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Requesting assistance.

The suspect is with someone.

Please confirm the vehicle. The vehicle number is 28M4740.

Once again, 28M4740.

I was drawing Han Cheol-ho's video. Let's give it to the police first.

We can circulate it via e-mail.

Let's report where they're keeping Do-yoon as well.

They can catch Cheol-ho there.

Not now.

Why not?

With a happy ending like that,

your father will cease to exist.

My happy ending is a sad ending for the killer.

The problem is that whatever ending we might have,

either your father or I

won't be by your side.

We'll either die...

or disappear.

We need to make a decision

on what kind of ending it'll be.

What ending should it be?

What are you doing?

Why did you remove our rings?

What are you trying to do?

It's too cruel

for a father to have to kill his daughter to avoid ceasing to exist.

That can't happen.

I'll remove you from my family.

You're free now. You're safe no matter how this ends.

You need to make a choice now.

What kind of ending will it be?

I will follow your decision.

Who said you could remove me from your family?

Why would you say such nonsense?

An ending where one of us disappears is not an ending.

Why does it have to be that way?

We can all...

go back together.

You'll live here forever?

The three of us...

can live together.

How can we live together?

I'll have to go to prison, and so will your father.

Both your father and I will stay in prison for life.

If you behave well, they might reduce your term.

That doesn't mean we'll be happy here.

We will only see each other during prison visitation.

What's wrong with that?

It's better than not being able to see each other at all. What's wrong with that?

Such a normal ending is impossible.

It's possible.

My dad

and you.

I need both of you beside me. I can't imagine anything else.

You can die of sickness or old age.

Just live like that until you die

like everyone else.

We'll live a normal life like them.

You told me to decide.

That's my decision.

Draw a back door and a car.

Since you can't make a decision now, we should leave this place first.

Remember what you told me back then?

You said your husband never told you that he loved you.

I love you.

FREEDOM MOTEL

I have to get Do-yoon out first.

Stay here for a while.

Sir, what happened? The police are after you.

Why is Do-yoon here?

Wait here for a while.

Chul is here.

Okay.

Chul is here.

-What about the tablet? -He wants to see this guy first.

Okay.

Do-yoon!

Do-yoon.

-Take him straight to the hospital. -Yes, sir.

How about you, sir?

Where is the tablet?

I don't have it.

I'll give you this instead.

It has all kinds of videos including one of you torturing me.

See for yourself.

I won't have you arrested right away.

But if you bother my people again, I won't let it pass.

I have a lot of copies.

Also know that catching me alone won't really do anything.

And stop looking for the tablet.

Unless you really want to get a shot in your neck.

By the way,

I heard this ends only when you die.

What?

What are you doing, sir?

I heard something strange while waiting for you.

Two different worlds.

You guys wait outside.

Pardon?

Can't you hear me? Wait outside.

Yes, sir.

Do-yoon seems to have heard some nonsense from you.

He said you were the main character of a webtoon and I was the villain.

That the tablet belongs to the artist who drew it.

And that the webtoon was drawn by Oh Seong-moo.

I thought he had lost his mind,

but it somehow makes sense.

Everything that happened here a year ago

was indeed very strange!

Hey.

How do you think I feel now?

The election doesn't matter to me now.

Not when there is another world.

I was curious.

You could appear and disappear at will.

Why couldn't you escape when I was beating you to death?

And why would you rot away in prison?

Why?

Why? Why is that?

Why?

Just why?

I thought it was because you didn't have the tablet.

But it was because this is the final chapter.

I drugged Do-yoon, and he told me everything.

It was because this is the final chapter.

So,

either the main character or the villain has to die for it to end.

I can go into that world only after it ends.

Hey.

Hey.

I know one thing for sure.

There is another world.

I went there once thanks to you.

I need to check out that world more thoroughly.

And apparently, you need to die for me to do that.

Do-yoon wouldn't have lied to me to kill you.

All right.

Okay.

I don't need you anymore.

I can find out the truth myself once I go there.

Die! Die, you jerk.

Die!

Sir, what's going on in there?

Sir, what's going on?

-Here is the key. -Give it to me.

Have you idiots lost your mind?

Why did you let him go in alone?

He told us to take you to the hospital. I thought he only went in to talk.

Mr. Kang's out.

Hurry up.

Stop him.

DO-YOON

Hello?

Yeon-joo?

Is that you, Do-yoon? What happened? Did you get out?

Yes. I'm alive.

Thank goodness.

-What about Chul? -Chul--

I thought you were with him.

No.

I saw him run away, but I can't reach him.

Where did he go?

I'm looking for him.

He definitely got out, though.

Please text me your address.

I will send some guys to guard you.

Okay.

The person you have reached is not available.

Hello?

Can you...

pick me up?

Where are you?

My car ran out of gas.

I can't go on.

Where are you now? Why didn't you answer your phone?

I fell asleep for a second.

You fell asleep?

Where are you?

I'm not sure.

I'm in front of a bus stop.

Are you hurt?

A little bit.

Which bus stop is it?

Tell me the name of it. I'll be right there.

