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I've finally found out where those documents came from.

Taemin Cancer Hospital in Korea.

More specifically, their secure database.

What if

Dr. Park Ji-sang performs this surgery?

It wasn't that. It was a different drug!

They switched the medicine,

and the security cameras fortuitously malfunctioned.

And the Kochenia documents were deleted.

In one way or form, they will identify themselves to us.

Dr. Park!

Dr. Park!

The injection was the same as what killed your mother.

They must be working with the jerks from before.

We are neither monsters nor demons.

We are superior beings.

Will Dr. Park Ji-sang be working on this too?

He's not a part of this, and he must not know of it.

We will gather patient data on everyone in Ward 21A starting tomorrow.

We will develop a drug that none of you could possibly imagine.

Your problem is you have ice in there.

He probably received the congratulatory message,

so begin right away.

Dr. Park Ji-sang.

May I ask you one more time?

What are you doing?

I'll be right there, so hurry up and go.

Dr. Park!

Tell me.

Who killed my mother?

Who is it?

Keep up the good work.

Can he walk away from his lifelong wish

because of a patient who is a total stranger to him?

You made the right choice,

a choice that's most appropriate for you.

Thanks, Park Ji-sang.

Thank you for not disappointing me.

Dr. Park.

Hands up!

I said, hands up!

Where on earth have you been?

Please proceed quickly.

You'd better give us an explanation as soon as the surgery is finished.

Pulse, 130. BP, 80/40.

He's unstable. We must begin immediately.

We have removed the liver, so you can begin right away.

Good job.

The portal vein thrombosis worsened while we were waiting for you,

so there's no blood flow at the moment.

We could have prevented it had you come sooner.

Release the clamp.

As Dr. Lee said, there's no blood flow,

so it'll be hard to remove the blood clots right now.

We should open up the veins first to remove them.

No.

The portal vein is too thin.

It will worsen the bleeding, which may damage the vein.

Then we have no option.

You brought the donor's iliac vein, right?

Yes. Why do you ask?

Let's not remove the blood clots.

Instead, we'll attach the donor's vein and perform a bypass.

First, let's connect the donor's vein to the portal vein.

Pass me the vein.

Doesn't New Drug Development Team start tomorrow?

It's past midnight.

We'll connect the vena cava before connecting the portal vein.

Suture.

Forceps.

Snap.

Cut.

We will start the reperfusion now.

REPERFUSION: RESTORATION OF BLOOD FLOW TO A PREVIOUSLY ISCHEMIC ORGAN OR TISSUE

Blood flow is restored in the vena cava now.

Blood is flowing in the transplanted vein as well.

Now, we'll connect the portal vein.

Suture.

I was wrong.

I should blame myself for thinking that you may be different from your parents.

Why don't you take a break?

I'll finish this up.

I'm fine.

Cut.

The liver transplant has been completed.

Everything is normal.

Great work.

-Great work. -Great work.

Good work, everyone.

Thank you.

Dr. Park, thank you so much.

Thank the donor and his family.

I'm grateful to them, of course.

But I'd like to thank you as well.

Don't mention it.

Just take good care of your mother.

I will.

Remember one thing.

There is a limit to pain, but fear is limitless.

It's possible to endure any kind of emotional or physical pain.

But...

don't be afraid no matter what happens.

Don't cower in fear.

Okay.

I promise that I won't.

To me, the result is always more important than the process.

But today,

the process was so problematic that it overshadowed the good result.

I had a personal matter to attend to, and I don't want to give excuses.

It was the first time, and it was because of a personal matter,

so I won't ask what happened.

However...

I hope you won't disappoint me again.

Okay, I'll try my best.

Okay, let's hear your explanation now.

You must know how outrageous and irresponsible you were.

I admit that what I did was outrageous,

but I was not irresponsible.

I'm not here to play games.

It was a personal matter.

I have no reason to explain,

and I don't want to talk about it.

If your so-called "personal matter" put a patient in danger,

it is no longer personal.

As you know, nothing happened.

The surgery went well.

How can you not even apologize?

I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt,

but it's just impossible.

I thought that we just didn't click, but I was wrong.

I'm utterly disappointed.

-Hey. -Did you finish your surgery?

-Yes. -Then come quickly. Hurry!

I'm going to get some rest here and get back to work in a bit.

Then come home for just half an hour.

You need to see this for yourself.

Are you waiting for my decision?

Leave him alone for now.

-Director Lee. -Let's keep watching him for a bit longer.

Whenever I see Park Ji-sang, I'm reminded of Park Hyeon-seo.

Especially his eyes.

