The Sabbath

It was an unusually long trial.

Since Peize has not said a word since his arrest and could not get any statements from him, the court chose to use witnesses to testify and collect evidence to prove his crime.

The witness group headed by Berg and composed of children born in Star Prison began to board the witness stand to state their experiences.

People are no strangers to these young witnesses. After all, the media has been tracking and reporting their lives after they came to Sky City. Many people saw for the first time what the people in the Dungeon looked like through these reports, and realized that these children After they were indistinguishable from the children in Sky City, they also fell in love with these children because of the details presented one after another in the report.

Sensible, well-behaved and motivated, no one would hate this kind of child.

However, as in the report, what people learned was only the life of the children after they arrived in the sky city of Yongri, and what they learned was only the life of these children after suffering. Before these children stated their experiences, they could not imagine it at all. : These little bodies have experienced such terrible things!

The media did report after Peize’s initial arrest, but the report was just a report, far inferior to hearing the narrations of these experiences, and the narrations of strangers are one effect, and the narrations of familiar people are another. an effect.

Not to mention such a young and pitiful narrator! ! !

The children's narrations have no traces of what adults have taught them. They just narrate their past lives in the language they master. Those miserable lives are not terrible in the children's narrations, and they are not so terrible that they have no way to live. down to the point.because--

"Those who feel that they can't survive this kind of life are dead." This sentence was said by Berg. He used to be a small leader, but now he has the faint intention of becoming the little leader of this large group of children. He is not very old. He is not tall, but his narrative ability is the best.

He didn't sell miserably, because he didn't think his life was "miserable", he thought so from the bottom of his heart, his narrative ability and the maintenance and care of other companions shown in his speech and behavior moved many adults. , is simply a "little adult"!

However, it is this "adult" behavior that makes people feel more sympathetic to him.

Nearly [-] children, even if each of them only spoke a few words, the total time is not too short. The judge let them speak freely, and the people in the auditorium just listened. During the whole hearing process, only the children Our part lasted for three full days!

During these three days, the [-] hours of continuous court session during the daytime was extremely intense, deeply immersed in sympathy for the children, and the observers abruptly listened to the entire lengthy hearing process!And listening to the children talk about life in the Star Prison every day for three consecutive days, many people actually felt the same way, as if they had crawled out of hell.

During the hearing during the day, the judge will regularly arrange breaks, and the children and the audience can take the opportunity to rest, while the reporters have to work overtime even during this time, and pass on the photos and recorded content to the public. When they arrived at their own planet, reports flew out like snowflakes.

The entire sky city is united, and the petitions demanding strict treatment of Peize and a thorough investigation of the forces behind Peize are becoming more and more enthusiastic...

From the beginning to the end, Peize on the judgment stand didn't say a word. His eyes were open, as if he was looking at the balance on the judgment stand in front of him, but he didn't seem to see anything.

This scene...Xiaomei always felt familiar, as if he had seen a similar scene a long time ago.

A gentle male voice came from his ear, and he shifted his gaze to the face of the man who was talking, yes, this is it.

The person who is speaking now is Alan.

As the person who experienced the whole incident and the current guardian of the children, Allen also came to the stage to talk about his related experiences.

He is now on the witness stand, not the jury.

But a long time ago, in one of his memories, Allen came to Sky City and Star Court for the first time, but it was not the witness stand that boarded, but the position where Peize was standing now.

Listen to the judges.

At that time, Alan, like Pezer, didn't say anything.

This is an ad hoc special court for convicted prisoners.

Their identities have been identified as guilty persons, and the entire trial process is to let more people clearly understand their "crimes", and the statements of the witnesses are only for accurate sentencing.

From the moment they stood on this platform, they were destined to be sentenced, but the amount of punishment was different.

This is the fate of Peize now, and this is the fate of Allen in memory.

however--

Xiaomei suddenly felt that the scene in her memory was full of irony.

Fortunately, the current development is different from the past.

Xiaomei quietly looked at Alan who was slowly narrating her experience in front of her, the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

The last two witnesses-Poma and Alan once again set off a new climax in Sky City!

Poma's experience is really inspiring, diligent, motivated, filial, studious, smart and resourceful... After so much suffering, Poma, who still looks like a bright young man, has greatly gained a wave of favorability in the hearts of Sky City people.

And Grandpa Allen...

Uh, his experience is nothing particularly inspirational, and it is purely due to face that he can set off a new climax in Sky City.