I can't really see.

I'll call you back.

Hello?

FREEDOM MOTEL

He just called. I don't think he can drive right now.

I don't know where he is yet.

When will the guards get here?

Please take care of my dad.

DAESHIP-RI

CHUL

Hello?

Yangju...

Daeship-ri...

Bus stop.

Hang in there. I'll be right there.

I think I'll get there first.

I can't take him to a hospital. What should I do?

I'll call his doctor.

Send him right over.

Hello?

Why aren't you coming?

I'm on my way, but it's farther than I thought.

I'm waiting for you.

I'm on my way. I'll be there soon.

I don't think...

the final chapter will be "50 Years Later."

That wasn't it after all.

Who would want such a boring ending?

Please come now.

I miss you.

I'm on my way.

I'm on my way to you now.

Please stay strong.

Please be strong. Please.

YEON-JOO

Do you hear me?

Hello?

Hello?

Do you hear me?

Hello?

I'm here!

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

DAESHIP-RI

DAESHIP-RI

Goodness.

What on earth?

How could no one answer their phone?

Goodness.

Seriously.

It disappeared.

FREEDOM MOTEL

I HEARD THIS ENDS ONLY WHEN YOU DIE.

Shit.

Yeon-joo.

Yeon-joo.

Yeon-joo, are you okay?

THE END

Hey, where's Yeon-joo?

-She's in the ER. -The ER?

Tell her to come see me after.

No. Yeon-joo is being treated in the ER.

-What? -I heard she fainted.

She fainted? Why?

Yeon-joo.

Why are you crying?

Is something wrong?

Welcome.

Have you seen

a man roaming around in a hospital gown?

-A hospital gown? -Yes.

It's this man.

I'm sure he was somewhere here. Have you seen him around?

I haven't seen him.

Does he have dementia?

No, he's from a mental hospital.

He's not sane right now, so he's probably lost. We must find him.

Please help me. He must be somewhere in this building.

Please help me look for him.

-He didn't come here. -Could you please check?

Wait, I'm glad to see you because I have a question for you.

Is that really the end of W?

Why did the main character die instead of the villain?

I didn't want such a sad--

Please stop!

Shut your mouth!

If you say one more word...

What was that?

Gosh.

Why does he go crazy every time he sees me?

I feel hurt again.

-Yeon-joo. -Where's my dad?

He isn't at the motel.

W has ended, so Mr. Oh should return like you, right?

But no one has seen him around. I don't know what's going on.

What are you doing? What's wrong, Yeon-joo?

Where are you going?

Yeon-joo.

Yeon-joo, I told you the tablet is gone.

It disappeared as soon as the webtoon ended. It wasn't real anyway.

It was a drawn replica.

Even if it were here,

it wouldn't help.

You know it's finished when it says it is.

It's really the end.

Dad?

MISSING PERSON: OH SEONG-MOO

If you see this person, please contact me.

MISSING PERSON: OH SEONG-MOO

Hello.

If you see this person, please give us a call.

Please. Thank you for your help.

Although Yeon-joo couldn't accept it,

after seven years of publication,

W ended in September of 2016.

KANG CHUL WINS GOLD FOR MEN'S 50M PISTOL

I strongly urge the court to give Kang Chul the death penalty.

As the main character, Chul, was given a tough life upon birth.

He refused the fate given by the writer.

He even refused the limitation of his existence.

He dreamed of a happy ending as a human being, but...

Are you okay?

But he couldn't escape his fate and was shot by the villain

and ended up dying in front of the woman he loved.

Several journalists came to ask about the ending,

but the writer wasn't there to give the answers.

Even after the webtoon ended, Mr. Oh didn't come back.

Most people didn't doubt the ending.

It was sad, but they considered it a plausible sad ending.

However...

THE END

Nobody knew that it was not a sad ending.

What happened?

Sir.

Sir?

Sir!

What happened? What happened here?

Are you hurt?

Do-yoon, we just arrived.

He looks very serious.

And I overheard them.

I think Mr. Kang got shot.

He got shot?

Han Cheol-ho shot him. We didn't know earlier.

He must've bled a lot. What do we do?

Chul was shot by Han Cheol-ho?

Han Cheol-ho shot him?

Yes.

Where is Chul?

We don't know. We're still looking for him.

That's Do-yoon, right? Let me talk to him.

Come on.

You want me to untie you?

Untie me right now.

Yeon-joo said to never untie you.

Please untie me.

No. If you need anything, you can ask the guys.

You heard of the truth.

If I know the location, it's faster to help him with a tablet.

Untie me. Please untie me!

He's not normal.

He can suddenly become aggressive. Don't let your guards down.

Okay, sir.

He ran away?

You idiots lost a man who was shot?

Kill him on the spot.

You don't need to bring him here. Just kill him as soon as you see him!

Sir, you can't do this.

Why are you creating more problems?

You can just let the police handle it.

This is not the right time.

Do you know when the right time is?

I can die any moment. What does it matter?

I could get killed any time.

That file Chul distributed is enough to kill me tomorrow.

