The Weak and the Strong

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**The Weak and the Strong** introduces the Militia as it opposes fearsome gangster Matchmaker and his organization.

## Synopsis

> *The ugly truth lies deep within the underbelly of the city. The truth that not all Counters are saviors... nor that those who made the ultimate sacrifice carried their sins alongside their rifles.*
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## Appearances

* The Militia
	+ Lee Yuri
	+ Kang Minwoo
	+ Choi Jihoon
* Dark Council
	+ Matchmaker
	+ Dohyun
	+ Red Dog
	+ Swing
* SWAT 4
	+ Lee Yumi
	+ Kang Soyoung
* Horizon Finance (Mentioned only)
* Other
	+ Suppressor (as placeholder for rebellion member)
	+ Shieldman (as placeholder for rebellion member)

## Plot

### Act 1

The story begins with a flashforward showing Kang Minwoo driving away from danger with Lee Yuri in the passenger seat. Yuri asks about what happened to Choi Jihoon and the Counter who's after them. Minwoo says Jihoon is likely dead but the Counter probably survived. As Minwoo notes how curious it is that Yuri managed to survive as a member of the Militia thus far, the vehicle is struck by an unseen force and crashes. Yuri finds Minwoo unconscious as someone approaches the scene and taunts her.

In a flashback taking place years earlier, Yuri told her sister Yumi to hide before she encountered a man outside their house. The man asked Yuri "Do I scare you?", and Yuri replied that he does not and vowed to protect her family.

Now in the present, Jihoon visits Yuri at their hideout with some cereal and milk for breakfastb while Minwoo follows behind him with information on their next gig. Minwoo briefs that Jangmin and Hoyeon — a couple that was recently killed during a mission — left behind a new lead on an unfinished case before their deaths. The Militia is to hunt down the Crossbow Killer, real name Dohyun, a Counter serial killer who kidnaps and hunts people down like game.

The Militia tracks down Dohyun at a night club, where the Counter is violently harassing a male staff member. Dohyun attempts to escape but is cut off and incapacitated by Yuri and Minwoo while his sniper guard is eliminated by Jihoon. Before Yuri can execute Dohyun, Minwoo finds a blue heart tattoo on their target's arm, indicating that he is associated with a criminal organization known as the Matchmakers. Minwoo, an ex-policeman who's been searching for the eponymous Matchmaker ever since a hostage situation involving the two of them ended in disaster, decides to take Dohyun prisoner for interrogation instead.

Back in the hideout, Minwoo paralyzes Dohyun with a neurotoxin and begins questioning him. However, Dohyun recalls being in the same hostage situation as Minwoo and mocks him for his inability to defeat Matchmaker, prompting Minwoo to execute him before he could give any useful information. Choi criticizes his captain for letting his emotions get the better of him, but Minwoo says it won't matter since the Matchmakers will likely come to them after taking one of their members. Sure enough, Dohyun's phone rings, and the caller on the other end ominously tells Minwoo that he and his men will come to their location soon. A group of armed men subsequently barges in and attacks the Militia.

Minwoo holds off the assault on his own while Yuri and Jihoon escape out the back. Yuri worries Minwoo will get killed and wants to go back and help him, but Jihoon tells her to stay put and assures her that Minwoo will be fine. Jihoon then asks if Yuri is still onboard with the Militia despite all its troubles, and Yuri firmly states she is as she believes criminal Counters must be stopped no matter what. The two go to the gunsmith to prepare for their counterattack.

In a prison, a corrupt enforcer meets with the Matchmaker in his cell and informs him that Dohyun is dead. The Matchmaker is not too concerned with Dohyun's death but accidentally kills the enforcer in a fit of rage when he acts offhandedly. The Matchmaker tells his deputy, Red Dog, to round up his men so they can hunt down Dohyun's killers before leaving the prison.

