0:00 Jang Dong su is a notorious crime lord who rules the chaeyan underworld with an iron fist unlike other bosses who just sit back and give orders Jang prefers to let his fists do the talking built like a heavyweight tank and always dressed in sharp suits he is as brutal as he is stylish to him violence is just a tool to keep order and anyone who dares to cross him pays a steep price in blood he commands an army of thousands yet despite his terrifying reputation he nearly meets his end when he gets ambushed and stabbed by a mysterious stranger but this attacker isn't a rival gangster he is a venomous snake lurking in the shadows he kills not for money or revenge but for the sheer sick thrill of it armed with a hidden knife and a chilling smile
0:47 he's the only one crazy enough to declare war on both the underworld and the law this forces Yang into an unlikely alliance he has to team up with a cop to hunt this maniac down but don't get it twisted, this isn't a friendship they make a high stakes deal whoever catches the devil first gets to decide his fate he'll either face the court of law or the brutal justice of the streets it all begins on a quiet deserted night in Cheonan South Korea on a lonely stretch of road a minor fender Bender takes place the victim just wants to record the damage for insurance, looking to avoid any trouble but the other driver stays silent just standing there, waiting as soon as the man lets his guard down the stranger ruthlessly stabs him to death and quietly vanishes
1:34 the murder hits the news fast this isn't the first time plenty of missing persons reports have been filed recently but this killer is a pro, clean fast and leaving zero trace so the police are still completely in the dark meanwhile Detective Jung Tae Seok, is stuck in traffic on his way to the scene he spots some gangsters and heads toward their gambling den but the thugs block his path refusing to let a cop inside as a last resort, they try to bribe him with cash to make him leave but Tae Seok isn't interested he beats them down and storms inside to bust a young punk for illegally cashing out game tickets not realizing he just walked into Jang Dong su's territory the mob boss is training when he hears a cop is messing with his business Jang calls the police chief immediately
2:20 he pays the cops a monthly cut to look the other way so the chief calls Tae Seok and chew him out for interfering but Tae seok lies that he's already at the crime scene and hangs up in reality he only arrested the ticket scalper to use him as a bike taxi to cut through traffic upon arrival he handcuffs the guy to the bike and walks off at the scene he finds a man stabbed dozens of times the car is soaked in red and the bloody handprints on the window show just how desperate the victim was in his final moments Tae Seok notices a suspicious paint scratch on the rear bumper and snaps a photo after analyzing the evidence he reports to his captain that this is the work of a random serial killer the stab wounds on the victims match perfectly, same length and width
3:05 confirming they were caused by the exact same blade even though Tae Seok tries to explain his theory the captain refuses to listen instead he chews him out for raiding the gangster's turf earlier and kicks him off the case leaving Tae Seok furious it was getting late so Jang Dong Su sent his men ahead and decided to drive home alone however while driving he gets rear ended by a car Jang steps out to check the damage the mysterious driver apologizes blaming the slippery road for not braking in time since money is no object to him and the car isn't badly damaged Jang waves the guy off but as soon as he turns to get back in his car the stranger lunges and stabs him luckily Jang manages to block the second strike and throws the attacker backward
3:50 although the killer has the weapon advantage he picked the wrong target tonight he messed with a heavyweight mob boss Jang wrestles the knife away and stabs the attacker in the chest realizing he is outmatched the killer jumps back in his car runs Jang over to escape and speeds off due to excessive blood loss Jang faints in the middle of the road but is luckily spotted by a passerby and rushed to the emergency room hearing the news his gang assumes it was a hit by a rival mob enraged they launch a brutal surprise attack on their enemies catching them completely off guard
4:38 meanwhile the mysterious killer hides in the woods and staples his own chest wound shut since he failed to take Jang's life he hunts down another victim to continue his killing spree back at the hospital. Yang survives the critical window and wakes up his subordinate reports the retaliation attack but Jang tells him that it wasn't the work of a rival gang based on his moves Jang knew instantly this guy wasn't some street thug he was a calculated killer luckily Jang caught the license plate number before passing out he hands it to his crew with one order find him at all costs for payback hearing that the mob boss got hit Tae Seok rushes to the hospital
5:25 eager to squeeze him for Intel but Jang keeps his mouth shut he views the police as useless and arrogantly claims he'll catch the attacker long before the cops ever do frustrated and empty handed Tae Seok decides to investigate on his own he sneaks into the parking lot to check Jang's car sure enough he finds a paint scratch on the rear bumper identical to the Mark on the previous victim's vehicle despite being a notorious crime lord in Cheonan getting nearly killed by a random nobody caused his street cred to tank harder than crypto after a Fed announcement to make matters worse his rival Sang Do shows up to mock him he laughs saying that in 40 years he's never seen a mob boss recovering in a hospital bed
6:11 Sang Do demands compensation for his territory getting trashed and medical bills for his injured men before leaving he adds a final insult if I were you I'd be too ashamed to even show my face meanwhile Tae Seok pleads with the chief to let him work the case presenting his theory but the chief still doesn't buy it and kicks him out that same night the bloodshed continues the killer ambushes a truck driver and hijacks the vehicle but once inside he finds a passenger sleeping in the back and we all know what happens next the next day Jang hires a sketch artist to draw the killer's face
