Chapter 348 348 – Pressured to Leave

Chapter 348 Chapter 348 – Pressured to Leave

?Julian was known by the CEO and CZE of Ghosty's Lab, but they hadn't met him yet.

Julian had made it a point to never come into contact with Ghosty himself.

Ghosty was an extremely old genius.

Ghosty alone had revolutionized the way Manufacturers worked and contained Specters.

Someone like that was bound to be unfathomably intelligent.

As long as Julian couldn't guarantee winning a mental battle against Ghosty, meeting him would be a horrible idea.

While the CEO of Ghosty's Lab was only an Expert, Julian also avoided meeting him.

The CEO was close to Ghosty, and if Ghosty suddenly noticed a change in his friend, he might grow suspicious.

A normal person might not grow suspicious when a previously closed door had opened without their notice, but a genius would definitely notice. The genius might even notice the door handle being in a different position than normal.

Influencing anything around Ghosty was risky, and Julian knew that which was why he avoided him.

Luckily, and ironically, manipulating Kugelblitz was easier for Julian.

The difference was that Ghosty's Lab was owned by two powerful people, while Kugelblitz was owned by many.

Kugelblitz's CEO was a strong Specialist, and they owned 30% of the company. Naturally, Julian avoided them.

Aria Light, their Chief Zephyx Extractor, owned 20% of the company, and Julian also avoided her.

However, Vernon Melfion, who owned 20%, was only a strong Expert. Julian had already met him, and the two were friends.

The remaining 30% of Kugelblitz was distributed among random Extractors and rich people of the upper layer.

About 70% of those considered Julian their friend. nove(l)bi(n.)com

This meant that if Kugelblitz decided to do something to Dark Dream, they would face quite some opposition.

Sure, the majority could overrule the minority, but that was never a good idea unless it was an emergency.

Offending Vernon and the shareholders might result in them selling their shares, which would be troublesome for Kugelblitz.

Because of that, Kugelblitz definitely wouldn't go after Dark Dream.

A single little Dark Dream wasn't worth the internal drama.

Sadly, Julian also had zero control over Anatomy.

Anatomy was run differently from all other Manufacturers.

For example, Anatomy didn't really have a CEO.

Anatomy was led by a trio, with Mundus being the unofficial leader.

A Specialist's senses were terrifyingly sharp, and attacking Nick anywhere close to Dark Dream's building was suicide.

As long as Dark Dream's employees didn't move far away from their place of work, they were safe due to Julian.

Luckily, just like every other Manufacturer, Dark Dream was now under immense pressure.

All the Specters had been obtained by the other Manufacturers, and the more time passed, the more powerful they grew.

If Dark Dream ever wanted to walk out of their shadows, it needed to capture more Specters.

And since Dark Dream couldn't get any Specters from inside the city due to the overwhelming power difference, it could only look out of the city.

Specters existed outside the city, in the outer world.

However, Julian couldn't go there.

If he did, Anatomy might decide to assassinate Extractors inside Dark Dream.

He had to stay here.

If they wanted Specters, they needed to buy them or capture them from outside the city.

Sadly, due to the scarcity of Specters, their prices skyrocketed.

Dark Dream couldn't buy any of them easily.

Even more, there was another issue.

Dark Dream didn't have an Adult.

The fact that Nick became an Early Veteran after two years without an Adult was already shocking and raised a couple of eyebrows.

Usually, a Veteran needed an Adult to progress in power, which was why it was strange that Nick managed to advance.

Naturally, Nick couldn't tell them that Julian had helped him with his own Zephyx.

Instead, he said that he had simply worked with a crazy number of Peak Adolescents.

If Nick managed to become a Mid Veteran without Dark Dream having an Adult, everyone would know that something fishy was going on, and Julian's secret would be unveiled.

This meant that Nick's power progression was stuck.

As long as Dark Dream couldn't get an Adult, he couldn't advance anymore.

Because of that, Dark Dream was forced to look outside the city.

They had to get an Adult from there, or at least a couple of weaker Specters, which they could exchange for an Adult.

And since Julian couldn't leave the city...

That only left Nick.

He had to leave Julian's presence and go into the outside world.

Otherwise, Dark Dream would stagnate until it eventually collapsed.