### Act 2

The Militia meets up at Gunsmith's store. While Yuri and Jihoon browse wares, Minwoo has Gunsmith start work on extracting data from Dohyun's phone. But as the group gets ready to leave, they are ambushed by Red Dog and his men. Jihoon stays behind withe Gunsmith to hold off Red Dog's forces while Yuri and Minwoo get away. Swing, another executive member of the Matchmakers, arrives and shoots the Gunsmith dead before engaging Jihoon.

Yuri and Minwoo lead Red Dog into a construction site, and Yuri makes him fall by destroying the structure beneath him while Minwoo runs him over with a cargo truck. They later return to the store and find the place completely empty of bodies. However, Jihoon appears behind them relatively unscathed but covered in blood and shows Minwoo the decrypted phone, revealing that the Matchmaker is currently assembling his men at his villa.

### Act 3

Yuri and Minwoo speed towards the Matchmaker's villa with the cargo truck while Jihoon separates to look for a good sniping position. Yuri crashes the truck right into the villa's lobby. However, they find the place dark and almost empty and Minwoo realizes they fell into a trap. The lights turn on and the Matchmaker introduces himself before Jihoon appears as well and announces he's defecting; Jihoon reveals he is joining the Matchmakers in order to live a better life and earn enough money to pay for his younger sister's hospital bills. Minwoo deduces that Matchmaker must have bought off Jihoon after they left him to fight Red Dog's group.

The Matchmaker sees Yuri despairing and asks "Do I scare you?", making Yuri suddenly remember the man she met near the fire that killed her parents. Minwoo suggests fleeing but Yuri, now believing the Matchmaker to be responsible for the fire, resolves to stay and try to kill the Matchmaker. The Matchmaker incapacitates them both, however, and orders Jihoon to prove his loyalty by executing them. However, Jihoon uncovers the hidden bombs strapped to his body and prepares to sacrifice himself to take down the Matchmaker instead. As the Matchmaker panics, Jihoon reveals that his sister is already dead, having been taken hostage and killed by the Matchmaker, before detonating the bombs while Yuri and Minwoo escape. A flashback shows that Jihoon had earlier informed Minwoo of his fake defection plan— Jihoon was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and planned to martyr himself rather than die naturally and humbly. He also told Minwoo that his sister didn't blame the police for the failed rescue and wanted to make sure Minwoo doesn't feel guilty over it.

The story shifts back to the scene in the beginning, where Minwoo and Yuri attempt to escape. They don't get far from the villa before the matchmaker catches up to them and totals their vehicle. The Matchmaker then tries to attack Yuri, but Yuri manages to block his punch, having reawakened her full Counter powers. After taking him down in a fight, Yuri then asks the Matchmaker why he set her home on fire and killed her parents. Confused, the Matchmaker denies any culpability but soon remembers the incident and claims he was merely a bystander— instead, he implicates Yuri herself, mockingly pointing out her pyrokinetic Counter powers and insinuating that the fire was accidentally started by her. Enraged, Yuri incinerates him to death but quickly falls into grief upon realizing he was most likely right. She attempts suicide by is stopped by Minwoo, who argues there's not enough evidence that Yuri actually caused the fire killed her own parents.

The next morning, Kang Soyoung and Lee Yumi are investigating the scene of the Matchmaker's death. Soyoung is at a loss on how to proceed with the investigation due to the condition of the cadaver and accompany car, but Yumi plainly says he got what the Matchmaker got what he deserved and even questions if they should bother looking for his killer. Nonetheless, Yumi speculates that the perpetrator is a Counter considering the lack of forensic evidence at the scene as well as the victim's status as a high-grade Counter.

The story ends with Lee Yuri informing a client about the completion of a job while overlooking the skyline of Ground One.

## Stages

* Act 1
* Act 2
* Act 3
* Hard

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## Gallery

Lee Yuri and Kang Minwoo make their escape.Yuri lights incense for two deceased Militia members.The Matchmaker approaches Yuri.Yuri reawakens her Counter powers.Yuri questions the Matchmaker.