Chapter 1 The Second Witness

The second witness Feign summoned to the courtroom was a giant rabbit, about the size of a kangaroo, or rather… a Rabbito.

It sported a small mustache, wore glasses on its nose, a white shirt, a black suit vest, and even a bow tie at the collar.

However… it wasn't wearing any pants.

Of course, this kind of anthropomorphic rabbit didn't need to wear pants, because its lower body was basically still in rabbit form.

"Rabbit…" When the judge saw this second witness, he couldn't help but utter the other party's name in a fierce tone.

Undoubtedly, the judge clearly remembered when Rabbit and his cousin Bugs Bunny caused a ruckus in the courtroom, throwing poop at him…

Here, I feel it's necessary to popularize some knowledge… Rabbit poop is usually round, close to the size of grapes. On this basis, everyone can imagine… what size poop two Rabbito would produce… and what state the judge was in when he was attacked by excrement of this size…

"Heh… Judge, long time no see." Naturally, Rabbit didn't give the judge any pleasant looks either, immediately greeting him with a provocative sneer.

"Defense attorney, I must remind you…" As Rabbit walked onto the witness stand, the judge looked at Feign, emphasizing his tone as he said, "Your second witness, in addition to being a wanted criminal, also has a serious record of contempt of this court…"

Before he could finish speaking, Brother Jue interrupted, "I know~ I know~ After questioning, he's not allowed to leave, right?" He smiled, "Heh… no problem."

As he spoke, he gestured towards Alden's direction; at this moment, Alden had been taken to the side by two bailiffs and handcuffed.

"Like Alden, after I finish questioning him, you can arrest him," Feign continued.

"This kid…" At this moment, a hint of unease flashed through the judge's mind, "What exactly is he planning…" He couldn't help but wonder, "He wouldn't have persuaded Alden and Rabbit to come and surrender themselves, would he?"

Unease aside, the trial had to continue.

The judge's true form was hidden under a black cloak; in any case, others couldn't see his changes in expression, so even if he was suspicious and wavering in his heart… it wouldn't be visible on his face.

"Um… alright." The judge tried his best to control his voice to remain steady, "Defense attorney, please begin questioning the second witness."

As he finished speaking, Rabbit had just stepped onto the witness stand.

In the same second, Feign stepped forward and asked, "Witness, please state your name and identity."

"I'm Rabbit~" Rabbit raised his short hand and stroked the long ears on his head, then gently touched the mustache under his nose, "I used to be a juror here, and now… I guess I'm a criminal wanted by them."

"Oh?" Feign's tone rose, knowingly asking, "Can you talk about the specific time you served as a juror here?"

"I've been a juror here since the Truth Tribunal existed," Rabbit replied, "Until the Divine Calendar 494…" He glared at the judge, "Because the philosophy I held differed from the judge's, it triggered the so-called 'contempt of court' incident later."

As soon as this was said, a commotion broke out in the court again.

Bang, bang—

The judge immediately slammed the gavel twice, saying, "Silence!"

Two seconds later, before the court had fully returned to silence, Feign raised the next question, "Do you know the defendant?"

"Know him." Rabbit turned his head to look at the defendant's seat, "Devourer of the Heavens, who doesn't know him?"

Brother Jue nodded, paused for two seconds, and asked, "You heard the prosecutor Biff's statement of the case not long ago… right?"

"Heard it," Rabbit replied.

Feign asked again, "If I asked you to make a judgment from the perspective of a juror, do you think… is Gui Xiao guilty?"

"Defense attorney!"

This time, it wasn't the prosecutor who stopped Brother Jue with the word "Objection," but the judge himself who interrupted him.

"The question you raised is contempt and insult to the twelve current jurors of this court!" the judge sternly warned.

"Judge." Feign put his hands behind his back and turned to respond, "No matter what Rabbit's current position and identity are, his identity as a 'former juror' will not change. Moreover… he is also a very senior and outstanding juror." As he spoke, Brother Jue had very arrogantly come to the front of the jury box, "In terms of qualifications… I'm afraid all twelve of you here can only look up to him."

After mocking the twelve in front of him, Feign turned back to look at the judge and said, "I think… no one is more qualified to answer my question than him."

Hearing this, the judge fell into silence, accompanied by contemplation.

The jurors, on the other hand, began to whisper to each other, basically… their hatred for Brother Jue had risen by about 300%.

As for the prosecutor's side… there was no need to pay attention to it. Biff's spirit had been crushed, and he could no longer do anything but sit and stare blankly.

"Okay, the witness can continue to answer," the judge said again after a moment, "But… after you answer this question as a 'former juror,' the bailiffs will arrest you based on your identity as a 'current wanted criminal.'"

"Hmph… when faced with a situation unfavorable to yourself, you try to forcibly interrupt the questioning?" Rabbit sneered, "As expected of your consistent style…" His expression and tone revealed a deep disdain.

"Impudent!" This time, even the judge, who had always maintained a cold and static attitude, uttered the same line as the impatient clerk, "Bailiffs! Take him down!"

At the judge's command, several bailiffs surrounded Rabbit with lightning speed, obviously… they were prepared.

"Whatever." Rabbit was calm, he stretched out two short hands and said, "Just put the cuffs on."

While the bailiffs were putting handcuffs on him, he added, "By the way, my answer to that question is—guilty." He paused for half a second, maliciously looked at the judge, and added, "Let's just call it self-defense, give him probation."

As his voice fell, there was another uproar in the court.

Bang, bang, bang—

The judge slammed the gavel again, shouting, "Silence—Silence!" After shouting these two words, he immediately added, "This witness is suspected of maliciously disrupting the trial, all his testimony should not be adopted!"

