The idea was undeniably bold.
If this information proved true and became public, Phantom Immortal Technology would be doomed, no matter how great its achievements were.
But all of this was merely the President's conjecture, and conjecture without any theoretical basis at that.
If the President had to explain how he had reached that conclusion, his answer would be that everything was too coincidental.
They had barely suffered an oil spill when Phantom Immortal Technology developed an entirely new technology for cleaning up oil spills. Only a single day separated the two events.
Moreover, the accident aboard that oil tanker had been far too bizarre. That, too, made the President suspect that Phantom Immortal Technology might have orchestrated everything.
The President understood perfectly well that suspicion was only suspicion. Until he found evidence, he had better keep those suspicions to himself. Making them public would do no one any good.
Of course, once he had evidence, the President would be more eager than anyone to expose the news.
For the moment, the President set the matter aside. He would decide what to do once the investigation team delivered its findings.
Returning to the original question, the President had to make a decision.
Should he hold a military exercise first, or give Gold Island a little extra oil?
After a moment's consideration, the President made up his mind.
Soon afterward, the White House announced that the United States would hold a joint military exercise with Singapore, in Singapore's waters.
At the news, major military news outlets around the world stared at one another in bewilderment.
What was going on?
The Americans' exercises were always held around the Pacific or the Indian Ocean—grand affairs, whatever the case. Since when had they sunk to holding military exercises in a patch of water as