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Director Park Mu-ryong’s attitude was cautious.

“If it’s too much, you can honestly refuse.”

He was reasonable in his own way.

Creating a dramatic highlight scene would quell the anxieties of those involved and improve the quality of the work. But at the same time, it wasn’t something that could be forced.

It’s like gambling.

If you win, the situation improves like crazy, but if you fail, you lose everything. As the person in overall charge, he needed to thoroughly prepare for various risks.

However.

“Okay. Let’s do it this way.”

Sua’s answer was resolute and short.

‘No doubt about it. The rating of this piece hangs on this scene. That’s probably why Yeon-ju *unnie* is so worried too.’

There was even one more green light.

‘Even the experience is no problem. The perk is activated.’

[Lies, Lies, Lies.] ▶ Sufficient Implementation Elements ▶ Tier 4

The new script that Park Mu-ryong handed over also had no problem with the experience. As far as Sua was concerned, there was no reason to hesitate.

‘Experience it, master it completely, and do it like crazy.’

Sua steeled her resolve. Sua Sua, fighting!

In the meantime, Park Mu-ryong’s eyes widened. Sua thought he looked like a giant octopus whose eyes had popped out.

“Are you really sure we can go ahead with this?” “Yes.” “You don’t have to agree just because you’re caught up in the atmosphere. You should think about it carefully and refuse if you don’t think it’s right… Yeon-ju even agonized over it for almost four days.” “No. I’ve made up my mind for sure.”

Park Mu-ryong scratched his bald head.

“Well, Sua-ssi isn’t the type to be swayed by the atmosphere. Okay. Then I’m grateful, but we’ll proceed this way. How much time do you need?” “Time?” “Yes. I just gave it to you, so it’ll take time to learn it…”

Sua immediately shook her head.

“No. I think I can do it right away.” “…Right away?”

Director Park Mu-ryong’s expression went blank.

Well, Sua understood his feelings. It was natural to be surprised if she said she didn’t need time to learn the most important climax scene that had just been changed.

Sua thought of a plausible excuse.

“…It’s now roughly similar to the climax I wanted. So I don’t think it’ll be difficult.” “Ah?”

Of course, thanks to that, Director Park was even more shocked.

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After that, the filming set started running in earnest.

The staff moved to their respective positions with puzzled faces. They had heard that there would be changes to the climax scene, but there wasn’t even a short break.

“Didn’t they say they were changing the most important scene? Are we just going back to the original? Why are we filming right away?” “They’re changing it. However, Sua-ssi said she doesn’t need any separate time to adapt to the new script.” “…Huh? Is that even possible?”

The staff’s expressions went blank.

The funny thing was that the face of the person who delivered the news was also just as blank. Even she spat out the information she had received with a hint of doubt.

“She said she had the scene she wanted in her head, and coincidentally, it was similar to the scene that was revised this time. So she can do it without practicing… or something like that?”

An unbelievable story.

Naturally, countless doubts arose.

‘They’re saying that the climax of Special Mobile Unit 808 was created through ad-libs, but honestly, isn’t that an exaggeration? This is going too far…’

‘Hype? Part of image-making?’

‘…Didn’t she just get the script in advance? No, even if she did get the script in advance, is it possible to film right away? I won’t believe it until I see it myself.’

Even as everyone’s doubts tangled like vines, Sua remained calm. She was confident and didn’t even have time to pay attention to their words. Her eyes were fixed only on the perk window.

[Lies, Lies, Lies] ▶ Sufficient Implementation Elements ▶ Tier ■

[Yeoncheon Gyeong Dogam] [1. Kim Seon-il ─ Yeoncheon Gyeong: Reconciliation] [2. ■■■ ─ ■■■■]

The rating of the work flickered like crazy and disappeared, and something still unreadable flickered dimly in the Yeoncheon Gyeong Dogam. The implications are clear.

There is a high probability that it will change.

