The Love Story of a Game-Addicted CEO and a Beautiful Hostel Owner

John Lee

Transcript

00:00:00This guy travels to a foreign country and experiences something absolutely insane.

00:00:05He's just minding his own business, when suddenly a statue behind him comes to life.

00:00:09Like, really comes to life. It grabs a weapon and swings at him. Full force.

00:00:14The crazy thing is, even though he's hit dead on, he's somehow not completely obliterated.

00:00:19It's like something out of a video game.

00:00:21Jinwoo is the CEO of a gaming company. He has been in contact with a young man,

00:00:26and they have arranged to meet at a hotel in Granada, Spain.

00:00:28So, Jinwoo travels from Barcelona to this hotel in Granada, late at night, to meet this guy.

00:00:34The hotel owner is a young woman named Heejoo.

00:00:37She tells him that they only have four-person and two-person rooms available.

00:00:40But Jinwoo, being a bit of a spoiled rich guy, insists on a single room.

00:00:44Heejoo suddenly remembers a single room up on the sixth floor.

00:00:48Jinwoo immediately jumps on it.

00:00:49Now, this hotel is old school. No elevator. Just a long, winding staircase.

00:00:55Jinwoo looks up at this never-ending staircase with a grimace.

00:00:58And Heejoo, sensing his hesitation, offers to recommend some fancier hotels nearby.

00:01:04But Jinwoo, stubborn as a mule, insists on staying.

00:01:07So Heejoo tries to compromise, showing him a two-person room on a lower floor.

00:01:12It's a total mess, though.

00:01:13Seeing the state of the room, Jinwoo grabs his heavy suitcase and starts the arduous climb up to the sixth floor.

00:01:19The long, rectangular hallway of this old hotel is dark, narrow, and creepy.

00:01:25By the time he reaches the sixth floor, Jinwoo's practically gasping for air.

00:01:29And to make matters worse, the single room looks like it hasn't been occupied in decades.

00:01:34It's covered in dust and cobwebs, and the windows are stuck shut.

00:01:37Despite being utterly disgusted by the conditions, Jinwoo is too exhausted to go back down.

00:01:43So he reluctantly decides to stay.

00:01:45He then proceeds to make the best of a bad situation.

00:01:48He plugs up a mouse hole, unclogs the toilet, and then has to trek back down to the first floor

00:01:53to find an outlet to charge his phone and cook some instant noodles.

00:01:57He's waiting for a 30-minute countdown.

00:01:59Apparently, in 30 minutes, something amazing is supposed to happen.

00:02:02But even in this short time, he can't find any peace.

00:02:05Heeju's little sister is practicing her dance routine nearby,

00:02:09constantly bumping into his chair and whipping her hair in his face.

00:02:12Finally, after finishing his noodles and washing his dishes,

00:02:16he gets a text message from one of his employees confirming that everything is ready.

00:02:20Jinwoo bolts out the door.

00:02:21He heads to a deserted inner shin, and things get real.

00:02:24Suddenly, there's a massive explosion in the distance.

00:02:27A building gets hit, debris flies everywhere, and smoke fills the air.

00:02:31As the smoke clears, a knight on horseback appears, seemingly out of nowhere.

00:02:36The knight is riddled with arrows and falls from his horse, right in front of Jinwoo.

00:02:40Before Jinwoo can even process what he's just seen,

00:02:43that statue from earlier, the one he saw back at the hotel, suddenly appears behind him.

00:02:48It's a live weapon in hand, and it attacks him again.

00:02:52Unarmed, Jinwoo tries to block the attack, but he's injured.

00:02:55The word, game, over, flashes across his vision.

00:02:59And just like that, everything on the street returns to normal.

00:03:03As if nothing ever happened.

00:03:05So it turns out this whole thing is a brand new, super immersive AR game.

00:03:09You just pop in these special contact lenses, and boom, you're transported to another world.

00:03:14It's so realistic, it's insane.

00:03:17And this game has already caught the attention of Jinwoo's rival, a guy named Director Cha.

00:03:21He wants to buy it, and he's offering a whopping 100 billion won.

00:03:25That's a boatload of cash.

00:03:27The young guy called Jinwoo is the game's developer.

00:03:30He doesn't want to sell it to Director Cha, thinking he's a shady character.

00:03:34So he reaches out to Jinwoo, who happens to be attending a conference in Barcelona.

00:03:39They arrange to meet at the, get this, Benita Hotel in Granada.

00:03:42The same run-down place.

00:03:44Jinwoo stayed in.

00:03:45And here's another twist.

00:03:47This young game developer is actually Heejoo's younger brother.

00:03:50After talking to the young developer, Jinwoo checks the email the kid sent him.

00:03:54He immediately instructs his employees to keep tabs on Director Cha, making sure he doesn't

00:03:59try to snag the game first.

00:04:01Then, Jinwoo rushes off to the Bonita Hotel.

00:04:04After a short rest, he logs into the game.

00:04:06The game is set in Granada, but in 1492.

00:04:10Players take on the role of a warrior, and have to complete quests to find gold and level

00:04:14up, earning better gear along the way.

00:04:17Following the quest prompts, a glowing green arrow guides Jinwoo to the bathroom of a bar.

00:04:21He finds a hidden mechanism, and obtains a rusty old sword.

00:04:25It's the first level, so, naturally, the weapon isn't anything special.

00:04:29To upgrade his weapons, he needs to level up his character first.

00:04:33Jinwoo takes his newly acquired sword, and tries to fight a statue that has come to life.

00:04:38But no matter how hard he tries, his strength and swordsmanship are no match for the stone

00:04:43soldier.

00:04:43He keeps dying, and having to restart.

00:04:46Going back to the bar bathroom to retrieve the sword and try again.

00:04:49To the bartender, Jinwoo looks like some weird guy with a bladder problem, constantly running

00:04:54back and forth to the bathroom.

00:04:56Jinwoo battles all night.

00:04:58Finally, just as dawn breaks, he manages to beat the first level.

00:05:01He gains experience points, and a key as a reward.

00:05:04This experience convinces Jinwoo that the future of gaming belongs to him.

00:05:09Exhausted but exhilarated, he returns to the hotel.

00:05:12His employees have done some digging, and discovered the young developer's true identity.

00:05:16His name is Seiju, and he's only 17, still a minor, and he developed this incredible

00:05:21game all by himself.

00:05:23Before Jinwoo can even finish his phone call, the hotel's fire alarm goes off, blaring through

00:05:28the building.

00:05:29Heejoo, hearing the commotion, rushes to fix it.

00:05:32The noise interferes with Jinwoo's call, and he explodes, yelling at Heejoo.

00:05:37As a businessman, he can't stand her shoddy business practices.

00:05:41The rundown hotel.

00:05:42The faulty equipment.

00:05:43The whole shebang.

00:05:44Heejoo, having never encountered such a rude guest, bursts into tears.

00:05:49After his outburst, Jinwoo steps aside to continue his call.

00:05:53He learns that if they want to make a deal, they'll have to sign a contract with Seiju's

00:05:57legal guardian.

00:05:58Since Seiju's parents are deceased, his older sister, Heejoo, is his legal guardian.

00:06:03And Heejoo, completely oblivious to the game and its potential, is the very same hotel owner.

00:06:08He just yelled at, and reduced to tears.

00:06:11Jinwoo leans against the door, looking at his potential.

00:06:14Money printing machine.

00:06:16Heejoo turns around to find the man who was just screaming at her, now looking at her with

00:06:20a smile.

00:06:21What a turnaround.

00:06:22Jinwoo, ever the shrewd businessman, knows when to backpedal.

00:06:26He immediately switches gears, laying on the charm with Heejoo, a complete 180 from his

00:06:31earlier outburst.

00:06:32Seeing her suspicious look, he pulls a fast one, claiming he has short-term memory loss,

00:06:37and doesn't remember what just happened.

00:06:39Heejoo just stares at him, silently.

00:06:42Feeling the awkwardness, Jinwoo makes a hasty retreat from the hotel.

00:06:46Outside, he gets a report from his staff.

00:06:49Heejoo's family isn't wealthy.

00:06:50The three siblings and their grandmother rely on the income from the small hotel and Heejoo's

00:06:55part-time jobs.

00:06:56Hearing this, Jinwoo, with his characteristic audacity, marches right back into the hotel.

00:07:01He finds the family eating breakfast and greets everyone with an overly enthusiastic friendliness.

00:07:07The grandmother, ever hospitable, invites him to join them.

00:07:11He perks up his ears and overhears them discussing Seijoo's return.

00:07:15He's supposed to arrive on the night train, getting in around 8am.

00:07:18Having gleaned this crucial piece of information, Jinwoo excuses himself, feigning an appointment,

00:07:24and rushes off to the train station.

00:07:26His secretary is running late, so Jinwoo grabs the car keys and heads to the station himself,

00:07:30instructing his secretary to buy a bouquet for Heejoo.

00:07:34The secretary jokes that Jinwoo is rushing off for a hot date.

00:07:38He also reminds Jinwoo that he's in the middle of a divorce and should be careful about appearances.

00:07:44Jinwoo has no time for jokes.

00:07:46He tells his secretary that Heejoo is going to be an important business partner and that

00:07:51he's employing his charm offensive.

00:07:53With that, he speeds off to the station.

00:07:56Meanwhile, on the approaching train, Seijoo wakes up and starts packing his things.

00:08:01But suddenly, the clear sky outside turns ominously dark, and lightning flashes.

00:08:06An eerie, mournful song fills the air.

00:08:08Seijoo senses something is wrong.

00:08:10His face pales, and he tries to run, but it's too late.

00:08:14A projectile appears out of nowhere and hits him.

00:08:16Seijoo vanishes.

00:08:18His luggage remains on the train.

00:08:20Jinwoo waits at the station's exit.

00:08:22After all the passengers disembark, he still doesn't see Seijoo.

00:08:25He searches the platform, but even as the train pulls away, Seijoo is nowhere to be found.

00:08:31Panicked, he calls his secretary, asking him to find out from Heejoo where Seijoo might be.

00:08:36As luck would have it, Heejoo is still fuming about Jinwoo's earlier behavior.

00:08:41She's returning his room and meal payments, and demanding he check out by 11am.

00:08:45Jinwoo, frantic that Director Cha might beat him to Seijoo, presses his secretary to get information

00:08:51from Heejoo.

00:08:52The secretary, clueless about what's really going on, hands the phone to Heejoo, letting

00:08:57them speak directly.

00:08:58Heejoo, seizing the opportunity, gives Jinwoo a taste of his own medicine.

00:09:03She tells him that since he complained about the old hotel, they're starting renovations

00:09:07on his room today, so he has to leave.

00:09:10She reminds him that she offered him other hotels, but he insisted on staying at the

00:09:14Benita.

00:09:14After her rant, she hands the phone back to the secretary.

00:09:17Jinwoo, having learned nothing useful, leaves the station defeated.

00:09:22To add insult to injury, he bumps into his ex-wife.

00:09:25He sees that she's pregnant, and offers his congratulations.

00:09:28The baby's father?

00:09:29None other than Director Cha.

00:09:31His ex-wife casually mentions that they arrived in Granada yesterday.

00:09:35Knowing he held all the cards, Jinwoo changed his tactics.

00:09:38He used the pretense of buying the Benita Hotel to trick Heejoo into signing a contract that

00:09:43would ultimately give him control of the game.

00:09:45The Benita Hotel, which had been on the market forever with no takers, suddenly had a buyer

00:09:49offering a whopping $100 billion won, roughly USD $75 million.

00:09:54This seemed too good to be true, and Heejoo was worried it was a scam, but she tried to

00:09:58remain calm and collected.

00:10:00Truth be told, Jinwoo was nervous too.

00:10:03He was desperately afraid she wouldn't sign.

00:10:05Seeing her hesitation, he applied some pressure.

00:10:08For every 10 minutes she delayed.

00:10:10He'd deduct $10 billion won from the offer.

00:10:12Talk about high-stakes negotiations.

00:10:14Heejoo excused herself to the restroom to call her family for advice, but unfortunately,

00:10:20no one answered.

00:10:21Finally, she got through to her younger sister, who encouraged her to take the deal.

00:10:25But just then, disaster struck.

00:10:27The restroom door jammed, trapping her inside.

00:10:30Panicked, she banged on the door and even climbed onto the toilet to yell for help.

00:10:34In her frantic struggle, her phone slipped and plunged into the toilet.

00:10:38Seriously, could this get any worse?

00:10:40Jinwoo waited and waited, but Heejoo didn't return.

00:10:43He tried calling her but got no answer.

00:10:46Concerned, he went to the women's restroom to check on her.

00:10:48As he approached, he saw the door burst open, and Heejoo stumbles out, collapsing on the floor.

00:10:54Jinwoo rushed to her side.

00:10:56Heejoo's first words, still dazed, were to ask for the time.

00:11:00She was worried about how much money she'd lost due to the delay.

