BLOOD FREE
[gunfire]
[Woo] Hold on tight!
[beeps]
[alarm blaring]
EPISODE 5
Jang Yeongsil, what's going on?
[Yeongsil] The detection of firearm use within a 2 km radius of the center
has triggered the alarm.
Yeongsil, turn the screen on.
[Yeongsil] Here is the recorded surveillance footage.
TO BF CENTER
Yeongsil, fly the drones.
[phone rings]
-[operator] Hello? -[Yeongsil] Hello.
The location is 37.4769 degrees north.
Hello? Where are you now?
And 127.1592 degrees west.
Sounds like a video game.
[operator] What's the matter?
[gunshots on video]
CRIME HISTORY CHECK
[Yeongsil] I have located Ms. Yun Jayu.
Between the Mt. Cheonggak entrance and BF. About ten armed individuals.
[gunshots]
[grunting]
[siren wailing]
[gunshot]
-[gunshots] -[panting]
[Yun] You're okay.
Breathe. Keep breathing.
[gunshots continue]
[shouts]
They're down there. Along with our people.
-[officer] Go. -[On] Four.
One woman and three men.
And two of the men are armed. Don't shoot them. They're bodyguards.
[shouts]
[panting]
[officer 2] Over here!
The injured first!
BLOOD FREE
[On] Jayu!
He needs blood right now, or he won't make it.
I'm a doctor. This way. Please remove that!
I've got him.
[officer] One, two.
[gunshot]
Ms. Yun, you should go.
-[officer 2] Mr. Seo, hurry. -Yes, sir.
[officer 3] Ms. Yun!
The bullet didn't penetrate.
I'm okay. He's the one who needs help.
There's nothing I can do right now.
-Jang Yeongsil. -Yes, ma'am?
Activate the basement at HQ.
Let's head to HQ's basement.
[alarm blaring]
[all] One, two, three.
Done. Let's go.
Join us after you treat him.
-Okay. -Move aside.
Let's hurry.
[Yun] Yeongsil, open the bed.
Mr. Woo.
Does he have no pulse? Are we too late?
Jang Yeongsil, start the medical scan.
It's beating.
But it's slow.
[Yun] Does he need a transplant?
No, his organs aren't damaged.
But that muscle is shredded. A transfusion won't suffice.
We're not ready for this just yet.
What about the necrosis?
We'll use cultured tissue.
[Yun] Have we completed it?
Let's consider this our first clinical test.
It's not a test.
This is
our first success.
[officer] They raided the place when only one person was on duty,
meaning they must've been here before.
We're analyzing the surveillance footage, so we'll be able to identify them soon.
Eight died, and five were captured.
We got all 13 of them.
However, Mr. President, we have a bigger problem.
What could be worse than gang members?
The mastermind behind this incident seems to have gathered the ex-convicts.
With drugs as bait.
Correct. Drugs.
That they took the firearms and went to Mount Cheonggak to attack means…
"A group of ex-convicts gathered together to kill
a tycoon in exchange for drugs.
And what they had were police firearms meant for protecting the civilians."
That'll be the gossip.
There's been a casualty at BF?
Who was it?
They've yet to be identified,
but they were unconscious and bleeding heavily when help arrived.
We believe they won't make it.
I'll update you on the casualties when I see you. Goodbye.
The National Police Agency will report on the casualty once confirmed.
Let's go.
[presenter] A shoot-out in broad daylight is already shocking,
but their boldness and aggressiveness are unprecedented as well.
Yun Jayu, the CEO of BF, and her employees
-fled the scene-- -[sighs]
[radio beeps]
Jang Yeongsil, call Ms. Yun Jayu.
[Yeongsil] Yes, ma'am. Calling Ms. Yun Jayu.
[electronic voice] Your call cannot be connected--
Jang Yeongsil, call Woo Chaewoon.
[Yeongsil] Yes, ma'am. Calling Woo Chaewoon.
[ringing]
WOO CHAEWOON
Can someone please pick up?
Call Kim Hoseung.
