Just as Mo Jingchun had guessed, the Xia Kingdom's official representative immediately started talking in circles.
They even praised our crew members for their steadfast will and fearlessness.
That sarcastic jab was basically saying, "Your crew members aren't exactly strong-willed, are they?"
Mo Jingchun watched the war of words with great amusement.
The key was that Xia Kingdom gave a reason no country could refute.
Xia Kingdom wasn't the only country whose crew had all come through unscathed. Some smaller countries had also avoided Space Phobia Syndrome.
Whether it was a matter of probability or simply coincidence, it didn't matter.
Xia Kingdom insisted it was a coincidence. In the face of overwhelming force, one excuse was all they needed.
Just as everyone attending the meeting thought the matter had been put to rest, the Xia Kingdom representative turned to the Sakura Country delegation with a beaming smile and asked:
"Could the Sakura Country delegation explain why only one of your people developed Space Phobia Syndrome? Do you have some way of deliberately concealing the truth, and did you deliberately abandon one crew member to mislead everyone?"
As soon as those words were spoken, attendees from every country turned their suspicious gazes toward Sakura Country.
It really was possible!
This was Sakura Country's favorite trick, after all. No wonder everyone was suspicious.
Besides Xia Kingdom, the other major powers had all had at least two crew members run into trouble aboard the Pioneer.
What gave little Sakura Country the right to have only one?
Watching such a spectacular scene unfold, Mo Jingchun wished he had a bottle of cola and a bag of sunflower seeds.
This was incredible. Absolutely incredible.
The delegation sure knew how to shift attention elsewhere.
Unlike the dead silence just moments ago, the meeting room was now