[running footsteps]
- [Gotak] Hey, m-m-m-m-move. Move. - [boy 1] Whoa.
Hey, Si-eun!
You're staying here? Really?
- Uh-huh. - [hands clap]
- Yes! - [laughing]
Ha! [chuckles]
I heard Hu-min joined the Union.
He's not answering his phone.
It's because of us, right?
He felt bad for us.
He thought everything that happened to us was his fault.
But still,
we should go get him.
[tense music playing]
- [laughter] - [Dong-ha] Hey, Baku.
Baek-jin said be quick and come back.
[boy 1] Is that him? From Hyeongshin? He's a fucking poser.
[boy 2] Is it cold in here?
[boy 1] He's so fuckin' tall.
[boy 3] What the heck is wrong with his eyes?
[boy 1] He's trying to be tough!
Give me a cigarette.
[all] Ooh!
[all] Whoa! Oh!
- [laughter] - [boy 1] Hey, Baku's gettin' beat.
- [boy 4] Whoa, he's strong. - [boy 5] Yeah.
He's been workin' out, right? [chuckles]
- Aah! - You done?
[tense music playing]
[scoffs]
Shut up.
[grunts]
- [boy 6] Fuck. - [boy 4] Shit.
[coughing]
- [grunts] - [boy 7 gasps] We're fucking screwed.
What are we gonna do?
- [boy 4] Hey, yo, yo, yo. - [boy 1] All right, okay. All right.
- [boy 4] It's over, come on. - [boy 1] It's over, it's over. Stop.
Why?
What?
[music fades]
["Hero" by Meego playing]
WEAK HERO: CLASS 2
[Baek-jin] Great work.
[scoffs]
Huh.
What is this?
Give it to your dad.
Are you a fucking charity worker?
I told you before, he'll have to pay a fine.
[Baku] You're giving me this
to make me do worse shit, aren't you?
[Baek-jin] I know you'll take it anyway.
Does saying that make you feel better?
[Baku] How did you…
end up the way you are?
[poignant music playing]
[Dong-ha] Where you going, Baku?
What's his problem?
[door slams]
[grunting, blows landing]
Shithead.
Hey, hey, hey! Na Baek-jin!
Enough! That's enough!
Don't beat him to death!
Why stop it?
[scoffs] I learned it all from you.
[sighs]
[all breathing heavily]
It must be tough for Baku
to climb this every day.
That's why Baku's got
the highest freakin' stamina I've ever seen.
- [Jun-tae] Right. - [Gotak sighs]
Hey, Baku!
Hey, Park Hu-min!
I told you he wouldn't be here.
[Jun-tae] Where the heck could he be?
Hey, brats.
Why are you here?
[Jun-tae] Hello.
Sir, have you been doing well?
Hmm. How do you think?
Why are you here?
Ah, well…
How long since Hu-min's been here? Has it been a while?
[Jin-cheol sighs] I should've beat more sense into him.
That brat's a total nutcase. Okay?
He's just like his mother.
I can never tell what the hell he's thinking.
Hey, when you see that brat,
tell him to either die out there
or come home and learn how to fry chicken.
He's such a goddamn idiot.
Did Hu-min… do something awful to you?
What?
Hu-min is neither a nutcase
nor an idiot at school.
He cares a lot about his friends,
and everyone really likes him.
I don't think it's him.
Hu-min is a great guy.
You seem to be the problem, sir.
This little son of a…
Leave.
Get out of here!
- Yes, sir. - Get out!
Let's go.
Please excuse us.
[Gotak] Ugh!
See? I told you we shouldn't have gone there.
Whenever Baku's dad was drunk, he used to sleep at my place.
[Jun-tae] He was really scary.
I'm wondering…
why Na Baek-jin needs Hu-min?
You said they used to be friends, right?
Mm-hmm. They were freaking BFFs before.
Na Baek-jin used to be a legit nerd.
Couldn't even look other kids in the eye.
And then?
Baku taught Na Baek-jin everything he knew.
About fighting.