00:11:03Then, she fainted right into his arms.

00:11:06When Heejoo woke up, Jinwoo's secretary presented her with the contract.

00:11:10The 100 billion won was still there.

00:11:12Jinwoo hadn't deducted a single one.

00:11:15Relieved and still slightly disoriented, Heejoo signed the contract without a second thought.

00:11:20With the contract signed, sealed, and delivered.

00:11:22Jinwoo's business trip to Spain was a resounding success.

00:11:26But before leaving, he had one more thing to do.

00:11:28Settle the score with director Cha in the game.

00:11:31Jinwoo used every spare moment to level up and gain experience.

00:11:34While exploring a narrow alleyway in the game, he was ambushed by a group of archers.

00:11:39Arrows rained down on him.

00:11:41But just as they were about to hit, his internet connection glitched, causing the game to reload.

00:11:46The arrows froze mid-air.

00:11:48Taking advantage of this lucky break, Jinwoo escaped the archers and headed to a cafe,

00:11:53where he'd arranged to meet director Cha.

00:11:55Suddenly, it started to rain, but the other people on the street didn't react at all.

00:11:59It was clear that the rain was part of the game's environment.

00:12:02Inside the cafe, the game system informed him that this was a place where players could exchange information.

00:12:08Jinwoo noticed NPCs dressed as pirates inside and wondered how the game could be so realistic.

00:12:14He tried to interact with them, but the system informed him that he needed to reach level 5 to activate the cafe NPCs.

00:12:20Exhausted, Jinwoo decided to grab a bite to eat first.

00:12:24He silenced his constantly buzzing phone, just as the beautiful melody of a guitar filled the air.

00:12:29It was Heejoo, dressed in traditional Spanish attire, playing the guitar.

00:12:34Bathed in the warm glow of the cafe lights, she looked radiant and pure.

00:12:38Jinwoo was mesmerized, thinking it was really Heejoo playing.

00:12:41But then, the game system identified her as a new character named Elma.

00:12:46By the time Jinwoo reached level 4, dawn was breaking.

00:12:49Director Cha had been waiting all night for a call from Seijoo, Heejoo's brother.

00:12:54When he finally received Jinwoo's challenge call, he immediately got up and left.

00:12:59His wife, worried about his safety, asked where he was going.

00:13:03But director Cha brushed her off.

00:13:05She watched him leave from the balcony.

00:13:07A sense of unease settling over her.

00:13:08The two rivals faced off on a grassy patch in a park.

00:13:12Jinwoo, with a smug grin, informed director Cha that he had signed the contract with Heejoo.

00:13:17This infuriated director Cha, and Jinwoo seized the opportunity to attack.

00:13:22However, after two days and a night in Granada, with barely any rest, Jinwoo wasn't at his best.

00:13:28Director Cha, on the other hand, had been preparing.

00:13:31Despite Jinwoo's initial advantage, the first round ended in a draw.

00:13:34Knowing Jinwoo was trying to get in his head, director Cha taunted him about his failed marriages.

00:13:40Blaming Jinwoo for both of them.

00:13:42Jinwoo feigned anger and attacked again.

00:13:45But director Cha easily disarmed him.

00:13:47Without a weapon, Jinwoo was forced to dodge director Cha's relentless attacks.

00:13:51Seeing him defenseless, director Cha took his time.

00:13:54Landing blow after blow, until Jinwoo finally collapsed.

00:13:58He raised his sword for the final strike.

00:14:00This was the moment Jinwoo had been waiting for.

00:14:02With a sudden burst of speed, he grabbed a hidden sword from the nearby bushes.

00:14:07In a final desperate exchange, Jinwoo landed the decisive blow.

00:14:11Absorbing director Cha's experience points and inflicting fatal damage.

00:14:15Victorious but weary, he turned and walked away, without looking back at director Cha.

00:14:20Who lay motionless on a park bench.

00:14:22It seemed like everything was settled.

00:14:24That night, Jinwoo boarded a plane back home.

00:14:26His secretary and Heejoo saw him off at the airport.

00:14:29Before boarding, he complimented Heejoo on her guitar playing.

00:14:33Encouraging her to continue pursuing her passion.

00:14:36Then, he was gone.

00:14:37The next morning, Jinwoo received a chilling phone call from his secretary.

00:14:41Director Cha had been found dead on that park bench.

00:14:44Jinwoo immediately flew back to Granada.

00:14:46He rushed to the guitar workshop to find Heejoo.

00:14:49Needing her help.

00:14:50Since signing the contract with Jinwoo and receiving the money,

00:14:53Heejoo's grandmother has been in a state of disbelief.

00:14:56It felt too good to be true.

00:14:58She'd been having nightmares about being scammed, and the money disappearing.

00:15:02So she'd asked Heejoo to double-check their bank account.

00:15:05Heejoo reassured her, showing her the balance on her phone.

00:15:08Seeing the money with their own eyes, finally put their minds at ease.

00:15:12Now a wealthy woman, Heejoo was in a fantastic mood.

00:15:15She told her hotel guests to help themselves to the meat in the fridge,

00:15:19offering unlimited snacks and beer.

00:15:21She even planned to buy a new car.

00:15:22On her way to the guitar workshop, she stopped by a flower shop and bought a beautiful bouquet.

00:15:28Now, she could buy all the flowers she wanted.

00:15:31She arranged the flowers, gently stroking her guitar.

00:15:34Wondering how Jinwoo knew she played, she opened her phone, intending to look him up online again.

00:15:40Suddenly, he appeared right in front of her.

00:15:41As if out of thin air, Jinwoo asked Heejoo to be his Spanish translator,

00:15:46and together they went to visit Director Cha's wife.

00:15:49After a brief, awkward conversation, Jinwoo was about to head to the hospital.

00:15:53Director Cha's secretary was busy arranging the funeral,

00:15:56and had no time to care for his pregnant wife.

00:15:59Seeing this, Jinwoo decided to stay and asked Heejoo, fluent in Spanish, to help.

00:16:04Director Cha's wife followed them out, distraught.

00:16:06Her husband hadn't come home the previous night, and a growing sense of dread had been building inside her.

00:16:12Connecting her husband's words before he left with the fact that she had seen Jinwoo at the train station earlier,

00:16:17she realized that her husband must have gone to meet Jinwoo that night.

00:16:21She confronted Jinwoo, demanding to know what he had said to her husband.

00:16:24Through tears, she revealed that Director Cha had actually wanted to reconcile with Jinwoo.

00:16:30He often drank alone and cried, she said, revealing his unhappiness.

00:16:33Now, it was too late.

00:16:34Heejoo stood by, feeling deeply uncomfortable.

00:16:38Jinwoo, ever the pragmatist, simply advised Director Cha's wife not to rush into marriage.

00:16:44With that, he left for the morgue to view Director Cha's body,

00:16:48carefully recalling the details of their duel.

00:16:50Outside the morgue, he was met by officials from the consulate, who were investigating the death.

00:16:55Jinwoo calmly cooperated, answering their questions.

00:16:58He knew that since this was the last call Director Cha received,

00:17:01hiding anything would only make him look more suspicious.

00:17:04The autopsy revealed that Director Cha died from massive blood loss,

00:17:08yet there were no visible wounds on his body.

00:17:10The police tentatively ruled it a homicide, and Jinwoo was, of course, the prime suspect.

00:17:16Determined to uncover the truth, Jinwoo returned to the park and logged back into the game.

00:17:21There, on the park bench, sat Director Cha, still covered in blood.

00:17:26Jinwoo tried to interact with him, and the game system displayed a message.

00:17:29Twelve hours ago, you killed this player.

00:17:32As Jinwoo was replaying the events in his mind, the system alerted him to a new enemy.

00:17:37Director Cha, despite being dead, stood up.

00:17:40Jinwoo quickly defeated him again.

00:17:42After this second encounter, he leveled up to level four.

00:17:45He finally understood.

00:17:47Players killed in the game became NPCs.

00:17:50He immediately contacted his team back in Korea,

00:17:52ordering them to investigate whether this was a game mechanic or something more sinister.

00:17:57Just then, he received a call from the train station.

00:18:00Seju, Heeju's brother, had boarded a train to Granada to meet Jinwoo,

00:18:04but had mysteriously disappeared, leaving only his luggage behind.

00:18:08They found Jinwoo's number in Seju's pocket, and called to inform him about the luggage.

00:18:13If Jinwoo wanted to get to the bottom of this, it was clear he needed to find Seju.

00:18:18Back at the hotel, Jinwoo overheard a conversation between Heeju and her boyfriend.

00:18:23Heeju was making porridge for Director Cha's wife,

00:18:26expressing her concern for the grieving, pregnant widow.

00:18:29Heeju's boyfriend, however, was growing suspicious of Jinwoo.

00:18:32He felt that Jinwoo was constantly hovering around Heeju, and he didn't like it.

00:18:37He expressed his discomfort, and wished they would stop interacting.

00:18:40Jinwoo walked in just as Heeju's boyfriend,

00:18:43was expressing his concerns.

00:18:44He quickly clarified that he wasn't clinging to Heeju.

00:18:47And she, embarrassed, immediately hung up the phone.

00:18:50Jinwoo, seizing the opportunity, asked to borrow Seju's computer,

00:18:55under the guise of needing it for work.

00:18:57He casually inquired about Seju's whereabouts.

00:18:59But Heeju admitted she didn't know where her brother was.

00:19:02She was used to his frequent disappearances.

00:19:04Jinwoo then asked to borrow her phone,

00:19:06secretly wanting to check her message history with Seju.

00:19:09At this point, he was essentially her benefactor.

00:19:12So she readily agreed to his requests.

00:19:15Jinwoo began his search for the truth,

00:19:17meticulously preserving any evidence he found on Seju's computer.

00:19:20Based on the information he gathered,

00:19:22he deduced that Seju had boarded the train back to Granada,

00:19:26but had likely been pursued and prevented from reaching the station safely.

00:19:29He suspected Director Cha had sent someone after him.

00:19:32Continuing his investigation,

00:19:33he found a notebook with the name,

00:19:35Marco,

00:19:36and some other cryptic information scribbled inside.

00:19:39He quickly snapped a picture with his phone.

00:19:41When he returned Heeju's phone,

00:19:43he advised her to be more cautious about lending it out.

00:19:46Heeju thanked him,

00:19:47oblivious to his true intentions.

00:19:49As a seasoned businessman,

00:19:50Jinwoo rarely experienced such trust,

00:19:53and he worried about how Heeju would react when she learned the truth.

00:19:56That night,

00:19:57Jinwoo stayed at Heeju's hotel again.

00:19:59He called his employees,

00:20:01instructing them to investigate this.

00:20:02Marco.

00:20:04Character.

00:20:05In the dead of night,

00:20:06as Jinwoo lay in bed,

00:20:07contemplating the situation,

00:20:09he received a call from Professor Cha.

00:20:11Director Cha's father.

00:20:13His son had died in a foreign country,

00:20:15and he was on his way to Granada alone.

00:20:17Jinwoo promised to wait for him.

00:20:19As soon as he hung up,

00:20:20a violent thunderstorm erupted outside.

00:20:23The haunting melody of

00:20:24Memories of the Alhambra

00:20:25drifted through the air.

00:20:27Then,

00:20:27a knock on the door.

00:20:29In the darkness,

00:20:30Jinwoo couldn't see the visitor's face.

00:20:32A flash of lightning illuminated the figure.

00:20:35It was Director Cha.

00:20:36Covered in blood,

00:20:37sword in hand.

00:20:39Jinwoo frantically called his employees,

00:20:41demanding to know how an NPC could appear

00:20:43without him being logged into the game.

00:20:45Director Cha lunged,

00:20:46swinging his sword.

00:20:48Unarmed and caught off guard,

00:20:49Jinwoo was severely injured.

00:20:51He scrambled out of the room,

00:20:53needing time to draw his weapon.

00:20:54But Director Cha pursued him relentlessly,

00:20:57cornering him on the hallway balcony.

00:20:59Exhausted and bleeding,

00:21:00Jinwoo was pushed over the railing,

00:21:02plummeting six stories to the ground below.

00:21:05The sheer distance between them

00:21:06caused the game to freeze,

00:21:08interrupting the fight.

00:21:09Downstairs,

00:21:10Heejoo was packing when she received a call from Yu-Ra,

00:21:13Jinwoo's estranged wife.

00:21:15She couldn't reach Jinwoo,

00:21:16and,

00:21:17knowing he was staying at the hotel,

00:21:19called Heejoo.

00:21:20At Yu-Ra's insistence,

00:21:21Heejoo went upstairs to find Jinwoo

00:21:23so he could take the call.

00:21:24But before she reached the sixth floor,

00:21:27she witnessed him falling from the balcony.

00:21:29Horrified,

00:21:30she watched in tears as he hit the ground.

00:21:32Miraculously,

00:21:33one of the hotel guests was a medical student,

00:21:36who immediately administered first aid.

