The scientists present were usually crazed, muttering oddities like madmen. Every one of them was unruly and arrogant, but none dared put on airs before this man. They all greeted him politely. "Boss One."
As for the managers of the ten major companies, no one knew their names anymore. Like the numbers one through ten around the Supreme Council's round table, they named themselves by their assigned numbers.
There was also a saying that this was the order of authority, that these ten numbers represented everything in the Blue Alliance.
Boss One walked to the center of the room, found a seat, and sat down. An AI butler beside him promptly served him his favorite tea.
After taking a sip, he spoke unhurriedly. "Don't be so restrained. Sit down and let's talk. You are all precious talents of the Blue Alliance. Don't wear yourselves out."
The scientists were not buying it, but they were curious what the owner of Tianyu Company had to say. They sat down with grim expressions.
"Here's the situation. I had seen Lu Li before, though only through a screen during his interrogation. At the time, I was merely a regional vice president at Tianyu Company. Since the arms business had been affected, the case was sent to my desk."
Boss One said, "I was the one who signed Lu Li's execution order."
Inside the pod, Lu Li watched Boss One and listened to his words, feeling as though he had entered some strange fantasy.
Who would have thought that after he had gone through countless adventures in the spatial realm and returned to his homeland over a million years later, he would still see an "old acquaintance" whom he had never met back then?
He sat in the research pod, listening to the man explain