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(The characters, places, institutions, cases, and)

(organizations portrayed in this drama are fictitious.)

I found it.

What are you doing?

Let's drink this and leave right away.

Do I just have to boil it like this?

Yes, that's right.

Were you surprised because I suddenly asked to see you?

Yes, a bit.

You really look like her.

You really...

look like your mother.

I just wanted to tell you...

to go to Saju.

- Saju? - Yes.

That's your mother's hometown.

And he's there, too.

Hometown: Choi Hyung-in

- (Final Episode) - Your grandmother is beautiful.

I was about to say that.

What's that?

The money I owe her.

Your grandmother...

never let me pay when I ate at your restaurant.

I was planning to pay her back thrice when I got a job later on.

You'll recognize the proxy as soon as you see him.

You should make that sneaky bastard pay for killing your boss.

What the hell is going on?

Just go in there and drag Im In-kwan out!

It's completely packed inside. We can't get through.

I can't believe this! Where the hell did he go?

What are they doing? Hurry up and go in there!

Hello?

Hyung-in, it's me.

- Where are you? - Me?

Where do you think?

Now that I'm here, my heart aches.

What?

How can a funeral hall be so empty?

What a pitiful sight.

I'll talk to you later. I need to go greet the family.

Everyone...

Guru has finally...

returned to the promised land.

Once he arrives,

we'll all go to a new future.

- (Dungmin Distribution) - Good day, sir!

- Hello. Go on in. - Thank you!

- Wait a minute. - Yes?

Let me check something.

It says this is the last delivery of food for this place.

W-Well...

Hey, what are you doing? Aren't you coming?

Yeah, I am.

If we drink this, we will all go to Guru without pain or fear.

The number you are trying to reach is unavailable.

The number you are trying to reach is unavailable.

Thank you for coming.

Jae-young, you've been through a lot, haven't you?

Can I ask you...

how you know my grandmother?

We haven't been able to contact people about this.

Yes, I know.

It's so sad that she died this way.

It's heartbreaking, isn't it?

I'm just...

an old acquaintance of Jung-hyun.

Take it.

Why?

Are you afraid?

Everyone...

are you afraid?

Are you still afraid to follow Guru's words?

Is it because of this woman who is called the successor?

I heard she put on quite a show with all of you.

It was really insulting.

She believes that sweet words can dazzle us.

Who on earth is this person?

What can she do for us?

No.

What has she done so far?

Keep your eyes open and see...

who joins you in the future.

Guru has no fear.

He is always with you.

And Guru...

will never...

cower in front of death.

That's the only truth.

Mr. Choi.

You're here.

What the hell do you think you're doing?

What an interesting way to say hello.

How can we have a decent conversation?

- Conversation? - Yes.

I came to talk to you.

You're going too far.

Am I?

Once you hear what I have to say, you'll understand.

I won't beat around the bush.

Hyung-in,

he has come.

Guru is waiting for you.

We need to leave right away.

If you don't hurry...

Jung-hyun...

might die today.

Say something, Jung-hyun.

Open your big mouth again.

Speak with your forked tongue.

I have nothing to say.

All right.

Get lost.

You don't deserve to be in this sacred place.

Run away from here and survive like an insect.

Take a look.

That's an insect that hasn't been saved.

Watch her pathetically flee in order to live.

Struggling to live...

isn't pathetic.

It's so painful to live.

Sometimes, it's miserable.

But giving up on life is unfair to our loved ones...

who left before us.

Even if it gets so hard and lonely that we feel like we can't do anything anymore,

we have to remember them...

and survive.

Even if our lives are...

more painful

and miserable than those moments,

let's never give up...

on the pain of life.

Let's go back.

Nonsense!

What do you know about our pain?

You can't save us with words like that.

Fine, Jung-hyun.

If you want to save these people, you must pay for it.

Prove what you can do for them here.

Unless you can do that, no one can leave this place.

Promise me...

that I'm the only one who has to pay that price.

And Young-seob, I'm sorry to you, too.

I'm sorry...

for forgetting you.

Everyone.

Let's go.

Let's go home now.

What are you talking about?

What do you mean my aunt is going to die?

