Chapter 238: Auditing and Absolute Power (12)
Every group has its traitors.
If someone sells out their country, they become a traitor like Lee Wan-yong, and if they sell out a company, they become an industrial spy.
For the person who’s being betrayed, there’s nothing worse in the world than that.
But for the betrayer and the people who partner with them, there’s an enormous profit to be made.
“That’s why I tried to persuade the Duke of Visconti, telling him that we can’t just root out corruption without any strategy. But when he ignored my warning, this is what happens.”
The world is like the wild, after all.
Unlike the animal kingdom where beasts tear each other apart with their teeth, in human society, we simply don’t bite each other—at least not directly.
But you never know when someone like me, silently waiting, might sink their poisonous fangs into you.
People who were once giants with power that reached the sky can suddenly become penniless beggars overnight because of betrayal from their subordinates.
The law of the jungle, or rather, the careless ones go first.
“Isn’t that right, Kris?”
Kris, who had brought the report in place of Sebastian, gave a subtle smile and nodded.