Hey! Over here!
Are you hurt?
- The sleeve. - You feel sick?
The sleeve.
Are you okay?
The burnt sleeve.
Why am I only remembering this now?
NO CALLER ID
Did you get the ticket?
The flight's tomorrow.
You know why it's Jeju, right?
Yeah.
See you there.
It was the same ship back then, too.
Do you remember? Je Moon-jae?
Hello, this is Sky Sunset Pension.
Yes, I'd like to confirm my reservation.
It's under Je Moon-jae.
For two people.
And just letting you know that I'll check in when I arrive.
See you soon.
I'm going to slip away.
Then you'll be the only one left.
That's how this is going to end.
Mouse
MOUSETRAP
Easy, easy. Ow, ow! It stings!
Ow, it stings!
Mr. Kim!
Stop crying.
Gently, gently.
Did you break it?
- Aw, shit. - I said it really hurts!
- Just hurry up and get it over with. - Hey, he's awake. Oh.
- Oh, man. - Hey, hey.
You need to lie down.
Find the uncle?
We couldn't find him. The good news is we have a witness.
He's a railway worker.
He was asking about how to get to Children's Grand Park.
He said he was looking for someone.
What about Noja and the other guy?
We lost 'em. Major Crimes is on it, though.
Hey.
- Hey, hey, hey! - Easy!
- You lost a lot of blood. - Lie down.
Nah, nah, nah, guys, I'm fine.
Hey. You two, find out where Je Moon-jae is right now.
'Cause those two are definitely going after him.
As for you, rookie, you're coming with me. We gotta go.
Do you have an extra T-shirt?
- Uh, yeah. - Uh, Sun-yong.
What should I do?
Just, uh… Why don't you go home and get some rest, okay?
Spend some with your daughter.
She went off to college last year, you moron.
You didn't know that?
Let's go.
Yes?
It's been a while,
Yu-min.
Hey, it's me. Send a car to the airport. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow.
I don't know how long I'm gonna be there.
See you there. Bye.
Oh, son of a bitch.
Are you an American?
What the fuck are you doing in here with your shoes on?
Hey, just wait a minute.
Hey, come on.
You have a new life now. Why don't you just enjoy it?
I'm starting over too, Noja. Okay?
Huh.
He said he was looking for someone.
Maybe like he had a destination in mind.
It's okay. It's okay. Don't cry.
- What's wrong with him? - Aw, what's wrong?
- You all right? - He's fine.
Everything's gonna be okay.
- There, there. - Sh, sh.
Shhh.
- He's okay. - He won't stop.
- Moon-jae? - Oh, dear.
Moon-jae!
You think he's here? His uncle?
I have a feeling…
that his memory is stuck in this place.
Just stay here.
You've buried a lot of people too.
So? What?
You can do it, but I can't?
I think we should just go on with our lives.
Once I get my money back…
Oh, shit.
You've got the rest of your life to worry about.
I don't care what you think, asshole!
You know, Dong-seok…
I remember he begged for his life, just like you.
I told him to keep things under control.
But he stole the gang's money and got himself killed.
He wanted a new life too.
Well, now you got your hands on the gang's money.
Yeah.
That's right. I wanted a chance to start over, you fucking asshole.
Instead, I have to deal with this shit. And I'm fucking sick of that!
You wanna move on? Fine.
Say I let you live. Are you really gonna let me be?
I promise you, Noja.
I swear.
You'll never have to see me again.
How can I trust you?
You're saying…
that you'll leave me alone.
How could you be that naive?
You really thought you could start over?
You don't get to walk away.
If you wanna do that, you better get a new identity first, huh?
Aah…
We're the kind of people who really need alter egos.
When you buried Dong-seok, you were so ruthless.
You didn't give a shit.
In this life, if you hesitate, you're fucking dead!
Oh, shit.
Ugh.
Aah!
Now I have to get a new one.
When you, Min-yeong, and I were on this ship, we used this room, right?
I heard the ship's horn over the phone. I knew exactly where you were going.
Fine, but we didn't agree to meet here, did we?
You expected me to walk into another fucking trap?
Tell me. Why did you do all this?
Tell me!
You really have no idea?
Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?
Tell me why! What did I ever do to you?
I wanna hear you say it.
You already know why.
I just wanna be you.
Face it, that place never belonged to you.
You're not even the real Je Moon-jae.
What?
Moon-jae, where are you?
Moon-jae!
You didn't know?
He's your older brother.
Guess you didn't talk about that during the interrogation.
