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(Im Si Wan)

(Ko A Sung)

(Son Hyun Joo)

(Park Yong Woo)

(Tracer Season 2)

(The names of people, incidents, and backgrounds...)

(of this drama are fictional.)

(Episode 5)

Pass it on to him.

I meant it when I said he'd regret it.

No.

I might have been waiting for that moment for a long time.

The moment...

Hwang Dong Ju faces the truth.

(Jaesong Construction)

(Date, Information)

Dong Ju entered elementary school today.

Every time I see my boy growing up kindly,

my head becomes a mess.

Mess with thoughts that he might be too kind-hearted...

to survive in this kind of world.

But it's a great blessing as a dad...

to have a son like Dong Ju.

I grew up being told that a man should say what he has to...

even if he's about to get killed.

Father who lived his whole life boosting his ego wouldn't have known that...

what I held back were words of hunger,

not my thoughts.

Having thrown away my pride,

PQ felt rather like a refuge.

They only asked for one thing.

Hurry.

Submission.

I only chose a way to play the game.

To obey one person...

and get everything in return.

(Senior Manager Hwang Chul Min)

But what bothers me...

is that I hope Dong Ju doesn't figure this out.

Get on with it quickly if you're going to.

I don't have the courage to tell him...

all those filthy things PQ does...

are from my head.

I must pay more attention to my actions.

I don't want him to remember me...

as a detestable father as I remember my father.

In 2003,

we organized...

Cheongwoo Society with several companies at the suggestion of R.

(Year 1999)

As we're the ones who have to survive in the end,

we plan to destroy others.

Everyone agreed to raise government officials...

who would proceed with our plans from rock bottom.

I tweaked that report. Is there a problem with it?

(Year 2003)

The amount of tax evasion has completely changed.

So? Is there a problem?

Those who are too hungry...

to notice even when they're full...

will eventually betray us.

So what we need is a guy...

who knows a sense of honor.

(Case Report, Nammoo Tax Evasion Case)

(Case Report, Nammoo Tax Evasion Case)

(Medical Bill Receipt)

A man who never crosses the line.

(Patient Seo Hee Jung)

But a man who will run to the end...

if he decides to.

There's no one like T, my friend.

Hee Jung.

R suggested informing President Seo of Jaesong...

of his sick daughter.

Are you craving anything?

We're thinking of creating a chance for T to cross the line.

He'll only follow us if he can't even imagine going back...

to his original position.

(President Seo Byung Ki)

I believe that's beyond my abilities.

Is it?

Then you must pay back the money you borrowed from me.

But how will you pay for your wife's medical bills from now on?

You knew?

And you're still going this far?

Jaesong is everything to me.

And I only want to save a bit of tax for it.

But if you hesitate about giving even such help,

you don't deserve my support.

No one does.

I knew you didn't know your place when you walked into my house...

with my daughter,

but you're a lot more reckless...

and unbelievably shameless.

Keep in mind.

If my daughter doesn't have more time to live,

it's all because you hesitated.

After a while, the plan proceeded,

and we decided to leave T to clean up after Myeongju Electronics.

February 26, 2004.

We put pressure on...

several disobedient companies through Sancho Bank.

But something happened.

People died.

(Year 2004)

Mr. Kim!

I was going to convince him...

to hand over the company one last time.

People were on the floor.

The first thought...

that crossed my mind was to leave the house.

It was only later that I heard...

his youngest daughter had survived.

And that she's around the same age as Dong Ju.

Anyone home?

I'm from the National Tax Service.

Anyone?

(Operating Profit Statement)

(We're thinking of creating a chance for T to cross the line.)

(Cheongwoo Society with several companies at the suggestion of R.)

(But what bothers me is that I hope Dong Ju doesn't figure this out.)

(I only chose a way to play the game.)

(To obey one person and get everything in return.)

(But it's a great blessing as a dad to have a son like Dong Ju.)

If I hadn't run away,

would the Myeongju Electronics family have lived?

What if I didn't plan the chain of bankruptcies?

No, what if I didn't join PQ from the start?

