The headquarters of Sky Technologies rose twenty-six stories above Brenton City, its glass façade reflecting the afternoon sun.

The building stood taller than the surrounding offices, with clean lines and a modern design.

At the moment, on the 25th floor of the building, inside the CEO's office...

The CEO's office was bathed in the warm light of the afternoon sun, streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows that offered a clear view of Brenton City.

There were shelves lined on one side of the room, filled with leather-bound books, a few framed awards, and small decorative pieces.

At the center of the room stood a large mahogany desk, its surface shining under the sunlight.

Behind it, a man with a medium build, black hair, and brown eyes sat, intently going through a stack of documents. He wore a charcoal gray suit with a crisp white shirt and a navy tie, the fabric tailored neatly to fit his frame.

Knock! Knock!

Without raising his head, the man sitting behind the desk spoke in a deep voice, "Come in."

As soon as his voice fell, the door of the office was opened and a lady walked in.

It was a woman of medium height with chestnut hair neatly tied into a ponytail, framing a composed face and attentive hazel eyes.

She wore a deep burgundy blazer over a soft ivory blouse and a knee-length skirt, in her hand, carrying a file.

She quickly walked towards the desk, and with a respectful expression on her face, she said, "Mr. Alonso, I have just received the information that someone has acquired 2.5% shares of the company."

"Hmm?" Martin Alonso, the CEO of Sky Technologies, seemed to be surprised by what his personal assistant had said.

For the first time, he shifted his attention from the document that he was going through, before gazing at the lady.

Seeing his gaze, the lady said, "The information was sent to your email just a few minutes ago."

Clara, the lady standing in front of Martin, was his most trusted person in the entire company. That was why she was his personal assistant, and had full access to his work email.

Due to the workload, she mostly dealt with the emails sent to him, she was able to read and respond to them, but would only report to him if anything required his attention.

Now, her informing him that there was someone that had acquired 2.5% shares of the company was definitely something that required his attention.

"Do you know who it is?" Martin asked, without a shift of expression on his face.

"It is a person named Michael Santos. They have just completed the acquisition about 10 minutes ago. I just received the email about 5 minutes ago." Clara responded.

"Any info on him?" Martin asked.

While shaking her head, Clara replied, "Not really. I have tried looking for information on him, but apart from his image and other necessary details that were sent to us after the acquisition, there is nothing else about him.

Even during the acquisition of the shares, it seems that he signed an electronic share transfer agreement. He did not appear in person."

Martin could not help but frown when he heard that. Then, he asked, "But, does the acquisition of the shares not require the approval of the chairperson of the board of directors?"

"Apparently, the chairperson approved the acquisition of the shares, and approved the digital signature." Clara responded, though there was a slightly confused expression on her face.

It was clear, just like Martin, she was puzzled by this situation.

Currently, the company was at a critical moment, as they were about to have a breakthrough in the R&D department.

Since it was critical, they decided that the shares of the company would not be sold to anyone, until the success was verified.

After all, with the success from the research and development department, the market value of the company would increase. At that time, the shares of the company would be worth more.

Additionally, the reason why they decided to restrict the selling of the shares was because they were afraid of accidents.

Nobody could tell if the person who acquired the shares had any good intentions.

While Sky Technologies was the biggest company in the Eastern province, it was not the biggest technology company that dealt with wearable devices in the nation.

So, there was competition, and it was impossible for the other companies to wait and see as the company succeeded. They would definitely try to sabotage things, or maybe steal the result of the research, before acquiring the patent for it.

It was for this reason that Martin was puzzled. After all, if anything went wrong, he would be the one that would take most of the responsibility as the CEO of the company.

Martin did not hold any shares of the company. All that he did was managing the company, and the pay was good. Of course, the reason why he received such a high pay was due to his abilities.

He had already been in this company for more than a decade, almost two decades now. And during the time that he was in charge of the company, he had been able to push the company from a market value of just about a billion, all the way to the current market value.

This was enough to be able to demonstrate his skill, which was why he was also valued by the shareholders of the company.

Moreover, he was given the freedom to make the decisions for the company, without involving the shareholders, unless it was something very important and required the participation of the shareholders.

"Okay then. Since the chairperson has approved, then no problem. You can continue with looking for the information about this person, but don't dig too deeply.

Since the chairperson has approved, there is a possibility that this person has a special background.

So, if you deliberately try looking for their information, it might lead to some problems. It's better to be subtle about it.

Additionally, make sure that the security is tight, and nothing goes wrong until we succeed with the launching of the new product." Martin thought for a moment before he instructed.

"Yes." Clara nodded before she quickly left the office.

Martin remained seated behind the desk, deep in contemplation. He was not sure what was going on, but, it seemed that he would have to speed up things.

....

Ten minutes ago...

As soon as Michael made the purchase in the system store, all the procedures were completed, and Michael received the share transfer agreement that was fully signed.

This made Michael feel as though the system was able to predict his future moves, which then allowed it to be able to prepare in advance.

After all, looking at the share transfer agreement, there was the signature of the person who had sold their shares to him.

And, Michael had only mentally clicked on the purchase button, when about 5 seconds later, he received the share transfer agreement that appeared on top of the table in the living room of his apartment.

Despite the shock, after he received the share transfer agreement, Michael quickly called Adrian.

At the moment, Adrian had already acquired quite a considerable number of skills, with one of them including hacking.

As for the level of his hacking skills, Michael did not doubt. After all, he had already tried it out, and it was due to this hacking that he was able to acquire the detailed information on Sky Technologies.

"Adrian, I would like you to make sure that nobody can access my information. If they want to get any information on me, they will need to go to Drenn city and personally ask the people who knew about me.

Apart from the basic information, such as the name, gender, and my appearance, nothing else should be accessed by the people from Sky Technologies." Michael instructed.

He did not want a situation where he would have his life disrupted because he had acquired shares of a company.

While he had acquired the shares of the company, that did not imply that he wanted to be disturbed. After all, there were a lot of skills and SP that he could still acquire through reading and watching videos.

He did not want his tranquil life to be affected by such a small share percentage.

If it had been from a small company, Michael would not have been worried. But, this was the giant of the eastern province.

So of course, acquiring the shares of this company, no matter how small, would definitely be something that many people would notice.

Additionally, currently, Michael did not want some people to come looking for him, thinking that he was an easy target. And well, he really did not have any influence or power right now, so, if someone who had more influence came over, it would be troublesome for Michael.

"Okay. I will get it done as soon as possible." Adrian responded.

Then, he used the laptop that he had purchased using the money that Michael had given him before, and began dealing with the issue assigned.

Just about a minute later, Adrian looked at Michael and said, "I have completed the task. Now, nobody can access any of your information online, unless they have the information in physical files."

"That's good." Michael nodded, satisfied.

Now, it was time to focus on something else. Should he advance his combat skills to the expert level, or should he acquire a new skill, or maybe push the current skills to the advanced level?

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