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Ready, aim!

It's Gaksital!

Get him!

Gaksital!

With armed cavalry,

and the best snipers stationed on every building, and you lost him?

How could you lose him in those circumstances?

Are you really...

working with Gaksital?

I'm not, Commissioner! Please believe me.

If you give me one more chance,

I will, without fail,

capture Gaksital with my own hands.

Lieutenant Lee Kang To.

You can't possibly have forgotten your promise, have you?

If an officer as capable as you can't capture Gaksital,

I'm pretty certain you said you would admit to being in his camp.

Commissioner, it was my carelessness.

I thought that if we had some snipers, we could capture Gaksital.

Just one more.

One more final chance.

Just give me the opportunity.

Fine.

For one final time,

I'll put my faith in you.

Why won't you believe my words?!

Lee Kang To is a Joseon man! He's in Gaksital's camp!

Why won't you believe your fellow countryman,

with the same loyalty to His Majesty, the Emperor?!

I'm Mok Dan.

And you?

I can't exactly ask the two of you,

to find out how these two people are connected, can I?

The fact that Gaksital,

left a symbol on Choi Myung Sub's body,

and on Lee Gong's funeral banner,

that is identical to the one on the uniforms of these two people,

really troubles me. [Konno Goji - Government-General Police Commissioner]

Chief Kimura.

Can you explain right here and now?

They say, "When a man dies, it is over."

As a mere jobless man who has risen this far,

I would have no regrets.

But you, Commissioner, a Tokyo University Law School Graduate from Choshu Domain,

are an elite government official.

Would you be at peace?

Showing such concern for me...

How grateful I am.

Then...

I shall now be going.

He dares to threaten me?!

Choi Myung Sub, Lee Gong, and Kimura Taro,

all of them have definitely somehow inflamed Gaksital's hostility.

Catch him without fail!

Catch Gaksital.

And uncover that bastard's corruption!

I will, absolutely!

[Gaksital / Bride Mask]

[Jongro Police]

Kill him, no matter what.

The fact that I tried to kill Lee Kang To,

even Commissioner Konno knows.

What if I'm charged with murder...

Why are you worried?

Your alibi is solid.

Excuse me?

After you were captured for the attempted murder of Lee Kang To,

you've never taken a step out of this jail.

How shall I kill him?

If that bastard caches Gaksital,

I've ordered him to kill both of them without a trace.

Don't worry.

If we can kill both Lee Kang To and Gaksital in one blow,

what can Konno do?

Sasaki will not make any more mista...

Sasaki?

That imbecile is going to catch the two of them?

Still, his shooting skills are...

Konno has caught on. Konno!

Fellow university cohort of Great Japan's Prime Minister, Konno!

Standing with the Prime Minister who betrayed us,

as soon as we penetrated Joseon, Konno!

Th-then, what should we do?

Connect me to headquarters in Tokyo.

[Kishokai headquarters in Tokyo]

It has been 13 years since it happened.

I merely trusted the word of the Josenjing*... (*Derogatory word for Joseon person)

I mean Kwon Su Jung, that he completed...

So, even though you were responsible for Kwon Su Jung,

you reported that Lee Sun's family were all killed without confirming it?

I've committed a deadly sin.

Chairman, please spare me this once!

You have until I put down this cup to die honorably.

I have an aged mother and children.

Your family will be taken care of by the Kishokai.

Thank you very much, Chairman.

Kishokai! Kishokai! Kishokai!

Chairman, it is Kimura Taro from Gyeongseong*. (*Seoul during Japanese rule)

[Ueno Hideki, Kishokai chairman]

What about Gaksital?

I'm sorry, Sir!

I believe it is beyond me to take care of this issue on my own.

Find any remaining family members of Lee Sun at once.

I'm certain Gaksital is connected to Lee Sun somehow.

Even if we were to capture Gaksital,

Konno has already discovered my relationship with Choi Myung Sub...

I'm sorry.

