Arriving back in his room, Logan said goodbye to Edric and sat down on top of his bed.
'I would say the eting went great,' he thought, smiling.
'I made sure I wasn't overly aggressive and clearly warned them about the internal inspection.'
Before the eting, he'd ticulously planned his approach.
'My knowledge of the embezzlent and factions was the only thing I had to be really careful about.'
'Right now, they only see as a slight threat but are focused on burying their tracks,' Logan thought. 'If I'd ntioned their embezzlent or factions, they would put all their efforts into ending my life instead of covering their tracks.'
Logan started going over the next part of his plan—the entire reason he needed the investigation team.
'I need to gather proof of their actions,' he thought. 'Only then can I ensure the fired board mbers can't sue for wrongful termination, damage the company's public image.'
'Gathering proof also ans I can put them in prison, removing the risk of desperate revenge attacks.'
'The investigation team needs to be one of the world's best, with a couple S-rank and A-rank individuals,' Logan thought, making a ntal note.
'Then, I need to make sure I pay them a crazy amount of money so the other board mbers can't bribe them.'
Logan thought of so more requirents and other plans he could implent before coming to a stop.
"This should be enough for today," he said.
Looking out the window at the setting sun, Logan decided to move on to a different matter.
Sitting down cross-legged on his bed, he closed his eyes and entered a ditative state.
Hours flew by while Logan spent his ti letting the energy from his affinity strengthen his core.
Snapping out of his ditation, Logan felt refreshed. His core had developed greatly, now showing bronze patches that had grown in size compared to the day before.
Tapping on his nightstand, a blue hologram showing the ti popped up.
"It's already 3 A.M.?" Logan muttered, not having realized how much ti had passed. "I've been ditating for the past 8 hours?"
At the top of the blue hologram, Logan saw a red number show up, telling him he had so unseen ssages.
'They are from Silas and Edric,' Logan thought, seeing their nas.
"And what is this?" he muttered, seeing another unfamiliar na on the list showing unread ssages.
"Evelyn Grant," he muttered, tapping on the ssage chat.
'If I rember correctly, this is one of the elderly won that is part of the board. She should be the director of external relations,' Logan thought, while waiting for the hologram to load.
Finally loaded, Logan started reading.
Sent: 20:47
Mr. rcer,
An... eventful eting today.
While not everyone appreciates an abrupt change in direction, decisive leadership is needed sotis, especially in tis of instability.
Should you require assistance in managing public perception once your return becos public, do feel free to reach out. My departnt is well-equipped to handle your ssaging.
E. Grant
Having read through the ssage, Logan leaned back in his chair.
"She's careful with her words," Logan noted.
From what Logan rembered, Evelyn had not spoken a single ti during the eting.
'It feels like she's trying to position herself early just in case I manage to pull this off,' he thought, trying to figure out her intentions.
He quickly typed out a short reply, then sent it to her.
After closing the chat with Evelyn, Logan opened Silas's ssage and was pleasantly surprised.
'He moved into the room next to mine,' Logan thought, thankful.
Quickly thanking him, Logan tapped on Edric's ssage. The ssages that Edric had sent all contained files on corporate intelligence and cybersecurity firms.
He'd even done so basic research and rated them based on the requirents Logan had sent him earlier that day.
Sending another thanks and telling him he'll look at it in the morning, Logan turned off the hologram device.
"It's about ti to go to bed," he muttured, tired but satisfied.
"I've made a lot of great progress today.''
This ti while sleeping, he didn't have another strange dream like he'd had the day before.
Waking up in the middle of the next day, Logan got out of bed and washed up.
"Alright, let's see what I can do today," Logan muttured, sitting down at his fancy desk.
''I need to ask Edric about my spell training and review the corporate firms so he can start setting up contact.''
Letting out a short sigh, Logan decided to ask for so food first. Using his hologram, he quickly asked for so coffee, olets, and special herbs.
'I used to never know what real food was,' Logan thought, comparing the als he'd had his entire life to the als he'd been eating the past few days.
'Nearly everything they give here was obtained from high-ranking creatures within dungeons.'
'For example, the olets I just ordered are from a relatively rare C-rank Velhare.'
'The Velhare is a lot smaller than normal monsters, which increases the difficulty in following it to its nest imnsely. This makes it food that only rich or talented people can eat.'
Thinking about dungeons, he couldn't help but wonder when he could go to one himself. Dungeons had always seed interesting to him from a young age, since there were so many questions around them.
'Everyone still wonders where all these creatures actually co from.' Logan thought.
To the people, it seed like those creatures infinitely appeared out of deep caves anywhere on Earth. This is also why most deep caves are guarded and controlled by companies, governnts, or hunter guilds.
Hearing a knock on his door, Logan took his mind off the topic.
'There's no point thinking about it right now anyway,' Logan thought, shaking his head. 'I can barely even fight right now and it'll take quite so ti to learn proper techniques.'
Opening his door, Logan accepted the food from a young maid.
'She looks a few years older than ,' Logan thought, taking the plate. 'And quite pretty too.'
Still lost in thoughts, he turned his back on the maid to close the door, when Logan suddenly had a very bad feeling.
Before he could respond, he heard a loud thump as he went flying through the air.
His body folded from a kick to his side, lifting him off the ground like a ragdoll. He was sent flying through the air, slamming into the wall with a loud thud.
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