In truth, even Jonas had not expected Aungus to surrender so quickly.
After all, Aungus had been remarkably defiant before, particularly when it came to Amau Sueko. He had refused to give an inch.
Jonas had therefore prepared a whole host of ways to crush him psychologically, intending to break the Destiny Organization's leader and bring the organization into the fold.
Of course, this was not merely about acquiring a rather meager amount of resources... on the contrary, the Destiny Organization could play a crucial role in his later plans targeting the Heart of Dawn.
What he needed to do was bring the Destiny Organization under his control as quickly as possible, before the Void Realm Church noticed.
Aungus had not disappointed him. He had surrendered after just the first round, offering the Alt Corporation a pledge of allegiance.
Looking at Aungus's calm expression on the Communicator, it was hard to imagine that this was a leader who had sold out his entire organization.
"Then tell me your terms, Mr. Aungus."
Jonas paused, then grinned and continued:
"I hope you can offer a cooperation proposal that satisfies me."
"I will bring the Destiny Organization into the Alt Conglomerate... from then on, we will follow the directives of its senior leadership."
As though he had already rehearsed his answer, Aungus gathered his words shortly after Jonas asked and said:
"Of course, this is on the condition that the Alt Conglomerate allows the Destiny Organization to retain a degree of autonomy and does not make this arrangement public."
These demands were actually quite reasonable. If control were broken up and distributed elsewhere, the Destiny Organization would exist in name only... and Aungus would lose his reason to surrender.
Rather than destroy the Destiny Organization with his own hands, he might as well