"A problem? What problem?"
"About one percent of our food was poisoned. But as you know, Minister Qin, military camps cook in huge batches. If one percent of the ingredients are poisoned, once they're cooked together, almost a third or even half the dishes could end up poisoned."
Qin Siyang asked, "What kind of poison?"
"A colorless, odorless poison we've never encountered before. Unless you specifically tested for it, you wouldn't notice it at all."
Qin Siyang asked again, "If you'd never encountered it before and it was colorless and odorless, how did you detect it?"
"The Qi Legion has always been extremely cautious. Every shipment of supplies undergoes extensive spot checks and testing before we distribute it. We only release it once we're certain nothing is wrong. We did fail to detect the poison in this shipment of food. But something went wrong during the cooked-food taste test. Several soldiers all suffered organ failure. If they hadn't received treatment in time, they would probably have died."
"Then we brought in doctors from the Joint Medical Association who were working at the Qi Legion's base and had them inspect the food again. Their testing reagents finally identified the poisoned food. The Joint Medical Association you established was an enormous help, Minister Qin, so we believed you couldn't possibly be involved in poisoning the Ministry of Armaments' supplies. That's why we reported this directly to you."
At that, Qin Siyang switched off Conversation Shielding.
"Chief of Staff Qi, I understand that the Qi Legion's food was poisoned. Had there been any problems with the Qi Legion's supplies before this year?"
The other three were all startled by what they heard of Qin Siyang's phone conversation.
The Qi Legion's supplies had been poisoned?
"No. Director Lin was rather strict with his requirements,