Chapter 137: The Distillery
Currently, only Melina and a few professors knew that more manpower would be dispatched in.
Even Sonia was unaware of this at the moment.
This was an exquisite window of opportunity, a marvelous chance to get a jump on things, and an absolute insider-trading method for information asymmetry.
It was somewhat akin to finance: those who manipulated the market ate meat, those who received first-hand information drank soup, those with second-hand information caught a whiff of the aroma, while those with third-hand information were responsible for washing dishes, holding the bag, and cleaning the toilets.
How to utilize this information asymmetry was of the utmost importance.
Melina resolved to go to Melissa first to scout out some intelligence. However, because probing for information too abruptly wouldn't do—these merchant-type Banshees were frighteningly sharp—she needed to prepare some potatoes first...
Melina figured that if she managed to get some potatoes and make it look like today's shipment, Melissa would surely steady her first and send a few Clockwork Cats to snoop around. If the Clockwork Cats found out she had placed a very expensive order with Licari, they would misjudge Melina as having "bled her wallet dry and coming to advance the shipment in order to recover funds."
Although it was complicated, and there seemed to be a ninety percent probability it wasn't even necessary, Melina had always been someone who believed that "details determ…
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