Series: FIRST MAN
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 21 — On the Eve of the Wedding
So it was. Mika and Jeong-guk were an engaged couple who had set their wedding date for May 14, 2034. Mika, a social-affairs reporter, was a frequent visitor at police stations, and she had known Jang Jeong-guk, Chief of the Intelligent Crimes Unit, since his days as a junior detective. Jang Jeong-guk had been drawn…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 22 — Butterfly
Mika tried, as if to fight back, to pull up a memory. The ramyeon Jeong-guk had cooked. The brief words they had exchanged on the way to work. What was that joke he had made — what did Jeong-guk’s face… look like… The memory was hazy. As if it had been processed with a Gaussian…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 23 — The Frankenstein
The camera drone projected into mid-air another video that Pluto was transmitting. It was a view of the secret laboratory located in the basement of Dr. Jang Jin-gyu’s grand mansion. The blood-soaked police robot Pluto stood guard before the massive laboratory door. On the experimental tables lay the bodies of Investigation Team Leader Jang Jeong-guk…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 24 — HOMO DEUS
Pluto’s red eyes, which had been tracking steadily, went still — brightening and dimming in a slow, rhythmic blink. It seemed as though his life was running out. “That’s right. That’s exactly it. But you are not the culprit. Because it was not your free will — it was a hidden command buried inside you…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 25 — The New Body
Leo’s Blackcar Y pulled out of Tera Motors Factory No. 2 and merged onto the Skyway, headed for Seongbuk-dong. Six minutes to Dr. Jang’s grand mansion. But the moment the Blackcar Y appeared on the road, police drones immediately began their pursuit. Whirrr— whirrrr— Twelve patrol-type pursuit drones. Their rear LIDAR immediately identified the Blackcar…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 26 — Three Decoys
Mika, as if disbelieving, examined her own hands, her own legs, her own body — then, startled, hurriedly covered her chest with both hands. “Aah! What is this?! Give me something to put on!” Dr. Jang turned his head away with a disinterested air, as if such things were beneath his concern. From Mika’s perspective,…