Your assistance is critically required.

It's always the educated ones who are trouble.

If we are to catch two rabbits at once,

I suppose I'll have to send over a starving hyena.

Yes, Sir! Thank you.

For the sake of achieving our grand task,

we absolutely need the Gyeongseong Kishokai members.

There must not be a single one killed at the hands of Gaksital from now on.

If that happens,

Taro, I will take your life first.

Yes, Sir! I shall heed your words.

The time has come for you to go.

To Joseon, where you've wanted to go so badly.

I shall go to Joseon, Father.

There, I shall trample the Joseon that violated me.

Trample it to my heart's content.

[Gyeongseong Inn]

Search everything! [Gyeongseong Inn]

[Gyeongseong Inn]

President Song!

Yes?!

Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Here I am.

Where is that old wench?

The woman who stayed in this room.

The woman who was dancing with that horse shit of a man.

That woman, this woman...

Since the last time you came, all the guests have cleared out.

It looks like only Japanese-operated inns will be filled now.

Such whining.

Bring me your guest records.

Excuse me? G-guest records?

Officer Lee!

You know that not using this is a violation of sanitation laws, right?

Yes.

Business suspension. Three months!

What? Aigoo, Officer!

Please overlook it just this once!

It's bad enough that business is so slow... If you suspend me, I'll starve and die!

Starve and die?

Would that be right? When we're fellow countrymen.

Think carefully.

Who knows what you might remember?

Where she came from, where she went,

what she does for a living...

If you think of anything,

dial my number. Eh?

[Far East Circus]

Hello?

I was waiting for you to call.

What happened?

Business suspension, three months.

It's my penalty for keeping my mouth shut.

It seems that he doesn't yet know that Mok Dan is part of your circus troupe.

Anyhow, I can't help more than this.

I believe this is the best I can do in my capacity.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I can breathe a sigh of relief for now, thanks to you.

Troupe Leader!

Troupe Leader.

We're still performing tonight, aren't we?

Of course!

See? I was right.

Ah, I'm going to go nuts.

Who knows when that son of a bitch, Lee Kang To,

will come charging in? How can we perform?

We need to pack it all up and leave Gyeongseong!

If we leave like this, then what about our Mok Dan?

Is she your daughter?!

Seriously. It's not like you gave birth to her.

What a sympathetic sap you are.

Tut tut tut, listen to how rude she is!

Unni, aren't you even worried about Mok Dan unni?

Why should I be?

They say Gaksital appeared and rode away with her.

It figures, what luck.

W- w-what?

You little wench.

Then, are you hoping Mok Dan died? Huh?

Wait a second.

Could it have been this wench who called the police? Huh?

W- w-what?

Did you see me, Ahjumma?

Did you see me snitch? Did you?!

Oh Dong Nyun, really.

How many years have we all been together like a family?

How could you say such a thing?

Aigoo, Troupe Leader.

What couldn't a wench do when her heart's in the wrong place?

When a single statement could buy her a house?

Ahjumma!

Now then, that's enough.

Since we have time before the performance,

let's look for Mok Dan a little.

Are you nuts?

Who knows when that son of a bitch, Lee Kang To, is going to...

Where do you think we might find her?

Where do you find a lost person?

I'm sure she's somewhere near either Namsan or Bukhansan (mountains).

What are you talking about?

She said that the first time Gaksital rescued her, he took her into the mountains.

Into the mountains?

Yeah.

Boon Yi, be strong.

You are the daughter of Damsari, leader of the Independence Army.

I teach children at Namsan Elementary.

You became a teacher? Teaching Joseon children?

Wow, Shunji, you're incredible.

What's so incredible?

I'm just playing the organ and playing with kids.

Are you even aware...

that you've just put a sword to Father's neck and mine?

Esther!

Shunji.

Wh-what...

It really is you.

What happened?

How did you get hurt so badly?

Please...

Please hide me.

Esther!

Esther!

