Chapter 98: Answers

"First, if the Hier family has branches in this town of Hajin as well as outskirt towns, why bother going to those towns instead of your Hajin branch?" He asked, unable to make sense of her decision.

"I was in my personal penthouse when I received the news, I had immediately fled the estate with as much of my immediate personal savings as I could." Bella explained. "I heard that roughly ten-fifteen minutes later the estate was that gangs of men had arrived at my personal home. There is no way they would not account for me going to the Hier Industries branches. Furthermore, with an ownership of decent number of shares of the company, they have some degree of authority and influence on its executive operations. Because of this, it would be easy for them to trap and capture me if I attempted to visit the Hajin branch."

Rui nodded, this made sense.

"Is that why you were only able to commission a single Martial Apprentice?"