Chapter Two: An Eighteen-Hour Chain of Evidence

[MISSION 001 COMPLETE.] [ASSESSMENT: YOU DID NOT USE THE HINT.] [TRUST: 7→12.] [COMMERCIAL-OPPORTUNITY PROJECTION UNLOCKED.] [STARTUP CAPITAL LOCATION: THE SETTLEMENT MEETING YOU ARE ABOUT TO ATTEND. RECOMMENDED TARGET: ¥300,000.] Chen looked at Su. “How long until Hanhai proposes a settlement?” “If they're smart, ten minutes.” Her phone rang before the sentence had settled. Hanhai Legal invited them to a four o'clock meeting. The offer: removal of the risk flag, one hundred thousand yuan, mutual confidentiality. “Take it?” Su asked. “Three hundred thousand, public correction, and we retain the right to sue.” “They won't agree.” “They will.” In the corner of his vision, Zero displayed a message no one else could see.