Naomi panicked.
"Maeve, if you put him under again so quickly, you'll trigger The Backlash."
Maeve scoffed. "What Backlash could possibly be worse than losing Charlie?"
Ignoring Naomi's warning, she leaned in and aggressively interrogated Donovan.
"Who is the financial backer behind Gordon Foster?"
Caught in his second trance, Donovan answered mechanically.
"Wright Medical Group, AuraCorp, Cosmos Corporation, Grover Group..."
He rattled off a long list of companies.
Every single one of them represented a massive corporate power.
And all of them had vested financial interests in the medical industry.
Aside from the Grover Group, whose headquarters were based in Aethelburg, the rest operated out of Bayside City.
Naomi gasped as she processed the names.
"Wright Medical Group, AuraCorp, Cosmos Corporation... they all declared bankruptcy a year ago."
When those medical giants collapsed, it had caused a massive shockwave across the business world.
Even someone like Naomi, who rarely paid attention to financial news, had found the sudden bankruptcies unbelievable.
Maeve cast a sideways glance at her.
"Why do you think I moved my operations from Bayside City to Aethelburg? They're already dealt with."
Naomi asked hesitantly, "So you came to Aethelburg to destroy the Grover Group?"
Compared to Wright Medical or AuraCorp, the Grover Group—one of Aethelburg's three elite families—was an indestructible titan in the business world.
Furthermore, Lab C, under the Grover umbrella, was heavily subsidized by the government.
Even with the White family backing Maeve, going to war with them would likely end in mutually assured destruction.
Brushing off Naomi's concern, Maeve spoke with supreme confidence.
"The only reason I haven't ripped the Grover family apart yet is because I haven't found Charlie's heart."
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