A shabby tent sitting at the edge of the reservoir came into Seong-ho Kim's view.

Jeong-cheol Choi cut the engine, came up beside Seong-ho Kim, pointed at the tent, and spoke.

"Deputy Head. Vice President Cha is over there."

"Well done."

Seong-ho Kim patted Jeong-cheol Choi's shoulder.

"Wait here."

"You're going alone? I should come along too—"

"No. This is something I'm better off doing by myself. Just give me what I asked you to prepare."

Jeong-cheol Choi drew something from inside his coat and handed it into Seong-ho Kim's hand. Seong-ho Kim tucked away what he had received, told Jeong-cheol Choi to wait in the car, and then walked slowly toward the tent.

Before entering Seongjungwon, Seong-ho Kim had given Jeong-cheol Choi several instructions. One of them had been to check whether Yeong-su Cha was somewhere near Wolcheon Reservoir in Hongcheon County.

Jeong-cheol Choi watched Seong-ho Kim draw closer to the tent from beside the car, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

But how did he know Vice President Cha was here?

Jeong-cheol Choi was well aware that every last employee of Ilhyeon had been searching for Yeong-su Cha with fire in their eyes, yet no one had found him. Even while he'd been in Spain, his ears had been sore from hearing about how Ilhyeon was in a bind because of Yeong-su Cha, who had handed all his information over to the prosecution and then vanished.

And yet Seong-ho Kim, who had only just arrived from Spain, had immediately found where that very Yeong-su Cha was hiding.

Wondering whether Seong-ho Kim possessed some kind of sixth sense, Jeong-cheol Choi climbed into the car.

"Brother."

By the time Jeong-cheol Choi had gotten into the car, Seong-ho Kim had reached the front of the tent, taken hold of the tent flap, and called out to Yeong-su Cha.

"Brother. It's me, Seong-ho."

Seong-ho Kim carefully opened the flap. And gazing into the tent, so dark that not even the moonlight reached inside, he said,

"I came alone."

"...Are you really alone?"

Yeong-su Cha's voice came from within the tent.

"Yes. May…