"Lord Root, I would never betray the Empire or you, much less break the law and do something so ridiculous!"
Mima offered his explanation with the utmost respect.
"Hmph! Of course I know you wouldn't, but the fact remains that your subordinate attacked a conference delegate and claimed he did it all for you!"
Thud! Mima dropped to one knee and bowed his head, declaring that he would get to the bottom of this and accept any punishment.
The shadowy figure pressed a hand onto Mima's shoulder, his fingernail scoring a red mark across Mima's collarbone. "You?"
As the pressure steadily increased, Mima's face instantly flushed red, but he held firm without moving.
"Never mind you-even I'll be implicated. He actually had the results of my research on him! Don't tell me he got them all by himself."
"..." Mima sank into thought.
"Don't think I don't know what you've been doing behind my back! Experimenting on Eldians without authorization-what punishment do you think you'll face if the higher-ups find out?"
The crystal ball lit up, suddenly displaying Mima standing in a dim room, dissecting a corpse on an operating table.
An entire spine floated in a glass jar beside him!!!
Outside the vision, Mima's Adam's apple bobbed, and he finally fell silent.
A figure in the shadows waved a hand, and a black-clad Anbu flickered over to take the crystal ball away.
"Mima, whether it was you no longer matters!
Keep your head down for a while." He paused, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes. "You'd better pray for yourself!" With that, the shadowy figure took the documents and left the room using the Body Flicker Technique.
Mima's expression darkened instantly. Only after the figure disappeared through the doorway did he slam his fist into the wall, blood