'Shut up. Why the hell would they even be after you? You're bonded to me, so how do they plan to take you from me?'

[These families do not understand how my structure works and I am sure they believe that killing you would simply transfer me into one of them, but they are wrong. If you die, then I die, so it's in my best interest and yours to remain alive.]

Dante huffed, and he tuned the system out when Risa cut the call and turned to him.

"Master, it appears our spies lost track of them, but their last known direction was towards the Bellagrini factory that we just blew up. I don't know what they could be trying to accomplish by going there, but it's likely they plan to get involved in the fight."

Dante frowned as he heard this. Risa could tell that Dante was trying to think of a possible solution to this problem, and she decided to bring up a suggestion.

"Let's send a message to Philip and Tim, master. If the spy is heading in that direction, then it's possible they would run into each other. Letting them know about this will allow them to prepare for any surprises."

Dante hummed. Yeah, that sounded like a good idea, and since Philip was with a team, he was well-equipped to take on any attackers that might come after him. The only thing Dante was worried about was the possibility that this spy was some magic user that humans couldn't handle. If this was true, then Philip might be in over his head. But Dante decided that it was better to send a message to Philip than to just leave him in the dark.

"Tell Philip to also look out for any supernatural phenomena tonight. The spies aren't regular people, so he needs to be careful if he sees anything suspicious. Do you understand?"

"Uhm, y-yes, master."

Risa was confused when she heard Dante talk about supernatural phenomena, but she did her best not to let it affect her, and she just made the call and told Philip what Dante had said. Philip was also just as shocked as Risa, but he managed to control his emotions since he was in the middle of the battlefield. Philip told Risa that he understood, and Risa cut the call and sat quietly once again. Dante was in deep thought, and even though Risa wanted to ask him what he meant when he spoke about supernatural phenomena, she didn't want to bother his thought process, so she decided to do it later.

The car continued towards the meeting hall, and it wasn't long before they finally reached it. By this time, it was already eleven at night, and Dante could tell that everyone else would have already arrived at the event. Their door was opened for them, and Risa came down first and stood to the side before Dante also came down and arranged his suit properly. There was a long line of servants on the stairway, and they all bowed to Dante respectfully once they saw him. Dante let out a calm breath before he put his hands in his pockets and began to move up the stairway with Risa following behind him.

The door of the hall was opened and Dante entered to the sight of the entire room waiting for him. The shareholders and high net-worth individuals were standing around, but they had all formed a long space in the center of the room where Dante could walk through, and there was a deafening silence in the hall as everyone's focus was directly on him. Dante ignored everyone as he walked forward with a confident stride, and it wasn't until he reached the opposite side of the room and stood on the stage that he finally turned to regard the room. Dante spoke in a calm tone.

"It's a pleasure to see you all in good health. There are many faces I recognize and some I don't, but we have plenty of time to get to know each other, and there's more than enough wine to go around, so I'm sure everyone's having the time of their lives..."

The joke was light enough to draw snickers from a few people, and Dante smiled slightly before he spoke again. Dante knew that he couldn't be the ruthless killer that he had always been in this moment. The people standing in front of him weren't gangsters; they were businessmen. And when dealing with businessmen, you needed to balance friendliness with seriousness in good measure. If you did too much of either one, you would end up looking like either a fool or a rigid bastard. Dante spoke in a serious tone.

"Luca Corp has been the forerunner in the tech and financial economy of this city for the past fifty years. We've outpaced our rivals and we've seen a significant increase in our stock pricing and valuation in that time, but I'm here to tell you that I'm not satisfied with what we have. It's been a great time for us, but from this moment on, I am going to ensure that we become a leading figure in the country's financial sector and not just in this city. My father gave his life to this company, and his sacrifices are what allowed each and every one of us to benefit so well from the harvest. And now it is time for me to take up that mantle and work towards a better tomorrow. This is my declaration. Put your trust in me, and in the next year, I will ensure that our market valuation reaches at least half a trillion dollars."

Murmurs broke out among all the people in the room when they heard Dante say this. Many of them were in complete disbelief about such a declaration, but there were some who were looking at Dante with curiosity in their eyes, and Dante knew that he had their attention. This dinner was more than just an introduction; it was an assessment — the people here were all trying to see whether or not Dante was capable of taking over the company and making them more money, and the only way Dante could really make sure that they all stayed with him was by promising to make them more money! But this was also good for Dante because he already intended to expand the company a lot in the future! All he had to do was keep going down the path he had chosen for himself, and everything would work out fine!

Dante reached out to the side and took a glass of wine from one of the waiters before raising it to the people.

"So, let us raise a glass. To my father, George Lucas, who gave us all a reason to gather here together, to the future he paved for us, and to all the fucking money we'll be making very soon. To Lucas Corp."

"To Lucas Corp!!"

The guests all raised their glasses with smiling faces as a light applause filled the room, and Dante drank the glass in one go before coming down from the stage and going into the crowd of investors to shake hands and smile at them. The next few minutes were filled with a lot of mingling and laughing at useless jokes told by some of the more important investors. Dante spent thirty minutes going from one person to the next with Risa following behind him most of the time, and he could tell that many of the people there were anxious to see what sort of policies or investments he would make to improve their company the way he promised. But at the same time, Dante didn't trust any of these people in the slightest! These bastards were here only for the money, so Dante knew that the moment he didn't make the improvements that he had promised, they were going to fucking eat him alive! Dante was already planning to keep his word to them, but he would never forget that the financial world was a dog-eat-dog world! Unless you were making money for someone or you had the ability to help someone make money, then you had no value to that person whatsoever!

After a long time of constant handshakes, Dante was already starting to get annoyed by the entire situation until he finally spotted Fredrick standing to one side with his hands folded. Dante told the man he had been speaking with to please excuse him, and he quickly moved away from the conversation and headed towards Fredrick. Dante saw that there were some people standing around Fredrick and drinking wine, so when he got closer, he told Fredrick to come with him, and he continued to move towards one of the offices in the hall. The office that they entered was the same one that George would sometimes use for meetings whenever they were having an event here, so they knew it was soundproof.

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