"Did you agree to their conditions?" Michael asked.

Eric shook his head. "No way I could agree to such conditions!"

Michael breathed a sigh of relief. "I didn't misjudge you guys. You're young people who refuse to bow to evil forces. Now that we're certain someone is causing trouble behind our backs, I have a rough idea of who it might be. This could be a breakthrough!"

"Who?" Eric asked.

"Remember when I told you about the super conglomerates?" Michael reminded him.

Eric nodded, recalling the discussion about how the super conglomerates influenced the three international giants.

"They practically control the world's economic development," Michael explained. "The value of those three international giants, worth trillions, is just the tip of the iceberg in their wealth. It's quite terrifying."

Eric was stunned. He had only encountered such super conglomerates in novels and did not realize they actually existed.

"Around two years ago, one of those super conglomerates under the R