knew how I felt?

Were you really trying to kill her?

Then...

that girl in the closet...

Yeah.

It bothered me to deceive you.

But I had no choice.

Because I had to save Esther.

Now, and always, I am your friend.

But I can't just stand by and watch you kill Esther.

Please.

A man named Lee Kang To is in charge of the case.

Lee Kang To, is in charge of the Gaksital case?

Apparently he has Commissioner Konno Goji's favor.

I'm supposed to get rid of Konno,

and you're saying that Konno's man is Lee Kang To?

Lee Kang To's family, his women, his friends, what's in his mind,

even what's in his organs... find out everything.

I understand.

[Five years ago, Myeongweol-gwan]

How dare you, at an event like this?!

As today is the anniversary of my father's death,

I told you that I could not see any guests.

You wench...

On this day, on a mission collecting war funds,

my father encountered a gang of thieves,

and he was cruelly murdered.

Since you insist I see guests even though I've told you why I cannot,

this is the only way I can fulfill my filial duty.

A lowly gisaeng speaks of duty?!

Aigoo! Aigoo, aigoo, please, please understand!

The girl is originally of noble birth and doesn't know her place.

After her father was cruelly killed and her family scattered,

she came to us of her own accord, a young nine year old, and became a gisaeng.

She has had an ill-fated life and she's an unfortunate girl.

So please forgive her!

Here, let me pour you a glass.

I'd rather...

have my neck slashed.

You wench!

Lee Kang To.

Lee Kang To, you say.

Is this what they call destiny?

Then...

that girl...

Boon Yi is Esther?

Boon Yi?

Boon Yi is Esther?

How?

How can Boon Yi be Esther?

Lieutenant!

I searched all the circus troupes I could find.

But there are more than 30 in Gyeongseong alone.

Lieutenant.

Aminami Circus Troupe, Carbiesse Circus Troupe...

Where is she?

Where did that girl go?

Teacher Shunji took her out for some air.

What?

Where'd they go? Where?!

That girl violated the Maintenance of Public Order Act.

You let a traitor like that out so recklessly?!

I'm sorry, sir!

I asked him. I'm the one who asked him.

Maintenance of Public Order Act, Article I, Section 1:

Anyone planning revolt against the state shall be sentenced,

to death, life imprisonment or at least seven years of penal servitude.

I'm sorry.

I know the reason you shot her...

Don't ever come here again.

Visitors are prohibited.

Hey, Kang To.

Takeda!

Yes, sir!

What are you doing? Get that girl back in her room!

Yes, sir!

Never mind!

Shunji, will you help me?

Son?

This suit is for you to wear to the ceremony.

Why don't you try it on?

It's mine?

Not Father's?

The Count has a closet full of clothes.

The problem is the person who hates Government-General events.

I see you know me very well.

For someone who knows me, you are quite persistent, ceaseless.

Countess, you are really something.

Son, you are quite something, yourself.

A mother on a registry record is still a mother.

And yet persistently, ceaselessly, it's "Countess, Countess."

Why? Does it bother you?

I thought you liked that title.

How about you stop giving me a hard time and try it on now?

Son?

This is the singer whom Kimura Taro recommended.

I have you to thank for the honor of singing for the Governor-General.

Thank you, Countess.

Assistant Oh.

Yes, Countess.

Even if it's a changing world,

don't you know that a dancing and singing performer,

is one of the eight lowest classes of Joseon?

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Even if she's Japanese, she is not permitted private audience with royalty. Must I...

Must the Countess explain it to you herself?!

I'm sorry. It was careless of me.

As I have been taught that it's a beast who fails to show gratitude,

I only wanted to come by to say thank you.

Please don't be angry, Countess.

I pray you like it.

Looks like you pulled another one today. Eh?

A sapphire brooch.

I bet I could sell this for enough to buy a camera.

Connect me to Chief Kimura!!

What did I tell you?

Didn't I tell you that you would like her?

She's a quick learner.

And she's got quite a polished style.

I don't think she'll have any problem comforting the Governor-General,

all alone in a foreign land without the First Lady.

She may earn her living as a songstress,

but she was a serious student of vocal music at Tokyo University.

She's a lady who is not unworthy of an introduction to the Governor-General.

I will tell him that she's a congratulatory gift from you, Chief.

