Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 169 [Owner of Money and Contract]

Just as Ethan said.

The grand public trial eventually turned into a ridiculous farce.

Because the evidence provided by Joseph himself was inconsistent and the data conflicted, he was suspected of fabricating evidence and slandering Ethan.

Ethan was released in court.

Of course, release in court is a symbolic statement.

After all, there is no real court today, but a trial field where the sea and sky merge into one.

The out-of-control crowd almost broke through the layers of obstructions and drowned Joseph on the spot. In the end, the people from the Kingdom Statistics Bureau forcibly protected him and left first.

After Joseph left, Ned naturally took over the scene. As the highest official in the Winchester Court, he announced the result of Ethan's trial.

Ethan is found not guilty, and his bank and frozen funds will be unfrozen.

As for Joseph, although he was from the Kingdom Statistics Bureau and had tremendous power.

"...However, we absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of abuse of power for personal gain and the use of public power to persecute law-abiding citizens. As the presiding judge of the Winster Court, I will lead the entire Winster Court in initiating a lawsuit against Joseph Evans, director of the Kingdom's Statistics Bureau. He is suspected of abusing his personal power, fabricating evidence, and falsely accusing and persecuting others. Please believe that the Kingdom is still a place ruled by law, and justice is still on our side!"

He raised his arms and shouted, and Ethan followed suit.

The people were very excited.

Now that Ethan has won, naturally everything before was right, including the recording. What Joseph said in the recording will become irrefutable evidence.

As for Osvaldo, who was the referee at the beginning of the game, he never spoke again after Joseph escaped. He just watched everything as a bystander.

When Ethan looked at him, he smiled.

As for what the joke is about, it goes without saying.

After the trial, Ethan did not leave immediately.

He greeted and chatted with many people at the scene and thanked everyone for supporting him.

It was not until late in the evening that the crowd dispersed after Ethan left.

But everyone's enthusiasm remained unextinguished. They always felt like they had won a battle today, and many people planned to go to the underground pub for a drink.

It can be imagined that the sales of Winster's moonshine will reach a new high today.

"So, how did they do it?"

In the departing car, Ethan didn't ride in his own car this time. He and Ned were in the same car.

Ned looked at the sky outside the window dyed red by the setting sun and couldn't help asking.

"secret."

Ethan was being mysterious.

Ned resisted the urge to snap his fingers and forced Ethan into a hypnotic state to ask the truth. He chose to respect the fact that everyone has secrets.

"It's time to prepare to fight back."

Ethan looked out the window at a car gradually disappearing in the other direction and spoke again.

That was Osvaldo's car.

"You don't want to take revenge on Joseph? Now is the best time." Ned was a little surprised.

"Ned, which one is better, a notorious director of the Kingdom Statistics Bureau who has the upper hand in our hands, or a new director who is destined to be hostile to us?" Ethan looked at Ned.

Ned couldn't help but sigh: "You really don't look like a twenty-year-old young man at all."

Ethan said nothing.

"I will file a lawsuit against him first and force him into a corner. He has really gone too far. He thinks he can do whatever he wants in Winster just because he is from the capital and has a military background. He seems to have forgotten who the owner of this city is." Ned thought for a while and then said.

Ethan nodded in agreement.

Joseph is a wild beast, and you can’t tame a wild beast just by showing kindness.

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Night fell. Ethan finally returned to his home.

Instead of eating first, he asked Anya to run hot water for him and buried himself in the bathtub.

It would be a lie to say today that it was not thrilling at all and that it was completely under his control.

Until a certain moment comes, he is prepared to fight to the death.

Anya had set up a sniper rifle at a certain high point, while Vincent was ready to storm the trial site at any time with the elite members of his family.

At sea, if anything goes wrong, he has already agreed with Carlos to find a way to make some noise to attract fire, and then Ethan's own ship will come riding on the wind and waves.

Of course, the most important thing is in his hands, that is, San Quanti and what San Quanti left him.

It was an ascetic staff, a relic of Saint Quanti. It contained his years of practice and could burst out unimaginable power in an instant, enough to carry him through the siege.

But if that happened, he would have to flee Winster and go to the Old World, and he might never come back.

Fortunately, it worked.

Immerse your entire body in warm water, with your head submerged.

Ethan slowly opened his eyes and looked at what was in front of him.

That is the core of all secrets.

The name of the true God.

In fact, the so-called secret is very simple, that is -

A new branch grew out of the name of the true God, and it meandered and gave birth to a new branch, the true name.

Owner of money and contracts.

It was this real name that ultimately allowed him to make a comeback.

It was this real name that prevented Thomas from noticing that there was something wrong with the receipt and the numbers.

So, when did he awaken to his true name?

The answer is when he taps his watch.

Before this, it was in a gestational state, about to break through the ground.

In fact, after Ethan acquired the Butan Plain Bank, Eugenides used the money laundering strategies set by Ethan, and this real name was created.

Ethan could feel its birth more strongly than before, wondering if it was because the 'Name of the True God' had evolved again.

The real name was almost conceived when Joseph closed the bank and froze his funds.

But at that time, Ethan had already visited most of the breeding channels, and only one was left, that is, those family members who had already taken a ship to the Old World with traveler's checks.

So Ethan needs time.

Those family members need to arrive in the Old World and contact Palen there to have him carry out his orders and cash those checks.

Coincidentally, he knew that Jackson had a transoceanic telegraph line to the Old World.

So he only asked Jackson to do him a favor, which was to lend him the line.

Finally, the fruit ripened.

Everything has changed.

Ethan reached out and touched the golden real name, and in an instant, he heard the sound of money flowing.

He could sense the flow of every penny and the existence of every contract that belonged to him.

From now on, if anyone wants to use these things to plot against him, they will have to think carefully.

Coming out of the warm water, Ethan leaned lazily against the wall of the bathtub, picked up the wine that had been poured on the side and took a sip.

It's really a relief to survive.

(End of this chapter)