6:58 based on his memory then hands the image to his crew to hunt him down Tae Seok not giving up raids Jang's gambling dens again he confronts the boss with evidence of illegal operations using it as leverage to force him into a partnership at first Jang refuses but then Tae Seok drops the truth the man who stabbed you is a serial killer unlike typical psychos who target women or the weak this guy is different he hunts anyone even a crime lord if we don't stop him now more people are going to die the attack didn't just hurt Jang physically it destroyed his business with his reputation in the gutter clients are canceling condo contracts and major investors are freezing their funds it's a total financial disaster
7:44 to save his empire Jang needs to find the killer fast and restore his dominance good news arrives when his men locate the killer's car abandoned at a rest stop the driver is long gone but about two miles away they find a knife Jang recognizes it immediately it belongs to the attacker realizing that forensics and evidence analysis aren't exactly a gangster's strong suit Jang calls Tae Seok for a sit down he hands over the killer's car keys and proposes a joint operation Jang's side will provide the manpower and funding while Tae Seok handles the investigation but there's a catch whoever catches him first keeps him if the cops win the killer goes to prison but if the gangsters get him first he enters a world of pain far worse than any jail cell
8:32 a punishment fitting for someone who dared to ruin a crime lord's reputation Tae Seok agrees. taking the sketch and the evidence back to his station he assembles a small skeleton crew with just two trusted partners to keep things quiet meanwhile to ensure the investigation goes smoothly without interference Jang makes a ruthless move he orders his men to take out his rival Sang Do using the serial killer's knife they found when police search the scene they find the knife deliberately left behind the police chief is furious mostly because his monthly bribe money from sang do just dried up so he orders the team to solve the case at any cost forensics confirms the DNA on the knife matches the serial killer but Tae Seok connects the dots instantly
9:18 he knows Jang was the one who found that knife realizing it's a setup he storms over to confront the mob boss Tae Seok tries to beat a confession out of him but ends up getting his ass handed to him by Jang Jang calmly admits to ending sang do his master plan? to turn the murder into a massive media sensation he wants the police and the press to hunt the killer down effectively flushing him out Tae Seok hates the idea he wanted a quiet investigation knowing that once the media gets involved major crimes will swoop in and steal all the credit sure enough Sang Do's death becomes the number one trending topic in the city the news reaches the real killer and he is livid
10:04 since losing his knife at the rest stop he hasn't been able to work and now someone is copycatting his style at Sang Do's funeral the killer actually shows up he knows Jang is pulling the strings but he's not there to pay respects he slips a note to Sang Do's right hand man clarifying that he didn't kill the boss setting the record straight reading the note Sang Do's right hand man has a light bulb moment he realizes the killer didn't take out his boss it was Jang Dong su all along meanwhile for the killer it's business as usual he picks up a brand new knife at a store ready to resume his dark work the next day Jong and Tae shock meet up to inspect the killer's car for clues but suddenly they are ambushed by Sang Do's crew
10:50 who surround them from all sides out for blood and revenge a brutal brawl breaks out however in a moment of distraction he takes a heavy blow to the head though dazed he remains alert enough to dodge the follow up strikes Tae Seok caught in the chaos he gets pinned down and nearly stabbed but in a desperate struggle he pushes the attacker back accidentally driving the man's own knife into his chest Jang also finishes off the last attacker when the dust settles, Tae Seok is shaken he realizes he just took a life
11:36 seeing the panic in the cop's eyes Jang steps up and tells him to relax he'll handle the clean up the next day the chief dumps a new case on Tae Seok a kidnapping involving a real estate tycoon already burnt out Tae Seok is furious about juggling another investigation but he has no choice he sets up a sting operation at the Ransom drop off but the victim's wife is a nervous wreck terrified she hands the money bag to a random restaurant owner instead of the target to make matters worse she keeps glancing over at Tae Seok's hiding spot effectively blowing his cover to everyone in the vicinity Tae Seok stands up and accidentally spots a man lurking nearby
12:22 seeing that he's been exposed the stranger immediately turns to flee identifying him as a highly suspicious target Tae Seok screams for his team to give chase but the man is fast he uses the complex maze of alleyways to his advantage despite splitting up to cut him off the team loses him in the chaos Tae Seok interrogates the restaurant owner who took the bag she admits a stranger paid her to accept it the trail is cold and the only lead is a liquor bottle the killer drank from while waiting but there's a problem the bottle is already buried in a local landfill finding it now would be like looking for a needle in a haystack back at the station a breakthrough finally happens a female colleague reports a match on a fingerprint found on the steering wheel