I think it's a gift that will utterly please him.

Excellent. I will see you at the ceremony, then.

Lee Kang To, Gaksital...

Allies.

Gaksital, Mok Dan...

Allies.

Lee Kang To, Mok Dan...

Lee Kang To, Gaksital...

Allies.

If they're working together...

His brother?

No, no, no way.

How could that moron...

Detective Kimura.

What?

Shunji did that?

I saw it clearly with my own eyes.

Sun Hwa went to find Teacher Shunji at Namsan Elementary School.

After that, Teacher Shunji went straight to the hospital.

I'm certain that Teacher Shunji and Mok Dan must know each other.

[Far East Circus]

He's Mok Dan's friend. A friend.

Teacher Shunji is different from other Japanese people.

He's our Jang Soo's teacher.

Aigoo.

I heard you were friends with that son of a bitch, Lee Kang To.

It's because of your friendship with him that you could go see Mok Dan.

And you want us to trust you?

Mok Dan unni trusts Teacher Shunji!

It's all right, Sun Hwa.

How could they trust me?

But in any case,

why have you come here?

You could have simply let Sun Hwa know how Mok Dan is doing.

Because I have something to say to you.

I don't want Kang To, Mok Dan, or any of you to get hurt.

Now that Kang To knows that Mok Dan is my friend,

he won't behave as he has before.

But if Kang To were to be attacked again,

or if it looks like you're trying to help Mok Dan escape,

then someone will really get hurt.

Please, I beg you.

You don't have to go that far.

All right.

It's surprising that Lee Kang To has a friend like you.

Thank you.

Hyung.

What's your relationship with Mok Dan?

How did you know?

Answer me!

Don't misunderstand.

Do you remember when Nanny was sick in Pyeongyang?

She's someone I met at Our Lady Hospital there.

And by chance I ran into her a few days ago in Gyeongseong.

Lee Kang To, Gaksital...

Gaksital, Oh Mok Dan...

Oh Mok Dan, Lee Kang To...

That was where I got stuck.

But now I've figured it out.

What are you talking about?

The bastard who keeps saving that girl,

and also saves Lee Kang To.

The bastard who loves Joseon like it was part of his being.

The bastard who can take down Imperial Police Officers,

with his martial arts skill!

Father is mustering all his effort, even getting slapped by a young bitch...

And, I'm running around like mad trying to do something,

and getting treated like dirt!

What on earth are you talking about?!

You turn you back on your own country, enamored with Joseon?

And he still thinks this sort of punk is better than me?

To think I still struggle tooth and nail,

to compare with the likes of you...

Hyung!

Aren't you curious as to how Father will react to this?

You couldn't possibly think I'm Gaksital?

Prove to me you're not.

I said prove to me that you're not!

You punk!

Captain!

What is this, between brothers?

The Chief is looking for you.

My shins are taking quite a beating because of you.

Goiso.

Arm the officers and stand by.

Tonight, without fail,

we're going to catch Gaksital.

Excuse me?

Captain. Captain!

Hyung!

Are you all right, Hyung?

Look at you two. Pathetic.

Go over to Jo-Il Bank at once.

Why to Jo-Il Bank?

There will soon be an imperial decree from His Majesty, the Emperor.

There's certain to be a clamor with everyone asking for their money.

We'll need to maintain order.

Do you understand?!

Yes, I understand.

Move!

[Lee Kang To--Gaksital, Gaksital--Oh Mok Dan, Lee Kang To ? Oh Mok Dan]

[Lee Kang To--Gaksital, Gaksital--Oh Mok Dan, Lee Kang To ? Oh Mok Dan]

We should hurry and go.

If you get distracted, we're bound to get into deep trouble.

Goiso.

You go to Jo-Il Bank.

Excuse me?

Captain!

Captain!

Under the Constitution, Article 8, Paragraph 1,

the Department of Justice states financial liability...

- Postpone what... - Be quiet so I can hear this.

- What's he saying? - Shut up.

- ... announced a postponement of payment. - What's he saying?

I shall repeat. Under the Constitution...

Director, what does this all mean?

Postponement of payment? Moratorium.

It means you can't collect the money you've deposited at the bank.

What?

The other day, the newspaper advertisement said that because business was so good,

the interest on deposits would be really high! It said it in the newspaper!

