Leo and the people gathered at a flat top hill that was covered with a lot of log cabins. President Shalam said, "Sir, this is where all the guests will be staying. Thanks to your security teams, the area is cleared of all the wild animals, we didn’t kill any of them, just scared them a little and after the meeting is over, they can come back to this place."
High Priest Hank nodded and said, "That is a good thing, President Shalam, not many people are as considerate as you are."
The man smiled but didn’t say anything else. Leo looked around and said, "After the meeting ends, and the future direction has been decided, you can use this place as a sanctuary, and organize tours for the people to experience life in the wild."
Shalam nodded and replied, "Yes, I have an idea along that line."
Then Leo and Hank settled in the cottage, before they had to go out to meet the people. In front of the cottages, there was a yard, where they were going to hold the meeting.
Inside the cottage, there were seven rooms, and Leo and Hank had selected the first ones, they also had separate baths. Hank sat down on the bed with his eyes closed, and in the other room, Leo was the same.
The latter was just focusing his energy to create an internal model of his body inside his mind. However, he had no idea that Hank sensed it.
The high priest opened his eyes and he was surprised. He had been able to sense the presence of the people around him using his abilities, but just a few moments ago, Leo had vanished from his senses. This situation was a little tricky but a pleasant surprise for him.
He mumbled, "To think that he would make such a quick progress, his talent is astonishing, but the final hurdle of the first stage is going to be very hard to overcome. May the goddess watch over you, Young Friend."
Then he closed his eyes and began meditating.
...
Leo had no idea what was going on but his progress had slowed down significantly. The young man had not been able to complete the blood flow map. At first he thought it was his own noise, but then he realized that it was nature that was overwhelming his senses and preventing him from focusing on his model.
Yes, when a human turns silent the sound of nature assaults them hard, and that was the same thing that happened to Leo. His senses were now flooded with the information from his surroundings.
The chirping of the birds, the whooshing of the wind, it all came to his mind like a flood. None of these things were under his control. So, he sighed and opened his eyes after a couple of hours, and decided to try it again at night when he had time to enter the virtual simulation space.
As he stepped out of the room, he was greeted by Felix, this man was the manager appointed for coordinating everything between the hundreds of representatives of the ISC, and he was like an internal control center, at the same time, an auditor who kept an eye on the movement of the organization.
The man adjusted his glasses and shook hands with Leo as he said, "Good Evening Director Cardinal, President Shalam had arranged for the front yard to be used as a meeting place, and the meeting will be attended by seventy representatives in person while the rest of them would be present on a remote access platform. They apologized for not being able to travel over because some pressing matters came up in their nations."
Leo raised his brow and asked, "What are these pressing matters?"
Felix sighed and replied, "Sir, they are trying to move the space research organizations of their nations and heavy industries to get on board with collaboration, this is a vital step that would be needed to provide the foundation of all the future operations done by the ISC."
Leo nodded and said, "Fine then, please pass on my message, they should focus on their work, if someone is willing to join, that is fine, but if they are not, then we can remove them from the list of global traders that would establish itself in the future. While the number of space research organizations is minute, we can find several Heavy Industry tycoons to step up and fill in the gap, the same chances that we are giving the tycoons can be given to small companies and we can still achieve the same result."
Felix nodded, he replied, "Indeed, I will convey the message, the meeting would be held in half an hour, Sir, shall I call everyone out to gather slowly?"
Leo nodded and thanked the man for his hard work, but Felix shook his head and went on his way. Hank saw this whole interaction and asked, "Mister Cardinal, would you be calling in the Cardinal group’s heavy industry team in this fold?"
Leo shook his head and replied, "No, your grace, that would be misusing my authority, if they want to participate, they would need to submit a quotation for the tender we will issue, and that proposal would be inspected by the rest of the council excluding me. Since I have a conflict of interest here, I will not step in this mucky water."
Hank nodded and replied, "You are a shrewd businessman but a good man with virtue."
Leo chuckled and remarked, "You are probably the first person to say such nice things to me, Your Grace, thank you, shall we go out to deal with the meeting?"
The old man stood up from his chair and then the two of them walked out of the cottage to greet the rest of the members.
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At the same time, back in the capital city, Anastasia was fuming over a report that Lily submitted to her and the trio of children was trying to get the lady to calm down. Snow was also sitting on the side with a solemn face. She asked, "Is this really done by uncle?"
Anastasia nodded and said, "The Pinnacle Security team has no advantage of lying to us, he was the mastermind this time too."
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