NIKKE, when the stars bloom

If muscle tears don't heal well afterwards, it's easy to develop chronic illness, Commander."

"……Row."

Phoenix nodded obediently, looking harmless. If the bed sheets and curtains were pulled back to show the prisoners, everyone would be shocked.

The madman who kills without blinking an eye is actually a henpecked husband. This strong contrast is too shocking for these perverts who started out as murderers.

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In the following few days, with Rabi's 24-hour supervision, Phoenix, who was good at "doing evil", had to be much more obedient.

During this period, Ingrid even shamelessly came to the cell to sleep every day.

After all, the rumor that there was something going on between the two of them had spread as expected. If she didn't sleep with him back, wouldn't she, a big capitalist, suffer a huge loss?

So, Phoenix's life these days was nothing more than taking care of his health, listening to the news, and guarding Ingrid with Laby. He slept and watched Laby sleep on the floor.

It was not until a week later, after a lot of wrangling among 48 people including Ingrid, Anderson, and Schoen, that the lieutenant finally had his first trial.

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The people were picked up personally by Yursha and Privati ​​under the protection of a triangular force with three layers inside and three layers outside.

On the way, the lieutenant rode in the most powerful explosion-proof armored vehicle in the entire Ark. The road leading to the court had been cleared more than three times by the Delta Force and ACPU to ensure that no one would use anti-material rocket launchers to bomb.

Even the court itself was temporarily equipped with a protective cabin to ensure that no dangerous elements could launch a suicide attack on the lieutenant during the sentencing period.

In the face of such a grand scene, the Ark citizens were startled and found to their amazement that they simply had no idea what was happening.

Even though various public celebrities on the Balabala homepage gave their guesses, there is still no convincing conclusion.

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Banglanglang——

In the court's underground parking garage, the door of the explosion-proof armored vehicle slowly opened.

Under Yulxia's security instructions, Lieutenant Phoenix, wearing a prison uniform with the logo of the rehabilitation center, surrounded by security personnel from various major forces, stepped up the stairs step by step, walked through the corridor, and finally came to the protection cabin of the Central Supreme Court.

The jury seats were packed. Looking around, there were many familiar faces, but even more were unfamiliar faces that had never been seen before.

Someone was satisfied with this.

Because Falin had immediately directed the ghost sisters to float behind the jury members one by one and secretly observe their mobile phones, tablets and the information in their hands.

A large amount of information began to be reported to Farin. After careful sorting, these carefully selected secrets would fall into the ears of the lieutenant intact.

"Come in, Lieutenant."

Seeing Phoenix standing still, the somewhat nervous bailiff quickly extended his hands in a friendly manner, indicating to the other party that this protective cabin was his dock.

"Oh, ok, sorry."

Someone smiled at the bailiff in what he thought was a gentle manner, and then, without caring whether the bailiff's scalp was numb or not, walked into the cabin and waited for the preliminary hearing.

Boom-!

The gavel was struck and the Chief Justice began his speech.

"Given the special nature of this court session, the court session number will not be recorded."

“Defendant Phoenix, according to the evidence provided by the ACPU, you are suspected of 16 counts of intentional homicide and 33 counts of intentional injury in the Gold Coin Battle.

At the same time, it violates the crime of obstructing public service, the crime of intentional destruction of property, the crime of intentional destruction of evidence, and the crime of extorting a confession by torture..."

The Chief Justice read out the charges one by one in a calm voice.

The old man was quite old. After reading a page, he took a sip of tea from the cup to moisten his throat before continuing to question:

"What objection do you have to that, Defendant Phoenix."

"some."

No one present was surprised by the lieutenant's answer. After all, he was the guy who slept in the same bed with the CEO of Pure Land. This confession must have been planned. How could he possibly plead guilty in court?

The Chief Justice, who had been mentally prepared, acted as if he was listening attentively and signaled Phoenix to raise his objection.

I only heard the man say:

"In terms of intentional homicide, I personally think that the number should be reduced by at least three."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone, whether it was the court staff or the bigwigs on the jury, had a vague look in their eyes.

Three, a very sensitive number.

Because there were three cyborgs who died in the military.

Could it be that this guy wanted to play a trump card directly in the preliminary review stage?

"I think those three people and their loyal forces are suspected of betraying humanity. They are suspected of providing Nikki to Letcher in exchange for Letcher's high-end technology, and then deceiving the Pure Land to replicate the technology."

Wow——! ! !

Moment! The moment when Phoenix put the last syllable into place!

The whole audience was in an uproar.

Those who were crossing their legs put them down; those who were drinking tea almost choked on the tea; some even stood up and were about to start scolding, but were pulled back to their seats by their colleagues.

Ingrid didn't expect it, Anderson didn't expect it, the military didn't expect it, and the intelligence department didn't expect it either...

When everyone present thought that the lieutenant was going to play a trump card, he gave them a big surprise - a royal flush of 10, J, Q, K, A.

But this was not the end. After the Chief Justice banged the gavel again to silence the audience, Phoenix continued to show his cards and told everyone with words.

What he held in his hand was still a royal flush of spades.

"I found hundreds of Nikki's bodies underground in Area H, both mass-produced and non-mass-produced."

"Before the three illegally modified humans attacked me, the first thing they asked was, 'Since I have discovered the secret of District H, either join us or die.' I was..."

"You fucking fart--!!!"

In the jury, a young major representing the military broke down on the spot, stood up with a red face, pointed at the protective cabin and cursed:

"Believe it or not, I will shoot you right now!"

