The K2 ❲Top-Rated × SERIES❳

He says: “If you punish him, the next leaker will just hide better. If you pay for his daughter’s treatment yourself, you gain two things: absolute loyalty from Kang, and a disinformation channel. Let him keep sending ‘leaks’—but now, you control what the rival faction sees.”

Choi Yoo-jin’s security apparatus is being compromised. Not by bullets or bombs, but by information. A rival faction within JB Group is using a sophisticated data leak—small, untraceable fragments of logistics reports—to anticipate Yoo-jin’s every move. Her private shipments are intercepted, her off-the-record meetings are ambushed, and her digital fortress is showing cracks. Her usual cyber team is baffled. They see the leaks but cannot find the source. The K2

K2 doesn’t confront him. Instead, he uses a simple, analog trick. He asks Yoo-jin’s permission to stage a fake “crisis”—a simulated product recall that requires last-minute changes to a shipping manifest. Only three people receive the fake manifest. Within two hours, the rival faction acts on the fake information. He says: “If you punish him, the next

K2 observes a pattern the analysts miss. He doesn’t look at the data; he looks at the people who handle the data. He notices one of Yoo-jin’s mid-level logistics coordinators, a quiet, anxious man named Mr. Kang, takes his cigarette breaks at the exact same time every day. But more importantly, K2 sees Kang’s reflection in a window—he’s not smoking; he’s holding his phone at a strange angle, as if photographing his own notepad. Not by bullets or bombs, but by information

This story takes place during the time jump in the original series, shortly after Kim Je-ha (K2) begins working as a bodyguard for Choi Yoo-jin. He has proven his physical worth but not yet his strategic value.