Kang Jin-Ho's voice echoed in the darkness, and then... An eerie silence descended on the surroundings. The silence was unnerving and ominous. It was as if this location, and this location only, had become isolated and cut off from the rest of the world.

Kang Jin-Ho growled quietly. “Come out before I drag you out myself. I won't repeat myself again.”

“Hah. But, you have already done that,” A quiet murmur replied to him as a figure leisurely stepped out from the nearby shadow. The figure narrowed his eyes. “When did you notice my presence?”

The shadowy figure turned out to be a middle-aged man wearing a fedora. His eyes were gleaming softly in the light of mild shock as if he had never expected to be discovered. This middle-aged man had always been confident in his skills in tailing a target, yet he got discovered for the first time ever.

Kang Jin-Ho replied in a flat voice, “Since the beginning...”

"Tsk, tsk," the middle-aged man tutted and shook his head. "Too bad. I've been tailing you for three months now."

It was Kang Jin-Ho's turn to tut instead. “As I said, since the beginning.”

The middle-aged man's expression stiffened, having finally understood what Kang Jin-Ho meant. "You... detected me that early?"

“That's right...”

“Then, why haven't you called me out until now?”

Kang Jin-Ho sighed ruefully. “I didn't want to shatter it, you see.”

“...?”

“I didn't want to shatter this peace I've finally obtained after a lengthy struggle,...