For the following three weeks, Skrax became like a ghost of his former proud self. He tried everything. He went to rival banks, swallowing his pride to ask for loans. He courted investors, pitching them on the limitless potential of the bank. But the deals always collapsed.
He couldn't offer shares in exchange because he didn't control them, and without Leo's presence, the entire galaxy could see that the company was a sinking ship. They didn't want to touch Alpha Corp even with a ten thousand foot pole.
The moment Leo had opened the bank, the financial elites had already claimed that it was a bubble waiting to burst. However, as long as Leo was at the helm, that bubble had shown a frightening stability.
In his absence, the tension had finally snapped. After all, Leo wasn't just the leader. He was the primary engine, the main investor who had funded the entire operation out of his own seemingly bottomless pockets.
