"What brings you here?"

Seong-ho looked across at Jeong-eun and asked.

"Am I somewhere I'm not allowed to be?"

"Hardly."

Seong-ho smiled.

"I'm simply curious. What reason would there be to come all the way to Ulsan without a word — I'm only asking out of curiosity."

At his words, Yeong-su Cha dropped his head, his face full of apology.

When Yeong-su Cha continued to avoid meeting his eyes, Seong-ho looked at him for a moment, then turned back to Jeong-eun, who sat there with the same displeased expression.

"They said this Goliath or whatever it is was moving today, so I came to see what it was."

"And what did you make of it, seeing it for yourself? Impressive, isn't it?"

"Yes. Very clever. Very clever indeed. Is that what you were so desperate to hear?"

"Ha ha ha. I did want to be praised."

At Seong-ho's frankness, Jeong-eun found herself with nothing to say.

They say it takes two hands to clap — and however sharply Jeong-eun spoke, Seong-ho simply laughed it off, which left her mouth stopped.

"Ah! Vice President Song."

And then Yeong-bae Song came out of Seong-ho's mouth.

"A truly wicked man, it turns out."

"…You knew?"

Yeong-su Cha, who had been avoiding his gaze, asked in a startled voice.

"Of course I knew. We gathered the materials and reported him to the prosecution ourselves."

"You… reported him?"

At the answer she hadn't remotely expected, Jeong-eun's face registered shock as well.

"How would the prosecution know what goes on inside our company? We gathered the evidence and handed it over, the Special Investigation Division reviewed it, opened an investigation, and hauled him off."

Having explained why the Special Investigation Division had opened its case, Seong-ho continued with perfect composure.

"The money he took from firms all over the place was hardly small change. And on top of that, he had his hands in company funds during the gap while the company was passing from Mirae to Ilhyeon."

"…And the material you handed the prosecution — it's solid?"

"Of course. We even secured testimony."

"Testimony?"

"Yes.…