Mada's Concern!

"Sir."

After taking care of everything that needed to be handled,

Mada had been waiting for quite some time.

Wang Dong naturally knew why he was there.

Wang Dong gave a slight nod, indicating that Mada could begin his report.

"We've confirmed that the mastermind was Cai Shang'an, the general manager of the Freedom Light Trading Market.

His goal was to use the 'Thanos Civilization Heritage' to get in with a faction that owned a Star Destroyer.

That would give him the leverage to replace the chairman of the Freedom Light Trading Market."

In just three brief sentences, Mada made the mastermind's identity clear.

"The general manager?"

Wang Dong raised an eyebrow.

At the Freedom Light Trading Market, the chairman was in charge, and the general manager was second in command.

Given the Freedom Light Trading Market's standing in the Freedom Light Federation,

Cai Shang'an, as its general manager, could be considered a mid-to-high-ranking figure in the entire Freedom Light Federation.

No wonder the matter had gone no further.

The Dark Peng had later asked about the progress of the fraud case.

The Freedom Light Federation authorities had concluded that the female employee of the Freedom Light Trading Market

had learned about the "Thanos Civilization Heritage" through her work.

Driven by greed, she had acted on impulse and tried to steal the physical "Thanos Civilization Heritage" and flee the Freedom Light Federation.

Clearly,

even after the matter blew up,

the Freedom Light Federation authorities had stepped in and ensured that the subsequent transaction went ahead as planned.

But Cai Shang'an had still managed to use his connections

to suppress the matter.

As for what he had paid behind the scenes,

that was anyone's guess.

At the very least, his hope of advancing further and becoming chairman of the Freedom Light