Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 209 Bring this little bastard to trial
Lu Chen and Chris had not been walking on the street for long when they saw Duster bragging to some kids.

He first boasted about how he couldn't stand the evil deeds done by the evil lord, and then how he punished him.

Finally, Dust pitifully said to a child, "Actually, I'm a member of the Righteous Thieves' Group. I was injured while punishing a bad lord, and now I don't have the money to hire a priest to treat me. So, can you help me?"

The children who believed it immediately handed over all their pocket money to the chivalrous thief who punished evil.

Chris was a little angry after watching this scene and said, "This guy is terrible. He is actually cheating children out of their pocket money."

"So we caught the thief, didn't we?"

Give Dust some punishment so that he won't use what he did to cheat people in the future.

Lu Chen was not afraid that he would be wrongly accused, as there were magical tools in this world that could detect lies. So Dust would definitely not be executed for this incident.

Going to jail was like coming home to Duster. He would go there every few days for various reasons. Sometimes he would even go there on his own initiative to avoid debt.

After this farce, no one will pay attention to this matter anymore.

Chris said uncertainly, "Isn't this a bad idea? We know he's not part of the gang. If he's caught for this, he might get the death penalty."

"Who allowed him to cheat the kids out of their pocket money? As a goddess, you should bring judgment on him."

Lu Chen walked quickly to Dust and threw a rope towards him.

"Since you are the thief being hunted, follow me to the prison."

Duster was very surprised when the rope suddenly fell from his head. He turned around and saw Lu Chen standing behind him.

He said in disbelief, "Really? My dear friend, you actually accepted this mission with such a small reward. No matter how you look at it, this little money is not worth it. Didn't you just receive a huge bounty? Why would you need to do such a thing? Even I don't care about those bounties."

According to his understanding, normally no one would accept such a task, which was as outrageous as the task of defeating the devil with a bronze sword.

"Someone entrusted me to catch the thief, and I just happened to run into him. It doesn't seem to take much effort." Lu Chen acted very casually, as if he really happened to run into him.

Dust said nonchalantly, "But I'm not a thief at all. How could I possibly have the guts to kidnap a lord? I'm just bragging here."

Lu Chen answered very seriously: "You admitted it yourself just now."

Then Dust saw Chris behind Lu Chen and said confidently, "Hurry up and explain to Lu Chen how bad my reputation is. I really am cheating these kids out of their pocket money."

Then Duster apologized to the children and said, "I'm sorry, I lied to you. I just wanted to cheat you out of your pocket money. But I won't give the money back to you."

However, the child pretended to understand and replied, "I know. You said that to deceive this flattering lord."

The children were a bit rebellious towards their parents who forbade them from playing with Duster. Of course, everything the adults said was wrong.

After saying that, he and his companions ran away, and even spat at Lu Chen from a distance.

Dust looked at the child walking away, with an expression that looked like he was about to cry but couldn't. "I really wasn't! I don't have the courage to kill the lord."

Lu Chen looked concerned for Dust. "The prison has a lie detector, so don't worry about being wrongly accused. At most, you'll just be in there for a few days. Besides, it's going to be very cold soon, and it's going to be uncomfortable living in the stable."

Dust gave his reason for not wanting to go in: "I don't want to spend the next few days in jail. A noble is harassing Lynn. I can't let him succeed. My companions are in danger, how can I go to jail now? The noble must just be playing with the female adventurer." He wanted to stop this wealthy noble from reaching out to his teammates and protect their happiness. At least that's what he thought.

Lu Chen knew that the person targeted by this male noble was Dust, so he decided to let Dust hide inside for a few days to prevent him from doing something stupid outside that he would regret.

But Chris was somewhat persuaded. She tugged at Lu Chen's clothes and whispered, "If he has something important to do, we really can't affect him. The friendship between teammates can't be affected by us."

Seeing this, Duster ran away, shouting triumphantly as he ran: "Hahaha, there's no way you can catch me! And I really don't want you to find the thief." Then he was tripped by the rope that suddenly hardened and fell to the ground.

Lu Chen had just used a substitute to carefully tie the rope around his legs.

Duster was so eager to explain this to Lu Chen that he didn't notice this.

After Duster tripped, Lu Chen walked up and caught him.

"My dear friend, even if you want to make money, you can't arrest me."

As a result, just a short while later, Sena arrived here with a team of guards.

The escaped child ran while shouting that the thief had been caught, which attracted the prosecutor who came to investigate the situation.

She was here with orders to catch the thieves, so she was very anxious. So she gave orders to the soldiers around her:
"Quickly capture this suspected thief."

Dust was quickly captured by the soldiers, as they were all old acquaintances so it was easy.

Dust asked the soldier, "How's the quality of the food in the prison lately? It wasn't very good last time."

"Colluding with the Demon King and kidnapping the Lord. If proven, the death penalty will be imposed."

"Are you trying to intimidate me here so I can do something to your breasts?"

"Capture him!"

At this time, a male noble came out from the crowd to help Dust defend himself.

"Although he has a bad reputation here, Duster is not someone who would do such a thing."

Duster discovered that the person who came to defend him was actually the man who had been harassing Lynn before. This man must have wanted to curry favor with Lynn's handsome teammate in order to achieve his own unspeakable secret.

"I don't need you to worry about me. This busty girl can't do anything to me. Don't try to please me by getting close to Lynn."

While being dragged, Dust yelled at Lu Chen, "My dear friend, you have to rescue me. If I'm executed and become a ghost, I'll definitely haunt you!"

Then the yelling Dust was dragged away by the guards.

Sena thanked Lu Chen and said, "Thank you for your contribution in uncovering the conspiracy of the Demon King's army."

"I don't think Dust did any of that. I just wanted him to stop cheating kids out of their pocket money."

"He actually didn't even take a child's pocket money. What a scumbag. Only someone like him would cooperate with the Demon King."

(End of this chapter)