I figured you guys knew, after he smuggled you out of the station.
Before you were born,
he was the real Je Moon-jae.
The detective.
What's this?
You were a fake from the moment you were born.
He got sent back to the orphanage after you.
And you were put in his place.
I let him in because I wanted him to catch you.
But then Uncle showed up and ruined it all.
It all got a bit mixed up.
So why am I doing this?
Because you took everything from me.
I did?
Yeah.
Min-yeong too.
Huh?
That post on the school forum is about Min-yeong.
- You're right. - Totally.
She's got a lot of nerve, coming back to school.
- I wouldn't show my face. Crazy. - Isn't that her?
They're still seeing each other?
You have a real knack for that.
Mixing truth with lies, that is.
ANONYMOUS FORUM LOATHSOME RATS 1
THE SOUND OF THEIR BREATHING COMING FROM THEIR ROOM…
The rumors you spread about her got so bad,
Min-yeong even gave up on grad school.
You were careful.
You made sure the police wouldn't have any clues to go on.
The person who wrote that shit is Je Moon-jae.
- Sir, lower your voice. - I wanted to beat you to death.
But I couldn't figure out where you were hiding.
Everyone at school knows it's about us!
After that, Min-yeong dropped out of school
and even cut ties with her family.
She became a nervous wreck. She started taking pills to fall asleep.
She even tried to kill herself with those pills.
There was nothing I could do.
I didn't have any money.
But I had to save her. She was dying.
So I went to a publishing house to sell my writing.
INTERVIEW BY SUNG HAG-YUN
And I discovered that my novel had already been published
and had even won the Best New Writer award.
INTERVIEW
You took my life, my future…
everything I had.
You even took Min-yeong.
I desperately wanted to tell her.
I wanted to tell her that I found the person responsible.
But there was no one to listen to me.
Min-yeong!
Min-yeong.
Min-yeong!
Min-yeong.
Oh!
Min-yeong.
I stayed by her side all night, but I could only think of one thing.
"How should I take revenge?"
I sat by Min-yeong's body for countless nights,
while I read your novels.
Every single one of them.
I didn't skip a word.
You'd stolen everything.
You replaced me, and you made Min-yeong your girlfriend.
You were so jealous of me, that in your novel,
your life and my life became one.
So I made the decision.
I would take revenge.
I would become you, and take back everything you took from me.
I'll rip that mask off your face,
and throw you back into the world with nothing.
Satisfied?
So you see.
I had to become a monster.
Welcome.
Disinfectant, bandages, a coagulant,
and painkillers.
Sir, uh… if you're injured, you need to see a doctor.
That's
not necessary.
Moon-jae went off to meet the Rat.
The one who looks like him.
Poor bastard doesn't know who he is.
I could care less.
But to me, he's Moon-jae.
Sun-yong… he needs your help.
I can't go there, but the whole thing could be a trap.
It's up to you to save him.
That said, if it turns out he's guilty,
then obviously, you can throw him in jail.
But first,
please save him.
'Cause I can't.
Jesus. Can't believe he still trusts that kid.
Fuck it. Then why don't we go check it out and see?
Have you figured out where Je Moon-jae is?
- Yeah. - So where is he?
He's at sea.
I…
I posted that in a forum while I was high on drugs.
I didn't think anyone would even read it.
I mean, I wrote it like a novel.
And that's why Min-yeong killed herself?
What about the woman in the Han River?
Someone else.
But the guy who does identity fraud, the one who was after you?
I did use him.
Why?
So you could frame me?
Mm-hm.
You've always been a liar. Fucking psycho.
You even pretended to be a student using a fake ID!
Are you really crazy, or are you just acting crazy right now?
Wait a minute…
You're being…
You're not lying, are you?
You're not using the excuse that you have a panic disorder,
or that you're in the middle of some bullshit depression…
You actually believe this.
You're insane.
You're a fucking maniac.
It's you!
You're the villain here, not me!
You don't remember stealing my notebooks?
Every one of your stories came from my notebooks.
You're the fake student, asshole!
Those were… my notebooks…
What's that? Your notebooks?
Huh? Not so sure now?
Min-yeong… was in my department.
She was my girlfriend.
Those are all just stories in your novel, you idiot.
None of that shit actually happened to you!
Why? Why do you want to be me?
Huh?
Now I remember.
Now I understand why I had writer's block for so long.
It's because none of it was mine to begin with.
He's gonna throw up.
- You can't throw up here! Hold on. - I can't eat it.
