South of Seoul and the Han River, in a woody valley:
National Intelligence Service headquarters.

Immaterial, we descend through the ground:
Sewers, concrete, parking, rock, until we enter 30 meters below in...

... A corridor dug into the rock, with secure doors.
On a transparent door: the logo "NIS", "National Intelligence Service".

A woman approaches from behind the door, which slides open automatically.
Agent Bae enters the corridor, wearing black sunglasses. (she was in Episode 25)

A strong man follows her, with a martially rigid physique and spirit:
CAPTAIN RYU (32), head of the NIS Special Intervention Force.
Dressed in military fatigues, wearing a beret and black sunglasses.

Yes, both of them love wearing sunglasses, even in an underground bunker!

Director Lim Ji-Ho sits at his desk.

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Captain Ryu, you're in charge of the operation. Code name: "Zombie-Hunt".

Captain Ryu and Agent Bae stand in front of the desk, stoic.

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You're coordinating the search efforts of the police and the army.

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(Snap!, military salute) Aye, aye, Director Lim!

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Agent Bae, you assist Captain Ryu and investigate the origin of the phenomenon.

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(relaxed) What about my other investigations? The Moon case?

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Forget it, that's settled.

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... !! (hunch, "a hidden twist")

Agent Bae and Captain Ryu walk down the corridor.

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How's the hunt going?

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About ten thousand caught.

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(reproachfully) So few?!

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(offended) Hmmrr... Some are hiding.

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(?!!) ... What do you mean, they're hiding? They're just zombies.

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(annoyed) It seems some of them are intelligent. On rare occasions, their weird pupils light up yellow.

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Oho... Where do you put them?

Agent Bae arrives at an armored door:
High-tech control device and inscription "Scientific unit S-001".

Agent Bae puts her hand on a fingerprint sensor.
It flashes green: "Identity confirmed - Bae Su-Ran".

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This is stupid, you could group them at the Olympic Stadium.

Zip! She passes her badge through the electronic lock.

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(fed up) We'll see when we've figured out what they are. In other words, when you've done your bloody job!

Bip! Green light, "Access authorized".

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(smiles) You won't be disappointed with my bloody job...

Pshhh! The armoured door slides open.

Standing and strapped to a swivel table...
... a faceless zombie with gray diamond-shaped pupils!

A scientist in the room comments... (we don't see him yet)

~

Park Suk-Hoon, head of a publishing company called Comic Studio.

The zombie is in a secure cell surrounded by bulletproof glass...
... in the middle of a large high-tech laboratory where scientists are working.

~

He was carrying his wallet and we have the testimony of his assistant.

Next to a giant screen displaying the zombie's hand:
SCIENTIST CHIEF (40s), Agent Bae and Captain Ryu.

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So, he was easy to identify, because as you can see...

The Scientist Chief Clicks a remote control and the giant screen displays:
A close-up of the zombie's finger. Smooth and fingerprint-free.

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... They don't have fingerprints.

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A skin disease?

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...... ("too tedious to answer")

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... ?!

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Let's move on to breathing.

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Thank you. No nose or mouth, but they breathe?

Captain Ryu sees into the cell: the faceless zombie's chest inflates and relaxes.

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Affirmative! How does the air get in and out? Do they have alveoli?

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Well, no, they don't breathe!

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!!

(smiles)

The Scientist Chief Clicks his remote control and the giant screen displays:
A video of the zombie in thermal image, red yellow green blue.
Air movements are visible, but none around the zombie.

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Proof that there is no air exchange between the zombie and the surroundings.

Captain Ryu is so flabbergasted that he removes his sunglasses.

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They're zombies... so maybe...... (?!) Could a living organism really survive without oxygen?

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...... ("too tedious to answer")

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(lost) ... But then, why do they pretend to breathe?

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Next.

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Thank you. The blood test.

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!! (looks at her, annoyed to have no answer)

The Scientist Chief Clicks his remote control and the giant screen displays:
A scientist drives a syringe into the zombie's arm.
The skin offers slight resistance, then the tip penetrates.
He pulls to pump the blood out, but the syringe fills with air!

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(!!) Is there a hole in your syringe?!!

He withdraws the syringe, the zombie's epidermis has no orifice.

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As if there'd never been a jab...

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(!!) ........ This zombie can't be filled with air?!

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Let's see what it's filled with.

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Thank you. Magnetic resonance imaging.

The Scientist Chief Clicks his remote control and the giant screen displays:
An absurd image of the zombie's anatomy, without realistic details!
Rough two-dimensional organs, crudely colored, outlined with black lines.

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... !!!!!

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The most advanced scanner gives us the scribbles of a child...

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Uh-uh. (small chuckle)

Captain Ryu watches them smile in complicity.
Gradually, he gets the wrong idea... his anger rises... then explodes!

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AGENT BAE !!! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE !!!

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??!

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You will be suspended!!! (points to the scientist) And you too, for complicity.

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??!

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I'M PISSED OFF WITH YOUR SQUADDIE HAZING HOAXES !!!

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... !!!!

Agent Bae is so outraged that she takes off her sunglasses and...
... She pulls out her pistol!!!

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??!

(looks at him sternly, Tchik-tchak!, activates the breech)

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(!!) You don't have the nerve to threaten your superior?!

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(furious) FOLLOW ME !!! (strides towards the cell)

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??

She unlocks the cell door, while Captain Ryu joins her.

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(enters the cell) Take a closer look!

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?? (enters cell)

(puts the barrel of her pistol against the zombie's head, and--)

POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Shoots at point blank range!!!

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... ?!!

The zombie's head is intact! No holes.

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(grabs the zombie's skull) Tangible on the outside, but intangible on the inside!!!

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!!!

She holsters her pistol, rummages through an armored crate.
She pulls out an electric saw and turns it on.

