Chapter Eighty-Seven: A New Situation (I)
After only one day at Othello Star Central Hospital, Martina, who had fully recovered, chose to be discharged. Originally, Robin was worried that Martina would be left with a psychological shadow because of the abduction, but he soon found out that this was not the case at all, and it seemed that the only sequelae left by this incident was that Martina pulled Robin's position in her mind to an unprecedented height, not only began to be obedient to Robin, but also became more and more dependent on Robin, and seemed to be unwilling to part with Robin all the time.
Martina has completely evolved into an innocent girl who is deeply in love, and after her hatred of Elliott is vented, her world is no longer grayed by hatred. And it is precisely because of the hatred that tormented her like a dream demon not long ago that she longs for the warmth of love so much, and she hopes to let herself forget the gray memory that she does not want to look back. So, subconsciously, she magnified Robin's salvation of her as much as possible, and she even imagined Robin as an angel sent by God. The blindness of love began to make her trust Robin unconditionally, and even if she was asked to give her life for Robin, she would not hesitate to do so now.
Feeling Martina's change, Robin's heart was very uncomfortable. Things have developed so far that he doesn't know how to end it. He couldn't bear to hurt Martina, but the mission and responsibility of being a republican [***] forced him to stop, so he could only put on a mask against his will and continue to play the role of this liar.
After going to the Ministry of Commerce of Othello Star and officially signing the certificate of transfer of mining rights of Bruno Star Mining in the name of Roche Logistics, Robin's huge plan has taken the first step perfectly, and this step is even more perfect than he thought. Since he is the actual owner of the mining rights, he can even do whatever he wants on Bruno without hiding from the Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company.
In addition, with Kimberly's permission, the police opened Arnold's personal safe inside the Kimberly Hotel and found a large amount of evidence of his illegal transactions with Elliott. Armed with this evidence, Inspector Alfred formally arrested Elliott and seized his trading company, transferring all of his assets to Robin and Martina in the name of compensation.
Elliott was one of the first merchants to arrive at the Hermes spaceport after Federal President Dawson issued a decree to open Proxima Centauri's northern space. For several years, he dominated the market for rare materials in the Northern Star Field, and quickly amassed a huge fortune.
Before receiving the list of assets handed over by the police, Martina's estimate of Elliott's assets was roughly around 1 billion federal dollars. However, when she got this detailed bill, Martina realized that she had made a big mistake, she completely underestimated Elliott's ability to make money illegally. Because on this list, the inventory of cash, bonds, and rare materials alone is close to 1 billion. Add in the space station, shops, ships, and mass production equipment that Elliott had purchased at the Helmes spaceport, and Elliott's actual fortune was at least twice as much as Martina's previous estimates.
Receiving a huge fortune of nearly 2 billion was a complete surprise for Martina and Robin, which meant that from now on, the alliance that Martina and Robin had created would become one of the richest consortia in the entire Proxima Centauri region. And, by replacing Elliott's dominance in the rare materials market and the one-year purchase of the mining rights of Lower Bruno, Byron Heavy Metals Trading and Roche Logistics will form a real industry monopoly. In the future, the profits expected by Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company, which has the best purification technology, are absolutely unimaginably astronomical.
Overnight, Proxima Centauri's business landscape was turned upside down. When the vanguard forces of the major families were still entangled with the Ausveld family, the Byron family, which had been neglected, soared silently, and before everyone came to their senses, they used this unbelievable means to complete the monopoly plan expected by the Byron family in one fell swoop, and laid an unbreakable industry position for the Byron family to take root in Proxima Centauri.
Gradually, the strange combination of Martina and Robin began to be known to most people. And some people with a keen sense of smell, after carefully analyzing the changes in the Byron family in the past two or three months, are keenly aware that this miraculous everything began to change dramatically after the arrival of the mysterious visitor named Robin. It is no exaggeration to say that it was Robin's ability to turn the tide that saved the Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company, not only did not make the Byron family the first to go out, but also successfully completed a miraculous reversal.
In the business world of Proxima Centauri, Robin quickly became a star that made countless people curious. Almost all the families with some amount of power have become curious about his identity, and have hired a large number of commercial spies to investigate the Octopus space station, where the Byron Heavy Metal Trading Company and the fleet are located, in an attempt to unearth Robin's secrets and his true identity.
