?306 Cunning
“Aztech, a company from Somaria, has decided to donate 10 Billion AUR towards the citizens that were affected from the three continents,” a news anchor covered the news.
Behind the cameras that were recording, a man wearing a suit and luxurious watches was overseeing everything.
Behind him were the people that were in charge of the studio, standing upright, waiting for the response of this man.
“Don’t release too much information, and highlight that not many people have stepped up till now,” the man said,
He was the owner of the News and Broadcasting Company that was the top contender in Fashia, Desmar, and Belvoria.
Tyler Preston, the owner of this very company that was considered one of the best broadcasting companies, but his real business was hidden from public sight.
Information Trading in the Black Market and other shady business that was maintained under the guise of this very company.
His face right now wasn’t one that particularly showed that he was happy. After all, he knew that he had become a puppet after signing the deal.
But there wasn’t anything he could do, after all, the information that Tom told him he possessed was about him manipulating evidence and falsely framing people.
Illegal Trades, and betraying a few of his partners and even trying to gather evidence against a few people of Elite Families in order to gain favor in the future and the list goes on.
“Is this fine?” Tyler asked as he looked to his side.
The atmosphere in that room was tense.
“Good enough,” Dane replied as he stood there, making sure that Tyler Preston moved as they wanted.
Asher had told them to make sure that those people knew that even if they were in other continents, the consequences that would come with betraying him.
“Keep the work like this and all of us will be happy,” Dane said as he looked around at the bodyguards of Tyler Preston.
A few of them were S Rank Hunters but most of them were A Rank Hunters.
Tyler stood up as he looked down at Dane calmly.
He had been in this business for years, and he wasn’t someone that would back down with a simple warning, and if someone other than the strongest elite families had threatened him, he wouldn’t have behaved like this.
Tyler made sure that he remained out of the radar of the Elite Families, because he understood the dangers of getting close to the people that ran the World.
Even the information that he had gathered against Elite Families, was something he wanted to use when the situation was in his favor and absolutely needed to.
Tyler left as his bodyguards made sure the distance between Tyler and Dane was maintained.
Sitting in his car, Tyler took the watch on his hand as his Secretary was sitting in the front seat.
“Gather some information about the Heir of the Greville Family,” Tyler said.
“Umm but it might be difficult,” the secretary replied.
“I know, we are not in any rush, just keep digging until you find something,” Tyler said as he looked at his phone.
‘As if I would let anyone control me,’ a smirk appeared on Tyler’s face. 𝑂𝑽𝒍xt.𝔠𝑜𝗆
He was only obeying the contract until he had enough power to break free and somehow gain the upper hand against Aztech.
“You really want to die?” The Driver said and Tyler and the Secretary’s eyes went wide.
“What the hell are you-” the Secretary was shouting but stopped as a dagger came near her neck as the driver stopped the car.
Tyler looked in the mirror, and the face of the Driver changed and it was Kai who was sitting there.
A hologram appeared as Kai placed a device near the gap of the two front seats, and Tyler’s face changed as he saw Asher Greville on the other side.
“This is your last warning, Tyler Preston,” Asher said.
“Next time, you wouldn’t be alive to correct your mistakes,” Asher’s crimson red eyes stared at Tyler.
The hologram closed before Tyler could reply and Kai opened the car door and he left the dagger inside the car.
“Forget what I said a moment ago,” Tyler said as he composed himself.
“Yes,” the Secretary nodded but her hands were trembling.
Both of them felt at that moment that Kai would have killed them in a second.
“Did you finish?” Dane asked as he waited near an alley.
“Yeah, that guy understood much more easily than the previous ones,” Kai replied,
There were a few bloodstains near Kai’s sleeves as they had come after ‘correcting’ a few people that assumed that now the situation would return to normal.
“Let’s go back,” Kai said as Dane took out the necklace.
Tom, who was sitting in his room, found Kai and Dane appearing through the door, as they tossed a data drive on Tom’s desk.
“We got the thing you wanted,” Dane said as he took one of the chairs present there.
“Good job, now I can rest as well,” Tom said as he started typing rapidly.
It was the next day, and Asher was in his room looking at the reaction of the public to the news that was broadcasted earlier.
There were articles praising the company for doing such a thing, but a few people started finding out the identity of the person behind it.
And that was where Asher’s name came in, and many started praising him.
Asher’s motive here was not about improving his public image. He didn’t care how people perceived him in the first place.
It was to create a chain reaction.
When people were given help from a distant person, they expected better from those closer to them.
And when people of Fashia, Desmar, and especially Belvoria knew about it, their expectations from the Elite Families of their continent increased.
But the issue arrived as the economic restrictions that were placed by the World Association didn’t allow massive fund transfers unless they were regulated by the World Association first.
Osbert made that rule to stop the takeovers that were happening, and to give himself enough time to fix the situation.
And this restriction started becoming the excuse for certain people to improve their public image.
With the restriction, those funds couldn’t go past the World Association, until their clear purpose was stated.
Right now, the World Association was under a lot of attacks from the citizens of these three continents, especially Belvoria, who wanted those funds but couldn’t get them.
The timing with the decision and Aztech’s donation was bad and it made the World Association lose favor with the citizens.
And it was the one thing that supported the World Association.
Unlike Elite Families, the restrictions on the World Association were bigger, as they were supposed to be an association that maintained the law and made sure normal people’s lives were secured.
And this restriction started becoming the excuse for certain people to improve their public image.
With the restriction, those funds couldn’t go past the World Association, until their clear purpose was stated.
Right now, the World Association was under a lot of attacks from the citizens of these three continents, especially Belvoria, who wanted those funds but couldn’t get them.
“We need to lift these restrictions or at least make some changes,” One of the Executives said, but all of them were silent.
They wanted to change it but they couldn’t oppose Osbert without the other Vice Chairman showing up.
Right now, Osbert was observing the reports as he looked into Aztech first, and he found out that it was under Asher Greville.
And they had arranged these funds a week ago, before he made such a restriction.
This made Osbert assume that it was just bad timing, but the fact that Greville once again became an obstacle in his path irritated him a lot.
“Release the restrictions on relief funds, handle it so that this matter calms down,” Osbert told his assistant.
The assistant left the room, leaving Osbert alone.
“Greville,” Osbert muttered the name.
‘Soon,’ Osbert thought in his head as he closed his eyes and started regulating his mana.
The chaotic mana was still present in his body, and it needed time to be completely nullified.
What Osbert wanted was not achieved, but he had at least gained certain control over the economy of Belvoria and Fashia.
But the damage was done, and the pawns he had arranged for the future were now completely useless.
Even Osbert knew that it was now better to discard them and try to meddle in this mess.
Right now, he had bigger problems than this stuff already.
And it was Zephyr.