After a brief greeting, Kang Chan and Lanok sat facing each other at the table in front of the bed.

“It’s impressive that you really have recovered enough to get discharged,” Lanok commented.

“I was told that my body constitution is unique. I got a biopsy done because of it in the past, and it was sent to a research institute in the United States.”

Lanok nodded, then crossed his legs.

Louis prepared a cigar for Lanok, and Kang Chan bit on a cigarette. They both started smoking.

“Vasili has requested for an arbitration,” Lanok started while turning the lit cigar with his fingers. “He offered to give us the bodies of the South Korean agents who joined the most recent operation in Mongolia in exchange for the bodies of the Japanese agents found in Yang Jin-Woo’s house.”

Kang Chan cocked his head while tapping his cigarette on the paper cup, shaking the ashes off. Even though he knew about the operation in Mongolia, Vasili had been pretending as if he didn’t know anything because it was executed in absolute secrecy. Even so, he now...