Aventurine suddenly spoke, a sneer in his voice.
"What do you mean?"
Oswald narrowed his eyes slightly. His tone remained gentle, though it carried a hint more impatience.
"Nothing much. It's just that your sudden generosity, Director Oswald, reminded me of a familiar case: the case of Planet Sigonia-IV."
"The case of Planet Sigonia-IV?"
Oswald was puzzled. He did not have much of an impression of that planet.
"Heh, you really do forget things easily when you're important. Let me remind you, then. Back when the Market Expansion Department sought to take over Planet Sigonia-IV, it deceived the Evigin people by promising them aid, encouraging them to fight the Katica people to the death. But in truth, the Market Expansion Department never had the slightest intention of helping. So I was wondering whether this generous promise of yours is the same old trick—invite Doctor Chadwick to the company, then secretly find someone else to silence him?"
Aventurine said with a smile.
"Diamond's little peacock, what exactly do you mean by that...?"
Oswald's tone turned hostile.
He realized that this gaudy little peacock had far too much to say—so much that he wanted to make him shut up for good.
Because that really had been his plan.
The most troublesome part about Chadwick was that he was currently under the protection of other geniuses. On top of that, he was in Penacony, a place hostile to the company, under the protection of The Family of Harmony. It was extraordinarily difficult for the company to do anything to him.
But if Chadwick agreed to his terms and went to the company to work on the platform he had prepared, everything afterward would become much simpler.
At that point, he would immediately take control of Chadwick, ensuring that Chadwick could only make the