A disgraced former baseball player implicated in match-fixing. Recruited by a loan shark company, he climbs the criminal ranks driven by ambition for money and power. After falling for a bar owner, he suspects his mentor of her disappearance and engages in a ruthless, winner-takes-all rivalry.
Central figure whose moral decay drives the entire narrative arc.
Romantic bond that humanizes Hwan and later triggers his downfall.
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