ZzzVrriiiiiiiiiii... She slices off the zombie's arm with the saw!!! But...
No bones scrape off, no blood. The saw cuts right through. No cuts!

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(!!) ... Agent Bae, I think I've--

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(Sblang!!, throws saw into armored crate) GET OUT OF HERE!!! (exits cell)

As Captain Ryu exits the cell...
... she takes a grenade from a box full of grenades!
Poc! She puts the grenade on the table.

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... ?

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... (incisive smile)

She grabs the box of grenades and tosses it into the cell! SBOF!

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(?!!) Agent Bae!

She picks up the grenade on the table, pulls the pin and throws it into the cell.
SLAM!!! She slams the cell's armored door.

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!!!

SLOW MOTION:
BROOM!!! BROOM!! BROOM!! BROOM!! BROOM!! BROOM!! BROOM!!!
Grenades explode in the cell! Multitude of splinters on the armoured windows.
The zombie's skin shudders, but the shrapnel and jets of flame pass right through!!

The smoke disperses, the zombie's straps have vaporised...
... but the zombie is intact!
Agent Bae opens the cell, then goes to a weapons rack in the laboratory...

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Agent Bae! I get it now, you don't need to--

She comes back armed with a flamethrower! Vindictive!!

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We'll be SURE you get it, Captain!!!

She stays out of the cell and--
VROOOFFFFF..... She sprays the zombie with the flamethrower.

VROOOFFFFF..... She continues to set fire to the cell and when she stops...

Psshhh.... Fire sprinklers douse the cell with water.
Jets of steam obscure the view... then dissipate.
The zombie's clothes are charred...
... but the zombie is intact! Even the hair!

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Agent Bae's protocol contains other tests. If you want--

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What SCIENTIFIC explanation do you have?

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None, we must accept this fact... ... The SUPERNATURAL is now part of our world!

(concerned, can't accept it)

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Let's look at the positive.

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... ?

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(smiles) At least there's no risk of them contaminating by biting!

(looks at her longingly, as if "this doesn't make me laugh")

Next to Captain Ryu, a computer screen in sleep mode displays...
... an animated screensaver looking like a dimensional distortion.

A dimensional distortion occurs in the room's center!

Yeon-Joo, Soo-Bong, Ren-Bo, Wang Shin and Do-Yoon are surprised by the phenomenon.

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??!

Then a vortex of color and shadow swirls...

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??!

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??!

The vortex dissipates, revealing...
... Kang Chul and Mi-Ra kissing, eyes closed, in wedding attire!!!

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!!!! (stab in the heart)

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... !!

They continue to kiss, oblivious to having left Imagination.
They embrace tighter... Kang Chul runs his hand through Mi-Ra's hair...
... as she clutches his neck, caresses his nape.
Consumed with pleasure and happiness.

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... !!!!! (stunned, horrified)

Yeon-Joo notices the gold, ivory and ebony wedding rings on their fingers !!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (as if sliced in two by a sword)

Kang Chul frowns... He senses a difference in the light.
Mi-Ra too, she blinks an eye and--

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(!!!) ... Mmh!! (opens eyes, stops kissing)

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(!!!) ... (opens eyes, steps back)

They look around... stunned... bewildered...

... as if they didn't know the room or the people.

Kang Chul sees Do-Yoon, squints, making an effort to remember.

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Hyung?

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President Kang!!!

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(takes Kang Chul's hand) This is... The moment we left?

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... !!!! (disgusted by Mi-Ra)

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(squeezes Mi-Ra's hand) Hyung... How long here?

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You were gone less than a minute!!

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... (as expected)

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(notices Yeon-Joo) ... Yeon... Joo? (hesitating) ... Oh... Yeon-Joo?

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...... (shocked)

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Hyung!!! What happened to you?!!

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You're...??! (vaguely recognizes his face)

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Hyung!! It's me, Soo-Bong!!

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(not sure) Soo-Bong... "Park" Soo-Bong?

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Hu-hO! What's this? Have you lost your memory?!

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(takes Kang Chul's other hand, trembling) Chul darling... What's the matter? Please talk to me.

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(pays no attention to her) ... !!! (sudden memory)

Kang Chul rushes down the hall, ignoring Yeon-Joo.
She clutches his hand in vain. Forced to let go, she falls to her knees.
He enters the bedroom.

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(to Soo-Bong) Oppa!!! (shows her arm, translucent)

Soo-Bong, !!!, quickly sits down in front of his tablet, takes out his stylus and...

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(realizes) Yoon-Hee was on duty here?!

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Where is she?

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(draws) She wasn't here when the Queen of Darkness woke us up.

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(to Mi-Ra, sternly) Where's Yoon-Hee?

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(confused) ... Yoon-Hee... ?!

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!!! (sudden anger)

Zang! He points his sword at Mi-Ra's neck.

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WHERE'S MY WIFE, WITCH ?!

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... !! (looks at his sword, annoyed)

Then Mi-Ra notices a short sword on Wang Shin's belt.

SLOW MOTION:
Mi-Ra draws Wang Shin's short sword...
... while retreating to escape a potential decapitation.
So quickly that he seems paralyzed!
Wang Shin, !!, tries to slice her neck, but...
... Mi-Ra realizes that he's infinitely slow!

SKLANG! She parries with the short sword!
He strikes with the point, SKLANG! Parried!!
He strikes again, SKLANG! Parried easily.
And as he strikes...

(smiles, confidently)

SKLANG! SKLANG! ... She moves forward and forces him back!!!

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??!!!

Zatch!! She slices his headband.

:

(!!!) She could have cut my head off!

She strikes, relaxed, and SKLANG!, he parries.
She strikes again, SKLANG!, he parries, overwhelmed!

:

(!!!) She gives me time to parry!

SKLANG! SKLANG! SKLANG! Several times, then he sees with amazement...

