Umbrella held an internal meeting for the transfer of power. More than two hundred people, including regional presidents and subsidiary CEOs, witnessed the handover.
These executives knew more or less something about what had happened back then. Over a decade ago, James Marcus had still been in charge of the company. Now his daughter, Alicia Marcus, was inheriting it.
They had no objections, or rather, they dared not voice any. During Karn's years of rule over Umbrella, power throughout the company had become highly centralized. Because he could not stay in this world for long, Karn never hesitated when dealing with anyone who wanted to rebel.
For every one discovered, he dealt with three. The most severe instance had been when he dealt with Isaac: nearly thirty percent of the middle and senior management had been thrown into the bioweapons base, becoming the company's reserve military strength.
The outside world was also shocked by the change at Umbrella, but this time Alicia made no deliberate effort to control it. Aside from concealing her own information, she let the news spread naturally.
With those at the top doing nothing, those below naturally spread it like wildfire. However, the Red Queen kept a tight lid on her name and photographs, making it impossible for them to appear online or in the media.
Alicia's permissive behavior also led some people to consider this a rare opportunity. What could a teenage ruler possibly know?
She also seemed to have no ability to manage a company. Faced with such a casual attitude from Alicia, they could not help entertaining ideas.
But they were no fools. Karn was still here, so even if they had ideas, they would not reveal them so soon. Nor would they act personally. At most, they would subtly have others test