Chapter 386
The following week passed far too slowly for Matt’s liking, but he understood it was a hectic one for his lawyers.
He hadn’t seen a single one of them drop below their maximum perception speed for even a second while they got the guild ready for the metaphorical war they were about to enter.
And war it would be.
Falker Industries seemed determined to prove that they had independently developed the engine with such fervor that Johannes feared they might have actually done so.
If that happened, they would be shit out of luck and end up not only paying court fees, but would take a fairly severe publicity hit.
He could already see the headlines: “Ascender’s Guild Viciously Attacks Innocent Organization Over Design Dispute”. It wouldn’t kill all of his goodwill, but it would go a long way to ruin the image he and everyone else had worked hard to curate.
Reputation was three quarters of the battle when it came to helping people.
Even if they failed, it would recover, but the public's overall impressions would be negative for a while.
Matt felt dirty thinking about it, but he knew they had counters ready to deploy if such an event would happen.