Chapter 109
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 109
[....?
What did I just see?]
[this is canon now
yep understood]
[Daepasung: Shove the apocalypse down their throats
Noeul: Yes sir yes sir shoving it in right now]
The reaction to the music video teaser was explosive. It was a completely different genre from Ocean Train, yet it felt like a continuation of the story from Second Chance, only further progressed.
There was no need for anyone to worry about whether the teaser was "bait." Ever since the series of works starting from Second Chance and leading into Ocean Train, the fans already had a certain level of trust in Daepasung’s conceptual planning.
[daepasung you f*cking cultured perverts
└ You seem to really like it
└└ I love it so much......]
[guys guys is ji-won really wearing a holster on his thigh? holy sht holy sht holy f*ck it’s so hot in here is this a sauna or is it snowing outside
└ Giving the rebel position to a guy who looks that pure-hearted in the first place... they’re really... really... grit-your-teeth-and-do-it committed]
[Doesn't Kang Yi-chae look kind of rich for some reason?]
[Shoving flags and revolution in an otaku's face?
The only option is to start crying immediately]
While the Noeuls were shedding tears, Lee Ji-hyeon was slamming her keyboard while chugging energy drinks one after another. Naturally, she was muttering curses like a Buddhist chant as a default setting. She looked exactly like a certain PD living somewhere when he was in the middle of editing.
[But why is Ho-yun...?
Why is he tied to a chair? Why is he hurt?
No, I’m not telling you to stop
I’m smiling because I like it]
[The stimulation is too strong]
[Oh, and why are Kim Seong-hyeon and Seong Ji-won...? If this is a sequel, weren't they caught by Seo Ho-yun in Second Chance? And why is Jeong Da-jun...? Why is he going around destroying buildings?
└ Da-jun destroying everything feels like historical accuracy
└└ Ah f*ck lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
While everyone was fangirling, someone posted a theory along with a screencap.
[If you look closely at the documents in Seo Ho-yun’s teaser
They’re all stamped with some kind of government seal...
It says Capital Punishment
└ What’s that?
└└ Death penalty.
└└ WHAT???????]
[...Seo Ho-gyong*
Didn't he get caught because he started a rebellion from within the government forces?
└ ??????????]
(TN: A play on Ho-yun's name, likely a typo or nickname used by fans.)
While the Noeuls were using their peak concentration to lick the teaser clean frame by frame, the highlight medley was released. The vocals were intense and incredibly addictive.
[I can't lose this game
Let’s see this through until it all burns down
The moment the light leaks in, it begins
You can't leave this scheme
Digging into the dawn as it breaks
Walking toward the end without hesitation]
It was expected that Kang Yi-chae’s name would be first in the composition and lyric credits, but it was a fresh shock to the fans nonetheless.
[Wait, the highlight medley is so good]
[Is the beat insane?????????? Did they pour money into this?????]
[Kang Yi-chae, get over here
So I can give you a big fat kiss]
It was pop-rock, but the sound was so rich and dramatic that it felt like a soundtrack that would play at the climax of a blockbuster movie.
[Ah f*ck, let’s not get our hopes up this time
Let’s not get our hopes up
I’ll like whatever comes out
Ah sh*t, I’m so excited
└ Just pick one]
[Guys...... thank you for not forgetting the apocalypse concept..... thank you so much for wearing military uniforms and techwear again... this fragile otaku is crying right now...]
Under the weight of everyone's expectations, the music video for Kill the Lights was finally unveiled.
A chorus of voices drifted out from a screen so white it was blinding.
[Kill The Lights
Kill The Lights
Kill The Lights….]
Laughter was mixed in between the voices. It sounded like they were mocking someone. Simultaneously, the sound of a heart monitor layered over it.
[Hoo- Ha- Hoo- Ha-]
And then, a chorus that strangely resembled the sound of breathing wedged itself into the gaps.
[…….]
Inside a private hospital room where the winter sunlight streamed in, Seo Ho-yun stood with his hair slicked back neatly, dressed in a military uniform.
Leaning crookedly by the window, he looked down silently at the patient lying with their back to the sunlight.
The camera zoomed in on a wrinkled, elderly hand. Seo Ho-yun slowly took a step and walked toward the bed. He reached out, stroked the back of the patient's hand, then lifted it and roughly yanked out the wires of the complex medical equipment.
—Beep───
The vital signs, which had been heard at regular intervals, gradually slowed down before finally letting out a long beeeeeep and stopping.
Thud, thud, thud!
The sound of heavy military boots running urgently from afar could be heard. However, Seo Ho-yun turned toward the window with composed movements, sat on the edge of the bed, and raised his hand to block the winter sun, which was unusually bright for the season.
At that moment, he was suddenly yanked to the side, suppressed, and thrown to the floor. The song began.
[Okay, Here we go.]
Kang Yi-chae, who was sitting in a train carriage even more luxurious than the one in Ocean Train, tapped on the window, let out a deep sigh, and stepped out.
[I see the timing,
We took a breath for a moment
Now it’s time to go again]
The song, which unusually started with a rap, was accompanied by a grand and intense beat. Every time Kang Yi-chae walked down the train corridor, the people around him stepped back in unison with disciplined movements, clearing the path and saluting.
[The dawn is coming, understood?]
The lyrics, delivered in a coercive tone as if addressing subordinates, matched Kang Yi-chae’s sharp, rebellious face incredibly well.
The screen changed, and a long shot showed Seong Ji-won walking through the snow, catching his breath.
He moved desperately, pushing through his surroundings as if searching for something.