Jae-young, calm down. Don't listen to this man.

But my aunt is in danger.

How could I possibly calm down?

Jung-hyun, calm down.

I'm a generous person.

I knew Jae-young would be worried,

so I came up with a way to save Jung-hyun and achieve what I want.

It's simple.

Jae-young will go to her aunt,

and you will go see Guru.

We need to go now. Easy, isn't it?

Let's go.

Jae-young, nothing will happen to your aunt.

That will not happen.

I promise. So...

Why?

Why do you think so?

The truth is, you don't care what happens to my aunt.

Jae-young.

How can you promise that my aunt will be safe?

Why are you so irresponsible? Why?

Why...

don't you...

know anything yet?

What?

I can't let my aunt be alone anymore.

I need to check for myself if she's okay.

What did you mean?

When you said I don't know anything yet?

I'm sorry.

I don't want to talk about it right now.

Mr. Choi.

Yes?

I...

want to try Korean blood sausage rice soup.

My family doesn't let me eat out, so I've never tried it before.

You'll go eat it with me, won't you?

Sure.

Jae-young.

Let's do that.

Are you okay?

We have to take her to the hospital now.

What are you doing at this important moment?

Drag her out of here.

She's going to die anyway! Get rid of her!

What do you think you're doing?

We've...

decided to live.

Why? Does it bring back memories?

But we don't have time for that.

Why on earth don't you believe me?

I'm the only one.

I'm the only one...

who has been following his words all my life.

But why isn't it me?

All of you are the same.

You're pathetic.

You're worse than insects!

Do you think this will change his plan?

No.

We're all...

going to gain salvation right here right now!

Don't disobey me!

He's coming, so get ready!

What's going on?

Yes.

The plan hasn't changed.

We all need to become his ants.

Did it turn out the way you wanted it to?

The way I wanted it to?

You sat me, the one who was involved in the

torture that killed your father, in front of you.

Isn't that what you wanted?

The things I forgot...

should never have been forgotten.

In the end, we're in this mess because of me.

And as long as I'm alive,

your hatred won't end.

So...

let's get this over with.

So what exactly is it that you want to say?

You'll go back to prison where you'll rot there for the rest of your life.

Instead, I'll die.

Let's end it at that.

I get to leave this nightmarish reality, and you'll get your revenge.

How does that sound?

You already came to a conclusion again.

See? You don't understand me at all.

Hyung-in, you can't decide anything.

Your future has already been decided.

On October 6, 1987,

I released gas at Saju Station and came to this house...

to kill you.

If I did that...

I thought I'd be able to escape the memories of the future that bother me.

Memories of the future?

Yes, the set future.

But when I arrived at this house, I couldn't kill you

because I discovered this in the kitchen.

It's the last letter your wife Im Se-yoon left for you.

What?

Back then, I accepted the fact that...

I can't avoid this moment...

when you and I face the truth.

My wife left a letter for me?

Yes, there was something in here that you shouldn't know about.

Are you kidding me?

Hyung-in, calm down and take a seat.

We haven't even started yet.

This is a loaded gun.

And on the way here, your gun would have been taken away.

Am I right?

I'll let you read this letter right away.

And then I'll give you this gun.

Kyung-ho, you bastard! What the hell are you trying to do here?

You don't have anything to lose, right?

And I told you earlier.

I've been...

dreading and waiting...

for this moment all my life.

The more I try to turn a blind eye to it,

the more I desperately want it.

I'm sure the same goes for that child.

- That child? - Cho Jae-young.

Read it.

It's all written in there.

Where's my aunt?

This isn't what we agreed on! Where is she?

I'm going to remodel this place to a nursing home.

So that the wealthy old people can spend the last of their

days comfortably in a place with fresh air and cool breeze.

What do you think? Isn't it a great idea?

A social service image!

In order to do that, I need to get rid of that damned Youngjingyo.

In order to do that, what should I do?

I should also get rid of Cho Jung-hyun and Cho Jae-young,

the only two people related to Guru,

right?

You never know what will happen.

I can't leave any loose ends.

Jae-young, don't be too upset.

