It was already one in the afternoon when they left the Chinese embassy. Kang Chan briefly told Lanok everything that had happened that day. Once he was done, Lanok took out his phone and called Vasili.

“Vasili, it’s Lanok.”

Lanok faintly smiled at Kang Chan as he spoke into his phone a few times.

“Yes, please withdraw the troops. I’ll contact you later,” Lanok said, then finally hung up. Not long after, he called another number.

“It’s Lanok. Order every unit that has been deployed to return to base. Please pass on my gratitude to Ludwig as well, and tell him that I’ll contact him by tomorrow. One last thing…” Lanok paused and quickly looked at Kang Chan. “Contact South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and send an official application for the STB. Report to me once it has been approved.”

Lanok hung up. He then turned his head and briefly looked at Choi Jong-Il’s car and the van that the members of the 606 were in. “The STB refers to the system that allows my country’s DGSE to share all information and guarantees the mutual security of the Intelligence Service’s agents....