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Baksa Adeul/Jung Shi-hyun has spent the last eight years rising through the ranks of the drug trade between Seoul UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} and Busan.UsefulNotes/{{Busan}}. Detective Ji Hyung-min is the head of a police Special Investigation Team tasked with finding and destroying the the lines of manufacturing and distribution. These two will go head to head as the ethics of those on both the 'good' side and the 'bad' side come into question.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Subverted. You never see Namsam Tower in any of the episodes, but the Eiffel Tower shows up in several.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Subverted. You never see Namsam Tower flashes in any of the episodes, but background as the Eiffel Tower shows up in several.two young gangsters decide to wage war on the established drug cartel.
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Baksa Adeul/Jung Shi-hyun was recruited has spent the last eight years earlier as an undercover agent code named "Baksa Adeul" or Doctor's Son, to infiltrate rising through the ranks of the drug trade between Seoul and Busan. As Detective Ji Hyung-min is the head of a police Special Investigation Team tasked with finding and destroying the the lines of manufacturing and distribution become clear, distribution. These two will go head to head as the ethics of those on both the 'good' side and the 'bad' side come into question.
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Shi-hyun was recruited eight years earlier as an undercover agent code named "Baksa Adeul" or Doctor's Son, to infiltrate the drug trade between Seoul and Busan. As the lines of manufacturing and distribution become clear, the ethics of those on both the 'good' side and the 'bad' side come into questions.question.
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* SayMyName: Soon-min does this to show her growing attachment to Shi-hyun, moving from "Mister" to "Boyfriend".
** "Ahjusshi, Gangster Ahjusshi, Jung Shi-hyun, Shi-hyun-a, Shi-hyun oppa".
* SniperRifle: Used in several instances for remote assasination. [[spoiler: But also used as a MacGuffin when looking for the killer of Kyung-mi.]]
** "Ahjusshi, Gangster Ahjusshi, Jung Shi-hyun, Shi-hyun-a, Shi-hyun oppa".
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Shi-hyun was recruited eight years earlier as an undercover agent in code named "Baksa Adeul" or Doctor's Son, to infiltrate the drug trade between Seoul and Busan. As the lines of manufacturing and distribution become clear, the ethics of those on both the 'good' side and the 'bad' side come into questions.
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* IGotYouCovered: Used by various characters to get various other characters out of trouble.
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''Heartless City'' (무정도시, ''Cruel City'') is a 20 episode KoreanDrama which aired on the cable network jTBC in 2013.
''Heartless City'' (무정도시, ''Cruel City'') is a 20 episode KoreanDrama which aired on the cable network jTBC in 2013.
