SnowDrop

7

Chang-su and Tae-il, listening in, learn that Soo-ho knows Yeong-ro's identity and also discover that she hid him in the dorm. She sneaks to the furthest stall as Comrade Joo stands guard outside and unstraps a radio – the thing she had been taping up in her office – from around her thigh. The radio squeals as she turns it on, and she's forced to return it to its place under her dress when Comrade Joo comes in to investigate. Chung-ya shows her true allegiances when Soo-ho returns to Comrade Lee's side behind the partition.

Chang-su and Tae-il join him at the vantage point from which Yeong-ro is visible in the window. Soo-ho pays Gang-mu a visit mostly so that Chang-su can hear him warn that the dorm is rigged with C4 explosives from the mechanical room to the third floor. Han-na embraces him, exaggerating the gesture to whisper the plan in his ear and let him know about the gun in Chung-ya's kit. Soo-ryeon is needling Ji-rok in his office when Chang-su's call comes through.

Soo-ho has just walked in with Yeong-ro's radio, satisfied that he's deafened the ANSP agents. Comrade Joo drags Chung-ya, face covered in blood, before him. Soo-ho tries to talk Comrade Joo down while Gang-mu uses the distraction to pocket Chung-ya's scalpel. Soo-ho's attempts fail and Comrade Joo flings Yeong-ro away from the window.

He replaces Yeong-ro with Chung-ya and points his gun at her in clear view of the snipers outside the campus. The snipers report the situation back to base and Tae-il, distraught, has Chief Ahn locate Chung-ya. Joining the snipers, he tries to get them to kill Comrade Joo but Chung-ya is in the way. Han-na turns the radio off as Soo-ho tries to wrestle the gun from Comrade Joo's grip.

The gun that Chung-ya snuck in falls to the ground in the struggle and gets kicked right to Yeong-ro's feet. She picks it up and aims it at Comrade Joo, who then pulls Chung-ya to himself like a shield. Soo-ho tries to talk Yeong-ro into dropping the gun and Gang-mu tries to convince the spies not to let things spiral while they have the advantage. Comrade Joo finally lowers his gun and an ANSP sniper takes a shot... completely missing everyone and making things worse.

Soo-ho knocks the gun out of Yeong-ro's hand and pushes her to the floor, shielding her with his own body. Soo-ho snatches the note back from Yeong-ro, scrunching it in his fist before Comrade Joo.