"No, no! This can't go on!"
"Refute it! Fake news! It's all fake news!"
The major corporations were too passive. The Deep Blue Consortium was the first to think of a way to turn things around: deny the rumors.
What nonsense Nomu Civilization? This news had to be a miscalculation! How could it make a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn from the projections of the past decade?
Fake! It had to be fake!
In truth, all the major corporations believed it was real, but that did not stop them from steering public opinion and forcefully calling it fake! Their capital practically controlled the Nomu Civilization. In minutes, they could turn the credibility of the Nomu authorities into crap.
As long as they made some retail investors and small businesses believe Sirius's return was merely a rumor, they could stabilize their situation again.
At the very least, they could buy plenty of time to raise funds.
The key was money. This financial storm had come too suddenly. Many major corporations had money, but they did not have time to move it out.
No one had that much cash flow on hand. Anunnaki or Light Burst might normally have enough cash flow to stabilize the situation.
But they were in the middle of the Final Battle! They had already been squeezed to their limits, gambling everything in a desperate fight. How could they spare any attention for the Nomu Civilization right now?
Even if they had the time, they had no money left. Every one of them owed the banks a mountain of debt. They had truly been drained dry, without a single drop left...
As for the relatively weaker companies, because of the time constraints, they could only rely on the banks now. Taking out loans directly was the fastest option.
However... the