Chapter 625 - Cabinet Meeting (2/2)

He stepped smartly toward the cabinet ministers and greeted them with a military salute, then introduced himself in a loud, clear voice. “Greetings to all the cabinet ministers here. I am the Sergeant Major of Second Division, Ri nation Self-Defense Force. My name is Ueto Shirokawa,” he said.

As soon as he walked in, Kuroda Kiyotaka’s expression changed. The calm composure that he had displayed earlier on vanished from his face.

“Ueto Shirokawa, let everyone know what Kuroda Kiyotaka made you do!” Anbei requested.

“Yes, Sir!”

Ueto Shirokawa nodded his head and continued, “In the early morning on the 16th, I followed Kuroda Kiyotaka’s order, and brought my subordinates with me to the sacred mountain to blow up the genetic engineering research facility that was located deep inside the sacred mountain. We buried it under rock and soil, leaving no evidence behind.”

“Are you sure that Kuroda Kiyotaka was the one who gave you that order?” Anbei asked with his hands behind his back.

“Yes, I have a recording here. I recorded the entire conversation that I had with Kuroda Kiyotaka,” Ueto Shirakawa replied, then took out a pen recorder from his pocket, and handed it to Anbei.

Anbei took it and pressed the play button. In the now silent meeting room, they could hear the audio playback from the pen recorder. There were two voices in the conversation. One of them belonged to Kuroda Kiyotaka, and the other was Ueto Shirokawa. The content of that recording was the conversation that both of them had.

“Kuroda Kiyotaka reminded me repeatedly that I had to tell everyone that this was a secret military activity to prevent the citizens from suspecting…”

BAM!

Before Ueto Shirokawa could finish his sentence, Kuroda Kiyotaka had his glasses on and slammed his hands on the table. He stood up and glared furiously at the sergeant major. “You fool, Ueto Shirokawa, how dare you betray me!” he shouted.

“I am only loyal to our Prime Minister and our country!” Ueto Shirokawa replied with a stern look on his face.

“What loyalty? Aren’t you just one of Anbei’s dogs? I can only blame myself for being so blind that I could not see you for what you are. I even treated you as a trusted ally. Ueto Shirokawa, you will die a horrible death eventually!” screamed Kuroda Kiyotaka as he lost control of his emotions. He was so angry that his veins started popping out of his forehead.

Ueto Shirokawa had a wry smile on his face. “I do not know if I will die a horrible death, but I know that Mr. Kuroda will die before me!” he replied.

“You…”

Kuroda Kiyotaka was so angry that he gritted his teeth and breathed heavily.

“Send someone over!” Anbei spoke suddenly.

BAM!

The meeting room door swung open once again, and two muscular men in black outfits marched into the room in unison.

“Take Kuroda Kiyotaka into custody and let the Supreme Court of Ri Nation deal with him,” ordered Anbei.

“Understood!”

The two muscular men had menacing looks on their faces. They walked right up to Kuroda Kiyotaka and restrained him, before dragging him out of the meeting room. They completely ignored all the screaming that was come from him.

After they had taken Kuroda Kiyotaka out, every one of the cabinet ministers sat up straight. It was very clear that Anbei was making use of this opportunity to eliminate his rivals. He had been low key about the matter when there was no incident, but now that something had occurred, he took drastic actions.

“There are ten people, including Kuroda Kiyotaka, involved in the genetic engineering project. Six of them are already dead. Now, only four remain. Other than Kuroda Kiyotaka, we have already confirmed the identity of the other three. They are the Governor of Dongjing, Koizumi Junichiro; a Ri Nation tycoon, Takahara Kei; and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport, Oi Ichiro.”

After Anbei read out the names, he looked at the Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport, Oi Ichiro, who was also present at that meeting.

Oi Ichiro was so nervous that he was trembling and broke out in a cold sweat. “Mr. Anbei, I… I…”

“You don’t have to explain. I know that Kuroda Kiyotaka must have brainwashed you, right?” Anbei said while raising his hand.

“Yes, yes, Mr. Anbei. He brainwashed me! The genetic engineering research project was completely inhumane. And what is important is that he even hid it from you, Mr. Anbei. That is simply unacceptable!” To protect himself, Oi Ichiro quickly pushed all the blame to Kuroda Kiyotaka.