Leo had disappeared from the face of the Earth. He had been kidnapped, yet not a single person in his sphere of influence knew anything about it.

The researchers working in his lab simply assumed he didn't care, and they quickly wasted the research funds on personal projects and pleasure.

Meanwhile, the Hero Tower wasn't looking for him either. The only person who had started to notice something was Marque, the owner of Glitzy's Delivery Service.

"Can we still not find the ship?" he asked over the comms.

"There is no signal, sir. It's like that ship has simply disappeared. Should we report it to the authorities?"

Marque rubbed his head. "Maybe they stopped somewhere to have fun. That's how wealthy people are... I shouldn't imagine the worst."

He calmed himself and continued, "Let's wait a few more days. If they still can't be contacted, we will alert the authorities."

Although getting help from the Authorities for such matters was expensive, Leo was an important partner and the hope for his business revival.

Marque was willing to pay the authorities, even if it meant selling a few ships. But he only wanted to resort to that as a last choice.

....

"It's probably because this ship is blocking the signals. No wonder they didn't care enough to check our belongings. They had a reason to be confident."

Leo gave a self-deprecating smile. If he had known this before, why would he have hurt himself worrying about something so useless?

"It's still fine. Your boss should have contacted the authorities," he said, lightly patting his chest.

After all, when he left the Hero's Tower, he had contacted Marque and asked for a guide to bring him to their headquarters. He had told Marque that he personally wanted to sign the contract since he was free.

That was why Timmy had even come to fetch him. They were on their way to Glitzy's Headquarters on another planet when they were kidnapped.

"We better not rely on him," Timmy scoffed. "That stingy man... I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't do anything. He'd rather believe that we are lost than consider we were kidnapped."

Timmy fell to the ground again, temporarily losing all the motivation he had gained. "By the time he gets the courage to pay the authorities, we would be God knows where..."

Just as Timmy had guessed, the grand ship hadn't stopped moving. It went through multiple warp holes, traveling from one sector to another.

At times, it even took roundabout routes to ensure there was no proper trail to their actual destination. Distances worth millions of light-years were traveled within hours.

Thirty minutes had passed since Leo had broken the chains, when he received a notification.

[Congratulations Host, you have completed the first month]

[Your rewards are being calculated...]

"I have completed my first month? Shouldn't there still be a little over a week left, unless... Time is moving faster in the outside world?"

[Monthly Evaluation has been completed]

...….......

Owned Asset: Alpha Corp

Owned Subsidiary: Alpha Labs

Total Investment: 90,705,000

Total Earnings: 100,055,000

Available Credits: 9,350,000

Monthly Profit: 9,350,000

...….......

[You have failed to achieve a loss. No rewards will be granted]

"This..."

Bad News came one after another. If he hadn't been kidnapped, he would have already signed a deal with Glitzy to spend the rest of the credits.

He was even planning to take a little loan by putting his company as collateral, so he could also invest that in last week.

He was on his way to achieve a loss, but this kidnapping had ruined everything.

If Timmy knew that even in this situation Leo was more bothered about earning profit than the fact that he was being smuggled somewhere by the kidnappers, it was unclear what kind of reaction he would've had.

"It's fine. Maybe I can use this to bribe the people that have kidnapped us. It might unintentionally work in my favor."

Another hour passed on the ship, meanwhile two weeks had passed on earth.

Within the last few weeks, the researchers had already spent all the funds that Leo had assigned to them. And now they were looking at each other's faces.

"Can't you ask that stupid owner to transfer a little more funding? I am so close to completing my personal project!"

"That stupid owner! Just how greedy can he be? Just because we haven't shown any results in a month towards his goal, he stopped funding us?"

"I knew this place was a scam! Shouldn't he have funded us for at least a few months?"

Most of the researchers were looking at Picollo who was also a little hungover from the night. There were also dark circles under his eyes.

"He has been unreachable. How can I ask for more when I can't even contact him? That's why we should've saved some money." He brushed his fingers through his long hair.

He looked like a completely different person than he did when Leo had first seen him. He looked much more confident, and could even raise his voice when needed.

"Should we start selling the equipment of the lab?"

"Hah, who would even buy this junkyard? Do you really think we can earn through this?"

"Even if it's not much, we can at least get some credits, right? Since it's clear that this place will shut down, let's take all we can."

"You idiot, is your brain on your knees? It's easy to steal research funds. Unless there is a full scale audit, no one can question us. But if we stole things that were in the open, it would open us to a proper lawsuit! Don't even think about it."

"Well, it was fun while it lasted."

It had only been a month since this lab opened, and it was already on the verge of shutting down. The researchers had already wasted millions of research credits to live a king size life.

If Leo was here to see such things, instead of being angry, he would've been dancing with joy. It was exactly what he wanted. In fact, he would've rained more credits on these researchers.

Unfortunately, he was in a little difficult situation as the alien ship had finally reached its destination.

The alien creatures returned to the prison cell, and shut down the laser grid, gesturing to Leo and Timmy to follow them.

They didn't even seem to notice that Leo's hands were free. He simply kept his hands behind his back, pretending to be tied up. He had even shabbily wrapped the broken chain around his arms to make it more convincing.

The two of them were finally brought out of the grand ship that was close to the size of a small city. On the way out, they even came across Timmy's ship in the hangar.

Leo kept memorizing every path that they were taking, as he followed the aliens.

"What is this monstrosity...?" He stepped out of the ship, and his mind was immediately thrown into commotion.

"It can't be..." Timmy looked even more horrified.. He was so scared that he immediately fainted, having to be carried by the alien creature on his shoulder.

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