"Name?"
"Austin Doug."
"Position and rank?"
"The Royal Navy's new First Fleet, Captain of the August Lion, with the rank of Major."
The Internal Affairs official sitting across the table raised his desk lamp and shined it into Austin's face.
Austin subconsciously blocked it with his hand.
"I am Solo Yasili from the Eighth Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am responsible for conducting routine content reviews based on the report you submitted. Please cooperate with our work."
Austin nodded.
[This guy is so rude compared to the last time. ]
"In mission number 1898-N1-0802, your team encountered the ghost ship 011 [Accordionist Kaka], right?"
"Yes."
"In the report you submitted, Kaka the Accordionist exerted influence on your team after the mission began, causing your perception of time and space to be confused, and you arrived at the Gargoyle Atoll unprepared." Solo. Looking up from a pile of information, "'After the mission started, I received influence from the accordion player Kaka' - who came to this conclusion through reasoning and judgment?"
"it's me."
"There was no basis for judgment in your original report. The Review Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has questioned your judgment. Please provide a detailed explanation in the supplementary material and send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs before get off work tomorrow."
"clear."
"Then next, you were attacked by gargoyles near the Gargoyle Atoll." Zoro tapped the table with his left index finger and asked doubtfully, "Are you sure that the one who attacked you was a legend spread among adventurers and pirates? That gargoyle?"
"yes, I'm sure."
Zoro nodded and continued to ask: "Shortly after the gargoyle attack, you were attacked by the accordion player Kaka. In the debriefing report, you suspected that he instigated the gargoyle to attack you, and you did not submit any report on this. The basis for judgment also requires additional explanation from you later.”
"The judgment here contains some subjective factors... Simply put, you can think it is my guess."
"'Captain Austin speculates that the appearance and attack of the gargoyles are related to Kaka the Accordionist.' May I understand this?"
"Yes, that is indeed the case."
"Next, you, Boatswain Maffei, and Ship Doctor Henry started a gang-hopping war. You suspected that this decision was influenced by the accordion player Kaka - because of the inducing music he produced. Can you please follow up? Do you want to describe this music? There is no requirement for content here, you can simply describe it based on your actual situation."
Austin nodded, thinking that the heavyweight division would be next.
Solo straightened his back and stared at Austin: "You said that you saw a huge sculpture in the illusion created by the accordion player Kaka, which appeared as a giant holding a scale. The review committee was very interested in this and specially I have sent a painter over, and I hope you can assist the painter in restoring the sculpture after you are done. This may involve a god, so please treat it with caution and be sure to restore the details and don’t miss them.”
Austin nodded. He also told Mariano about the statue, but she had never seen it. Austin could only report it first, hoping that the higher-ups could give some help.
There are too many things involved with him. The relationship between this statue and him will definitely not be a mere passerby. Considering the hostility of the accordionist Kaka towards him, there is a high probability that he will be an enemy.
"I have a request." Austin raised his hand proactively.
Zoro put down the information in his hand and motioned for him to speak out.
"If there is any information about this statue in the future, I hope to know the part that is within my authority."
"I will forward your request to the review committee."
"Thanks."
"Then let's continue. As for how to repel the accordionist Kaka, the answer you gave is that it is unknown because you entered the illusion. The description of the rest of the crew was that they heard a loud noise. Can you give additional explanations on this? Or some reasonable speculation?”
"No." Austin shook his head. "I fell into a fantasy world at the time. I escaped after the accordion player Kaka was knocked back and fell into a coma. I don't know what happened after that."
Zoro frowned. The people above were very interested in weapons or people that could repel the ghost ship. This was a large part of the reason why he came here this time. But since the other party made it clear that he didn't know and couldn't find any flaws, he couldn't say anything.
"In the debriefing report, you woke up and found that you had boarded Princess Lysa's ship, and then went with her to Dotgerai in the Kingdom of Dofrela, right?"
"Yes."
"Didn't anything happen in between?"
"No."
"However, according to our calculations, if we set off from Gargoyle Atoll to Dotege immediately after the attack, the time difference from the time in your report will be one to two days. Please explain this issue in detail."
Austin frowned, wondering if this was intentional to deceive me, and replied without changing his face: "About this part, I wrote in the debriefing report that I was seriously injured at the time, and I had been on Lysa's ship before arriving at Dotege. During the period of recuperation, my daily routine was completely chaotic. I don’t know how many days passed, and I don’t know where Lysa and others went during the journey.”
What Austin said was exactly what was written in the debriefing report, and he did not give Solo a chance to find fault.
The latter frowned and asked again: "According to your report, boatswain Maffei and ship's doctor Henry were also on Lysa's ship at the time, and their explanations seemed to be different from yours."
Prisoner's Dilemma? Too low-level.
Austin smiled slightly: "Mr. Solo, of course that's different. Lysa and others only gave them simple treatment and then dumped them on the Gargoyle Atoll. It's only normal that there is a difference between what I described. "
"Then why did Lysa only take you with her?"
"Probably because we've known each other since we were kids and she was afraid that leaving me would lead to the death of a close friend."
"The review committee is not satisfied with this part of your report, especially what happened after you arrived at Dotger." Zoro raised his eyebrows and admonished, "Captain Austin, there is no benefit in hiding it, the evil god's Contamination can be completely eliminated at an early stage, and those who die from it often miss the best intervention period because they withheld key information."
Austin scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, what happened to Dotger? I was on the boat until night and didn't find a chance to escape. I don't know what happened in the middle."
"You can naturally get this part of the information after the review is completed." Seeing that Austin was completely clueless, Solo's eyes flashed with disappointment for a moment, but he was only the first "process", and there were others waiting for Austin later. "Come here".
"Then this is the end of the review of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Please submit a follow-up report on time to detail the issues mentioned in this review." Soro put away the information and said lightly, as if it was just a routine matter, "After that Someone from Poseidon Church will come to question you, please be prepared."
After saying that, he stood up and left the room without any delay.
"Bon voyage, take your time and don't send me away." Austin said blessing, but he had already been cursing in his heart for almost half an hour.
[I do this every time I come back, like interrogating a prisoner. Is it necessary? ]
