Yoshitaka was no fool—he had simply misjudged an earlier decision but stuck with it, and hence, the mistake had snowballed from there.

That was also precisely why he wasn't concerned when his daughter had voiced her suspicions, even arguing as if in a knee-jerk reflex.

But now, with Kathleen explaining the whole situation, he truly came to his senses and realized how big a blunder he had just made!

Her description of what would have been alone left Yoshitaka sweating buckets, as Kathleeen wasn't exaggerating at all. Mitsui Group's reputation would be utterly destroyed if Tanya were truly killed, and he would most probably be forced to resign to appease the outraged citizens.

While there was always a sense of hypocrisy in any nation's sense of justice, it was built upon one common denominator: keeping everything under the rug.

But should what was beneath the rug be exposed to the public, whoever was found responsible would be reduced to a pariah, abandoned and condemned by everyon