How will you stop him? How?

Get out.

Get lost, asshole!

-Sir. -What is it?

A man named Oh Seong-moo is on the line.

Who?

He said you'd recognize his name.

Hello?

It's me.

Oh Seong-moo?

Yes.

I'm glad I caught you in your office.

You are Oh Seong-moo, the one I saw at the hospital?

Yes. I'm the man who created you.

I created you.

As the villain.

What happened to you though?

You used to never get blood on your hands.

Yet you fired a gun.

How are you here?

The other time, I had to go there--

Did you shoot Chul because you wanted to find me?

I was here all along.

Since a year ago.

What's this?

Do you also want to know the reason for your existence?

When you have a lot of things you want to find out,

you go crazy because you can't satisfy the curiosity.

That's how the others were.

That's why I ended up like this.

But...

you shouldn't.

You wanted to be president.

What do you think will happen to this world if you learn the truth?

You are a villain, too.

It's too dangerous.

You shall go with me.

I failed at everything,

but I'll get rid of you before leaving.

No.

Don't kill me.

Is anyone--

I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE

What is this?

"The truth behind Son Hyeon-seok's murder"?

I got that, too.

Hello?

Did Yeon-joo go to Chul?

Yes.

Where are they? Tell me.

I want to see

my daughter one last time.

We can't

go together.

If it's happy for you,

it's sad for me.

I'm here!

I love you,

my dear daughter.

Goodbye.

W ended

not when Chul died, but when the villains were gone.

The readers couldn't see the villains' end.

Contrary to his reason for existence, the killer helped Chul become happy.

Because of that paradox, his last moment was edited out completely.

Isn't that him?

Chul!

-Sir! -Chul!

Nobody knew

that Chul didn't die.

It was just that the webtoon ended before he was saved.

Chul.

Chul.

How do you feel?

I thought you had died!

Yeon-joo.

She's not here.

I only found her car.

That's when Chul realized...

his role as the main character was over.

Well, I haven't checked on that. I just arrived in Seoul.

I'll check that for you now.

Okay.

The video file of Congressman Han abducting and torturing Kang,

the recorded call between him and Han Sang-hun, the killer who died,

and the recorded call of him

inciting a gangster to murder Kang are spreading on the Internet.

The police announced that they're tracking the source.

After Congressman's Han's suicide was reported on the news...

Han Cheol-ho died?

Hey, So-hee.

Are you okay? I heard you were shot.

I almost died, but they sent me here as soon as I got better.

You were cleared of murder, so your remaining sentence won't be long.

I'm sorry.

For what?

I suspected you and never called.

I would've suspected myself. I pretended to be dead.

Your suspecting me and not calling

made me glad.

What do you mean?

You proved that you can have a life on your own.

I couldn't find Mr. Oh Seong-moo.

I couldn't reach him after he called and said he'd go see Yeon-joo.

The car was just left there.

-You couldn't find him? -Not even a trace of him.

That's right. He left a letter for you.

I'll give it to you with a book.

To Chul.

I hoped you would let me go in peace,

but in the end, I had to leave here myself.

I'm already dead.

My soul is terminally ill.

I can't be sure when I'll go crazy again.

I'm going to end my life here today.

You'll go out to the real world,

and I'll end my life here.

You'll become a human being...

and I'll be left as a webtoon character.

You'll escape the setting that I've made,

and I'll be trapped in the setting I've made

and die.

Isn't life funny?

Please be happy.

And make Yeon-joo happy.

And...

if you see Yeon-joo,

tell her I'm still alive.

So that she won't be sad.

Tell her that...

I'm living happily in this world.

In the world of the webtoon I drew.

Chul spent two more years in prison

to end the world of W properly.

Time passed slowly.

Are you going out?

-I'm going to see a friend. -You're sick. You should rest.

What happened to your dad? It's been over a week now.

I'm sure he'll be back if we wait a few more days.

Dad.

Hello?

Yes, this is Yeon-joo's phone.

She left her phone at home.

May I ask who's calling?

You're awake.

How do you feel?

I told your mom to go back home.

I thought she'd ask me many questions,

but she didn't say much.

I couldn't tell her I was your husband.

I said I was your boyfriend.

By the way,

was the last place you saw Yeon-joo at a bus station?

Yes.

Pardon me, but what do you do?

Right.

I was in a hurry, so I gave her this business card,

but she didn't say much.

I spent two years in prison,

but it's only been a week here.

I was worried that the time would pass at the same rate.

I was worried you'd die of sadness in those two years.

I was so relieved.

What about my dad?

You know,

I'm three years older than you now.

So you have to accept that and show me respect.

I've had three more tough years.

Okay, kid?

Gosh.

Did it...

really end?

It did.

It really...

ended, right?

It really ended.

Kang Chul's story in the webtoon had a happy ending,

but the ending of Chul and Yeon-joo's story

is unclear yet.

However...

The two will no longer be in danger like in the webtoon.

Though it may be boring and ordinary, hopefully, their story

will continue for 50 years.

Just like other ordinary couples.

Subtitle translation by Jeong Lee