[poignant music playing]
I decided, never again am I ever gonna teach anybody else how to fight.
[school clock chiming]
- [boy] Hey, it's lunchtime! - [students clamoring]
EUNJANG HIGH SCHOOL
[sighs]
[Si-eun] You know Park Hu-min joined the Union, right?
[Hyo-man] So what?
I don't know where he is. Any idea?
[Hyo-man] How the hell should I know?
And even if I knew, why would I tell you?
[Gotak sighs] I'm hearing some attitude.
Hey, tell us before we get mean.
Fuck you! You're just Baku's minion, you shithead.
You wanna fucking go? Huh?
[gasps]
[sighs]
Okay.
My bad.
Just tell us. Where's Baku?
Asshole. You're nothing.
Well, you know that place.
He's probably at Daesung Motorcycle or polishing bowling balls, okay?
- [yawns] - Daesung?
[Hyo-man sighs]
[scoffs] You don't even know that? God.
[grunts]
Well…
First, the bowling alley.
[squealing and cheering]
- [girl 1] Wow, great! Me, me, I'm next! - [boy 1] Nice! Hey, what now?
[Hyo-man] Na Baek-jin works as a manager at the bowling alley.
- But that place just launders money. - Welcome, sir.
- [Si-eun] Launders? - [Hyo-man] Money laundering.
OWNER: CHOI CHANG-HEE
[Hyo-man] The owner is some thug, so he uses that place as a front.
He manipulates sales and hires the Union guys as part-timers
to blow up their pay, on paper.
The profit he makes from Daesung is illegal,
so he launders everything he gets from there too.
[counting machine whirs]
What does he do at Daesung Motorcycle?
These crazy-ass pricks
steal everything from delivery motorcycles, motor scooters,
to basically any kind of bike you can think of.
Then, they change the license plates,
repaint them, and even change the motorcycle parts
to turn them into unregistered vehicles and sell them.
But before that, they also create a list of literally everything for themselves.
And when it's time, they check the list,
use the copies of the keys they've already made, and steal everything back.
Wait, that makes no sense. They would've called the police if that happened.
Police? You dumbass.
Hey, how would they make a report?
They only sell by cash or burner bank accounts.
And the business has also gotta be tied to thugs
because apparently the police always seem to turn a blind eye to all this.
Why do the Union guys work for Baek-jin?
Hey, bro, it's so simple.
It's 'cause he pays them good coin. Think about it, bro.
They make a couple million won just by running fucking errands.
That's why these dumbasses just lose their minds.
It makes sense. You know Baku's dirt-ass poor.
You wanna die? You don't know fucking shit about him, asshole.
[Si-eun] Let's leave.
Hey.
What are you up to? Are you gonna go beat up Baek-jin or somethin'?
[chuckles]
It's just that I also have some unresolved business.
So why don't we all fucking team up, yeah?
Then, when he's all alone, yeah, all alone, we can beat him up.
Let's find him together and kick his ass.
Hey, I should make some calls?
Hey, Si-eun-a. Hey, I should round up my boys right now or something? Huh?
We don't need your help.
Huh?
[Gotak sighs] What a dumbass.
[Hyo-man sighs]
What?
[mimicking] "What?"
[gasps]
[Gotak] Should we grab one of those Union guys
and get the address of Daesung Motorcycle out of him?
I have a pretty good feeling that Baku will be there.
And do what? Start a fight and get hurt?
Nothing like that.
Don't plan anything yet.
I have something in mind.
Please wait.
Huh. Can you at least tell us what you're thinking?
You expect us to just sit here?
Man, you don't even know where Baku is or what he's doing.
[sighs]
Whatever.
[door opens]
[door closes]
USE THIS
[sighs]
[phone alert buzzes]
BAEK-JIN SENT A PHOTO
76 YEONGDEUNGPO-RO 10-GIL, YEONGDEUNGPO-GU, SEOUL
[tense music playing]
[phone buzzing]
What is this?
Something for you to go get.
What?
[Baek-jin] Steal it
if you want to protect the people in your life.
