Joseon X-Files - Secret Book
Final Episode 12
A scald in his chest, shaped just like a palm.
- And as for the final peculiarity... - Enough.
Leave this matter to the capital bureau, and avoid any further involvement.
Our leader, Secretary Jiseung, might have encountered some quandaries.
Does the recent chain of events have anything to do with...
His Excellency's sudden disappearance?
We still don't know.
He built this hermitage with his own hands?!
And on the memorial tablet, instead of any name we saw this design.
It belongs to the Cult of Dubak.
Cult of Dubak?
The cult of Dubak is a folk creed whose roots go back to Taejo the Great's reign.
True rebirth can only be complete when the sacred spirit of Dubak possesses their souls.
It may be time to reclaim our sacred relic.
Where is this sacred relic?
What on earth did you do to him?
Your Excellency!
And if you wish for him to survive past the morrow, you must bring us that relic.
What is this sacred relic?
Tell me, Your Excellency!
My life is but a paltry trifle compared to those records.
Is that relic all that you need?
Inspector Kim!
Are we anxious, perchance?
Here!
I see you were wise enough to scatter those beaming marbles.
They might have purposely misled us here.
Wait... Wait a moment!
Wait... Naeuri!
Say what?
Your Eminence. I brought our sacred relic.
Father...
Now everything is ready.
Both your enemy's body, and the sacred Dubak relic.
Why are you not showing your face?
Did all the mettle you showed while capturing me suddenly vanish?
- Rebirth of the Dubak God, Part 2 -
I really wonder...
if anything terrible happened to Inspector Kim and His Excellency.
Aigoo...
Aigoo.
- That design... - I hear it indicated its keeper.
All the heads sutured onto those bodies had the same design.
- You must bring us that relic. - Ignore their requests.
After following them in vain, the troops have withdrawn.
O, aggrieved spirits gracing this earth.
Conspiracy, treason, false accusations...
O, aggrieved spirits consigned to an unfair demise by such mendacious claims.
At last, resurrection is upon us.
Where are you taking me?
Tell me where His Excellency is at once!
Wait... you...
The State Shamanic Administration's...
You are in our leader's presence.
Careful with your parlance.
Leader?!
Are you belittling Her Eminence and our cult's legacy?
What did you do with our sacred relic?
So you must truly have a death wish...
What are you trying to say?
I put my life on the line by violating the court library,
and brought exactly what you asked for!
So live up to your oath and release His Excellency at once!
And you still dare deny it... Confess the truth!
Wait.
I know a way to get what we want.
Imprison him once again.
- Take him away! - Yes!
Here you are.
Here... This way.
Where is Inspector Kim?
We are not yet aware, either.
He violated our secret library.
The local administration is distributing sketches of him,
and a search warrant has been issued.
How do you explain this?
He said he would take the Cult of Dubak's sacred relic from the library,
and bring it to them in exchange for His Excellency's life.
It was their condition for sparing Secretary Jiseung's life.
Say what?
So, tell me...
Has this sacred relic fallen into their hands?
We still don't know.
So how do you plan to act now?
We found an acolyte of the State Shamanic Administration.
- That one with the design on her neck? - That's her.
We might have to use her to get what we want.
Be prudent.
We still are not aware of the extent of this cult's influence within the court.
- Yes... - We will.
- Ahh... It tickles... - Hang in there just a moment.
I said it tickles...
Ohh... At ease.
Aigoo... It is scorching hot.
This sweat... Why is sweat bothering the back of my neck...
May I importune you for a little help?
Are we clear?
A message from Her Eminence?
The State Shaman wants you to hasten and meet her.
The State Sh...
You mean Her Eminence?
Indeed.
She is urgently looking for you?!
Where shall I go?
Don't you know that without asking me?!
Yes, I do.
- Hasten. - Yes.
Look up.
Can you recognize me?
Suhee.
So it was you.
Kang Yuseok's daughter.
Twenty years past,
after forcing demise upon my father and eradicating our cult,
you blessed me with your trivial benevolence.
Was that a mere act of compassion,
or the belated realization that our cult spoke the truth?
Cease all these fruitless endeavors.
Fruitless...
The spirit of Dubak shall now come back to life.
On the fateful day when the skies are most replete with energy,
our cult and my father will be brought back to life.
