The situation was dire, and much time had passed, yet no one left the meeting. It turned out that everyone was waiting for Gi-Gyu. When he appeared, everyone stood up and greeted him. Gi-Gyu then raised his hand to ask everyone to sit down.

For the first time, Gi-Gyu wasn’t acting like a bystander. None of them had seen him act like this before. Usually, he would listen to reports and make decisions based on the plans others had suggested, after doing his due diligence, of course. He used to act passively, but something was different now.

‘He has changed.’ Everyone in the meeting could feel the difference in his eyes now. They looked sharper and steely. No one in the room was stupid enough not to recognize this change.

“Thank you all for waiting,” Gi-Gyu announced as he took the seat of honor. “Devising this plan must have taken a lot of your time and tedious discussions, so I apologize for abruptly changing it.”

Gi-Gyu looked at each one of them. His eyes looked hard as a rock. “I have to change everything about the plan.”

“Pardon…?” Sung-Hoon whispered in anticipation.

“I will send no one to the Tower’s basement,” Gi-Gyu announced.

“What?!” Michael gasped. Gi-Gyu’s family and Soo-Jung...