Leo stared at the holographic display, the blue light reflecting in his narrowed eyes.
The sheer audacity of Fiona's move was astonishing. And Leo knew what she was doing.
By labeling Earth, a relatively low-profile middle-tier planet, as the aggressor, she hadn't just given her military a reason to exist; she had given the vultures circling the Lionel Family a reason to wait.
Interests of many big people were on line, as they simply wanted to recover their money from the Lionels. They didn't care where that money came from.
If the Lionel Family was 'recovering stolen assets' from a 'terrorist organization' like the Hero Tower, the intergalactic courts and the Warlords would hold their fire.
No one wanted to interfere with a 'righteous war' if it meant the Lionel treasury might actually be recovered and opened.