00:21:38Jinwoo survived,

00:21:39but one of his legs was permanently crippled.

00:21:41Jinwoo awoke in a hospital bed,

00:21:43his mind racing.

00:21:44He remembered the fall,

00:21:46the attack.

00:21:47Injuries sustained in the game,

00:21:48were manifesting in the real world.

00:21:50Even though there were no physical wounds,

00:21:52the pain was agonizingly real.

00:21:54And more disturbingly,

00:21:55he hadn't been wearing his contact lenses last night.

00:21:58How could he have seen Director Cha,

00:22:00an NPC,

00:22:01without them?

00:22:01Confused and terrified,

00:22:03Jinwoo struggled to understand what was happening.

00:22:05Heejoo entered the room,

00:22:07and saw Jinwoo engrossed in his phone.

00:22:09Annoyed,

00:22:09she snatched it away.

00:22:11Jinwoo,

00:22:12bewildered by her sudden anger,

00:22:13watched as Heejoo,

00:22:15tears welling in her eyes,

00:22:16mumbled an excuse and fled the room.

00:22:19While Heejoo was gone,

00:22:20her younger sister,

00:22:21wise beyond her years,

00:22:23sensed her sister's growing affection for Jinwoo,

00:22:25and tried to play matchmaker.

00:22:27Jinwoo, however,

00:22:28dismissed the idea.

00:22:29He'd only known Heejoo for a few days.

00:22:32And besides,

00:22:33he was disillusioned with marriage,

00:22:35and had sworn off women.

00:22:36When Heejoo returned,

00:22:37she informed Jinwoo that his wife,

00:22:39Yu Ra,

00:22:40was filming in Spain,

00:22:41and was on her way to the hospital.

00:22:43Panic set in.

00:22:44Desperate to avoid a confrontation with Yu Ra,

00:22:47Jinwoo asked Heejoo to wheel him out of there.

00:22:49Just then,

00:22:51the familiar sound of thunder,

00:22:52and the haunting melody of,

00:22:54Memories of the Alhambra,

00:22:55filled the air.

00:22:57A warning flashed across Jinwoo's vision.

00:22:59Enemy approaching.

00:23:00A knock on the door.

00:23:02It was happening again,

00:23:03just like that night at the hotel.

00:23:05Jinwoo's heart pounded in his chest.

00:23:07Heejoo opened the door,

00:23:09and there,

00:23:09standing behind her,

00:23:10was the blood-soaked figure of Director Cha.

00:23:12Jinwoo yelled at her to shut the door.

00:23:15Confused and frightened,

00:23:16Heejoo obeyed.

00:23:17The door slammed shut,

00:23:18and the game system notified Jinwoo

00:23:20that the duel had been postponed due to an obstruction.

00:23:24If the obstruction remained for more than 60 seconds,

00:23:26the duel would be cancelled.

00:23:2860 seconds.

00:23:29Jinwoo urged Heejoo to wait,

00:23:31just a little longer.

00:23:33Heejoo,

00:23:33who couldn't see Director Cha,

00:23:35stood guard outside the door.

00:23:37At that moment,

00:23:38Yu Ra arrived.

00:23:39Thinking quickly,

00:23:40Heejoo lied,

00:23:41claiming she'd mistaken the room number,

00:23:43and led Yu Ra and her entourage away.

00:23:45Inside, Jinwoo anxiously watched the countdown timer.

00:23:49Just as it was about to reach zero,

00:23:51just as the duel was about to be cancelled,

00:23:53a confused patient wandered in.

00:23:55Opening the door from the outside,

00:23:57Director Cha burst into the room,

00:23:59sword raised.

00:24:00Jinwoo,

00:24:01hopping on one leg,

00:24:02desperately dodged the attack.

00:24:04He slammed the door shut again,

00:24:05trying to buy himself more time.

00:24:07But the bewildered patient,

00:24:09not understanding Korean,

00:24:11opened the door again.

00:24:12The duel resumed.

00:24:13Forced to retreat,

00:24:15Jinwoo hopped his way up to the hospital rooftop.

00:24:17Director Cha pursued him relentlessly,

00:24:19slashing with his sword.

00:24:21Wounded and exhausted,

00:24:22Jinwoo finally understood.

00:24:24He had logged Director Cha out of the game before,

00:24:27and now he was experiencing the same fate.

00:24:30Battered and bruised,

00:24:31he collapsed to the ground,

00:24:32closing his eyes,

00:24:34ready to accept his fate.

00:24:35Just then,

00:24:36Heejoo rushed onto the rooftop,

00:24:38and crouched down in front of him,

00:24:40unintentionally putting herself between him and Director Cha.

00:24:43Seeing Jinwoo's injuries,

00:24:45she started to get up to call for a doctor,

00:24:47but he grabbed her,

00:24:48pulling her close.

00:24:49They held each other as the final seconds ticked away.

00:24:52With Heejoo acting as a shield,

00:24:54the 60 seconds expired,

00:24:55and Director Cha vanished.

00:24:57Jinwoo had survived,

00:24:59but he passed out in Heejoo's arms.

00:25:01Hospital staff rushed to the rooftop,

00:25:03and carried Jinwoo back to his room.

00:25:05Professor Cha,

00:25:06Director Cha's father,

00:25:07had also arrived at the hospital.

00:25:09As he looked at Jinwoo,

00:25:10he recalled the investigator's words.

00:25:13They had found Jinwoo's fingerprints

00:25:14all over Director Cha's body,

00:25:16and the time of death coincided

00:25:17with Jinwoo's departure from the park.

00:25:19With the evidence stacked against him,

00:25:21it was hard not to suspect Jinwoo.

00:25:23After this harrowing experience,

00:25:25Jinwoo finally understood

00:25:26what Seijoo had been running from,

00:25:28and why he hadn't been able to meet him

00:25:30at the train station.

00:25:31Just like him,

00:25:33Seijoo must have heard the thunder,

00:25:34and the guitar music,

00:25:35seen the torrential downpour,

00:25:37and been chased by enemies

00:25:38only they could see,

00:25:40forced to log out to escape.

00:25:42Seijoo might have been killed in the game,

00:25:43becoming another NPC,

00:25:45trapped in this digital world,

00:25:47or perhaps something even worse had happened.

00:25:49Heejoo walked home in a daze,

00:25:51the rain pouring down around her,

00:25:53replaying the moment.

00:25:54Jinwoo had held her in his arms.

00:25:56Thinking back on Yura's cold demeanor,

00:25:58she began to understand the pain

00:25:59this seemingly glamorous man carried.

00:26:02Yura, upon hearing about his injury,

00:26:03had rushed to the hospital

00:26:05only to confirm whether he was dead or alive.

00:26:08She was more interested in inheriting his fortune

00:26:10than in his well-being.

00:26:12There was no love lost between them.

00:26:14Meanwhile,

00:26:15Jinwoo awoke in his hospital bed,

00:26:17only to be confronted by Director Cha again.

00:26:19He knew he couldn't just sit there and wait to die.

00:26:22His only option was to level up his character,

00:26:24to become stronger in the game.

00:26:26It was the only way to ensure his survival.

00:26:29He drove back to the hotel,

00:26:30and asked Heejoo to retrieve his contact lenses.

00:26:33Just then,

00:26:34the thunder and familiar music began.

00:26:36Jinwoo checked his surroundings.

00:26:37There was no rain.

00:26:39He knew Director Cha was back.

00:26:41He scanned the area.

00:26:42Moments later,

00:26:43Director Cha materialized in front of his car.

00:26:46This time,

00:26:46Jinwoo locked the doors

00:26:47and waited out the timer.

00:26:49Heejoo returned with the lenses,

00:26:51knocking on the car window.

00:26:52Jinwoo stared straight ahead,

00:26:54signaling her to be quiet.

00:26:56Confused,

00:26:56she followed his gaze but saw nothing.

00:26:59Only after the timer ran out,

00:27:00and Director Cha disappeared,

00:27:02did Jinwoo roll down the window,

00:27:04and take the lenses.

00:27:05He put them in,

00:27:06and logged back into the game.

00:27:08His next quest,

00:27:09patrol the village.

00:27:10Heejoo was deeply worried about Jinwoo's mental state.

00:27:13She'd just received a call from his secretary,

00:27:15who told her that the doctors believed Jinwoo was hallucinating.

00:27:18The secretary wanted to accompany him.

00:27:20But Jinwoo insisted on going alone.

00:27:23Heejoo voiced her concerns loudly.

00:27:25She knew he'd been given sedatives,

00:27:27and she couldn't sleep,

00:27:28knowing he was driving around alone in this state.

00:27:31Relenting to her pleas,

00:27:32Jinwoo agreed to let her come along.

00:27:34They drove to an antique shop,

00:27:35which was already closed for the night.

00:27:37Time was of the essence,

00:27:39so Jinwoo smashed the window,

00:27:41and went inside.

00:27:42Heejoo,

00:27:42ever responsible,

00:27:44called the shop owner to apologize,

00:27:46and offered to pay for the damages.

00:27:48In the game,

00:27:48the antique shop was a weapons store.

00:27:51Due to his low level,

00:27:52Jinwoo could only afford a short sword,

00:27:54and throwing knives.

00:27:56Neither offering much in the way of attack,

00:27:58or defense.

00:27:59Knowing he needed to improve his accuracy with the throwing knives,

00:28:02he immediately entered practice mode.

00:28:04To Heejoo, however,

00:28:06he just appeared to be flailing his arms around in the air.

00:28:08Increasingly concerned about his erratic behavior,

00:28:11she called his secretary for help.

00:28:13Just as Jinwoo hit his target with a throwing knife,

00:28:16Director Cha reappeared.

00:28:17He tried using his newly acquired weapons

00:28:20to log out his relentless pursuer.

00:28:22But the throwing knives lacked accuracy and punch.

00:28:25He retreated into a storage room.

00:28:27This time,

00:28:27instead of waiting out the timer,

00:28:29he decided to lure Director Cha in.

00:28:31Hiding behind the door,

00:28:33and ambushing him with a short sword,

00:28:34one well-placed blow left Director Cha critically injured.

00:28:38Finally,

00:28:38just like that night in the park,

00:28:40Jinwoo finished him off with his long sword.

00:28:42But seeing Director Cha's blood didn't satisfy him.

00:28:45Instead,

00:28:46a chilling realization washed over him.

00:28:49This was the second time he had logged someone out,

00:28:51effectively killing them in the game.

00:28:53The emotional toll of the encounter was heavy.

00:28:55Jinwoo just wanted to sleep.

00:28:57In sleep,

00:28:58there was no Director Cha,

00:28:59no haunting game,

00:29:00only temporary peace.

00:29:02Heejoo stayed by his side.

00:29:03Her younger sister later told him that in his sleep,

00:29:06he had gripped Heejoo's hand,

00:29:08murmuring for her to stay.

00:29:10Why,

00:29:10in his most vulnerable moments,

00:29:12did he seek comfort only from her?

00:29:13Jinwoo couldn't understand his own heart.

00:29:15It was Heejoo's birthday.

00:29:17Jinwoo insisted she go home and celebrate with her family,

00:29:21sending her a bouquet of roses.

00:29:22As she left,

00:29:23the familiar panic returned.

00:29:25He reached for his sleeping pills,

00:29:27but they were gone.

00:29:28He stumbled into the living room looking for alcohol,

00:29:30but that was gone too.

00:29:32He curled up in bed,

00:29:33the fear gripping him even without the music or the thunder.

00:29:36Desperate,

00:29:37he took a shower,

00:29:38hoping the water would calm his nerves.

00:29:40Then,

00:29:40the telltale sounds began again.

00:29:42Director Cha was back.

00:29:43How long would this torment continue?

00:29:46Fortunately,

00:29:46the bathroom door was locked,

00:29:48preventing Director Cha from attacking.

00:29:50Soon after,

00:29:51his secretary arrived.

00:29:53Jinwoo,

00:29:53after careful consideration,

00:29:55decided to face his fears head on.

00:29:57He pulled himself together,

00:29:59and asked his secretary to book a train ticket to Barcelona.

00:30:02He chose the train specifically,

00:30:04so he could get off at any point if things got too intense.

00:30:07He couldn't bring himself to say goodbye to Heejoo,

00:30:10planning to leave discreetly.

00:30:11But Heejoo had already been informed by his secretary.

00:30:14She left her birthday party,

00:30:16and took a taxi to the train station,

00:30:17desperately trying to catch him.

00:30:19Jinwoo saw Heejoo running alongside the train,

00:30:22his heart heavy with guilt.

00:30:23Unable to reach him,

00:30:25she returned to the hotel heartbroken.

00:30:27With Seijoo missing for so long,

00:30:29their grandmother was becoming increasingly worried.

00:30:31She woke up in the middle of the night,

00:30:33asking Heejoo if she'd heard from him.

