Narak 12

Captured during an infiltration mission inside the imperial palace, Shin Yigyeom comes face to face with a man in the interrogation room — Wi Saheon, the head of the empire's intelligence agency, and an imperial prince. The very man he had set out to kill.

And yet, for reasons unknown, Wi Saheon lets Shin Yigyeom live.

One who seeks to bring the imperial house to ruin. One who is sworn to protect it.

Bound by a fate that can only end when one kills the other, the two men are ultimately brought to face the cruelest of choices.

"Are you aware of what Hwain does?"

Wi Saheon said nothing, his gaze fixed on those eyes — a clear, blue-tinged gaze with hostility carefully concealed beneath the surface.

"…I am."

Shin Yigyeom answered with composure, meeting Wi Saheon's stare head-on.

The faint smile that carried the barest trace of animosity and contempt struck Wi Saheon, paradoxically, as something provocative.

"A tool. Something to be played with and then discarded at will. Do you know that as well?"

"I do."

"Then let's begin."