No, it will definitely change.

And the outcome depended entirely on Sua.

“Hoo.”

So Sua took a short, deep breath. She had to get rid of distracting thoughts. From now on, she had to give it her all.

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Before long, the moon hung in the sky.

The world was dyed in darkness, and the cameras surrounded a place decorated like a *pojangmacha*. The first scene is scheduled to begin with Seo Yeon-ju and Lee Sua sharing a drink.

“Rain! Don’t hold back!”

Immediately after Director Park Mu-ryong shouted into the megaphone, a downpour began near the *pojangmacha*.

Adding heavy rain immediately changed the atmosphere. The *pojangmacha*, getting battered by the raindrops, looked precarious. As if something was about to happen.

“Background complete! Now, supporting actors, take your positions first!” “Yes!”

The supporting actors appeared quickly.

They were all dressed in suits, as they were playing the roles of gang members working under Lim Soo-hee (Lee Sua). Everyone stood at the entrance, holding black umbrellas without moving.

Finally, Director Park Mu-ryong let out a thunderous voice.

“Okay! Everything’s ready! Lead actors, ready and action!”

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A black car stops in front of the *pojangmacha*.

The man in a suit in the driver’s seat gets out first and opens the back door, and then Lim Soo-hee (Sua) appears.

Sua doesn’t hold an umbrella in her hand, but she doesn’t get hit by a single drop of rain. This is because the gang members who were waiting in advance created a path with their umbrellas.

Swish─

Sua walks into the *pojangmacha*, lifting the entrance curtain. She has no scars on her body, but her eyes are deep. She revealed with just her expression that her heart was more worn out than anyone else’s.

Park Si-yeon (Seo Yeon-ju) raises her hand brightly.

“Oh, over here! Soo-hee’s here?”

A brighter smile than ever.

“….”

Sua watched Seo Yeon-ju and sat down.

Seo Yeon-ju’s appearance was radiant.

The appearance of someone who barely survived day by day and studied in poverty was nowhere to be found. Her clothes were obviously gorgeous, and her ears and wrists were adorned with all sorts of jewels.

“I ordered spicy chicken feet and steamed eggs. I ordered as I pleased, but is it okay? I’m paying today. So eat without complaining? Do you understand or not?”

Seo Yeon-ju playfully raised the corners of her lips.

Glug─

Regardless, Sua filled her *soju* glass.

She loosened a few buttons on her shirt as if she felt suffocated, and drank the *soju* by herself without even filling Seo Yeon-ju’s glass. It looked like she had something to say but was suppressing it.

“Haa.”

A deep sigh exhaled with the rising intoxication.

Seo Yeon-ju stared at that sight with wide eyes, then chuckled. She filled her own glass and moved her hand arbitrarily to clink glasses with Sua.

“Aigoo, look at her, not following the etiquette and drinking like an uneducated gangster. Is that okay? If you’re a woman, you should know how to drink demurely like me. Elegantly.”

Seo Yeon-ju deliberately made an exaggerated, demure gesture and emptied her *soju* glass. She tried to joke to lighten the atmosphere. But Sua didn’t smile.

After that, Seo Yeon-ju was the one who mainly opened her mouth.

“Hey, hey, Soo-hee-ya, listen to this. I became a VVVIP at the department store this time? I went to buy clothes and almost died of respiratory distress because it was so funny. What happened was…”

Sua didn’t look Seo Yeon-ju in the eye.

“…That’s what happened! A celebrity came and had a fashion show in front of me! But you know what’s funny? Even when I was just jokingly stern, they kept apologizing? Ah, I almost died trying to hold back my laughter. It was so ridiculous.”

Sua silently emptied her *soju* glass.

One glass.

Two glasses.

Three glasses.

Like that, she kept drinking *soju*.

Clunk.

At some point, Seo Yeon-ju grabbed Sua’s wrist.

“…Hey, are you crazy? What’s wrong?”

