Briefing

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Ishikawa had silently observed the discussion. Being called to this weird briefing, he had already suspected that Sakamoto had found proof.
Still, it was quite devastating to hear that the head of the Naval Forces was indeed infected. The next weeks wouldn't be easy for all of them.

He sighed and walked over to the screen Sakamoto had looked at earlier. A starmap of Kusari was shown, he quickly glanced over it and then turned back to the two other officers.

"We have no choice." Sakamoto was looking at Haikiri with a grave expression. "And I need your help with this."

"The evidence leaves no doubt, but ... how?" Akashi still couldn't believe what he had just been told.

"He was infected when he took part in the failed mission to secure Heaven's Gate. He managed to remain undetected for quite a long time."

Akashi crossed his arms and stared at Sakamoto. "You should tell the Prime Minister of your suspicions then."

Sakamoto sighed. "I tried.. and I failed. This is why we must do this ourselves and strike from the shadows. This one time we have to be traitors.. to save Kusari."

"hmph. What are you planning to do? You could just very well use this to seize the power for yourself."