Just as gathering ten thousand painters would not enable one to build an airplane, building an airplane required trained workers and engineers.
In a sense, Oscar's three demands were similar to offering him a large but unspecified sum of money.
And right now, he was not particularly short of money.
After silently pondering for a while, Richard looked at Garcia and made his final decision. "To be honest, I do want to agree to the Lord Oscar behind you. However, I have not obtained all the information he wants yet. I still need to continue digging and verifying it. So, he will have to wait for me for a while."
"Then, how long exactly, Gray Raven-sama?" Garcia asked with concern.
"That, I'm not sure." Richard shook his head. "Perhaps we should ask the organization that had me infiltrate it. We'll have to see just how much they trust me, and how long I can ensure I remain undiscovered."
"Alright," Garcia said.
More than ten minutes later.
With a creak, the door of the disguised bankrupt shop opened. Richard walked out and left directly.
Inside the shop, Waterbird, who had "vanished," returned to the room and looked at the gaunt old man Garcia. "Well? How did the discussion go?"
Before Garcia could answer, Waterbird added, "Alright, I don't know what exactly you were discussing, but judging by your expression, it doesn't look like the outcome was very good."
Garcia gave a bitter smile. "You guessed right. The result was indeed far from ideal. He did not refuse outright, but neither did he agree. He said he needed to wait for a while before giving an answer."
"Isn't that basically a rejection?" Waterbird said.
"But in reality, it's still much better than a rejection," Garcia said. "Besides, it's nothing much. To