【Shining】Fallen

By the ninth session of the trial, even Enkidu was getting bored.

The free-publishing poet is guilty, the director who satirizes current affairs is not guilty, the father who killed his daughter and cheated the insurance company is not guilty, the child who accidentally injured someone by throwing objects from a height is guilty, the robber who steals property is guilty, the smuggling and fraud syndicate is guilty, the arsonist is not guilty——

So far, planet α-162 has 2100 million residents and 530 million citizens, among which the number of Border Vietnam citizens has dropped from the original 930 million to about 200 million, and the number of Tianji has dropped from the initial 330 million to 329 million. There are no citizens in the narrow space.

70.00% of the people of this planet have lost their power and this is far from over.The ark could only accommodate 300 million people.

In a remote corner of the planet, the Darkwalker was wearing a cloak and spoke to the crowd in a low voice.

"—Do you want to live?"

This sound appeared everywhere on the entire planet at the same time.

Countless people whispered.

"what should we do?"

The trial started every other day, until the tenth round, there were only 80 days left until the world was destroyed.

This trial, compared to others, is slightly different.

The murderer was a 19-year-old girl who was studying at the Department of Literature of National First University. Her parents died young and she had a younger sister.She supported herself and her younger sister with scholarships and relief funds based on her excellent grades.The reason for the murder was that the teacher at the school where the younger sister was studying kept harassing the younger sister, calling the police, installing an anti-theft net...everything was done, but the teacher still did not let them go. In the end, the older sister had no choice but to Able to kill a teacher who broke into the door intending to commit violence.

The murderer made a plea to the screen...to the judges who controlled her life.

With tears in her eyes, she said, "Please help me..."

No one in the narrow room can answer her——

Bian Yue and Tian Ji kept silent, waiting for the choice of most people.

Little Ida, who was wiping the table, stopped in shock.

"Hey... hey? Is she... asking for help?"

She looked left and right, seeking approval.

"Is this asking for help? She... why did she ask for help? Is it useful? Will someone else help her?"

Shamut shook his head: "This...I don't know...maybe? I don't know what happened to Bian Yue..."

Enkidu stared straight at the projection light screen, his eyes were wide open, and the murderer's face full of tears seemed to be engraved into his glass-like pupils.

"What will happen to her?" He asked abruptly, "Will they think she's guilty?"

"Guilty," Gilgamesh answered him.

Enkidu frowned—a rare gesture of emotion for him.

"Then who is going to judge her guilty?"

Gilgamesh crossed his legs, put one hand on the armrest, and looked only at Enkidu with his bright red, sharp red pupils.

"——It's yourselves," he said coldly, "other than you, who else has such a qualification?"

Enkidu looked up at him suddenly.

Gilgamesh's eyes have never been as normal as they are now, and they can cut people easily like thin ice blades.

"You who gave up the right to vote, the bastards who obeyed others, the old guy who took power—all of you, chose to make her guilty."

Seeing Enkidu speechless, Gilgamesh felt rather interested.

"Oh? You feel aggrieved? Why...you never intervened in so many trials before... Ha, ha! Could it be..." He smiled maliciously, "Because she was the only one who asked you for help?"

Enkidu remained silent.

"Puff, puff ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Gilgamesh laughed wildly and slapped the armrest, "Ha ha ha ha ha! You bastard, how far do you have to make me laugh! You have to figure it out, She's not just asking for help from you! Do you know who she's talking to? The planet, the world—even a prayer to the gods!

"Do you think you are a god? Can you save everyone who asks you for help! Stupid! Stupid to the extreme! Not even a clown can make me laugh like this—!"

Gilgamesh laughed until his stomach ached, because of the man's ridiculously arrogant nature.

He clearly knew that Enkidu would definitely respond to those who asked him for help, just like a high and benevolent divinity-indifferent to everything, so he could reach out to everyone equally.

But that's precisely what's so sad—

"Humans don't need gods, you know," Gilgamesh wiped away the tears from his laughter, "the gods standing in the sky are too far away, unless they fall into the sky, don't ever expect them to understand each other. Ahh, it's so boring... ...The earthworms in the mud can only see the decayed leaves in front of them, and mistakenly think that the decayed leaves and the forest are of equal value—but in the narrow space... Oh, you, stay in this kind of exile where you can't even see the sky The earth will be swallowed up sooner or later. Human beings cannot repay your pure heart."

Even a ruthless tyrant would occasionally be moved by the look Enkidu cast on him.

"Give up, give up, after all, this is how the world works," Gilgamesh slowed down, "People will always find countless reasons to justify their actions.

"It's bad luck to kill a daughter to deceive the daughter of the insurance company. If she was reincarnated in another family, she would never be so miserable. The free-published poet must have said something that should not be said. As long as you don't say those things, you are safe The arsonist didn't mean it, the people at the scene were unlucky...

"You see, people can always find countless reasons."

Enkidu interrupted him.

"Then what is the reason for the child's guilt?"

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes.

"She has no reason."

The corners of Enkidu's lips were drawn downwards, his shoulders were raised slightly, and signs of anger appeared on his delicate and beautiful face.

"She has no reason... This child was once awarded by me as an outstanding graduate of the planet. Her family is in a difficult situation, but she loves her family, helps the weak, defies power, has clear goals, and has never had any moral flaws. Gilgamesh raised his chin slightly, "She has exhausted all means of self-protection in this matter, and getting such a result is completely her desperate choice...

"She's already the perfect victim."

"But they still found her guilty—"

"Ah...that's right, she is guilty, even if I personally judge her—even if the voices of Tianji and even the entire planet obey my choice and operate because of it, she is still guilty."

"Why...what?" Enkidu asked softly.

"Why? In your opinion, do you need many reasons to judge whether a person is guilty or not? No—the reason for her guilt is just because..."

Gilgamesh smiled frivolously, contemptuously.

"People who are boring should die as a matter of course."

Enkidu heard something "boom" in his brain——

No, maybe it wasn't his illusion.

The small flower shop shook violently as if it had been affected by a huge and strong earthquake, as if the whole planet was trembling violently——

But he didn't care about that at all.He had only eyes for the blond, freewheeling tyrant—

He heard Ida scream.

"Brother Enkidu!"

In the rapidly reversing field of vision, the last thing that came into view was the surprised face of Gilgamesh——

Enkidu punched him hard in the face—!

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Note 1: Paraphrase "I give you the loyalty of a man who has never had faith - Borges"

Note 2: From "When the Soviet Union Collapsed"