"Some mere division chief prosecutor dares to go after my grandson?"

"To be precise, the division chief prosecutor of Criminal Division 5 at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office."

The dark of Ha Cheolgon's eyes went red with anger.

"Dongmyeong?"

"That's right."

"Tsk, tsk."

Ha Cheolgon clicked his tongue.

"Go Donghyo raised his son badly! A man should look where he's lying down before he stretches his legs."

Lately Ha Cheolgon had been coming in to the group chairman's office a great deal more often.

The report from An Donghyeon, his chief of the general secretariat, had given him a lot to think about.

He had kept a close eye on things ever since word came of the war between his grandson Ha Tae-ung and Dongmyeong.

On that matter, Ha Cheolgon had given exactly one instruction.

We watch quietly and see how far the boy takes this!

That didn't mean he would pretend not to see a blade flying at his grandson.

His family had held its ground at the center of Korea's business world for more than a hundred years.

In all that time, it had built up a network of connections and intelligence solid enough to move the whole country.

A network that took in politics, finance, the bureaucracy and the legal world.

Word that something suspicious had been spotted at the Eastern District office reached Ha Cheolgon's ears without much trouble.

"Chairman."

"Go on."

"On this side, though, I don't think there's much for you to worry about."

Ha Cheolgon looked at An Donghyeon, puzzled.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Jo and Jang moved before we did."

"Jo and Jang?"

Ha Cheolgon looked surprised.

"Those money-grubbing legal vermin? What for?"

"They're being unusually aggressive about this one."

"Why?"

"It seems they mean to tie Tae-ung-gun down as a Jo and Jang client for good."

Ha Cheolgon asked back, startled.

"……A client?"

"That may not be a strong enough word."

"Then what?"

"It looks as if they've marked him as someone to go along with for the long haul."

Ha Cheolgon looked at An Donghyeon without a…