Nothing good could come of him suddenly summoning her at a time like this.
After spending this much time around Jonas, Beigong Ling had come to understand his personality. Unless he needed her to do something, he would never call her to his office just to pass the time.
As someone intensely goal-oriented, Jonas had a reason behind every matter he had approached her about. She understood perfectly well that even some of his seemingly perverse demands were meant to make her more obedient to him.
Jonas was highly skilled at manipulating people, so much so that his tricks were almost impossible to guard against. That was also why she doubted anything good would come of him summoning her now.
But with him holding all the cards, Beigong Ling could only do as he said.
The elevator doors opened, and Beigong Ling arrived at the chairman's office on the top floor of the Alt Conglomerate.
After being summoned several times, she had gradually become familiar with the procedure for getting here. Although it still felt somewhat strange, Beigong Ling could not muster much in the way of other intentions.
Once she understood that such methods could not constrain him, Beigong Ling also realized that the so-called "decapitation operation" against the Alt Conglomerate had been Jonas's trap from start to finish.
Decapitation, my ass. That scheming bastard had kept his psionic energy hidden. There weren't even a handful of people in all of District 25 with a higher psionic rank than him.
That was also the main reason Beigong Ling had agreed to come under the Alt Conglomerate's wing afterward. Had she not been utterly outmatched in every respect and played like a puppet from beginning to end, her pride would never have allowed her to submit to someone else.
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