You'd be better off trusting a cheating girlfriend than the newspaper.

Particularly, the official Government-General newspaper.

Oh dear! Then, are the newspaper stories all lies?

What do you mean all lies? You think a newspaper is a new style of fiction?

Whether you believe them or not, it doesn't matter.

Who cares?

This isn't right!

My money. M-my money. My money.

My money!

Where are you going? Welcome.

Manager!

[Jo-Il Bank President Jo Young Geun]

[Jo-Il Bank] You wretched heinous bastards!

Give me my money, my money!

This injustice will be the death of me!

Even dogs and pigs will bite and fight if you take away their food!

How can a country do this?!

Give me my money, my money!

[Joseon Government-General announcement of moratorium on bank withdrawals]

Those...

My money! My money!

Just because my bank goes under,

doesn't mean that I myself need be ruined, does it?

Do you even need to ask?

Your finances are a mini-indicator of the peninsula's economy, Bank President Jo.

You'll get a directorship at a national policy enterprise (exploiting Korean resources),

or a Joseon industrial development bank.

If you, as head of the Gyeongseong chapter of the Kishokai, support me,

then what could I have to worry about?

Ah.

From what Director Woo says,

I understand you're planning to erect a bronze statue of the Governor-General?

He's devoted to Konno.

This is meant to turn his favor in a different direction.

Ah.

Which is why I orchestrated a quick means to withdraw funds.

I see.

I will be certain to relay your sentiments to the Governor-General.

You must deliver it without any mistake.

Yes, sir, I understand.

[Jo-Il Bank]

It's Gaksital.

It's G-g-gaksital.

What are you doing?

Again?

Leave it.

Let go.

Don't lay a hand on me.

Don't you see the glass on the floor?

You'll get hurt. You'll hurt yourself.

Why would it matter to you whether I get hurt or not?

Why wouldn't it matter?

If you get hurt...

I won't be able to catch Gaksital.

Let go! Let me go!

You want to die?

If you do something stupid like this one more time...

Takeda!

Yes, Lieutenant!

Get Doctor Jo and get the intravenous drip hooked up again.

And get this cleaned up.

Yes, sir.

And another thing.

Blockade this window.

And stand a guard downstairs.

Yes, sir!

Lieutenant!

Gaksital ransacked a Jo-Il Bank car full of cash.

What?

Guard her closely.

Don't let anyone in other than medical staff.

Yes, sir.

What is that?

It's Gaksital.

Oh my goodness!

Is that you, Kang San?

Aigoo.

Aigoo.

I thought it was a thief.

How could you jump from there?

What if you were to break your leg?

Are you all right?

You're not hurt?

You've fooled us well,

Lee Kang San.

You weren't crazy, after all.

You just acted as if you were.

You are...

Gaksital, aren't you?

The older brother is Gaksital.

The younger brother is an Imperial Police officer.

It all falls into place now.

All into place.

What kind of ridiculous nonsense are you going on about?!

My son was fine,

fine before the likes of you made him into a permanent fool!

Now, you're going to insist he's Gaksital and kill him too?!

Fine.

Then, I'll make him talk.

Kang San. Kang San.

Don't be afraid. Don't be frightened!

You are the firstborn son of this Lee family.

This mother of yours is so proud of you.

Mother.

Vicious bastard.

You're going to let your mother die?

Mother.

Before I count to three, talk.

One.

Two.

Three!

Right then! Shoot me! Shoot!

Shoot, you bastard!

Captain!

They say Gaksital just robbed a Jo-Il car full of cash.

What?

Gaksital?

Yes.

The Chief wants you to get to the scene right away.

Damn it!

Mother.

Mother.

Yes,

my son.

My child.

Of course...

Mother.

K- k-kang To...

Your little brother.

Our Young*, (*Kang To's childhood name)

take care of him...

Mother.

Mother.

Mother!!

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[Gaksital]

He's the bastard that killed Mother.

He's the bastard who killed my mother!

He risked his life three times to save you.

It could be someone I know.

Right. It must be Young Master.

Gaksital must no longer be a hero to the Josenjing*. (*derogatory name for Koreans).

Have we really caught Gaksital?

Is Gaksital really dead?

I will tell you everything, from beginning to end.

Did you see who killed our mother?!

Tell me. Tell me!!

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