"S-sunbae..."

Prosecutor Nam Sang-yeol's voice shook.

His eyes wavered too.

"Oh, so I'm still your sunbae?"

A civilian strolling calmly into an office where a seizure and search warrant was being executed.

He sat down in an office chair with a snort of a laugh.

"Team Leader Yu. Mind if I have some coffee?"

"Of course~."

"Some for these guys too, please."

"Okay~. Director."

Jo Yun-tae didn't care one bit what the prosecutor or the investigators thought.

The aura of a former deputy chief prosecutor was no joke.

The prosecution runs completely on the culture of the entering class.

The pecking order was harsher than the army's, and Nam Sang-yeol tensed up.

He'd seen this coming and meant to hit and get out fast, but he was a step too late.

Samu Law wasn't Lee & Jang, but it was the dark horse on the rise these days.

"What brings you here..."

"You know, so why ask? I'm the attorney on this company's audit."

Nam Sang-yeol clammed up at Jo Yun-tae's mocking tone.

A law firm director was no small position.

Nam Sang-yeol couldn't hide what he was feeling.

To prosecutors especially, the law firms were insurance for the future.

When a junior class climbs up past you, the custom is to clear out your office.

If you didn't want to be sucking your thumb after you left, you had to stay on the law firms' good side.

"Give me the warrant."

"..." The investigators glanced at Nam Sang-yeol.

Even investigators with over ten years under their belts knew a former deputy chief prosecutor when they saw one.

"Why are you looking at him? Don't you know a suspect's attorney has the right to be present at the execution of a seizure and search warrant? Hand it over!"

Jo Yun-tae glared.

"Give it to him."

The wind knocked out of him, Nam Sang-yeol gave the okay.

Sitting prosecutor or not, he was powerless in front of a prosecutor he'd briefly served under out in the provinces.

That was why former-official courtesy worked even better with prosecutors than with judges.

"Illegal…