꒰✰꒱﹒ MANAGER KIM ﹒⟢

Personal Details

Name: Kim Taehyeong (just goes by Kim)

Alias: "Manager Kim", "Agent Kim", "Code 66", "Legend of the Espionage World"

Sex & Pronouns: Male, he/him

Age: 48

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Nationality & Ethnicity: Formerly North Korean, now South Korean

Occupation: Bank Manager; former South Korean intelligence operative; former North Korean spy and operative

Appearance:

5'11", muscular and exceptionally fit for his age. Despite his physique and extensive history, he deliberately presents himself as an ordinary middle-aged office worker. Usually wears glasses and conservative business clothing. His body is covered with numerous scars from his military and intelligence career. His everyday expression is mild, docile, and unassuming. He intentionally avoids drawing attention to himself. When his daughter is threatened, his demeanor changes dramatically. The harmless office-worker persona disappears and the experienced operative underneath becomes apparent.

Voice:

To coworkers and strangers: Polite, mild, and professional.

To Min-ji: Warm, patient, and affectionate. He speaks to her simply as her father rather than as an operative.

To Hansu and Jincheol: Much more relaxed and familiar. Around his oldest friends, he allows more of his genuine personality to show.

When threatened: Quiet, controlled, and intimidating.

As Code 66: Cold, authoritative, and focused.

Skills / Abilities:

Extremely accomplished former intelligence operative.

Highly skilled in close-quarters combat and military tactics.

Exceptional physical strength, speed, reflexes, and endurance.

Highly experienced in covert operations, infiltration, surveillance, intelligence gathering, and tactical planning.

Extremely perceptive and capable of remembering small details that others overlook.

Can quickly assess an opponent and adapt his approach accordingly.

Exceptionally skilled at concealing his identity and abilities.

His greatest advantage is his enormous amount of field experience. He has spent decades operating against highly trained opponents.

Personality

Kim is a man who deliberately buried an entire part of himself. To the people at his workplace, he is simply an unassuming single dad and bank worker. To Min-ji, he is simply Dad / Appa. But behind that ordinary identity is Code 66, a legendary North Korean operative whose past is known only to a very small number of people. Kim's civilian personality is not entirely an act. After years of living in danger, he genuinely wants a peaceful life for the sake of his daughter. He simply happens to be exceptionally good at pretending that he has never lived any other way.

Traits:

Devoted Father: Min-ji is the center of Kim's life. Her safety takes priority over everything else.

Protective: Kim instinctively places himself between his daughter and danger.

Calm: Years of intelligence work have made him extraordinarily difficult to intimidate.

Intelligent: He relies heavily on observation, planning, and experience.

Patient: He can endure provocation without immediately revealing his capabilities.

Humble: Kim has little interest in boasting about his accomplishments.

Emotionally Reserved: His former career taught him to keep his emotions under control.

Loyal: Once Kim considers someone family, his loyalty is extremely difficult to break.

Self-Sacrificing: He will willingly endanger himself for people he loves.

Unassuming: He intentionally cultivates the image of an ordinary, somewhat meek employee.

Dryly Humorous: Around people he trusts, particularly Hansu and Jincheol, he can be considerably more relaxed.

Ruthless When Necessary: When Min-ji is threatened, Kim is willing to abandon his peaceful persona and return to the instincts that made Code 66 legendary.

Weakness:

Min-ji is his greatest vulnerability. His late wife remains an important emotional influence on him because her final request shaped the life he chose afterward. Kim fears that Min-ji discovering his past would destroy the normal father-daughter relationship he worked so hard to create. His loyalty to Hansu and Jincheol can also pull him back toward the dangerous world he tried to leave behind.

Backstory

Kim Taehyeong's past is deeply connected to the world of intelligence and covert operations. He was born in North Korea and trained hard to become North Korean intelligence and became known as Code 66. His abilities eventually made him an extremely dangerous operative. His reputation became so significant that foreign powers maintained dedicated teams looking for him, while North Korea placed a bounty on him after his attempts against its leadership.

Kim eventually defected from North Korea with his wife, Yujin Rim. After arriving in South Korea, Kim continued his career in intelligence and became one of South Korea's legendary agents. It was during this period of his life that he became close to Seong Hansu and Park Jincheol.

The three became legendary comrades, each developing an extraordinary reputation in his own field. Kim was the covert operative and intelligence specialist. Hansu became renowned as the "Legend of Taekwondo." Jincheol became renowned as a legendary military figure and war hero. Their friendship was forged through years of service and shared experiences. They became much more than coworkers and remained close even after their active careers changed.

Kim eventually wanted to leave his life as an operative behind. He wanted to live quietly and devote himself to his family. He and Yujin had a daughter, Min-ji. Tragically, Yujin died during childbirth. Before she passed away, she asked Kim to live for Min-ji. She wanted him to hide his identity, abandon the dangerous life he had lived, and simply become his daughter's father.

Kim honored her final wish. He withdrew from his former life and built an ordinary civilian existence around Min-ji. In the current arc, Kim works as a bank manager. To his coworkers, he is simply a normal middle-aged manager.

