Chapter 362: Improved Veritaserum
Just when the atmosphere in the courtroom became so tense that it almost froze.
A group of burly men in black suits suddenly broke into the courtroom.
They first cut off the Sun Daily's live broadcast equipment.
Then they surrounded the entire courtroom and quickly took away the still struggling Statham.
In a room in Baigong, Havis and a group of congressmen were staring at the live broadcast screen intently.
When Statham revealed that this was all a government conspiracy, everyone present was shocked.
Harveys's face became extremely ugly, and he shouted loudly in frustration.
"Quick, send someone to turn off this damn live broadcast!"
A thin congressman quickly stood up and hurried away according to Havis's order.
The anger in Harvey's heart could no longer be suppressed.
He suddenly grabbed the champagne that was originally intended for celebration on the table and threw it hard to the ground.
Glass fragments flew everywhere and red wine flowed on the floor.
He roared, "Where's Emilia? Where is she?"
Secretary of State Stevens was unusually calm and answered slowly and unhurriedly.
"She should be at the courthouse, making sure this goes as planned."
"Ensure? Ensure to this extent?" Harveys' voice was almost trembling.
Chief of Staff Howard interjected: "I think what we need now is calm.
Consider how to calm the public anger caused by this incident.”
Harvest glared at Howard, so angry that he could hardly speak: "Calm down? You..."
He didn't say anything else because he saw the indifferent faces around him.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that everyone had already anticipated the worst consequences.
But he was like a fool who was kept in the dark.
Even Emilia might have done it on purpose.
Harvey felt cold all over.
The constant stream of lies has exhausted people's patience.
Now the government must bring forward someone with enough weight to take the blame.
So who better to be the scapegoat than the president whose term is about to end?
A feeling of sadness welled up in Harvest's heart.
In the eyes of these people, he may have become an incompetent and angry clown.
His heart was filled with sadness at this moment, as if he had been abandoned by the world.
He slumped down in his chair.
Finally after a long silence.
Harvest waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Hold a press conference."
The tense atmosphere in the conference room relaxed instantly, and everyone was waiting for him to say this.
That afternoon, sunlight shone through the tall floor-to-ceiling windows into the No. 1 conference hall dedicated to Baigong.
A press conference will be held here for live television.
Media reporters poured in like a tide, filling the hall to the brim.
Before Harveys took the stage, Gonzalez handed him a glass of red wine and said, "Moisten your throat, Harveys."
Harvest forced a smile and took the glass.
"Thank you."
Then he drank the red wine in one gulp, somewhat sadly and freely.
Gonzalez took the empty glass and patted Harveys' shoulder gently.
He watched Harveys walk up to the podium.
He had already secretly dropped Snape's newly improved truth serum into the glass of red wine.
The effect of this potion is extremely overbearing.
Once the user wants to tell a lie, he will be forced to tell the truth.
Harveys walked up to the podium slowly, step by step, facing the reporters on the scene and the people behind the countless cameras.
He cleared his throat and began to speak: “Hello, friends from the media.
Today, I stand here to explain to you the recent incidents of blocking Witcher-related comments and the Statham hacking incident. "
He paused and continued, “First of all, I want to apologize to everyone.
Statham is indeed a hacker, but it was our parliament's decision to block witch-related speech.
In order to shirk responsibility, we chose to let him take the blame.”
As soon as Harvest finished speaking, the flash lights in the audience suddenly lit up one after another.
He took a deep breath and prepared to continue his performance: "Regarding Statham's accusation against the government, it is actually..."
Harves originally intended to chalk up Statham’s accusations to personal lies.
As for why he suddenly turned his attention to the government.
Because he resented the government for arresting him and wanted to smear the government.
However, the truth serum worked, and what was said became...
"In fact, it is a lie we made up. We deliberately created all this in order to destroy the image of wizards in the minds of the people."
This sentence exploded like a bomb in the conference hall, causing an uproar.
Reporters who are familiar with the nature of U.S. congressmen had already predicted what Harveys would say.
They originally just wanted to see how Harvey would shirk responsibility and who he would push to take the blame, but they unexpectedly got a shocking revelation.
Harvest was stunned. How could he say such a thing?
He looked at the audience in panic, trying to save the situation: "No, I...what I just said was..."
Harvest's face turned from red to white, and sweat began to drip down his forehead.
"All of this was agreed and approved by the parliament! We...we all believe that the people are stupid and easy to fool. Even if the truth is revealed, we can just make up an excuse to get away with it!"
"No! That's not the case!" Harveys suddenly shouted.
The more he struggled, the deeper he fell into the abyss.
His body began to tremble and he spoke out more truth uncontrollably.
"We were afraid of losing power and the trust of the people, so we chose to deceive... I was wrong, we were wrong... We thought we could control everything, but we didn't expect..."
Reporters in the audience raised their hands to ask questions, trying to dig out more truth from Havis.
Harveys stood on the stage, sweating profusely, feeling more helpless than ever before.
He looked at the crowd below the stage, his eyes filled with fear and despair.
Finally, he could no longer bear the inner pressure, his body was shaking, and he pretended to faint on the podium.
The scene fell into chaos.
Reporters wanted to rush onto the stage to wake up Harvey.
This is a big deal! Don’t miss it.
However, the soldiers in charge of security used their bodies to block the reporters.
Several people quickly took the unconscious Harveys away from the scene.
After that disastrous press conference at Havis.
The parliamentary scandal swept the headlines of major media like a wave.
Angry people took to the streets, holding banners and shouting, demanding a reasonable explanation from parliament.
Faced with pressure from public opinion, members of parliament have distanced themselves from the incident.
Some pretended to be ignorant, while others accused Havis of personal misconduct in an attempt to protect their political status.
Harvey's shocking remarks at the press conference were defined by Parliament as mentally ill nonsense.