After I overcame my panic disorder,
all I wanted was to be a better version of myself.
Just like my mom had always told me.
INTERCOLLEGIATE LITERATURE CLUB RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS
Hey, guys. Listen up.
We have a new member.
Hello, I'm Je Moon-jae. Nice to meet you all.
Sit down.
Take a bite.
It's good? Yeah?
I'll eat the burnt part.
What a nice night.
Huh?
What are you guys up to?
You've had enough. You're drunk.
Hey, Min-yeong. Let's talk.
You're drunk.
Fuck off. Let go of me, asshole. What the fuck?
You said you were just friends.
We're dating.
We wanted to keep it a secret.
Yu-min said you'd be upset.
For how long?
For a while now, Moon-jae.
You shouldn't toy with people's emotions like that.
Both of you. Right?
You're just jealous of me.
You're consumed with envy.
You wanna be me, don't you?
Huh?
Don't you?
Shut up.
Shut up!
So, I was
the fake college student?
Min-yeong and I were never a couple?
And all of my novels were yours?
Were you always this crazy? Or did the drugs make you crazy?
Yu-min.
Am I…
am I really the Rat?
You weren't supposed to be here.
The beach. You should've gone there instead.
Then I would have vanished forever,
and everyone would have known that you were the monster all along,
you were the Rat.
Sir!
Are you there?
Go.
- Get the master key. - Sir!
Sir!
- Do you understand what's happening? - Please open the door! Are you okay?
They're coming in, so one of us…
…has to vanish forever, here and now.
Hello?
Let's get this over with.
Sir, are you okay?
- Just please open the door! - You have to die now.
I'll live as Moon-jae.
Are you there?
Whoo!
Everyone's off the ship now. So where is he?
- Did you check the passenger list? - Yeah.
And I made sure the writer was on board.
WRITER JE MOON-JAE
What's going on?
Last night, there was an accident.
What accident?
The imposter, he snuck on board.
He was going to kill me.
We checked the cameras.
Someone who looked similar to him was there.
What's he saying?
Then what?
He fell into the ocean.
He tried to throw me out a window, but he ended up falling out himself.
He thought if I was dead, he could be me.
I'm glad you found my uncle.
We should do a DNA test now.
We will.
Not that I think we need to at this point.
It's like I told you.
I am Je Moon-jae.
But even if he killed me, he couldn't have proven he was me.
He didn't know you'd find my uncle.
Thanks to you, I'm in the clear.
Your shirt.
- What? - Button up your shirt all the way.
That's how he wears it.
Why are you still pretending?
What do you mean?
You can drop the act now. I'm not recording this.
You already killed your imposter.
So why?
Why are you pretending to be him?
He had something you really wanted, didn't he?
You don't even know if you are the real Je Moon-Jae.
Do you?
Ah!
Tell me something.
Do you still wanna be me?
I don't think I wanted to be you.
I wanted to be myself.
A better Moon-jae.
This isn't the end.
You're not prepared for this.
Years ago,
my mother would say to me…
"Always remember, you have to be the best version of yourself."
Finally…
I understand what she meant.
Say, I heard
you were Je Moon-jae as well.
Well, I guess that's something you have to live with.
'Cause I've always been Je Moon-jae.
I didn't steal your identity.
Fine. I guess it's all yours now.
Jesus.
Live a long and happy life.
Your clothes look different.
Doesn't suit you at all.
Are you hurt?
It's just a scratch. I'm fine.
See a doctor?
Hungry?
You off the meds now?
Mm-hm. I'm all better. It's nice.
What's with your arm, huh?
I don't know. It won't move anymore.
You need to see a doctor, Noja.
Get the fuck outta here with that.
And turn myself in for a knife fight?
It's for the best.
It's a sign that I need to retire.
I'm too old.
I lived life using my fists.
So I guess it's fitting that I lose an arm now.
What are you gonna do?
Since when do you give a shit what I do?
You think we're friends?
I feel responsible.
And I wanna help you.
Don't play games, kid.
I already made it this far. I'm not taking advice from you.
So…
What'd you tell them?
That you're the fake one or the real one?
I told you about the fire incident.
I'm the one that did it.
Now that I'm off the meds, I can remember everything.
I started the fire.
Why'd you do it?
Something happened the day before.
CHEONGUN CRAM SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Who's Park Chan-u?
You registered under a different name?
You tired of it?
No.
Why?
It doesn't feel like mine.
- It doesn't feel right. - Why's that?
You have to be a better Je Moon-jae than the old Moon-jae.
