L.U.C.A.: The Beginning (루카: 더 비기닝)

Hello?

Hello?

Is this Zi O?

It's you, isn't it?

Where are you?

I'll be right there. Wait for me.

I don't know.

I don't know where I am.

Okay. You're calling from a payphone, right?

I'll track this number and find where you are, so just stay there.

Okay?

Answer me.

Don't yell at me.

Just wait there.

You must do everything you can to find him.

If he goes out of control,

many people could die.

And if he gets married and has a kid,

who knows what will be born?

It'll be hard to say...

whether it's human or not.

He may seem human now, but that can easily change.

Depending on which animal awakens inside him,

he could turn into a completely different species.

He'll do whatever he can to stay alive.

Wouldn't humans do the same?

This isn't about ontology.

This is about biology.

Do you understand? You must catch him.

Okay?

Okay.

Good.

I'm going to go inside and send this over to the academy for review.

Gu Reum, shoot him if you need to.

He shouldn't exist in this world.

But what if he also has feelings?

If he shares even the slightest bit of human emotions,

that would mean he isn't a monster.

He's a monster.

He's a terrible mixed breed.

He will completely destroy the ecosystem.

If you can't catch him, it's better to just kill him.

Why do people hate me so much?

Did you get into a fight?

I was always alone.

But now there's literally no one by my side.

It never bothered me until now.

But I guess this is how it feels.

Did you also feel this way?

How did you endure it all when you still remember everything?

Shoot him if you need to.

He shouldn't exist in this world.

Come on in.

I'm going to work.

Don't do anything,

and don't go anywhere. Just stay here.

If you're hungry, you can fix yourself something to eat.

And make sure you clean up.

Don't look at me like that.

I'm not going to pity you or try to understand you.

To me, you're either a suspect in a murder case...

or a witness in a missing persons case.

The bathroom is over there. And my room...

I'll kill you if you go in there.

I'll see you after work.

Take a seat.

Did you get into a fight?

Did you get beaten up?

Was it those guys again?

Yes.

But you have a special gift.

Can't you...

just use that?

I'm sure humans are no match for you.

With the power you have,

couldn't you simply destroy the ecosystem built by humans?

I'm also human. Why would I destroy that?

Just admit it already.

You're not a normal human being.

I want to be.

And what I have isn't a gift. It's a curse.

I'm sorry. I guess you're right.

Because of that power of yours,

you probably never had the chance to love anyone.

You've never loved anyone, have you?

Did I guess correctly?

I guess I did.

Clean up after you eat.

Bank networks that crashed...

due to last night's large scale cyber terror attack...

have yet to be restored.

It looks like it will cause many people inconvenience.

The networks that were attacked were not only banks...

but also online shopping malls, email service providers,

and many more that add up to a total of 13 online networks.

And one of them also turned out to be the National Forensic Service.

Thus, the cybercrime team has begun investigating right away.

The police think an organization of hackers was involved...

and did not deny the possibility...

that North Korea could be behind the attack.

What happened to the files? - Sir, did you see the news?

It's really bad. The entire system is down.

Let me see.

Did you guys also lose all your files?

Don't even get me started.

The entire server is gone.

I'm not sure if we can save any of our research materials or papers.

What about the files I sent you?

The same thing happened to those too.

Professor, you have everything backed up, right?

All our computers are down as well.

So you can't access any of the information right now?

Do you think someone who was after the info deliberately did this?

Gosh, no way.

All those banks and online shopping malls were also attacked.

I heard it was caused by North Korea's cyberattack.

Professor, do you really not have the original documents?

I'll call you later.

You finally retrieved Z-0.

Well done.

We've destroyed all the reports and documents,

and the police will close the case as North Korea's cyberattack.

Good job.

A new world will begin now.

When a spacecraft is launched,

this is the part that does the actual work.

Just to send this to space,

all this energy is spent and discarded.

The way humans use energy is very inefficient.

They waste too much of it.

I heard he can...

generate a considerable amount of electricity.

Our speculation...

is that he keeps on evolving.

Think about other kids like him being born into this world.

They can charge their phones by just holding them...

and move electric cars just by holding onto the steering wheels.

We'll retrieve Z-0 and produce 101 clones.

Then we'll take a leap.

But why 101 clones?

101 clones. It's quite ambiguous, isn't it?

It'll pique people's curiosity.

And we'll produce their clones.

The moment 1.01 million angels are born,

this world will fundamentally change.

And we'll obtain all the wealth and honor anyone can ever have.

A new era will begin.

A glorious era.

The children who trust and obey us will rule the world.

That was...

Z-0's fate.

Our first successful experiment that was...

supposed to be destroyed after giving his cells to the others.

LUCA.

But he's lived for way too long.

Now that we've retrieved him, we'll burn him to ashes...

as soon as we clone his cells.

Yes, we should.

We're really almost there now,

but you'll have a lot to do until we reach our final goals.

Soon, you'll be appointed...

as the Director of the National Intelligence Service.

Please stay focused.

Thank you.

I'll always have your back.

Excuse me. It's the lab.

Hey, what's up?

What?

Wake up. Get up!

You piece of...

The car blew up on our way back here after retrieving him.

Let go. - We gave him sedatives,

but he still woke up, so there wasn't anything we could do.

You little...

Don't you dare glare at me like that!

I'm sorry.

Wake him up.

Wake him up!

He needs absolute rest right now.

Give him stimulants. Do whatever it takes to wake him up!

Yes, sir.

Bring 25mL.

You shouldn't be walking around now. I told you to lie down.

I have a favor to ask.

Okay, let's go back to the treatment room.

You shouldn't be moving around now.

Make me stronger.

What are you talking about?

The injection I got right here.

I can get it elsewhere, right?

You can inject it all over my body.

Why are you being like this? Did something happen?

Please just do it for me.

No, it's dangerous.

If there are adverse effects, we'll have to cut them off.

You should've just cut it off back then.

Instead of making me become like this,

you should've just cut it all off back then.

What is this?

I'm neither a human nor a monster.