It was you, wasn't it?

You gave that photo to Konno.

Then,

should I have given it to you, Captain?

I'm your immediate superior.

You race over to Konno without even reporting to me?

Why don't you go home?

Instead of picking a fight with me.

You...

You think things are pretty easy, don't you?

You think things are going to go as you want, huh?

You've just disturbed the whiskers of a sleeping lion.

A sleeping lion.

Maybe I should cook it up and feed it to our stray mutt.

So the dog thinks he can be human?

Impudent bastard.

Hyungnim, are you all right?

Where am I?

Esther, are you all right?

This is my room.

Oh, water.

Water.

What on earth happened?

Lee Kang To,

was trying to use me to catch Gaksital.

Kang To?

You know Lee Kang To?

He's my friend.

He's your friend?

Where do you think you're going in that state?

If Kang To is after you, then this is the safest place.

You know the saying, it's darkest at the base of the beacon.

Do you,

live with that bastard?

Don't worry. He's so distracted with trying to catch Gaksital,

that he won't be back until he's captured him.

How could you be friends with a bastard like him?

How can you be friends with a demon that captures people?

Ah, I see.

You're not a Joseon person...

I forgot.

I forgot that you're Japanese.

Shunji, your Hyungnim is here!

You're here?

What?

How did your father get a son like you?

Geez, man.

Thanks, for taking my side.

What do you mean thanks? I'm the one who's sorry.

Don't forget that the Kimura Shunji you know came from my father,

so don't hate my father or brother too much.

I promise.

When I find out the truth,

I'll tell you first, even before Commissioner Konno.

The truth? What do you mean?

I'll tell you later.

I lost her again.

Thanks to her, I almost got in deep trouble with the Commissioner.

What do you mean you lost her?

Who?

You know that unbelievable wench who threw a rock at Lee Gong's funeral.

I was going to use her as bait to catch him.

Bait?

Why that woman?

Gaksital has saved her three different times.

There's definitely a connection, a deep one at that.

Maybe he didn't save her because they have any sort of relationship,

but because she was a Joseon person in trouble.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Her father is Damsari.

If I just capture her,

I can catch Damsari and Gaksital, both.

Why are you standing there like that?

Huh?

What do you mean?

You're stuck like glue to that closet.

What, are you hiding a woman in there or something?

What are you talking about?

Whoa. Move.

Move.

No, it's nothing.

I'm telling you it's nothing!

Oh, pal.

I'm going.

Oh, it's hot.

No, no...

Thanks.

You're hungry, right? Wait just a moment.

No. I'm going.

Going? Now?

Your face is plastered on every wall in Gyeongseong.

If you go out there now, you're sure to be caught.

It's a rainy night.

How many people would be out and about?

Don't worry.

Is it because I'm Kang To's friend?

Do you know who that bastard is?

Because of him, my father was captured.

Because of him, my father was sentenced to death.

And then the bastard stood next to him, smiling for a photograph!

I understand.

I understand, but let me help you just this once.

I can't just let you go like this and get killed.

Frankly, it's not even as if she's his child.

So why is the troupe leader being so excessive?

Geez, my ears are killing me.

They say if you're going to give, give even all the clothes off your body.

If you're going to look for her, shut up and look for her.

Mutter mutter mutter...

Mutter? What?!

What kind of guy has a muzzle with such loose flapping lips?

- You rotten little woman... - Ahjussi!

I'm not going. Find her or don't.

Do whatever you want! Got it?!

Go, go, go. Go!

Such a fickle...

Sun Hwa!

Unni!

Dan!

Dan. Do you know how worried I was?

Stop doing crazy things like throwing rocks.

And let's try to live a long life? All right?

Thank goodness. You're all safe, right?

I was so worried that you might all have been apprehended because of me.

Right. Thank goodness we're all safe, thank goodness.

But,

who is this young man?

Ah, he's Jang Soo's teacher.

Ah, hello.

Teacher?