He has Park Hyeon-seo's eyes.

I guess you're trying to say

that Park Ji-sang will rebel against us like what his father did,

so we should get rid of him before that happens.

But don't you think that it'd be a shame to get rid of him now?

Director Lee, but...

Here's one important thing you need to know.

Park Ji-sang is

no longer the kid you fought against in the past.

Here's something even more important.

What you see now

isn't the end of the game.

Look at your blood sample.

It's back to normal.

The plasma, platelets, red, and white blood cells.

They didn't just heal.

The antibody reaction became more active, which made them stronger.

The anticancer antibody functionality increased by 24.76 times.

-Amazing. -There's something even more amazing.

Luuvy.

Ophiotoxin, atropine, VP toxin, allicin,

heparin, solanine, and beta-2-VP

have all been naturally neutralized.

It's even more amazing.

So, not only were you completely healed biologically,

but you're now also free from all biological and chemical toxins.

It means that no chemical compound can kill you now.

Congratulations.

Wow, I really can't believe this.

What's wrong?

This means that I've become the strongest of the infected.

Then it must be

even harder for me to become human now.

The injection was the same as what killed your mother.

It's completely the same.

So, not only were you completely healed biologically...

The antibody reaction became more active, which made them stronger.

It means that

no chemical compound can kill you now.

OLD RESEARCH DOCUMENTS

I...

I really want

to become human.

Ji-sang!

You were wrong, Mom.

I killed my favorite deer

because I couldn't control myself.

You're just going through a rough patch,

but I know that you'll overcome it.

-I'm just happy you haven't hurt anyone-- -I'm sure I'll kill people soon too.

I almost did yesterday.

You're definitely capable of controlling yourself

because you're a human being, not a beast.

I can never watch the sun rise,

and I take a drug so that I don't react when I see blood.

My heart always feels like it's about to burst,

and my body temperature is only 25°C.

-You call that human? -Yes, you are human.

It's just that our mode of existence is a bit different.

I want to bite and kill everything!

You call that a different mode of existence?

Why me?

Why does it have to be me?

On to our next story.

A suspect who was being arrested for assault

attacked police officers and escaped.

Reporter Ahn Tae-yong reports.

What you're seeing now is dashcam footage from a police car

at a shopping mall in Guro-dong, Seoul.

An unidentified man quickly takes down two officers.

The officers collapse and faint right away,

and the suspect flees the scene.

The police failed to identify the suspect as the footage only shows his back.

The police stated that based on his fighting skills,

he is likely someone who's trained in martial arts.

They are currently seeking witnesses.

-This was Ahn Tae-yong at KTN News. -My, look at that move.

Sorry.

I just don't think sometimes, you know.

You think it's just sometimes?

Well, I guess it's all the time. I do it very frequently, don't I?

Anyway, you totally could've caught those bastards.

They'll probably be back.

What's their deal?

They act all tough, but they can't even fight.

They should just attack together or something.

Hyeon-u, I want to ask you something.

What is it?

Never mind. It's nothing.

What about the pills?

-Did you finish them already? -Yes.

I've had many long operations lately.

They're on my desk. You can take them.

By the way, you maximized the atesine content, right?

Yes, it's the highest it can be.

Jeez, what a jerk!

How could he be so irresponsible?

But I must say, the surgery went perfectly.

He's incredibly capable as a surgeon.

That's not the point!

Did he apologize?

No.

He doesn't seem to think that he did anything wrong.

I'm telling you. He must be a psychopath.

It's so crazy.

The surgery department should take disciplinary action against him.

It's not like us pushing for it will make that happen.

The director got his back.

But even he seemed furious yesterday.

Really?

I heard there was an unfortunate incident yesterday.

Why is everyone at this hospital so high-strung?

Look, Dr. Park!

I'm sorry.

I'm a little late.

I know you're all busy, so I'll make this quick.

They're files on the patients in 21A whom you will be treating starting today.

Since it's a meaningful day,

the chairman wanted me to ask you in person

to give the patients all the care they need.

Please take good care of the patients in 21A.

Do you have anything else to say?

No.

Then I'll get going too.

Sure, Dr. Yu.

I should also...

Dr. Park,

We need to talk to you

about Mr. Park Gi-deok's cystectomy scheduled for tomorrow.

It looks like we'll have to push back the surgery because of the edema.

The earliest we can book the OR is the day after tomorrow,

but I think the patient will be okay until then.

Pardon?

You guys don't really have any pictures of you at work, right?

All right, let me take one. There.

Hello.

I heard you wanted to talk to me.

