The Time for Reckoning

Lu Qi suddenly spoke up and kept the United States envoy behind, immediately drawing the attention of many others.

What's more, they had just been through an attack. Being singled out at a moment like this gave everyone plenty to speculate about.

However, they could not exactly stay behind to listen to gossip. They could only slow their steps, hoping to catch a word or two. Yet even after slowing down as much as possible, they heard only one sentence.

"So, is there anything you want to explain?"

Lu Qi looked at the trembling United States envoy before him and asked in a low voice.

The United States envoy's legs shook, and his back gradually bent as he prayed to make himself less noticeable and convince Lu Qi to spare him.

But with only the two of them in the conference room, there was naturally no way for him to escape.

"If you answer my questions properly, perhaps..."

Hearing this, the United States envoy hurriedly raised his head. "I don't know what that was about! Those things were shipped over from our country. They told me to ask about their value!"

Lu Qi also knew the man's position. There was no way he could have participated in this scheme. Lu Qi merely hoped to obtain other information from him.

"So you knew there was something wrong with those things?"

"I know a little about my country's affairs. If you told me Stark had tinkered those things together, I might believe it. But I hadn't heard even the slightest rumor about them."

Afraid that Lu Qi might kill him on a whim, the United States envoy hurriedly added, "I don't understand the details, but I think you can ask our Secretary of Defense. He gave me those things before and told