"Then…" Feign said to the judge with a smile that was not a smile, "Judge, I request to question the third witness."

"Who is it this time?" The judge was obviously annoyed, and his attitude was completely different from when he first started.

"It's me." The next second, a deep voice came from outside the door.

Then, there was a strange creaking sound at the door, sounding like the friction and rotation of metal shafts.

Before long, a puppet riding a children's tricycle, wearing a small suit, and with a terrifying face… appeared at the door.

"Heh… as you can all see." Feign raised an arm, pointed to the puppet, and loudly recited, "This is my third witness, and the last one—Billy."

"Outrageous…" At this moment, the judge stood up from his seat, "Feign!" He no longer called Brother Jue "defense attorney," but directly called him by his name, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Yeah… I'd really like to know too." Gui Xiao, who was whiling away time in the defendant's seat, interjected appropriately.

"What's wrong? Judge?" Feign spread his hands and turned to reply, "I just want to let this 'trial' proceed normally, is there a problem?"

"You brought these three felons to confuse the public… interfere with the order of the court, and still say you want the trial to proceed normally?" the judge said angrily.

"Order?" Brother Jue smiled, "What order?" His tone suddenly turned cold, "The order you set?"

"Risewei, you've been serving as the Grand Judge of the Truth Tribunal… for several centuries now." A second later, Billy took over, saying to the black-cloaked judge, "In the first hundred years, you did indeed do a good job; but in the second century, the side effects of 'wielding the gavel' began to manifest in you, and your fall began from there…" As he spoke, he pedaled his tricycle, approaching the bench, "Any individual, after exclusively possessing some kind of great 'power,' will quickly become addicted… no matter how noble and powerful his or her personality is, as long as enough time passes… he, she, it will eventually be controlled by 'power' in reverse, thus revealing the dirtiest parts of his nature…" He looked up at the judge, coldly said, "You, are no exception."

"Nonsense!" Risewei roared, "Bailiffs! Arrest him!"

The judge's orders were clear, and the bailiffs acted immediately.

However, in less than two seconds, an unexpected situation occurred…

"Everyone, stop." Billy slowly said, and then… the bailiffs really stopped, and stood still.

"What did you do?" Risewei saw this, his shock and anger mixed, and asked in horror.

"Is that important?" Billy asked back.

Indeed, it wasn't important.

Now, Billy, after continuous growth and processing by the ***-914 (Super Refinement Grade)… his strength was unfathomable. No matter what he did, in short, he had easily and successfully controlled the situation.

"Risewei, it's about time you woke up a little." Billy didn't give the other party time to respond, he went on to say, "You've fallen so fast, so completely… before the third century, your body had disappeared; since then, you've become a nihilistic puppet hiding under a black cloak, enslaved by power." His hoarse voice grabbed the hearts of everyone in the court, and every word he uttered seemed to be resounding, "To this day, at this moment… you have long abandoned the principles that the Truth Tribunal should truly adhere to, and instead placed your own interests and ideas above them, manipulating the outcome of every trial." He shook his head, "A guy like you doesn't deserve to sit on the bench at all."

"What do you mean?" The voice under the black cloak trembled.

"It means…" As soon as those three words came out of Feign's mouth, his body was already rising with the momentum, and he leaped onto the bench in one stride, grabbing Risewei's collar, "You can get off now!"

Having said that, in the shocked gazes of hundreds of people… he grabbed the Truth Tribunal's current judge from the bench and threw him out.

"Hey! Where are you throwing him!" Gui Xiao in the defendant's seat shouted when he saw the black figure flying towards him, and then flashed away, leaving the fenced area.

Thus, the judge, that is, Risewei… was "thrown" into the defendant's seat.

"You… you're simply going too far!" The clerk Polk then slammed the table and turned to point angrily at Brother Jue, "First questioning the prosecutor, then the jury, and now actually against the judge…"

"What… afraid I'd forget about you?" Feign didn't let the other party finish speaking.

He interrupted Polk with an ominous expression and a chilling question.

"Unlike Biff, that idiot who was used, you don't even count as a person…" Feign squatted on the desk of the bench, looking down at Polk, "As a dog in front of Risewei, at this moment, you still dare to bark at me… that's loyalty."

"I… I…" Polk, who was usually tough and fierce, was now so frightened that he couldn't even speak properly, which precisely confirmed his nature of relying on his master's power and being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"Enough nonsense, go over there and handcuff yourself." Feign imitated Polk's tone at the beginning of the trial, glaring at the latter and sternly said, "Unless we let you speak, you're not allowed to fart!"

One minute later…

Polk put on handcuffs and squatted in the corner.

The people in the record seats were replaced by Alden and Rabbit, and their handcuffs had naturally been unlocked.

Gui Xiao, who was originally the defendant, was now sitting in the front row of the audience, acting as a spectator.

Prosecutor Biff was arranged to sit next to Gui Xiao to listen, which was undoubtedly a huge psychological test for him…

And Feign had blatantly occupied the prosecutor's position…

He put one hand in his pocket, struck a pose that he thought was dashing, and stood there sideways, with a cold (also self-proclaimed) expression on his face.

As for Billy… he sat on the bench.

Bang—

After a loud gavel strike.

"The hall of truth will today welcome a fair trial again." Billy started speaking in his broken gong voice.

He looked around the dilapidated courtroom, the whole place was silent.

After a brief pause, Billy slightly raised his voice and announced, "For the first trial of Risewei, now continue…" His gaze turned to Feign, "Prosecutor, please begin the statement of the case."