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Chapter 910: Chapter 491, Identification

“Naldo Kero? What Naldo Kero, I don’t know this person.”

At the Supreme Council, Norberto said with a sneer:

“When speaking, one must have evidence. Don’t blame everything on Gu Hang, who knows if he has offended some people?”

Ou Juren felt somewhat helpless.

He had brought the matter of Norberto illegally instructing the Assassin Court to assassinate Gu Hang to the Supreme Council.

As expected, Norberto denied all the accusations.

Moreover, there really wasn’t sufficient, concrete evidence to prove that Norberto was the culprit.

This was anticipated. Norberto had covered his tracks very well; the key person who could incriminate him, the assassin tutor Naldo Kero, had already disappeared without a trace, likely vanishing soon after issuing the mission. Other evidence was either not crucial or had not been collected.

Overall, nailing him down was fraught with difficulties.

However, since this was an expected outcome, Ou Juren was not disappointed.

Everyone knew it was Norberto’s doing, which to some extent, was enough.

Assassination is a transgression of the rules, a destruction of the political baseline. The resulting outrage not only fueled the anger of factions already against him but also dissatisfied some of the original neutral parties and even those who were vaguely on Norberto’s side.

He didn’t pay any price—although Gu Hang was assassinated, he didn’t die!

And the enemy had paid a huge price, exposed a massive flaw, and gained nothing!

This was an excellent opportunity!

Ou Juren had already prepared a whole basket of proposals, from reducing the permissions of the Military Affairs Department, to legitimizing the alliance with Gu Hang, to deciding on the vacant deputy prime minister position of the Military Affairs Department that had yet to be filled, to finding a way to eliminate a few key figures within Norberto’s faction…

And the most important measure was to initiate an investigation into Norberto based on this incident. Regardless of whether enough evidence could be found to bring down Norberto, at least entering into the investigative procedure would surely hinder his ability to exercise his power smoothly.

Of course, Norberto would not so easily comply.

“Prime Minister Ou Juren’s proposal is so preposterous! To initiate such a disgraceful investigation against me, a High Lord, without any evidence! This is simply an insult!”

“I can’t help but ask: if I now suspect that you, Ou Juren, orchestrated all this, assassinated Gu Hang, and framed me, can I also request an investigation of Ou Juren?”

Norberto rebutted, arguing by reason or, rather, being unreasonably stubborn.

His opposition indeed had some effect.

The entire council was in an uproar.

‘Tap, tap, tap’…

Heavy footsteps came from the doorway.

It quickly quieted down within the Supreme Council chamber.

That was the sound of powered armor.

Inside the venue, the representative of the Interstellar Warriors unconsciously reached for his waist and felt nothing.

It’s prohibited to carry weapons into the meeting.

They could only watch helplessly as the great doors of the meeting hall were pushed open.

Leading the way were two golden-armored warriors.

Seeing them, the High Lords breathed a sigh of relief.

The Imperial Guard, no worries then.

In the history of the Empire, the Imperial Guard had never been involved in any palace coups.

On the contrary, in many court coups, the Imperial Guard sometimes passively played the role of bringing them to an end.

For those who prided themselves as the true guards of the Emperor, though the Emperor had ascended to godhood, wasn’t the Imperial Palace still there? Although guarding the Emperor remained their primary task, which was not needed; next, guarding the Imperial Palace became their most important duty. You carry on with your coups; the Imperial Guard cares not for these mortal squabbles. But causing chaos in the Imperial Court, that will not be tolerated, whoever does it will be dealt with.

Inside the Imperial Palace, truly, none could stand against the Imperial Guard.

Now that it was the Imperial Guard entering, no worries about a group of the Rebel Army coming in with bombardment guns to mow down all the High Lords.

But what was the purpose of these Imperial Guards, usually indifferent to the Empire’s politics, suddenly showing up?

Following the two Imperial Guards were a whole column, led by a Centurion.

Shielded by the guards was a group of four people.

Among them, three stood side by side, while another was bound and brought in.

The three standing, everyone was familiar with.

Bochoya Galaraldo, the executive director of the Military Affairs Department, Clement, the Great Mentor of the Assassin Court, and Gu Hang, the leader of the Alliance.

The person dragged in by the Imperial Guard behind them was unfamiliar.

The crowd couldn’t help but look towards Ou Juren. Both Galaraldo and Gu Hang could now be considered part of Ou Juren’s faction.

But at this moment, Ou Juren’s expression was also one of surprise, seemingly not expecting this.

At the same time, the High Lords immediately noticed that one person’s reaction was the greatest: Norberto.

He still endeavored to appear calm, but his face began to pale, and a fine sweat broke out on his forehead in the comfortable temperature of the assembly hall, witnessed by many.

Those present were all clever.

From the unusual actions of the Imperial Guard, the appearance of the Great Mentor of the Assassin Court, and the state of the bound person, they could roughly guess what had happened.

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