Chapter 1596: Raising the Stakes

The secretary hurried over, urgency in his voice. "Minister, it's already nine o'clock. The Royal House of Albion and the Goryeo Kingdom are starting to complain." "Leo must have encountered something urgent. Tell them to wait a bit longer!" Brennen said in a deep voice, taking out his phone to call Leo again. However, just like before, the call didn't go through. After nine o'clock, the audience in the exhibition center hall began to stir. According to the announced schedule, at nine o'clock sharp, representatives from both sides were supposed to give brief speeches and then announce the start of the competition between Atrarian traditional medicine and Korean Medicine. But now, Brennen's seat on the podium was empty, and the Minister of Atrarian traditional medicine research was nowhere to be found. "Neither the representative of Atrarian traditional medicine nor the Minister of Atrarian traditional medicine research is here. Are they both chickening out?" A representative from