Were you the one who saved our Mok Dan?

No, I just...

Can't you tell just by looking? Why ask the obvious?

- Ahjussi. - What are you doing?

Unni, we'll head down first.

Should we?

Wow.

Now that the rain has stopped, it's really crisp out, don't you think?

Look at the moon over there.

Doesn't it look like some sort of eyebrow?

- Does it? - Doesn't it?

Now that the rain has stopped, it's freezing.

You're going to stay in Gyeongseong, right?

You're not going to leave for some other place, are you?

I'm going to wait here.

For my father too.

For the time-being, don't move.

Kang To's a persistent bastard.

Don't worry.

All right. I'll get going.

Aigoo, hey, it has to be hard carrying that, aigoo...

...bright bright bright, the grains of sand sparkle,

Sunbeams, bright, and Mom is bright.

And sand, and police, bright bright bright!

This is our last chance to capture Gaksital!

This is the last chance to cleanly wipe away yesterday's disgrace!

He is a Taekkyeon* master. (*traditional Korean martial art)

Seeing how he can knock down an opponent with one blow,

I'm certain that the knuckles on his hands are calloused.

Beginning now,

we will round up everyone with calloused knuckles, without exception!

Understood?!

Yes, Sir!

Move out!

One.

One, two. Beep.

Get moving!

One in your midst is definitely Gaksital.

Turn yourself in before the count of three.

One!

Two!

Three!

- Find him! - Yes, Sir!

Take him out.

Joon Yi's father! Aigoo, Joon Yi's father!

- Take him out. It's not him. - Aigoo, Joon Yi's father, what's to be done!

Joon Yi's father, aigoo, Joon Yi's father...

- Load them all! - Yes, Sir!

- Come here! - Let go! Let go!

You punk!

Why are you hitting him?!

Kang To! No! Kang To!

Let go! Let go of me! Let go!

- That man, he's not a bad guy. - Let go.

Let go, you retarded moron!

No, no, don't hit him.

Let's wait and see, Lee Kang To, you damn Jap pawn!!

That son of a bitch...

No, you can't!

Let go! Let go!

No, you can't.

Let go, let go, let go!

Let go!

Die! Die!

Why don't you just die instead?!

I don't need a brother like you!

Die! Die!

I don't need a bastard that only adds baggage to my life!

Die! Die! Die!

Kang To...

Hyung...

is sorry.

Kang San!

Kang San!

How could you? How could you? He's your brother!

That retarded moron is driving me crazy!

Do you still like Hyung that much?

You work to your bones to support him.

And then he joins the independence movement,

and is made into a fool! Don't you even resent him?

It's a hard world for people to bear in their right mind.

Maybe he's better off.

If the alternative is to become crazed like you,

it's a hundred times better that he lost his mind!

Please, please, please!

No matter how hard you try to ignore it,

you are Joseon at your core.

Do you think the blood that flows inside you will change?

I...

am Sato Hiroshi!

Not goddam Lee Kang To!

Let's end this.

Let's cut our ties.

I won't have a Japanese son in this Lee family, so let's end this!

Kang San.

Kang San! Kang San, are you okay?

It's your mother, your mother.

Mother... Mother...

Did you load them all?!

Yes, Sir! They're all on board, not a single one missing!

Move out!

That rotten son of a bitch!

Let's go.

Mother.

Mother, let's go home.

Mother, let's go home now.

- Let's go. - Mother.

Mother, let's go home.

Big news! Big!

Big news, big news!

What is it now?

What? Did some young boy and girl get arrested for practicing kissing?

Lee Kang To.

That rotten bastard who should have his head shoved in horse piss...

Director Bong!

His neck should be snapped!

And his head shoved up his ass!

He took men from the Jongro market,

and threw them into jail, even kids and old men!

You must really hate Kang To.

It's not so much that I hate him...

He sits there and gnashes his teeth,

because of Mary?

You!

I should go and clean.

