With only a hair's breadth left before the plan fell apart, the signing conference took a dramatic turn at the last moment with the Chief Executive Officer's appearance.
The series of severe consequences caused by being unable to guarantee the safety of the raw materials had finally been avoided.
It was just that the participating members had gone from six companies to five. No one knew how great an impact this sudden change would have on each of the energy giants present,
or on the bewildered and curious media that had suddenly been asked to leave.
But after announcing the decision, she left directly, handing everything that followed over to an Andre who had yet to recover from the shock.
"Do you really not need me to take you to the airport?"
On the rooftop of Essenkefmei's Houston branch,
Fang Ran looked at the quiet, elegant figure with brilliant blonde hair and an air of nobility. As the wind stirred the ends of her hair, he asked once again,
"Mm, Lord Sylvester should have already arrived in Houston, and it won't take long to get to the airport by helicopter from here."
Hearing the concern he had inadvertently revealed, Osphia nodded in reply. Then, her sapphire-blue eyes turned toward the young man before her as she spoke.
"You should still be needed here. By the way, did everything go smoothly?"
Hearing her concern, he recalled how even "Rufus" had somehow infiltrated the signing conference as an NE representative to cause trouble. A lingering fear rose in him at how close things had come to going disastrously wrong.
Amid the bright, clear sunshine and breeze of a bustling Houston morning on the rooftop,
Fang Ran let out a long breath and smiled ruefully, rubbing his head.
"Ha... I barely made it."