"First, let me show you the evidence we have collected, incriminating most of you here," Rex stated as he enlarged photos, doc.u.ments for the whole court to see. Although the officials continued to be ignorant and kept mum despite their names and faces shown on those doc.u.ments, the citizens of Demon Metropolis were taken back by the revelation. Many were so appalled that a number stopped work just to watch where this court session was going.
On the other hand, pockets of demons in various parts of the city started to break down and cry. Their muted call for justice seems to finally get answered today.
"Gosh, the corruption in this country is really terrible." Rex sighed and asked Moloch if he had any knowledge about it in the System channel.
"I do not remember it being this bad when I was the Royal Advisor. King Baal was quite a proponent in stemming out such illicit activities from the society. Because of our policies, a number of companies had decided to invest. Whether they did turn to the other side of the law and return back all depends on your performance." Moloch answered as he was actually the one projecting the event to the Broadcast Station for Tsu and Kai to manage the stream.
Where had that little bull toy been hiding in this Grand Meeting Hall?
Actually, he was right in the Dungeon Maker alongside Jin! He had previously set up surveillance cameras which had the capability to project whatever that was going on to the Broadcast station. With the variety of angles as well as zooming functions, it made the broadcast less of a deadpan and they were able to jump different scenes.
That was why the public initially mistook it for some new show rather than an actual trial. But it was also thanks to these functions which were not a constant stream of one particular angle that attracted more and more people to watch it. "Urgh, this city entertainment industry has much to learn from Jin"s world," Moloch mumbled even though he too had been absorbed by the TV programmes in Jin"s world.
"Any objections to this evidence?" Rex asked, and while Litr"s instinctive reaction would be to deny everything, his entire body reacted preemptively forcing him to answer truthfully. He did not know what was happening. He felt as if the truth was stuck right in between his throat, and he had to vomit it out no matter what.
"f.u.c.k f.u.c.k f.u.c.k! No, it"s all true! I did those!" Litr shouted with excruciating agony as he felt himself unable to lie or pretend his way out.
"Very well. Now we shall bring in the witness to testify against you." Rex announced and told the System to prepare them.
"What are you talking about?! I already admitted to doing that? Why would you need to bring in witnesses?" Litr did not understand the whole trial procedure.
"Oh, it"s just to solidify the case so that we can crush you completely. According to the reports you aren"t usually this compliant… although that does not seem to be an issue right now." Rex turned his head to Evon, and he quietly and slightly nodded with pride. Not many of the officials who were at the scene caught that short exchange of nods, and even if they did, they were already too enraged and fearful of their own upcoming trials.
They did not know that the truth serum was being used and so effective that it would permanently change their brain physiology forcing them to speak the truth and nothing but the truth. Of course, that would inadvertently help Rex if the officials were to continue to be his ministers and advisors for the city. (But he didn"t have high hopes for the majority of the officials after they were done with them.)
As ordered by King Rex, a few beast children started to walk in with the aid of the Demon Home Guards. They were none other than Teras, Lapp, Sola, Shen and Swee. The kids who had been in the Circle of Fraud which Tsu had rescued.
Litr saw the kids who he recognised in an instant because of their unique traits and started to panic. "No way…how could those kids be here?! I sent them to Paradiso to rot for all eternity?" Litr blurted out his thoughts without even realising it.
When Lapp saw that ugly rich n.o.ble, she immediately rushed towards him and kicked him in the face. The rest of the children were also filled with wrath, and it did not stop until the Demon Home Guards intervened to stop them. (They didn"t halt them immediately on purpose as it was just too satisfying to watch Litr get what he deserved)
"Oops, maybe the rage drug in the room affected them a bit too much." Evon apologised on the System Channel, but the rest were delighted that the beast children had been able to get some physical revenge against the perpetrator who had placed them in Paradiso.
He was the one who had exploited them and even pulled strings to make up some ridiculous charges against them. Then he also bribed detectives and police officers ensuring they would be sent to Paradiso after finding out that they were responsible for providing information on him to the Central Police Investigation Department.
He never realised those kids were determined enough to challenge the Circle of Fraud. But a twist of fate brought the kids to the very same person who they had supplied information to. The lead investigator had been turned into a statue as punishment from the Litr Corporation, and was the one who taught them to kill and how to survive the Circle of Fraud.
The beast children had initially thought that it was karma for partially being responsible that he got turned into this statue. But over time, he had started to exploit their abilities and act in the same way Litr had done to maintain superiority in the Circle of Fraud. It was not until Tsu came to rescue them from living their life of misery and oppression.
After learning the connection, Rex had decided to take this matter to hand and use it as the precedent case to display what kind of ruler he would be. He might have cared about the discriminated demons in due time anyway, but none of the foxes had expected him to take such a drastic measure against the corruption until those children appeared on the scene.
With each and every testimony from the beast children, they accused Demon n.o.ble Litr of way more than just Minor abuse. Paedophilia, child trafficking, and even renting the children to businessmen and women for their own twisted desires had come to light. The public was once again horrified by the staggering evidence against one of their more well-known philanthropists, and Litr was unable to deny any of those accusations from the beast children testimonies. In fact, thanks to Evon"s drug, he added things that the children hadn"t even been aware of.
While the trial was going on, General Vual was dispatching more and more of the Demon Home Guard to raid the corporation offices and people that Litr named. Ever since the inception of King Rex, it was a task that Vual and his officers had trained for, prepared to throw down the swift hammer of justice on that sc.u.m.
This first part of the trial alone had already solidified the people"s trust for the king and placed fear into the hearts of evildoers.