Decoy (Bait / Miggi / 미끼)

ALL CHARACTERS, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, INCIDENTS,

AND LOCATIONS DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS

I'm exhausted.

There is no more hope left.

Killing you won't make a difference.

Let's end this with my death.

I will die.

If I let you go, Mr. Gang,

do you promise to live in remorse?

All right. I'll loosen the knot.

Count to 1,000 out loud, and then climb up the hill.

There will be a road ahead.

And you will get to live.

I'll be watching you.

If you move before you finish counting, I'll kill you. Do you understand?

Yes.

I'm sorry, Jae-hwang.

Jae-hwang, I'm sorry.

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DECOY

EPISODE 7. THE CONNECTIONS

MAGANG NAMBU POLICE AGENCY

Sir, please explain.

Why did Captain Gu get suspended?

Please say something. I just don't get it!

-Tell us something! -Please explain!

Come on, I'm begging you. Say something.

-Deputy Head, please! -So? Who ordered it?

You're part of the police, so ask your boss.

Why would you ask that to a prosecutor?

Stop acting dumb!

Why would you suspend him at this time?

Listen, Deputy Head Gang.

I don't know the goings-on of the police,

but Gu Do-han started digging up the case again.

Someone in the police must've been unhappy about it.

Captain Gu kept digging, so disciplinary action followed.

Wasn't that what you wanted as well?

Even if Captain Gu dug deep into it, he wouldn't have found anything.

The case was closed with Jung Jae-hwang's death.

Do you really think so?

You were kidnapped

by two people, weren't you?

How do you know that?

That's what I'm saying.

That's exactly my point!

All we need to do is keep quiet.

I thought you were also playing along.

Acting dumb. Pretending there weren't two kidnappers.

You wanted this case to end with Jung Jae-hwang

as a scapegoat.

Now Free, a free phone call service that has been the recent craze,

finds itself in a crisis due to connection problems.

Some users are saying that it is not a cell phone

but a device no more than a walkie-talkie.

Our news reporter has more details on Now Free's fake phone scam allegations.

It doesn't add up.

-What brings you here? -Hey!

-Where is he? -You can't do this!

Where are you, Chang-yun?

Where are you, Mr. Oh?

Mr. No. What do we do?

You took the words right out of my mouth. Listen.

What are you going to do?

-Mr. Oh! -Hold it.

Why are you doing this?

Do you have to ask? The phones aren't working, you bastard!

Your technology must've been faulty to begin with.

Did you scam us?

What do you mean? I told you from the beginning.

When did you ever do that?

Do you have that on record?

Do you have proof that you said it?

I don't.

But you're the one who tricked the consumers

into thinking the walkie-talkies were phones!

Walkie-talkie or phone. That's only a matter of vocabulary.

But when calls don't go through, that's a matter of science!

Don't you fucking think that you, the engineer, are responsible?

I only dug into liberal arts, so I don't know shit about science!

I told you from the very beginning.

PLC technology may be disrupted...

Stop making excuses, you son of a bitch.

Seeing how you have the spiel ready, it must've been a scam from the get-go!

You conned us, didn't you?

Guys! We've been scammed by this bastard!

What are you going to do, you fucking fraud?

All I did was make an investment.

A subsidiary? No, it isn't.

The ink hasn't even dried yet.

We'll cancel the deal and weasel out quietly.

We'll also get our money back.

We'll file a suit or do what's necessary.

Where were we?

Right, retrieving the investment.

When will you be giving me back my money?

-It's almost ready. -Wow! Moving at the speed of light!

Look what a great person we have here.

Mr. Bang. It looks like you have quite awful taste.

A-list celebrities shouldn't be doing drugs.

Jeez, red-checkered pants...

How did you...

get your hands on this?

This is the dirt that Mr. Kim had on Bang Hyun-min.

I knew it would come to be useful,

but I didn't expect it to be used like this.

I'll get going then.

Don't even dream about getting your money back.

I really like those pants.

I'll do it.

She's quite something.

She's clever and pleasant to be around.

The media outlets are rambling about this, aren't they?

Is the remaining money kept safe?

Yes, it's safe.

Good work.

Now Free or whatever its name is, I'm glad we made some good money from it.

With this, we have more than enough to fund my campaign,

so let's get rid of No Sang-cheon.

We can't let any of his dirt get on us.

Of course.

It's always good to cut loose ends.

Oh, right.

Could No Sang-cheon have done something fishy without you knowing?

He's a cunning one, you know.

Not at all.

Don't overestimate him too much.

He's just a thug from the streets, sir.

That's right. A thug.

That bastard is just a thug.

You can't take that, sir.

This is the fruition of years of study and research.

No, you can't. Please leave that.

-Darn it. This is... -Mr. Oh Chang-yun.

-You are under arrest for special fraud. -What?

Oh Changyun, the CEO of Now Free,

has been arrested for special fraud.

It has been revealed that Mr. Oh tricked his consumers into believing

TRS devices, a type of walkie-talkie, as phones and sold them.

His promise that calls would be free when using his devices

attracted customers.

But the quality of calls and frequent connection issues

led to an investigation by the Korea Consumer Agency,

which brought light to this fraud case.

The police believe there are more players involved

and plan to expand their investigation.

Mr. Kim. I'll wrap it up.

Ms. Jung!

Look how gaunt you are. It must've been tough out there.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Now.

Let's see how much Mr. No donated.

Ms. Jung. What's this?

Good work.

Now Free or whatever its name is, I'm glad we made some good money from it.

With this, we have more than enough to fund my campaign,

so let's get rid of No Sang-cheon.

We can't let any of his dirt get on us.

It can't be...

This...

What is this?

Jung So-ram! What did you do?

Hold on. You can't go in.

Excuse me.

No Sang-cheon...

Aren't you supposed to be at the station?

I did drop by the station

as a witness.

Gosh, you know...

Being questioned as a witness is no easy task.

The detectives were having trouble, so I nudged them in the right direction.

But out of all the things...

I forgot to show them that video.

An incumbent assemblyman

taking political funds from a pyramid scheme.

Man, it would've been a juicy piece of news.

-No Sang-cheon, why you... -What's wrong, Kim Seong-dae?

You tried to get rid of me along with Now Free.

So-ram told me everything.

What?

Jung So-ram!

How dare you stab me in the back?

Didn't you want a career in politics?

Why would you work with him?

Did money blind you?

It's not too late. Straighten things out!

I was honestly surprised too.

I thought he was just a lousy thug.

Do you remember what you told me last time?

You said politics is a battle of money.

So, to launch my career in politics,

I would need to stick with my cash cow.

Mr. Kim.