Hello, Mr. Major General (1)

Chapter 90 - Everything Is Under Control

"Explain? Could you two kindly explain to me the reason why I owe you an explanation." Sidharth said evenly
as he took great strides with his long legs towards the conference room.

The great conference room in the Ministry of National Defense had a very high level of security. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Representative to the United Nations
did not have access, but the Deputy Director of the Secret Service did. So when the two men followed Sidharth
towards the conference room, the Deputy Director of the Secret Service was able to enter, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Representative to the United Nations was barred by the guards.

"Deputy Director Gupta!" The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy
Representative to the United Nations cried in panic.

Deputy Director Gupta turned and coldly told the guards, "This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Representative to the United Nations, let him in."

"Our apologies, he doesn't have the security clearance. The electronic scanner at the door has refused him entry." The guards in front of the Ministry of National Defense great
conference room made no exceptions and didn't grant the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Representative to the United Nations, Deputy Representative Pandey access.

"Are you disobeying me?!" Deputy Director Gupta snarled, "What's your name? Which department are you from?"

"Deputy Director Gupta, looks like not only I'm on your bad side, but even my soldiers too?" Sidharth had one hand behind his back as he swivelled his chair near the head of the conference table. His gaze was inscrutable and
the other hand patted the armrest of the chair.

Although Deputy Director Gupta believed he did no wrong and that everything he did was for the benefit of the interests of the India ~ Sidharth's icy glare made his back sweat a little.

The Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence entered and sensed the hostility in the room. He smiled as
he shook his head and came over to smooth things over. He said to Deputy Director Gupta, "Old Gupta, how did you mess with our Major General Shukla? Hehe, you've really done it,
Sidharth hadn't been so angry since being promoted to Major General. Looks like even I can't help you this time. How about this, the conference room next door has a lower security clearance, so Deputy Representative Pandey can go in too. We can speak in there."

Deputy Director Gupta contained his rage and nodded, but also requested that Sidharth's immediate supervisor,
General Rawat of the Indian Army to be present, along with Deputy Director Chauhan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Senate's Speaker Neeraj Bhatt to join them for a meeting in the conference room next door. The six men closed the door of the small conference room and began to question Sidharth regarding the raid in C City that just had been carried out by the 6th Military Region's SWAT team-which was also known as the Special Operations Forces.

"Speaker Bhatt, General Rawat, I must question Major General Shukla about two things. First, the jurisdiction of the 6th Military Region is clearly outside the Imperial broders, so how is an affair in C City any business of the 6th Military Region? What right does the Special Ops have to make arrests in C City? And our own people nonetheless! Surely C City is Indian territory!"

"Secondly, this smuggling of military munitions were goldfishes we were keeping- a covert operation between our Secret Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This was supposed to be a lure to root out enemy forces and
eliminate them completely. But Major General Shukla's intervention has destroyed half a year's efforts, and the
losses are beyond calculation. I demand a reasonable explanation from Major General Shukla. If it's not to our satisfaction, I request the Indian Army punish Major General Shukla for overstepping authority and give the Secret Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs justification!"

Deputy Director Gupta was furious. He went to exhausting lengths to plan this operation, but all the efforts were
reduced to nil by Sidharth's involvement.

Speaker Bhatt and General Rawat shared a glance, then looked at
Sidharth. General Rawat was the minister of the of highest military institution headquarters of the India, and was also Sidharth's immediate supervisor. Now that someone came to him to accuse Sidharth of overstepping authority, although he disapproved, he couldn't completely
disregard it.

"Sidharth, please explain." General Rawat folded his hands on the conference table in front of him, his gaze scanning over each face in the small conference room.

Sidharth nodded. He could disregard other people's orders, but he must obey General Rawat's.

"Yes, General Rawat." Sidharth turned and fixed his stare on Deputy Director Gupta's face, "I humbly ask Deputy Director Gupta, the operation you organized, the goldfishes you were
keeping, what was all that about?"

Deputy Director Gupta hadn't wanted to explain himself, but with the Speaker of the Senate and the supreme commander of military watching him, he had no choice but
to suppress his anger and signalled for Deputy Director Chauhan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain. People from that ministry were more articulate.

Deputy Director Chauhan held his chin high and sneered at people through the whites of his eyes and nostrils. He
drawled haughtily, "The situation was, C City is about to host the The International Extraordinary Women's
Commendation Conference. Amongst the invited international female representatives is an descendant of the India from Barbados named Neha Gill. She has an immeasurable fortune and it alone is accounts for half the
GDP for Barbados."

"Please be concise, we don't have the time to listen to empty talk." Sidharth looked down at his watch impatiently.

Deputy Director Chauhan's pasty face grew flushed, he curled his hands into fists and stared at Sidharth with rage. But his frail build was not even half the size of Sidharth's strapping physique, thus his aura was completely
dominated. He had no choice but to swallow his pride and hastily add, "This female philanthropist of Indian descent is using her attending an international conference in the
India as an opportunity to work with us and eliminate all of the mercenaries trying to assassinate her. We help get rid of the mercenaries that won't let her off and she will
transfer half her fortune to the India to help us develop our economy and charity work."

Sidharth looked up, his eyes frighteningly dark. He leaned forward and said slowly, "...You're telling me, that you smuggled military munitions to help a foreign woman eliminate mercenaries trying to assassinate her?-What kind of logic is that? Forgive my slowness, but I don't understand the reasoning."

"What is there not to understand?" Deputy Director Gupta grew impatient, "We kept the mercenaries under strict
surveillance. They smuggled these military munitions and we paved the way to make them think all was well. As soon as they crossed our border and picked up the weapons, we would make the arrests."

Bam!

Sidharth slammed the desk, "Absurd!"

Speaker Bhatt and General Rawat's expressions turned dark. The two elderly men glared at Deputy Director Gupta and Deputy Director Chauhan, barely able to contain their fury.

Deputy Director Gupta was shocked and stared at Sidharth has he said, "Major General Shukla, what are you
upset about? Didn't I tell you, these mercenaries are under control and the military munitions was only a temporary expedient to gain their trust..."

"Temporary expedient?" Sidharth rose and stalked towards Deputy Director Gupta, "Did you know, that a portion of the military munitions you had under control already fell in the hands of criminals in C City. Our soldiers, policemen and innocent civilians have lost their lives because of this. Now you're telling everything is under control?"

"...Hmph, men making great achievements don't stress the details, minor losses are inevitable." Deputy Director Chauhan waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as the mercenaries get their hands on these military munitions..."

"Silence!" Sidharth turned and circled Deputy Director Chauhan's throat with one hand. His eyes were hauntingly dark and cold enough to cause palpitations, "How did you even think of such a depraved idea? How much do you hate our nation for you to lure these bloodthirsty mercenaries into
our borders? Do you know their fighting force?! As soon as they get these military munitions, they can wage war in our nation!"

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