00:30:35Heejoo reassured her,

00:30:37explaining that Seijoo had read her emails,

00:30:38but simply hadn't replied yet.

00:30:41Just then,

00:30:41a short, cryptic message arrived in Seijoo's inbox.

00:30:45It's me, sis.

00:30:46Relieved,

00:30:47Heejoo accepted the message without question.

00:30:49A year passed.

00:30:51Jinwoo's company was busy updating and expanding the game,

00:30:54and the number of players continued to grow.

00:30:56More and more people could be seen muttering to themselves,

00:30:59swinging invisible weapons in the air.

00:31:01Jinwoo,

00:31:02after extensive therapy in the US,

00:31:04returned to Korea to attend Director Cha's memorial service.

00:31:07He was determined to regain control of his life and his company.

00:31:11The service was still in progress,

00:31:13the priest delivering the eulogy.

00:31:15When Jinwoo stood up to leave,

00:31:17he made the sign of the cross,

00:31:18a final farewell to his former friend.

00:31:21But before he could leave,

00:31:22the blood-soaked figure of Director Cha appeared once again.

00:31:25This time, Jinwoo remained calm.

00:31:28He waited for Director Cha to approach,

00:31:30then drew a gun and swiftly ended the encounter,

00:31:33logging him out one last time.

00:31:34During the three months since his return to Korea,

00:31:38Jinwoo had been relentlessly leveling up in the game.

00:31:40Driving through the beginner village square,

00:31:43now crowded with players swinging invisible weapons,

00:31:45he didn't even bother getting out of his car.

00:31:48He simply dispatched the killer NPC with his gun,

00:31:51gaining experience points and reaching level 85.

00:31:54Jinwoo returned to his company.

00:31:56He'd barely settled in

00:31:57when the familiar melody drifted through the air.

00:32:00This time, however, he was prepared.

00:32:02He calmly drew his gun,

00:32:04aiming it towards the source of the music,

00:32:06only to find not Director Cha,

00:32:08but the image of Elma,

00:32:09the NPC guitarist from the game.

00:32:11He stared at her,

00:32:12a flicker of recognition in his eyes.

00:32:14Just then, his chief officer, Choi, approached,

00:32:18suggesting that they acquire the image rights for Elma,

00:32:20and even design some new outfits for her.

00:32:23Jinwoo curtly dismissed the idea.

00:32:25Back in his office,

00:32:26Jinwoo continued to drink.

00:32:28Director Park, observing his distress,

00:32:30tried to intervene.

00:32:31Jinwoo finally confided in him,

00:32:33revealing the truth.

00:32:34For the past year,

00:32:35he had been haunted by Director Cha's spectral presence,

00:32:38his mental state deteriorating with each encounter.

00:32:41What was even more terrifying

00:32:42was that Director Cha's appearances

00:32:44were no longer tied to the game server.

00:32:47Even when Jinwoo was in the US

00:32:48and logged out of the game,

00:32:50Director Cha still appeared.

00:32:52Three months earlier,

00:32:53Jinwoo had created a private instance within the game,

00:32:56accessible only to his ID.

00:32:58Because the space was limited,

00:33:00all the NPCs swarmed him at once.

00:33:02Jinwoo fought them all,

00:33:04leveling up rapidly.

00:33:05Finally, upon reaching level 50,

00:33:07he acquired modern weaponry.

00:33:09With guns,

00:33:10logging out Director Cha was no longer a challenge.

00:33:12But the constant killing

00:33:13had left him emotionally drained and disgusted.

00:33:16And now,

00:33:17something even more disturbing had happened.

00:33:19His secretary was also seeing Director Cha.

00:33:21The reason?

00:33:22The secretary had become Jinwoo's ally in the game.

00:33:25Bored while helping Jinwoo level up,

00:33:27the secretary had started playing himself.

00:33:29Finding it too difficult to advance on his own,

00:33:32he asked Jinwoo to ally.

00:33:33In the game,

00:33:34allies could share experience points and weapons.

00:33:37Jinwoo,

00:33:38the high-level player,

00:33:39had quickly boosted his secretary's rank.

00:33:41The secretary had initially thought

00:33:43Jinwoo was losing his mind.

00:33:45But once he started seeing Director,

00:33:47Cha too,

00:33:47he understood.

00:33:48His boss wasn't crazy.

00:33:50Loyal to Jinwoo,

00:33:51the secretary had been dutifully impersonating Seju.

00:33:54Replying to Heejoo's emails.

00:33:56Jinwoo planned to keep up the charade

00:33:58until he could find the real Seju.

00:34:00Heejoo and her family had since returned to Korea.

00:34:03She had opened a guitar workshop

00:34:04and was living a comfortable life.

00:34:06But she still worried about Jinwoo.

00:34:08Sobering up,

00:34:09Jinwoo checked his email

00:34:10and then went to Heejoo's workshop.

00:34:13He heard her voice behind him,

00:34:14turned,

00:34:15and held an umbrella over her head.

00:34:17He made small talk,

00:34:18avoiding the real reason for his visit.

00:34:20Heejoo, however,

00:34:21was direct.

00:34:22She asked him point blank

00:34:23if he had been the one replying to her emails,

00:34:26pretending to be Seju.

00:34:27She pointed out that Jinwoo had rushed to buy her hotel

00:34:30for an exorbitant price.

00:34:32But a year later,

00:34:33nothing had been done with it.

00:34:35Meanwhile,

00:34:35his gaming company was thriving.

00:34:37Connecting the dots with her brother's love of video games,

00:34:40she suspected the hotel purchase was a smokescreen.

00:34:43A way for Jinwoo to acquire something else entirely.

00:34:45Knowing he couldn't hide the truth any longer,

00:34:47Jinwoo confessed.

00:34:48His secretary had been impersonating Seju in the emails,

00:34:52following his instructions.

00:34:53Seju was missing.

00:34:55The news devastated Heejoo.

00:34:57She had seen Jinwoo as her savior,

00:34:59spending the past year worrying about his well-being,

00:35:01only to discover this cruel deception.

00:35:04Jinwoo revealed that his original reason

00:35:06for coming to Barcelona was to find Seju.

00:35:09He had thought it would be a quick trip,

00:35:11a chance to see Heejoo again,

00:35:12but he had underestimated the complexity of the situation.

00:35:15He explained that he had tasked his employees

00:35:18with investigating a man named Marco.

00:35:20This Marco had come to Spain to study,

00:35:22but had dropped out long ago,

00:35:24and fallen into a life of debt.

00:35:25He had met Seju in the game,

00:35:27and, desperate for money,

00:35:29contacted director Cha,

00:35:30offering to sell him the game for $100 billion.

00:35:33Director Cha, Marco, and Seju

00:35:35had all converged on Granada,

00:35:37hoping to finalize the deal,

00:35:39and gain access to the game.

00:35:40But at the Barcelona train station,

00:35:42Seju had contacted Jinwoo,

00:35:45arranging to meet him at the hotel.

00:35:46After that, Marco and Seju vanished,

00:35:49and director Cha ended up dead.

00:35:51Two months prior,

00:35:52Marco's badly decomposed body

00:35:54had been found in the woods outside Granada,

00:35:57the cause of death undetermined.

00:35:59Seju remained missing.

00:36:00Before Heejoo could fully process this information,

00:36:03her grandmother and sister returned.

00:36:05Overwhelmed,

00:36:06she excused herself and wept in the bathroom,

00:36:08berating herself for wasting so much time and energy,

00:36:11worrying about Jinwoo.

00:36:13After a brief, awkward exchange,

00:36:15Jinwoo prepared to leave.

00:36:16But Heejoo, ignoring the pouring rain,

00:36:19chased after him.

00:36:20He received her call and returned to pick her up.

00:36:23Heejoo begged him to keep Seju's disappearance,

00:36:25a secret from her family.

00:36:27Between the emotional turmoil and the drenching rain,

00:36:29Heejoo fell ill.

00:36:31Jinwoo took her to the doctor for an injection,

00:36:33and drove her home late that night.

00:36:35During their time together,

00:36:36Heejoo had seen the details of Marco's case file,

00:36:39realizing that Jinwoo was genuinely trying to find Seju.

00:36:43Her anger subsided,

00:36:44replaced by a weary resignation.

00:36:46She calmly said goodbye,

00:36:47asking him not to contact her again.

00:36:50With Heejoo gone,

00:36:51Jinwoo turned his attention to his affairs.

00:36:53He postponed the game's release,

00:36:55convinced that the problem wasn't with him,

00:36:57but with the game itself.

00:36:58He needed to understand what was happening

00:37:00before unleashing it on the world.

00:37:02Next, he dealt with Yura,

00:37:03his estranged wife.

00:37:04He used compromising photos of her and her manager

00:37:07to force her to drop the divorce lawsuit,

00:37:10finally freeing himself from that toxic relationship.

00:37:13His previous two marriages had been filled with betrayal and manipulation.

00:37:16Only with Heejoo had he felt a glimmer of genuine warmth and connection.

00:37:20Faced with the threat of scandal,

00:37:22Yura finally caved.

00:37:23She sent Jinwoo the signed divorce papers.

00:37:26He signed them without hesitation,

00:37:28ending the marriage,

00:37:29and regaining his single status.

00:37:31Jinwoo continued his relentless pursuit of higher levels,

00:37:33reaching level 88,

00:37:35and acquiring a sniper rifle.

00:37:37He was now among the top three ranked players in the game,

00:37:40surpassed only by the administrator and Marco.

00:37:42He believed that only by reaching their level,

00:37:45could he uncover the secrets behind the game.

00:37:47But the company couldn't wait any longer.

00:37:49Director Park proposed allying with Jinwoo to verify his claims.

00:37:53Only by experiencing the game himself,

00:37:55could he decide whether to postpone the launch.

00:37:57However, Jinwoo discovered a crucial detail.

00:38:01Alliances couldn't be broken.

00:38:02Unwilling to drag another innocent person into this dangerous reality.

00:38:06He ordered Director Park to postpone the launch anyway.

00:38:09Professor Cha, who also held a position in the company,

00:38:12refused to wait.

00:38:13He wouldn't let anything jeopardize the project,

00:38:15even the company's survival.

00:38:17He ordered Director Park to discredit Jinwoo,

00:38:20labeling him mentally unstable.

00:38:22Upon reaching level 90,

00:38:23Jinwoo received a special quest that had to be completed in Granada,

00:38:27within 48 hours.

00:38:28He theorized that Seiju had killed Marco in the game,

00:38:31triggering the same deadly cycle he was trapped in.

00:38:34After his death, Marco became an NPC,

00:38:37relentlessly hunting Seiju.

00:38:39Unfortunately, Marco had been at a higher level than Seiju when he died,

00:38:43putting Seiju at a significant disadvantage.

00:38:46He had contacted Jinwoo,

00:38:47hoping the company's experts could fix the game's fatal flaw.

00:38:50But he had encountered Marco again on the train to Granada.

00:38:53Jinwoo reasoned that Seiju hadn't lost that encounter,

00:38:56if he had,

00:38:57there would have been a body on the train.

00:38:59Perhaps Seiju had logged out at the station,

00:39:02hidden in a place Jinwoo couldn't see.

00:39:04Before departing for Granada,

00:39:06Jinwoo asked Chief Officer Choi to equip him with the latest gear,

00:39:09including health potions and a special lighter.

00:39:12He also instructed his secretary to reach level 50 as quickly as possible.

00:39:17Only then could he wield a gun in the game and be of any real assistance.

00:39:20With everything prepared,

00:39:22Jinwoo set off for Granada,

00:39:23hoping to find a trace of Seiju.

00:39:26He said goodbye to Heejoo,

00:39:28downplaying the danger of his trip.

00:39:29He didn't want to involve her,

00:39:31instructing her to contact Chief Officer Choi

00:39:33and use the contact lenses to monitor his progress remotely from Korea.

00:39:37With only 36 hours left to complete the quest,

00:39:40time was running out,

00:39:41and he couldn't explain everything.

00:39:43Heejoo finally understood.

00:39:45Jinwoo's obsession with the game

00:39:47and his erratic behavior

00:39:48all stemmed from his desperate search for Seiju.

00:39:51She was moved by his dedication,

00:39:53tears streaming down her face.

00:39:55He had endured her misunderstandings and accusations in silence,

00:39:58only revealing the truth now,

00:40:00on the eve of his departure.

00:40:02The realization that he had been protecting her all along

00:40:05overwhelmed her with emotion.

00:40:06Jinwoo, his feelings stirred,

00:40:08gently wiped away her tears.

00:40:10After their emotional goodbye,

00:40:12Jinwoo headed to the airport.

00:40:13Following Seiju's route,

00:40:15he flew to Barcelona

00:40:16and then took a night train to Granada.

00:40:19Of course, he wasn't alone.

00:40:21His familiar,

00:40:22companion,

00:40:23Director Cha,

00:40:24appeared once again.

