“He's on the move, sir.”

Saito Genryu's expression hardened like a steel mask as he mulled the report. “I see. And his destination is suspected to be...?”

“Somewhere in the Western coastline, sir.”

“His purpose?”

“It has not been determined yet.”

“Is that right...?” Saito Genryu didn't say anything and mulled the report even further.

Oizumi Shunsuke, the one providing the report, didn't urge his boss and quietly waited. Saito obviously knew that this situation was urgent. In that case, why push him even more and potentially lead to an error in his judgment?

Saito slowly rubbed his chin. “So, he's acting without a purpose... What are the odds of this being a trap?”

“The Martial Assembly has shown no movements, sir,” Oizumi shook his head.

“How about the Assembly's hidden force? I'm talking about a team personally trained by Kang Jin-Ho. A hidden secret force consisting solely of elites from the Assembly.”

“Sir. Kang Jin-Ho has never created or raised an independent force of his own. We've been observing him from the very beginning when he first got involved with the martial world. If he had such a force hidden away, we'd no doubt notice something by now.”

“...Mm. You do have a point. Next.”

“The Assembly's hidden forces have already been exposed, sir. The private forces belonging to Lee Jung-Geol and Bang Jin-Hun were revealed to the world during their conflict,...