DASHBOARD
Is it an immune rejection?
There's nothing more we can do.
They need to fuse together.
What's the matter?
Breathe. Keep breathing.
Mr. Woo!
[Saeip] His vestibulocochlear nerve is damaged.
Huh?
Yeongsil, is there an infection?
[Yeongsil] Mr. Woo's vestibulocochlear and cochlear nerves
are 60% damaged at most.
He may suffer from hearing loss, ringing, or vertigo in his left ear.
But his right ear is fine. Could he have injured it before?
The explosion.
Explosion?
Did he get hit by that grenade?
[Saeip] No, it looks like an old wound.
At least a few years old.
[Yun] Where were you injured?
It doesn't affect my current job.
You left the military because of it.
It doesn't affect me.
Did he not get treated for it? Doesn't that seem to be the case?
[beeping]
Hey. It's working.
Gosh. I…
I can't believe it worked.
I've never seen this before.
None of us has.
[Saeip] Mr. Seo.
Yes?
We just need to treat his outer wounds now. You can go.
Well… That's okay.
[phone buzzes]
Yes?
I'm okay.
I'm really fine.
The police are coming here?
Hold on.
Come to the lobby in five, Mr. Seo. You'll be escorted.
[Seo] I-- I will?
I can't believe I'll have bodyguards.
[Yun] "They took a byway due to construction,
and that's where the shoot-out happened."
Just say that.
The police asked about the victim who was severely injured when rescued.
[elevator beeps]
Ms. Yun.
I'm okay.
Are the police outside?
Yes, they want to know what happened.
But where are your bodyguards? Why are you alone?
Tell them we'll cooperate with the investigation.
As for the victim, tell them he's been taken to a hospital.
-Who was the victim? -My bodyguard.
Both of them?
Have Mr. Seo escorted so he can go home in five.
[exhaling]
The last time I saw Ms. Yun, she was headed to the basement.
The basement?
Yeongsil, show me the basement floor plan.
[Yeongsil] I'm sorry, but you don't have access to that.
Surveillance footage of HQ's basement.
I'm sorry, but you don't have access to that.
-Yeongsil. -[Yeongsil] Yes, ma'am.
Don't let anyone in.
Yes, ma'am.
[gunshots, clamoring]
Yeongsil, turn the noise off.
[Yeongsil] The outside noise currently measures at 27 decibels.
I don't detect any particular noises.
[panting]
Turn that noise off.
What noise are you talking about?
Please turn that noise off.
What noise are you talking about?
[gunfire, clamoring continues]
His surface antigen is being replaced with cultured blood cells.
And his heartbeat--
Ms. Hong was right.
She said you looked fine when that was impossible.
Did she and Mr. Seo leave?
Yes. You should go and rest up too.
Where should I go?
The owner of that house is here.
Exactly when will they finish building your house?
In a few months.
I'll stay here for the night.
Those men were after you.
You shouldn't be worrying about him right now.
[Yun] Who will take care of Mansik?
[buzzing]
[ringing]
Your call cannot be connected. You will be redirected to voicemail--
[shutter clicking]
They approached me first.
YOON ***, BF TERROR SUSPECT
They promised
to give me the supply rights if I cooperated.
By "they,"
he meant a gang called Bosque Archi, right?
That's correct.
They became infamous
for kidnapping and murdering a tropical rainforest environmentalist.
They even put a bounty on BF's Yun Jayu's head last year.
The suspect just said
that the gang offered to give him the supply rights
if he cooperated. What are these "supply rights"?
The supply rights of methamphetamine. This overseas gang persuaded
a Korean drug addict to murder a company's CEO
in exchange for access to drugs.
It sounds too surreal to believe that this is happening in Korea.
And boldly enough,
the suspects raided a police station's armory.
Mr. Seonu Jae, the prime minister,
just gave a public apology regarding that matter.
[Seonu] We feel deeply responsible
for this unprecedented security failure and promise our dear citizens
that we will make improvements
regarding this matter.
Any updates on the safety of Ms. Yun or her employees?
