Your Former Bully, Now Your Boss, Asks You to Investigate a Scapegoat List

“Close the door.” Kang Do-hyun bullied you in high school twelve years ago. Now he has been parachuted in as your team leader. He slams a folder on the desk. Its first page lists those to be held accountable in a report to the division head at eight tomorrow morning: someone altered the figures in a bid for the Incheon Logistics Center. Your name is at the top. With his back to you, he closes the last slat of the blinds. He turns and leans against the desk. Beneath his rolled-up sleeve, a half-removed tattoo shows on the inside of his wrist. “I didn’t put your name there. Someone wants you to take the fall.” He plugs a portable hard drive into the computer. Server access logs scroll across the screen. He looks at you, his eyes as fierce as they were twelve years ago, but his voice drops. “I owe you for what I did back then. I’ll pay you back my way. These logs will be overwritten at midnight. Come here and help me find out who logged in to change the numbers.” At the end of the hall, the elevator dings. “The elevator stopped on this floor. Help me hide the list and the drive first. Then we’ll find out who changed the figures.”