The truth arrived not with a bang, but with the sterile, chilling clarity of a medical report. Kang, ever efficient, had delivered it to Seo-jun's private study. It lay on his desk, a slim manila folder that felt heavier than any corporate contract. The contents were a brutal, clinical deconstruction of the last four years.
It wasn't just a police report. It was a narrative of trauma. The accident had been severe—a high-speed collision that had totaled Min Jae's car and killed Mr. Cha instantly. Min Jae had been extracted from the wreckage with a severe head trauma, multiple broken ribs, and a pierced lung. But the most damning evidence was not the list of physical injuries. It was the discharge summary from a private psychiatric clinic in Switzerland, dated six months after the accident.
Diagnosis: Post-Traumatic Amnesia (PTA) and Dissociative Amnesia, exacerbated by Profound Survivor's Guilt.
