EPISODE 42
Vacant lots, old abandoned houses, damaged fences...
... and an army of modern and classic shadow killers!
Hundreds of them! In the streets, behind fences, on rooftops...
... In ambush around a large shack.
(The location corresponds to Sung-Moo's house in Crossover.)
Dusty, with damaged wooden furniture: table, chairs, wardrobe.
There's a large window, and a door leading to another room.
The room is deserted, except near the front door...
... There's a commando of a dozen shadow killers.
Six Joseon killers standing at the back, bows drawn, ready to fire.
Six modern killers kneeling at the front, pistols pointed, ready to fire.
A firing squad ready to kill anyone who appears here!
| - | (Shik-Shak! activates the breech) GET DOWN !!! |
Without understanding, Yeon-Joo, Yoon-Hee and Soo-Bong throw themselves to the ground.
Kang Chul stands and looks at them, as if waiting for something and...
FWM... Yeon-Joo, Yoon-Hee and Kang Chul are briefly blurred by shadow interference.
| - | ??! (sees Kang Chul blurred by shadows) |
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| - | .... (not surprised, calmly raises his pistol, ready to fire) |
PFWOM... Yeon-Joo, Yoon-Hee and Kang Chul disappear in a shadowy turbulence!
| - | !!!! |
Soo-Bong stands up, stylus in hand, mouth agape with incomprehension.
| ~ | (from the bedroom) Bwooo hooo hooo... |
(?!) Soo-Bong rushes into the bedroom.
| - | (catatonic) ..... (a spark shines in her eyes) |
The baby's cries have touched her soul, but too deeply for her to awaken.
She can only produce memories, at an accelerated speed...
(Episode 31. Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo are absent. Gone to Mi-Ra's clinic.)
Wang Shin and Ren-Bo watch television.
An educational program. A woman helps a baby walk.
Woman on TV: "At what age does baby walk on his feet?"
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| - | Yah! Why are we watching this?! Are you waiting for a baby? |
| - | Shhh... !! |
Soo-Bong comes...
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| - | Angel, I've got to pop home. I'm going to get my lucky stylus. |
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| - | Oh?! You want me to teleport you? |
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| - | Uh... You don't know where it is. |
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| - | (stupid question) Oops. That's right. So, for the return trip? |
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| - | Uh... My car will stay there, so it's not-- |
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| - | (offended) Ok-ok!! You don't need me. Have a nice trip! (looks at TV without interest in him) |
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| - | !! (leaves, vexed, muttering to himself) Tsss, she's not even curious to see where I live?! |
Woman on TV: "In most cases, 18 months, but a few months earlier is possible."
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| - | Kang Chul's son walks perfectly at 12 months. He's precocious! He'll be a better man than his father. |
Yoon-Hee comes in, carrying Chul-Moo!
| - | Gotta get some things from home. The baby's in your care! |
She puts Chul-Moo in Ren-Bo's arms, without giving her time to react.
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| - | (??!) ... Hep-hep-hep! How do I take care of him?! |
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| - | (walks towards the exit without waiting) He likes to play! |
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| - | (!!) ... (embarrassed, looks at the baby in her arms) |
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| - | (amused) Flip-Flap, Butterfly!! |
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| - | Mwoh oh oh! |
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| - | ....... (orange wings) |
The Shadow Killer Commando waits for their targets to appear and...
WOMPF... Puff of shadow, Yeon-Joo and Yoon-Hee materialize lying flat on the ground.
Kang Chul materializes standing, pointing his pistol, ready to fire!
In a flash--
They're unsettled; their targets aren't upright, they have to change their aim..
They're also surprised by Kang Chul. They need two seconds to adapt.
But they won't have it. This is now HIS trap!
POW! Kang Chul fires. The cartridge ejects, the bolt re-engages.
And as the bullet slowly makes its way to the head of a modern killer...
... Kang Chul's arm moves with a sharp, precise interval, aiming for another killer.
The killers have barely begun to move!
POW! He shoots again! Before the previous killer dies from the first bullet.
The second bullet flies towards a killer and Kang Chul rushes towards them...
... not as fast as a bullet, but at a speed beyond human limits.
Kang Chul's piercing eye scans the angle of aim of the enemy's weapons.
The potential trajectories of the projectiles appear as lines of light.
He knows exactly where they'll fire, and how to anticipate to dodge the shots.
He also sees an urgent threat: one of the archers may hit Yoon-Hee.
POW! Kang Chul shoots the archer!!! And as the bullet slowly travels...
Ffff... The first dead killer vanishes in shadow smoke.
Kang Chul, !!!, notices that the killer's pistol also vanishes.
As expected, that's why he approached them.
Spaf! He strikes the hand of the second dead killer to disarm him.
And as his pistol flies, Ffff... the killer vanishes, but not the pistol!
POW! POW! POW! He shoots enemies, and disarms them before they vanish.
Shadow killers panic, randomly shoot once as they're about to die.
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Head shots everywhere.
Twelve bullets, twelve dead. The chaotic fight ends in two seconds.
zss-Tok! Tok! Arrows fly into the wall above Yeon-Joo and Yoon-Hee.
Only now do they realize they've been teleported into the Crossover.
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| - | Ahaah!!! |
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| - | Omo!!! |
Ffff... fff... Shadow killers vanish.
Wang Shin enters hurriedly, from the door of the next room.
First worried by the gunshots, then seeing no killers here...
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| - | (!!) What happened?! |
Kang Chul removes the magazine from his Beretta without checking:
He knows there are 3 bullets left out of 15.
Puts it back in his pocket, takes out a new one and Tshss-Clack! reloads.
He looks down at the floor: 4 pistols snatched before killers' vanishing.
Yeon-Joo and Yoon-Hee stand up.
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| - | Mi-Ra teleported us here to kill us. (appalled by her friend's betrayal) |
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| (tormented) |
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| - | ..... ?!! (waiting for an answer from Kang Chul) |
Kang Chul picks up the 4 pistols and hands two to Wang Shin.
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| - | These are Glock 19 pistols, with 15 rounds of ammunition... ... but the killers had time to fire one bullet from these two. |
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| - | (takes the pistols) ... ?! |
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| - | (gives a gun to Yoon-Hee) Princess Dong knew how to use it, so you should too. |
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| - | (takes the gun) ... ?! |
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| - | (gives gun to Yeon-Joo) I've shown you how to use it in the past. |
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| - | (takes the gun) ... ?! |
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| - | (guesses) More killers are coming... |
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| - | That's right. There are a lot of them out there. I can feel it. |
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| - | And you want to organize our defense here?! |
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| - | It will fail. This place is easy to attack. So... ... to keep them from overwhelming you, I'll give them an easy target. |
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| - | (!!) You're not so crazy as to go out alone to face them?!! |
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| - | Wang Shin, you are now responsible for the safety of these two women. Protect them at all costs. You can do it, can't you? |
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| - | (impressed, "nothing will stop him") ... You can rely on me. |
Kang Chul goes to the front door, gun in hand.
