Shanshui Investment Company

Shanshui Investment Company

"David, does that Long-Range Sniper Cannon firing suddenly really have nothing to do with you?" On the car ride back, Myron engaged the autopilot and asked David earnestly.

"Myron, you were standing right next to me at the time. Do you not know what actions I took?" David spread his hands and asked in return.

"I know, of course, it's just too much of a coincidence!" Myron shook his head, sighing.

"I also think it's too much of a coincidence!" David said with a smile.

"David, you didn't hack the city defense system to trigger that Long-Range Sniper Cannon, did you?" Myron asked, his imagination running wild.

He knew, of course, that David had a solid foundation in electronics, and he had even seen the Medium Server sent over by Lixin Security Company.

Such a professional server was simply not something an ordinary person could handle.

"That is a military defense system, not the civilian security system at my house that could be cracked by a few mercenaries!" David looked at Myron helplessly and said.

Just then, Myron's Identity Bracelet pinged. He opened it and froze upon seeing the message.

"David, this is a huge deal. That Long-Range Sniper Cannon hit Mr. Steer directly!" Myron said, suddenly thinking of something, and stared at David with his mouth agape.

"Myron, how is Mr. Steer?" David asked, feigning shock.

Looking at David's reaction, Myron's mind raced. Although the relationship between David and Mr. Steer was extremely awkward, for David to want to kill Mr. Steer just because of that, he would have to be a complete psychopath.

Based on the time Myron had spent with David recently, David was definitely not someone with an abnormal psychology; on the contrary, he was very easy to get along with, and one couldn't even see the arrogance that a genius should possess in him.

Myron had initially approached David because he wanted to receive guidance from Gallen, but after spending this time with him, he felt that a friend like David was worth keeping.

Even his father, Mayor Bernard, felt the same way; investing in a genius was something many people would do.

If Mayor Bernard hadn't been involved in coordinating this visit to the city walls with the military, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

"Mr. Steer is dead!" Myron lost the heart to keep questioning him. He needed to go back and ask his father about the direction of the investigation; after all, since both he and David were at the scene, it would more or less implicate them both.

Neither of them spoke. Myron dropped David off at home and then left in a hurry.

David watched Myron's car drive away, feeling a twinge of regret in his heart, thinking that he would compensate Myron when he had the ability to do so.

Back home, he went to the server room. This time, he didn't enter the virtual world but instead logged into the Security Optical Computer of Steer Hotel.

Ever since he overheard the conversation between Mr. Steer and the trainer Jeremy, David had noted the company mentioned in their talk that had been opened under an anonymous identity.

He found this inconspicuous little company in the Security Optical Computer; the company was named Shanshui Investment Company, and the legal representative was a code generated by specific authentication software.

This type of anonymous enterprise was unique to the Interstellar Federation, used to conceal certain activities.

Anonymous enterprises could only remain anonymous while inactive; once the enterprise began to generate profit, a real natural person had to be designated as the legal representative.

Just like Mr. Steer's act of using this anonymous company to acquire Central Hotel and West City Hotel, he likely figured these two hotels wouldn't have expected anyone to acquire them, so they had no defenses.

Hotels in such small cities were indeed quite large for ordinary people, but for truly wealthy individuals or large companies, they were merely tasteless scraps with no profit.

Only an organization would continuously pour credits into helping Mr. Steer to boost his influence, and only then would Mr. Steer have the financial resources to complete this plan.

David transferred the hidden authentication software to his own Medium Server, and this Shanshui Investment Company became his private property.

Furthermore, at least until the two hotels issued dividends in July, there would be no requirement for Shanshui Investment Company to designate a natural person as a legal representative.

While checking Shanshui Investment Company, David discovered that there were still 40 million credits left on the company's books, and they had a designated purpose: to periodically acquire shares of Central Hotel and West City Hotel.

David certainly wouldn't use these credits that way; he had no need for controlling stakes in Central Hotel or West City Hotel.

If he weren't afraid of attracting too much attention, he would have been ready to sell the 40 percent stake in these two hotels.

He canceled the scheduled acquisitions and transferred the 40 million credits to his anonymous account at Yaka Bank.

This left Shanshui Investment Company as nothing more than an empty shell, holding 40 percent of the shares in both Central Hotel and West City Hotel.

By July, he would have finished his college entrance exams and could leave Peilan City for Na'an City at any time. By then, it wouldn't matter if he sold the shares or became the legal representative of the company in his own name.

Most importantly, as his cultivation deepened, he needed more and more resources.

Recently, the Level 1 Fortified Meat he had been using was all left behind by Myron, but the Level 1 Fortified Meat Myron left would only support him until he reached the 1,000-kilogram level; after that, he would have no more Level 1 Fortified Meat to consume.

He also wanted to buy Level 1 Fortified Meat, but this wasn't something you could just buy with money. Buying a little at a time was fine, but to buy it long-term, you needed a fixed channel.

Level 1 Fortified Meat could only be obtained by killing Level 1 Zerg. The speed at which civilian Armored Warriors hunted Level 1 Zerg was not fast, and most of the Level 1 Fortified Meat was transported through their respective channels to be sold in larger cities.

The amount of Level 1 Fortified Meat that remained in Peilan City was too small—so small that someone at David's level had no way to purchase it.

He didn't want to keep asking Myron for help; favors were things that, if used too much, would affect their friendship.

David cast the matter of the Level 1 Fortified Meat aside. He entered the Security Optical Computer of Steer Hotel once more, erased all traces of his presence, and restored the account he had used to its original state.

He left a small program in the Security Optical Computer before logging out.

After he left the system, the small program ran automatically, wiping the information of his departure before deleting itself.

From then on, there would be no trace of David's intrusion on the Security Optical Computer of Steer Hotel. Unless someone knew of David's existence and brought in a top-tier expert in this field, they might find some clues, but that possibility was extremely slim.

"Gallen, what did you teach David?" In an office at the Department of Justice, Hans asked the figure on his Identity Bracelet.

"Hans, your son is a genius, or rather, 'genius' isn't accurate enough—he's a monster. You've been holding back his future!" Gallen complained with extreme dissatisfaction.

"Gallen, whether David is a genius or not doesn't matter, but something happened here that involves David. I just want to ask if you taught David some other skills?" Hans had heard Gallen's praise before; he didn't really believe in the "genius" talk. He knew what kind of person his own child was better than anyone else, and he only wanted to ask about the things he was more concerned about.

Although his relationship with David had been poor over these years, his concern had not diminished in the slightest; through the Smart Butler Emma, he knew many things about David.

"What happened?" Gallen also sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly asked.

"Mr. Steer was shot and killed by a Long-Range Sniper Cannon, and at that time, David was right on the city wall where the Long-Range Sniper Cannon was located!" Hans said in a deep voice.

"Mr. Steer, Bertha's father? Are you suspecting him of being the one targeting David?" Gallen asked, also very surprised.

He certainly knew who Mr. Steer was; in fact, not only Hans, but he too had suspected whether Mr. Steer was involved in the operations against David when he received detailed intelligence regarding him.

The reason was simple: Amos, the security chief of Steer Hotel, had actually appeared outside David's residence, and according to subsequent investigations, Amos's Identity Bracelet had been tracked to the area outside David's residence for several days.

If one were to say that Amos was protecting David, that was an impossibility; Mr. Steer had no reason to protect David, and besides, how would Mr. Steer have known that David would be in danger?

To dispatch an Armored Warrior to monitor David, the intentions behind it were significant.

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