A dazzling profusion of lights, golden-orange streets crisscrossing into a web, skyscrapers painted in brilliant neon—the splendor built upon energy.
Tonight, Calgary shone in the night as well!
Amid such prosperity, its curved silhouette stood uniquely eye-catching among the skyscrapers rising in the city center.
Aside from Calgary Tower, it was the city's second landmark building.
—Bow Tower.
And at the entrance to this over-230-meter, 58-story building, the scene was exactly the same as last night: vehicles carrying figures from all walks of the Energy Domain gathered one after another.
With connections reaching every corner, Essenkefmei had booked an entire floor as the venue.
Tonight, Essenkefmei was hosting a charity ball there.
The sky garden on the fifty-fourth floor of Bow Tower was an expansive indoor space with a soaring ceiling.
Golden lights reflected off the luxurious venue, classical instruments played beside exquisite tables of wine, and figures in expensive suits and gowns smiled as they exchanged greetings.
It was like something out of a movie, filled with the precious extravagance of the wealthy.
Though it was held in the form of a small charity event where admission tickets were donated, at its core, it was still a social venue where connections, reputation, interests, and resources flowed through the upper class.
And beneath that resplendent grandeur—
"Really! Are you sure!?"
A startled cry spread through the room. A woman covered in dazzling jewelry wore an utterly incredulous expression and had even forgotten to lower her voice. Yet no one minded; quite a few people wore the same expression.
As a piece of news exploded through the venue, more and more people learned an astonishing fact they could scarcely believe.
The host of tonight's gathering was not Essenkefmei's president, but—
Fies Erde's Chief Executive Officer!
A super-capitalist entity standing tall in