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| (tearful, "I'll lose him no matter what") |
Kang Chul puts his hand on the doorknob, but before opening...
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| - | (smiles) Oh, close the door behind me... ... I don't think I'll have time to do it. |
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| - | ... !!! (goes to the entrance, admiring him) |
Kang Chul breathes, concentrates... Ready to take on hundreds of killers alone.
He opens the door, his silhouette blends into the blinding sunlight.
POW! POW! BANG! BANG! POW! Immediately, dozens of shots.
SHAF! FSHA!, SHAF! FSHA!, SHAF! FSHA! Light flashes...
Ren-Bo teleports anarchically around the room, with Chul-Moo in her arms!
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| - | (speechless) .... !! ("that's how she takes care of a baby?!") |
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| - | (laughs) Nhi hi hi!!! Flip-Flap now! |
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| - | Gypsy Gypsy! You want to fly?! |
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| - | Yes!! Shoo... Shoo... Plane! |
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| - | (worried) Hey, wait-- |
SHAF! Ren-Bo and Chul-Moo disappear. Light flash.
Soo-Bong scrolls through previous images on the tablet.
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| - | If they're in the Crossover, why can't I see them?! |
Dejected, he returns to a current image of the conflict in the Capital.
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| - | (picks up his stylus) Aish... I have to soldier on with this, or else... |
He looks behind him at Ren-Bo, gray and catatonic, but notices...
... There's a bright spark in her eyes!
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| - | Come to your senses, my angel. They're certainly in danger. You must bring them back to the real world! |
FLAP-FLAP-FLAP Ren-Bo flies in loops, the baby in her arms.
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| - | Whaaahaa... ha ha ha!! |
Better than a carnival roller coaster for Chul-Moo!
From the sky, Ren-Bo sees Do-Yoon's black sports car pull into the street.
SHAF! She disappears with Chul-Moo. Light flash.
FSHA! Light flash, they materialize next to Wang Shin.
Ren-Bo puts Chul-Moo in his arms, without giving him time to react.
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| - | (?!) Yah! Do I have to take care of him now? |
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| - | You want to learn all about babies, start with practice! |
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| - | ... !! (wants to answer, but--) |
SHAF! FSHA!, Ren-Bo teleports to the entrance...
... Just as Do-Yoon enters. (back from his surveillance mission at the clinic)
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| - | Oppa! Are you busy now?! |
| - | (startled) Oh!!! |
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| - | (Aegyo, sad dog eyes) Soo-Bong promised we'd go shopping, but he abandoned me. |
Her wings turn yellow, certainly a lie. ^^
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| - | ..... Shopping... It's not really my-- |
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| - | "MISTER" Kang Chul didn't order you anything else?! Then let's go together!! |
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| - | (tries to escape) ... Ahhh... Even if my car is fast... ... The time it takes to get there... and back, it's-- |
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| - | No car needed! So that's YES ?!!! |
Do-Yoon doesn't have time to answer because--
SHAF! Ren-Bo disappears with Do-Yoon. Light flash...
POW! Flash of light from a pistol shot, that of...
Kang Chul battling dozens of enemies in an urban gunfight.
As he runs towards a fence, at lightning speed--
POW! POW! POW! POW! He shoots down 4 enemies in 4 different places.
He takes cover, dodging shots and arrows, but immediately--
POW! POW! Must kill two enemies threatening him.
Empty magazine! Tshss-Clack! He reloads with the previous one.
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| : | 3 bullets. I won't survive without ammo. |
He glances up and sees a dilapidated house a few yards away.
A modern killer at the first floor window!
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| : | My chance to have one of them in contact. |
He immediately runs towards the dilapidated house...
But on the short distance he has to cross in the open...
SLOW MOTION:
Kang Chul detects numerous enemies at different distances.
The potential trajectory of their shots appears as light beams.
And three of them target him. An immediate threat! No choice--
POW! POW! POW! He shoots at them, and as the bullets progress...
... He throws his pistol at the killer in the window of the dilapidated house.
Crash!! The pistol shatters the window and knocks out the killer.
The other three killers are hit by his bullets and...
Pfzz! Tak! Wtok! a multitude of projectiles hit the surrounding area.
Kang Chul jumps through the window and snatches the gun from the killer.
POW! POW! Kang Chul promptly shoots two more killers in the room.
Immediately-- kicks their arms to force them to drop their weapons.
He rushes over a corpse and pulls two extra magazines from his pocket.
Before he has time to search the second corpse...
Ffffff... The two killers vanish in shadow smoke.
Kang Chul snatches two magazines from the stunned killer.
He stows the two pistols and four magazines on him.
He raises his pistol slightly, and detects the remaining ammunition by weight.
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| : | 13 bullets. (smiles) Out of a total of 73. |
He glances outside at the house's window, on the front side.
The decayed house and surrounding area seen from above...
The shadow killers leave their positions in the surrounding area.
Like a blackish, swarming mass of ants...
... several hundred killers converge on the front of the house!
Their new strategy: to overwhelm Kang Chul!
At the window, Kang Chul sees the army of killers coming.
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| : | (!!!) ... 73 bullets won't be enough. (worried) |
(The mall in the shape of a hollow tower. Episode 2 and 18.)
Ren-Bo and Do-Yoon make their way through the crowd.
They leave the main square and take an alley leading to another square.
Ren-Bo gazes cheerfully at the stores. Do-Yoon is stern and annoyed.
People look at Ren-Bo's turquoise wings in amazement...
... but she's so natural that they think it's a disguise, not real wings.
They pass an austere old man, addressing Do-Yoon...
| - | Yah! Aren't you ashamed to be walking your daughter in such an outfit?! |
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| - | ... !! |
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| - | (orange wings, sticks tongue out) Prflllptfrllpt!!! He's not my father, he's my Oppa! (takes Do-Yoon's arm) |
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| - | (!!!) ... (to himself) Aigoo... They make dramas with 900-year-old immortals having a high-school girl girlfriend, and here we are now. This degenerate world is lost. |
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| - | (at the height of embarrassment) Ren-Bo, let's go home. Yeon-Joo will kill me if she finds out we came here. |
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| - | (shakes head, so obvious) That's why I took advantage she wasn't home. |
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| - | Raahhh..... |
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| - | (Aegyo) Oppaaa... Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul would like me to live like a recluse. They're prison guards! "Do-this, do-that, don't-do-this, don't-do-that", it would rip the hairs off their asses to laugh a little. So what?! I'm not old enough to wander the world on my own? Is that it? Mh? |
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| - | ...... ("yes, that's it", but can't say it) |
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| - | I've decided not to listen to anything they say anymore! Nah! (thoughtful) ... I mean, was I ever listening?! I mean, don't let their bad moods rub off on you. You're not that kind of constipated old thing. Mh? Mh? |
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| - | .... (about to be defeated by her cute game) |
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| - | (pulls on his arm, yellow wings) Mh? Mh? Mh? Mh? |
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| (remembers...) |
Then he polishes it with a cloth, even though it's already gleaming, not a speck of dust!
