When he slowly woke up, he found himself alone in the office.
"She still wouldn't agree, huh? Why are girls these days so stubborn when they're barely even grown? If Dorothy tells her to go east, she absolutely won't go west?"
Jonas shook his head helplessly. His first attempt at recruiting her had ended in failure.
It wasn't that Zero was unwilling to work for him, but the girl was stubborn. She insisted that Dorothy had to agree first; otherwise, she refused to do it, viewing it as an outright betrayal of Dorothy.
Jonas was still very eager to get Zero. After all, no one could ever have too many top-tier fighters. Reality wasn't a game where you could only put four people in your party and no more.
As for why he didn't simply use the Thought Seal to force Zero to work?
Jonas didn't think the situation called for such extreme measures. Unless he had no other option and absolutely had to use it, he wouldn't use the Thought Seal to force people to do his bidding.
Besides, Dorothy had already been beaten into silence, so there was no rush. Sooner or later, he would exploit Zero ruthlessly. Even if he made her work every day, the taciturn girl wouldn't have anything to say about it.
Ha! I'll show you the power of a capitalist who has made countless people wail in misery!
Taking a moment to check his messages, Jonas discovered that there was still no news from Eiffel.
"They're still drafting the agreements for the Federation to sign. Well, it is a huge undertaking. There's no way they could finalize all the details in such a short time."
Jonas sighed. The treaties the Federation and Dorothy were to sign were matters of utmost importance. They couldn't