SLOW MOTION:
... An almost impossible combat boot!
The calculated regularity of her blows put his saber into a vibratory mode.
His arm trembles, zinn..zinn..zinn.. the blade undulates and--
SVRLING! The saber blade breaks of its own!
Blade tips fly, Wang Shin lets go of the pommel.

Mi-Ra jumps onto a shelf, bounces off it...
... does a pirouette, grabbing Wang Shin by the neck and--
WOSHH!! She throws him to the floor!!
Immediately, she puts a knee on his chest and--
Zang! Points the short sword at his neck!

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... !!!! (panting)

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(not breathless, mocking) I don't even need the powers of the Queen of Darkness to defeat you.

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... !!! (glares at her)

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I promised Kang Chul that I wouldn't attack Butterfly Girl again. As far as other clowns are concerned, I haven't promised anything.

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("she's sincere") Moon Mi-Ra!!!

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... ?? (stands up and Sbling! drops the sword)

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What have you done with Yoon-Hee?

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(tries to remember) ... That day... ... I'd come for Butterfly Girl but...... Yoon-Hee? (pensive)

Do-Yoon has the terrible intuition that she has not only forgotten where Yoon-Hee is...
... but that she's forgotten WHO Yoon-Hee is!

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Yoon-Hee, your assistant. Fat and optimistic. She was working here! (points to tablet)

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!! (remembers)

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Yoon-Hee!

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... (dismayed)

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(sad and happy) Yoon-Hee... my only friend...

Yoon-Hee waits, distressed... when--
WOMPF! Shadow puff, Mi-Ra materializes.

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?!! (worried)

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........ (recognizes her)

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... ??! (doesn't understand, looks at her wedding dress)

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(moved) It's been a long time... my chubby.

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??! ("too strange")

(tender smile)

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(touched) You've changed your mind? We're going back to the real world?

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Yes, but first... Give me time...

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... ???

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(hand on forehead) There's a lot I need to remember...

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... (dismayed, "she's changed, so peaceful")

(resembles her memories, upset)

Voice-over, from the near future:

~

How could we explain to these loved ones from a distant past?

Kang Chul tears up as he contemplates...
... his son Chul-Moo, asleep in his crib.
The person he most wanted to see again in this world.

~

The idea of a life where time no longer exists.

As he'd accepted the idea that he'd never meet him again...
He bursts into tears, while struggling to remain silent.

~

It was impossible. It was better to remain silent.

He'd rather not wake his son, as much as he'd like to.
Kang Chul continues to cry as he looks at his son...

~

We still have an ordinary life to lead. A life without the crazy phenomena of manhwas.

To the horizon, works of art suspended in nothingness.
Sitting against a column of a ruined Greek pantheon...

... Kang Chul tenderly embraces Mi-Ra from behind.

~

If we were real immortals, synaptic accumulation would have caused amnesia.

He holds out his hand, materializing... Volume 1 of "W"!
Mi-Ra, ?!!, is astonished to see something she's forgotten.

~

But Imagination preserved everything intact, ignoring physiological laws.

She closes her eyes, concentrates on remembering.
She stretches out her hand where it materializes... Volume 1 of "Queen of Darkness"!

~

Forgetting was just an illusion caused by lack of attention.

He smiles, puts down volume 1 of "W", and materializes volume 2 in his hand.
She smiles, puts down volume 1 of "Queen of Darkness", and materializes volume 2 in her hand.

~

We just needed a little time to dig up our most distant memories.

(Later, after some explanation.)

Yoon-Hee and Soo-Bong draw on the tablets as they listen.

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We were convinced we'd never come back.

Next to Soo-Bong, Ren-Bo looks on compassionately...
... Yeon-Joo prostrate on a chair, weeping miserably in silence.

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But... How long were you there?

Wang Shin stands sullenly at the back of the room, staring hatefully at Mi-Ra.

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Impossible to know. (tells...)

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Just... a very long time.

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... (broken, not enough strength to ask)

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And you ended up getting married?!

(grimaces, sobs)

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Less than an hour ago.

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(looks at Yeon-Joo, "she'll cause trouble") But honestly, it felt like a marriage for much longer.

(looks at her hatefully)

(smiles slightly at her, "you know it's useless")

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(extreme disappointment, looks at Mi-Ra) She tried to kill me less than an hour ago...

(doesn't listen, notices a tablet on the floor)

(It's Young-Sik's tablet, fallen during the fight, Episode 37.)

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(to Kang Chul) ... and all you find to do is cheat on your wife, betray your family, and marry a psychopathic killer.

(not listening, concentrating on gathering his memories)

(intrigued, goes to the tablet)

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(drawing) Hyung, she's right, I don't understand. Being stuck there is okay... but getting married?

(kneels by the tablet, examines it)

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(devastated) You became close because you were alone there?

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(without looking at her, concentrating on his memories) ... We'll talk about that later.

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... !!!

Mi-Ra isn't sure she recognizes the tablet, until she notices...
... in a gap on the edge of the screen: clotted blood! Hers!!!

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It's my tablet?!!

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??!

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Yes. (remembers...)

C#1. RECALL, Ep37 - Sung-Moo's Living Room (afternoon).

The manhwa automatically updates on Young-Sik's tablet.

-

It works!!! This tablet is just like ours!

C#2. RECALL - Sung-Moo's Living Room (afternoon).

Kang Chul looks at the back of the tablet... a serial number.

-

You could hack into the manufacturer's database?

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I'll try a backup of the data erased from the hard disk.

-

I know this model. It's overpriced, it's-- Omo!!!

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... ?!

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This is the model Mi-Ra used when I worked with her?!

-

(drawing, looks up) ... ?!!

-

So, that's her tablet?!

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Probably?

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(gets up) Take over, Oppa.