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| - | (looks on disapprovingly, cynical) Such a pity it doesn't have a self-cleaning function... |
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| - | (polishing) This car is the 8th wonder of the world. Ren-Bo has read my mind. Must be a superpower of empathy! |
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| - | Well, she didn't read mine, because she gave me a toy. But Hyung, everyone knows you're Ren-Bo's little pet. |
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| - | .... ("is he jealous?") |
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| : | (serious) It's too late now. I can't be a serious tutor like I should anymore. |
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| - | Relax, Oppa. We didn't come here to steal stuff. |
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| - | .... (smiles with difficulty, not used to relax) |
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| - | Ahummm... Do you have some money if I buy a thing or two? |
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| - | Do you even know what you want? |
They arrive at the second large square in the mall.
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| - | Oh!!! (looks in wonder...) |
In the center of the square, set high up on a wide pillar...
... A statue of three cherubs with angel wings and a Cupid's bow.
Next to the window with closed shutters, Yeon-Joo hides behind a crate.
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| - | (closes the window shutters) Yeon-Joo, you're the least skilled shooter. You take the window, where you can shoot at point-blank range. |
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| - | (pushes the crate next to the window) Okay. |
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| - | My wife, you'll have the widest field of fire. Be ready for any threat. |
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| - | (tilts table) Yes. |
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| - | I guard the most sensitive spot, access to the adjacent room where they can enter. |
Wang Shin opens the door to the adjacent room, to detect any killers entering there.
Wang Shin points one pistol at the open door, the other at the room. Focused!!
Seen from the sky... Killers approach the abandoned shack they're in.
But many killers change their minds, and head for Kang Chul's decaying house.
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| ~ | My strategy worked. Divert them! |
In front of the decayed house, the vanguard of hundreds of killers closes in at twenty meters.
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| ~ | They realized they'd get me by overwhelming me, rather than die one by one. |
A few dozen killers are also nearing the back of the decaying house.
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| ~ | I can go through the back, while the army pursues me... |
Kang Chul quickly searches for the best decision to make.
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| : | ... But it's just time saved in the hope that Ren-Bo will wake up. And every minute increases the risk of the others being killed. |
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| ~ | Going through the back seems easiest because there are fewer enemies... |
Like hundreds of light beams, he sees the trajectory of enemy fire ahead.
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| ~ | ... But I won't be able to anticipate the hundreds of shots from the army behind me. |
The trajectory of the shots from the killers in the back are stopped by the house.
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| ~ | While there will be less shots coming from behind, obstructed by obstacles. |
Little by little, he prepares to choose the most insane decision.
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| : | And Ren-Bo might not wake up, so... |
So far, the situation was similar to his shooting runs in Imagination.
But now it's the next level...
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| : | ... I've got to end this!!! |
Kang Chul gulps, fear on his face. Chances of survival are slim.
He pulls out a second pistol, one in each hand!
He closes his eyes and sticks the pistols to his temples, like two horns.
The cold metal soothes him, gives him courage. Anyway, it's the best decision!
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| : | (opens eyes, determined as ever) I'm going to overwhelm them !!!!! |
He goes between the front door and the window nearby.
He opens the door without standing in front, immediately--
Tsak! Ptow! Ktak! Dozens of bullet and arrow impacts.
A feint by Kang Chul to change their angle of aim, as--
POW! POW! POW! Crash! He shoots at the window, breaks it and jumps through!
POW! POW! POW! Kang Chul continues to shoot in mid-air.
He rolls to the ground, while Ffff... 6 killers killed evaporate.
POW! POW! POW!, he fires both pistols at different angles.
As he runs towards the army of shadow killers, in the open...
SLOW MOTION:
... He sees the light of trajectories and anticipates dozens of potential shots.
He dodges and is grazed by dozens of bullets and arrows!
POW! POW! POW! He runs, firing at the most dangerous killers.
Further on, a sniper aims directly at him. A deadly threat!
BANG! The sniper fires. POW! Kang Chul fires.
The two bullets move slowly towards each other.
TZAK!!! The bullets collide in mid-air, their trajectories deflected and...
END SLOW MOTION.
Zivv-Zivv! ... shoot two killers in distant positions.
Only a few meters to go before contact. The danger is too great!
Kang Chul rushes behind a fence wall, but--
Tak! Tak! Shots from behind hit the wall.
Kang Chul leaps to the top of the wall, then leaps again!
In mid-air, he sees the surprised army of killers below him, too slow to adjust their aim.
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW!
He empties his two pistols, gunning down fifteen shadow killers.
Tshss-Clack! Tshss-Clack! And has time to reload...
... before landing on his knees in an aesthetic pose, arms outstretched.
Now in direct contact with the enemy army, but all around him--
Ffff... Ffff... Ffff... Fifteen shadow puffs of killers vanishing and blinding the enemy!
Top of cool first-class show-off! Kang Chul stands up and--
POW! POW! POW! POW! fires at point-blank range, advancing through their ranks!!!
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| (looks in wonder at the cherub statue) |
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| - | ... ? |
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| - | (yellow wings) Look Oppa, you'll laugh! |
FLIP-FLAP! Ren-Bo takes off and lands on the statue's pedestal, next to the cherubs.
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| - | ... !!! |
People around see this incredible feat, especially children.
Ren-Bo strikes a ridiculous pose on the statue, imitating a cherub shooting a bow.
She stands on one leg, looking up at the sky with a grimace.
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| - | .... (worried about people's reactions, "they'll suspect something") |
A child escapes his parents, and runs towards the statue, squealing happily.
"Aaah... Oooh..." Other children are alerted and run to Ren-Bo.
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| - | (giggles at her own joke, trying to remain serious) Pwfooh ooh ooh... |
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| - | ... !! (drop of sweat, "her stupidity is legendary") |
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| - | (can't hold it, bursts out laughing) PFWAH AH AH AH AH !!!! |
The spasms of hilarity cause her to lose her balance and Ooops....
... She falls off the statue, too dizzy to fly.
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| - | WhaAaAah! |
"YahhAAhhAhh!!!" The children scream in horror.
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| - | ... !!! (mimes "ouch, she's going to break her bones") |
FSHA! Light flash! SboOoïng! Ren-Bo bounces on a cushion of brown fur and--
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| - | Zooplaaah! |
FLAP!, a flap of her wings and she lands gracefully on her feet.
The furry cushion is actually Mr. Teddy Bear's belly, invoked to cushion the fall.
"WhIiihHooHoo!!!" The children howl with delight.
