“Did you call Lanok?” Seok Kang-Ho asked.

“I’m thinking of calling him a bit later. I’m planning on taking this opportunity to use him as bait.”

Seok Kang-Ho’s eyes sparkled.

“Someone's bound to act if Lanok and I conspire and reveal his location to Sharlan. Lanok will attack Sharlan’s backer, and we canjust focus on catching Sharlan,” Kang Chan said.

“But what if Lanok gets attacked when we do that?”

“That’s for France’s Intelligence Bureau to take care of by themselves. Sharlan wouldn’t be coming with a filet knife to kill Lanok, would he? He’s going to shoot Lanok or use a different method. We won’t even need to butt in.”

“That’s true,” Seok Kang-Ho answered.

When Seok Kang-Ho went into the athletics club room after roughly finishing their discussion regarding the issues they had to deal with, Kang Chan called Lanok.

- The Ambassador is in the middle of an interview right now, Monsieur Kang. But he’ll contact you later.

Kang Chan felt dispirited when someone unrelated to the matters at hand answered the call.

Well, it was lunch time anyway. He ordered...