Yoon-Hee goes to examine Young-Sik's tablet.
Soo-Bong sits behind her tablet and draws.
Yoon-Hee sees in a gap on the edge of the screen... clotted blood!
She immediately hides it from the others.

-

This is Mi-Ra's tablet.

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(!) Are you sure?

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Absolutely certain.

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How?

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..... (embarrassed to answer)

C#3. RECALL - "Imagination".

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We had your old tablet back.

-

(?) I thought it was broken. How did this happen?

C#4. FLASHBACK - IT store (day).

The tablet is on the counter, no screen, components out in the open.

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(shows traces of coagulated blood) Did you use it to hit someone?!

-

No, there was an accident, someone fell on it.

-

Seriously?! How many floors?

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(embarrassed) ... AaAh... It's just bad luck... yeh.

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This is professional equipment. What are you doing with it?

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It's for drawing a manhwa.

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(?!) ... Oh, excellent! But to afford such a luxurious tablet... (sniffs out a bargain) ... Surely this is a famous manhwa?

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(prefers not to reveal) Hmm... Yes, quite famous.

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I'll do my best to help out an artist. Just out of curiosity, what's it called?

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("maybe he'll give me a discount") Uh... Queen of Darkness... But I didn't pay for the tablet! And uh... I have to advance the money, but I'm not rich.

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(hiding his greed, pretending not to know) Queen of Darkness... Sounds familiar.....

C#5. FLASHBACK, Ep14 - IT Store (day).

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(points to transistors) You can see there, everything's ruined.

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... Is there really nothing we can do?

C#6. FLASHBACK, Ep14 - IT Store (day).

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Ah, but because it's you... I can do something to help you.

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... ?!

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I could take it back, in exchange for a discount on a used one. As efficient and good condition as a new one, that goes without saying...

C#7. FLASHBACK - IT store + Young-Sik's Apartment (day).

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(on smartphone) What do you want, you dirty crook?!

The technician is alone in his store, chatting on his smartphone.

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I've got a collector's item you'll be interested in... (looks greedily at the tablet) The "Queen of Darkness" tablet! With the author's blood on it as a bonus!

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... !!!

-

So, you're drooling? ... But get ready to pay big for it!

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It... It works?!

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You want it in working order? In that case, you can go sell a kidney.

C#8. RECALL - Sung-Moo's Guest Room (afternoon).

Kang Chul and Yoon-Hee are alone in the room.

-

They probably knew each other. And that's not surprising with obsessed fans.

-

Why was there all that blood on the tablet?

-

(breathing heavily) Soo-Bong didn't tell you... ... but after they broke up... (tells...)

C#9. FLASHBACK, Ep14 - Mi-Ra's Workshop (day).

Mi-Ra looks tragically at her reflection in the unlit tablet.
Dark as the Queen of Darkness.

~

I don't know if it was suicide...

With all her might, Mi-Ra rears forward, head first.
CRASHH!! She smashes her face into the tablet!!! Shatter the screen!!

~

... or if she wanted to get inside the tablet.

C#10. RECALL - Sung-Moo's Guest Room (afternoon).

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(??!) ... (feels sorry) She didn't seem to love Soo-Bong that much.

-

(embarrassed) No, it's just... anyway... ... She felt bad about herself... Depressed.

-

("she's hiding something") Yoon-Hee, you know the truth, don't you?

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..... (looks away, doesn't want to talk about it)

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(takes her shoulders) The reason Mi-Ra went crazy.

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(sobs) I can't... I swore myself to secrecy.

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(upset) And I swear it'll stay a secret.

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... ("why is he so emotional?")

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(deep gaze) I need to know. Maybe that's why she doesn't want to finish her manhwa.

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..... (closes her eyes so it's painful) It's about her uncle...

Yoon-Hee approaches Kang Chul and whispers in his ear.
We can't hear, but as she recounts...

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... !!!!

C#11. FLASHBACK, Ep14 - Moon Manor, Living Room (evening).

Uncle Beak-Soo immobilizes Mi-Ra as a child (aged 9) on the sofa.
He strangles her so hard she can't make a sound or breathe.

C#12. RECALL - Sung-Moo's Guest Room (afternoon).

Kang Chul is horrified... can't believe such an abomination exists.
He suffers out of empathy, feels his guts twist, sheds a tear.
Yoon-Hee continues to whisper in his ear...

C#13. FLASHBACK, Ep14 - Hospital room (day).

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I have an infinite abyss inside me.

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... ?! ("something I know?")

-

It's swallowed me up and I'm at the bottom. Where there's nothing but eternal solitude.

C#14. FLASHBACK, Ep24 - Dr. Choi's office (day).

Doctor Choi is worried when he sees Mi-Ra's (13) new drawing:
A sketch of the Queen of Darkness, drawing the shadow arm out of her abdomen.

-

Why does she draw this arm out?

-

For revenge.

C#15. FLASHBACK, Ep24 - Padded cell (day).

Child Mi-Ra (13) is restrained by a straitjacket, a gag over her mouth.
Uncle Beak-Soo wedges her head against the partition, as she loses her mind.
Her eyes are empty and bloodshot. Her mind gone elsewhere.

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You've grown up so fast, my little Mi-Ra. You'll soon be rotten meat. Let's enjoy it one last time...

C#16. FLASHBACK - Grand salon of the Moon villa (morning).

"AaraAAhh... AArrrrAAhhh..." Beak-Soo screams in agony. (throughout the scene)
On the floor: blood, bits of arms, legs, severed fingers.
The Queen of Darkness's shadow arm lifts Uncle Beak-Soo.
He's nothing but a bloody trunk, screaming in pain, with no arms or legs.
With a ritual dagger, she scarifies his disfigured face.

-

Pile of rotten meat.

Ffff... The dagger disappears in a puff of shadow.
She grabs Beak-Soo with both hands.
The shadow arm retracts into her abdomen.

-

Let's enjoy it one last time.

