Agent J7

Chapter 3A

Joong Ki’s eyes open wide in recognition as a screaming Anna is dragged back into her room. Turning back to Yoona, he remarks, “So there was someone else besides me who wanted you dead.”

He whips Yoona around when more bodyguards armed with guns rush in, and he orders them to ready a car. The gun still pointed at her temple, Yoona tells them to do as he says.

At Yoona’s threats that he won’t make it out alive, he reminds her that her life is currently at stake. He’ll take care of himself  and that she’s in no position to be making demands.

Joong Ki plucks a phone out of a potted plant and explains that he’s just sent an email containing a video that recorded their entire encounter here. It’s scheduled to send to the press, prosecutors, and the Blue House in 24 hours’ time, so she better leave him and the people he cares about alone.

He’s the only one in control of the fate of this email, so she’s better off praying that he remains alive every day. He tosses the phone into the microwave where it bursts, and coolly orders Secretary Kim to ensure his safe passage out of the grounds.

Min Ho prevents Chief Joo from heading back home when they get the call about Yoona's hostage situation. Chief Joo is his bodyguard and heading back there would put him in danger. To that, Chief Joo explains that he’s keeping his promise to protect Anna, and she’s at the house.

The traffic cops are still there when Joong Ki ushers Yoona outside and into the driver’s seat. He climbs into the backseat and the car takes off, at which point Secretary Kim and the other bodyguards immediately follow.

In the car, Yoona admits that she underestimated him, though Joong Ki retorts that he had no interest in her husband’s extramarital affair. She says to name his price for the email because everything in this world can be bought off with money.

He humors her, saying that the email is as valuable as his life because handing over that email would mean his death sentence. Since she still wants a price, he gives it to her: If her husband was offered to either save that email for his own political pursuits or her life, which would he choose?

When Yoona says nothing, Joong Ki  wonders if that means her life is worth less than that email. But they’ve got a motorcyclist tailing them.

Back at home, Anna escapes back into the room upon her father’s arrival. She does, however, crack the door open to sneak a peek of him, only to close it when he looks in her direction. She places an ear to the door as Min Ho is asked if he’d like to see his daughter. He draws out a long breath before replying no, an answer that breaks her heart.

The motorcyclist and his passenger catch up to the car when it enters a tunnel. What’s scarier is that they have external control of the car, forcing it to speed up. Stepping on the brake does nothing, and Joong Ki surmises that there’s another party out for Yoona’s life.

The motorcycle keeps up while the car zooms down the highway. Joong Ki is about to shoot through the window when it won’t budge, only to forsake that idea when he’s told it’s bulletproof.

Yoona starts losing control of the speeding car and makes a sharp left to avoid passing traffic. Joong Ki climbs into the driver’s seat to take over, while all of these updates are relayed to Secretary Kim and Chief Joo in their respective cars.

Joong Ki identifies an upcoming curve in the road, which he believes is a perfect place to fake an accident. He attempts to swerve the car into the motorcycle, only to crash into nearby cars. Yoona gasps when he steps on the gas, but he says they need to escape the remote control’s radius.

He puts the pedal to the metal, driving the car through oncoming traffic to try and lose their pursuer. But still the motorcycle keeps close and Joong Ki instructs Yoona to keep pressing on the button to the power windows.