Luke seemingly said righteously: "This whole matter started by the people of that country themselves?"
"If they hadn't targeted that homeless person from Meteor City and had not treated his life as nothing."
"Then perhaps this matter would never have happened in the first place."
"Everything began with them trampling on human life..."
Chairman Netero stroked his beard, which had become shorter again, and chuckled twice, without responding.
He did not say what would happen next.
Just as Luke said, the Hunter Association had already done what needed to be done.
If the other side still refused to let it go… Meteor City would once again become completely unrestrained.
As the saying goes, those who are barefoot aren't afraid of those who wear shoes.
Meteor City, a place abandoned by the world, was obviously more insane and unscrupulous.
In the original timeline, after even greater casualties and commotion, the matter ultimately ended without further pursuit.
Anyone with sense would not entangle with them too much.
Luke and Chairman Netero no longer regarded this as a matter of concern and simply chatted casually.
"... Garcia has already been sent to the Hunter Association's exclusive court for trial."
Chairman Netero spoke of Garcia's fate: "As a senior official within the association, his rank is not low. Botobai and Mizaistom Nana will appear together as judge and presiding judge to declare the verdict on his crimes."
"It was precisely because Garcia attracted so much attention that Kanan Prison Camp was not overly pursued..."
Chairman Netero looked at Luke and found he was still calm and expressionless.
So he continued: "The senior government officials of V5 believe Garcia thought he had no chance to escape conviction, so he used the last remaining influence he had to clean up the loose ends at Kanan Prison Camp, to avoid trouble for the higher-ups."
That's right.
"Many people are satisfied with this approach, thinking he at least understood the rules; therefore, they deliberately downplayed what happened at Kanan Prison Camp."
Not only were the staff at Kanan Prison Camp imagining things this way, but the government officials of V5 also thought this.
They believed it was Garcia's handiwork, cleaning up the aftermath and avoiding trouble for anyone.
Thus, casually and lightly, they placed no harsh blame on the matter of Kanan Prison Camp.
And this leniency made the staff there even more certain that the higher-ups had stepped in, making them feel even more fortunate about what they did and further downplaying the incident.
Therefore, under the backdrop of Garcia's arrest, everyone, using their own assumptions, ended up collectively creating a result of intentionally downplaying the entire event.
It could be said that everyone was pleased.
Luke himself was also happy to see this.
But… to the worldly-wise Chairman Netero, things were not that simple.
And based on his many years of experience… This incident at Kanan Prison Camp definitely had something to do with Luke!
However, given that Luke did not do anything too out of line, and the casualties at Kanan Prison Camp were all the guys who deserved it.
Chairman Netero did not say much more.
Even if Luke really did something with a very bad and negative influence… So what?
Those high-level government officials of the V5 have done many things that are far more blatant.
If Chairman Netero really couldn't stand and see past it, he would have resigned from the position of Chairman of the Hunter Association long ago.
Now that he is already at an advanced age, more than anything, he has seen through the nature of this world.
Just living his own life well, letting himself have a satisfying life, that is enough.
And speaking of a satisfying life…
"The Zodiac Twelve have all started to take over and familiarize themselves with their own work, and everything has begun to fall into place."
"As for your side..."
Chairman Netero subconsciously wanted to pick up a teacup to drink tea, but ended up grabbing nothing.
"... You don't even have tea here."
Chairman Netero stared at the empty tabletop and couldn't help saying that.
Although you couldn't quite say it was empty, at least there were many documents and materials on that table.
Just after he finished speaking, Beans came in carrying another big stack of thick documents.
"Vice-Chairman Luke, these are the documents that need processing in the near future... Ah, Chairman Netero, you're here too."
Beans paused for a moment when he saw Chairman Netero, then greeted him.
He quickly delivered the documents to Luke and began explaining the different types of documents.
Chairman Netero: "...?"
What do you mean by you're here too? Are you already disregarding me this much, Beans?
Chairman Netero looked at the still-empty space in front of him on the table.
If this were Beans in the past, he would have already brewed the tea, placed it in a teacup, and set it in front of him.
But now...
Chairman Netero silently watched Beans, who was earnestly discussing work with Luke.
He thought for a moment, then wisely closed his mouth and remained silent.
No matter how little he took work seriously, seeing the Vice-Chairman and his own secretary discussing a mountain of work that should have originally been handled by him…
Even with his thick skin, Chairman Netero couldn't bring himself to tell them to stop and brew tea for him.
Fortunately, when it came to tea, Luke was already prepared.
Seeing that Beans was getting a bit dry-throated from talking, Luke thoughtfully took out a tea set of the finest quality.
And with the same thoughtfulness, he brewed him a hot, steaming cup of tea.
As for Chairman Netero… Luke finally remembered him and brewed him a cup as well.
But the tea he brewed for him was... Not quite the same as the one for Beans…
"Are you sure what you gave me is tea?"
Chairman Netero looked at the purplish-red, steaming liquid before him, which at a glance did not look like proper tea.
He calmly stared at Luke: "If you want to poison me, just say it directly. Or if you want to poison me, at least do it discreetly. There's no need to be so open and upright about it."
"If you want to express dissatisfaction with me, you don't need to take such a detour by placing poisoned tea right in front of me."