Although Victor von Doom was confident, he also knew that his actions were highly likely to trigger a war and jeopardize Latveria's potential trade agreements. Stephanie Malik, chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was protesting precisely this. Anyone with political sensitivity would understand the scale of the repercussions. If the Emperor's fucking march into the United Nations Headquarters had been an armed demonstration with some restraint, then the prison break at the UN Detention Facility was a terrorist attack without the slightest bottom line.
Victor von Doom now stood before the Emperor, waiting for the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to finish venting and draft contingency plans before explaining his actions to the Emperor in private. Stephanie Malik left the Emperor's office in towering fury. Praetorian Guard Hammurabi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, because Stephanie was truly like a dangerous pressure cooker when she lost her temper. Fortunately, the Emperor's presence soothed her emotions, and her reverence temporarily suppressed that anger. But the matter remained unresolved. The objective obstacles to further trade treaties still existed and had to be dealt with somehow. Latveria was simply under far too many sanctions.
"The prisoners are unhappy," the Emperor said. "They were originally only serving prison sentences. Now, they may be facing death."
The Emperor did not directly ask why he had done it. Instead, he brought up the prisoners whom the First Secret Regiment had taken out of The Hague Prison. News of the attack on the UN Detention Facility had already made international headlines. Although the Netherlands had not captured footage of the attackers' transport or anything similar, and opening an official investigation would take time, merely counting the remaining prisoners would make the attackers' target obvious. Anyone with normal intelligence could guess the identity of the