Eventually, the biggest Manufacturer compromised.
They bought all the remaining companies that sold water and directly sold water to the market.
This got rid of the original 100% profit margin of the water sellers, essentially halving the original price of water.
This made water more accessible than it was originally, but 30% of people still couldn't afford it.
But the next message from the terrorist just said that this didn't fulfill their demands.
That message pushed the stressed CFO over the edge, and he commanded that they would be selling no more water to anyone!
The Heroes around him tried to tell him that this was a really bad idea, but the CFO didn't care.
He had been living in fear for months!
He had enough of this terrorist!
Within five hours, Nick retaliated.
"They did what?!"
Bad news upon bad news.