Steel was, after all, the foundation of a nation's industry. On a broader level, iron ore was a strategic resource.
Rabbit Country had found a stable source of iron ore, one that covered more than 20% of its demand in a single stroke. That was enough to affect the resource strategies of many nations!
As a result, every country agreed on the need to identify the mysterious iron ore supplier behind the scenes. It was not just Kangaroo Country; America, Neon, Bear, Europa, and other countries were all watching the matter closely.
After Rabbit Country rebuffed Kangaroo Country, the other governments refrained from coming forward and inviting a similar snub. Behind the scenes, however, their intelligence agencies had already gone into overdrive to investigate.
As the second major player in the affair, and the mysterious supplier's sole agent, the Chu Group soon came to their attention!
Then they discovered that Rabbit Country's military had placed the entire Chu Group under its protection. The Chu Corporation's office building was now under full military administration, and even the villa belonging to the Chu Family's mother and daughter was guarded around the clock.
The official explanation was that the Chu Group was a national defense contractor and handled military secrets!
Needless to say, these precautions were intended to prevent other countries from using the Chu Corporation to uncover clues about the Ghost Captain. As far as Rabbit Country was concerned, why share an ally as valuable as the Ghost Captain when it could keep him all to itself?
Although the other countries could not reach the Chu Group's core leadership, they quickly dug up the Chu Corporation's publicly available information.
At first glance, it was an utterly ordinary small private enterprise! Yes, in the eyes of national powers, this company was about as