Chapter 160: Three Demands

In that moment, they had no doubts - this youth's deft maneuverings one month prior, culminating in the dollar frenzy currently holding Lumina spellbound, demonstrated his capability to achieve market supremacy if he so willed.

But could he truly command the requisite fortune?

This dollar craze amounted to flinging bundles of cash into the populace's eager grasp - an exorbitant outlay no matter one's wealth.

Dominic, Samuel, and Old Mr. Clark shook their heads forcibly, as if to dislodge the thrall of Evan's pronouncement, their rational faculties reasserting to doubt his immense claimed resources.

Daisy's porcelain bosom trembled - while aware of Evan's affluence, she had never fathomed such staggering, terrifying depths. A tendril of skepticism snaked through her too.

"Monopolizing the markets eliminates competition, stifling Lumina's economic vitality," Old Mr. Clark rejoined gravely, his merchant's instincts sensing the youth might indeed command sufficient fortune to challenge -