Although he could not interact with the outside world without a phone, he had a computer that he used to check the news. Besides, Legend would occasionally talk to him about the events that took place in the world.

He looked at James and asked, “Are you here on behalf of the nation or you as an individual?”

“The nation.” James looked him in the eye and said, “If not for Sol, I’d have no interest in the technology in your hands whatsoever.”

Xavion asked, “How do you plan to cooperate?”

James said, “You’re both a scientist and a businessman, so you shouldn’t know much about the situation in the Capital. How about I tell you more about it?”

James narrated the chain of events that unfolded─starting from Orient Commerce, which was established a century ago, to the current convoluted web of relationships.

After that, he reiterated once more, “I established New Era Commerce to fight against Orient Commerce. Now, though it has reached a rather large scale, we need a commo