You know, I hate it when people feel uncomfortable with me.

But what I hate more is them pitying me.

And them hastily coming to understand me is awful.

I think my life stinks...

and the cause of it is my family who left like that.

I don't hate myself that much.

I just...

feel a little bad.

So...

I hope...

I can overcome life.

Good evening, my fellow citizens.

I'm Director In Tae Jun.

First of all, I sincerely apologize...

for the trouble caused by being at the center of a scandal.

I know many have been waiting for my answer...

regarding my relationship with Jaesong Construction.

Many powerful people of this country...

have always been filthy and cowardly.

So you must have come...

to see what the bare truth is.

But...

I'm not here to prove my innocence.

I'm here to ask.

Ask if you're ready to accept the truth,

even if it's an ugly one.

I killed...

someone.

It was 17 years ago.

I couldn't afford the astronomical medical bills,

so I had to let...

my wife...

die like that.

She can't hold out for long.

You should prepare your heart.

Tae Jun!

What about Hee Jung?

Chul Min, you're my friend, right?

Please take care of Do Hoon for me.

Just a few months until I find a place to entrust him.

- Tae Jun. - I have something to do.

I'm going to settle this debt.

(Intensive Care Unit)

Hey, Tae Jun...

Please think again, Chief.

What's hard about it?

What's so hard about a guilty man coming clean of everything?

I sold them all.

I sold everything, even my conscience,

to the man who threatened me using his daughter's life.

Chief.

Jaesong Construction and those in the Cheongwoo Society you investigated.

Hand them all over to the prosecution along with my name.

I'm going to drag everyone and jump off the cliff together.

Perjury or whatever,

I'm going to fill up any empty holes!

Are you confident?

Confident that you can accept everything?

Hey.

If it weren't for you, I'd still be in that nightmare.

Think carefully.

Once you've seen it,

you can never go back.

From what I figured out,

PQ created and operated...

Cheongwoo Society.

And at the center of it all is Director Hwang Chul Min.

The NTS official...

they were going to raise was you.

And Director Hwang got Jaesong Construction involved...

to break you down.

If not,

how could Chairman Seo, who hasn't been in touch,

have used your wife's condition against you?

Hwang Chul Min.

He would never do such a thing.

Is that what Chairman Seo demanded?

If you needed money for the bills, then...

Then what?

Should I have asked you, who's preparing to blow the whistle,

for help?

Then you'll know.

Know that you, at the least, should stay sane.

Do Hoon will be left alone.

Nobody knows what'll happen to me either.

Yes?

So?

(2003 Fourth Quarter PQ Products Business Performance)

(But it's a great blessing as a dad to have a son like Dong Ju.)

R suggested informing President Seo of Jaesong...

of his sick daughter.

We're thinking of creating a chance for T to cross the line.

There was a way out.

My wife's family, Jaesong Construction,

wanted me to cover up tax evasion charges that were billions of won.

And in exchange, they informed me...

I'd get money for her medical bills.

But a foolish husband I was...

and didn't accept that offer.

Leave.

It's a decision I made...

that I regret all my life.

The National Tax Service...

uncovers the hidden side of those who are rich.

But it has always been...

a heavy and tough job for me.

I always hear it in my head.

"If I knew my wife was going to pass away like that,"

"I should have taken..."

"that offer 17 years ago."

"I should have done..."

"everything for the man..."

"who used his daughter's life for money."

So I had to become...

cold-hearted.

What's going on?

I didn't want to lose against those...

trying to threaten me again.

Not yielding to injustice.

Imagine what an eyesore I must've been to them.

I'm no superman.

Numerous arrows I can't handle on my own...

are still pointing at me.

(Don Tuixote)

So I'm going to reveal...

the bare faces of those trying to attack me.

To you,

it may look ugly. But if it's the truth,

I believe you are ready to accept it.

If it were you,

if you had joined hands with the corrupted...

And you?

Would you have regretted it?

No.

I would've learned how to take revenge.

The joy of enduring servility...

and eliminating enemies one after another.

