Nifita failed to spot the flaw in his act.
She continued, "Of course there are! During this attack, some brothers resisted and sacrificed themselves, but others betrayed our race, surrendered to the Light Burst Group, turned their guns on us, exposed and killed many of their former comrades."
"And those traitors are right here in this venue!"
The entire hall erupted in an uproar.
Leser asked, "Chief, do you know who they are?"
With a wave of her hand, Nifita changed the projection again, revealing portraits of more than a dozen traitors.
The moment the images appeared, all of the traitors stood up, their faces filled with indignation. "Nifita! Why are you slandering us?"
"That's right! We barely escaped the enemy alive, and now you're calling us traitors?"
"Chief, you were the one who sent people to receive me! How can you turn around and say I'm a traitor?"
The dozen or so of them looked utterly righteous, some bewildered, some agitated, some furious.
The other members nearby also felt that they did not look like traitors. For a moment, they spoke up for them, voicing their confusion.
Leser spoke as well. "Impossible. I watched several of them grow up! They've always been fiercely loyal! And these two are brothers I personally rescued! How could they possibly be traitors?"
"Chief, could you be mistaken?"
Bubbles gurgled from the corners of Nifita's mouth as she grew somewhat nervous.
She immediately produced evidence: various Virtual Universe communication records, conversations in which the dozen traitors had given Halogen information about other branch headquarters.
Those conversations also mentioned certain people killing their own comrades as proof of loyalty.
Aside from the chat records, all of those traitors had registered new accounts at Star River Bank at the same time, and each account had received