"Attorney Jo."

"Wh-what? Don't say my name so sweetly. When you do that, CEO Jang, it's genuinely scary."

Even a former deputy chief prosecutor went weak at my smile.

He was even stammering.

"Don't be scared. It's not like I'm a monster."

"You are a monster. I don't see a human being when I look at you."

I'd called Attorney Jo in early Thursday morning.

The time had come to get the real game going.

School life had settled down too.

I'd promised On Si-eun I'd deal with her quote soon.

A supercomputer counts as a strategic asset, more or less.

It would take some preparation.

"Nice day."

"It's spring, so sure. Wait till summer. You won't want to live in Seoul."

Attorney Jo had caught a whiff of something and was being contrary.

"What happened with the Financial Supervisory Service investigation?"

"Shut it all down. Everything was legal, so once we threw a little weight around, their side clammed up too. They're quick on the uptake, I'll give them that."

This round of the power struggle with the Ana Group had ended in a draw.

Samu Law was no pushover either.

No—Ana was a setting sun.

Public opinion, the financial picture, everything was stacked against Ana.

Most of all, I had almost no weak spots for anyone to find.

Nobody knew about the overseas money.

I'd seen this coming, so I'd kept my domestic investing inside the law.

Making a lot of money isn't a crime.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's work I'm paid for. Skip the thanks."

"That's why we're comrades."

"Yeah, comrades. My wife's threatening to divorce me if you ever fire me."

"Your wife is a wise woman."

The first-class plane tickets and the suite had done their job.

"Tell me about it... These days she doesn't look like my wife, she looks like a smart friend. An old friend I'll be living with till the day I die!"

There was a little bone hidden in that one.

With no experience of married life, I couldn't know the details, but I could guess it meant…