They don't know the greater joy is not in money,

but in building one's own castle.

And then, I'll clearly show them.

Show them there's someone who can't be tamed with money...

and the price they'll pay for making light of me.

Clearly.

In early October, Jaesong Construction...

took out a big loan from Sancho Bank.

This was a wrongful loan that didn't even have proper collateral.

The only condition was to make...

a false report about my misconduct.

And a few days later, an NTS executive,

whose husband is a high-ranking official in Sancho Bank,

leaked the minutes to the press.

- The minutes that were falsely created... - A wrongful loan?

- by Jaesong. - What did he mean by that?

However, Jaesong Construction, which received an unjust loan...

- of 40 billion won, - Fake minutes? What's going on?

faced its initial bankruptcy today.

President Seo Young Jae is currently on the run.

This is clearly a deliberate bankruptcy.

I would like to file a complaint with the prosecution...

and Financial Supervisory Service against those who misappropriated...

tens of billions of won in bank money to drag me down.

I also hope that the suspicions between me and Jaesong Construction...

will be clarified.

I understand...

that today's press conference could be a fatal blow to me.

But the constitutional spirit...

that has sustained this country is being destroyed.

And I can't just sit and watch.

Because all the damage will go to you, the people.

I have nothing left now.

But I will use this power given by the people...

Father...

ordered when to go bankrupt.

for the people.

Please help me.

(Preparing to file a complaint against Jaesong Construction)

Thank you.

I'll take the questions now.

I understand your intention to prove your innocence by reporting Jaesong.

But why is Sancho Bank trying to bring disgrace upon you?

That's a question they should answer.

But Sancho Bank...

has been used to lobby for the appointment...

of the next director of NTS.

And they paid back the price with bank money to the PQ Group,

which is protecting an NTS executive.

The recent controversy about loan avoidance...

and Gold Cash is also their joint work.

Are you saying that PQ Group was involved in selecting the next director of NTS too?

Do you have grounds for that?

What if I say I was offered the same proposal from PQ?

The proposal to politically fund me...

for the appointment of the next director of NTS.

It only sounds like a one-sided argument.

Please show us solid evidence!

When I first received the offer,

I would be lying if I hadn't faltered.

But if I was going to accept it,

I should have done it 17 years ago.

And if I can't turn back time, I shouldn't waver.

So...

I informed the police...

and CBN in advance...

of the route of political funds that the PQ Group promised me.

I'm Reporter Kang Yoon Hee from CBN.

I'm at the site where PQ Group delivers illegal slush funds...

after receiving a tip-off from Director In Tae Jun.

We have confirmed billions of slush funds...

are contained in the visible PQ courier truck.

This is an exclusive report from CBN.

As we speak, the box has been opened.

As you can see, dozens of boxes are filled...

with bundles of 50,000-won bills.

According to Mr. In,

this money can be guessed to be PQ Group's illegal slush funds.

Police officers and investigators who arrived at the scene...

are securing the courier employees,

but they are strongly denying the charges.

I repeat.

I'm going to testify...

that the source of those funds is President Ryu Do Hyung from PQ.

That jerk's gone made. Darn it.

Stop spouting nonsense!

- Move. - Make way.

(During the investigation of the leaked minutes, the informant jumped...)

Earlier, you stated the minutes reported to the media were falsely made by Jaesong.

But the person identified as the informant...

committed suicide during the investigation.

Are you conducting an unreasonable investigation...

to cover up the fake report?

Was it Bureau Five that was in charge of the investigation?

If there was any coercion during the investigation,

and if there was, I will reveal everything,

including who ordered it,

so there is no room for suspicion.

I will end here. Thank you.

- Director! - Please answer more questions!

- How will you conduct the investigation? - Who was the informant?

- Please answer us! - Are you running away?

(Press Conference)

What should I call you now?

Chief of Division One?

But you made a fake informant and made them commit suicide.

So no.

My friend?

I don't even know who you are now.

Why did you do it?

(Loan From: Sancho Bank, Construction Guarantee)

(Loan From: Sajo Bank, Construction Guarantee)

(Daehwa K Construction Main Source of Loan: Sancho Bank)

Are you one of them?