Please exclude Team Two

from treating and operating on patients in Ward 21A.

Why?

Our team is short-staffed at the moment.

We're behind on operations too.

Not because of the patients?

I'm aware that treating the patients in Ward 21A is like doing volunteer work.

That's not what Dr. Woo meant.

We'd like to focus on regular patients...

All right.

You're excluded.

Since Dr. Park agreed to it without any complaint,

I assumed you would as well, Dr. Woo.

The altruistic mindset is something you're born with.

There are people like Dr. Park

who risk their lives to work on battlefields like the one in Kochenia.

I should get back to work.

The chairman will be arriving soon for the opening of Ward 21A.

I think we should've listed more reasons.

Why didn't you say anything, Dr. Lee?

You were just drinking your juice. Is it that good?

I was thinking about what to say, but he left.

He's so quick.

Gosh, you drive me nuts.

-Drink up. -Okay.

-Do I look crazy to you? -Yes.

Think about it.

The patient was as cold as a corpse, and all the machines were broken.

He disappeared right before the urgent surgery

to have a fistfight in the middle of a street.

Well, it does kind of look like him.

But it's too blurry.

I wasn't going to tell you, but I felt like I'd lose my mind if I--

You shouldn't have told me.

-Now, I feel crazy too. -Hey, I'm telling you the truth.

Rita, shall we take a trip to somewhere nice so that

you can clear your head?

You're overworked.

You're stressed out!

Forget it!

I can't believe you're my best friend.

I'm not talking to you.

Hey!

Are you mad?

Hey, Yu Chae-eun!

Shall we go away together?

This should've never been brought out to the world!

The less you know about something, the more fearful you become.

A clear objective and bold execution will make it a great discovery.

No.

This isn't a great discovery. It'll be a disaster.

My reckless scholarly curiosity almost destroyed the world.

-We must get rid of them all. -We are doctors.

What's wrong with wanting to protect human life?

That objective doesn't justify everything.

Another life may end up being sacrificed for our goal.

No, such sacrifices are inevitable.

You're really frustrating me here.

You, Hyeon-seo, and Seon-yeong work in the lab, so you may not know,

but I operate on real patients.

Even though I always do my best,

many people still die at the hospital.

There is nothing I can do.

Accepting that is also part of a doctor's job.

Doctors aren't gods.

Why can't we become gods?

Isn't it so unfair that we, humans, are mortal when gods live forever?

I'm not trying to challenge gods.

I'm just saying we should make it fair.

I don't buy that.

It's because of your greed.

As of today, you're no longer my mentee.

I won't share a single drop of the samples or any document with you.

I'm going to destroy everything.

Both Hyeon-seo and Seon-yeong agree with me.

So...

don't visit us ever again.

I've already taken some samples.

As you can see, I stored some in my body as well.

I'm sorry I did it without your permission.

You...

If you refuse,

I'll have to talk to Hyeon-seo and Seon-yeong myself.

I told you that both of them are on the same page with me.

Neither of them will ever...

I came to give you a chance, not to ask you a favor.

If Hyeon-seo and Seon-yeong also refuse this chance,

I'll have no other choice.

You mustn't do it. Never.

VBT-01 must not be released...

I'll be sure to succeed

so that I can repay your kindness.

I guess I haven't gotten around to repaying your kindness.

I won't waste any more time.

I'll think of this as my last chance and put my everything on the line.

Everything.

We should've invited some reporters so that we could brag a little.

A free hospital would be huge news.

You know how Chairman Yu is.

He asked me to make sure that it's run quietly.

Why can't the left hand know what the right hand is doing?

Gosh, I don't get it.

By the way, I didn't see Dr. Park Ji-sang earlier.

Whatever, who cares?

I don't even want to think about that jerk.

Why are you overreacting like that?

Overreacting? What are you talking about?

Thinking about him makes my blood boil, that's all.

It must be very frustrating to watch me begging for life

when there's no hope at all.

You must have seen many people like me,

so please understand.

I will.

Frankly,

it's not because I want to go on with this harsh life.

It's because of my daughter, Su-yeon.

I want to stay with her

even if it's just one more day.

I need to walk her down the aisle.

But I guess I won't be able to.

It's her birthday

in a few days.

I hope I can stay clear-headed until then.

I really hope I can stay clear-headed.

FEBRUARY 16, 1976

DR. JUNG JI-TAE

FEBRUARY 17, 1976

If you help me, I would like to give you a small gift.

If there is any research proposal that you submitted that was rejected,

or a research you would like to conduct,

I'll support you 100%.

