Chapter 268: Vulnerability, 2 preparations
"How many exactly?" Lu Kai continued to ask.
"Two or three..." Karain answered uncertainly.
"Okay, then I'll continue asking!" Lu Kaiquan ignored the others and continued asking, "After you heard our conversation, did you take the recording and report it immediately? Who did you report it to?"
"I..." Kara was speechless due to Lu Kai's sudden question. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something and beads of sweat appeared on her face.
However, Karain still argued, "The situation was urgent at the time and I didn't have time to report. So I just wanted to report after the mission was completed."
"Really?" Lu Kai suddenly laughed, as if he had heard a huge joke, and said, "Do you think everyone is a fool?
"According to your description, what Lieutenant General Kuzan and I discussed was a major matter that would affect your mission. You wanted to eliminate O'Hara's scholars, and we wanted to save O'Hara's scholars. But you didn't even report it?
"Aren't you afraid that we will operate secretly and cause the mission in O'Hara to fail?" As soon as Lu Kai said this, even the dumbest person could tell that something was wrong.
If a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters behaves in a hostile manner towards the government, such matters must be reported immediately.
What's more, Lu Kai and Kuzan were discussing things that would hinder the tasks they were currently trying to complete, so they had to report and discuss countermeasures as soon as possible.
But Karain didn't report it. What does this mean?
"And you have the recording in your hand. Our conversation lasted about one minute. According to what you said, you heard our conversation 10 minutes before the shelling. After the conversation ended, there were still 9 minutes before the shelling.
"That is to say, the shelling had not yet begun, and you had plenty of time to report calmly. So why did you choose to conceal this matter when there was irrefutable evidence?"
Lu Kai pressed Karain and continued, "Or did you actually report it, but someone told you not to say anything until the mission was over?"
After saying that, Lu Kai turned his head, glanced at Sakaski, whose face remained calm, and asked.
"No, no, no, I really didn't report this matter. It has nothing to do with Lieutenant General Sakaski." Karain explained quickly.
Karain's actions seemed as if he was really eager to distance himself from Sakaski's involvement in the matter, but at this point, the situation had completely changed in everyone's eyes.
Almost everyone felt that this was a typical case of frame-up, because apart from a recording, all of Karain's evidence was full of loopholes.
So who planned this incident? Many people glanced at Sakaski from time to time, trying to find clues from his face.
Can the recording serve as irrefutable evidence? Neither for government officials nor for experienced naval officers and commanders, the recording cannot serve as irrefutable evidence.
Because they know that there are many ways to forge recordings, and there are many devil fruit abilities that can do so.
What's more, there are some strange people in this world who can imitate other people's voices so vividly that even the most familiar people can't tell the difference. So if there is only a recording as evidence, it is not enough to prove anything.
At this moment, government officials are feeling extremely headache and have a feeling of being in a difficult situation.
In fact, the Five Elders had never thought of publicly trying Luke and Kuzan at the beginning. Who were Luke and Kuzan? Although they were vice admirals, they were already the highest combat power of the navy, and they were the strongest people in the world.
No matter who it is, no matter what person it is, even the Five Elder Stars, no one would be willing to offend Lukai and Kuzan for no reason.
So when the Five Elders found out about Kuzan letting Nico Robin go, they didn't even say a word of criticism and just pretended not to know.
But what happened later made them very embarrassed, because the government received an anonymous report. The content of the report was shocking, saying that Lu Kai and Kuzan had serious anti-government tendencies and had already done some anti-government actions.
And they had evidence, and played them a recording of Lukey and Kuzan colluding with each other in the O'Hara incident.
The person who reported it said that this was only a small part, and if the Five Elders wanted more, they would have to put the two on trial.
The whistleblower also stated that once the trial is held normally, he will attend the trial and provide all the evidence.
Even though things had come to this point, the Five Elders still had no intention of conducting a real trial. Instead, they wanted to find a way to communicate with the anonymous whistleblower to see if he really had any evidence.
If not, then we can just pretend that this incident never happened. If there is evidence, then how should we discuss countermeasures and take measures?
As wise as the Five Elders are, they naturally tend to believe Lukai and Kuzan.
Although they have only met each other once, the Five Elders know Kuzan and Lukai very well. This understanding comes from Cyborg on the one hand, and from the intelligence personnel they have placed around the two on the other.
But regardless of trust or not, this kind of thing must have a result.
First of all, it is better to believe it than not. What if the two people hid it so well that they deceived everyone?
Secondly, even if we believe Lu Kai and Kuzan 100%, then who is the whistleblower?
Should the whistleblower be investigated? Should he be dealt with? So the matter is not that simple.
However, the anonymous whistleblower was determined and said that more evidence would only be presented at the trial meeting. If the trial meeting was not held, nothing would be discussed.
When the Five Elders were in trouble, rumors about Lukai and Kuzan spread within the Navy. At this point, things had reached the point where they had to be dealt with.
In this case, the Five Elders simply decided to hold a trial immediately to clear Lu Kai and the others' names and to identify the person behind the scenes.
But who would have thought that the first guy who was arranged for interrogation treated Lukai and Kuzan as criminals, and even threatened to capture Cyborg, which directly angered all the navy.
This alone means that the trial has completely failed, and the government does not know how much work it will have to do to quell the impact of this incident.
"Karain!" Kuzan, who had been silent, also spoke up and asked Karin, "Where did you get this recording?"
"Of course I recorded it myself!" Karain answered immediately when he heard Kuzan's question.
“But my subordinates and Lu Kai’s subordinates have just made it very clear.
"We didn't talk on the phone ten minutes before the shelling. How do you explain that?" Kuzan continued to ask.
"I've already said it just now. Naturally, your subordinates have been primed by you. They are giving false testimony." Karain said firmly.