00:40:25This time,

00:40:26his secretary,

00:40:27having finally reached level 50,

00:40:29stepped in and logged out.

00:40:31Director Cha,

00:40:32proving his newfound strength in the game.

00:40:34A sleepless night passed,

00:40:36filled with growing apprehension,

00:40:38as Jinwoo drew closer to the truth.

00:40:40The next morning,

00:40:41his secretary woke him,

00:40:42suggesting he get off the train first

00:40:44while he went to freshen up.

00:40:45But just then,

00:40:46the familiar knocking came from outside the restroom door.

00:40:49It was Director Cha,

00:40:51back again.

00:40:52And as if that wasn't enough,

00:40:53terrorists materialized on the train,

00:40:55guns trained on Jinwoo,

00:40:57closing in.

00:40:58On the platform,

00:40:59his secretary was under attack too,

00:41:01arrows raining down on him.

00:41:03He tried to get back on the train,

00:41:04but the doors had already closed.

00:41:06Dodging arrows,

00:41:07he took cover behind a sign,

00:41:09drawing his gun

00:41:10and returning fire as he ran.

00:41:11But the gun's range was too short.

00:41:14He frantically switched weapons,

00:41:15just as a sword-wielding NPC appeared before him.

00:41:18He took down two enemies,

00:41:20but more kept coming.

00:41:21Overwhelmed,

00:41:22he called Jinwoo for help.

00:41:24But Jinwoo was dodging bullets on the moving train.

00:41:26Unable to reach him in time,

00:41:28the train pulled away from the station.

00:41:30Through the window,

00:41:31Jinwoo watched in horror as his secretary was cut down.

00:41:34The words,

00:41:35Alliance lost,

00:41:37flashed across his vision.

00:41:38He was next.

00:41:39Enemies aimed their guns at him.

00:41:41Just as they fired,

00:41:42the train left Granada,

00:41:44moving beyond the game's boundaries.

00:41:46The duel was canceled.

00:41:47He was safe,

00:41:48for now.

00:41:49He immediately called Chief Officer Choi,

00:41:51asking him to track the secretary's location.

00:41:53The system showed that the secretary

00:41:55had logged out five minutes earlier

00:41:57at the Granada train station.

00:41:59Jinwoo got off at the next stop,

00:42:01bought a return ticket,

00:42:02and asked the station staff

00:42:03to help him find his secretary.

00:42:05But it was as if he had vanished into thin air.

00:42:07A sense of foreboding washed over Jinwoo

00:42:09as he traveled back to Granada.

00:42:11He began drafting his will,

00:42:13documenting the strange events of the past year.

00:42:16As the train entered the Granada area,

00:42:18the game was reactivated.

00:42:19The secret quest had four hours remaining.

00:42:22And then,

00:42:22things took another unexpected turn.

00:42:25Jinwoo locked himself in the train restroom

00:42:26and checked the quest details.

00:42:28He unfolded the quest paper

00:42:29and scanned a barcode,

00:42:31activating the mission.

00:42:32A 3D image of a building appeared before him.

00:42:34His objective,

00:42:36reach the marked location

00:42:37and rescue the master of the Alhambra.

00:42:40Requirement,

00:42:40at least two players.

00:42:42As he finished reading,

00:42:43the system alerted him to nearby enemies.

00:42:45He checked the train's layout map

00:42:47and saw them closing in on his position,

00:42:49trapping him in the restroom.

00:42:51He burst out,

00:42:52firing his gun

00:42:53and taking down Director Cha,

00:42:55who was standing right outside the door.

00:42:57A fierce battle ensued,

00:42:58leaving Jinwoo badly wounded,

00:43:00but victorious.

00:43:01The train arrived at the Granada station.

00:43:03Three hours remained.

00:43:05Before proceeding with the quest,

00:43:06he needed to find his missing secretary.

00:43:09He went to the cafe,

00:43:10the hub for players to trade items,

00:43:12gather information,

00:43:13and accept quests.

00:43:14He hired the pirate NPCs,

00:43:16instructing them to find his secretary

00:43:18and bring him to the Alhambra.

00:43:20They accepted the job and set off.

00:43:22Hearing the familiar sound of a guitar,

00:43:24he followed the music

00:43:25and found Elma.

00:43:26He greeted her,

00:43:27and she responded,

00:43:28expressing surprise at seeing him

00:43:30in such a dangerous place.

00:43:31He explained that he was searching

00:43:32for his friend,

00:43:34Seiju.

00:43:35Elma encouraged him,

00:43:36expressing her confidence

00:43:37that he would succeed.

00:43:38Then,

00:43:39she vanished.

00:43:40Alone,

00:43:41Jinwoo made his way

00:43:42to the Alhambra.

00:43:43Unlike the chaotic streets outside,

00:43:45where enemies could appear

00:43:46at any moment

00:43:47and bullets flew freely,

00:43:49the palace grounds

00:43:50were eerily quiet.

00:43:51Following the game's guidance,

00:43:52he found the entrance

00:43:53to a hidden dungeon.

00:43:55He stepped inside,

00:43:56the darkness swallowing him whole.

00:43:58Two hours remained.

00:43:59Inside the dungeon,

00:44:00weapons and items

00:44:01acquired outside Granada

00:44:02were unusable,

00:44:04and even his special items

00:44:05were deactivated.

00:44:06He had only his long sword.

00:44:08There was no turning back now.

00:44:10Knowing the dangers

00:44:10that lay ahead,

00:44:11he pressed on.

00:44:12He ventured deeper

00:44:13into the dungeon,

00:44:15dispatching wave after wave

00:44:16of zombie-like enemies.

00:44:17Jinwoo was completely

00:44:18absorbed in his quest.

00:44:20Meanwhile,

00:44:21Heejoo awoke

00:44:21from a disturbing dream

00:44:22about her brother,

00:44:24Seijoo.

00:44:24A sense of unease

00:44:25settled over her.

00:44:27Seeing Chief Officer Choi's

00:44:28business card on her desk,

00:44:30she decided to go

00:44:30to Jinwoo's company

00:44:31and find out

00:44:32what he was up to.

00:44:34Heejoo arrived at the company

00:44:35and met with

00:44:36Chief Officer Choi.

00:44:37At the same time,

00:44:39Director Park received

00:44:40Jinwoo's will

00:44:40and a wave of dread

00:44:42washed over him.

00:44:43Coincidentally,

00:44:44Jinwoo was deep

00:44:45within the dungeon,

00:44:46his phone out of range.

00:44:48The company had lost

00:44:48contact with him.

00:44:50In his will,

00:44:51Jinwoo had given

00:44:51Director Park the final say.

00:44:53If he didn't return

00:44:54after completing the quest,

00:44:56Director Park was to

00:44:57shut down the game servers.

00:44:58This meant that

00:44:59a year's worth of investment,

00:45:01a massive sum of money,

00:45:02would be lost,

00:45:03and the company

00:45:04would go bankrupt.

00:45:05Just as Director Park

00:45:06was on the verge

00:45:07of a breakdown,

00:45:08he received a call

00:45:09from the Secretary's phone.

00:45:10It was the train station staff

00:45:12informing him

00:45:12that the Secretary was dead,

00:45:14his body found

00:45:15near the tracks.

00:45:16Inside the dungeon,

00:45:17Jinwoo had 30 minutes left

00:45:19to complete the quest.

00:45:20His health was down to 50%.

00:45:22NPCs swarmed him relentlessly,

00:45:24and he was barely

00:45:25holding his own.

00:45:26Just when he thought

00:45:27he was done for,

00:45:28his ally,

00:45:29the Secretary,

00:45:30appeared.

00:45:30But to Jinwoo's horror,

00:45:32his Secretary's back

00:45:33was riddled with arrows.

00:45:34He ignored Jinwoo's calls,

00:45:36acting like an emotionless

00:45:37killing machine,

00:45:38logging out enemies

00:45:39with ruthless efficiency.

00:45:41He helped Jinwoo

00:45:41clear the current wave

00:45:42of NPCs,

00:45:43then vanished.

00:45:45It became clear

00:45:45that the Secretary

00:45:46would appear

00:45:47whenever Jinwoo

00:45:48was in mortal danger.

00:45:49Jinwoo collapsed

00:45:50to the ground,

00:45:51devastated by the realization

00:45:52that his Secretary

00:45:53was dead,

00:45:54trapped in the game.

00:45:56Jinwoo's health

00:45:56was down to 10%.

00:45:57Facing an endless stream

00:45:59of enemies,

00:46:00he knew his time

00:46:00was running out.

00:46:01He closed his eyes,

00:46:03accepting his fate.

00:46:04Suddenly,

00:46:04a bright light

00:46:05flashed in the distance,

00:46:06and the hostile NPCs

00:46:08vanished.

00:46:09Heejoo,

00:46:09after learning about

00:46:10the Secretary's death,

00:46:11rushed back to her apartment.

00:46:13Remembering her time

00:46:14as a tour guide,

00:46:15she contacted a friend

00:46:16in Granada,

00:46:17begging him to go

00:46:18to the Alhambra

00:46:18and search for Jinwoo.

00:46:20Her friend entered

00:46:20the dungeon

00:46:21with a flashlight,

00:46:22the beam of light

00:46:23disrupting the game's

00:46:24augmented reality.

00:46:25The quest was cancelled.

00:46:27Jinwoo was saved.

00:46:28Heejoo wept,

00:46:29thanking her friend,

00:46:30but knowing she had

00:46:31lost her chance

00:46:32to find her brother.

00:46:33At the same time,

00:46:34Director Park gave the order

00:46:35to shut down

00:46:36all game servers.

00:46:37Chaos erupted

00:46:38at the company,

00:46:39but until they could

00:46:39identify and fix

00:46:40the deadly glitch,

00:46:42shutting down the game

00:46:43was the only option.

00:46:44Jinwoo stumbled

00:46:45out of the dungeon

00:46:45and went to the hospital

00:46:47to see his Secretary's

00:46:48body one last time.

00:46:49Then,

00:46:50as everyone rushed

00:46:51to Granada,

00:46:52he disappeared.

00:46:53Heejoo contacted him,

00:46:54pleading with him

00:46:55to stop playing,

00:46:56to stop risking his life.

00:46:57But Jinwoo was determined

00:46:58to see this through.

00:46:59He raced to the company's

00:47:00data center in Seoul

00:47:01and demanded

00:47:03they reactivate the servers.

00:47:04He hadn't failed the quest.

00:47:06He had reached

00:47:06the final destination

00:47:07and obtained

00:47:08the golden key

00:47:09needed to rescue

00:47:10the Master of the Alhambra.

00:47:12He just needed

00:47:12to reach level 100

00:47:13to use it.

00:47:14He had to level up

00:47:15and fast.

00:47:16To everyone at the company,

00:47:18Jinwoo was a gaming addict,

00:47:19delusional and unstable.

00:47:21He was dismissed,

00:47:22stripped of his authority,

00:47:23and cast aside.

00:47:25He returned home,

00:47:26memories of his secretary

00:47:27flooding his mind

00:47:28and began to drink heavily.

00:47:30His apartment

00:47:31was littered

00:47:31with empty bottles.

00:47:32Heejoo,

00:47:33concerned,

00:47:34came to check on him.

00:47:35Finding him disheveled

00:47:36and despondent,

00:47:37clutching a bottle

00:47:38of alcohol,

00:47:39she tried to cheer him up,

00:47:40inviting him to celebrate

00:47:41her birthday with her.

00:47:43Jinwoo,

00:47:43his voice cold

00:47:44and distant,

00:47:45rebuffed her,

00:47:46saying they weren't

00:47:47in a birthday-celebrating

00:47:48kind of relationship.

00:47:49He lay down

00:47:50and went to sleep.

00:47:51Heejoo refused to leave,

00:47:53waiting patiently

00:47:53until 11 o'clock that night.

00:47:55When Jinwoo finally woke up,

00:47:57she insisted that the day

00:47:58wasn't over

00:47:59and it wasn't too late

00:48:00to celebrate.

00:48:01She declared that

00:48:02if birthdays were only meant

00:48:03to be celebrated with lovers,

00:48:04she wouldn't mind

00:48:05Jinwoo being her boyfriend.

00:48:07Looking at her hopeful expression,

00:48:09Jinwoo couldn't bring himself

00:48:10to be cruel any longer

00:48:11and reluctantly agreed.

00:48:13They went to a late-night

00:48:14Korean restaurant

00:48:14and ate in silence.

00:48:16Afterward,

00:48:17Jinwoo drove Heejoo home.

00:48:19Since she had proposed

00:48:20the boyfriend idea,

00:48:21he felt obligated

00:48:22to see her safely

00:48:23to her door.

00:48:24Heejoo,

00:48:25slightly embarrassed,

00:48:26told him he didn't have

00:48:27to force himself

00:48:27to be her boyfriend

00:48:28if he didn't want to.

