Thirty-Eight - Divide and Conquer

Money, the root of all evils. Some say money is not everything, not the key to real happiness, but the Pride says otherwise. With their money, they have covered ninety percent of their shady dealings, both in the government and in the Underground Society. One of their gemstones was gone in the withdrawal of Samira out of their wing. Clement Congregation has offered a buyout and Renard fully supported the initiative, infuriating the chairman of Silver Lining Corporation, Nathan Pride. Nathan felt the pressure from their stakeholders. He needs to stabilize the company or he will lose his position.

One of their long-term goals was to take one of the Alderige laboratory breakthroughs, which was spearheaded by Vincent Alderige himself, the ThioAlpha. It was an ambitious movement for Nathan, the walls of the Alderige company were reinforced. His snakes of stock buyers could not penetrate Cornelius's control in the board. Until a cast aside Clement was on his palms.