467: Chapter 467 Strong Condemnation!

King Carl's expression darkened completely. "Why did he give the order to fire the missile?"

The Minister of Defense opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

"I'm asking you a question!"

Carl was furious. "Why would the Grand Speaker of the Hall of Saints fire a missile at his own headquarters? Has he gone mad?"

Fine beads of cold sweat broke out on the Minister of Defense's forehead, and he knelt down directly.

Looking at his pathetic state, the fire in Carl's chest flared up instantly.

"Stupid! Utterly stupid!"

He slammed his palm violently against a nearby pillar.

"He is the Grand Speaker of the Hall of Saints; if he says fire a missile, you fire a missile? You didn't even ask for a reason before complying?"

"Are you all not satisfied until you've blown up the entirety of Stockholm?"

"If he wanted to blow up the palace, would you have followed suit as well?"

The Minister of Defense kept his head low, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Queen Silvia covered her face, her intermittent sobbing causing her shoulders to shake more and more violently.

Carl took a deep breath and asked coldly, "If you don't tell me the reason today, I'll kill you first!"

His own daughter was dead!

And yet this group of ministers was actually being indecisive and unwilling to speak?

Simply useless!

Complete and utter trash!

The Minister of Defense hesitated for a moment before speaking with difficulty.

"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence we have gathered, this matter... should be related to one person."

Carl narrowed his eyes. "Who?"

The Minister of Defense gritted his teeth.

"A man from the Dragon Country, Ye Chen."

"Not long ago, he made a high-profile announcement on social media, claiming he was arriving in Northern Europe."

"The Hall of Saints had previously accepted a contract from the Manluodi Family of the USA, and Ye Chen's name was on the bounty list."

"The intelligence our people gathered shows..."

"This afternoon, Ye Chen arrived in Stockholm, beat up people from the Security Bureau at the airport, and then voluntarily followed Thor, the God of War of the Hall of Saints, to their headquarters."

King Carl's pupils suddenly constricted. "He followed them voluntarily?"

"Yes."

The Minister of Defense nodded with difficulty.

"Then... three hours later, an explosion occurred at the Hall of Saints headquarters."

"According to the last communication records sent back from the scene, the Grand Speaker issued the missile launch order one minute before the explosion."

"But in the final seconds before the missile hit, he called to cancel the order, but it was already too late."

A deathly silence filled the corridor.

King Carl stood rooted to the spot, the expression on his face shifting from anger to shock.

"So what you're saying is..."

"That man from the Dragon Country forced the Grand Speaker to press the button for mutual destruction?"

The Minister of Defense was silent for two seconds before nodding.

"Currently, that is the most likely inference."

"And Princess Ingrid was at the scene at the time, which is why she met with misfortune."

Upon hearing this, the Queen's legs gave way, and she almost collapsed to the ground; the attendants beside her quickly stepped forward to support her.

Carl's face was ashen.

"Ye Chen..."

"This man from the Dragon Country, he has quite the nerve!"

The Minister of Defense kept his head down, not daring to respond.

Carl's eyes gradually turned red as he growled.

"Send out the order to initiate the highest-level diplomatic note."

"Have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact the Dragon Country's embassy in Sweden immediately. I want the Dragon Country to give me an explanation."

"Furthermore..."

He paused, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

"Contact the other four nations."

"The Hall of Saints is jointly supported by our five nations. Now that it has been uprooted, I cannot bear this grudge alone."

The Minister of Defense hesitated. "Your Majesty, in this matter, it was the Hall of Saints that first accepted the Manluodi Family's contract and sent people to the Dragon Country..."

"So what?"

Carl turned his head sharply, staring fixedly at him.

"The Hall of Saints consists of our people! Even if they did something wrong, it should be up to us to handle it! It's not for some man from the Dragon Country to overstep his bounds!"

"What's more..."

"Ingrid died there."

"She was our Swedish Princess."

"Her life is more precious than a hundred Halls of Saints!"

The Minister of Defense had no choice but to nod silently and turn to leave quickly.

Carl stood by the window, looking out at the sky, muttering to himself.

"Ye Chen..."

"I swear, you will absolutely never leave Northern European soil!"

"All the wrongs you have committed must be repaid with blood!"

At this time, the Queen, supported by her attendants, saw her crying turn into sobbing. Her swollen eyes were full of resentment. "Carl, no matter what, you must avenge our daughter!"

"Don't worry." Carl's face was grim. "She was your daughter and mine as well. I will definitely make the murderer pay for this blood debt!"

The Queen clenched her fists and stopped speaking, merely waiting for news while sobbing.

Before long...

"Your Majesty."

The Minister of Defense walked back quickly, the expression on his face looking rather unpleasant.

Hearing this, Carl turned to look at the newcomer and asked, "Well? What did the Dragon Country say?"