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| - | (??!) ... (stammers to himself) Why did she fall? Why didn't she fly away? Why didn't she teleport? Why-- |
"wOOohAAhhhh!!!" Every children here run to Ren-Bo and Mr. Teddy Bear.
Do-Yoon is a motionless rock in a torrent of kids rushing down a waterfall.
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| (runs hand over face, too puzzled to react) |
Parents want their children back, so they jostle Do-Yoon, an obstacle in their path.
Too late, the children has gathered around Ren-Bo. Parents are intrigued.
She rests her head against Mr. Teddy Bear and gives him a hug.
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| - | Thank you, Mr. Teddy Bear! |
| - | .... (smiles) |
| - | Unnie, are you the real Butterfly Girl?! |
Ren-Bo gets up, and plays the coquette, Aegyo, yellow wings!
FLIP-FLAP! She flaps her wings slightly, and levitates for a short while at one meter high.
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| - | Of course, how else could I do that? |
"WhoaHooWoa!!!" Childs are amazed! All of them fans of the manhwa "Butterfly Girl"!
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| - | (rolls his eyes, pathetically) Well, we'll just have to wait and see... |
Children try to touch Mr. Teddy Bear fearfully.
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| - | I'm very gentle, there's nothing to be afraid of. |
| - | Is that true, Noona Ren-Bo?! |
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| - | Of course! And he loves tickling! |
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| - | (!!) Hey! No, it's not-- |
The kids rush over and tickle Mr. Teddy Bear!
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| - | Uh uh uh, stop! Stop! I prefer hugs! |
Children hug Mr. Teddy Bear.
A little girl doesn't dare approach. Sad and motionless, she has a trace of black eye.
(Note: the same 8-year-old girl who almost jumped off a roof. Episode 14.)
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| (notices the little girl and offers her hand) |
The little girl, ?! hesitates, then... plunges into Ren-Bo's arms!
| - | (cries heartbreakingly) Booh ooh ooh... |
Ren-Bo, ?!, hugs her... realizes she's in big trouble.
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| - | Never give up hope. |
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| - | (more tears) Booh ooh ooh... |
Moved, Ren-Bo cries too, more quietly than usual.
She comforts the little girl for a long time.
Time seems to slow down.
The crowd and the surroundings fade, turning gray.
A soft, warm light emanates from Ren-Bo and the little girl.
Ren-Bo's wings turn a luminous white.
Soo-Bong draws on the tablet: an image of a police drone in the Capital.
Suddenly, an intense white light shines behind him.
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| - | ?!! (takes a look) |
Ren-Bo's wings glow with bright light!
The light fades and although she remains catatonic...
... her body and wings regain some color!
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| - | (!) Yes... That's good, my angel... Keep it up... |
The view from the sky is Dantesque...
Like an ice-breaker slicing through pack ice, Kang Chul slashes through the enemy army!
There's no one left behind, and around him implode dozens of shadow puffs.
He's an unstoppable killing machine, committing a massacre beyond belief!
Further on... Two dozen shadow killers surround the abandoned shack...
Five killers go to the main door. Six go to the window. Three climb to the roof.
Finally, a dozen go to the adjacent room and Kriiik... force open the shutter.
Easy to get in afterwards, by breaking the window...
Wang Shin, !!!, hears the shutter creak.
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| - | (murmurs) They're going to attack! |
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| (on adrenaline) |
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| (scared) |
Kling! Sound of broken window in adjacent room.
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| - | (murmuring) Let them approach. I must get their weapons. |
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| (strengthens aim) |
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| (trembling hand and pistol) |
Wang Shin sees a killer' shadow on the floor, in the adjacent room's doorway.
When he sees the tip of the killer's pistol entering the room--
POW! He shoots him and PAF! butt strikes to make him drop his pistol.
Immediately, it's general assault!
Kriiik... Killers force open the main window shutter.
Brash! Killers demolish the main door, but are blocked by the wardrobe.
POW! Wang Shin kills the next killer and Paf! strikes to make him drop his weapon.
POW! POW! POW! POW! Yoon-Hee kills two killers at the main door.
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Yeon-Joo shoots frantically!!
But her shots strike only one killer!
Wang Shin retreats, taking cover next to the door and--
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW!
He slaughters the ten killers in the adjacent room!!!
BANG! BANG! BANG! Killers behind the window retaliate!
Viz, Tak! Tak! Tak! Shots hit the table and crate near the frightened women!
POW! POW! POW! POW! Yoon-Hee shoots three killers behind the window.
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Click! Click!
Yeon-Joo empties her magazine in a panic and shoots two killers!
POW! POW! POW! Wang Shin shoots three killers trying to clear the wardrobe.
Empty pistol. He throws it away and picks up the shadow killer's pistol from the floor.
Ffff... Ffff... Ffff... Killers vanish in puffs of shadow everywhere.
Poc, Poc... Wang Shin, !!!, hears footsteps on the roof!!
BANG! BANG! BANG! Shots fly through the ceiling, striking close to Yoon-Hee!
Wang Shin, !!!!, instantly worried, rushes to protect her.
POW! POW! POW! He fires at the ceiling, his body a bulwark for her.
But two other killers are standing here and--
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! They fire back toward Wang Shin's shots.
{END INSERT.}
Spat! Spat! Wang Shin is hit in the abdomen and shoulder.
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| - | !!!! |
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Wang Shin and Yoon-Hee fight back!
{END INSERT.}
Wang Shin falls, slumped over Yoon-Hee, behind him.
They point their guns, fearing the assault will continue, but...
... Silence... There are no other killers nearby... Yet.
|
| - | (wry smile) Looks like Kang Chul's plan worked... (Spurt! spits blood) |
The blood from his wounds floods Yoon-Hee, for whom he sacrificed himself.
|
| - | (overwhelmed) No... No... What are we going to do now?! |
|
| - | ... !!! (mortified) |
|
| - | There's a fresh gun in the adjacent room... ... We'll need it. |
|
| (goes to adjacent room) |
|
| - | (crying) ... You reckless fool. |
|
| - | Just cheap hero. |
Do-Yoon watches tenderly as Ren-Bo comforts the little girl...
|
| - | ... ?! (notices a worrying detail) |
The little girl's forearm is brown. A trace of blow.
A rough, alcoholic man arrives, jostling the kids.
He snatches the little girl from Ren-Bo's arms and--
SPAF! slaps her hard!
| - | Do you enjoy making me run around?! |
|
| (trembles, tetanized by pain) |
|
| - | ... !!! (incredulous) |
|
| - | !! (walks towards them) |
Ren-Bo recognizes with horror the little girl's prostrate attitude...
... The traumatic habit of being martyred!!! Despair, guilty acceptance.
The crowd of children stirs, the man grabs his daughter by the collar.
|
| - | Shut up, you brats! And you, head for home. (forces her to walk) |
|
| - | (angry, red wings) You monster!!! |
She grabs the little girl by the shoulders to pull her away from her father, but--
SBAF!!! He slaps Ren-Bo so hard he knocks her over.
