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ung-hoo gets a groggy start to his morning, settling down with more terrible instant food and leftovers (be still, my artery-clogged heart). He casts a suspicious look around before taking a bite, expecting ajumma to cut in—and of course, the instant he does finally take a bite, Min-ja hacks into his system with her trademark cackle. You'll never beat her, Healer-ya!

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She wonders what he's doing up in daylight given that he lives his life nocturnally, and sniffs at the idea that he's going to work at Someday News, the internet paper. She gives him a long lecture outlining all the ways in which it's a bad idea to show himself in public, urging him to stay hidden until the murder case gets

Jung-hoo ignores her as he gets ready for his day, and says that Young-shin is definitely serious bait, and he's taken note of the fish swimming around her. He means Moon-ho, having spotted him twice in Young-shin's orbit, and the question now is whether he's the guy who killed Go Sung-chul and framed him for it, or whether there's someone even bigger backing him. He gives himself three days in which to come up with a lead.

Min-ja barrages him with instructions: Don't let his true personality show, don't cause ripples, just say yes to everything.

Of course, easier said than done, especially when Jung-hoo is given the instruction to write sixty news articles a day. Granted, there's no expectation of quality, and it's mostly a mindless keyword-driven process to create clickbait: Take the list of top ten search terms and write six posts per term ("Just take other articles and reuse their content"), using the most provocative terms possible.

Young-shin pesters her editor relentlessly about publishing her story about Yeon-hee's forced prostitution, asking if he's scared to print such a strong accusation. Jung-hoo sidles into the office fiddling with the copier to eavesdrop, while Editor Jang retorts that if anything the story is too weak. The victim isn't a star, and she didn't even commit suicide.