Although Miss Chelsea's stubborn denials were hard to take seriously, her performance in ** was very honest, no matter how you looked at it.
The Nathen Conglomerate's influence did not extend to the districts where the Wetting Conglomerate operated, so the help Miss Chelsea could offer in Jonas's subsequent plans was very limited.
But that only applied to Jonas's plans before he gained complete control of the Wetting Conglomerate. Once he dealt with those useless fools on the Board of Directors and forged an alliance between the Wetting Conglomerate and the Nathen Conglomerate, they would become a force that all of District 25 would have to reckon with.
Meanwhile, before preparations began for his plan against the Board of Directors, several things happened that took Jonas by surprise.
The first was Eudora Rui's behavior after arriving at the Alt Corporation.
Clearly, Rui and Itra shared a very deep friendship... Miss Rui seemed desperate to prove herself, hoping to secure Itra's safety in exchange.
Miss Itra was much the same. Seemingly worried that her actions might affect Rui, the usually defiant Itra showed no signs of resistance.
Since neither knew how the other was doing, neither dared act rashly, which suited Jonas's intentions perfectly.
The longer this went on, the more their loyalty would grow. Judging by the research materials Miss Rui submitted, this arrangement of keeping them useful through an information gap would continue for quite some time.
The other matter concerned Miss Celine's psionic energy.
According to the girl, her psionic energy had developed to the point where she could crush a drink can... By Jonas's estimate, that already qualified as psionic level 2 under the classifications used in the later stages of the game.
Yet fewer than three months had passed since her psionic energy awakened. This was