Doubts and Investigation!

"S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company? Are they planning to build a spaceship?"

"Maybe this Supersonic Private Jet they're building is actually the spaceship they've developed. They're just calling it a Supersonic Private Jet to cover it up because they're worried it might fail. Otherwise, if they build it and it can't even leave the atmosphere, how embarrassing would that be?"

"I think they're planning to fit 'Thunder' with a turbojet engine, turn it into a real Space Fighter, and fly straight into space!"

However, most of those speaking out to disparage them were people who had conflicts or competitive relationships with S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries—major automobile groups and several large aircraft manufacturers developing Supersonic Private Jets of their own, for example. Most ordinary people simply watched for the spectacle. Whether they actually built a Supersonic Private Jet or a spaceship had little to do with them. The ultra-wealthy elites who had purchased S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto Company's supercars, on the other hand, were extremely interested in S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company's Supersonic Private Jet.

Whether it was S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Company or the major aircraft manufacturers, the real customers for any Supersonic Private Jet they developed would be these few top-tier billionaires.

Private jets came at all prices. For a few million, one could buy an outdated small propeller-driven private plane, something even modestly wealthy people could afford. But true luxury business jets easily cost tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars, far beyond what such lesser tycoons could afford.

As for Supersonic Private Jets, whether in terms of the technology involved, engine performance, or fuselage materials, they were beyond comparison with ordinary subsonic business jets. The production cost alone would be at least a hundred million dollars, to say nothing of the sale price.

Those willing to spend hundreds of millions just to save several hours