Chapter 732. A Total Defeat

At the Locke Group, the higher-ups of the company gathered in a cramped room while a benevolent and kind elderly man was seated right in its center. The seniors studied the elder warily, their eyes filled with fear and respect. The elder’s every move seemed to have the power to cause them anxiety.

Not only that, the old man’s amiable tone of speech was overwhelming in their ears; the more he acted this way, the more the higher-ups’ hands were tied.

“Is Matthias not present in the company today?” asked the old man pleasantly.

The higher-ups were precisely most afraid of this question. They had hoped to leave the room unscathed, but it seemed like it was all merely wishful thinking—naturally, the sharp old man wouldn’t leave out such an important detail.

He took in the senior management’s reaction one by one and his expression shifted slightly. He didn’t need their answer to know that Matthias wasn’t at the company at the moment.

However, the old man didn’t seem