[hangs up]
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ABILITY SOPHOMORE, NA BAEK-JIN
[tense music continues]
[Baku] We're just…
childhood friends.
Fucking bullshit, man.
You can't organize those, you idiot.
- Why not? - Ugh, it's not worth it.
- It's okay. - [boy 1 sighs]
[boy 2] Hey, isn't he that kid?
- [boy 3] What? - [boy 1] What kid?
[boy 2] One sec.
Hey.
What's up?
[Si-eun] Where's Na Baek-jin?
[boy 1] Huh.
Hyeong!
- That kid is looking for Baek-jin hyeong. - Why?
Oh, he's the asshole that beat up Geum Seong-je.
[Dong-ha] That guy?
[laughs]
Hey, are you the freaking nutcase who beat up Seong-je?
[chuckles]
Damn, I've been so curious about you, man.
Pleasure's mine. Gimme your hand.
Where's Na Baek-jin?
[laughs]
Why do you ask?
I have something to tell him.
But nothing to say to you.
[laughs]
He must be insane.
Well, Baek-jin will be here soon,
so stick around.
You can play some games if you get bored.
Turn the signs off. Business is closed today.
[boy 1] Yes, sir.
DAESUNG CORPORATION
[Jun-tae] Tak-a, should we really be doing this?
[Gotak] Let's just try looking for him, okay?
[Jun-tae] I think this is the right place.
[Gotak] This way?
[Jun-tae] No, I think this is it. Daesung Corporation.
YEONGJIN INDUSTRIES
[Gotak] Then we can just go in.
- Come on. - [Jun-tae] Hey, wait. One second.
- [Gotak] Is this right? - [Jun-tae] I don't see Daesung Motorcycle.
But this is the only place that came up for Daesung Corporation.
But wait, don't you think we should listen to what Si-eun said?
Hey, you think Baku will show up if we stand around and wait?
We have to do something.
[Jun-tae sighs nervously]
[Gotak] Huh?
[Jun-tae] Hey!
One second. Hey. Hey, go slow. Slow, slow.
[grunts]
[gasps] Whoa.
- There are a ton of motorcycles. - [Gotak] There are? Hah!
Hold on a bit. [grunts]
- [grunts] - [Gotak groans]
Damn it. Why are you so heavy?
Man, you're freaking heavy.
[Jun-tae] Hey, I see the sign for Daesung Corporation.
- This is it. - [Gotak] It is?
- I'm pretty sure. - [Gotak] It is?
- Yeah. - [Gotak grunts]
[groans]
- [Jun-tae] Are you okay? - Yeah. Oh, I'm fine. You saw it?
Uh-huh, I saw it. The signboard said "Daesung Corporation."
Okay, great job. Then we can just wait, I guess.
I'm sure that Baku will either come out or go in if we wait.
- Nice. - Thanks.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Nice. - [both chuckle]
WESTERN SEOUL HIGH SCHOOLS' UNION ROADS WITHOUT CCTV
[sighs]
[tense music playing]
[phone buzzing]
GOTAK
[sighs]
[ringing tone]
- [recording] The number you have dialed… - [sighs]
[Jun-tae] No answer?
[Gotak] No.
That asshole.
[sighs]
[bleeps]
[recording] The number you have dialed is not available. Please leave a mess--
Goddamn sick of this shit.
- What? - [sighs]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Jun-tae] Wait!
Wh… why are you doing this? Huh?
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, Park Hu-min! I know you're in there!
Come out!
Hey, the Union guys might be inside.
Why would they be in there? Nobody's walked by in hours.
[gasps]
Hey, Baku!
Park Hu-min! Hey, Baku!
I don't think he's inside.
Let's leave and think about this later, Tak-a. Okay?
[exhales]
Let's go inside.
Go in there, for real? What?
[gasping]
W… wait! Tak-a! What are you gonna do?
[boy 1] That punk kid has some freakin' guts, man.
- I can't believe he came here alone. - [phone buzzing]
[Dong-ha] Hey, Baek-jin-a.
