“Sir, I don't think getting older doesn't necessarily mean you become shortsighted. However, I still can't understand what scared you to the point of acting this way,” said Bang Jin-Hun.

“Are you trying to ridicule me, Bang Jin-Hun?” Lee Jung-Geol painfully chewed his words out.

“Assembly Master, sir...” Bang Jin-Hun spoke in a calm, gentle voice. “Do you still believe the position of the Assembly Master holds any meaning in the current situation?”

“...”

"Me becoming the next Assembly Master... It's nothing more than a front, sir. You know as well as I do that none of us can go against that man's orders now."

“Yes, that is true. You'll be in for a rough ride, then...” Lee Jung-Geol replied lifelessly.

Bang Jin-Hun could only chuckle bitterly at that. "Sir, I can see that you've become a bona fide politician."

“What do you mean?”

“It seems the 'Assembly Master Lee Jung-Geol' I used to know is no longer with us.”

Lee Jung-Geol frowned deeply, unable to understand where Bang Jin-Hun was going with this. “What is it that you want to say to me?”

"Sir, what do you think or feel when you look at that man? When you look at Kang Jin-Ho, who has pretty much conquered the Martial Assembly?"

“I...”

"Are you frightened? Scared?" Bang Jin-Hun asked, and his expression rapidly crumpled. He looked if he would start swearing very soon. Until now, he never held Lee Jung-Geol in contempt, simply viewing the latter as an enemy to overcome. However, Bang Jin-Hun couldn't...