Chapter 146: Why So Fast?
"Are you kidding me..." For a moment, Hogarth nearly burst into tears. Did Matthew Merlin really have to be this angry? All they'd done was argue a bit—debating is normal in magical research! If you’re unhappy, just yell back, right? You can "heh" me and I can "heh" you, but to just ignore me completely—that's way over the line!
Damn it, this is a real mess now...
Whenever Hogarth thought of Joey’s temper, he couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. Joey was the one who could provide four crucial data points—whose contribution to the Vanrison’s Formulas research was even more critical than Joey’s own.
If he ended up offending such a big shot because of his own actions...
Hogarth didn't even dare imagine what the consequences would be...
It would definitely be a disaster!
Hogarth broke out in a cold sweat right then and there. He didn’t care about saving face anymore and immediately used the crystal ball in the lab to send a video transmission request to Cloudspire Tower in Seaview City. At this point, all he could do was hope Salomon had an answer...
The transmission request went through, but as soon as Salomon heard Hogarth’s reason, he exploded: "Hogarth, are you out of your mind? I worked so hard, argued for ages, just to get Merlin to agree to join the Vanrison’s Formulas project, and now you’re telling me you drove him off over some damned modification? Who do you think you are? What makes you think you can look down on Merlin? Let me tell you, Hogarth, the magical knowledge Merlin has—you couldn’t match him even if there were ten of you!"
"I... I didn’t mean to!" Hogarth blushed with embarrassment from the scolding, and he couldn’t even argue back.