I'm a Genius

(I'm back.)

"We really took a huge loss this time..."

After Bai Ye left, the chairmen of the major corporations remained seated around the boardroom's round table, their expressions grim as they studied the agreement before them.

The agreement's contents were complicated. Put simply, as long as Namba Heavy Industries promised not to deploy Bai Ye first, the Commercial Union would have to fulfill a series of obligations.

Well, Bai Ye was basically getting everything for free, yet they could do nothing about him. In fact, they had to take the initiative to curry favor with him and make him lean toward their side.

The Commercial Union was not the only dominant force in Kazimierz. Though it controlled the Knights' Association and could even indirectly influence the National Council, Kazimierz also had the Combat Knights and the Supervisory Board.

There was even the Armorless Union, which nominally belonged to the Commercial Union.

If Bai Ye joined any one side, the balance would be shattered in an instant.

"Bai Ye used to be nothing more than a bounty hunter... which means there's someone behind Namba Heavy Industries... Like that little girl who negotiated with us today. She may have been sent by whoever's pulling the strings to assist Bai Ye."

"Was it that old penguin from Columbia?"

"Unclear... But we must inform the Armorless Union and take countermeasures... Still, Bai Ye alone is already enough to give us a headache. And that Quilt Knight too—where did they both come from?"

"Mm, next."

"Oh, right. That 'Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Company' that took in the Radiant Knight has submitted Cooperation Terms Regarding the Infected to the Supervisory Board."

"What is the Grand Knight's attitude?"

"Do you even need to ask?"

"And what about us?"

"Agree to it. Because of the Radiant Knight, the