He had even tried poaching subsidiaries from the key partners of PROSPECTUS TECHNOLOGY, but LYON had gotten wind of it. Most of those attempts had fallen through.

Prospectus Technology had entrenched itself in Saintonia over many years. Removing it wasn't going to be easy, and Tom wasn't about to risk the Genge Group in the process.

He was already back in the country anyway, so DRAKE couldn't do much to him. Still, appearances needed to be kept up.

With that thought, TOM called GABRIEL and asked, "What's the status on your end?"

"It will take another two weeks," answered GABRIEL.

TOM frowned. "That long? Can't you speed it up?"

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