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| - | !!! (gets up and strides towards the man) |
|
| - | (!!!) NO ! (panicked, blocks Mr. Teddy Bear) |
Sbompf! Mr. Teddy Bear jostles Do-Yoon, without even noticing him.
He grabs the man and lifts him up.
Shhh... Steam shoots out of his snout. Angry!
|
| - | ??! (surprised, frightened) |
Wizzz... Mr. Teddy Bear throws the man like a tennis ball!!!
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| - | !!! ("he's dead") |
The man glides 20 meters screaming, fatal if he hits a pillar or a shop window, but...
BUMPF! He lands in armchairs at the waiting area. Knocked down!
"Woohaaaa..." Screams and panic in the crowd.
|
| - | Ren-Bo! I'll take care of this! (runs towards the armchairs and father) |
Ren-Bo gets up, grabs Mr. Teddy Bear's paw to calm him down.
Do-Yoon searches the fainted man, finds his wallet and lays it open on the armchair.
He takes out his smartphone and Flash!, photographs his ID card and address.
The man regains consciousness, too stunned to move.
|
| - | (firm) You're responsible for your daughter's education. That doesn't give you the right to unleash your nerves on her to the point of causing sequels. |
|
| - | ... |
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| - | (holds up wallet) I've got all the information on you. In future, my friend will visit your daughter regularly. |
|
| - | ... |
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| - | If she finds traces of a blow, we'll beat you to a pulp. Is that understood, you bastard?!!! |
|
| (nods agreement) |
The little girl watches from a distance... takes hope...
|
| (looks at Ren-Bo, "she understands my suffering like no other") |
|
| (smiles compassionately) |
Two men in suits arrive near the statue.
The mall DIRECTOR, an unlit cigar in his mouth...
| - | What's going on here?! |
... And the MAIN MANAGER, holding a folder.
| - | Certainly some street performers begging illegally, Mr. Director. |
|
| - | (sees the stunned man in the armchairs) These bastards are assaulting our customers?! Call security!! |
|
| - | You're a bad man! Ren-Bo did nothing wrong! |
"Gnha-gna-gnhaaa..." The director is stormed by disgruntled children.
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| - | (joins Ren-Bo) Let's hurry to leave. |
|
| - | ~~Okay-- |
SHAF! Do-Yoon, Mr. Teddy Bear and Ren-Bo disappear. Light flash!
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| - | ... !!! (cigar falls from his mouth) |
|
| - | ... !!! (drops his folder) |
FSHA! Light flash. They materialize in the garden near the house.
|
| - | Ren-Bo!!! |
|
| - | (??) You said to leave... |
|
| - | But everyone saw that! On top of everything else!!! |
|
| - | (waves index finger) Mmh-mmh... ~It's consistent! |
|
| - | ... ?!?! |
|
| - | (obvious) These kids read my manhwa. It's consistent that they see me doing what I do in the manhwa?! |
|
| - | ...... (dismayed) |
Mr. Teddy Bear joins the garden gnomes, further back.
Ren-Bo is catatonic, with some color, but for the first time...
... She has a reaction. Briefly, she frowns and shows great suffering.
Beside her, Fairy Spark has her first conscious thought.
| : | That's how the Narrator found this hidden house. |
Ren-Bo's stupidity indirectly caused Mr. Teddy Bear's death.
A terrible guilt, which must emerge to consciousness, for her to heal.
|
| - | (sighs) After all, my world is "W"... ... I don't care if it's a mess in the real world! |
|
| - | (?) Why would it be a mess in the real world?! |
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| - | (to himself) Tsss, all these witnesses. But that's informal evidence. What's worse is the formal evidence recorded by the security cameras. President Kang and Yeon-Joo will kill me when this becomes public. |
SHAF! Do-Yoon and Ren-Bo disappear. Light flash!
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Kang Chul shoots frantically everywhere.
He no longer reloads his pistols, but grabs those of slain enemies before they vanish.
Ffff... Ffff... Ffff... He is surrounded by puffs of shadow, blinding his enemies.
One of his pistols is empty, but no modern killer is nearby.
He drops the pistol and draws the sword of a Joseon killer, who vanishes after.
He moves forward, shooting, slicing, taking enemies as shield.
He slashes the arm of a dead killer, Ffff... which vanishes, catches his gun in mid-air, fires immediatly.
Sword fights and Gun-Fu ! Many super-fast, amazing combat tricks.
Only nearby killers have a chance to shoot, but many die from friendly fire.
It's a chaotic fight in which only Kang Chul can anticipate.
SLOW MOTION:
He sees a potentially dangerous sniper. Luminous trajectory.
He calculates the sniper's angle of aim and the moment of his shot, and--
BANG! When the sniper fires, TZANG! Kang Chul parries the bullet with his sword.
Giving the illusion of parrying after the bullet has been fired!
POW!-TZANG! POW!-TZANG! He parries shots, reeling with his sword.
Some deflected bullets kill enemies.
An archer shoots an arrow at him.
POW! Kang Chul's shot cuts the arrow in two, before killing the archer.
He continues the fight, determined to liquidate the remaining hundreds of killers!!!
Ren-Bo and Do-Yoon stand in front of the mall.
|
| - | (points to the mall) Let's erase the security cameras! |
|
| - | ... Really?! |
|
| - | (sad pout) Oppa, I don't want you to be scolded by the prison guards! |
|
| - | Ah... Well, Ok... (observes the mall) In places like this, the security room is here. (points to a building) |
|
| - | No, no, it's not! It's over there. (points to another building) |
|
| - | (?!) ... Ren-Bo, I'm a security professional. |
|
| - | ~~Very well, very well. "Mister Security", martial arts champion. But I've been to this mall before! (advances head, crazed) AH ?!!!! ("it blow your mind, won't it?") |
|
| - | ... ?!! ("is it possible to chat with her?") |
|
| - | (obvious) In your building, there's nothing but hi-fi equipment. Tsss... |
|
| - | Are you sure? Have you SEEN the security room?! |
|
| - | Don't hijack the conversation, it's just a question of orientation! |
|
| - | (?!) Orientation? But-- |
|
| - | ~Oppaaaa! I'm used to flying or teleporting anywhere! So trust me, my sense of orientation is foolproof!!! |
|
| - | (defeated) ... Let's try this, then. |
|
| - | Cool! |
SHAF! Do-Yoon and Ren-Bo disappear. Light flash!
|
| - | !!! |
"Hiiii" She cries out in surprise. SHAF! They disappear.
"Hiiii" The woman too, teleported by accident.
|
| - | Oops! |
SHAF! They disappear, without the woman.
|
| - | Hey, we can't let her freeze to death! |
|
| - | Ren-Bo!! You don't know where it is?! |
|
| - | Relax, Oppa. We'll figure it out. |
|
| - | No, it's not here. |
SHAF! They disappear. BROOM! The pallet truck accidentally hits some crates.
|
| - | Neither here. |
"Whhahhaa..." The man falls five meters, flailing, and SPLAF! crashes into the water.