I guess he's going all out to catch Gaksital.

I heard he turned the market upside down yesterday too.

Kang To has really met his match this time.

Even my father is hiding out at home because of Gaksital, trembling like a coward.

Headaches, toothaches, indigestion, and even insomnia...

He probably can't perform at night either.

I think your stepmother needs to be carefully controlled.

It's rumored that it's pretty standard,

for her to be with two men in a single evening.

But,

my father's the only one who doesn't know it.

Really?

Even though all of Gyeongseong knows?

He's too distracted, worrying about the country.

[Count Lee Si Yong's Mansion]

Honey!

Countess!

Yes, Count!

Are you going out?

How can you know what's going on in the world if you're stuck at home?

And the Governor-General's mistress keeps pestering me to see her.

Soooo frustrating!

In our state of emergency, you're going out to chat?

Don't go!

I'm just going to see her for a moment and drop by the hospital.

Hospital?

Why the hospital?

You've been so worried about the country,

that you've had headaches, toothaches, indigestion, and even insomnia.

It's upsetting me terribly!

I have to get you some medicine. How can I just sit and watch?

Honey, honey.

Don't bring home any sleeping pills, whatever you do.

What if they're used to kill me without a soul knowing?

All right.

I'll be back, fast as a bullet.

Come back quickly!

I can't even relax and have fun.

What am I doing here all alone?

So frustrating!

Life is suffering. Suffering. Aigoo.

Three.

Hey punk! Get down!

Unit 1, back gate.

Unit 2, west gate. Unit 3, east gate.

Prepare your rifles.

Yes, Sir!

Abe.

Get the snipers ready.

Yes, Sir!

If Gaksital appears as expected,

he'll be completely trapped.

Now then.

Shall we get started?

You know, don't you?

Give it up.

Who is Gaksital?

Yeah, I know. Of course I know.

Who is he?

If you go out to the market,

there are folks that get trampled by the Jap-serving mutts,

the Lees, the Kims, the Parks.

They're all Gaksital.

You son of a bitch!

Kang To!

Kang To!

Kang To!

Kang To!

You son of a bitch!

Where is he? Where is he?

Where is that son of a bitch, Gaksital?!

Where is he? Where is he?

Where is he? Where is he?

Where is that son of a bitch, Gaksital?!

What the hell are you doing in here, you punk?!

Tenno! (Japanese Emperor)

His Majesty!

Hail!

Hail!

Goiso!

- Yes, Captain! - Hail!

Get rid of that punk.

- Retarded moron. How'd he get in here? - Tenno! His Majesty!

Hail!

Come here!

- Mom said to find Kang To. - I said come on!

Mom told me to get him! Mom said to get him!

That hurts. Come on, punk!

Kang To!

Kang To!

Uh, Kang To.

It's Hyung. Hyung.

Kang...

Come on, punk!

Kang To!

- Kang To! - Come on, punk!

Don't! Kang To!

Come again, yeah, come again, and I'll just...!

Okay, I'll come again.

I'll come again.

Spare me!

Please don't hit me!

Please!

[Government-General Annex Hospital] Doctor! Doctor!

Oh Doctor. Doctor.

Doctor, please save our Joon Yi's father.

He was so beat up by the police,

[Woo Byung Joon, Government-General Annex Hospital] He was so beat up by the police,

[Woo Byung Joon, Government-General Annex Hospital] he hasn't regained consciousness.

he hasn't regained consciousness.

You can't do this. This is the Government-General Annex Hospital.

That's right.

I came because this is a Government-General hospital.

We came because they told us to go to a big hospital.

Doctor Jo.

Kindly explain to them that the Government-General Annex Hospital,

was established to treat the Japanese people.

What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this?

Are you saying that you can't treat Joseon people, even if they're dying?

- Please save him. - Aigoo, Doctor. Aigoo, Doctor!

Don't you have to put people's lives first?

Doctor.

Countess.

What brings you here?

