“The criminal named Hyeon, come receive your fate.”
A chilling rumor spreads through a village: those caught by the magistrate never return on their own two feet. Whispers say the magistrate takes pleasure in men…
Hyeon, a thief, ends up in the magistrate’s grasp. But contrary to expectations, he not only survives, he is offered an unexpected proposal: to become the magistrate’s “hand” in punishing the corrupt nobles.