Ultra-rapid teleports, involving broken equipment and panic-stricken people.
FSHA! Ren-Bo and Do-Yoon materialize at the back of the room.
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| - | (whispers) Voilà, it wasn't the death of the little pony. (expression relative to melodramas when a pony dies, making audience cry) |
|
| (dizzy, disoriented after dozens of teleportations) |
An agent shows the camera recordings to the Director and Manager:
The bad father slaps Ren-Bo.
|
| - | This is the man who started assaulting everyone. |
Mr. Teddy Bear throws the man at the armchairs.
|
| - | It's incredible, how do they manage such tricks? |
|
| - | They're talented and the kids love it. Could these acrobats make a worthwhile attraction? |
The security guard accidentally sees the back of the room. Ren-Bo and Do-Yoon.
| - | (surprised) Aaaah!!! |
|
| - | (glances) ... Why are you here?! How? |
|
| - | We just don't want to appear on your recordings. |
|
| - | It's against our security rules, so explain yourself first. |
|
| - | What a joke! There's a law protecting privacy. Um... I've seen that I-don't-remember-where! |
|
| - | That requires an official request, and in the event of an assault it doesn't-- |
|
| - | (to Do-Yoon) Where are the recordings? |
|
| - | (points to a rack of hard drives) In this. |
FSHA! FSHA! FSHA! Garden gnomes and Mr. Green-Hands materialize!
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| - | (to the gnomes, points to the rack) Get all the disks out of this mess! |
|
| - | Aish... ("here we are...") |
The security guard, the director, the manager, ... !!!!!!
The dwarves jump everywhere, over desks, consoles, people.
The security guard and the Manager panic and run out of the room.
|
| - | ...... (too stunned to move) |
Boïiiing! Mr. Green-Hands bounces on the Director's belly, as if on a trampoline.
The dwarfs take off their bonnets, use them as bags...
... and put in all the hard drives they salvage from the rack.
|
| - | Wait... Hold on, we might have an arrangement. |
|
| - | Too late, we've got what we need. Next time, be kind first! |
SHAF! SHAF! SHAF! Ren-Bo, Do-Yoon and the dwarves disappear!
|
| - | ....... (dumbfounded) |
|
| - | (distressed) Will he survive? |
|
| - | I've stopped the bleeding. The bullet in the shoulder went through, the other stayed in the belly. But it takes days to die from it. It's just horribly painful. |
|
| - | (hides his pain) Just another day. Check around. |
Yeon-Joo checks window, !!!, sees shadow killers around.
|
| - | (scared) They're back. |
Wang Shin stands up! Weakened but valiant, a pistol in each hand.
Yoon-Hee also rises, pistol in hand.
|
| - | (hands her pistol to Yoon-Hee) I'd only waste ammunition. |
|
| - | ... (takes pistol, puts it in her pocket) |
|
| - | (looks out the window at the killers) There are fewer of them. |
SUDDENLY--
Wang Shin, !!, sees the killers stop... Time slows down...
... And all the details of the room become rough sketches!
FREEZZ... Time slows down, the shadow killers come to a standstill.
|
| : | (!!) The Narrator. (looks around) No frame. (looks at abandoned shack) He's on to them. |
Kang Chul runs toward the shack a hundred yards away, slaloming between the killers.
|
| - | (!!!, horrified) ... He's found us! |
|
| - | .... (grits teeth, also frightened) |
|
| - | (trembling) He... He can't kill us... Can he? |
|
| - | ...... (no longer sure of anything) |
In the yellow frame appears the text: "A tornado strikes nearby".
|
| - | (!!!) HANG ON !!! (puts away his pistol) |
Wang Shin grips the window sill, Yeon-Joo the door sill. Yoon-Hee leaps to the ground.
A huge whirlwind descends from the cloud toward the abandoned shack.
VROSHHHH... The tornado hits the shack!!!!
The roof and wooden partitions are pulverized, debris blown away by the wind.
|
| - | !!! (sees the tornado above the shack) |
WoOoOshhh!!! The roar of the maelstrom drowns out their screams.
The roof flies off, then the walls, everything's destroyed and carried away by violent gusts.
Yeon-Joo, !!!, sees a volley of sharp debris strike her, however...
... the wooden stakes pass right through her without hurting her!
POW! POW! POW! Kang Chul kills them easily, but a multitude surrounds him!
SLOW MOTION:
Kang Chul looks around, worried, realizes he's put himself in danger.
|
| : | I can't anticipate those behind me. I must get out of this mess, quickly! |
He whirls around, trying to keep an eye on everything while firing around him.
POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! Kang Chul is a tornado of human gunfire!
And he whirls his way towards the shack devastated by a real tornado!!!
Ren-Bo and Do-Yoon are in front of the mall, which she looks at in wonder.
|
| - | Waaah... That was great shopping... ... Even if we didn't buy anything. |
|
| - | (imitates Ren-Bo, an hour before) "Relax, Oppa. We didn't come here to steal stuff." |
|
| - | Pfwhi hi hi! Can you do impressions, Oppa? |
|
| - | And now, a dozen stolen hard drives sink to the bottom of a mountain lake... ... in another dimension. |
|
| - | Yah! You're the one who wanted those recordings! Me, I don't care! |
|
| - | (grumpily) And I don't know how much damage... |
|
| - | (Aegyo) Hi hi, you're the thief! |
|
| - | (weary but amused) Well... |
|
| - | Thanks for the ride, Oppa. (wings turning yellow) (hugs him affectionately) You're so cute! |
|
| - | (distraught) ... !!! ("a hug, as if I were her boyfriend") Yah! What are those manners?! (pushes her away) |
|
| - | I'd like to have two Oppas. (naughty Aegyo) I like to flutter! |
|
| - | ... !!!!!!!!! (eyes bulging in dismay) |
|
| - | PFWAH AH AH AH !!! You're not walking, you're running! (continues laughing, folded in half, mocking him) |
|
| - | AISH ! That girl, seriously!!! |
|
| - | Uhuuu, it's just a joke, but don't tell Soo-Bong, m'Kay? |
|
| - | Yeh yeh! Anyway, there's no chance of anything happening between us. Even if you were Sleeping Beauty, I wouldn't kiss you. |
|
| - | Yah! How does she come out of a coma without a kiss?! |
|
| - | Tcham! Come out of the coma by yourself! |
Wang Shin lets go of the remaining wall that was a window.
He staggers towards Yoon-Hee, lying on the floor.
|
| - | (checks on her) Yoon-Hee... |
|
| - | (straightens her head) I'm fine. |
|
| (takes her hand and helps her up) |
Then his legs go wobbly from the pain.
He's about to fall, but she holds him up!