00:48:30Their newfound relationship,

00:48:31barely a few hours old,

00:48:33was interrupted

00:48:33by a call from Director Park,

00:48:35urging Jinwoo

00:48:36to leave the country.

00:48:37He explained that

00:48:38Professor Cha's patience

00:48:39had finally run out.

00:48:40He hadn't acted sooner

00:48:42not out of concern

00:48:42for Jinwoo

00:48:43or the company's image,

00:48:45but because Jinwoo

00:48:46was still the CEO,

00:48:47now that he was

00:48:48no longer in charge,

00:48:50Professor Cha

00:48:50was planning to move

00:48:51against him.

00:48:52Reopening the investigation

00:48:53into Director Cha's death,

00:48:55he had learned

00:48:55from the police

00:48:56that Jinwoo

00:48:57had been the last person

00:48:58to see his son alive.

00:48:59Director Park,

00:49:00who had built the company

00:49:01alongside Jinwoo

00:49:02and Director Cha,

00:49:04felt a pang of guilt.

00:49:05One friend was dead,

00:49:07the other on the brink of ruin,

00:49:08and he was the one

00:49:09who had benefited.

00:49:10Becoming the new CEO,

00:49:12he couldn't stand by

00:49:13and watched Jinwoo

00:49:14be destroyed.

00:49:15He was determined

00:49:15to protect him.

00:49:17The call sent Jinwoo

00:49:18spiraling into despair.

00:49:19He had thought

00:49:20he'd hit rock bottom,

00:49:21but it seemed

00:49:21he was still falling.

00:49:23Everyone believed

00:49:23he was crazy,

00:49:25pressuring him

00:49:25to confess to a murder

00:49:26he didn't commit.

00:49:27In just one year,

00:49:28his life had been

00:49:29completely upended.

00:49:30The only constant

00:49:31was Heejoo,

00:49:32steadfastly by his side.

00:49:34This time,

00:49:35he decided not to run.

00:49:36Standing in the rain,

00:49:37they embraced and kissed.

00:49:39Heejoo's love

00:49:39gave him courage,

00:49:41a much-needed source

00:49:41of strength

00:49:42in his lonely battle.

00:49:43Even when the whole world

00:49:44seemed against him,

00:49:45the power of love

00:49:46reignited his will to fight.

00:49:48Lost in the moment,

00:49:49they didn't notice

00:49:50the downpour soaking Heejoo.

00:49:51She returned home to shower,

00:49:53it was now past midnight.

00:49:55She waited for a text

00:49:56from Jinwoo,

00:49:56but hours passed

00:49:57with no reply.

00:49:58His phone went straight

00:49:59to voicemail.

00:50:00Remembering the previous time

00:50:02she couldn't reach him,

00:50:03and fearing the worst,

00:50:04she slipped on her sandals,

00:50:06and went outside

00:50:07to look for him.

00:50:08As she stepped out,

00:50:09she saw his car

00:50:10parked in front of her house.

00:50:11He hadn't left.

00:50:13He'd left his phone inside,

00:50:14explaining why

00:50:15he hadn't responded.

00:50:16This newly formed,

00:50:17star-crossed couple,

00:50:18just four hours

00:50:19into their relationship,

00:50:21couldn't bear to be apart.

00:50:22Heejoo invited him inside.

00:50:24Jinwoo initially hesitated,

00:50:26feeling like things

00:50:26were moving too fast,

00:50:28but he couldn't resist

00:50:29her earnest plea

00:50:29and agreed to stay.

00:50:31Though Heejoo

00:50:31had invited him in,

00:50:33she couldn't sleep.

00:50:33She sought out Jinwoo,

00:50:35who was asleep on the sofa,

00:50:37and they talked.

00:50:38She urged him

00:50:38to leave the country,

00:50:39to hide somewhere safe,

00:50:41uncertain of what

00:50:42the future held.

00:50:43But Jinwoo was resolute.

00:50:44He wouldn't run anymore.

00:50:46He would face this head-on.

00:50:47The media,

00:50:48as always,

00:50:49sensationalized the story,

00:50:51reporting extensively

00:50:51on the reopen investigation

00:50:53into Director Cha's death.

00:50:55They dredged up Jinwoo

00:50:56and Director Cha's past

00:50:58and their shared history.

00:50:59They had been college friends,

00:51:01starting their company together.

00:51:02The rift between them

00:51:03had begun with Professor Cha.

00:51:05He had favored Jinwoo,

00:51:06seeing more potential in him

00:51:08than in his son.

00:51:09Even though they were family,

00:51:10he felt no obligation

00:51:11to support Director Cha.

00:51:13This angered Director Cha,

00:51:15fueling a resentment

00:51:16that eventually led him

00:51:17to leave the company.

00:51:18Though he resented his father

00:51:19for this perceived abandonment,

00:51:21he directed his anger

00:51:22at Jinwoo.

00:51:23Even in death,

00:51:24he didn't understand

00:51:25that his father

00:51:25was driven by greed,

00:51:27prioritizing the company's interests

00:51:29over even investigating

00:51:30the truth behind his son's death.

00:51:32After the falling out,

00:51:33Director Cha left the company.

00:51:35Jinwoo had tried to reconcile,

00:51:37inviting him out for drinks.

00:51:39But Director Cha,

00:51:39still furious,

00:51:41revealed his affair

00:51:41with Jinwoo's first wife,

00:51:43a relationship

00:51:44that had begun

00:51:44five years earlier,

00:51:46just a month

00:51:46after Jinwoo's divorce.

00:51:48This betrayal

00:51:48deepened the rift between them,

00:51:50a wound that never healed.

00:51:52Even in death,

00:51:53they remained estranged.

00:51:54Director Cha,

00:51:55it turned out,

00:51:56had been deeply unhappy,

00:51:58living with guilt and anxiety.

00:51:59He had even confided

00:52:00in Jinwoo's second wife,

00:52:02Yu Ra.

00:52:02Yu Ra,

00:52:03who had been forced

00:52:04into a divorce by Jinwoo,

00:52:06harbored her resentment.

00:52:07She had urged Professor Cha

00:52:08to destroy Jinwoo,

00:52:10adding fuel to the fire.

00:52:12Hee Joo,

00:52:12reading the news reports,

00:52:14grew increasingly worried.

00:52:15Jinwoo called

00:52:16and invited her out that evening.

00:52:18She dressed up,

00:52:19eager to see him.

00:52:20He took her to dinner.

00:52:21But during a routine traffic stop,

00:52:23the game intruded on their date.

00:52:24A sniper,

00:52:25visible only to Jinwoo,

00:52:27aimed.

00:52:27Though he was sitting in the car,

00:52:29the shot was fired.

00:52:30His experience in the game saved him.

00:52:32He ducked just in time.

00:52:34But the enemy was unseen,

00:52:35the sniper rifle powerful.

00:52:37Jinwoo,

00:52:38ignoring the confused traffic officer,

00:52:40sped away.

00:52:41The officer,

00:52:42seeing his erratic behavior,

00:52:43gave chase.

00:52:44Jinwoo found himself

00:52:45simultaneously evading enemies

00:52:47in the game,

00:52:48and the police in real life.

00:52:50Two police cars boxed him in.

00:52:51A bullet whizzed past his head.

00:52:53Just then,

00:52:54the game glitched,

00:52:55disconnecting.

00:52:56He was safe,

00:52:57for the moment.

00:52:58It turned out that the company

00:52:59had briefly reactivated the servers

00:53:00for testing.

00:53:02The traffic officers,

00:53:03realizing Jinwoo wasn't drunk,

00:53:05recognized him from the recent news reports.

00:53:07His erratic driving

00:53:08and panicked escape

00:53:09confirmed their suspicions.

00:53:11He was mentally unstable.

00:53:13Heejoo,

00:53:13worried,

00:53:14asked Jinwoo if he was okay.

00:53:16He brushed off her concerns,

00:53:17forcing a smile

00:53:18and avoiding the truth.

00:53:19The next day,

00:53:20Jinwoo was scheduled to appear

00:53:22at the police station

00:53:22for questioning.

00:53:23Instead,

00:53:24he went to see Professor Cha.

00:53:26He knew he needed to go

00:53:27to the source of the problem.

00:53:28In his current situation,

00:53:30no amount of explaining

00:53:31would clear his name.

00:53:32He needed to bring

00:53:33Professor Cha into the game,

00:53:34literally.

00:53:35Professor Cha had been

00:53:36willfully ignorant.

00:53:38Now,

00:53:38Jinwoo would force him

00:53:39to confront the reality

00:53:40of the situation.

00:53:41He told Professor Cha that,

00:53:43if he wanted to know the truth,

00:53:44he needed to log into

00:53:45the game with him.

00:53:46Professor Cha,

00:53:47still clueless,

00:53:49ordered the company

00:53:49to reactivate the servers.

00:53:51They allied.

00:53:52Jinwoo instructed him

00:53:53to delete his account

00:53:54and leave the servers

00:53:55running after their session.

00:53:57He wanted to complete

00:53:58the final quest alone.

00:54:00As the familiar music began,

00:54:01Professor Cha watched in horror

00:54:03as his dead son appeared.

00:54:05But this wasn't the director Cha,

00:54:06he remembered.

00:54:07This was a cold,

00:54:08emotionless killing machine.

00:54:10He lunged at Professor Cha

00:54:11with his sword.

00:54:12Jinwoo intervened,

00:54:13saving the professor

00:54:14from his own son.

00:54:16But more enemies appeared,

00:54:17surrounding them.

00:54:18Jinwoo shielded Professor Cha

00:54:19as they made their escape,

00:54:21taking the elevator.

00:54:22But as soon as the doors opened,

00:54:24they were attacked again.

00:54:26Professor Cha finally understood

00:54:27what Jinwoo had been going through.

00:54:29Terrified,

00:54:29his legs shaking,

00:54:31he had to be practically

00:54:32carried to safety.

00:54:33Jinwoo,

00:54:34positioned on the second floor,

00:54:36provided cover fire

00:54:37with his sniper rifle.

00:54:38But just before they reached the car,

00:54:40Professor Cha was struck

00:54:41by a sword.

00:54:42The searing pain

00:54:43jolted him into action,

00:54:44and he focused solely on escape.

00:54:46Remembering Jinwoo's

00:54:47earlier warning,

00:54:49he instructed his staff

00:54:50to comply with Jinwoo's demands.

00:54:52To reach level 100 quickly,

00:54:54Jinwoo needed to defeat

00:54:55more high-level NPCs.

00:54:57With Chief Officer Choi's assistance,

00:54:59he went to a known

00:54:59high-level grinding spot.

00:55:01Chief Officer Choi

00:55:02also discovered

00:55:03that interacting with Elma

00:55:04in the game

00:55:04boosted experience points

00:55:06and restored health.

00:55:07Furthermore,

00:55:08during testing,

00:55:09they found that

00:55:10any player who came

00:55:11within 20 meters of Elma

00:55:12had their weapons

00:55:13automatically deactivated,

00:55:15and any ongoing duels

00:55:16were forcibly ended.

00:55:17When designing the game,

00:55:19Seju had drawn inspiration

00:55:20from Heeju's part-time job,

00:55:22using her image

00:55:23as a guitarist in the cafe

00:55:24as a model for this.

00:55:26Messenger of Peace

00:55:27Elma's purpose in the game

00:55:28was to maintain harmony,

00:55:30and it was in that very cafe

00:55:31that the story had begun.

00:55:33Seju and Marco

00:55:34had been discussing

00:55:35the sale of the game.

00:55:36Seeing Seju's naivete,

00:55:38Marco had proposed

00:55:39a 70-30 split of the profits,

00:55:41with the larger share

00:55:42going to himself.

00:55:44Seju,

00:55:44the game's creator,

00:55:45wanted 70%,

00:55:47and, more importantly,

00:55:48refused to sell

00:55:49to Director Cha.

00:55:50Marco,

00:55:51ruthless and desperate,

00:55:52had stabbed Seju,

00:55:53a warning to comply.

00:55:55Elma had witnessed

00:55:56the entire incident.

00:55:57This was where

00:55:57the game had glitched,

00:55:59the point where the lines

00:56:00between the virtual world

00:56:01and reality began to blur.

00:56:03Cornered in a narrow alley,

00:56:04Seju had shot Marco

00:56:06in self-defense

00:56:06within the game.

00:56:08Wounded,

00:56:08Marco had pursued Seju,

00:56:10seeking revenge.

00:56:11They both disappeared.

00:56:12Director Cha arrived

00:56:14at the cafe for the planned meeting,

00:56:15but found it deserted.

00:56:17The only witness

00:56:17to the entire incident,

00:56:19it seemed,

00:56:19was Elma.

00:56:20Meanwhile,

00:56:21following Jinwoo's instructions,

00:56:23Hee-ju used the game's

00:56:24AR interface,

00:56:26and,

00:56:26upon seeing the image

00:56:27of Elma playing the guitar,

00:56:29the virtual Hee-ju

00:56:30and the real Hee-ju

00:56:31finally connected,

00:56:32their realities merging.