DR. JUNG JI-TAE

That's too bad.

I thought you'd accept my offer.

I'm sorry.

You came all the way here for nothing.

My offer to support you

would help you out quite a bit.

Yes, it would.

But I don't want to be dragged into a game

that I don't want to be a part of.

You don't like the new drug development team

and the research that Director Lee set up by himself, do you?

The chairman isn't saying anything about it,

so as the vice director,

you must be quite frustrated.

I only want the best for the hospital and the pharmaceutical company.

If that's the case,

I apologize for what I just said.

That's just how I feel.

My job as a doctor is keeping me busy enough,

so I unfortunately can't join your game.

Now,

tell me.

Tell you what?

I'm very sick, aren't I?

I don't have much time, right?

I told you that's not the case.

I can tell from the look in your eyes and how your lips twitch.

You're lying.

I only did that when I was young.

It's really not true.

It's true, you're not well.

That's why you're here.

I knew I could trust this handsome doctor.

But the fact that you're not well

doesn't mean you don't have much time left to live.

You can be honest with me.

What's wrong with joining God a little sooner?

It's not time for you to leave yet.

Tell God to wait a little longer.

Dr. Park.

Are you suddenly trying to impress me or what?

You know very well that I'd never do such a thing.

Then why did you tell such a thoughtful lie?

Are you trying to get me to thank you?

No, I'm not.

-Then what is it? -We're even now.

We're even?

What do you mean?

Drunken state.

Technically speaking, he was totally hammered.

He was sprawled out on the street after having a drink.

That was no big deal.

Let me ask you.

Why did you lie like that?

Telling the truth could've gotten me in trouble even for just a little while.

Just for a little while? It could've gone on a lot longer.

Tell me. Why did you do it?

I felt sorry for you.

The saddest thing in the world

is not being able to say that you're sick, and...

And what?

Nothing. That's all.

Are we good now?

Are you sure that I'm sick?

Look, Dr. Park.

This is a hospital, and I'm a doctor.

Yes, I'm sure of it.

I just don't know exactly what is wrong with you.

Mr. Nam Dong-pal.

Oh, are you the doctor who will help me?

I will listen to everything you say from now on,

so let me have just one bottle of soju. Please?

Hey.

Did you just call me?

What is it?

Since when did we allow riffraff walk into this hospital freely

and take blood samples from patients?

Did you just laugh?

Who said you could--

I got permission from Chairman Yu and Director Lee.

They permitted our team to collect blood samples from patients.

That's absurd.

How dare you recklessly lay a hand on my patient--

I didn't do anything reckless.

You're the one who's speaking recklessly.

What? What did you just say?

-Shall I teach you a lesson? -Ms. Seo.

Please apologize to Dr. Yu.

She was rude to me first.

Please apologize to her.

Apologize to her now.

Hey! Stop right there!

How rude!

Please calm down.

As if I don't have enough to deal with. Gosh, my blood is boiling.

I must say, Ward 21A is quite special.

There are security cameras everywhere.

At the entrance, there's a second door

and even a security keypad.

Why didn't I notice them?

Really?

It's being used differently now,

but Ward 21A was originally designed

as a state-of-the-art ward for VVIPs.

That's why there are so many security devices.

The second door offers protection from dangers outside.

"Dangers outside"?

Do you think zombies will storm in or something?

Do you have any other questions?

-No, I don't. -All right, then. Have a good day.

Gosh, what's the matter?

My goodness.

What's going on?

Did you give the pharmaceutical people access to our patients?

Yes, I gave Director Lee full authority to make decisions.

That's crazy.

How could pharmaceutical employees get a free pass to the ward?

-No other hospital would allow that. -Look at you. You're getting angry again.

I thought you agreed as well.

I agreed to work with them,

not to break the boundaries in an unreasonable way.

In the end, all of us will benefit from it.

That's what Director Lee thinks too.

Don't you think you trust him way too much?

What if he's doing this for his personal gain?

You little brat.

You need to be a better judge of character.

Uncle Seok-ju.

Other than the two of us, only the vice director...

I mean, only Aunt Gyeong-in is on our side.

-I know. -Then you should give her more support.

Help her out, please.

All right, I will.

Are we good now?

I wish I was drinking soju instead.

Oh, my. Dr. Park is so good-looking.

-Dr. Park, do you drink? -Keep your mouth shut, will you?

Dr. Park, please take good care of me.

The tumor isn't small,

but you'll be fine once we remove it.

Well, life is no fun anyway.

It doesn't give me any joy.

-Then would you rather die? -Sorry?

Well, not exactly.