She sees his bandages covered in blood, sees how pale and weak he is.
They look at each other, their mouths closed, as if speaking telepathically...
|
| : | (sadly) Do you always have to go beyond your strength? |
|
| : | (draws his pistol) For you, I'll fight to the end. |
|
| : | I know. |
Yeon-Joo joins them, and they look around dejectedly.
There's no more shack. They're under the blue sky, out in the open.
Now an easy target for the dozens of killers around.
|
| : | Sorry my wife, we must prepare to die. |
|
| : | If we die together, then it should be fine... |
|
| - | !!!! (feels something, loses balance) |
Hidden under the sand, a killer has grabbed his feet!!
Kang Chul falls!!! Slumped to the ground, he quickly turns around but--
Dozens of killers pounce on him!!!
POW! POW! POW! He shoots down as many as he can at point-blank range...
... but now he can barely dodge the shots.
|
| - | ... !!! (panic, "I won't survive") |
|
| - | (distraught) The Narrator couldn't kill us... ... But he gave them the opportunity to-- |
SHAF! The three of them disappear. Light flash!
Soo-Bong, !!!, sees on the tablet: Wang Shin, Yeon-Joo and Yoon-Hee in the abandoned shack.
As well as the Narrator's comment: "A tornado strikes nearby".
FSHA! FSHA! FSHA! Light Flashes!!!
|
| - | ?!! (turns around and sees...) |
Yeon-Joo, Yoon-Hee, Wang Shin injured and...
... Ren-Bo awake, full of color, purple wings, crying.
|
| - | (looks around, worried) What about my husband?! |
|
| - | (runs towards the exit) I'll go and see! Take care of mine! |
FSHA! Light flash, Kang Chul appears in the middle of the street.
A shadow killer has been teleported with him!!
POOOON!!! A van honks as it speeds towards them.
Kang Chul, !!!, rolls into the gutter.
BAMM!! The van collides with the killer, then Iiiik!, breaks hard.
The distraught driver gets out of the van, but meanwhile...
... Fffff... The killer vanishes in shadowy smoke.
The driver, ?!!, sees no one.
He looks towards Kang Chul but... He's already gone!
Kang Chul opens the gate and rushes into the garden when--
Bompf!! He accidentally hits Yoon-Hee and almost falls over!
|
| - | Oppa!! (happy) Are you all right?! |
|
| - | (getting back on his feet) You too? And the others?! |
Kang Chul and Yoon-Hee rush inside.
|
| - | EVERYONE'S FINE! |
Yeon-Joo prepares Wang Shin, on Ren-Bo's surgical operating table.
She glances at Kang Chul: dirty, exhausted, a few scratches, but in good health.
|
| - | (brief smile of relief) Come and assist me! |
|
| (hurries) |
|
| - | Yoon-Hee, take over for two minutes! |
|
| (hurries) |
|
| - | (goes to Ren-Bo, looks around) What about Fairy Spark? |
|
| - | (crying) She's fine. |
|
| (senses her heart is heavy, hugs her to comfort her) |
|
| - | (cries on his shoulder) Boo hoo hoo hoo.... |
|
| - | (strokes her head) It's all right, my little angel. You've saved four lives today. |
|
| (smiles while crying) |
|
| - | I have to keep drawing to take care of you. Okay? |
|
| (nods agreement) |
Soo-Bong returns to his drawing table, next to Yoon-Hee.
The garden gnomes continue to clean the kitchen of spider remains.
On the operating table, Wang Shin grits his teeth in preparation for the pain.
|
| - | Do you have anything I can bite on? |
|
| - | (removes a syringe from his belly) I've injected you with a local anaesthetic, so relax. |
|
| - | Anaesthetic? |
|
| - | (from across the room) Modern medicine! |
|
| - | Scalpel. |
|
| (hands her the scalpel) |
|
| - | I'm starting to remove the bullet. But healing will be slow. (starts to operate) |
|
| - | Not with a science-fantasy manhwa. (shouts) Draw a cure Ren-Bo can fetch in a flash! |
|
| - | (shouts) Okay, Hyung! A syringe of magic medicine! |
|
| - | (smiles) You kept your promise, Wang Shin. You've brought these women back safe and sound. |
|
| - | (warmly) And you've achieved the impossible. How? |
|
| - | (evasive) It's a long story... |
|
| - | Couldn't Mi-Ra summon us again? We're in constant danger. |
|
| - | No, she won't. It's useless, as long as Ren-Bo can bring us back. |
|
| - | And the Narrator knew Ren-Bo was catatonic. |
|
| - | He warned Moon Mi-Ra. They're allies again! They've agreed to set a death trap for us. |
|
| : | (morally painful) A death trap... |
Mi-Ra looks at her tablet: The abandoned shack destroyed, and empty of any occupants.
| - | ... (sighs heavily) |
She leans back in her armchair in a relaxed position...
... smiles slightly as she weeps, as if God had fulfilled her prayer.
|
| ~ | Or maybe... A trap she knew I could foil. |
Gling! Yeon-Joo throws the bullet into a container with her pliers.
|
| - | Done. Suture set! |
|
| (gives her suture set) |
|
| - | Already?! |
Soo-Bong finishes drawing a syringe of green liquid, lying on a bed.
|
| - | (shouts) The medicine is ready! Into your bedroom, Ren-Bo! |
SHAF! - FSHA! Ren-Bo disappears and reappears next to Yeon-Joo, holding the syringe.
|
| - | Yuck! (turns her head away from the operation, holds out the syringe) |
|
| - | (takes syringe) Thank you, Ren-Bo. |
|
| (surprised, "he is friendly now?") |
|
| - | (sutures the wound) We're just reacting to the Narrator's threats. How can we take the offensive? |
|
| - | I've planned something... (looks at his watch) |
Scratch... Tape is used by Kang Chul's security chief...
... To tie an fainted man in his forties to a chair!
| - | Hyungnim, why does President Kang want this? (feeling guilty) I really need to know. |
|
| - | Problems. President Kang has problems. Always problems. Bigger problems than he's had in the past... |
|
| - | Sequestering a man of this importance. We're in for twenty years in prison. |
Do-Yoon opens a case of high-tech equipment and takes out a fingerprint recorder.
He places the fainted man's finger on it. A beam of light scans his fingerprints.
|
| - | Don't worry. You'll never go to prison. In the worst case, you'll make a new life in a new world. |
|
| - | ... !!! ("Do-Yoon has become so glib!") |
|
| - | Suture completed. Special remedy! |
|
| (gives syringe of green liquid) |
Yeon-Joo injects liquid into Wang Shin's shoulder, then stomach.