If Choi Hyung-in was here, you could've experienced something far more terrible.

Either way,

it's very cruel.

Don't you agree?

This is a short letter for you.

I guess you could say we spent a lot of time together.

We should have cherished those times more.

We should've looked at each other, reminisced, and loved each other more.

Some things in life can't be undone.

Things that can't be covered up with excuses

and must be taken responsibility for.

And I decided not to avoid it anymore.

So please don't get too hurt by what

I'm about to tell you.

I didn't miscarry...

our baby Gureum.

But I lied to you and ran away to Japan

because I thought we could lose our child if I didn't.

But everything didn't go as I planned.

No matter how far I ran away and hid,

I couldn't escape from Kyung-ho.

So I decided to choose the only way to protect our child.

Even if it's a way that you don't agree with.

Our child is with Kyung-ho right now.

Please take good care of our daughter.

And honey,

thank you.

I don't regret anything.

This is the last thing I wanted to tell you.

Hyung-in, hold on.

If you shoot me now,

you won't be able to hear what I have to say, right?

You can decide after you hear me out. Even then, it won't be too late.

It's just the beginning.

Do you know how hard it was for me to come all the way here?

You, Choi Hyung-in, and Cho Jung-hyun.

Do you know what I went through to get you three this far?

I even pretended to be you and sent a message to your friends.

It was you.

That's right. It came from here.

Soon, Guru will call me.

Then it'll finally be all over.

Everyone will die, and it will just be me.

She knew that you were her father.

But why...?

Why do you think she didn't tell you?

The first day we met,

I planted a seed in you.

Kill the person you love then kill yourself.

You know about it, don't you?

Think about what happened in this neighborhood.

My experiment was successful.

Do you know what I mean?

It means you don't have time. You need to make a decision now.

Either you go kill your daughter right away,

or you kill yourself right now.

What will you do?

Actually, I prepared something.

In a way, it's a choice that could be...

your only hope.

I can erase the memory of this moment...

when you found out that Jae-young is your daughter.

It looks like it already started.

My goodness.

I told them to only use gas.

Mass suicide of a religious cult.

Why would they use guns for such a plan?

It'll be harder to clean things up!

Should I go check on them?

Yes, all of you go and help them clean up.

It's hard getting rid of corpses.

Oh no, it looks like your aunt is no longer alive.

I'll kill you! I won't let you get away with this!

Will you be fine by yourself?

Why wouldn't I be? Look here, little girl.

Oh my, how scary. Just look at her eyes.

They're filled with spite, just like Jung-hyun's eyes.

I'll be fine. Go on.

She and I are waiting for a call.

All right.

Hyung-in.

There's no time to waste.

Once you get swallowed up by the ants, you can't go back.

Just say one thing.

"Erase my memories."

That's all it takes.

If you don't do that...

I'll tell them to bring Jae-young here right now.

If that happens,

you'll kill that child...

with your hands.

And you'll end up dying a pathetic death as well.

Decide now. There's no time.

Here...

Have you decided?

Should I erase your memory?

All right.

Say it yourself.

Tell me to erase your memory...

and help you get out of here.

You're no different, are you?

Let's wrap it up now.

You'll forget everything...

and I'll go to the end of the future.

Hurry up and say it.

Jae-young.

The fact that she's my daughter.

The moment I found out that fact.

I don't want to erase it.

What are you doing?

Huh?

You're incredible.

Or maybe you just don't understand the situation.

If you shoot me now,

you'll never be able to break away from that hallucination.

And one day,

you'll end up killing your own daughter.

I never...

I never want to forget...

the fact that my daughter is alive.

Amazing.

You can't die on your own until you kill that child.

You have to...

live alone in hell for the rest of your life.

But do you know what's the key here?

It's that you can never kill me.

Because that's not the end of my future.

The only one who can kill me...

is myself.

Now let's really end this.

You'll forget everything...

and I'll go to the end of the future.

And you'll live as my ant for the rest of your life.

That's the end.

I'm...

grateful to you, Kyung-ho...

for enlightening me.

I...

will die every day.

Hello?

There's been...

a murder at 36-11 Samho-dong.