[presenter 1] Thankfully, there are no fatalities yet.
What's even more shocking, though only claimed by a minority,
is that some believe this shoot-out was planned by Ms. Yun herself.
They claim that Ms. Yun, whom they think murdered Kim, a BF executive,
may have planned this shoot-out as a distraction.
Why is this CEO being criticized when she almost lost her life?
We must think about the pros and cons that cell culture technology
has brought to this society.
They criticize me…
PARK CHEOLWON FISHING SHIP CAPTAIN
…and say that I'm destroying the environment. They say I'm old-school.
-[sobs, crying] -[phone buzzing]
And now, they're going to culture fish?
How--
Hello, Father.
Is this what you meant
when you said you'd use the soldier differently?
I'm not following.
Jayu would do anything in her power to save him.
Given how she even slept at his place.
If BF saves him, then it's finally time.
If they fail, it means they're not ready yet.
I can just sit back and watch thanks to you.
Your imagination has gone wild, Father.
I'm the prime minister.
Those lunatics raiding the armory disrupted our peace and security.
Our people are trembling in fear.
And yet, you think I was behind it?
[Geun] How dare you play innocent in front of me.
I'm not playing innocent!
Is this what you took me for?
Do you really think
I ordered those men
to shoot Ms. Yun's bodyguard
to see how she'd react?
[Geun] So it wasn't you?
Of course not.
[Geun] All right.
[phone beeps]
[person, in English] We're almost certain that Whole-Omega
is pulling out of the cultured meat market.
[in French] I'm not sure if the US and Europe will respond differently.
We said we'd invest more in microbial plastic,
but we never said we'd give up on cultured meat.
Ms. Yun?
[in Korean] Reach out to Whole-Omega.
Not the cultured meat department but microorganisms.
Tell them we're interested in investing in their microorganism technology.
But we agreed not to invest in bioproducts.
We won't.
We'll be able to sound them out if we say we're interested in bioproducts.
Then they'll decide whether or not to pursue cultured meat.
-[in English] Right. -[French] I understand.
[in Korean] We'll meet again after we hear the result.
[phone buzzing]
Yes?
I have to go somewhere.
I'll leave you to it.
[On] Got it.
What?
Look at you.
I'm okay. This is nothing.
I scanned the entire house once more.
You don't need to worry, ma'am.
Thank you.
[Hoseung] Can you all gather here?
Let me explain.
[Mansik meows]
Mansik.
Hi.
I'm sorry.
You must've been lonely and scared.
[sighs]
How did he do it again?
[Jeong] What's going on? Where's Mr. Woo?
I was going to ask you that. Don't you know?
-Was he not with you? -No.
By the way, are those men new hires?
[sighs]
[groans]
[grunts]
CHECK IT OUT
THE BED WAS OPENED IN MANUAL MODE
[panting]
[groans]
[panting]
[gunshot]
[clattering]
[clattering, indistinct]
-[phone ringing] -[gasps]
You're awake? Are you okay?
[Woo] Are you okay, ma'am?
[Yun] I'm okay.
Why am I okay?
Did you extract a bullet from my body?
[Yun] Yes, you got shot.
But…
I see no exit wound.
[Yun] How's the pain? Can you move?
How are your ribs?
They were cracked, so it must be painful to move. Do you feel pain?
[Woo] Did you put these in my body?
"These"?
[Woo] Pig organs.
Did you transplant them?
No.
Neither is true. No pig organs, no transplant.
Then they're human organs.
Get out now.
[Woo] You were culturing human organs
in this laboratory.
I said, get out.
Now I get why you were worried…
about the government keeping an eye on you.
[On] Who are you talking to?
Go back to your bed. You can't move just yet.
I'll explain everything later.
[Woo] It's okay. I heard all I needed to.
Mr. Woo.
Go back to your bed.
[Woo] I'll do as you say.
[phone beeps]
[sighs]
You were severely injured. Your life was on the line.
I get that you can't remember,
but you have no right to get mad at us.
You shouldn't leave yet.
