Mechanic Engineer Ixus

You give the impeachment file to Ixus and start to explain it, but he barely looks at it before scrawling a sloppy signature.

"That..."

"This is Louis's doing, isn't it?" Ixus puts the pen in his pocket.

"I will support Louis's judgment to the end without a second thought. It's that simple."

"...what is it? Ixus hasn't noticed you and carries on burying the beaten keyboard.

It seems this guy will only open his mouth when the evidence is laid out in front of him.

"Do you recognize this?" You flash the chip you are carrying.

It means nothing to me...w-where did you get it?" Ixus nonchalantly glances at the chip, but turns pale with fright.

"It's not important where I got it," you say, barely concealing your anger: "This chip contains a malicious virus, which caused the Mecha soldier to go haywire. Tell me I'm mistaken!"

"It's...it's just that..." Ixus wrings his hands, not daring to look you in the eye.

"How can you call yourself an engineer, using your skills to frame someone like that?" You shout, angrily making Ixus jump with fright. He stands, thoroughly dejected, his arms hanging listlessly at his sides.

You seize the opportunity to get to the truth.

"I made the chip with the virus...but I had no intention of framing Klaus. You must believe me!" Ixus shakes his head emphatically.

"I just followed orders to develop a virus chip to be planted in Mecha Bugs, causing them to attack and destroy each other." I have no idea why that chip was planted in one of our own Mecha Soldiers! I swear to you, it wasn't me!"

You look at Ixus trembling with emotion. You know instinctively that he's telling you the truth.

In that case, is it possible that...