Since Gaksital appeared,

the Count has suffered from headaches, toothaches, indigestion...

He can't eat and he can't sleep.

Oh dear.

That's a big problem.

Let's go inside.

Aigoo, then what are we to do about our Joon Yi's father?!

There's no way on earth you can do this!

Don't you have to save lives?!

Go! Go on back.

Joon Yi's father!

Please open your eyes!

Sub! Sub, man. Sub, wake up, man!

Are you all right, Countess?

I'm...

more concerned about you than the Count.

My heart pounds as well.

And, no matter what I eat, I can't seem to digest it.

Oh dear, my word.

You must have been so shocked,

after what happened to Judge Choi.

When I think of what happened to Judge Choi,

a man who followed the letter of the law...

At times like this,

one must be strong.

The Count is already so sensitive as it is.

How difficult this must be for him.

So...

Please prescribe,

some medicine so he can sleep deeply.

That's not difficult.

But...

What if you get bored?

Then,

would you play go-stop with me?

If it's with you, I think I'd hardly notice the time passing.

Could there be any doubt?

I...

have plenty of time this evening...

G- g-g-gaksital.

So, the Government-General Annex Hospital only treats the Japanese?

It's not enough that you betray your fellow countrymen?

Now you abuse medicine as power?

And you still call yourself a doctor?

Are you...

deceased Lee Sun's...

There will be karmic retribution (to those who do evil and their descendants).

Though it may be delayed, there shall always be retribution for one's crimes.

This is Lee Kang To of the Jongro Police.

This is Woo Byung Joon.

Release the men from the Jongro market immediately.

Excuse me? What did you just say?

In my office right now,

Lee Si Yong's wife, the Countess is being held hostage!

Hostage?

If you don't let them go immediately,

G- g-gaksital...

is going to kill both me and the Countess!

Hurry!

Director. Director!

Damn it!

Abe!

Yes!

Bring them all!

Move out.

Get out, get out! Quickly!

Stay still! You wanna die?!

Stand up straight!

Stand up straight.

Gaksital!

This is Lee Kang To!

Are you listening?!

We brought the Joseon men as you demanded!

Release Director Woo and the Countess as promised.

Then, we'll release these Joseon men and send them home safely.

Gaksital!

What's going on?

Oh dear! Oh dear!

Countess, are you all right?

Th-th-those...

He said to let them go first!

What about that bastard? Where is he?

Director Woo!

Director Woo, are you all right?

He's going to die! Hurry, release them!

He's about to kill him, I tell you!

We need to save Director Woo first.

Release them at once!

Abe!

Release them all.

Gaksital! Now let Director Woo...

- Director Woo! - Director!

- Get him down! - Director Woo!

Are you all right?

Director. Director. Director!

Halt!

Bingo.

It's a pleasure, Gaksital.

You slippery son of a bitch.

You thought you'd slip out again this time?

You took hostages,

to save the lives of Joseon people?

You think you're some sort of hero?!

People like you who go running around like that in the name of patriotism,

should be killed off.

Kang To. Kang To, it's me.

It's your brother. Your brother.

Ah.

There's quite a lot I'm waiting to hear from you, isn't there?

Why you killed Choi Myung Sub.

And how he's related to Kimura Taro.

Let's behave nicely and go.

Huh?

Did you...

just save me?

Why would you?

Why would you save...

Who are you?

Who are you?

Take it off.

Take off the mask, you punk!

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Gaksital's target

is without a doubt, the five of us.

Kishokai will protect your lives!

Are you really going to kill Lee Kang To?

We can do it!

I'll help. I'll do it too!

I knew this wench would show up here again.

I just came to get that knife.

You... you're Boon Yi?

Do you remember?

When I was young and being chased?

I don't want to live like this either.

I just don't know a better way.

Hyung!

Say something, Hyung!

We have to hurry before Kang To figures things out.

It's only a matter of time before they figure out who I am.

It was you, Hyung?

It was you?