Six names, corresponding to the six conglomerate leaders in the dark room.
Under normal circumstances, even Tokugawa Shingen would have had to spend a great deal of time finding out who was issuing orders from behind the scenes, infiltrating the organization layer by layer and activating the covert agents he had planted within the conglomerates.
However, this time, the subordinates of all six men had called at almost the same time.
Tokugawa Shingen had only needed to do a little backtracking to uncover the whole story.
"...Dad also asked me to ask you something," Yukino Tokugawa said.
Lin Qing glanced over the list and asked, "What?"
Yukino Tokugawa giggled, her smile like that of a desert fox whose cunning scheme had succeeded. She tapped lightly on the window and pleaded pitifully,
"Please, let me in so I can tell you. It's classified. If someone hears and leaks it, we'll be in danger."
Lin Qing shook his head, then opened the window again. The princess of the Desert Kingdom climbed in with practiced ease and plopped down on his bed.
But perhaps afraid of being thrown out again, Yukino Tokugawa didn't keep him guessing. Her expression grew a little more serious as she explained everything plainly: "Dad asked me to find out what you plan to do."
Lin Qing thought for a moment and understood. "The conglomerates want to buy their lives?"
"Exactly."
Yukino Tokugawa swept her wavy hair back behind her head with an elegant gesture, incidentally revealing her smooth underarm.
Lin Qing kept his eyes fixed on the list of six names, not even glancing at her little ploy.
"Damn it!"
Yukino Tokugawa cursed inwardly, then continued:
"The conglomerates are willing to pay a huge sum to save their lives. I saw the amount. It's enough to rebuild Gelin