One of those Sancho Bank avoided giving out loans to.

My older brother ran a company.

It got turned over together with Myeongju Electronics.

At first, I thought things like that could happen.

But something I said to my brother weighed on me.

He was sometimes hospitalized.

I thought he just overworked himself.

"That's nothing for a businessman. Sacrifices are necessary."

That's what I told him.

But who knew?

Who knew that was because he got multiple private loans...

and got beaten up by the loan sharks after Sancho Bank refused the loan?

He drowned himself in alcohol...

and was found dead on the street.

I only knew after my father collapsed...

that there was a problem with Sancho Bank's loan.

And that even though Ms. Min knew, she covered it up.

Isn't such a story worth sympathizing with?

But I'm guessing...

that didn't persuade you.

There's no departure record. He's in Korea.

But where on earth is Mr. Hwang?

I heard war broke out in the office too. This is nuts.

That won't be the only place.

If Jaesong goes bankrupt,

we'll be dead along with them and the places that lent them money.

I know.

Team Two is looking into his real estate and credit card details,

so please check the places he visited multiple times.

Han Bin.

Seo Young Jae.

We have to catch him, okay? We have to.

Yes, understood.

Aren't you here to ask why I betrayed you...

and Ms. Min?

Yes.

But who knew I'd get to hear such an absurd excuse.

What you told me.

I don't believe you made it all up. But...

it's too late to pretend like you're sad, Jin Ki.

You bit off more than you could chew.

On top of that, a person committed suicide.

Because of you.

You look as if you never expected things to go this far.

Your family was screwed over...

by those who feel no guilt for crushing others.

So being used by a guy like In Tae Jun,

- didn't it feel horrible? - What if it didn't?

Should I tell you why?

First, In Tae Jun always won.

Second, In Tae Jun is still winning.

Third, In Tae Jun will keep winning.

And lastly,

if I break away from him...

I'll end up like you.

You said you didn't know who I was, right? This is all me.

Like nobody imagined you'd reach that high,

everyone has a whole other side to them.

Hwang Dong Ju must've heard by now.

That his father planned the deliberate bankruptcy...

and led the Cheongwoo Society.

That expression right there...

is the reason I don't take your side.

You must be persuaded now, right?

The person you have reached is not available. Please...

(Hwang Dong Ju)

The person you have reached is not available. Please...

Since it's your birthday.

Open it.

Stop here. Or...

you'll probably regret it.

(Director In Tae Jun)

Shut it.

This is how far we'll go.

It seems certain they split up.

It came down to this in the end.

Let's put an end to him here.

Are you sure?

If we strike him like this,

he'll dig into Sancho Bank to get back at you.

You've seen several high-ranking officials collapse...

because they failed to keep their families in check.

You're going to break war anyway.

Just rush it a bit.

Do you feel happy now that you've won?

Are you ready to lose?

You didn't have to go this far.

I didn't have to...

if you got rid of your greed faster.

So?

You want me to end it here?

The charges of misconduct.

Make your husband bear it all.

And you want me to do it?

If you end it here,

there will only be speculations that you've done something.

A scandal might break at worst.

Goodness.

While working here,

I felt like I was helping someone.

It made my heart pound.

But this is how I'm rewarded.

I went too far.

Such an ending is me paying my price.

But have you never thought of it?

How you will end.

Just when you think you've got it all,

there will be plenty of people to pull you down.

After all, you didn't live such a good life.

One way or the other, it's the end of you.

So save your face when you can.

This is my last gift to my one and only political enemy...

who tormented me.

Hey, so what's going on?

He's undergoing surgery right now.

But the doctor can't guarantee anything.

(Operating Center)

(Operating Center)

(Patient Cho Tae Gu is in surgery.)

We somewhat wrapped up today's situation.

But where are you?

(Chief Oh Young)

(Chief Oh Young)

Are you done running away?

Let's have you explain what you're up to first.

Everything.

I'll take responsibility for everything.

And I'm stopping here.

