Mike's eyes sparkled after he heard what his new boss had to say.
"Boss, I admire your foresight and agree with your thinking."
This was no flattery. When Mike first read the case files on Red Sun Star, he had thought they should have attacked back then.
Unfortunately, the company had been fighting on three fronts at the time and needed the help of Red Sun Star's Crimson Chamber of Commerce, forcing it to make so many compromises.
Mike looked at the docks outside.
"Red Sun Star has always had considerable overall combat strength."
"And the Red Sun Chamber of Commerce is extremely hostile to outsiders."
"I see that your Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf still hasn't secured permission to invest here."
"How do we present ourselves as saviors and shove our gun barrels inside their turtle shell?"
Su Yi smiled. "That's why I brought you."
Mike said, "So what I need to do next is..."
Su Yi nodded. "Exactly. Find something to pick a fight over!"
Just then, hurried footsteps rang out.
A pale young man dressed in blue came running over with an attendant beside him.
"Ancestors above! I finally found you, Mr. Gheros!"
Su Yi asked with a smile, "What is it, Mr. Osmond?"
The young man smiled. "Please, just call me Matthew. It would be my honor."
"The merchant ship has completed its reporting and registration."
"My family's shuttle has arrived, and I'd like to invite you to visit our home."
"As thanks for saving my life."
The young man's name was Matthew Osmond.
He was the sixth son of the Osmon Family's current generation.
Four months earlier, he had led a merchant caravan to Twin Sun Star to trade.
Then he had fallen into the tender embrace of the Desire Cultivation Faction's sorceresses.
Fortunately, his upbringing in