Yeah. Yeah, uh-huh.
[chuckling]
Okay, got it.
Let's go.
Hey, let's go.
- Hey, keep watch, all right? - [boys] Yes.
[boy 1] What about her? She was here yesterday.
- [Dong-ha] Baek-jin will be here soon. - [boy 2] She's hot.
[boy 3] She's nothin' special, bro.
[Gotak grunts] Bro, you need to lose some weight.
- [Jun-tae] Ooh, ooh. Wait. - Can you do it?
Oh! I got it! I did it!
- [gasps] - [Gotak] Hey, are you okay?
- Comin' in. - Okay.
[tense music playing]
- [Jun-tae] Whoa! Ah. - [Gotak gasps]
[Jun-tae gasps] What are all these?
[Gotak] Oh shit.
- Go check up there. - [Jun-tae] Huh?
[Gotak] Hey, Baku.
Park Hu-min!
[Jun-tae] Tak-a, he's not over here.
Whoa!
- Those are Baku's trunks. - [Jun-tae] Huh?
- What? - [Gotak] The tiger trunks. There.
- What? - [Gotak] Baku's trunks.
- Those are his? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. They are! Well, shit.
[sighs]
- So he really was here. - Tak-a.
- What, what, what?
Look at the stack of papers.
Is that the stuff Choi Hyo-man mentioned?
The list of crimes Na Baek-jin committed or something.
Oh. Yeah, man, I think you're right.
- [sighs] - [Gotak] Hey, Jun-tae-ya.
- Yeah? - [Gotak] I can't skip on this.
[gasps]
[Jun-tae] What?
- [Gotak] Can you move to the side? - Wait…
- [Gotak] Hey, we have to look. - But this isn't…
- It's okay. - [Jun-tae] Hey!
[silence]
[footsteps coming downstairs]
- [boy 1] Welcome, hyeong. - [boy 2] Welcome back.
- [Baek-jin] Leave us. - [boy 1] Yes.
[suspenseful music plays]
[Baek-jin sighs]
I thought we'd never meet again.
There's something I couldn't understand.
I thought there had to be some reason that a top student like you,
with all your scholarships, would make money illegally,
by forming the Union and whatever else.
I don't know what that reason might be,
but Hu-min does, doesn't he?
[scoffs]
Are you implying that Baku knows my secret,
and I'm only doing this because I'm scared of that?
[Si-eun] No.
Hu-min's the only one who knows everything about you.
So you think of him as your only friend.
But…
would Baku even think of you as his friend?
[sighs]
[Baek-jin] My boys will be there soon.
[sighs]
You said to separate the variable first to solve it.
But I found an even better way than that.
You get rid of the variable.
It's much faster.
Do you remember? Last time, Baku came all the way to save you guys.
You think you can do the same?
- [pen clatters] - [gasps]
[breathing shakily]
What?
Are you scared?
[footsteps]
[music fades]
Why are you here?
[yells] What are you doing?
Let's go.
[running footsteps receding]
A-PLUS BOWLING CLUB
[yells] Why the hell would you come here?
Hyun-tak and Jun-tae, they're at Daesung Motorcycle.
The Union guys just went there too.
We better hurry.
Aah! Fuck, man!
[panting]
[gasps]
[Baek-jin] Park Hu-min.
[suspenseful music playing]
Yeon Si-eun, get outta here.
I'll be fine. Just get out of here.
[breathing unsteadily]
Where's the stuff?
- [Baku] Stuff? - [jacket creaking]
That bike?
I left it where it was.
Do whatever you want to the people in my life.
What?
Do all the shit you want. All by yourself.
It's about time I realized…
that you and I will never get along.
So…
just please never contact me again.
We'll be strangers for the rest of our lives.
[gasps]
[music intensifying]
[panting]
[music quietens]
[Baku] Take care.
[sighs]
- [Gotak] Look for anything. - [Jun-tae] Yeah, okay.
Do you actually think we'll find something?
[Gotak] Not this…
Shit.
[tense music playing]
BIKE PURCHASE RECORD
[Jun-tae] Hey!