WBROSSH!!! The shadow arm pierces right through his chest.
Keeps stretching and ten meters away, near the wall...
... the shadow hand opens and releases Beak-Soo's beating heart.
The Queen of Darkness lets go of him and SWROMPH! becomes Mi-Ra.
The shadow arm disappears and Splat!! Beak-Soo's body falls.

She stares sadistically at the body agitated by nervous reflexes.
A luminous haze emanates from her eyes...
... It's actually the Queen of Darkness in the guise of Mi-Ra.
Mi-Ra's spirit has gone elsewhere, to rest after a lifetime of mental suffering.
On the floor, the heart stops beating. The body no longer stirs... DEAD.
With a triumphant smile, PFWOM... Mi-Ra disappears in a puff of shadow.

C#17. RECALL - Sung-Moo's Guest Room (afternoon).

Yoon-Hee cries in Kang Chul's arms, so painful was her story.
He pats her back to comfort her, distressed with emotion...
Now he knows how deep is the suffering of the woman he loves.
Why he feels she's sinking into an abyss from which only he can save her.

-

For years, her parents knew and let it happen. There was never anyone to save her from this hell.

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(hard, bitter) Her uncle deserved to be slaughtered by the Queen of Darkness. Whatever the law, there will be no further justice.

C#18. RECALL, Ep38 - "Imagination".

POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW!...
Kang Chul shoots Beak-Soo in the head at point-blank range.

POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! A frantic firing... He's enraged!!!

~

At that moment, I knew the truth...

C#19. RECALL, Ep38 - "Imagination".

(rushes into Kang Chul's arms, and embraces him as tightly as possible)

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I won't let anyone hurt you. Not even yourself.

(cracks, the shock was too violent)

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Don't leave me. Don't ever leave me again...

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(bursts into tears) Boo-hoo-hoo...

Mi-Ra picks up her tablet and heads for the exit, carrying it under her arm.

(blocks her way)

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..... ?

-

Where are you going with that, witch?

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I'm taking what's mine. Is that a problem?

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It's not yours anymore! We found it.

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Do you hear that? You're not taking anything that dangerous with you. (hand on his short sword, ready to draw)

-

Wang Shin, this is her tablet. Let her go with it.

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(appalled) You've gone completely mad!!! She'll use it against us!

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No, she'll use it to help us.

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That's enough. (Zink!, draws his short sword and brandishes it)

(wrenches his arm from behind)

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Agh! (arm immobilized, impossible to strike)

-

Baeuja, you've done enough damage already. Please calm down.

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... !! (looks sadly, doesn't dare intervene)

-

(stares angrily at Kang Chul) You two traitors! If you're with her, you're against us!!!

Woshh!!! He sends Do-Yoon to the floor with a Taekkyeon hold.

-

!!

(brandishes short sword at Mi-Ra again)

With lightning speed, Kang Chul enters his guard and--
PAF-PAF!!! Strikes his wrist twice, causing a nervous reflex and--
Sbling! He drops the sword! Wang Shin, !!!, ready to fight with his bare hands, but--
SBAF!! Kang Chul strikes powerfully at the chest, then--
Spam! An atemi to the neck! Wang Shin collapses unconscious... Bompf!

-

... !! (flabbergasted by his mastery)

(smiles, proud of her husband)

-

(to Yoon-Hee) He's not hurt.

-

... !

-

President Kang! You've become better than me?!

-

(smiles) A few more years of training. (wink)

-

Let's go. (takes Kang Chul's hand)

As they head for the exit, peaceful and happy...
... Yeon-Joo stares at them, petrified by the despair of her destroyed life.

As a child, Yeon-Joo draws a sketch of a high-school student, an Olympic marksman...
... What Kang Chul will one day be.

~

The man of my life, whom I dreamed of long before I met him.

Yeon-Joo, with an injured lip, tells Kang Chul how she lost her husband.

-

(crying) I tried to forget him because it was supposed to be a happy ending. How is it a happy ending? It's just awful to have been separated for this.

He sighs heavily: women displaying their delusions are painful.

Yeon-Joo stands up, overcoming her suffering.
She feels she must fight, beyond any limits!

:

I won't make the mistake of sacrificing myself again, if it means losing you.

She walks towards the exit, determined to stop being who she was...

:

I won't accept anything for only Kang Chul's sake.

Ren-Bo sees her out, then looks at Wang Shin.

-

(reproachfully) She's a doctor and doesn't even care for him??!

FLAP! Ren-Bo jumps to Wang Shin's side, puts her hand on his chest and--
SHAF! - FSHA! Light flash. She teleports with him to the sofa.

-

Thanks Ren-Bo.

Yeon-Joo exits the house, and her determination is immediately put to the test.
She sees a nightmarish scene, crushing her heart and guts:
Kang Chul, embracing Mi-Ra around the waist, further out in the garden.

-

I've got some loose ends to tie up here.

-

Then I'll wait for you a few blocks away. (notices Yeon-Joo)

-

See you soon, my love.

-

Mmh, I love you.

Mi-Ra gives Yeon-Joo a discreet, petty look...

:

Let's be sure you remain a loose end, Oh Yeon-Joo.

... Then she kisses Kang Chul!

Yeon-Joo, !!!!!, for the first time in her life... feels the insanity of jealousy.
As the kiss continues... Yeon-Joo can't stop watching, masochistically!

Devastated, she clutches her heart, trembling. She flinches and...
... to avoid falling, she sits on the low wall opposite the windows.

Kang Chul and Mi-Ra stop kissing, smile at each other.
Yeon-Joo puts her hand over her eyes, remains sitting prostrate.
Then Mi-Ra heads for the garden exit, carrying her tablet...

Do-Yoon comes next to Kang Chul and watches Mi-Ra leave.