At school or at home, it didn't matter.
I always felt out of place.
It was like I was always in between.
I didn't know myself.
I think that's why they never loved me.
So how could I love myself?
I guess that's why I wanted to take on a new persona.
With a fresh start.
Before I was always that kid.
The kind who doesn't cross at a red light
even if there were no cars on the road at all.
That night,
I became someone who was willing to break the rules.
It made me feel alive.
That fire.
Then what?
Did you take on a new name again?
You really are insane.
What choice did I have? I wanna live.
Shut up!
Noja.
I'd like us to stay in touch.
You're the only friend I've got.
That's bullshit…
- We're not friends. - Are you gonna take the money?
What money?
Your money.
I can give it back to you now.
Just take it.
Whatever.
That's not my money.
It's like I told you.
Hmm?
No matter how shitty life is,
they can always make that damn leash tighter.
Seung-gyu will look for you.
He's desperate.
He won't give up. He won't forget.
So be smart. Don't go out. Stay hidden.
If he catches you,
it'll be a painful death.
So, which way you headed?
I'm going that way.
Hey, these look ridiculous on you. You're not Clark Kent.
So that's it, then. Good luck, kid.
Right. One moment.
THE RAT
VOLUME TWO
Normally, we would release the first and second volumes together.
But since you didn't finish the second volume in time,
we released the first volume on its own.
The response from readers has been incredible.
They're all waiting for the second one. So get to it.
This
could become a runaway success.
So finish it ASAP.
Apartment 705, Luchena Tower.
Passcode 0912.
That's yours, right?
I LOATHE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU… THE RAT
The following is based on a true story.
I've committed a murder.
This is both a record of my crime and my letter of confession.
This is definitive proof that I am the Rat.
Wait a second, this is…
No.
This…
this can't be published.
No…
This isn't proof that I'm Moon-jae, it's proof that I'm the Rat.
This isn't the end.
You're not prepared for this.
DEFENDANT
Mr. Park,
is there anything you would like to add?
PLAINTIFF
I spoke to my uncle recently.
He isn't related to me by blood.
Honestly, I don't even remember him all that well.
That said, when I was little,
he was like a father to me.
He's not well. In fact, he's barely hanging on.
And, meeting him again,
I really started to consider what, uh…
what family means.
I recall…
reading the phrase,
"The beginning is really the end."
I read that somewhere a while ago.
Now, I, uh… um…
I'm not very smart, so I'm not exactly sure what that quote means.
But I took it to mean…
that the end doesn't mean that it's over.
Instead, it's the sign of a new beginning.
Anyways, that was just how I interpreted it back then.
I know that I haven't fulfilled my duty as husband or father,
which is why my family
doesn't want…
to see me.
But,
now that we're here,
if I could have one last chance…
Just one.
If you would…
give me that opportunity,
I would…
…really like to start over again.
MEDIATION JUDGE
Will you…
please just believe me?
Hi, Mom.
Mom!
Oh…
Noja!
Hot out today, isn't it?
What are you standing there for?
If you're here, come help me.
I need to take care of all that stuff
and then pick the chili peppers after.
You came at the right time. Change your clothes and come back.
You see, the Rat believed
that it would never escape from its prison.
The perfect rat hole.
It would spend the rest of its life in here.
But then…
then,
after weeks and weeks of sifting through old memories,
it finally realized the truth.
That it was, in fact, the Rat.
And that this was all a dream.
A dream created out of endless self-loathing.
There wasn't a sliver of truth to any of it.
It had gone insane.
Dreams and reality had become one…
HAN JI-HYE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WE CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE!
Wait, wait! Come on.
Jesus Christ! Just fucking wait for me!
What? Who the fuck is that?
Hey, fuck off!
I said fuck off! Assholes…
Just try it. Try coming in here, you motherfuckers!
Hey, how you doin'? You rat bastard.
You didn't think I'd find you?
Open the door, asshole.
Did you hear me?
I said open the door, asshole!
Knock, knock…
I know you're hiding in there.
We still have to settle this money issue.
Or else this'll never end.
All right, open the fucking door.
Open the fucking door, you motherfucker!
MOUSETRAP
Mouse
Lacrimosa
Dies illa
Qua resurget
Ex favilla
Judicandus
Homo reus
Lacrimosa
Dies illa
Qua resurget
Ex favilla
Judicandus
Homo reus
Huic ergo
Parce Deus
Pie Jesu
Jesu Domine
Dona eis
Requiem
- Dona eis - Dona eis
Requiem
Amen