Chapter 174: The Unending Thread (1/2)

Chapter 174: The Unending Thread "Kill your father? Now isn't that a bold proposition to throw at me so soon?" said Aldrich He leaned forward, thewith the ht, Aldrich, in his thick armor especially, looked like a hulk of a man

But despite that, Aarav did not care He just waited patiently for Aldrich to talk "Taking out the head of a Council of Fortunethe head of a state," said Aldrich "You're asking aet everything you promised

Or we fail, your head rolls, and I becoet" "Every deal has so or two about ga you so much, Mr

Thanatos? What is essentially joint ownershi+p of Sheshanaga? It's reward co the old et to him

My old ift of immortality, but in the end, all he is is just a weak little insecure ot food like the rest of us

I kno he thinks What he wants What he fears I kno to manipulate him Believe me, I've planned for thispuzzle piece to fit into place, and I believe you can be that piece" "T'll hu to take down your father," said

Aldrich "It's quite simple, really," said Aarav "My oldhealth He sees all of us, his sons and daughters, own blood and flesh, as vultures circling above, just waiting to pick into his corpse

And he would be exactly right about that

He's got exactly one person he trusts, and that's his assistant- rooot this woman coot that right I won't go into the details of it, but she's essentially h," said Aarav "Because no matter how much my old man trusts his mistress, it's not to the point where she can dictate his will for hi ownershi+p of the company first That's why I need to win this duainst all rand cere off the company while he enjoys his eternal retirement" "Retirement? Then is there a need to kill him?" said Aldrich "It see that will convince your father that he'll stay on living" "That's the thing That's what he told us That he'll step down But I know ht not have spent time with me like he did with his real children, but it's because of that that I know exactly the type of man he is

He can't keep his hands off what he thinks belongs to hiet his way, he'll break it so that nobody else can have it That's what he did to my mother That's what he'll do to the coh enough position in the coe a coup anytiht step back for a few ain, and he'll do whatever it takes to carve back that power, even if itit all down

It's better to eliue variable sooner rather than later"

Aldrich took a moment to think about Aarav's words ‘They were ruthless and harsh, yes, but not out of the ordinary Coa corporations The Corporate Wars of 2077 and 2090 that killed hundreds of thousands were a testaet

In the highest echelons of corporate , there was no room for sympathy It was kill or be killed Deceive or be deceived

For this reason, Aldrich could not fully trust Aarav, but he kneould have to deal with corporations because they were such huge powers on the global playing field It was inevitable for Aldrich to have to wade through the web of deceit and conflict woven into these a corporations

What Aldrich needed to do was choose his spider carefully He needed the right spider that would help hiet in his way "I know I said this was a gamble, Mr Thanatos," said Aarav as he noticed

Aldrich's pause "And it is, don't get o all in That's for me to do

This is how I envisioned our potential partnershi+p to go

I help you out right now and do

Consider that a down payment, that you can take for free from me

Afterwards, when you are ether You see,any secret i absolutely sure it won't backfire on him

At the very least, he won't accept your powers as they are now I doubt that paranoid oldonly to potentially be under your control He'll want soestible to his sensibilities