Life at the Top

Jasper and Wendy were locked in conversation when Henry arrived upstairs cooly.

“Were we too rash just now, Jasp?” Now that they were alone, Wendy could not help but voice her concerns.

“They are part of Softwin, after all.”

Jasper smiled. “It’s alright. Our true conflict with Softwin is over Abbylon’s shares. Either we give up, they relent, or we become enemies. Those two only got what they deserved, it’s the consequences of their actions.

“Not to mention that the fundamental conflict between us and Softwin wouldn’t have been solved even if we treated those two well and sent them off politely.”

Wendy sighed and replied, “Everyone’s just trying to do business. Why can’t we all get along?”

“Sure, small businesses can still be nice to each other, but it’s not the same when your business reaches a certain size. There are only so many resources and everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie for themselves. How are we supposed to get along?” Jasper consoled.

At that moment, Henry walked into the room proudly.

“F*cking Hell, I met a Sunriser on crack downstairs. He kept spouting sh*t, so I beat him up,” Henry immediately boasted once he walked through the door.

“I saw,” Jasper told him, “Quite the slaps you gave him.”

Henry’s eyes widened and he asked, “Those two can’t possibly have come from here, could they?”

“Relax, they’re enemies, not friends.”

recounted the situation

at Jasper and said, “Not bad. Your opponents are getting

met the man but

know

never met him. I’ve only heard of his name… Do you have anything to drink? I want something cold, I’m thirsty… Wait, what’s

the fridge in the office for Henry.

Group’s extended family in Sunrise Land,” Henry explained after twisting the

Welch?” Jasper asked

one of Sunrise Land’s

families of Sunrise Land’s four major conglomerates, Trider, Triton, Sumotomo, and Mizuha, have been around for centuries. Their familial relationships are weird and complicated,

I do. However, I’ve heard him talk about how the Trider family’s support played a part in Echo

in his hands and crossed his legs. Smiling crescent-eyed, he asked Jasper, who had a grim look on his face, “What happened? Worse come to worst, I can always

it’s someone from Trider’s extended family, so what if you hit him? They

each other. Then something happened and their relationship turned sour. But that was decades ago, so

spoke, “Do I look like that kind of person? I’m just thinking about how Echo will be planning

Didn’t you say you two were fighting over some company? If that’s the case, then anything they do will either be to attack you or to try to win that company over. Stop thinking so much

of the time, Jasper realized that the man’s suggestion was

attacking JW and trying to get Abbylon to choose them. If

to a meal in the afternoon,” Jasper turned to tell

nodded and left the