"I swear all the confiscated ore was collected together. No one has touched it! There's no way it's been lost!"
The member in charge of registration spoke harshly.
"Why don't you keep such an important mineral separate!" Xingyao's words were even more intense than his.
"No one told me there was such an important mineral?" The person in charge of registration looked confused.
The two Beta team members in charge of the investigation didn't dare to breathe.
"That's enough!" The beautiful Xingyao was on the verge of losing her temper.
He really felt bad for the ore.
The member in charge of registration said solemnly, "Even if there really are valuable minerals mixed in, they won't be lost! The room where the smuggled items are kept has a dedicated iris recognition system, and only Minister Lucas and I have the authority to do so."
The pressure is on Lucas.
Minister Beta sweatdropped again.
"I really haven't been there, Director! I didn't leave the office all day yesterday!"
Yesterday, during the live broadcast of the dog racing competition on Blue Star No. 33, he bet on the dogs for a whole day and almost lost all his money!
An idea suddenly struck him. "Is it possible that it wasn't lost at the General Services Administration?"
This sentence awakened the two Beta members.
"So..." one of the members recalled, "Yesterday after checking the smuggled goods, we went to the Milu Restaurant in the First Oasis for lunch. Two mercenaries shared the table with us."
"Mercenary?" Shen Que frowned.
"Yes!" another member said quickly, "They're the mercenaries you see in the desert. They're very strange, drunk, and they keep coming up to us, trying to invite us to drink with them."
"Have you drunk it?" Shen Que asked.
"Of course not! We were working and carrying smuggled goods, so how could we possibly drink?" the staff member argued. "We left after dinner."
"So, you are not sure whether they were the ones who took the stone away." Shen Que concluded.
"This..." The two Beta members looked at each other.
"Then I'll suspend him first." Shen Que said concisely, "Because of personal negligence, a serious mistake has occurred in the work. Report to the Supervisory Department and suspend him for investigation."
He glanced at Lucas.
"The minister shares the responsibility."
Lucas was stunned.
Suspended and investigated... How can he be suspended and investigated...
His mind jumped back and forth between the words 700 million and suspension and investigation.
No... Absolutely not...
Gabi is a hereditary noble, so even if he is suspended, there will be people who will guarantee his return.
But he is not! No one he knows is as high-ranking as Shen.
There is no possibility of returning from this suspension.
"I don't agree!"
Lucas exclaimed.
Minister Beta, who has always been low-key and never shows off, decided to risk his life to save his position.
Everyone immediately looked at Lucas in surprise.
He just gritted his teeth.
"Deputy Director, have you forgotten that you are in charge of the Minerals Department, not my Trade Department? You have no right to deprive me of my position!"
"It was indeed a mistake on our part to mistakenly receive and lose your ore. I sincerely apologize to you."
"But my position was appointed by the lord himself. If I want to be suspended, the lord must do it himself!"
Lucas clenched his fists, his voice trembling with instinctive fear.
He wanted to gamble, gamble that Shen Que was really out of favor, gamble that the lord would not give him this face.
Going out wearing such a crude necklace.
How could the young lord like him!
At this moment, everyone gasped.
The three maids standing behind Shen Que looked at Lucas with eyes that changed from surprise to regret.
Shen Que's expression did not change at all, instead the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"Minister Lucas means that I need to ask the Lord for permission before I can suspend you?"
"That's right!" Lucas said with his neck raised.
"OK."
Shen Que raised his hand, and Demi immediately stepped forward.
“Then I won’t be suspended.”
Lucas's face lit up immediately. Did he bet right? Was Shen Que really not favored by the lord, and Pei Ji didn't like him either?
Then Shen Que spoke again:
"I'm filing a public prosecution in the Oasis Court for maliciously misappropriating the Young Lord's property. Deputy Minister Xingyao, please help me estimate the value of the Symbiotic Stone. All the materials presented today will be presented as evidence in court."
"The Eclipse's optical computer records should contain the entire process of Pei Ji obtaining the stone. Contact the Messiah Optical Computer Control Center and retrieve the records in my name."
"What..." Lucas was confused again.
Wait… he means…
Shen Que stood up gracefully and walked to Deputy Minister Beta, who was once again stunned. He closed his long eyelashes slightly and whispered in his ear:
"The Minister seems to have a lot of complaints about me, but I'm sorry, this stone is not mine... or rather, it's not mine yet."
"It belongs to Pei Ji."
He spoke each word clearly, and every syllable was like filling Lucas's grave.
"If you have any opinions, please speak to the Admiral in court."
Demi slipped her fingertips and submitted the prosecution, sighing regretfully: "Minister, why bother?"
"Why ask the Admiral to solve a problem that can be solved by asking the Madam?"
"You know our Admiral's temper."
Lucas's legs gave way and he fell to his knees.
There was only one sentence left in my mind.
It's over.
He was going to be exiled to the desert to feed worms.
…
General Services Administration, Minerals Department.
Xingyao, who had finally finished the tasks assigned by Chen Que, rubbed her sore eyes and returned to her desk. She saw the two cups of coffee side by side and sighed deeply.
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