"He told them to find a reason to give it up, you say?"

Tak-hyeon asked back at Do-beom's report with a disbelieving expression.

Chief Do-beom answered with an understanding of why Tak-hyeon wore such a look.

"Yes. The Restructuring Headquarters is looking for the negative aspects of the Doa Motors acquisition, they say."

"I knew that fellow was mad long ago, but he's an even madder one than I thought."

Tak-hyeon let out a sound of astonishment and wore a surprised expression.

Do-beom asked with a worried face at Chairman Tak-hyeon's manner,

"Chairman. Shall I go and have a separate word with him even now?"

"A separate word about what?"

"About doing it properly."

"Properly? Do what properly?"

At Tak-hyeon's asking again, Do-beom hesitated a moment and answered,

"That… I was thinking the Restructuring Headquarters ought to be advancing in the direction of acquiring. Didn't you say so yourself, Chairman? That Doa Motors absolutely must be acquired…"

Do-beom answered while reading Tak-hyeon's mood.

But confirming that, though Tak-hyeon called him mad in words, a pleased look showed on his face, Do-beom couldn't quite finish what he was saying.

Because it looked, after all, like a face that found Seong-ho's decision to its liking.

And that thought of Do-beom's wasn't mistaken.

"To acquire Doa Motors without fail, finding the reasons not to acquire it is the faster road."

Do-beom didn't understand Tak-hyeon's words.

But watching Tak-hyeon's satisfied manner, he could tell at least that Seong-ho was going down the right road.

I thought it was an absurd instruction…

Do-beom had been aghast on hearing Seong-ho's instruction to the Restructuring Headquarters.

He'd assumed that, having given an instruction in a direction completely different from Tak-hyeon's will, Seong-ho had set foot entirely onto the wrong road.

But the one who'd thought it the wrong road was, rather, himself, and the fact that Seong-ho was walking down the proper road brought Do-beom surprise.

And watching Seong-ho, who moved according to Tak-hyeon's will every single time, he imagined what satisfaction Tak-hyeon must feel.

"When is the gathering with the government regarding the Doa Motors acquisition…