In a Private Jet that was so obviously built for speed, stealth and confortability, A man in his late 30's with a fit shape, a head full of white hair and a white beard was sitting in the suite with a book in one hand and a phone in the other hand, On the phone was the name Rennaa. After a few seconds, He cut the call because

the person on the other end didn't pick up, He looked at the wallpaper on his home screen of a little girl wearing a kimono, with white hair reaching her waist, she had a cute smile on her face and was looking at the camera with her heterochromiac eyes.

After putting down his phone, He continued reading the book he was holding, From the kitchen in the jet came a beautiful lady with bronze skin and deep black eyes like night, she wore a business like pant suit and had her deep black hair in a bun, she walked to the man and put down the tray containing chocolate chip cookies and a warm glass of milk on the table before him.

"Try these".

She looked at him and said with a smile on her face, He picked one of the cookies from the plate without looking up from the book he was reading, He bit into it, chewed and swallowed it, He put down his book and on the cover was written in bold letters, SHE LEAPS by Ren Grey, He looked at her with both hands under his chin and smiled.

"I think you've nailed it, This batch is better than the last batch."

"Ugh that's a relief, I had been getting the proportions wrong is why."

"Haha, that's true, The first batch was salty, the second wasn't sweet in the least, the third was."

"Alright, alright, I get it alright."

She said with a smile on her face while picking up a cookie from the plate and eating it, they finished eating the coookies and a maid came out from the kitchen and cleared the table while bringing her a bottle of water.

"What do we know about the group who attacked lab E, And I guess they must have had an insider's help getting in."

He asked her with a calm look on his face, she brought out a touchpad and fiddled with it then replied without looking up from the touchpad.

"It was done by a group of mercenaries, no connections have been found that will lead us to the person who employed them, the investigation from the previous leads all turned up cold and the mercenaries are all from countries A through E, Ex military".

She said while swiping on the touchpad.

"How about the protection detail for Rennaa?"

"As you requested the kunoichi have been deployed to protect her."

'Looks like telling those old fogies about the progress of the Bgen serum was a bad idea, but it could also be a third party'

He thought to himself while leaning back into the seat.

"Sir Sir"

She called to him twice before he responded.

"There's an incoming call from the president of Apex country."

He looked at his watch and said to her while standing up.

"Alright let's go to the conference room, he's calling a bit early though".

The windows came down and the lights went off in the conference room, Then a hologram of a man appeared sitting at the other end of the conference table, He wore a tailored suit with a white handkerchief in the chest pocket and had some parts of his hair graying, He had the air of an old dinosuar and was looking like he was in his late 60s The president had a respectable glim in his eyes when he saw the man.

"Mr Grey"

The president said while standing, He stretched his hand out to give Mr Grey a handshake then he remembered that this was a hologram and a handshake isn't possible yet, He sat back down and cleared his throat, Mr Grey and his assistant had a visible smile on their faces.

"Good morning Mr president".

"Don't be so formal Mr Grey, We've worked together a lot, you can continue addressing me as you always have".

"Alright then, I won't take too much of your time and be straightforward Mr David, The proposal you made to me about the Bgen serum is still been processed, as you know it takes approximately a year to make even 10 of them and that's from growing and sourcing outside materials even with the advancement of technology, I won't sell the formula to you either. The only other way to go through with extending your life is to undergo the genetic editing procedure which even I wouldn't advice you to do."

Mr David thoughtfully looked at Mr Grey, The excitement in his eye had died and his mood had done a 180 degree turn. He looked at Mr Grey condescendingly and said.

"Why won't you sell me the formula?"

'There you are you old fogey'

Mr Grey thought to himself when the president showed his attitude to his response, He kept quite for a few seconds before he finally said.

"I'd be comfortable with selling you the serum instead of giving you the formula, as I'm sure you know, human beings are inherently greedy by nature so take my refusal as a result of being human."

"You're making a huge mistake Mr Grey, I promised to give you half of the country for the formula and 500 billion Dyce for the formula".

Mr David said with anger on his face, He expected Mr Grey to have accepted his proposal by now.

"I'm sure you know how much more i could get by telling the others that i want to sell the formula to the Bgen serum."

Mr Grey said with a calm look on his face, He could tell what Mr David planned to do with the formula and even though he wouldn't say he's a good person, He wouldn't do evil outrightly like some people.

"You're going to regret this".

Mr David said before his hologram disappeared in a fit of rage.

"Aisha"

"Yes sir, I'll increase the monitoring limits on Mr David and track all his movements"

The lady that had been sitting silently by Mr Grey said.

In an office with the name of the plaque on the door reading President David West on it. Mr David was in a fit of rage as he was scattering papers and the seatings in

his office.

'He thinks he can deny me what i want, I'll show him what grief is'

Mr David West thought to himself, A hologram of a face wearing a japanese kabuki mask appeared in his office and he was about to shout at the person before he saw who it was and got down on a knee and bowed his head low and said.

"Your grace, I was just about to contact you"

"Sure you were, I can see you didn't get a satisfying answer from Mr Grey".

The face said after looking around and seeing the state of his office, Mr David was visibly shaking and bowed his head even lower.

"Yes your grace".

"No matter, proceed with the plan".

"Yes your grace".

Mr David said and the hologram disappeared and Mr David stood up and noticed that his back and face were drenched in sweat, He took the handkerchief from his pocket

and wiped his face, He walked to his Desk and picked up his phone and called a number.

"Mr David"

"Proceed with plan B."

"Same price?."

Mr David scoffed and said.

"Same price."

He cut the call and sat at his desk massaging his forehead.

Mr Grey's private jet landed at his private airport in city ten in Jade country and made a phone call before he and Aisha got into the SUV and drove off, He was going to visit an old friend at one of the schools he was investing in.