She examines the wound: the necrotic flesh gains a healthy color.
|
| - | ("incredible") This stuff seems to work faster than I could-- |
SUDDENLY--
A stream of yellow light emerges from the tablets.
|
| - | AAAAH !!! IT'S HIM !!! |
|
| (rushes to tablet) |
The light fades... The Narrator appears, in his ordinary dirty yellow appearance.
| - | Kang Chul, how did you survive? What's your secret? |
|
| - | You said you find out by yourself. |
|
| - | Only part of it... |
|
| - | Abandon the idea of civil war. You obliterate the manhwa reality. You're acting against yourself. Soon it will look like nothing! |
The Narrator thinks for a moment... Kang Chul wonders, "Is that convincing?"
|
| - | No need to show good drawings... ... when my storytelling skills tell the tale better. |
|
| - | ... !!! |
|
| - | I could hide a few Flashbacks, thanks to the manhwa logic. You couldn't see it, but the situation has evolved. |
|
| - | ... (bad feeling) |
|
| - | Alas, I've lost the ability to laugh at your reactions. But let's try to produce something spectacular for the readers. |
The tablet switches off... The Narrator is gone... chilly atmosphere...
Kang Chul turns on the tablet. The image of a Flashback materializes...
Modern soldiers are eating their meal when enters...
... a squadron of soldiers dressed in Joseon style, but armed with automatic rifles.
FRATATATATA... They machine-gun the modern soldiers. IT'S A MASSACRE !!!
Dozens dead! Yet the murderers are proud.
It's not treason, but the absolute right of the monarchy's renewal.
"Cha Yu-Sun! Cha Yu-Sun! Cha Yu-Sun!". They chant the name of their beloved Queen!
The soldiers' massacre dissolves from "real" to "image" on the tablet.
A yellow frame reads "One hour before."
|
| - | (!!) One hour before?! So now-- |
|
| - | Oppa! |
A current image materializes on Yoon-Hee's tablet:
Tanks, planes and soldiers on a battlefield.
|
| - | (eyes bulging) A war. A REAL WAR !!! |
|
| - | (tragic, looks at Ren-Bo) A war in which Ren-Bo's survival is at stake. |
|
| - | (crying) ...Why... Boo hoo... Why am I the cause of all these deaths... Boo hoo hoo... |
High-intensity modern warfare ravages the outskirts of the Capital.
¤ Troop and tanks movements. Fighter planes roaring across the sky.
¤ RATATA! RATATATATA! Soldiers fight with machine guns in the rubble.
¤ BUDDA-BUDDA-BUDDA!!! A gunner fires a jeep-mounted machine gun.
¤ SBOM-BROOM! SBOM-BROOM! Tanks fire at buildings and destroy them.
¤ WOSHHH-BROOM!!! A fighter plane launches a precision missile and destroys a tank.
A FURIOUS MADNESS !!!
In the surreal chaos, the yellow rhombus vibrates. The Narrator's mind is in fury!
Among the billions of letters in the primordial soup, a small number fly towards...
... the space in front of the rhombus, where they line up to form a sentence:
"Tanks arrive as reinforcements."
Whrishhhh... The phrase turns into a yellow beam of light sent...
... HERE, where FREEZ... Time slows down and Narrator's yellow frame materializes.
The text appears in the frame: "Tanks arrive as reinforcements."
Three tanks materialize and ZEERF... Time restarts.
The surrounding buildings and clouds become rough sketches.
Soo-Bong and Yoon-Hee draw frantically!!!
Tanks, fighter planes, artillery pieces.
Just as Yoon-Hee switches to the "Butterfly Queen in the Dark" project, she sees :
The Narrator's image of three tanks, with his text "Tanks arrive as reinforcements."
|
| - | ... (thoughtful) |
|
| (pastes her drawing into the manhwa) |
|
| - | Go back to the previous image. |
|
| - | ... ?! (clicks "back" on tablet) |
|
| - | Erase Narrator frame and tanks. |
Yoon-Hee erases the tanks in "gum" mode.
At the center of the chaos, we plunge into the Narrator's rhombus eye...
... A disproportionate, almost infinite zoom where finally appears:
The image of the tanks being erased in "gum" mode.
GROSHH! Scums of frenzied energy are storming.
A new image materializes on Yoon-Hee's tablet:
The same frame "Tanks arrive as reinforcements." and three tanks.
But the drawing is even cruder than before.
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| - | (?!) It's useless... It looks like nothing's been erased. |
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| - | You did erase it. He just redid the same frame... ... and further distorted the reality of the manhwa. |
Kang Chul goes near Soo-Bong, waits for the manhwa to materialize a new image, then...
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| - | Soo-Bong, go back and erase the three tanks. |
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| - | (?!) Ok. (displays image of Narrator and deletes it) |
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| (waits, scanning the tablet... but nothing happens) |
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| - | Now what? |
A new image of war materializes on the tablet, in a different place.
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| - | (!!!) Omo! He hasn't remade his image. |
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| - | (giggles with nervous relief) Ah ah! He's blind. He can't see what Soo-Bong retouch in manhwa's anteriority!!! |
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| - | (stunned) That means... We have an advantage over him?!!! |
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| - | (cruel, raging) Erase everything this bastard does after an image change. We'll crush him and win this war. Then I'll put him back to sleep!!! |
Now a TOTAL WAR devastates the Capital.
¤ SBOM! SBOM! SBOM! Tank battles, destroying each other.
¤ SWOSH! BOOM! Fighting planes and drones, exploding in mid-air.
¤ Soldiers parachuting from helicopters, fighting amidst hundreds of corpses.
¤ BROOM! BROOM! BROOM! Bombers dropping bombs destroying the city!
¤ The sky darkens, bathing the Capital in a twilight atmosphere of infernal doom.
Many areas become rough sketches, thanks to the Narrator.
AN INSANE AND ABSURD APOCALYPSE !!!
Soo-Bong and Yoon-Hee draw in pain, feeling guilty for causing death.
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| - | Why does it depend on Soo-Bong? (remembers) ... Or is it his stylus? You mentioned metempsychosis. |
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| - | Yes, it's because his stylus is-- !!! (sees something alarming on the tablet) |
A troop of brave soldiers launch an assault amidst explosions.
ScrRritsh... A tearing sound covers screams and gunfire noise.
A white thunderbolt appears above reality, in the foreground of everything.
It shears the scenery and the men, growing longer and wider.
ScrRritsh... A second white rift appears in front of a building...
... Then stretches out, progressing through the void, to another building!!
On the tablet: the image of soldiers and buildings and...
... White tears appear ABOVE the image!
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| - | ... !!!!!!!! |
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| - | (!!!) What's that?! |
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| - | (!!!) The Narrator? Moon Mi-Ra?! |
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| - | (catastrophized) No... IT'S THE MANHWA !!! |
Kang Chul looks at them, with his usual air when his intuition sounds the red alert!
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| - | The manhwa can't stand anymore the conflict between its two worlds. |
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| - | ??! (worried) |
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| - | ??! (worried) |
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| - | THE MANHWA IS TEARING ITSELF APART !!!!!! |
They look at him appalled, sensing that this portends something TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!