The Minister of the Navy, despite all his calculations, never imagined that the final "chain of evidence" would come from a port director and a bureau chief he had never met.
Adding to the joint scrutiny from the United States and Italy, even the British officialdom, who had close ties with the Minister of the Navy, dared not protect him.
Thus the next day, the "deeds" of the Minister of the Navy ignited public opinion in France; the streets were buzzing with news of his arrest and interrogation:
"It is said that the Minister of the Navy embezzled funds amounting to tens of millions of francs."
"That's just the amount of bank deposits of gold bars found at his home; there are also funds he transferred abroad."
"This scoundrel used his position for such malevolent acts."
"The most intolerable thing is that he actually united the colonies to resist Shire. It is said the Mediterranean area has become Bernard Group's forbidden zone!"