You could ask for an understanding.

My father.

I thought the only one...

who could prove his innocence was me.

But I now know the truth.

I can't pretend like I'm fine.

Do as you please.

Whatever you choose, it's not wrong.

Honestly, I don't know either.

But one thing is clear.

No one knows the results in advance.

You can't really know everything...

like who actually committed illegality...

and who was harmed by it.

So it's not your fault...

you didn't know about your father's story.

In the past,

I was really impressed when you brought up...

the NTS director position.

But it's not like I wanted the results in my hand.

What I approved of...

was your righteousness to walk a different path...

from Mr. In Tae Jun.

No one can achieve something...

as big as changing something alone.

That is why there's an organization and a team.

As we relied on you,

I want you to rely on us.

And...

trust us.

Mr. Hwang.

It's me, Seo Hye Young.

I need to talk to you for a second.

I read it all.

- Mr. Hwang... - I'll bear it all and leave.

What...

What my father did was too big,

so that won't be enough.

But let me at least apologize like this.

Mr. Hwang.

Get a hold of yourself.

If Jaesong goes bankrupt,

the places they borrowed money from and the subcontractors will too.

This isn't the time for that.

I'm sorry.

Yes. You have to feel sorry for me.

I was going to forget about everything and leave, but you stopped me.

You even made me regain my lost pride.

And you took away my chance...

to resent you for the rest of my life...

by letting me on a secret I didn't want to know.

So you can't.

Endure it.

Pay me back...

by enduring it.

(Gayoon Hospital)

(Patient: Seo Byung Ki)

(NTS Joongang Regional Office)

(Hwang Chul Min)

(List of vehicles that entered Youngsoo Road)

Goodness.

Is this how you've been living?

Without a life of your own?

Sit.

He's my father.

I'm his son.

And as his son,

I thought I should know the truth.

So I kept digging...

and came this far.

To this place.

But are you sure you'll be fine?

If I were you, I'd feel extremely uneasy being with me.

Well.

You've already paid the price...

for the uneasiness I should feel.

You put aside what happened four years ago.

We met again...

and worked together.

I sometimes wonder...

why I dug into that case...

four years ago.

You could've lived a normal life...

like a normal person.

Maybe the data I handed over...

made the man named Hwang Dong Ju...

step into a place of no return.

That's the kind of guilt I always felt.

You know,

I want you...

to live a normal life.

Go to work like others,

laugh,

and suffer hardships at times. Like a normal person.

Because we're here.

Thanks...

for saying that.

You've grown a lot weaker.

What about President Seo?

And my Young Jae?

You know he's never done anything with his own two hands.

So I made sure he could at least look after himself.

I knew it was you.

You screwed him up.

How dare you try to destroy everything!

You're the bad one.

And the one who hesitated.

I...

certainly gave you a chance.

The one who left Hee Jung to deteriorate like that...

was you, not me.

You're right. I was the bad one.

So I destroyed everything.

I made President Seo begin dealing with operational stocks,

got him addicted to it,

and helped him destroy...

your life-long achievements.

And I did that right next to him.

You won't end us...

like this.

Do you think I'll sit still?

For years,

I made sure he'll get charged with one misdeed after the other.

So what are you going to do?

He'll get several years in prison if he gets lucky.

But rather than serving his sentence,

he's going to expose all the irregularities you committed...

- and Cheongwoo Society. - What?

And he was very determined about it.

Is it excruciating?

I hope it is.

Don't grow any weaker.

You should watch...

how it all crumbles down until the end.

I'll give it my all...

so as not to keep you waiting too long.

You little...

I want you...

to live a normal life.

Because we're here.

No one can achieve something...

as big as changing something alone.

As we relied on you,

I want you to rely on us.

(NTS Joongang Regional Office)

(Director In Tae Jun)

Why did you do that to me?

I was curious.

How will Hwang Dong Ju react...

when he confronts Hwang Chul Min's real face?

To a man, especially in a household with a son,

the father is not just a family member.

He's his pride and rival.

Someone you love and wish to take after forever, yet hate.