00:56:34Director Park rushed

00:56:35to Professor Cha's villa,

00:56:36finding him in a state of shock.

00:56:38Having witnessed

00:56:39the resurrected

00:56:39Director Cha firsthand,

00:56:41Professor Cha was forced

00:56:42to admit that his son

00:56:43had become a terrifying,

00:56:45emotionless killing machine.

00:56:46He finally believed Jinwoo.

00:56:48Director Park,

00:56:49worried about Jinwoo's safety,

00:56:51wanted to shut down the servers,

00:56:53but Professor Cha stopped him.

00:56:54If Jinwoo had chosen

00:56:55to face this alone,

00:56:57he had to be allowed

00:56:58to see it through.

00:56:59Unfortunately,

00:57:00the investigation

00:57:00into Director Cha's death

00:57:02couldn't be stopped.

00:57:03The wheels were already in motion.

00:57:05The news was reporting

00:57:06Jinwoo's failure

00:57:07to appear at the police station,

00:57:09showing footage of him

00:57:10seemingly wandering

00:57:11the streets aimlessly.

00:57:12Combined with his earlier

00:57:13erratic behavior,

00:57:15public opinion solidified

00:57:16that he was mentally unstable.

00:57:18Seeing the news,

00:57:19Hee-ju panicked.

00:57:20Unable to reach Jinwoo,

00:57:22she called Chief Officer Choi,

00:57:24asking him to locate

00:57:25Jinwoo in the game.

00:57:26She logged in herself,

00:57:28following the game's prompts

00:57:29to a tavern,

00:57:30where she found Jinwoo waiting.

00:57:32She could see his virtual injuries

00:57:33and tears stream down her face.

00:57:35Jinwoo was taking a break.

00:57:37The higher his level,

00:57:38the harder it became

00:57:39to gain experience points.

00:57:41He had an hour to rest

00:57:42before resuming his grinding.

00:57:44Before Hee-ju could even

00:57:45pour herself a cup of tea,

00:57:47NPCs appeared.

00:57:48Jinwoo quickly dispatched them,

00:57:50then urged Hee-ju to log out,

00:57:52not wanting to put her in danger.

00:57:54Hee-ju followed his advice,

00:57:55but kept trying to engage

00:57:56Elma in conversation.

00:57:58However,

00:57:59after each interaction,

00:58:00Elma would disappear,

00:58:02only to reappear

00:58:02a short time later.

00:58:04Jinwoo realized that

00:58:05Elma's appearances

00:58:06were random,

00:58:07but that repeated conversations

00:58:08might yield valuable clues.

00:58:10Hee-ju noticed the bracelet

00:58:11on Elma's right wrist.

00:58:13It was identical to a design

00:58:14in a painting

00:58:15within the Alhambra Palace.

00:58:17See,

00:58:17Hee-ju might have based it

00:58:18on a tourist brochure.

00:58:20Hee-ju had brought home

00:58:21from her work.

00:58:22As the daughter of Muhammad,

00:58:23the 12th of Granada,

00:58:24Fatima held the key

00:58:25to the gate of heaven.

00:58:26When the

00:58:27hand of Fatima

00:58:28obtained the key to heaven,

00:58:30the

00:58:30gate of justice

00:58:31would open.

00:58:33The Alhambra would fulfill

00:58:34its purpose

00:58:35and then crumble,

00:58:36remembering the

00:58:37key to heaven.

00:58:39A hidden item

00:58:39he had acquired.

00:58:41Jinwoo had a sudden epiphany.

00:58:42He had misunderstood

00:58:43See-ju's intentions

00:58:44all along.

00:58:45See-ju had guided him

00:58:46to the dungeon

00:58:47through the

00:58:48eagle of the fortress.

00:58:50Not because he was trapped there,

00:58:51but because he wanted

00:58:52Jinwoo to find the

00:58:53key to heaven.

00:58:55Hidden within.

00:58:56After being shot

00:58:57by See-ju,

00:58:58Marco pursued him

00:58:59to the small forest

00:59:00outside the city,

00:59:01where See-ju,

00:59:02hidden behind a rock,

00:59:03had managed to

00:59:04log him out.

00:59:05Before leaving,

00:59:05See-ju had heard

00:59:06Director Cha's phone

00:59:07ringing from the cafe.

00:59:09Terrified,

00:59:09he told Director Cha

00:59:10he was canceling the deal,

00:59:12then used the phone

00:59:13he'd found on Marco

00:59:14to contact Jinwoo.

00:59:15Tragically,

00:59:16before he could meet Jinwoo,

00:59:17See-ju was attacked

00:59:18by Marco

00:59:19during a thunderstorm.

00:59:20Panicked,

00:59:21and believing he was

00:59:22about to die,

00:59:23both in the game

00:59:24and in reality,

00:59:25he had gone into hiding,

00:59:27waiting for the

00:59:27key to heaven.

00:59:29To be delivered to Elma,

00:59:30signaling the end

00:59:31of his quest.

00:59:32But before Jinwoo

00:59:33could complete his mission,

00:59:34Yu-ra,

00:59:35his vindictive

00:59:36second ex-wife,

00:59:37threw a wrench

00:59:38in the works.

00:59:39Determined to ruin

00:59:40him completely,

00:59:41she went to the police

00:59:42with a damning

00:59:42piece of information.

00:59:44She claimed that

00:59:44while hospitalized

00:59:45in Granada,

00:59:46Jinwoo had confessed

00:59:47to strangling

00:59:48Director Cha.

00:59:49Jinwoo's secretary

00:59:50had overheard

00:59:51the confession.

00:59:52Now,

00:59:52the secretary

00:59:53was also mysteriously dead.

00:59:55Yu-ra claimed

00:59:56she was afraid

00:59:56Jinwoo would log her

00:59:58out next,

00:59:58if she didn't speak up.

01:00:00Professor Cha,

01:00:01hearing about

01:00:02Yu-ra's visit

01:00:02to the police

01:00:03and her embellished

01:00:04testimony,

01:00:05called her,

01:00:06urging her not

01:00:07to escalate the situation.

01:00:08But things were

01:00:09quickly spiraling

01:00:10out of control.

01:00:11Yu-ra,

01:00:12feeling betrayed,

01:00:13threatened to tell

01:00:13the police that

01:00:14Professor Cha

01:00:15had coerced her

01:00:16into giving false testimony.

01:00:17She also told reporters

01:00:18that Director Cha's death

01:00:20was linked to an affair.

01:00:22He had stolen

01:00:22Jinwoo's first wife.

01:00:24Yu-ra's actions

01:00:25reignited the media frenzy

01:00:26and Jinwoo became

01:00:27a wanted man.

01:00:29Fortunately,

01:00:30Director Park warned him

01:00:31about Yu-ra's accusations

01:00:32just in time.

01:00:34The police cornered

01:00:34Hee-ju at the restaurant.

01:00:36Coincidentally,

01:00:37Jinwoo was in the restroom.

01:00:38Returning to find the police

01:00:40questioning Hee-ju,

01:00:41he made a quick escape,

01:00:42dodging their pursuit.

01:00:43But he wasn't just

01:00:44running from the police,

01:00:45NPCs were appearing

01:00:47everywhere,

01:00:48relentless in their attacks.

01:00:49To make matters worse,

01:00:51he was out of ammo

01:00:52and faced a nearly

01:00:5330-minute reload time.

01:00:54Without ammunition,

01:00:55he was vulnerable.

01:00:57Just when he thought

01:00:57he was done for,

01:00:59the flamethrower

01:00:59Chief Officer Choi

01:01:00had given him,

01:01:01proved its worth.

01:01:02He emerged from the battle

01:01:03victorious,

01:01:04reaching level 96.

01:01:05He barely had time

01:01:06to catch his breath

01:01:07when the police,

01:01:08alerted by bystanders,

01:01:10resumed their pursuit.

01:01:11Fortunately,

01:01:12the past year spent

01:01:13battling virtual enemies

01:01:14had honed his reflexes

01:01:16and fighting skills,

01:01:17and he managed

01:01:18to escape again.

01:01:19Unable to reach him

01:01:20by phone,

01:01:21Hee-ju logged

01:01:21into the game

01:01:22to help.

01:01:22As she approached

01:01:23his location,

01:01:24she saw police cars

01:01:25swarming the area.

01:01:27Jin-woo was fending off

01:01:28relentless waves

01:01:29of NPCs.

01:01:30He finally found refuge

01:01:31in a department store

01:01:32fitting room,

01:01:33the enclosed space

01:01:34temporarily halting

01:01:35the attacks.

01:01:36He had 13 minutes

01:01:37until his weapons

01:01:37reloaded.

01:01:38A brief respite

01:01:39to assess the situation.

01:01:41He examined the special items

01:01:42Chief Officer Choi

01:01:43had provided.

01:01:44Six unique weapons.

01:01:46He chose the watch.

01:01:47Hee-ju finally caught up

01:01:48with Jin-woo,

01:01:49and he pulled her

01:01:50into the fitting room.

01:01:51During his escape,

01:01:52he had lost his phone,

01:01:53so he borrowed Hee-ju's

01:01:54to contact Director Park.

01:01:56He couldn't risk

01:01:56being arrested,

01:01:57handcuffed.

01:01:58He would be unable

01:01:59to defend himself

01:02:00against attacks in the game.

01:02:02A sitting duck

01:02:02for Director Cha.

01:02:04The fitting room

01:02:04wasn't a permanent solution.

01:02:06The watch he'd activated

01:02:07could only delay

01:02:08the NPC attacks

01:02:09for five minutes,

01:02:10and he still had

01:02:11five minutes left

01:02:12on his weapon reload.

01:02:13Not wanting to endanger Hee-ju,

01:02:15he lied,

01:02:16asking her to go home

01:02:17and do something for him.

01:02:18Reluctantly,

01:02:19she left in a taxi,

01:02:21and Jin-woo took her car

01:02:22to continue leveling up.

01:02:24They agreed to meet

01:02:24at Hee-ju's apartment

01:02:25the next morning.

01:02:26Once the watch's

01:02:27cool-down period ended,

01:02:29Jin-woo used the flamethrower

01:02:30to clear the remaining

01:02:31NPCs in the mall.

01:02:33Back at her apartment,

01:02:34Hee-ju learned from her sister

01:02:35that Jin-woo had called,

01:02:37confessing that he'd tricked her

01:02:38into leaving

01:02:39to keep her safe.

01:02:40Worried,

01:02:40Hee-ju couldn't sleep.

01:02:42She made porridge

01:02:43and waited for him

01:02:44to return safely.

01:02:45But she heard nothing.

01:02:46Director Park couldn't

01:02:47reach him either.

01:02:48All they could do

01:02:49was trust him

01:02:50and wait.

01:02:51Finally,

01:02:52Chief Officer Choi

01:02:52brought good news.

01:02:54After a night

01:02:54of intense fighting,

01:02:55Jin-woo had reached

01:02:56level 100,

01:02:57gaining access to the

01:02:58Key to Heaven.

01:03:00He had contacted

01:03:01Chief Officer Choi,

01:03:02asking him to project

01:03:03Elma's image

01:03:04onto a screen

01:03:05at a local church.

01:03:06This was how he would

01:03:07complete the quest.

01:03:08Close to victory,

01:03:09he'd let his guard down

01:03:10and been shot.

01:03:11At the critical moment,

01:03:13his ally,

01:03:13the Secretary,

01:03:14reappeared,

01:03:15saving him.

01:03:16However,

01:03:17projecting the image

01:03:18took time.

01:03:19Dawn was breaking

01:03:19and the streets

01:03:20were getting busier.

01:03:22Exhausted and vulnerable,

01:03:23Jin-woo raced to the church,

01:03:25risking discovery

01:03:26by the police.

01:03:27He,

01:03:27a man who didn't

01:03:28believe in God,

01:03:29prayed for divine protection,

01:03:31for the strength

01:03:31to finish this.

01:03:33Without hesitation,

01:03:34he approached

01:03:34the projected image

01:03:35of Elma

01:03:36and presented her

01:03:37with the

01:03:37Key to Heaven.

01:03:39The moment she accepted it,

01:03:40the system declared

01:03:41the quest complete.

01:03:42Just then,

01:03:43alerted by concerned citizens,

01:03:45the police surrounded

01:03:45the church.

01:03:46Hee-ju arrived,

01:03:47driving past

01:03:48the departing police cars.

01:03:50Finding the church empty,

01:03:51she logged into the game.

01:03:52She saw Elma

01:03:53playing her guitar,

01:03:54but Jin-woo was gone,

01:03:56vanished from both

01:03:56the game

01:03:57and the real world.

01:03:58Determined to find him,

01:04:00Hee-ju ignored the risks

01:04:01and logged into

01:04:02the high-level area

01:04:03of the game.

