Chapter 243: Aventurine Is Also a Man of Loyalty and Bottom Lines!

【.....】

【Then I'll grant your wish.】

【"They" have always stayed in the most fitting place, never leaving.......】

【.... right here in this pile of cheap~ jewelry.】

Aventurine opened the bag,

revealing the fragments of his Jade inside!

【You smashed the Jade to pieces before setting out.......】

【..... Look at it, tsk tsk, doesn't it look just like your shattered life?】

【No matter how dazzling the outer shell, inside it's still a humble little stone.....】

【This thing is worth far more than your life.】

【You know perfectly well what happens when you do something like this — anyone who desecrates the holy body of Qlipoth, do you really think the Company will let you off?】

After Harmony Aventurine finished mocking him,

he began to question Aventurine's approach.

【Diamond has always cared about results.】

【As long as the value I create far exceeds the cost.....】

【the process and the methods aren't an issue.】

【How could I fool the Family without paying some price?】

【It's fine — even if the cornerstone of Preservation is cracked into pieces, it can still serve its purpose. The effect will be greatly diminished, but for me..... it's enough.】

Aventurine didn't see anything wrong with his approach.

【I'm genuinely curious now.】

【Why is every step you take a desperate gamble, and every option you prepare for yourself laced with a powerful self-destructive impulse?】

【Do you really believe the greater the risk, the greater the reward?】

【I can't see that you're all that loyal to the Company.】

Harmony Aventurine asked, curious.

【Hmph, there are plenty of things you can't see.....】

【So you also can't see how I'm going to win it all.】

Aventurine gave a cold snort.

【Assuming you can actually pull it off.】

Harmony Aventurine corrected him.

【.... We'll see.】

Stelle: "Friend, isn't that a bit too ruthless of you?!"

Stelle: "Smashing the cornerstone and mixing it in with the jewelry to bring it in?"

Stelle: "I say, what were you thinking?"

Stelle: "Is Penacony really that important — many times more important than the cornerstone?"

Furina: "This is too absurd."

Furina: "When Aventurine opened the bag, I was stunned for a moment."

Furina: "I didn't even register that that pile of fragments was the cornerstone!"

Furina: "Aventurine, your plan is truly insane!"

Furina: "Using two cornerstones as cover wasn't enough — you even had to smash your own cornerstone and disguise it as ordinary jewelry......"

Furina: "With that kind of boldness, it seems only fitting that you'd win your gamble!"

Hu Tao: "The question is, is all of this really worth it?"

Hu Tao: "And what if you really lose this gamble?"

Hu Tao: "Aventurine's life really wouldn't be spared, would it?"

Hu Tao: "When that time comes, all the wealth and status he has now will vanish into thin air!"

Miss Ningguang: "I think Mr. Aventurine doesn't care about any of that at all....."

Miss Ningguang: "Everything, or nothing!"