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Chapter 7184
When the White House staff called the military,
The military was already in a state of utter chaos.
They were the ones who had sent troops,
And the mistreatment of the research team members was also the work of the troops they had sent,
So they were the ones under the most pressure at that moment.
Normally, the military doesn’t take the White House press corps seriously,
But in this situation, even the world’s most powerful military can only cower like a turtle,
Leaving everything to the White House press corps for crisis management.
The White House team is undoubtedly the most professional in public relations,
And their advice is highly valuable:
Shift the blame as much as possible, even if it has to be forced!
Shift the blame to whom?
Of course, to the Japanese research team.
So, they immediately contacted the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
In a video conference, the US military representative requested:
“We will hold a press conference in an hour.”
“At which time we will explain to the world what happened in Antarctica,”
“So I need your cooperation.”
The head of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology awkwardly asked:
“What has been exposed is the behavior of your military.”
“Harming our research team. How can we cooperate in this?”
The US military official coldly replied:
“You must publicly announce to the world that your research team has all betrayed the country.”
“And is illegally conducting large-scale exploration in Antarctica.”
Then, he said to the head of the Japanese Ministry of Defense:
“As for you… “
“You must also publicly admit to the world that you invited our military to help you quell the rebellion.”
“Our military action was not directed against the Antarctic continent.”
“But only against your research team!”
“Furthermore, the reason we mistreated your research team was at your request—to conduct surprise interrogations of your traitorous research team members!”
The defense official on the other side said awkwardly and angrily,
“Sir, it’s true we requested your help in suppressing the rebellion.”
“But we never requested that you mistreat our research team members.”
“How can we explain this to our country after you treat our team members this way and make us take the blame?!”
The military official retorted sharply,
“Damn it!”
“You need to look for an answer.”
Undoubtedly, the heads of Japan’s defense department and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology were furious at this moment.
However, for them, anger wouldn’t solve anything,
Because it was anger directed at the United States.
Therefore, faced with the unreasonable demands from these officials,
They didn’t even have the courage to refute them.
After all, this incident wasn’t entirely their fault.
They had indeed deployed troops under the guise of helping Japan,
And now that something had gone wrong, they certainly couldn’t stand idly by.
However, how much responsibility Japan should take became a point of contention between the two sides.
Japan felt that it was like two drivers who violated traffic rules, causing an accident.
Everyone was responsible, and it was impossible to assign full liability to either party.
If the US commandos were to mistreat their own research team members,
They would have tolerated it if it hadn’t been exposed,
But now that it was, how could they explain it to their people?