13:08 she identifies a suspect and gives Tae Seok an address Tae Seok rushes to the location the landlady reveals the tenant hasn't been back in three months though he still pays rent on time so she keeps the room for him Tae Seok enters the apartment it's a creepy sight the room is flanked by fish tanks thick with green moss and on the wall hangs a 19th century western classical painting giving the place a strange eerie vibe in the desk drawer, Tae Seok finds many bottles of sodium hydroxide however the most critical clue in this room is the landlord's family photo when placed alongside the sketch Jong Dong su provided it's a perfect match this is undoubtedly the man both sides are hunting Tae Seok immediately calls Jang Dong su to update him
13:55 and plays the voice recording obtained from the kidnapping victim's house during the previous investigation hearing the voice the boss instantly recognizes it as the man he has been searching for all this time for the first time the organization and the police sit in the same room to investigate together however tensions rise leading to a physical altercation but since they are in the same boat they quickly settle down and mobilize their goal is to find the man in the photo at all costs they split into teams of five to move covertly if one team spots him they are to signal everyone to converge and capture him they scour every single person housing unit motel, market and public space despite searching nearly the entire city for days
14:42 there is still no trace of him one rainy day. while Jang Dong su is waiting for his men to pick him up he sees a high school student also waiting for the bus nearby seeing her getting soaked Jang kindly gives her his umbrella however the moment the student steps onto the bus I am shocked to see the target sitting right inside inevitably the tragedy happens news reaches Jang Dong su that the student was attacked on her way home seeing the umbrella at the scene the boss is devastated to realize it was the girl from the morning losing all appetite Jang immediately orders his men to take action searching everything near bus route 32 at this time the boss Tae Seok and his men are staking out a deserted road
15:27 suddenly a white car drives in slowly it's none! other than the target looking for prey realizing he has been discovered he slams on the gas to escape the boss and Tae Seok immediately give chase however in this pursuit they are no longer partners but Wolves fighting over a single prize as agreed whoever catches the prey gets to keep it but in his attempt to cut off the target without watching the road Tae Seok crashes straight into a roadside food stall now only Jang Dong Su is left chasing refusing to let the prey escape unexpectedly at an intersection all three cars crash into each other however when they rushed to the car the suspect has already fled
16:12 the three quickly pursue him but it becomes difficult as he slips into the dark alleyways Oh-Sung is taken out by the target the moment he runs into a dark path following the trail Jang Dong Su runs into a karaoke bar although he searches the rooms he can't find him suddenly he notices two girls looking terrified knowing the target is in the restroom Jang immediately kicks the door open and pins him down he unleashes strikes so powerful they break the door taking too much damage the suspect can no longer resist the prize officially belongs to the boss Jang Dong su doesn't forget to call Tae Seok to announce the news which infuriates the cop Tae Seok quickly calls his team to find Jang immediately
16:59 the suspect is truly unstable even now he is still smiling brightly just as Jang Dong su prepares to deliver his own justice Tae seok speeds in and Rams his car straight into Jong knocking him unconscious on the spot he then quickly takes the suspect to the police station the next day news breaks that the police have caught the serial criminal the media and the victim's families gather in large numbers in front of the station inside the suspect shows no fear calmly eating breakfast and watching news about himself however the next news report is the real shocker the boss's entire crew has been arrested by the police for operating illegal gambling machines and Jang Dong su is now a wanted man
17:44 the trial finally takes place but the prosecution struggles with no direct evidence linking the suspect to the crimes the victim's families are heartbroken unable to see justice served the defendant knows he has the upper hand and sits there with a smug look even the knife is useless without proof confirming ownership the final resort to nail this criminal is the only victim who survived the attack to stand as a witness and that witness is none other than Jang Dong Su now to understand why he is a wanted man yet still shows up at this trial we need to go back to last night Tae Seok tracks down Jang furious about having his operation ruined and his prize stolen Jang strikes the detective repeatedly but Tae Seok brings out the recording
18:30 where Jang admits to eliminating Sang Do to threaten him if this leaks they both go down Jang for the crime and Tae seok for colluding with the underworld desperate the cop begs Jang to turn himself in and testify or the target walks free and that is why Jang Dong Su stands in the courtroom today to start proving his case Jang Dong Su removes his shirt pointing to the scars while describing the moment of the attack he then forces Kyung-Ho to remove his shirt as well revealing a scar on his left chest where Jang had struck him then Jang produces a piece of paper the note the target had previously sent to sang do's henchman attempting to prove that he was not the one who took out sang do however this ultimately leads to Jang receiving a life sentence
19:16 as he eventually confesses that he was the one who eliminated sang do to ensure the target's conviction the gamble pays off Kyung-ho is officially sentenced to death thanks to the success of the investigation Tae Seok's team receives a major promotion as for Jang Dong su he has lost nearly everything his crew has been arrested and his loyal right hand man was taken out by the target so getting locked up was his plan all along he wants to punish Kyung Ho before the state executes him but perhaps Jang won't wait for the law he intends to be the executioner himself don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel thanks for watching
