He submitted the thesis at 8 a.m., attached a low-quality screenshot of Balam ’s final shot, and waited for the F.

The man’s name, he pieced together, was Hyun. He was a debt collector for a loan shark, but he had a rule: he never hurt anyone who couldn’t fight back. The villains—a rival gang trafficking children through Incheon’s port—broke that rule every day. The plot was simple. The violence was not.

“Where can I find this film?” the professor asked.

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