I'm Trying To Go Broke, So Why Do I Keep Getting Richer?!-Chapter 188: Reverse Checkmate

"Last time, I focused only on making money. But I learned my lesson, thanks to your granddaughter sending people to kill my people. You know how worthless I felt, watching my company burn, as I was protected by others?"

Leo sat next to the old man, whose eyes widened. This was the first time he was hearing such things.

His granddaughter had an interaction with this man? Did that mean that the actual reason he had started hurting their family was because of his granddaughter?

Even after he asked his family members if they had any information on the person who might be targeting them, that girl had simply stayed expressionless like she had no idea.

Even after Leo had made a bank, she still didn’t tell him anything.

The more he thought about it, the more his blood started boiling. At this point, even the nerves on his neck had become visible.

His family had fallen to this point, all because his granddaughter had messed with this person?

He had heard about his granddaughter being involved in some bad stuff, like having her own shadow guards that dealt with the dirty stuff for her. However, he never expected something like this could be created because of that.

"Because of your granddaughter, I realised that I was focused on only one thing... Wasting money. However, she made me understand that there is a difference between wasting money, and wasting money on the right things."

"She made me learn my lesson, and it was because of her, that I started wasting a good portion of my wealth on something really fun. Do you want to know what?"

Leo moved closer to the old man, and asked, "Did you think you were the only person spending money on..."

The old man’s eyes widened as he heard Leo’s words. His eyes looked at him in disbelief.

"I agree that I didn’t have a long history of wealth like you. That’s why I had to spend a lot more. I really thought that I would also get more reward because of that."

"Unfortunately, the profit somehow overwhelmed the losses. But still, I gained quite a lot from it."

The old man didn’t understand what Leo was talking about when he mentioned profits and losses in this regard. However, his expressions had grown as bad as they could.

"Honestly, I didn’t think that I would need to use them so early. After all, who could’ve guessed that your granddaughter would do something like this. Then again... I can’t say that I didn’t look forward to something like this from the moment I attended the auction."

Although he wasn’t in the auction house for a long time, he had managed to establish quite a few interactions with people that held a lot of influence in other sectors.

They had what he needed, and he had the money that they needed. It was a win-win relationship.

"Get to work..." Leo sent a message through the secure network.

Only a few seconds had passed since his message was delivered, and sirens started resounding on the entire planet where Leo’s bank was established.

The entire constitution work had been halted already. The prisoners that were part of Leo’s construction company were relaxing when they heard the sirens.

They came out of their residences, and looked in the distance, feeling the entire planet vibrate.

"Just because I used an off the shelf trash ship to kidnap you, you didn’t really think that this was the extent of Alpha Corp, did you?" Leo asked the old man, whose eyes narrowed.

Meanwhile on the planet of Alpha Corp’s Bank, which was also the current Headquarters of the Alpha Corp legally, something massive was happening.

The entire planet was trembling, and soon, people started seeing something in the distance.

Ships... No... Warships! Hundreds, or rather thousands of Warships had started rising from the distance like a swarm of bees.

Just the sheer number of them was enough to make people understand that they were worth over trillions in Galactic credits.

Although they weren’t the most advanced ships that could overwhelm an upper planet, they were still better than what could be created in this space sector by even the best company of this place.

These ships were brought forth from other Space Sectors, especially on urgent orders. This was what Leo had been gathering in the last few months, albeit secretly.

Only a few people knew about the project, and they all kept it a secret.

"Is it finally the time..." The Branch Manager of Alpha Bank, who was traveling with Leo, watched the news feed of Lionel Family’s declaration.

He couldn’t help but shake his head. "It looks like Alpha Corp is really going to make its name today. And Earth might become the next planetary leader of this space sector..."

"I always wondered why he was wasting so much money on creating an army. But it looks like I will find that answer today."

Even the banking staff, who had been unaware about Leo’s plans, were left shocked as they saw a swarm of Battleships depart.

Such a massive secret was buried on this planet, and they didn’t even know about it? They couldn’t believe it.

"It should be a fun show to watch... Though I just say, I really love battles in space. Because unless you have gods in those ships, it wouldn’t matter. Even superhumans are no better than sitting targets in a ship." Leo smiled, patting the old man’s shoulder.

"Isn’t that right?" He added, the corner of his lips creeping up. "Now let us watch the spectacle together... Let’s watch how ordinary humans, controlling advanced Battleship, bring your army of superhumans to ruins.

Leo placed his phone aside, and shifted his focus to the screen, as many news sites had their own ships that were following Lionel Family’s army, and even showing live feed.

Leo didn’t even tell Blaze and the Hero Tower about his secret army. Even now, they were unaware that a big surprise was waiting for them.