"How is that possible?!"
City of Dawn, Alliance Internal Affairs Building, conference room.
Melvin, the bank president, sat at the conference table while gazing at the box full of black and white chips, his eyes almost bulging out.
Right after the celebration had concluded, he had eagerly sought out the Alliance's manager to discuss the millions in chips representing principal and interest on a 510 million debt.
As the president of Giant Stone City Bank, every loan from the Alliance passed through him. He had his shrewdest accountant keep close watch over each and every one of the Alliance's expenses, even scrutinizing people like List and Detwei, who were closely associated with the Alliance. No one knew the Alliance's "financial situation" better than he did.
There was no way they could come up with ten million chips for the year-end payment of principal and interest!
