Actually, Xia Xu could still have kept the plot on track if he had insisted, but doing so would have required him to give up and sacrifice quite a few things.
First, he would have to hand over the research data. Next, he would have to let Meng Bochao continue helping Griffin Jones, then stay out of every subsequent plot development. That might have allowed the Superbrain plot to follow its original course.
But paying that price to gamble on the inevitability of a protagonist's halo hardly seemed worthwhile.
If it were a relatively normal, friendly protagonist like Grant, that would be one thing. At worst, he could make a friend. But someone like Griffin Jones simply was not worth it.
Even setting aside patriotism and all the other reasons, the way he took others' kindness for granted and even repaid it with resentment was a textbook lone wolf personality. He really was not someone to get close to.
"Bochao, pull up the footage from a few nearby surveillance cameras on the day of the accident."
After reading the newly added portion of Griffin Jones's fate profile, Xia Xu had naturally also seen the plot involving Meng Bochao. Temporarily setting aside his various thoughts, he turned and gave Meng Bochao an instruction.
"Oh, right. Sure."
Meng Bochao hurriedly worked at the computer and soon opened several surveillance videos. "Boss, they're all here."
He had already been investigating this himself, and the nearby surveillance footage from the day of the accident was naturally a top priority. He had downloaded and backed it up long ago.
"Boss, do you have a lead?"
Yang Bowen assumed Xia Xu's earlier contemplation after viewing Griffin Jones's attribute panel had been about investigating the driver responsible. Seeing him turn back to examine the surveillance footage, he