But Grandpa Allen didn't mind this. Like the children, he had no interest in selling misery.

After the statement of the innocent witness group led by Grandpa Allen, the criminal witness group represented by Analo came to the stage to make a statement. The content was probably about the various systems in the Star Prison and how many operations he had done. , roughly how many organs were used in the operation... and so on.

This wave of testimonies once again blew up the people of Sky City.

The same content, narrated from different populations is the black and white sides of the same thing, what people hear from the children is strong, but what they hear from Analo is only hateful.

It was completely different from the treatment of the children. Analo and the others were scolded miserably on the witness stand. If not all the people entering the court had undergone strict security checks, they might have been thrown dirty things.

Stretching out the gavel, the silver-haired female judge slammed on the trial platform and said solemnly:

"Quiet, please guard the witness to step down, please guard the judge to step down, I announce that the court will be adjourned today, and the evidence will start tomorrow..."

The accident happened at this time.

After the gavel sounded, the audience was still noisy. Some observers sat back obediently and prepared to leave, but a few people scolded even more.

The judge was not surprised by this. After all, the testimony she heard these days was too dark, to the point where she didn't even want to look at Peize more.However, with good professional ethics, the following trial procedures have to continue. After the witnesses' statements are over, the next step is the evidence part.

The evidence seized in the star prison was placed in the court one by one, identified by the witnesses, and visited by the witnesses.

The trial this time is actually very procedural, and the case is not complicated. Peize has made it clear that she is guilty, and the conviction is actually easy for an experienced judge like her. It is rare that it is a game between the two forces behind it.

How to judge?How much is the sentence?Can both parties accept it?

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This is a question that every judge assigned to this task must think about.

One of the reasons why this case has not been opened for a long time is this question. Almost every judge is hesitant about this question. Everyone has a tendency. The judge finally found her who was about to retire and had no intention of participating in the struggle between the two rooms.

The female judge pursed her thin lips.

Perhaps, other judges who are on the rise in their official careers do think about many issues, but for her who is about to retire soon, there is only one question she needs to think about:

It is how the judgment can satisfy the masses of the people.

She had already come to a conclusion in her heart, and it was not surprising that she, who hated people like Peize, would react to the witnesses at this moment.But loyal to her integrity, she still called the security personnel and asked them to pull away the witnesses who were yelling, and then at this moment——

Several black shadows suddenly flew out from the auditorium, and two black shadows hit Analo and Tahu who had just finished their testimony.

"Protect the witness." The female judge said, but not long after she finished speaking, she quickly thought of a more serious problem, turned her head quickly, and said loudly: "Protect the judge! Please take him away as soon as possible." Down……"

When she saw something while shouting, she suddenly widened her eyes.

Seeming to be hit by something, Peize fell down in response.

When the female judge turned her head, he just fell limply to the ground.

"Be on alert! All witnesses must control themselves! Arrange for a doctor to come quickly!" She shouted loudly.

Layer after layer of guards quickly surrounded the trial platform, and soon Ronggui couldn't see anything.

They were locked in the isolation room for two full days, and all the witnesses were checked one by one before they were released, and it was not known until they were released:

Peize was attacked, although he did not die, but fell into a coma, his current state...

It is commonly known as a vegetable.

The witness who threw the object was caught, and the other party insisted that he threw only ordinary fruit, so he threw three, and he was just an amateur heavy ball*pitcher (*Note: heavy ball, similar to shot put, but with a goal ), it’s just a little more strength, and then it’s just a little more accurate. It’s just a fruit, and it can’t kill people at all. That... Isn’t Analuo and Tahu also thrown by him?He is still alive and kicking, and even participated in Peize's rescue!

The police finally found three fruits on the trial stand. As he said, they were three ordinary fruits.

However, Pei Ze was hit in a daze, not only was hit, but also the most fatal central nervous system.

This--

Ronggui heard again that they can return soon.

The trial was temporarily terminated, and the original female judge was accused of ineffective supervision and shielding the perpetrator out of personal feelings, and was deprived of the right to participate in the Peize case.

This is not all the news. On the night when Ronggui and Xiaomei returned to Coral City by lander, they learned another news:

Escorting the evidence of the Peize case, the land vehicle that was going from other star cities to the Faraford Star Court encountered an accident, and some of the evidence was lost.

And Ronggui's body is on the missing list.