The flagship project in City D could be called the most arduous undertaking Nichols Corporation had ever faced to date.

The project's investor was a corporation, both exacting and perfectionist. They had rejected Nichols Corporation's proposal a total of three times, with no sign of stopping. The members of the project team could be said to be utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally.

For the past three weeks, they had been working overtime late into the night, and every morning they ...