Sua tightened her arm.

“Let go.” “It’s okay to drink, but why are you drinking with that kind of expression? I know your job is hard, but is only Lim Soo-hee having a hard time? Why are you being like this in front of me?”

Seo Yeon-ju frowned and continued.

“Am I your clown? Lim Soo-hee, am I your clown?”

“….”

Sua chewed on her lips a few times.

“Yeah. You’re a clown.” “What?” “You’re a clown. Park Si-yeon. You’re a clown.”

As Seo Yeon-ju’s expression was filled with bewilderment, Sua finally spat out the words she had been holding back.

“Park Si-yeon. I heard you slept with that prosecutor.” “….”

“Are you happy now that you’ve become Kang In-hak’s sex toy? You studied so hard, and that’s what it was all for in the end? Are you happy now?”

Sua finally looks Seo Yeon-ju straight in the eye for the first time since entering the *pojangmacha*.

“You’re ugly now. You’re wearing expensive clothes and expensive things, but you’re not pretty at all. You were better off back when you were carrying a bag full of books and studying. This is weird.”

Splash─!

Seo Yeon-ju splashed water on Lee Sua’s face.

“…You crazy bitch!”

Seo Yeon-ju jumped up from her seat and huffed and puffed.

“Are you asking if I’m happy? Yeah. I’m happy now! Why!” “….” “You fucking bitch. You always said you’d let me do whatever I wanted, right? I’m doing it now, aren’t I? Have you ever been a prosecutor who doesn’t have connections and isn’t a man? What do you know to be like this!”

“You.” “How clean are you? You’re beating and killing people every day, so why are you only being like this to me? Is it a sin to want to live a comfortable life? Is it a sin, you fucking bitch!”

Seo Yeon-ju kicked her chair and left the *pojangmacha*. The gang members who were waiting in the back try to punish the disrespect, but Sua raises one hand to stop them.

“….”

Sua just silently stays in her seat.

She empties her *soju* glass once again.

No, later, that wasn’t enough, so she started chewing on the *soju* glass itself. Crunch, crunch, her mouth was covered in blood, and veins stood out on her forehead, but the more that happened, the harder she chewed. She was suppressing her anger with pain.

“Haa….”

She thought, spitting out the shattered glass and blood clots.

It’s true that she wanted Seo Yeon-ju to live doing what she wanted, but something was strange about this. The outside kept getting more glamorous, but it felt like a terrible stench was emanating from it.

…But Sua couldn’t define those things. It was even more impossible to explain them point by point.

Because she was just a gangster, after all.

She couldn’t do anything because all she knew was punching and killing people. It was impossible to explain something to Seo Yeon-ju and guide her.

She felt like she was going crazy from that frustration.

Sua kept drinking *soju* even with her bloody mouth.

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The filming set was silent.

After the *pojangmacha* scene was over, the actors looked at the director, but Park Mu-ryong was just sitting there doing nothing. In fact, he was close to being unable to do anything.

“What….”

He was too busy admiring it.

He stared blankly, holding the megaphone.

‘If Seung-hwan had acted… this kind of scene would never have come out. Rather, because Sua-ssi is a woman, there are subtle emotional lines. Friendship between the same women, advice that only the same women can give…’

It wasn’t just Director Park Mu-ryong.

The same was true for the filming crew holding the camera, as well as the staff guarding things like lighting and sound equipment. Everyone had similar thoughts in their heads.

…There’s no need to be anxious?

The stakeholders who were forming a fence and watching also withdrew their suspicious eyes. The only thing that filled their faces after blinking a few times was anticipation.

However.

Sua was just looking at Seo Yeon-ju.

“….”

And she swallowed hard.

It was because she could see it clearly, at least in Sua’s eyes.

Seo Yeon-ju’s fingertips were faintly trembling. The small movement clearly carried fear. It was as if she was afraid of the scenes that had to be filmed later.