“Shall I tell you what she said after?” teased Benjamin, sitting on one of the lounge chairs.“I wouldn’t date Kirkland for all the money in the world”“Such a lie. You think you can provoke me by saying something like that?” asked Kirkland, remaining calm.Benjamin threw up his hands. “Lie? How do think we found that for certain that you were fucking Nicole? She confirmed it herself! And isn’t it true that I came here with Amber as well? Is your brain finally stringing all these details together? Can you imagine her expression? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so disgusted.”Kirkland bit his lip, going silent.“And I was on your side too” began Benjamin “But she utterly rejected you, dude.”“You’re lying” scoffed Kirkland, going back to handling the remote.“I think that is easily sorted, don’t you think? Why don’t we wait for Amber to get back? Then you can ask her yourself” suggested Benjamin. There was no further word from Kirkland. He had switched on the massive television and

“You cheeky bastard. If it’s reasoned like that, how come I got a shit ton of points for aborting a user?”“Aborting a user is somewhere between dominating companies and governments, which is why the rewards were plentiful this time,” explained PAYTON.Benjamin stopped to think. “So, in other words, for me to reach those amount of points, I should have conquered multiple companies..”“Or owning significantly capital-sized companies, worth trillions, not millions” advised PAYTON.Benjamin clicked his tongue. “Trillions?!”“MoonShot Inc. is exactly a trillion-dollar-valued company. It has cosmodromes in every major city on planet earth, and is widely regarded as the hope of mankind reaching Mars in the next decade. Which would explain Mr Kirkland’s vast possession of dominion points enough to buy Laplace Monsters and several others we may not know about.”All of it ended up being useless though, thought Benjamin.“Can I really make Ivy Corp valuated to close to a trillion dollars?” aske

"The only thing you should know, that I want you to know, is that I am Mr Kirkland’s direct supervisor when it comes to Star Alliance. As Thomas is to you” explained the Visitor.“So it’s true,” said Benjamin.“You had your suspicions? May I ask from where?” Benjamin refrained from speaking. If he mentioned that Nicole was the person who gave Kirkland away, listening to all those phone calls, he feared what the Alliance might do to her to tie up loose ends. And she was about to start working for him.“It’s obvious. He was rich, and a douchebag. The criteria doesn’t seem to extend beyond that” replied Benjamin.“An interesting conclusion, Mr Benjamin.” Started the Visitor.“If you’re Kirkland’s supervisor, that doesn’t still explain what you’re doing in my office.” snapped Benjamin. The eyes of the visitor watched him closely.“You are quite aware, Mr Benjamin, that Mr Kirkland has suffered a terrible accident.”Benjamin did his best to play along. “Yes-“ But he stopped. There was some

“You don’t know what you’re doing. Are you aware of what will happen If I leave this office without finishing first?” asked the Visitor calmly.“I thought you’d never ask. I am actually curious. On the other hand, I want to ask you. Are you aware of what will happen to you if you continue standing in my office after I have ordered you out?”Benjamin approached the man. “I allowed the first disrespect, O sir, when you stepped into my office without invitation. I will not allow a second.” He warned.The Visitor peered inquisitively into Benjamin’s eyes. “Interesting. How very interesting Mr Benjamin” he started. Benjamin moved his hand to show him the corridor.“Why, yes, of course.” Continued the Visitor, moving to return the book to its original location on the shelf. Placing it back neatly, he turned away from the shelf and headed for the exit. Just outside the office, he paused, and spun around to take one last look at Benjamin. “Permit me to say one last thing, Mr Benjamin. Did

Benjamin was sure of it. The cards were a system of their own, if not powered by another system. He took out his black card, flipping both sides rampantly, to discover something he hadn’t noticed before. But the card was still as plain as usual, only bearing his name engraved at the back.“Payton” Benjamin summoned.“That information is still classified, Sir” returned Payton. Benjamin tucked the card back into one of his coat pockets. There would be time to face the Alliance. But now--“It seems quite a few things have begun to pile up,” he remarked to himself. The problem of Dominion points. The problem of Domination. He had to begin laying his plans immediately.“Let’s do this first,” he said aloud to nobody in particular and dialled up a contact in his phone. A second after the contact picked up, Benjamin activated the [Mimic] skill.“Yes, it’s me,” he said. There was an imperceptible tinny voice over the line. A concerned voice.“Yes, that’s correct. Yes, that too,” said Benjamin.