In the conference room that Il-gyeong Dan and Chan-pyeong Jang had left, Chung-seop Jo and Seong-ho sat facing each other.

Chung-seop, recalling what had happened here moments ago, spoke to Seong-ho in a worried voice.

"President. Will it be all right?"

"Why? Is there something bothering you?"

Unlike Chung-seop, Seong-ho wore a serene expression.

Chung-seop leaned further toward him and said,

"Il-gyeong Dan and Chan-pyeong Jang... drawing both men in at the same time... it doesn't seem like a good idea."

Hearing Chung-seop's words, Seong-ho realized what he was worried about.

"When we first started this whole thing, I told you in advance, didn't I? That since they're people who've fought their whole lives in the private-lending market, somewhere other than the private-lending market, they might just join hands."

"So what you mean, President, is that it's because it's the securities market and not the private-lending market that the two of them could join hands?"

"That's right."

Seong-ho, sitting at an angle with his legs crossed, looked not just at peace but as if he were enjoying the present situation.

At the sight of Seong-ho like that, Chung-seop wondered whether he himself was viewing the situation too seriously.

But anyone who knew the present situation couldn't help but be startled.

The fact that he'd drawn in two men who were the absolute powers of the private-lending market and had fought each other like mortal enemies their whole lives was content enough to be startling.

Though Seong-ho, of course, was unruffled.

"The securities market, the stock market, is unfamiliar ground to them. On unfamiliar ground, one can join hands even with an enemy — isn't that so?"

"But... why would they go out of their way to come into unfamiliar ground? It doesn't seem to be to make more money..."

Il-gyeong Dan was already well past seventy years of age.

They say greed for money continues until the moment of death, but he was rather old to be leaping into unfamiliar ground to make more money.

Seong-ho caught the reason Chung-seop had trailed off and said with a smile,

"They say…