DATE, PLATE NUMBER, BUYER NUMBER OF TIMES SOLD
- I found it. - Oh, you found it?
- Yeah. - Oh, let me see.
[Jun-tae] I think this is the list of the stolen bikes they sold.
Do you think the Union will collapse if we take this to the police?
Then, Baku's issues will automatically disappear.
Whoa, shit. Jun!
- [laughs] - [Jun-tae gasps]
Nice. Hey, take it, take it.
- [Jun-tae] Yeah. - We better go. We aren't missing anything?
- [Jun-tae] No. - Okay.
[both panting]
[Jun-tae] What?
- [boy 1] Hyeong. - What's going on?
[boy 1] These shits broke in through the window.
[boy 2] Let's go.
[door rolling open]
- [Dong-ha] Close the back door. - Ah, shit.
Hey, little rats. Did you have fun?
- [laughing] - [door slams]
Jun-tae, stay out of this.
- [breathing shakily] - [Dong-ha] What are you doing?
Get them.
- [boy 1] Come here, you son of a bitch! - [yelling]
[grunting]
- [boy 2] Yes! - [boy 3] Yah!
Shit.
[yells]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[boys groaning]
[boy 3 gasping]
[Jun-tae gasping]
[groans]
Shit.
[roars]
[scoffs]
Hey, he's that guy, right? Baku's minion.
Go Hyun-tak.
Jun-tae-ya, are you okay?
[groans]
[breathing heavily]
[Gotak] Seong-mok.
[grunting]
[grunts]
Great, this fucker does judo.
[breathes shakily]
[grunts]
[yelps]
- [crunch] - [groans]
[whimpers]
- [grunts] - [Dong-ha] Move it. Move!
[Gotak groans]
- [Dong-ha] You fucking little bitch. - [coughs]
Look how this bastard's staring at me.
[Jun-tae yells]
[groans]
- [gasping] - [Dong-ha moaning]
Are you okay? [panting]
- Are you all right? - Yeah.
Oh, fuck.
- Jun-tae-ya. - Huh?
[Gotak] Stay right behind me.
- Okay. - Let's get it.
- [yells] - [Jun-tae gasping]
Run, Jun-tae! Open the door!
- Okay! - [boy 1] Oh, this crazy asshole.
- Put that down! - [boy 2] Watch it!
- Hey, hurry up! Hurry and open it! - [boy 1] They're tryin' to leave!
- Opening… - [Jun-tae] It's open!
- [boy 2] Watch where you swing that thing! - [boy 3] Hey, asshole!
- [Gotak] Hey, Jun-tae-ya, run! - [boy 3] Hey, get them!
- [all yelling] - [boy 3] Fucking bastard!
[breathing unsteadily]
[dramatic music playing]
- [boy 1] Stop running, assholes! - Come back!
- [boy 4] Assholes! Stop! - [boy 5] Fucking little bitches!
- Fucking get back here! - [boy 4] Stop running!
- Hey, Jun-tae-ya. Run. Run! - [boy 4] Come here! Faster!
- [boy 4] Those fuckers are so fast! - [Gotak] What are you doing?
- [boy 5 groaning] - [boy 4] You asshole!
- [boy 4] Come on! - [boy 5] Stop!
- Run! Run! - [boy 4] I'll kill you! Get back here!
[panting]
[phone ringing]
- Hello? - [woman] Hello?
Is this Yeon Si-eun-ssi's phone?
- [crossing alarm bleeping] - Yes, that's me.
[woman] I'm calling from Sungang University Hospital.
Patient Ahn Su-ho is in critical condition,
but I couldn't reach anyone else,
so I looked at the visitor log and found your number.
[Si-eun] What?
[woman] Do you know any way to reach out to his guardian or other family members?
Or are you available to come?
- Hello? - [truck horn blares]
[woman] Hello?
[horn blaring]
[tires screeching]
[sounds fade]
[unsettling music playing]
[slow instrumental version of "Hero" playing]
[poignant piano music playing]