I don't know what to do anymore.
[phone buzzing]
Hey.
[Yun] You shouldn't have let him go.
Then tell him to come back here. He's probably going home anyway.
I did everything I could, okay?
[phone beeps]
Neither of them will listen.
Was I too harsh?
Maybe I should've thanked them.
[phone buzzing]
[groans]
Hello?
Who is this?
[knocks on door]
[officer] But they were unconscious and bleeding heavily when help arrived.
We believe they won't make it.
Right.
My grandfather is asleep.
He couldn't get much sleep yesterday.
He was worried that you got hurt.
After all, he was the one who sent you there.
Please give him my apologies.
Of course.
That's why I'm here instead.
Please sit.
I'm okay, sir.
You do look fine indeed.
I'm truly relieved.
I had received a report
about a civilian who was critically injured.
He's okay too.
You both
recovered swiftly.
This is a good sign.
Please tell Mr. President
that I'll pay him another visit soon.
[chuckles]
Don't provoke him when he's already so feebleminded.
Just agree with him every now and then.
That way, you can keep him entertained.
What am I
supposed to agree with him on?
Don't tell me
you really think there's another terrorist at large.
The gravity of the situation.
[bangs, reverberates]
The magnitude of the circumstances.
[bangs, reverberates]
The victims' identities.
[bangs, reverberates]
All our investigative resources went toward finding the mastermind.
[thumps, reverberates]
Your comrade who's imprisoned right now wasn't set up. He was the one who did it.
My grandfather accepted that fact right away.
That is, up until he learned that a delusional ex-soldier
had his suspicions
about the incident.
Goodbye then.
You don't have the power.
There's no way you can turn the tables regarding that case.
Then do you, sir?
Will you be able to handle the aftermath
if I catch the real culprit?
[chuckles]
[laughing]
Are you asking me
if I can disclose and handle it if your delusions turn out to be true?
Listen up, Captain Woo.
Bring me evidence
if you're so confident.
And I'll show you.
You'll get a front-row seat to watch how I deal with the bastards
who blew off our president's legs.
Care to have breakfast?
[loud voice] I'm freezing to death here.
It's only going to get even colder at night.
What are you craving?
RINGTONE VOLUME
[ringing]
[rings loudly, reverberates]
[groans]
10 YEARS AGO
[groaning]
[in English] Does it hurt that much?
[in Korean] There's no treatment that can beat old age.
[in English] How is the treatment?
The best. I appreciate the invitation.
[laughing]
I'm honored. Where else could I meet an NBA player?
How wonderful it would be to live forever with your body.
You want to exchange it with your company?
Not with my company.
But with money? For sure. With the youth and strength.
You shouldn't be sure about it. The youth?
It doesn't last long.
You think so, Ruz?
Rookies who play my position are coming up all the time.
Like 18, 19 years old. They never get exhausted.
I hate them.
I hate dying.
I really hate dying. It's madly horrible.
I don't need reincarnation. I have zero interest in the next life.
Well, you might not be the fourth richest man in the world in your next life.
I have tons of money.
With my power, there's nothing that can't be done with my words.
I should live 1,000 years.
Can a human body survive for 1,000 years?
The day will come when the human body can live up to 10,000 years,
not just 1,000 years.
I will make that happen.
Then I'm first in line, Mr. President.
Of course.
Then you can play basketball like a teenager
for the next 100 or 200 years.
And I'll always be there to watch.
-Yeah! -[chuckles]
[Geun, in Korean] It took a decade.
Saggy skin.
Brittle teeth.
Aging organs.
I'm going to replace them all with new ones and live forever.
I deserve immortality.
More than anyone else.
Why wait? You confirmed it with your own eyes.
His wound may not have been that deep.
Maybe the bullet just grazed him.
We'll dissect him and find out.
Dissect him?
The man's still alive and well.
That way, we'll know what transplants he got
and compare our cloning technology to their technology
and see why only they succeeded.
I'm going to fire all my researchers.
Let's put the dissection on hold.
I've been waiting all my life.