If Robin is a true Federalist, then all of this is great news for him, because it means that he will truly step into the upper echelons of the Federation from now on. Unfortunately, he wasn't, and now, when he realized that he was too conspicuous, he began to panic, because he knew that his fleet had too strong the imprint of the Republic, and that his true identity would be exposed sooner or later.
So, when Martina confuses with him about how to divide the property in Elliott's name. Robin did not hesitate to choose all the cash, leaving all the inventory of rare materials, bonds, machinery and real estate to Martina.
On paper, Elliott had less than a quarter of the total amount of cash in his account, and Robin's choice of cash alone looked like he had suffered a big loss. However, Robin knew very well in his heart that time was running out for him, and only cash could give him the freedom to buy the supplies that the large fleet urgently needed.
Moreover, the money handed over to them by the police is actually Brandon's hush money. Because according to the custom, even if the police convict Ellio of a specific crime, they will not transfer all the assets in his name to the victim, and the victim can get part of the compensation from the remaining cash. It was because he had evidence of the Mellon family's illegal arms business that the old and slick Brandon would use Elliott's property to seal his mouth with flowers.
After arranging a secret meeting in private, Robin learns through Alfred that the police have reached an agreement with the Mellon family. In the near future, the police will sign a special safety case for the Golden Bellley Hotel. In other words, from now on, the Kimberly Hotel can take advantage of this security exception to put on a legal cloak for the hoarding of large-caliber illegal arms. Of course, in exchange for signing this security exception, the Mellon family will periodically take a portion of their illicit profits and provide them to Brandon's Rex family as political contributions.
All of this was done secretly through secret channels, and Alfredken revealed these secrets to Robin because Robin had become a powerful ally by the side of the Rex family in the current situation. Moreover, the two sides will further cooperate with Bloody Harry. So Brandon doesn't mind revealing some secrets to Robin in order to solidify the personal relationship between the two parties.
In addition to this, Alfred's secret disclosure of these confidential messages to Robin also implies a warning from Brandon. Now, after Brandon and Kimberly came to an agreement, the Rex family, represented by Brandon, and the Mellon family, represented by Kimberly, have become true allies. In this case, if Robin still counts on biting the Mellon family with the evidence in his hand, then he will no longer be able to get the same strong support from the police as before.
With Robin's astuteness, he naturally immediately heard Alfred's subtext. As a republican [***] lurking in the Confederacy, Robin knows exactly how to weigh the stakes. He has no intention of confronting the powerful Mellon family, so a hush money of up to 500 million cash is enough for him. After all, compared to participating in the intricate power struggle of Othello, how to complete his earth-shattering prisoner rescue plan is the top priority in his mind.
…… Othello Star Spaceport Medical Station.
Nishizawa, who was injured in the attack, was placed here for medical treatment. After the police station completed the closing procedures and the settlement of the property, Martina, accompanied by Gabriel, visited Nishizawa here.
"Miss, I'm so happy to see that you're okay......" Nishizawa said with a smile on his face, which was covered in thick gauze and swollen like a pig's head.
Nishizawa had multiple folds all over his body, and his brain showed signs of bruising from the violent impact. An injury like Nishizawa could no longer be completely treated by the culture chamber alone, which made Nishizawa have to undergo surgery to complete the bone reduction before entering the culture chamber for the next step of treatment. Before Martina's arrival, Nishizawa had just completed all the surgeries and was being treated for internal injuries and bone damage by injecting repair fluids, which was the result of this mummy-like appearance.
"I'm sorry, it's all because of me that you're so badly injured." Martina peeled an apple for Nishizawa with a fruit knife and fed it to Nishizawa's mouth herself: "I have already asked the doctor just now, and he said that you will be able to enter the cultivation cabin in two hours, and if it goes well, you should be able to recover basically tonight." ”
"Thank you, Miss...... I...... I'll be fine soon......"
After struggling to swallow the apple that Martina had fed herself, Nishizawa was moved to tears and snot. At this moment, it was like heaven for him......
(To be continued)