With the Mandate of Heaven in his mouth, his words became law!
For Lake, this was nothing worth mentioning.
Of course.
Lake firmly denied having anything to do with it, and that was indeed the truth.
"It really wasn't me."
The next day.
Morning.
Lake had spent the previous night in the White House. Unfortunately, he had not found a room to sleep in. Early in the morning, he arrived at First Lady Karen's office and said helplessly, "Don't you know me well enough? If I had done it, believe me, I absolutely wouldn't deny it."
"Then who was it?"
Karen asked frankly. Then, looking at Lake's expression, she laughed and said, "I think that even if this has nothing to do with you, you should still know who did it, right?"
If this truly had absolutely nothing to do with Lake...
Then...
Karen believed that, based on her understanding of her son, the culprit would already have been arrested by now.
Lake Edwin was the deputy secretary of Homeland Security, and he was also the true secretary behind the scenes.
Hearing how certain Karen sounded, Lake shrugged. "Fine, I do know. It should have been Alexander Pierce's doing."
Karen frowned. "Pierce? I remember him..."
Lake shrugged and exposed Alexander Pierce's entire background before saying to Karen, "I promised before that I would recruit him, so I can't go back on my word. The explosion at Three Feathers was also something he did after returning from the underworld. His goal was to bring his own people down there so they could continue being his own people. But I truly didn't know he would do something like this. I just want to know what backup plan he left behind."
Karen: "..."
After saying that, Lake also felt that something was off.