-

(dismayed) President Kang... (bitter) This amuses you... Is it? ("it amuses you to knock me out with yet another impossible folly")

-

(Paf! friendly pat on the back) Aaah... Hyung! ("you're used to it by now")

-

"Hyung"... Does it still make sense... (nods "no") Really... REALLY...

Yoon-Hee puts down her stylus and stands up.

-

(to Soo-Bong) I'll be back in two minutes, Oppa.

-

Mmh-Mmh. (focused on his tablet)

She heads for the exit, not noticing further...
... lying on the sofa, Wang Shin wakes up sore.

Mi-Ra opens the street gate.

-

(comes out of the house) Unnie!!

-

(turns around) ... ?

Yoon-Hee hurries to join Mi-Ra.

-

Did you mean what you said before? You won't attack Ren-Bo again?

-

Yes... I suppose the power of love has changed me more than the power of the Queen of Darkness.

-

Will you really help us put an end to the manhwa?

-

Yes, my husband and I have a plan.

(Bompf!!, suddenly takes Mi-Ra in her arms)

-

(?!) ... (accepts hug)

(looks at them from afar with tenderness)

(Mi-Ra and Yoon-Hee's friendship music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRTdI-HykzE)
Embracing, they talk without seeing each other. Growing emotion...

-

You'll create a new manhwa, Unnie... Even better!

-

I'm just... the best drawer on earth. How can I succeed if you don't help me?

-

(moved) ... Then let's do it... I'll follow in your footsteps.

-

Where does that lead? Now you have disastrous taste in men.

-

... (remembers)

-

(scornful) The first weirdo who deigns to take an interest in you, you settle for.

-

(tear) I chose the first one who came along, perhaps...

-

You're just a fat, stupid girl... and too sentimental...

-

If I have a friend who can accept me like that... then that's fine with me.

-

... (moved)

-

... (cries but hides it)

-

(tear) You're not so sheepish as to cry now, are you?

-

Of course not, Unnie. Why would a pretentious, unbearable author make anyone cry?

-

.... (silent tears)

-

.... (so hard not to burst into tears)

-

(looks Yoon-Hee up and down, disgusted) A guy's supposed to put his dick in a clean ass, not a pile of shit.

& It was difficult, wasn't it?

-

(smiles painfully) Every day was an enchantment.

-

I thought I needed a love story...

-

... but for a year, I found I needed a friend.

-

(bursts into tears) Boo-hoo-hoo... When I said I'd never forgive you... I LIED !

-

(about to cry) Let me go now. (wipes her tears discreetly)

They part... look at each other, smiling wistfully.
At the entrance to the house, Wang Shin has certainly seen it all.

-

...... !! (scandalized)

Mi-Ra comes out into the street, carrying her tablet.
Kang Chul looks at her, with growing anxiety.
She turns, sharing one last, intense look with him.

Once she disappears from his sight...
He feels dizzy. Blurred, whirling vision.
For fear of falling, he leans on Do-Yoon.

-

(??) President Kang? (worried)

-

It's nothing, just two seconds... (breathes and comes to his senses)

Yoon-Hee goes to the entrance of the house...

-

... ?! (sees Wang Shin irritated)

-

(hard) What was that?

-

(guesses an argument) .... I have to get back to drawing.

She glares away to show her annoyance, then forces her way through.

-

(grabs her arm) This can wait.

-

We'll talk later! (tries to free her arm)

-

(grabs both her wrists and restrains her) You give a mass murderer two minutes, but not your husband?!!

-

But she's just Mi-Ra now!

-

Nonsense! She's one with the Queen of Darkness. She's tried to kill me dozens of times, slaughtered hundreds of people, killed my father, betrayed my--

-

You're confusing everything, that was in the manhwa! The one I also drew!!!

-

... ! ("she's right")

-

So I'd be a mass murderer too? You should hate me? (furious) Why didn't you do it instead of marrying me?!!

-

Hu-Ho! It wasn't that damn manhwa when she assaulted you, kidnapped you, then tried to kill us all in the temple.

-

(unsure) She wasn't herself then.

-

... How cowardly.

-

(pleading) Please accept it. She's my friend. The one I worked for and who taught me everything.

-

WHAT FRIEND ?!! She murdered you by smashing your skull!! (furious) It was in the manhwa, THAT ??!

-

(torn between the truth and her feelings) ..... She's changed since then.

-

Changed?! Oooh... And the first thing she does after changing is try to kill Ren-Bo and steal another woman's husband? A family man?!

Sitting on the low wall, Yeon-Joo looks sadly at Wang Shin, touched by his truth.

-

("he's right", prefers to dodge) Please, let me pass. I HAVE TO DRAW THE CROSSOVER.

Talking further with Kang Chul, Do-Yoon glances at their argument, annoyed.

-

I can't allow my wife to tolerate such immorality.

-

....... (cries, no argument)

-

(definitive) I forbid you to associate with this monster.

-

(sobbing) Why should I have to make a choice between the two of you?!

-

Make that choice, NOW !

Further into the garden, interrupting his conversation with Kang Chul...

-

THAT'S ENOUGH, BAEUJA !!!

-

... !!! (ulcerated, lets go of Yoon-Hee)

-

??

As Yoon-Hee enters the house...
... Wang Shin strides furiously towards Do-Yoon!!

After being beaten, humiliated, betrayed and wounded in his pride many times...
... This is one affront too many. Wang Shin's frustration must find an outlet!!!

-

What right have you to meddle in my marital affairs!!

-

The right you put Ren-Bo in danger!

-

Bullshit!! You're just siding with that traitor! (points to Kang Chul) You're his dog, barking at his every whim, no matter how disgusting.

-

!!! (exceeded, and what's more... )

Baf!! Do-Yoon punches Wang Shin! A blow more humiliating than decisive.

-

!!

-

Everyone's sick and tired of your asshole attitude.