How long has it been like this?

Since this morning.

Does it hurt?

It feels a little stiff.

Is it something serious?

DR. PARK JI-SANG

DR. JUNG JI-TAE

Come in.

You came to see me in person

just because of this?

I'm not sure if it's an infection or a side effect.

What did you give him?

Vanocin and camizoline.

It doesn't look like it would be a reaction from those.

It's most likely an infection, a minor one.

I'll take a look at it myself.

Thank you.

But I must say,

you keep confusing me.

I'm surprised you came all the way here to ask for my help for a patient.

I can't keep slacking off, you know.

Hello.

Are you and Dr. Park close now?

No.

I think he's a bit of a weirdo.

I heard that those in his department call him Psypa.

Psychopath.

No.

I think he's just a weirdo with a lot on his mind.

Oh, right. Here you go.

-See you later. -Okay.

What's wrong?

Are you okay?

Okay, got it. All right.

No!

What are you doing here now?

Give it back.

You doctors won't let me drink any alcohol.

I need to drink this at least.

Do you even know what this is? This could kill you, sir.

Give me that! I said, give it back!

-My gosh! -What's going on?

Gosh, what should we do?

My goodness.

-Oh, dear. -I need...

-Are you okay? -Yes.

I get that he's dying to drink, but that's isopropyl alcohol.

Don't tie him up or put him in isolation.

Please give him 2mg of lorazepam every six hours,

-just until tomorrow. -Okay, got it.

What the hell was that about?

DR. PARK JI-SANG

What? Are you out of your mind?

We agreed to stop all experiments for Project VTH-16.

But that had the highest probability of success.

Right, that was the case until the last minute.

It looked good at first because it killed all the virus genes.

But then, it started killing normal cells, and that was that.

That's why I said we should look into why it kills normal cells.

We wouldn't have found an answer anyway.

It was impossible back then, and it still is.

You know what will happen if we turn it into a vaccine

and inject it into you.

It'll destroy the virus and make you human for a couple of days,

but after that...

It'll kill every single cell in your body from head to toe,

and you'll die within two days.

Anyway, don't even think about it.

-We should still give it a shot! -Ji-sang!

Even if we fail,

at least...

I'll die as a human.

Stop talking total nonsense.

How could you say such a thing after everything I've done for you?

Gosh, you should've behaved yourself.

May I take a look?

When did the marks disappear?

This morning.

They totally disappeared in a day.

Do you feel pain anywhere?

No, I'm perfectly fine.

-You already got a blood test, right? -Yes, of course.

She extracted like seven or eight vials of blood from me.

That pretty female doctor.

It's impossible for it to disappear so quickly.

I know. I find it strange too.

Traces of internal bleeding and hemostasis can't completely clear up in a day.

It sounds like the pharmaceutical people

collected quite a bit of blood samples.

It's like a party for them, isn't it?

You're here again.

Gosh!

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

What are they? Are they infectious disease samples?

No, they are normal blood samples.

I should go check on that patient again.

Back off!

Back off, you pricks!

Come to your senses, please.

How could you do this to people who are trying to help us?

Look, Mr. Nam Dong-pal. Put that down immediately.

This won't solve anything.

If you keep this up, we'll have to discharge you.

-What's going on? -He's suffering from alcohol withdrawal.

He's hallucinating and hearing things.

What is he here for?

HCC.

HCC STANDS FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

He snuck in a bottle of soju when he was admitted.

His addiction is that serious.

Yesterday, he even tried to drink isopropyl alcohol.

We gave him lorazepam, but we still can't control him.

Doctor.

I'm in pain.

I'm in pain, Doctor.

Where's my drink?

You guys took it, didn't you? Give it back!

Give me back my drink!

Calm down already! Stop going on about alcohol.

You have liver cancer, so you must stay away from alcohol.

I'll give you something to help you fall asleep. How about you get some rest?

I'll give you your drink.

I'm the one who hid it.

First, put that down, please.

Let's go and get your booze. Please come with me.

Everyone, back off.

Do you know what you're doing now?

We're going to have to put you in isolation.

I'm going to kill you. I'll kill you all!

I'm going to kill you all!

I'm going to kill you all!

Are you okay?

Dr. Park.

Dr. Park.

It was an open wound, but it started to close up...

So what will you do? Are you going to check?

You can't operate in your current state.

I was almost killed by a pack of wild dogs here.

Do whatever you want with Park Ji-sang.

When the results are out,

I'll gladly accept whatever judgment and punishment I deserve.

You can no longer control your thirst for blood.

The pills are useless now. Only your willpower can save you.