"Let's not get into another misunderstanding. Let me explain first."
Leo could see himself tripping in another pitfall with his choice of wording, so he quickly stopped the old man's wild imagination before he went into another panic attack.
"...Go ahead."
The director wanted to protest, but it wasn't like there was much he could do. Although he was in an internal fit of rage, he still remembered that the person in front of him could end him in the blink of an eye.
"First of all, we have to agree on something. This is not something you can stop, isn't that right?"
"So what, do you also want me to give up just like everyone else?!"
"Of course, not. If that was the case, I wouldn't have bothered coming here."
The plan going online was already a forgone conclusion; the original novel made that blatantly obvious. No matter what, this event was meant to happen.