The rain in Oskon City finally cleared the day before the summit began. That night, Mnie needed to go out to buy something urgently, and as soon as she exited the elevator, she saw Lee leading a man inside respectfully


    To be precise, it was a young man.


    He looked quite young and was dressed in a charcoal gray suit. He was tall and slender, with skin sof fair it reflected light. What caught her attention even more were his eyes; his pupils were light brown, giving off a somewhat cold aura.


    When Mnie caught a glimpse of him, the young man looked in her direction as if he had sensed her gaze. In that brief moment of eye contact, Mnie was momentarily stunned.


    While she had not noticed it from his profile, the young man’s face resembled that person.


    The instant she was lost in thought, Lee already led the young man into the elevator.


    Mnie vaguely heard Lee address him as “Mr. Smith.”


    In the elevator, Lee stood beside the young man, his expression unchanged, but there was a hint of curiosity brewing within him. The information he had received previously informed him that Matthew was young and in his early twenties. Lee initially thought that someone who could bring the Qaisa family to this point, even if young, should be an extremely scheming persona.


    Contrary to his expectations, Matthew did not seem to suit the look at all. Instead, he looked more like a carefree and flirtatious young man, wandering amidst the flowers.


    “Who was that woman just now?” Lee heard Matthew’s emotionless, almost disdainful voice ask when he was in thought.


    Lee responded, “Are you asking about Mnie?”


    “Mnie?” Matthew repeated the name slowly, with a hint of inquiry.


    Lee inexplicably shivered. The way Matthew had said Mnie’s name seemed as if he had been seething between his teeth, sending shivers down his spine.


    His expression stiffened and just as he was about to exin who she was, Matthew asked, “Are you familiar with her?”


    “…Yes, we used to work in the samepany.”


    “Is she from Jepton?”


    “…Yes.”


    “Someday, introduce her to me,” Matthew casually said in the end, to which Lee struggled to reply,” She’s almost 30 now.”


    Matthew lowered his silent, stagnant water like eyes. “So what?”


    Lee did not know how to respond. Instinctively, he felt that Matthew was not someone to be trifled with. Eugene was also cold, but at least his coldness retained a trace of humanity. Not Matthew, though. His demeanor exuded a sense of world–weariness toward everyone.


    Mnie was not a stranger to Oskon. She had been here several times before during her time with LeapCo and had oftene for business trips. After buying what she needed, she returned to the hotel, but her mind could not help but linger on the young man she had just encountered. He looked too simr.


    Mnie did not believe it was a coincidence. Suddenly, she recalled that both Bernard and Stephen had asked her if she knew anyone in Oskon.


    Her eyes darkened as she entertained a somewhat absurd thought. However, before she could dwell on it, she was interrupted. Just as Mnie entered the hotel lobby, she ran into Eugene and Lee who had juste down to the lobby. There was no sign of the young man from earlier. Mnie had only been out for half an hour at most.


    After a moment’s contemtion, she took a few steps forward and asked Lee directly, “Where’s the person you were with just now?”