So what did Hwang Dong Ju feel?

Regret?

I believed...

my father was a victim of good faith...

and dedicated four years to...

taking revenge.

But I felt dejected upon finding out...

what kind of man he really was.

Why are you looking for this so badly?

I served eight years in jail. Isn't that enough?

I've been living like a dead man for the last decade. So why...

Because it's an eyesore to see you act like a man of conscience after so long.

You turned someone's life into a living nightmare.

So I can't forgive you for putting it all in the past and living your life.

Did you already know everything?

Thanks to you, I worked my buttocks off without looking back.

I wanted to teach you...

how revenge should be taken.

You should gain power...

and wait until your opponent is at their weakest.

Hand over the memorandum first.

Then I'll stop the tax audit.

That's the wisest path to take.

And the way...

to protect Dong Ju.

He's gotten his hands quite dirty at Kangseong Tax Accounting.

Must I show you?

Show you how his life can fall apart in just one day.

Tae Jun.

Do you believe I'm the one to blame for your corruption?

No.

You wanted it from the beginning like a sly fox!

That's why you got married to Jaesong Construction's daughter...

and approached me, the core of PQ!

You were looking for a ladder that wouldn't bow down to anyone.

That desire.

I'm not the only one who noticed it.

Why do you think...

Chairman Seo didn't approve of you until the end?

I'll take all the sins...

I've committed. I will.

But...

you're going down with me, In Tae Jun.

I can't forgive you either.

Help me...

out.

Tae Jun.

In Tae Jun!

Tae Jun!

There are no more chances to put everything straight.

What's certain...

is that I must pull out now.

I'm going to come clean about PQ's corruption.

I won't be forgiven.

But that is the only way I can live as a father to my son.

So you wanted to remain a father until the end?

When I've come to this state?

(I'm going to come clean about PQ's corruption.)

I thought of giving up now.

If I say these,

would you feel better?

You desperately wanted an apology, even like this. No?

It's not as if I don't understand.

You wanted an excuse.

"My pathetic past of trying to make connections with Jaesong and PQ..."

"was all because of Hwang Chul Min."

Brushing it off like that would be convenient, right?

And just in time, I showed up.

Breaking down from a few lines of the memorandum,

falling in despair, and giving up.

That's what you wanted, but what a bummer.

I must be emotionally drained.

Hwang Dong Ju, you're as amazing as I thought.

Like father, like son.

People around him are getting screwed over because of him,

but he's still going on about taking revenge.

Fine, let's say I killed Hwang Chul Min.

Then shouldn't you storm out this instant...

and reveal the memorandum you have?

That alone will prove that I was lying about...

not receiving money from Jaesong, so why are you hesitating?

Yes, that's why I took you in.

Because I had a weapon that would stop you from doing anything at any time.

No matter how much you hate him,

not many in this world can condemn...

their own father.

So...

what can Hwang Dong Ju do now?

He doesn't even have the courage to throw away his family.

Tell me. What can he do?

Then what can you do, mister?

Why? Are you offended?

Do you expect me to respect you and call you Director even now?

I was being mindful and called you mister.

What can I do?

I can protect my people.

Because they're still with me.

But you have no one left.

My father.

Yes, he was a wicked man.

I didn't live an honorable life either.

Even so,

you're the worst.

What's going on?

Well...

I'm from...

the Board of Audit and Inspection, Bureau of Special Investigations.

We have testimony from Mr. Cho's wife...

that an NTS official visited their house...

and threatened Mr. Cho before the night he committed suicide.

It's a cardiac arrest. Get the CPR ready.

Please inject 1mg of EPI every 3 minutes!

Understood.

With 200J.

Shock!

(Local Emergency Medical Center)

There's also a post on the deceased's social network about how much...

he suffered from being forced to make false statements.

Shock!

With 250J.

What?

I have one question...

for you guys.

Get us more EPI!

The informant Cho Tae Gu.

Did Hwang Dong Ju kill him?

You still don't know, do you?

What it's like to lose everything.

Then let's fall together...

into the fiery pit.

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