[The Omniverse - The Omniversal Trade Commission (OTC)]
The halls of the Omniversal Trade Commission were blindingly white, constructed from pure, unblemished marble to symbolize absolute regulatory neutrality.
Victor Thorne stood before the massive, elevated bench of the High Commissioner—a colossal, faceless entity composed of golden scales and legal scrolls.
"Victor Thorne," the High Commissioner's voice echoed with the weight of absolute law. "The Leviathan Hedge Fund has filed a formal grievance. The OTC has conducted a thorough investigation into Abyssal Dynamics. You control the physical dungeons, the Stamina Meter software, the AI VTuber clones, and the background data harvesting. You have eliminated all competition."
Seraphina, standing beside Victor, gripped her clipboard tightly. Princess Ignis glared at the golden entity.
"You are hereby charged with operating an illegal Omniversal Monopoly," the Commissioner slammed a massive, glowing gavel. "Under the Omni-Trust Act, your corporation must be broken up immediately, or we will permanently revoke your commercial operating licenses across all dimensions!"
Ignis reached for her broadsword. "We don't need licenses! We'll burn this court to the ground!"
"Stand down, Ignis," Victor ordered calmly. He pulled his gold pocket watch from his vest, completely unfazed by the threat of total corporate dismantling.
"I respect the authority of the Omniversal Trade Commission," Victor said smoothly, looking up at the faceless judge. "I concede. I will voluntarily break up my monopoly."
Seraphina gasped. "Principal Thorne?! You are surrendering?!"
"I am complying," Victor corrected her, tapping his gold-nibbed pen against the Tycoon's Ledger.
Victor slashed his pen across the glowing parchment, generating three separate, massive corporate charters.
"Effective immediately, Abyssal Dynamics is dissolved," Victor announced, his Tycoon's Aura humming with dark, predatory intent. "In its place, I am spinning off three entirely independent, legally distinct corporate entities."
Victor handed the first charter to his CTO. "Entity One: Abyssal Hardware. Commanded by CEO Valerius. They will manufacture the physical turnstiles."
Victor handed the second charter to his Secretary. "Entity Two: Abyssal Cloud. Commanded by CEO Seraphina. They will manage the Stamina Meter software and AI streaming."
Victor handed the third charter to his Growth Partner. "Entity Three: Abyssal Data. Commanded by CEO Elara. They will harvest and broker the telemetry analytics."
The High Commissioner evaluated the paperwork. "These are three legally distinct companies. You have satisfied the Antitrust requirements. The monopoly is broken."
"Indeed," Victor smiled a cold, calculating smile. He turned to his newly appointed CEOs.
"As independent companies, you are no longer bound by internal pricing structures," Victor instructed them right in front of the judge. "Valerius, raise the cost of hardware manufacturing by forty percent. Seraphina, pass that cost onto the consumer by raising the software subscription fees. Elara, restrict all data access unless they pay a premium tier."
The High Commissioner froze. "Wait. You are artificially fixing the prices!"
"We are an Oligopoly now, Commissioner," Victor adjusted his midnight-blue cuffs. "It is perfectly legal for three independent companies that just happen to be run by my best friends to dominate a market barrier together. You didn't break my empire. You just tripled my profit margins. Have a productive day."