After saying this, he was pushed back into his chair by a lieutenant colonel next to him who scowled at him.

Then a hoarse voice was heard faintly from the protection cabin.

"I was terribly scared at the time, fearing they would shoot me dead on the spot.

So I just had to kill them all.

I believe that Mr. Major can understand my difficulties, right? "

Major: "..."

Chapter 166 Chaos, chaos!

Threat, naked threat!

The major in the military department threatened to kill the other side in the previous second, and the next second the lieutenant said that anyone who wanted to kill him would be killed by him.

What is this if it's not a threat?

It's simply a challenge to the authority of the military!

In the jury box, the faces of the military representatives were so dirty because of someone's false accusation and provocation that they looked as if they had just crawled out of a stinky ditch. To openly threaten the life of a major, Phoenix was the only one in the Ark who dared to be the first to do so.

But the problem is that what the major said himself also fell into the category of personal threats. If they use the charge of personal threats to deal with someone, it would inevitably appear petty.

On the stage, the Chief Justice was still immersed in the lieutenant's shocking accusation.

The accusation that the military betrayed humanity and cooperated with Letcher was too outrageous, so outrageous that it could be compared to the insect-like behavior of humans who betrayed the Goddess's troops back then.

"Defendant Phoenix, do you have any evidence to prove that what you said is credible?"

When the old man raised his reading glasses, the age spots and wrinkles on his face seemed to have become deeper due to his excitement.

"Please understand that you are now making an extremely serious accusation."

"My words are evidence. As long as someone denies it, I can keep proving that evidence is evidence."

Phoenix once again used his sophistry skills and did not mention the fact that he was involved in the incident and that unilateral confession could not be treated as evidence.

Because he knew very well that since he had exposed the matter of "exchanging Nikki with Letcher", there had to be a scapegoat to take the blame.

And the actor who played the scapegoat had already chosen the target for those insiders above him.

Next, of course, is the process of passing the buck.

Whether the confession was true or not no longer mattered the moment he uttered it.

What's important is that it's true that someone in Ark secretly signed an unequal treaty with Letcher, and it's also true that Nikki was sacrificed as a bargaining chip.

Therefore, the secret that someone within the military was working with Letcher must also be true.

Otherwise, how could this shit be done by the central government?

"But according to Ark law, the military is not allowed to have command over Nikki. Why are you so sure that it was the military that traded Nikki to Letcher, defendant Phoenix?" The Chief Justice asked a symbolic question, signaling to the bigwigs present that he had gone through the established process.

Phoenix's answer to this is reasonable.

Then he said, "Your Honor, everything must be carried out according to the laws of the Ark. The military should not be able to modify humans, and the Pure Land should not secretly help the military research on modifying humans."

Perhaps she just realized that she also had something to do with this. As the CEO of Pure Land, after being shocked, Ingrid finally remembered that it was her turn to make a public statement.

So, she quickly continued with a dark face:

"Regarding the situation where relevant personnel in our company knowingly broke the law, as the CEO of Pure Land, I, on behalf of all employees of the company, agree to cooperate with the central government and openly accept the central government's investigation."

"I... agree."

Without waiting for other representatives from the Pure Land to object, Bernim from the command center immediately voted in favor.

In the deputy commander's view, no matter whether Ingrid wanted to consolidate her position internally or planned to eliminate dissidents, as long as Pure Land was willing to accept the central investigation, it would be tantamount to acknowledging that the central government's status was higher than that of the three major companies.

The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages for the traditionally weak central government.

"agree."

"agree."

The deputy commanders, including Anderson, held the same idea and followed Burnim in expressing their opinions.

"agree!"

After the entire command center agreed with Ingrid's approach, the military representative also reluctantly cast a vote of approval.

They have no choice but to agree. If they dare to shake their heads at this critical moment, then the yellow mud on their bodies will really become excrement.

"Dissent!"

However, when several affirmative votes were cast one after another, a exaggerated exclamation exploded from the jury box. Looking back, I saw Ma Shiding, who was also from the three major companies, twisting his hair with his fingers and casting the first negative vote.

“Company issues should be mediated by the company itself. This is a regulation set when the central government was established.”

With the boss of Tetra taking the lead in opposing, representatives from the Ark Merchant Alliance, the industrial and commercial departments that always stand with the three major companies, the State Administration of Taxation, and other organizations also cast their votes of opposition.

However, things have developed to this point, if nothing unexpected happens, then something unexpected will happen.

"I agree!"

The sharp voice tortured everyone's ears. Shuen, who represented the Misilis Consortium, betrayed her own class without hesitation and said in her usual annoying tone:

"The company's problems should be mediated by the company itself, but if the company is involved with the military and Letcher, then it is no longer the company's own problem. I agree that the central government should openly investigate the Pure Land Research Institute."

Ma Shiding: "..."

Ingrid: “…”

If the boss of Tetra could guess what was in the mind of the CEO of Pure Land of Bliss, he would have cast his vote against it because he did not want to see Pure Land of Bliss transformed from a complex consortium into Ingrid's private property.

Then the reason why the idiot leader of Missilis voted in favor might be simply because he wanted to disgust the Pure Land with his own self-righteousness.

There is no way. This is the first time in my life that I have seen the stock price of Pure Land hit the limit down, and it has been falling for a whole week. This is an unprecedented spectacle.

Seeing that there was still a chance to make the other party's stock price continue to fall, how could Shuen, who had never allowed Missilis to increase its stock price since taking office, resist such temptation?