Nigel hastily returned, and his expression was grim.

"Ms. Williams… I'm afraid your money can't be transferred," he stated.

Sylvia's demeanor shifted.

Eric frowned and retorted, "Mr. Dolittle, what do you mean it can't be transferred? That's over 4 billion dollars, not 40 dollars! The country explicitly stipulates freedom of deposit and withdrawal. Just saying it can't be transferred doesn't explain anything."

Nigel wiped the sweat from his forehead. He knew he couldn't offend the group and had to carefully consider his actions. He took a deep breath and confessed, "To be honest, our bank is out of money. We can't even transfer 1 billion dollars, let alone 4 billion dollars..."

Eric narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected things at King City Bank to unfold so rapidly. As one of the top-ranking banks in the country, King City Bank should have at least hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets, yet they couldn't come up with 1 billion dollars?

"Mr. Dolittle, it seems that King