Stop this vainglorious ravage!
Vainglorious...
Where is our sacred relic?
Give it to me.
Twenty long years I have awaited to avenge my father.
Where is that relic?
I said give it to me, now!
- Your Excellency... - Kim Hyeongdo!
Assistant Heo!
Magistrate Jang!
The choice is yours.
Either you give us that relic, or they shall both be slain.
You malignant little moppet.
- Is that how you repay my benevolence? - I am merely avenging my father.
Nobody should be blamed for what happened,
for we all were incognizant of the truth.
So I should surmise you will not relinquish the sacred relic?!
Assistant Heo!
What do you think you're doing?
You motherless knaves!
Your Excellency, what on earth could that relic possibly be?
Where is it?
Are you telling me it is that important to you?
Stop!
Didn't you hear me?
Go.
Go, and bring them what they want.
It's at the hermitage.
On Mount Bukak.
It is your very last chance.
Should you confess your mendacious fabrications,
the lives of all those people will not have to be sacrificed.
My every might was a heavenly bequest from that immense light,
gracing the sky ten years past.
It is no mendacious fabrication, let alone any treacherous malefaction.
Did you not incite an insurrection by inveigling all those people?
People called me the Man of Lightning.
The Cult of Dubak had nothing to do with this.
The only reason they revered me was because I could heal their wounds,
and bring them back to life.
Why would you fear me?
Are you merely daunted by my presence,
or of what people can do when they stand united?
What most daunts you is what looms in the shadows of the unknown!
Man's every fear is borne out of nescience and disbelief.
Seunim.
That is why I shall hereupon devote my life...
to discover the arcane and unbelievable truths which yet escape us.
It is the only way I will be able to face my fears and atone for what I did to her.
His Excellency's life solely depends upon you.
Every moment you squander will bring them closer to their demise.
Your Eminence, may you tell us.
When will resurrection be upon us?
In the morrow, at the hour of the rat (11pm ~ 1am).
Then, I shall slay Jiseung right as we get our hands on the sacred relic.
No.
Resurrection is always and only possible through the body of one's fatal enemy.
Which is why his body will be used for my father's resurrection.
Behead him at the hour of the rat, and as for the head...
Dispose of it.
I will act as instructed.
Your Excellency!
Hang him.
Here!
Here is what you so fervently asked for!
Set His Excellency free at once!
I see you managed to deal with my men.
Hand us the relic!
I'm afraid you will first have to set him free.
Or else,
this sacred relic of yours will not last long enough to be of any help.
What a heedless varlet.
- Boys, get him! - Yes!
It's a slow weapon. Do not let that intimidate you.
Reloading it will take too long to be effective.
Your Excellency.
We must take the sacred relic away from him. He shan't be allowed to flee!
Father...
At last, your time has come.
Let us go.
- Everyone, stay away! - You must not fall back!
Your Eminence!
Your Eminence.
He still has our relic!
What are you waiting for? Take it away from him!
Back off!
Don't even think about it.
Do not be daunted by demise.
For you shall all be reborn.
I will destroy your relic once and for all!
Stay away!
Are you so eager to perish?
Do you truly believe in rebirth?
Don't!
You must be eager to die.
Then,
I shall grant your wish and pledge your body in sacrifice.
- Kang Suhee -
- Kim Hyeongdo -
Assistant Heo!
I knew you would be here.
Do you believe...
in rebirth?
Did you not witness it yourself?
Couldn't the arcane truth enshrouded in all those records...
be a mere vagary,
illusions created by man's innermost desires and aspirations?
But nary a second of our existence can be devalued as a mere illusion.
For they are most precious moments that providence blesses us with only once.
And that is why it is not illusion,
but that reality I shall live for.
So...
Will you leave?
I...
saw it.
Saw what?
I...
know who you are.
I wonder how one could be so blessed with notions she still clearly recalls,
while at the same time claiming ignorance of her past.
What is the matter?
Are you concealing anything from me?
It is something I wish to know as well.
But what's with the flowers?
From Buok.
I didn't think you'd be capable of that...
And he would never frequent a gibang...
Naeuri!
At first I thought that gaze was what led me here...
If you don't leave now, you shall forever be trapped here.
Can we ever meet again?