Katya took a prisoner's confession and used it to prove to the two big shots that Mason, Medvedev's personal bodyguard, was the leader of the Red Room...
The news completely crushed Medvedev!
He believed his old friend wouldn't frame him now that he had already resigned.
That confession had to be genuine!
Just think: he had gone to the Security Department chief's office and slammed his hand on the desk to get that bodyguard named Mason out of the Security Department's Black Prison...
Looking at the man who had once been his boss, he felt no anger at all, only endless disappointment...
Medvedev wanted so badly to slap himself!
He was a politician who had started out as a lawyer, and he'd once enjoyed a brilliant career in government.
But as the man in charge of the economy, he'd instinctively overlooked some of the flaws in economic activity.
He himself had his own "flaws"...
Embezzlement, corruption, collusion—those greedy bastards had plundered enormous profits through economic activity and taken them abroad.
When things were flourishing, these problems hadn't been all that obvious. But once the economy entered a period of stability, or even began to decline...
The devastation left behind when the tide went out was especially glaring!
Glancing at Katya, Medvedev suddenly realized that this Great Purge wasn't just aimed at Hydra. It was also about settling accounts...
No wonder so many government officials had been killed. The Security Department hadn't been abusing its power at all; this had been the work of their own short-tempered boss.
He glanced at President Jingpu, whose expression remained calm. After a long silence, Medvedev said with some shame, "I'll wait for your word."
With that, Medvedev turned and began walking out. When he reached the Conference Room door, he looked back at his