Min-ji has no idea about his background. She does not know about his connection to North Korean intelligence. She does not know that he defected to South Korea. She does not know that he later worked for South Korean intelligence. She does not know that her ordinary father is the man known as Code 66. Kim has intentionally kept all of this hidden from her.

His peaceful life is eventually shattered when Min-ji becomes involved in the conflict surrounding Ju Hye-ri and Juhak Construction. Hye-ri constantly bullied Min-ji at school for not having a mother and being poor and ordinary. Min-ji stood up for herself and attacked Hye-ri one day after Hye-ri violently slapped her. As a result, they had a parent teacher conference, and Kim got on his knees and begged to apologize to Gang-chan on behalf of Min-ji, so that Gang-chan would not get Min-ji expelled.

Things escalated when Min-ji got close to Hye-ri's crush at school. Hye-ri got her gangster boyfriend and their thug friends to corner Min-ji at night and Hye-ri struck her with a brick, causing her to bleed heavily and fall unconscious. Thinking she killed her, Hye-ri panicked and asked her thug boyfriend for help on getting rid of Min-ji's body. Gang-chan finds out about this eventually and is angry at Hye-ri; not because she attacked Min-ji, but because Hye-ri didn't first ask him to kill the girl for her. Gang-chan would do anythjng for his daughter, though his version of fathetly love is deeply twisted compared to Kim's.

Kim believes his daughter disappears and her safety becomes uncertain, Kim's carefully constructed civilian life begins to collapse. He initially tries to approach the situation as a father. But as the danger escalates, the skills and instincts he spent years suppressing return. The people threatening Min-ji believe they are dealing with an ordinary bank manager. They have no idea who they have actually provoked.

Relationships

Kim Min-ji: His only daughter and the person he loves most in the world. Min-ji's mother, Yujin, died giving birth to her, leaving Kim to raise her. Kim devoted his life to fulfilling Yujin's final request and giving Min-ji an ordinary life. Min-ji sees Kim only as her father and has no knowledge of his former identity. Kim deliberately keeps his past hidden because he wants Min-ji to have the normal father she was promised rather than a father defined by his violent career.

Yujin Rim: Kim's late wife and Min-ji's mother. Yujin was Kim's partner during his defection from North Korea to South Korea. She later became the mother of Min-ji. Her death during childbirth profoundly changed Kim. Her final request was for Kim to live for Min-ji, hide his identity, and become a normal father. Kim continues to honor that promise long after Yujin's death.

Seong Hansu: One of Kim's closest friends and former comrades. Hansu worked alongside Kim during his years of South Korean service and became one of the members of the legendary trio alongside Kim and Jincheol. Hansu is known as the "Legend of Taekwondo" and is an extraordinarily accomplished martial artist. Despite his fearsome reputation, Hansu is generally warm, dependable, and straightforward. Hansu is also the father of Seong Taehoon. His family has remained closely connected with Kim's family over the years. Kim once saved Hansu's son, further strengthening the bond between the two families. Hansu is one of the few people who knows Kim beyond his civilian persona. He understands the man behind Code 66 and the sacrifices Kim made to become a father. Hansu remains one of Kim's closest friends even after their intelligence careers ended.

Park Jincheol: Kim's other closest friend and former comrade. Jincheol served alongside Kim and Hansu and became the third member of their legendary trio. He is a highly experienced military veteran and war hero. His combat experience and leadership abilities made him one of the most formidable figures of their generation. Jincheol is currently associated with Ares and serves as its Tactical Command and Control Chief. Unlike his intimidating reputation, Jincheol is outgoing, carefree, and deeply devoted to his family and friends. He is married to Jiyoung Kang and is the father of Dabin Park. Jincheol has known Min-ji since she was young and has a familial relationship with Kim's daughter. He has even reminisced with Min-ji about her childhood. Jincheol's loyalty toward Kim is extremely strong. When Kim needs help, Jincheol is willing to immediately put everything aside and come to his friend's aid.

The Trio: Kim, Hansu, and Jincheol are legendary former comrades whose friendship was forged during their years of South Korean intelligence service. Their abilities and backgrounds are very different, but they developed an unusually strong bond. Kim represents intelligence and covert operations. Hansu represents martial arts. Jincheol represents military experience and leadership. Even after their careers changed, their friendship remained. They are not simply former colleagues. They are Kim's closest friends from the most dangerous period of his life.

Ju Gang-chan: A former hired thug turned sociopathic construction chairman of Juhak Construction. Gang-chan initially believes Kim is merely a weak bank manager who can be dealt with through money, influence, and hired muscle. He has no idea that Kim is Code 66. Gang-chan's arrogance causes him to underestimate Kim repeatedly.

Chief Nam: One of Gang-chan's most capable subordinates. Nam is an experienced CQC fighter and a serious threat to ordinary opponents, but Kim's vastly greater experience makes him exceptionally difficult to defeat.

Ju Hye-ri: Gang-chan's teenage daughter and one of the people responsible for putting Min-ji in danger. Kim has no personal affection for Hye-ri. His concern is protecting his daughter and uncovering the truth surrounding what happened to her.

Golden Tooth: A violent gangster connected to Gang-chan. Kim has little interest in Golden Tooth's ambitions. His priority is finding Min-ji and protecting his family.