[I still recall,
You in the dim light]
The pale-faced Seong Ji-won tried to force his blurring eyes open, constantly fumbling to check if the gun on his thigh was still there.
[When everyone aimed at you
You just laughed, remember?]
As Seong Ji-won’s clear, pure high notes soared cleanly,
Shoooooo!
The pitch that had climbed high plummeted down in an instant.
[Kill the Lights]
The dance part for Kim Seong-hyeon, armed in techwear and wearing body chains, began.
[Ooh Yes
We can definitely kill this light
Flip everything and change the game]
Kim Seong-hyeon picked up a walkie-talkie and strode through an abandoned building, his lips moving as if whispering. Then, the platinum-blonde Jeong Da-jun was shown lying in a mountain range covered in white snow. He stood up falteringly, his face smeared with black ash, contrasting against the blindingly white background.
[I can't lose this game
Let’s see this through until it all burns down
The moment the light leaks in]
And finally, Seo Ho-yun, who had appeared in the teaser locked in a secret room full of documents, appeared with a sneer on his face.
[You can't leave this scheme
Digging into the dawn as it breaks
Walking toward the end without hesitation]
An interlude played as Seo Ho-yun was dragged away by several men who suddenly burst in and was loaded into a transport vehicle.
In the part leading to the climax, Kim Seong-hyeon sat in the abandoned building with trembling fingertips, urgently connecting the wires of a bomb.
[My trembling fingertips turn blue
Calculate how much you know]
In the middle of the snowy field, Seong Ji-won swept back his bangs, which kept falling over his eyes. His hot breath met the cold air, creating plumes of white mist.
[I know this is a game rigged against me
But I have to go until the end]
On the other hand, Seo Ho-yun was seen leaning his head against the window of the transport vehicle as it rattled roughly down the road, bathed in the dim moonlight.
[Because just as it once was for you
This is my only chance]
As Seo Ho-yun closed his eyes as if exhausted, a pure white space appeared. Jeong Da-jun stood in the center of it.
[Take my hand, you know by now
Because the dawn is approaching…]
And at that moment, the beat dropped sharply.
[And now, it turns to….
The Dawn!]
Immediately, the transport vehicle shook, and the sound of an explosion erupted.
—K-BOOM!
From a sports car that had slammed into the side of the transport vehicle, the red-haired Kang Yi-chae stepped out leisurely with his long legs. He then pulled open the door of the transport. When Seo Ho-yun frowned irritably from inside, Kang Yi-chae gave an awkward smile.
The chorus returned, and rich harmonies began.
[I can't lose this game
Let’s see this through until it all burns down
The moment the light leaks in, it begins]
Whether he was cold or simply afraid, Seong Ji-won continued to walk forward, his body trembling as he kept blinking his eyes.
On another screen, Kim Seong-hyeon, who had taken a position on the exterior wall of a building and was scouting through a broken window, seemed to hesitate for a moment after receiving a radio transmission before finally pressing a remote control. Simultaneously—
K-BOOM!
[You can't leave this scheme
Digging into the dawn as it breaks
Walking toward the end without hesitation]
Along with the sound of the explosion, the ornately decorated banners shook.
Seo Ho-yun and Kang Yi-chae strode across a carpet as red as blood. Frames were lined up along a long corridor where black mannequins in military uniforms lay fallen.
[And I say it again…
Kill the Lights!]
The King of Spades, the King of Hearts… giant trump cards arranged like masterpieces were torn, with phrases roughly scrawled over them in red paint.
<BETRAYER - INSTANT KILL NEEDED!>
<INHERITOR - CAUTION NEEDED!>
[We can't lose this game
I’ve already bet everything]
Seo Ho-yun took off one glove and walked, slowly tracing the frames with his finger.
Kang Yi-chae, who had gone ahead, reached the throne at the end of the corridor first. Looking at the mannequin draped over the chair in a pathetic state… he let out a smirk.
[Flip everything and change the game
Kill this Light]
The faces of Kim Seong-hyeon, wiping his face with his hands, and Seong Ji-won, walking with firm resolve, were cross-edited. And finally, as if he had found someone, Seong Ji-won grit his teeth.
…Soon, he pulled out the gun strapped to his thigh and aimed the muzzle.
[We can't leave this Scheme]
When Kang Yi-chae gave the mannequin a light kick, it fell miserably to the floor. Seo Ho-yun walked over as if it were only natural and sat on that throne.
Behind Seo Ho-yun and Kang Yi-chae, the final remaining masterpiece was illuminated. It was the most disastrous and filthy painting of them all.
[Ah, you’re at the end of it]
Kim Seong-hyeon stood up and picked up a fallen flag from the rooftop. The moment he thrust his arm high to raise the flag, the fluttering banner overlapped with that painting.
The Joker from the trump cards.
The card representing Jeong Da-jun.
Across that painting, a large and ominous red message was scrawled.
<RAVAGER>
A word meaning one who destroys.
In the place where white snow fell, the gun Seong Ji-won aimed with trembling lips… was pointed at the forehead of Jeong Da-jun, who stood in the snowy mountains, staring blankly at the horizon. The moment Jeong Da-jun, covered in spots of pitch-black filth, parted his lips—
[Let’s see this through to the end—]
—BANG!
The sound of a gunshot rang out as the music video screen was dyed black, and someone’s singing voice, laced with a hint of a smile, drifted through.
[Kill the Lights.]
And so, the 5-minute and 21-second video—somewhat long for a music video—came to an end.
[Ho......................ly sh*t]
At that moment, the online buzz for The Dawn exploded.