Seong-ho came into the office, but there wasn't a single person to welcome him.

Everyone glared at him with hatchet eyes, showing nothing but open hostility.

"It's been a while, everyone."

Seong-ho was the first to offer a loud greeting.

But no one answered his greeting, still only glaring at him.

"Well now, it seems I'm the only one who's been well."

Even amid such openly hostile air in the office, Seong-ho didn't shrink in the slightest. Because scenes like this were very familiar to him.

And recalling how the people who'd once shown open hostility like this had, in the end, come to change, Seong-ho smiled and opened his mouth.

"I think you'll all know why I've come here without my having to say it."

Seong-ho looked once around at the people glaring at him and continued.

"The rumor is true. I've finished the contract with Manager Ho-yeong Kim, and starting this season he'll lead our Ilhyeon baseball club for three years."

Bang!

Do-yeong Seong brought his fist down on the desk.

"By whose leave does Manager Ho-yeong Kim become our team's manager?"

"By whose leave? By mine, the representative's. Is there some problem?"

When Seong-ho instead looked at him with a gaze that asked what problem there was with his decision, an employee at Do-yeong Seong's side shouted in his stead.

"Appointing the manager is the general manager's exclusive authority. Why is the representative deciding it as he pleases?"

"There's a reason for it all."

"There's… a reason?"

At the unexpected answer, the employee who'd shouted turned to Do-yeong Seong. At that, Do-yeong Seong gave a scornful snort and said,

"Fine. Go on, let's hear it. Let's hear what that reason is."

Do-yeong Seong figured that whatever the reason, it was sure to be some trifling one. But the reason that came out of Seong-ho's mouth was beyond what Do-yeong Seong had imagined.

"General Manager Do-yeong Seong, as of this moment, has been dismissed from the post of general manager. So, as acting general manager, I appointed the manager and carried out the trade with Taehwa. Do you…