Ilhyeon!

Ilhyeon!

Ilhyeon!

"Baseball fans, can you feel the heat coming off Jamsil Stadium? Even before the Korean Series gets underway here, the stadium is already filled with chants of Ilhyeon."

The camera panned across the stands.

Giant flags waved in the stands, and the crowd cheered themselves hoarse in time with their movement.

"Countless Ilhyeon fans, waiting for a championship twenty years in the making, pitched tents near Jamsil Stadium as early as yesterday to wait for the gates to open. With Ilhyeon currently leading three games to one, fans from Jinju and every corner of the country have gathered here at Jamsil, determined not to miss the moment of victory that could come as early as Game 5."

Ilhyeon!

Ilhyeon!

Ilhyeon!

"The players are taking the field. Gathered around team captain Seung-hyeok Yang, Ilhyeon looks like an entirely different team from the one that tasted defeat last year. United by the single-minded conviction that this year means nothing but the championship, Ilhyeon is determined to put the final period on that sentence right here in today's Game 5. To every baseball fan across Korea — come see for yourselves whether Ilhyeon can claim the championship today, or whether it slips away once again."

Watching the roaring stands, Tak-hyeon turned to Seong-ho and said,

"This is quite a bit more uncomfortable than it was at Jinju Stadium, I'll admit."

Ever since taking his seat as Chairman of the Ilhyeon Group, Tak-hyeon had cut back sharply on public appearances, especially ones that put him in front of crowds this large.

It stemmed from a lingering unease that someone harboring some grievance against Ilhyeon might try something.

So he made no attempt to hide his discomfort at finding himself back in an atmosphere like this after so long.

Seated beside him, Seong-ho smiled and said,

"Chairman. The world's changed a great deal. Unlike in the past, people respond much better to warmth and familiarity now."

No sooner had Seong-ho finished speaking than the stadium announcer's voice rang out.

"To all our spectators here at Jamsil Stadium today — we have a…