Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People

Hansungbu sent troops, but they'd already disappeared!

Park Ha Sung isn't Park Ha Sung?

What do you mean by that?

Park Ha Sung is Hong Gil Dong's older brother?

What are you saying?

Hong Gil Dong...

he's that bastard's brother?

Eo Ri Ni!

I'm... so sorry.

You must have been so lonely and in so much pain!

I am not Eo Ri Ni!

Eo Ri Ni!

I didn't even recognize that Gil Hyun!

And I poured him liquor and gave him the honor of conversing with me!

That bastard... that bastard!

My lady.

This is not worth getting angry about.

What do you mean, this isn't something to get angry about?

Rather, this is an opportunity.

After all, Park Ha Sung was Teacher Song's most treasured disciple.

We have to use this opportunity to help Jung Hak rise up the ranks.

I'll devise a plan to help Jung Hak and to capture Gil Dong.

And if I capture Gil Dong this time

it won't benefit Teacher Song, but our Jung Hak.

Your Majesty. Park Ha Sung, this cur...

Perhaps Teacher Song has a connection with the rest of the Hong Family?

Choongwon!

What on earth are you saying?

You've been keeping Teacher Song's treasured disciple

by your side all this time, Your Majesty.

However, it turned out that he was a blood relative of Hong Gil Dong.

First and foremost, you were not betrayed by Park Ha Sung, Your Majesty.

Rather, you have been betrayed by Teacher Song!

Y-Your Majesty!

Were you truly unaware of Park Ha Sung's true identity?

Please believe me, Your Majesty!

I truly was deceived by Park Ha Sung as well!

Eo Ri Ni, it's me! Official Eom!

Yes, Eo Ri Ni. You saw me when you were a mere toddler, stumbling about!

Eo Ri Ni! You don't remember me?

It's me, the handsome Eop San!

Eo Ri Ni, I used to carry you on my back when you were a wee lass!

Eo Ri Ni, you don't remember following me around all the time?

Hey, Eo Ri Ni, I used to use my stick to pick persimmons and apples for you!

You don't remember that?

Yes, yes!

Eo Ri Ni, you used to touch my head and say that you loved how prickly it was!

Here, touch it!

- Touch it! - Touch it!

What are you doing?

Do you know...

just how long your older brother has been waiting for you?

Do you know just how long your older brother has been looking for you?

I... no.

We have not forgotten about you, even for a single day.

But have you forgotten all about us already?

What on earth are you talking about?

Look, they match up perfectly, don't they?

Eo Ri Ni.

I am your older brother.

And you are my one and only little sister!

Why are you acting this way toward me?

I'm not Eo Ri Ni! I'm telling you, I'm not Eo Ri Ni!

All right, we understand. Calm down.

Gil Dong.

Let's go.

Eo Ri Ni will always be with us from now on.

So let's give Eo Ri Ni some time.

Why do I have to stay with these people forever?

They're so strange. And scary.

Ga Ryung.

Why aren't you eating?

You have to eat up.

You won't be able to use your super-strength otherwise, Husband!

Ga Ryung.

I'm scared.

Of what?

About these people.

That I'll make tears come out of these people's eyes.

I'm so scared of that.

Idiot.

Why are you worrying so much about the future now?

Here.

Come, now. Hurry and eat up.

Ga Ryung.

Where are you?

Where are you, Ga Ryung?

How are you planning to catch that thief and his older brother, Gil Hyun?

We are carrying out an investigation by using the spot

where that thief Gil Hyun and the royal troops disappeared as a reference point.

It will take some time, Your Majesty.

But I will definitely catch him!

Choongwon is here, Your Majesty.

I will appoint you as the chief investigator

in charge of capturing the thieves, Director Jo.

And I will appoint Mo Ri as the deputy chief.

So be sure to capture those thieves together!

But... Your Majesty!

That man is a mere servant, so how could he possibly be appointed deputy chief...

Can you possibly win in a match against Hong Gil Dong?

It'd be best...

if you operated on your own this time too, wouldn't it?

But...

Let us do that.

Sir.

There were troops that passed by this path, correct?

Do you know which way they were headed?

I haven't seen them after they headed toward that mountain path.

General Hong! General Hong!

Yes? What is it?

There are troops searching the mountains, General Hong!

Worry not.

This mountain will not reveal a path for just anyone.

Yes.

But even so...

let's do as we'd planned.

Search every nook and cranny!

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

How is it that this fog is so thick?

Did you hear something?

Be quiet now! Quiet!

- You hear it, don't you? - Yes.

It sounds like it could be an animal crying.

Over there.

Over there! Catch them!

Lower your heads!

Who are you?

We're searching for the thieves' den, as per your command.

What about you, Official?

We were looking for a hunter in order to offer a high-quality pelt to His Majesty.

Did you see the soldiers who passed through here?

I thought I heard strange sounds coming from around here.

There are many wild beasts around here

so you'll hear all sorts of strange noises around these parts.

And I'm here hunting every day

so there's no way I would've missed a group of soldiers passing through.

Try looking near the foot of the mountain.

If the thieves ran off, they're sure to have headed that way.

Thank you. Let's go!

Thank you, Official.

But you may put yourself in danger if the slightest thing goes wrong.

So why did you decide to help us?

I'm a man who cares about the citizens, too.

I heard that you all broke into the palace a while back

and hung notices on incompetent senior statemen's necks.

- That we did! - Sheesh.

Oh, that makes me feel so good!

That makes me feel so good!

Oh, I really do feel good now.

- Ew! - Oh, come now!

My parents are the ones who gave birth to me

but there is someone else who made me into who I am now.

And that person...

is you.

Your Majesty.

Why is it that sleep is eluding you once again?

He summoned that girl, Ga Ryung, again?

Yes.

Oh, that wretched Ga Ryung!

How dare that ungrateful wench...

My previous ties to Gil Dong have all been revealed.

So His Majesty definitely won't be seeking me out for the time being.

But, how could you possibly be at ease, in this situation?

His Majesty may be cross with me now, but he will return to me eventually.

And how do you know that, Your Highness?

His Majesty...

is far too great and dark for Ga Ryung to handle.

But enough about that. Bring Ok Ran here.

About you and Ga Ryung...

just when did you two end up becoming so close?

That is... I think Ga Ryung mistook me for Sang Hwa.

Mistook you for Sang Hwa?

Yes. Sang Hwa always keeps half a scrap of blue fabric with her.

But she thought it to be mine.

What do you mean by that?

I don't know for sure, but she said that someone else had the other half

and said that the person who has that fabric

is the same as her flesh and blood to her.

Why...

are you being so good to me?

That's because...

you're like a sister to me.

About that half-scrap of blue fabric that you carry around...

do you know who has the other half?

Half a scrap of blue fabric?

Miss, that idiot had this around his wrist.

Should I give it back to him?

Your Majesty.

Allow me to tell you an odd tale of a certain village I once heard.

An odd tale of a certain village?

Yes, Your Majesty.

There was once a village with clean streams, fresh air, and fertile soil.

The town always had a bountiful harvest every year

so the cheeks of the children living in that town were always rosy

and from every chimney escaped delicious plumes of steam

from the cast-iron rice cookers.

It was a truly rich village, with laughs aplenty.

However, the villagers harbored a huge secret.

There was a deserted home in a dark, damp area in northern part of the town

where no sunlight ever shone, and not a single tree grew.