KAKKI

[Translated by Lilith Scanlations] It has been one week since Public Health Officer Choi Junsu arrived at Songhwa Prison when a mysterious sinkhole appears, throwing the country into chaos. Now, he’s trapped in a hellhole with people worse than demons. “I have to get out of here!” Grabbing his keycard—his only chance at escape—he makes his move. But before he can flee, the notorious criminal brothers, Lee Taehyung and Lee Taemu, appear after slaughtering the guards. “You better crawl like a whore and act like a dog when I say so.” “Here, your reward. Lick it clean.” Junsu’s plan to escape takes an unexpected turn for the worse...

During the period of Japanese colonial rule, a young Korean boy, Yonghyun, is invited every summer to a royal residence in the mountains behind his village. The residence of one Count Tachibana. The peculiar Tachibana Sho is a complete mystery, as it seems he’s never left his mansion, not even once. But over the summers, Tachibana Sho and Yonghyun have made a strange but solid bond with each other. Now Yonghyun is devising a plan to help Sho escape his mansion but it won't be easy. Adults with their meddlesome ulterior motives and the giant mansion itself all present challenges to their idea. How will the two boys break free and what will they learn about each other...?

During the period of Japanese colonial rule, a young Korean boy, Yonghyun, is invited every summer to a royal residence in the mountains behind his village. The residence of one Count Tachibana. The peculiar Tachibana Sho is a complete mystery, as it seems he’s never left his mansion, not even once. But over the summers, Tachibana Sho and Yonghyun have made a strange but solid bond with each other. Now Yonghyun is devising a plan to help Sho escape his mansion but it won't be easy. Adults with their meddlesome ulterior motives and the giant mansion itself all present challenges to their idea. How will the two boys break free and what will they learn about each other...?

Junsu, a public health doctor serving his mandatory term at Songhwa Prison, thought his assignment would be dull, routine checkups, a few minor injuries, nothing more. But on his seventh day, the world literally collapses. A mysterious nationwide sinkhole disaster swallows cities whole, cutting the prison off from the outside world. Now trapped inside a fortress filled with men more terrifying than demons, Junsu has only one thought: “<i>I have to get out of here.</i>” Clutching a stolen keycard, his only ticket to freedom, he makes a break for it. But before he can escape, he runs into the infamous Lee brothers, Tae-hyeong and Tae-mu, cold-blooded criminals whose names alone strike fear even among inmates. “<i>What a feast. Lick it clean.</i>” With monsters above and monsters within, Junsu’s fight for survival turns into a chilling game of instinct, trust, and the brutal will to live.