-

!!! (exceeded, and what's more... )

-

Blwaaargll! (vomits on front deck)

-

No, it was premeditated. I demand compensation!

-

Very well. A friendly duel. But I won't do you any favors.

Sbling!! Wang Shin throws his sword and scabbard on the ground.

-

(cruel smile, waited for this moment) It won't be friendly.

He and Do-Yoon close in, in fighting stance.
Kang Chul steps in, separating them at arm's length.

-

Yah!! Are you children?!

-

This is between him and me, President Kang.

-

Obey your dog for once.

-

!!!

Paf! - Paf! Simultaneously, Wang Shin and Do-Yoon sweep up Kang Chul's arm.
With lightning speed, Wang Shin rushes in and--
Baf-Baf-Baf! delivers three blows to Do-Yoon's chest.

-

!!! (surprised, cashes in)

Spam! a final, harder blow with the flat of his hand. Aesthetic!!
Do-Yoon is pushed back two meters, shocked.

(shakes head to recover)

(steps back... annoyed, "nothing will convince them to stop")

Do-Yoon returns to the assault.
Meanwhile, Kang Chul looks at Yeon-Joo, sitting prostrate.

:

Should I talk to her now?

He finds a reason for this, and walks to the porch...

Kang Chul sits down next to Yeon-Joo, but just as he's about to speak to her...
... He hesitates, realizing that she is isolated in her suffering.

In reality, she overcomes her pain and boils inside.

:

I won't let that bitch steal you away from me. I'll never give up.

Kang Chul decides to wait, and watches the fight between Wang Shin and Do-Yoon.

The fight between Wang Shin and Do-Yoon is fierce.

Do-Yoon is at a disadvantage due to his injuries. (bandaged by Kang Chul, episode 37)
Wang Shin is faster, expert in traditional martial arts, unpredictable.
Do-Yoon is more versatile, an expert in Mixed Martial Arts and equally unpredictable.
The two men return blow after blow, at full power...

-

(wearily) Those two idiots will end up killing each other...

Kang Chul closes his eyes and concentrates.

:

I have to remember every detail about the Narrator.

Ultra-fast flashes involving the manhwas and the Narrator. (Episodes 1 to 37)

Imagination preserved Kang Chul's memories intact.
A final flash of happy Kang Chul and Mi-Ra in the Imagination...

... disturbed by a real and present voice, bringing him out of his reverie:

~

Forget her now.

Kang Chul opens his eyes and turns to Yeon-Joo.
She stares at him, her eyes red with tears.

-

You have no reason to be with her anymore.

-

.... ("she didn't understand or...")

-

You're back from there. It's all over now. So come back to your family too. To me and our son.

-

.... ? ("she refuses to accept?")

-

I'll pretend it... never happened.

-

....

-

.... ?

-

The Kang Chul you knew no longer exists, Oh Yeon-Joo. And this is not the right time to have this discussion.

-

... !!!

-

I need to resolve the situation, finish the manhwa. That's what I wanted to talk about...

-

... !!! (heart in agony, must overcome grief) Did this happen because you were stuck there or... (hard to ask)

-

...

-

(sob) ... Did it start before you went into Imagination?

-

... ? (can't remember)

-

... ?! (appalled by his attitude, remembers...)

-

I won't ask you what you were doing last night.... ... But yesterday you wanted to tell me something important!

-

... (calm, now ready)

-

(broken) Is that what you wanted to tell me this morning?

-

This morning? (tries to remember without success)

-

... ?!!

-

Give me a few seconds. (closes eyes and concentrates)

Wang Shin and Do-Yoon are badly beaten.
Woshhh!! Wang Shin takes him down with a sweeping kick.
Spoc! Do-Yoon's head hits a decorative stone. Stunned!
Wang Shin raises his foot, ready to smash his head against the stone, but...
... abandons the blow, "it could be fatal". He wants a fair fight!

Wang Shin kneels on Do-Yoon and strikes him in ground combat.
Do-Yoon is better at Jiu-Jitsu and reverses the situation.
Now Wang Shin is trapped on the ground, harassed by Do-Yoon's blows!

Kang Chul recalls the last days before Imagination, his dark romance...

Ultra-fast flashes of moments with Mi-Ra or Yeon-Joo. (Episodes 30 to 37)

With a voice-over from episode 34:

~

While I wanted to clarify the situation with Yeon-Joo... ... I saw no way to do it immediately.

He opens his eyes. He and Yeon-Joo remember today morning...

-

I know you're going through something.... ... something strange, confusing, BUT WHAT ?!!

-

(sad) Sorry I didn't mention this sooner.

-

(bitter) It was too impossible to admit, but I felt it... ... I felt there was another woman and.... that it was HER !

-

(detached) That's what Kang Chul wanted to tell you once. And even today, I'm sorry I couldn't.

-

... !!

-

Kang Chul was reluctant to reveal this earlier because... (sighs) (points to Do-Yoon and Wang Shin's fight) Look at the result.

-

.... (horrified by the distance she senses in him)

-

Never forgive me, Oh Yeon-Joo.

-

(!!!) ... So that's it?!! (disgusted) You cheated on me like... ... like ... a sleazy husband from a... a bad drama?!!

-

(smiles wryly) It's not glorious, but if it helps you, think that way.

-

... !!!!! (eyes bulging, transfixed in disbelief)

-

Whatever... For now, Ren-Bo needs you, Oh Yeon-Joo. Time to finish the manhwa. Your drawings can save her.

-

....... (devastated, cries)

-

Can you have this sense of responsibility?

-

(unbearable) What? WHAT ?! What are you saying? A sense of responsibility?! Were you responsible when you committed this... this madness... ... absent... with her... as the Narrator was about to strike?!!

-

(sighs) Okay, but without her, I couldn't conclude my investigation, and... (looks at her like "accept it") ... it's just the past, Oh Yeon-Joo.

