God of Tricksters

"This…" Maya clutched her head.

Without hesitation, Maya immediately asked for an investigation group to find her father. If he was kidnapped, the enemy would most likely ask for a huge ransom.

However, even after three days, there wasn't any news about her father. It was as if her father had just vanished into thin air.

She thought her father had been killed by someone. Even so, Maya still didn't lose hope. As long as she hadn't found his corpse, she would continue to believe that her father was still alive somewhere.

Unfortunately for her, that wasn't the only thing she needed to worry about.

The news of her father missing immediately spread to their enemies, causing them to start poaching the experts from the Star Group.

It was clear that Bernard was a good CEO who controlled this giant company. There was a lot of trust in him.

But because Bernard suddenly disappeared as if he was killed by someone, the unrest started to creep into his followers' hearts.

It was at this time all the experts from the Star Group, whether they were Mythical Rank Experts or just Normal Rank Experts, started to reconsider their choices.

On the one hand, Maya was indeed capable of replacing Bernard. On the other hand, Bernard was still the bigger person since he had so much experience and achievement.

That loss of trust made the people's hearts waver.

With the help of the enemies who started poaching the experts from the Star Group and the Starry Group, they began to leave the two companies. Their experts simply couldn't resist the temptation of a great contract because the two companies' prospects had gone down.

In the end, a third of the experts that the two companies had decided to resign. Although the Star Group and the Starry Group received a huge amount of money due to the penalty of breaking the contract, they simply couldn't spend that capital easily.

Maya first took a portion of that money to stabilize its stock price. With the loss of so many experts, the investors had begun to leave as well, causing a lot of shares to be sold in the market.

After that, Maya used the rest of the money to find some more experts to replace them.

Unfortunately, not many people actually wanted to join the two companies simply because the Star Group would be destroyed sooner or later. And someone would buy their share and take over the business. So, they decided to wait even with that huge incentive from the companies.

That one month was basically hell for Maya as she hadn't gone home at all. She couldn't show any more weakness or the two companies would collapse.

Due to the other side affecting the strength of the people on this side, the business had two giant pillars supporting them. The first was money, while the second was strength. Now that the second pillar had been chopped down, Maya needed to burn some money to retain a bit of their strength.

Unfortunately for her, the turnover rate of her company soared to the sky, causing huge chaos in the company itself.

Maya was lying down on her table with a huge black bag under her eyes. Her assistant brought a coffee.

"This is your coffee." She put on a gentle smile, trying to soothe her heart even a little bit.

"Mhm…" Maya mumbled in a low voice. She asked, "What's the situation right now? How's the investigation?"

"The company is under a lot of stress. From our data, the statistic of people quitting is above 40%. Some Ranks even reach 60-70%. Also, 50% of Mythical Rank Experts left the companies. Even with both groups combined, we only have roughly 20 Mythical Rank Experts right now. One of the S Rank Talent from the Star Group has resigned as well."

"Who is that?"

"Silvia."

"How are Patrick and Mark?"

"Both of them have been extremely quiet in their mansion. We haven't heard anything from them."

"I see. Still, this is a problem." Maya scratched the back of her head, wondering how to deal with this problem again. "How is the situation of our warehouses and factories?"

"Two warehouses and one factory were destroyed. One more factory will go down soon because no one can take care of that place anymore."

"The Star Group is the 4th biggest company in the world while my Starry Group is 68th. Yet, we can't do anything against the top ten experts in the world… Is there even a reason for us to build a company if strength is all they need to conquer these two colossal companies?" Maya let out a long sigh.

"That… I don't know."

"Anyway, I want you to take care of the worker distribution. Do you have any way to contact my grandfather? He should be aware of this sudden attack, so I don't understand why he's not coming out… If my grandfather is here, his reputation can stop the people from leaving. He has a lot of achievements after all." Maya sighed.

"We haven't found him nor received any contact."

"Why? Why does my grandfather not do anything? Well, whatever. How's the military?"

"They've been reinforcing our hotels on the other side so we can focus on this side, but that's all. They haven't done anything more."

"Tsk. They asked us for help, and now they abandoned us after we were done. Fuck them. I'm not going to have any connection with the military or white house anymore." Maya clicked her tongue. "Then, how is Joker?"

"I'm not sure. Every time we went there to check, we were stopped by his Mythical Rank Assistant."

"This is not going to work. I've done so much, but to think my father is all it took for the companies to collapse." Maya sighed. "It seems that no one looks at me that favorably."

"I apologize for saying this, but I believe it's due to your arrogant nature. It's true that you're talented, but you're too arrogant, making people dislike you. That's why you can entice them, but you can't make them stay."

"Well…" Maya closed her eyes. It was true that she was arrogant, but she had worked hard to reach this point by herself. She had the right to act like that. If it was a small problem, the people would still continue to trust her, but with a problem at this scale, the hatred in people's hearts was enhanced.

"I know, I'm wrong. I can make excuses like I'm still young and full of energy or I've achieved all that from myself, but I don't want to do it anymore. Instead of lamenting my mistake right now, I'll do it better next time. So, for now, I want to focus on saving the two companies first before fixing that problem." Maya nodded. Although the words were harsh, she understood her mistakes perfectly.

"I understand. I'll return to my position then."

"Yeah. Thank you for the report. Tell me if anything goes wrong…"

When her assistant was about to leave, her Skylink rang. She excused herself and took the call outside before suddenly rushing back inside.

"Ehm, Miss. There is someone who wants to meet you."

"Who is that?"

"She goes by the name of Nagasawa Rea. It seems she is delivering an invitation."

"Invitation?" Maya widened her eyes in shock, considering Nagasawa Rea was under Theo's jurisdiction.

"Yes. The invitation to the Asda Banquet."