I had no personal grudge against Jin Cheong, but he was the one who coincidentally followed me. He could become an enemy, but the reason didn’t really matter. The identity of the scapegoat wasn’t important; the only thing that mattered was that I would get out of this mess, and right now, this was the best I could do. To me, it was like the perfect prey came at the perfect time. To be honest, I was relieved that Jin Cheong was the one who followed us here because if he remained active out there, I could end up in danger. He followed us all the way here, even though it hadn’t been that long since the incident ended, so I was sure that given enough time, he would surely discover that we were the ones behind all this.

‘It has to be him.’

I took the initiative to speak up because I had to warm up and rather than pushing him into a corner from the start, I thought easing into it was better.

“Was it really you?” I asked.

“W-What are you…”

Jin Cheong looked shocked, and I was certain that he was trying to figure out what kind of bullshit I was spouting. He had probably already...