Yeon-Joo is crushed by grief and incomprehension. "It can't be him."
Kang Chul prefers to remain distant, because whatever he says would hurt her.

-

Just the past... And all those trials we went through together?! All those moments when we loved each other, were they fake?!!

-

W ?

-

... ??!!

-

Two seconds... (closes eyes and concentrates)

Do-Yoon and Wang Shin are tired and injured.
They've lost their aggression, unable to deliver a fatal blow.
They strike and strike again, until...

SBOM! Wang Shin delivers a final blow to Do-Yoon, who collapses.
Wang Shin's knees shake... and he collapses too.
The two exhausted men lie on the grass, out of action...

Ultra-fast flashes of Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo's adventures in W season 1.

-

(opens eyes) I was sincere in W... ... But after that, our relationship was a failure.

-

(!!!) Although you gave me a son?!!!!

-

I made a mistake in wanting to be an actor. But if I did... ... it was to abandon the parameters that W imposed on me.

-

... ??

-

I didn't want the same career as in W. I wanted to free myself completely from W.

-

... But... What's that got to do with--

-

Certainly you were also part of this forced destiny. Even if your father didn't design it that way, it's the result. I thought I'd chosen you... but I was wrong.

-

..... !!! (stunned by his harshness)

-

I'm still glad you're the mother of my son, Oh Yeon-Joo.

-

(heartbroken) ... So you're going to abandon us? Destroy your family, everything we've built together?

-

Nothing so tragic. It'll be pretty mundane. A divorce to deal with, and alternating custody of our son.

-

.... !!!! (tortured by conflicting emotions...)

Yeon-Joo is a kind woman, facing mishaps with courage...
... incapable of violence, accepting misfortune rather than lose her soul.
But it's so unfair... and no woman would disgust her as much as Mi-Ra.
She stares angrily at Kang Chul's wedding ring and...
... sees her reflection distorted on the smooth gold!

Yeon-Joo sees her reflection in the stainless steel tray, distorting her face.
A stretched reflection, disturbing, like a murderous mad monster.

She can't bear the sight, looks away...

Today, Yeon-Joo won't turn away from her reflection.

She gazes at her face distorted by hatred and murderous desire, then...

-

You will not have custody of my son in the company of a murderess. I'M TAKING CHUL-MOO TO MY MOTHER NOW !!!!

-

!!!

Yeon-Joo gets up and enters the house, angry.
Too quickly for Kang Chul to react. He stands up, dumbfounded.

Ren-Bo sees Yeon-Joo heading for the bedroom, desperately angry.

-

(about to cry) Poor Unnie, she didn't deserve that. I always knew your Hyung was a bad man!

-

(drawing on his tablet) Don't... Don't say that... ... There must be a reason... something we don't know.

Yoon-Hee looks at Ren-Bo, and sees that her hand and foot are becoming solid again.

-

Oppa ! (drawing on her tablet)

-

Yes?

-

Go to sleep, you need to be fresh to replace me tomorrow morning. ... If Yeon-Joo leaves, it'll just be the two of us taking turns.

-

(looks at Ren-Bo) ... It's... It's true.

He stands up, tenderly caresses Ren-Bo's head.

-

Come, my little angel. Let's go to sleep.

(smiles sadly)

Do-Yoon and Wang Shin are lying on the grass when...
Blewaaargl... Do-Yoon vomits.

-

I'll take that as a victory.

Wang Shin stands up and smiles at Do-Yoon, paralyzed on the ground...
... proud to have met a worthy fighter. "Not an easy victory".

-

You're almost as good a fighter as I am. But alas... ... you were born at an era when men became too soft.

Yeon-Joo leaves the house and walks furiously towards the street gate.
However, she's not carrying Chul-Moo! Just her usual handbag.
(??!) Kang Chul doesn't understand, but his intuition sounds the alarm!

He gets in Yeon-Joo's way, but coming as a surprise--
BOM!!! Wang Shin hits Kang Chul in the stomach! Violent!!!

-

oOooshh... (bends over, breathless, terrible stomach pain)

(keeps walking without paying attention)

(proud, fist all the way in, remembers...)

BOM!!! Kang Chul punches Wang Shin in the stomach! Violent!!!

-

oOooshh... (bends over, breathless, terrible pain in the stomach)

-

I await your apology.

Kang Chul turns his head slightly, coldly annoyed.
Without answering, he goes into the bedroom.
Wang Shin clenches his fist, wanting to punch him... "That bastard won't even apologize!"

Wang Shin withdraws his fist from Kang Chul's stomach... who collapses to his knees.

-

Apology accepted.

Wang Shin smiles. Today, he's settled almost all his honor debts.

Yeon-Joo exits the house gate.

She moves quickly away down the street, clenching her teeth and fists.
Her expression changes regularly:
Hate, despair, anger, suffering... a soul in perdition.

At an intersection near Sung-Moo's house...
... Yeon-Joo stops, scans the various streets and--
(!!!) She sees Mi-Ra's black limousine parked up ahead!
She quickens her pace towards the limousine, obsessed...

Once close to the limousine--
A modern shadow killer gets out and opens the back door.

-

??! (surprised, stops)

The killer threatens her, like "you won't go anywhere but in this car".
But he doesn't need to force her. Yeon-Joo is determined, and...

... She looks inside:
In the back seat, Mi-Ra is vindictive.

-

It's time I make you disappear, Oh Yeon-Joo.

-

!!! (surprised) ..... (then frightened)

The Shadow Killer pushes Yeon-Joo into the limousine.

The limousine stands still on the street...
The night is quiet... No one around...

When suddenly--
POW! POW! Two flashes of light from the back of the limousine. Two gunshots!!!
Then the heavy silence following a terrible drama...

---

FLASH, final image: Mi-Ra vindictive + Yeon-Joo frightened.