Chairman Ebb spoke up in rebuttal because he did not want Duke Arthur to continue. Once many matters were laid bare, they would become extremely ugly.
In particular, if word spread through noble circles that he had joined forces with twenty-two top noble families to deal with Duke Arthur, his prestige would plummet.
Suppressing a noble was something high-ranking nobles often did, but attacking a noble crossed the line.
If Chairman Ebb could attack Duke Arthur for certain interests, then one day he could attack other nobles for other reasons as well.
"Chairman Ebb, how do you know I have no evidence?" David asked as he looked at Chairman Ebb.
David had not actually wanted the temples to get involved in this matter. He especially wanted to separate these Level 5 Temple Knights so that, once he found an opportunity, he could defeat them one by one.
But Chairman Ebb had no way to act through covert means, so he thought of using this Plague attack to pin some charges on David—at the very least, to place David under control.
As long as David was under control, he would have plenty of chances to deal with him.
"Your Eminences, I assume you both know that I grew up in the Interstellar Federation and signed an agreement between God's Great World and the Interstellar Federation allowing me to use Interstellar Federation technological items?" David said, turning to the two bishops.
Bishop Borin and Bishop Evans both nodded. This agreement, which originally would not have attracted any attention, had become increasingly exceptional as the status of the person who signed it continued to rise.
Even the two great temples had heard that Gami Star was making extensive use of Interstellar Federation technology. However, because Duke Arthur had been authorized to use such