“There’s something I want you to testify about,” I said.

“What?” Jin Cheong asked.

“It’s like I said. I want you to testify about something. I like that you’re blunt and that you aren’t trying to test me. When it comes to negotiations, people usually do that, you know?”

It was pretty annoying, but the man in front of me looked at me quietly without saying anything useless. He had definitely decided to hear me out, and he was definitely worried about getting backstabbed once again. It proved that he was a pretty patient person, and I had an idea of how he developed that kind of mindset.

‘He has nothing to lose.’

I couldn’t help but nod after seeing him give up, and since he realized that he was on the losing side right now, I could finally have a proper conversation with him. Everything seemed fine, but I still kept my guard up, just in case.

While I was preparing for a situation that shouldn’t happen, Jin Cheong started talking.

“Wait, let me ask first. I’m sure you can at least do this much since you said you wanted to talk.”

“Of course,” I said.

“What’s the current situation… outside?” Jin Cheong asked.

He was curious, which was expected. After all, his access to information was severely limited since he was currently in prison. It wasn’t really that difficult to give him information that would be useless to him. I wanted to show off the results of my victory, but I also found it fun talking to a vanquished foe.

“Well, everything is fine. As you might expect,...