01:04:04She searched tirelessly

01:04:05all day,

01:04:05but he was nowhere

01:04:06to be found.

01:04:07Director Park,

01:04:08facing mounting pressure

01:04:09and with no other options,

01:04:10made the difficult decision

01:04:12to shut down the servers.

01:04:13With Jin-woo missing,

01:04:15Hee-ju was distraught,

01:04:16unable to eat or sleep,

01:04:18spending her days in bed.

01:04:20That evening,

01:04:20her family received a miracle.

01:04:22See-ju,

01:04:23missing for a year,

01:04:24returned home.

01:04:25Jin-woo had traded

01:04:26his own life for See-ju's,

01:04:28fulfilling his promise

01:04:28to Hee-ju.

01:04:30See-ju had arrived

01:04:31back in Granada

01:04:32the previous day,

01:04:33unaware that his family

01:04:34had returned to Korea.

01:04:36He'd only found his way

01:04:37back to them

01:04:37through a message

01:04:38left with their acquaintance.

01:04:39Hee-ju immediately

01:04:40contacted Director Park.

01:04:42There was hope

01:04:42that Jin-woo was still alive.

01:04:44Overjoyed,

01:04:45Director Park rushed

01:04:46to Hee-ju's house.

01:04:47On the way,

01:04:48he called Professor Cha

01:04:49to share the good news

01:04:50about See-ju's return.

01:04:51Just as he finished

01:04:52texting Professor Cha,

01:04:54Director Park received

01:04:55a call from a doctor

01:04:56he knew.

01:04:57It turned out

01:04:57that Jin-woo had collapsed

01:04:58after completing the quest

01:05:00and been found

01:05:01by a passerby.

01:05:02He'd managed

01:05:02to regain consciousness

01:05:03and asked the passerby

01:05:05to call this doctor.

01:05:06The doctor had taken Jin-woo

01:05:07to a safe place.

01:05:09With the police

01:05:09still searching for him,

01:05:10he'd kept Jin-woo's

01:05:11whereabouts a secret,

01:05:13contacting Professor Cha

01:05:14to care for him.

01:05:15He had then returned home.

01:05:17But today,

01:05:18he couldn't reach

01:05:18either Jin-woo

01:05:19or Professor Cha.

01:05:21He immediately

01:05:21alerted Director Park.

01:05:23Both men were now missing.

01:05:24Director Park felt

01:05:25a growing sense of dread.

01:05:27Since his return,

01:05:28See-ju had been

01:05:29unusually quiet

01:05:30and withdrawn.

01:05:31His family pressed him

01:05:32for answers,

01:05:33wanting to know

01:05:33what had happened to him.

01:05:35He explained that

01:05:35he had been trapped

01:05:36in a hidden dungeon

01:05:37within the game.

01:05:38Unable to communicate

01:05:39with the outside world,

01:05:40only he knew

01:05:41of its existence.

01:05:42Someone had completed

01:05:43a quest,

01:05:44unlocking his prison

01:05:45and allowing him

01:05:46to escape.

01:05:47But he didn't know

01:05:48who had saved him

01:05:49or where they were now.

01:05:50The story goes back

01:05:51to Jin-woo's encounter

01:05:52with Elma in the church.

01:05:54The reward for completing

01:05:55the

01:05:55Key to Heaven

01:05:56quest was to become

01:05:58the new master

01:05:58of the Alhambra.

01:06:00The

01:06:00Key to Heaven

01:06:01was, in fact,

01:06:03a dagger.

01:06:04Elma,

01:06:04without hesitation,

01:06:05had plunged the dagger

01:06:06into Jin-woo's chest.

01:06:08The system message flashed.

01:06:10Elma is removing the error.

01:06:11At the last moment,

01:06:13Jin-woo had pulled

01:06:13the key out,

01:06:14escaping from Elma

01:06:15and fleeing the church

01:06:16before the police arrived.

01:06:18Severely wounded,

01:06:19he could barely stand.

01:06:21Fortunately,

01:06:21his ally,

01:06:22the secretary,

01:06:23had protected him

01:06:24as he fled,

01:06:25finding a place to hide.

01:06:26He'd pulled out

01:06:27the key again,

01:06:28only to be forcibly

01:06:29logged out by the system,

01:06:30then lost consciousness.

01:06:32He was later found

01:06:32by a passerby

01:06:33and taken to the doctor.

01:06:35Elma,

01:06:35as the NPC tasked

01:06:37with maintaining peace

01:06:37within the game,

01:06:38had identified Jin-woo

01:06:40as an error.

01:06:41The dagger plunged

01:06:42into his heart,

01:06:42which was meant

01:06:43to correct this error,

01:06:44but Jin-woo,

01:06:45by removing the key,

01:06:47had interrupted

01:06:47the game's

01:06:48self-correcting mechanism.

01:06:49He and Professor Cha

01:06:50were still allied.

01:06:52If he was deleted

01:06:52from the game,

01:06:53Professor Cha

01:06:54might suffer the same fate.

01:06:56He needed to resolve

01:06:56the situation

01:06:57in the real world first.

01:06:59He asked Professor Cha

01:07:00to hold a press conference,

01:07:02refuting the accusations

01:07:03and clearing his name,

01:07:04putting an end

01:07:05to the investigation.

01:07:06Professor Cha

01:07:07feigned agreement,

01:07:08lulling Jin-woo

01:07:09into a false sense

01:07:10of security,

01:07:11then ordered his staff

01:07:12to reactivate the servers.

01:07:13Both men were forcibly

01:07:15logged back into the game.

01:07:16Jin-woo, trapped,

01:07:18locked himself

01:07:18in a restroom,

01:07:20hoping to use NPCs

01:07:21to log out Professor Cha.

01:07:23When the sounds

01:07:23of fighting stopped,

01:07:24Professor Cha,

01:07:25believing his plan

01:07:26had worked,

01:07:27ordered his staff

01:07:28to shut down the servers

01:07:29and went to investigate.

01:07:30He found Jin-woo

01:07:31collapsed on the floor

01:07:32and, assuming he was dead,

01:07:34left.

01:07:35But he hadn't anticipated

01:07:36Director Cha's reappearance.

01:07:38Unarmed and unprotected,

01:07:40Professor Cha

01:07:40was finally killed

01:07:41by his son.

01:07:42Jin-woo regained consciousness

01:07:43and logged out

01:07:45Director Cha

01:07:45one last time.

01:07:46He looked at

01:07:47Professor Cha's body,

01:07:48then thought of

01:07:49Hee-ju waiting for him.

01:07:50He stood beneath

01:07:51her apartment window

01:07:52but couldn't bring himself

01:07:53to go upstairs.

01:07:54The next morning,

01:07:55Hee-ju saw his car

01:07:56parked outside

01:07:57and rushed out,

01:07:58but he was already gone.

01:08:00Jin-woo returned to the church

01:08:01to resolve the final errors.

01:08:03Director Park arrived

01:08:04at the hotel later

01:08:05and discovered

01:08:06Professor Cha's body.

01:08:07While making funeral arrangements,

01:08:09one of his employees called,

01:08:11reporting that

01:08:11Professor Cha

01:08:12had asked him

01:08:12to reactivate the servers

01:08:13and that Jin-woo

01:08:15had made the same request

01:08:16at 6 o'clock that morning.

01:08:17Director Park,

01:08:18realizing Jin-woo's intentions,

01:08:20raced to the church

01:08:21but found only

01:08:22Jin-woo's cane.

01:08:23He logged into the game.

01:08:25The screen displayed

01:08:26crystals forming,

01:08:27signifying the removal

01:08:28of errors.

01:08:28Earlier,

01:08:30Jin-woo had arrived

01:08:30at the church

01:08:31and,

01:08:32one by one,

01:08:33plunged the key

01:08:33into the bodies

01:08:34of Director Cha.

01:08:35Professor Cha

01:08:36and his secretary,

01:08:37removing their errors.

01:08:39The final error

01:08:39was himself.

01:08:40He gave the key

01:08:41to Elma,

01:08:42asking her to remove him.

01:08:43Just then,

01:08:44Hee-ju called Director Park.

01:08:46After hearing

01:08:46what had happened,

01:08:47she rushed to the church.

01:08:49As she approached

01:08:50Jin-woo's crystal,

01:08:51something strange happened.

01:08:52The game displayed

01:08:53a message,

01:08:54reinitializing.

01:08:55The crystals dissolved.

01:08:56All data was erased.

01:08:58A year's worth

01:08:59of development is gone.

01:09:00But the game

01:09:01was finally stable.

01:09:02The errors had been purged.

01:09:04No one knew

01:09:04how many lives

01:09:05had been sacrificed

01:09:06to achieve this.

01:09:07With Professor Cha's

01:09:08funeral arrangements

01:09:09finalized,

01:09:10it seemed like

01:09:11the ordeal was over.

01:09:12Director Park,

01:09:13unsure whether to continue

01:09:14or abandon the project,

01:09:16went to see See-ju.

01:09:17He found him hiding

01:09:18in a closet,

01:09:19hearing thunder outside.

01:09:20See-ju thought

01:09:21he was being attacked again.

01:09:23Director Park opened

01:09:23the closet door

01:09:24and reassured him

01:09:25that it was just rain,

01:09:27not the game.

01:09:28The errors were gone.

01:09:29See-ju calmed down

01:09:31and emerged

01:09:31from the bedroom.

01:09:33He suspected

01:09:33that Jin-woo

01:09:34had been killed by Elma.

01:09:35He was consumed by guilt,

01:09:37regretting his initial contact

01:09:38with Jin-woo,

01:09:39blaming himself

01:09:40for sending the eagle

01:09:41and summoning him

01:09:42to his rescue.

01:09:43See-ju shared his guilt

01:09:44with Hee-ju.

01:09:45She too was filled

01:09:46with regret.

01:09:47It was she

01:09:48who had told Jin-woo,

01:09:49the legend of the

01:09:50Hand of Fatima,

01:09:51and the Gate of Justice.

01:09:54Unknowingly,

01:09:55leading him down

01:09:56this path of destruction.

01:09:58Unable to cope

01:09:58with the grief,

01:09:59she collapsed,

01:10:00weeping,

01:10:00in the church.

01:10:01After recovering,

01:10:03she became a frequent visitor,

01:10:04mourning the loss

01:10:05of her love.

01:10:06Time passed quickly.

01:10:07A year later,

01:10:08Yoo-ra was convicted

01:10:09of perjury

01:10:10and forced to retire

01:10:11from the entertainment industry.

01:10:13Desperate to regain

01:10:14her status,

01:10:15she married a 60-year-old man,

01:10:17trading one form

01:10:17of misery for another.

01:10:19Meanwhile,

01:10:19See-ju's game

01:10:20finally launched,

01:10:21becoming a national phenomenon.

01:10:23The company

01:10:23and its investors

01:10:24made a fortune,

01:10:25and the government

01:10:26had to implement policies

01:10:27to limit playtime.

01:10:28See-ju,

01:10:29finally emerging

01:10:30from the shadow

01:10:31of the past,

01:10:32thrived.

01:10:32Director Park

01:10:33even set up

01:10:34a separate company

01:10:34for him

01:10:35to continue his research.

01:10:37See-ju revealed

01:10:37that he had designed

01:10:38an administrator mode

01:10:39that could create

01:10:40instant dungeons,

01:10:42isolated pockets

01:10:42within the game world.

01:10:44Inside these dungeons,

01:10:45players were invisible

01:10:46to the outside world.

01:10:47That day on the train,

01:10:48when Marco had chased him

01:10:50and forced him to log out,

01:10:52See-ju had used

01:10:52this administrator dungeon

01:10:53to escape,

01:10:55collapsing onto the platform,

01:10:56hidden from view.

01:10:57That's why

01:10:58Jin-woo had passed him by

01:10:59without noticing.

01:11:00See-ju believed

01:11:01that Jin-woo,

01:11:02now likely

01:11:03an administrator himself,

01:11:04was still somewhere

01:11:05within the game,

01:11:06waiting for a player

01:11:07to complete a specific quest

01:11:09and unlock his return.

01:11:10Around the same time,

01:11:11Hee-ju overheard

01:11:12a conversation

01:11:13between some players.

01:11:14A young man

01:11:15described a mysterious

01:11:16gunslinger,

01:11:17who had appeared

01:11:17out of nowhere

01:11:18to protect him

01:11:19and his friends

01:11:20during a difficult battle.

01:11:21Hee-ju felt certain

01:11:22that this gunslinger

01:11:23was Jin-woo.

01:11:24She asked the young man

01:11:25where he'd encountered

01:11:26the mysterious figure

01:11:27and immediately rushed

01:11:28to the location.

01:11:30Hope flickered in her heart.

01:11:31She logged into the game,

01:11:33embarking on her journey

01:11:33to level up.

01:11:35She believed that one day,

01:11:36Jin-woo would return.

01:11:37And that's the end of the story.

01:11:39Thanks for watching.

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