The Minister of Defense opened his mouth, hesitating to speak.

"Indecisive again!"

Carl gave a low growl, the veins on his forehead bulging. "Speak at once, or I'll kill you!"

The Minister of Defense steeled himself and spoke. "Your Majesty, the Dragon Country's embassy in Sweden has rejected our diplomatic note."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Queen was stunned, even forgetting to sob.

Carl was even more dazed for two seconds, thinking he had misheard. "What did you say? Rejected?"

"Yes."

The Minister of Defense nodded with difficulty. "The Dragon Country embassy's reply was... this matter involves the legal rights and interests of a Dragon Country citizen, and we must first provide a complete chain of evidence; otherwise, it will not be accepted."

"Chain of evidence?"

Carl suddenly snapped. "My daughter is dead! Hundreds of people from the Hall of Saints have vanished with her! The entire underground facility has been blown to bits! What other chain of evidence is needed???"

The Minister of Defense was drenched in sweat.

What else could he say?

He was merely a messenger...

Carl's face turned the color of pig liver.

"What a Dragon Country!"

"What a Ye Chen!"

"You killed people and still ask me for evidence?"

He was panting heavily, the fire in his eyes almost ready to burst forth.

"Send out the order! Have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact the Dragon Country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately! I want to speak directly with their highest level!"

"Tell them that if they don't hand over Ye Chen, Sweden will take all necessary measures!"

The Minister of Defense trembled all over, just about to turn around...

"Your Majesty!"

At the end of the corridor, a Middle-aged Man wearing a dark gray suit ran over quickly, holding a tablet computer, his face full of panic.

Carl frowned. "What now?"

The Middle-aged Man ran up to him and spoke breathlessly.

"Your Majesty, you... you must see this!"

He handed the tablet to Carl; on the screen was a piece of international news.

Carl took the tablet, and with just one glance, his vision went dark.

[Solemn Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dragon Country]

[Recently, our Dragon Country citizen, a certain Mr. Ye, encountered tracking, coercion, and personal threats within Northern Europe by the illegal armed organization 'Hall of Saints.' This organization has long been engaged in illegal activities, seriously endangering international security.]

[It is reported that the 'Hall of Saints' was hired by overseas forces to carry out illegal detention and violent assault against a Dragon Country citizen. Relevant departments of the Dragon Country express serious concern and strongly condemn this.]

[The Dragon Country will urge the five Northern European nations to earnestly fulfill their international obligations, conduct a thorough investigation into the illegal organization 'Hall of Saints,' and provide a reasonable explanation regarding the organization's acts of infringement against a Dragon Country citizen.]

[The Dragon Country reserves the right to take further measures.]

...

Carl's face turned as black as charcoal.

His hands were shaking.

His hands holding the tablet were shaking violently.

"This... this..."

Queen Silvia sensed something was wrong and hurried over, her gaze falling on the screen.

The next second.

She also couldn't take it anymore and screamed, "They're the ones who did wrong, and yet they're the ones complaining first!!!"

The Minister of Defense and the Middle-aged Man kept their heads down, not daring to make a sound.

To be fair.

They didn't actually think the Dragon Country was being the villain who complains first.

After all...

The fact was that it was their people who were hunting down Ye Chen.

Even if they cried foul, it was no use.

Holding the tablet, Carl's head was buzzing.

This move by the Dragon Country was too ruthless.

They didn't mention Ingrid, they didn't mention the Hall of Saints being blown up, and they didn't mention those hundreds of lives.

They only said the Hall of Saints was an illegal organization and that a Dragon Country citizen was tracked, coerced, and harmed.

They pushed all the responsibility onto the Hall of Saints.

They pushed it onto the five nations.

And Ye Chen was a victim from beginning to end.

"Shameless..."

Carl gritted his teeth. "So shameless!"

After cursing, he felt a bit panicked.

Because he knew all too well.

Once the Dragon Country issued this statement, it was equivalent to putting this matter on the international stage.

Once it was on the table, it was no longer just his family's business.

How would the international community see it?

A 'legal security company' supported by five nations had accepted a contract from the Manluodi Family, sent people to the Dragon Country to assassinate their Chief Instructor, and even broke into his home...

If this kind of thing was brought into the open, who would lose face?

Who would be in the wrong?

The more Carl thought about it, the angrier he got, and the angrier he got, the more he thought. His chest felt like it was blocked by a giant rock, making it hard to breathe.

He suddenly looked up, staring at the Minister of Defense, and spoke word by word: "Immediately... immediately contact the leaders of the other four nations, I want..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

The Middle-aged Man cautiously handed over a phone again.

"Your... Your Majesty, a call from Prime Minister Nuoerwei."

Carl was stunned and snatched the phone.

"Speak!"