The suspect is inspector Choi Hyung-in...

of the MIU at Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Police Agency.

He might run away,

so please get here as quickly as possible.

There he is!

Listen! Guru probably has something to tell you.

Answer it!

Hello?

Hello?

Mr. Choi?

Is it you, Jae-young?

Yes, it's me.

Are you okay?

Yes.

I'm fine. What about you?

I'm okay, too.

I see.

Jae-young.

Yes?

I'm sorry.

No, you don't have to apologize.

We'll be able to...

see each other later, right?

Of course.

Let's do that.

Okay, I'll be waiting for you.

See you at home.

Hello? Guru?

Hello?

Guru is dead.

What are you talking about?

How come you're fine?

Why are you on the phone talking to me?

You're foolish to the very end.

What did you say?

Did you think...

everything would go your way?

See you in hell.

Hello? Hello?

That damned lunatic!

The number you are trying to reach is unavailable.

Forget it.

It's fine as long as Guru is dead.

No one can stop me now.

Sorry, little girl, but what can I say?

Life is unfair.

How are you...?

I came to pay you back for my boss's life.

Pay me back?

For your boss's life?

What are you saying?

He told me you're his classmates.

Classmate?

- Kang Yong-tak. - So it is you.

You're the one who killed him.

Put the gun away, you bastard. How dare you.

I'm Guru's one and only inheritor and true successor.

That's enough.

What's going on?

You need to stop here.

How are you still alive?

- Are you all right? - Yes.

What's this?

What's wrong with me?

Do you think you can really stop me?

Se-yoon.

No.

I didn't do it.

Se-yoon.

It's not me.

I didn't do it!

Auntie, it's all over.

Auntie! Auntie! Auntie!

People who watch the video are bound to die...

after killing the one they love the most.

I'm okay.

I'm all right.

So please live.

No matter what anyone says, you must live.

Auntie.

Auntie.

Are you okay?

(6 months later)

I'm worried about you.

You don't look well.

Really?

There are people who can help. I can help you, too.

If you die like this,

many people will be heartbroken.

I want to find a way to help you somehow.

Um...

about Jae-young...

Is she doing well?

Yes.

She's strong and healthy.

I see.

Do you see this?

This scar will probably...

last forever.

It won't go away.

But I can't be staring at it for the rest of my life.

You should meet Jae-young.

We need to watch Jae-young graduate, get a job, meet someone she loves,

and make her own family.

You must survive.

You're right.

You and Jae-young must do that.

The two of you deserve to do so.

But I'm different.

I may...

die soon.

Every night, those people rush into me...

and rip off my limbs.

They constantly whisper in my ear to find my daughter and kill her...

or this pain will never end.

They say it will last forever.

It's getting worse and clearer day by day.

That means that my affection love for that child

has not changed, right?

Jung-hyun, have you ever thought about

what I did to your father in the past?

Yes, and they're probably sins that you'll have to carry.

You just have to live and remember it.

- All you need to do is not forget it. - No.

I will definitely forget about it one day.

The only people who remember it are those who suffered it.

Just like me right now.

I'm sure they're repeating their nightmares every night.

But monsters never leave...

what they've done in their memories.

I don't want to...

live as a monster anymore.

I don't want that anymore.

In this pain, I can straightforwardly face what happened.

I'll endure everything like that.

And then...

if I have a chance...

if I deserve to...

at the end of this road...

I want to tell my daughter this.

My daughter,

if there is a room with the lights off in your heart,

if that room is so dark and cold...

that its door was always closed...

I hope my decision will be a small fire that lights it up.

I hope it will fill it with warmth...

and lightly lit it.

So that one day...

Um...

about my dad...

Is he doing well?

Yes.

you can...

open the door...

that is tightly closed in your heart.

Subtitles from: OnDemandKorea Edited by: ayamefan13

(Hometown)

Can't you stop?

You can stop now.

Then one day, you might be able to go back home.

Right?

Home?

Yes. Our home.

I wish you can do that at least now.

So I hope you can live a normal life, too.

Do you really believe that could happen?

Yes.

It's going to take a long time,

but it's not impossible, right?

(Thank you for watching "Hometown.")