What if his body
rejects the transplants and they rot inside?
I understand your concerns. You can wait. You're still young.
I'm not young. I'm nearing my forties.
And I'm nearing my seventies.
You don't look your age.
But I feel it.
Even after a good night's rest, my entire body aches
as if I've been beaten.
Ms. Yun was just subjected to a shoot-out.
We'll only heighten their wariness if something happens to Captain Woo.
Are you on their side? Why are you always so eager to defend her?
Being bold and reckless are two different things.
I didn't make you the prime minister so you could lecture me.
These are your words.
I learned them from you.
Father.
He's a goose that lays golden eggs.
Let's take our time.
We can make it seem like someone who was after her
ended up kidnapping her bodyguard instead.
Come to think of it, we owe those men. Bos…
What was their name again?
-Bosque Archi. -Right.
Her bodyguard got injured thanks to them.
And we finally know that it's time to take over BF.
What?
It's okay. He's with us.
But…
[Yun] Where were you?
Let's go inside.
[On] We transfused 1.6 L of cultured blood due to severe bleeding.
We also added cultured muscle fibers to your exit wound,
fractured ribs, and ruptured arm muscles.
The procedure itself was too simple to be called a transplant.
What's important is whether they'll fuse
with your cells, or if your body will reject them.
But seeing how you're here,
it's a total success.
Artificial blood could cause issues with the red blood cell count
and cause a heart attack.
Is this wrong?
No.
Your artificial blood was the only one
that passed the screening test and was approved.
Was I the only one in the dark?
It hasn't been approved yet.
And I imagine the cultured muscle fibers don't have any side effects.
We're not sure yet.
[Yun] Excessive cell division.
And cell cycle issues caused by it.
We don't know when that'll happen.
You don't know?
[On] You must know since you've worked out a lot.
You could only recover swiftly
from the bone fractures and bullet wound thanks to the strong muscle fibers.
And the blood also plays a major role
in bone recovery.
Then why did you treat my ear?
Your ear?
-Did you? -Yes. Hold on.
[sharp ring]
What was that?
-[soft ringing] -[grunts]
[groans]
[Woo] Turn that off!
That was 30,000 Hz. Humans shouldn't be able to hear that.
Did you implant a chip in him?
You wanted to try it too.
Why hesitate if we can fix him?
Fix?
You inserted a chip?
If you don't like it,
-we can always remove it. -Be quiet.
Damn it.
[Yun] The electronic chip…
To be exact, it's electronic skin. It's nothing illegal.
It's still under development,
but it's almost identical to real skin.
You can expect it to heal you.
Who asked you to treat me? It wasn't me.
Is that what you told the doctor when you got hurt?
To leave your ear as is?
Why didn't you treat it?
Why were you punishing yourself?
I never said I was.
You knew you could get surgery, but you chose not to. Why?
I was afraid I'd become completely useless.
Why would receiving treatment make you useless?
The injury was close to the vestibular system.
Treating it could've harmed it.
The doctor said I might not be able to walk well.
I didn't want to burden my family, so I chose not to.
Even the faintest sounds
feel unbearably loud without noise cancellation.
Everything sounds like an explosion now.
So how will this treat me?
You had turned on noise cancellation?
Yet you could still hear us?
Jayu, our technology has greatly improved--
[Yun] That's enough.
I said, that's enough.
[On groans]
Let him go!
[ringing, reverberates]
[sighs]
-How high is it? -The highest.
Have you gone mad?
It was my first time, so I didn't know how to set it.
I begged him to stay yesterday, but he still left.
Lower it this instant.
Receive treatment.
Keep your word.
You told me that everything would be okay.
[Woo] It's okay.
No one will get hurt, okay?
[Yun] You said no one would get hurt.
You'd be lying if you left.
Keep my word?
On the first day we met,
I asked you not to experiment with me as if I were cultured meat.
When will you stop being money-hungry?
How much are you planning to charge for those organs?
Don't run your mouth when you don't even know--
Hey!
[door closes]
Translated by Kim Sooji