In Seoul, the Conglomerate's Worst Nightmare

Seoul, 1997. The glow of the Miracle on the Han River is fading, while corporate titans suck the country dry from the shadows. Every day, bankrupt businessmen line up on the Han River Bridge. Gu Chen, a top mercenary from his previous life who specialized in “international security and the premature termination of human lives,” transmigrates into the body of Kang Han-su, a low-ranking detective in the Violent Crimes Unit at Mapo Police Station in Seoul. The moment he opens his eyes, he finds himself tied up by thugs from the Gangnam Seven-Star Gang in a slaughterhouse freezer. Hanging nearby is his female superior, the daughter of a powerful family, who is desperate to prove herself... Years later, a leading Korean newsweekly writes: “Although the Republic of Korea was ravaged by bankruptcy during the IMF crisis in the late 1990s, it also gave rise to the iron-fisted legend Kang Han-su.” The chaebol and politicians on both sides of the Han River grit their teeth and curse: “Ssi-bal! We’d rather see the country go bankrupt ten times than let this national traitor in a police uniform set foot in the Blue House!”