CH 75.1

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Human curiosity is endless, and when a person with such a strong curiosity has a good relationship with you, his ability to climb up the pole is also directly proportional to his curiosity.

The above paragraph is talking about Bernie Lavender.

Once again, he pushed away Bernie Lavender, who was still persistently grabbing his arm. This time, before he could get close, Ji Mingjiang straightened his arm and pointed his finger at Bernie’s forehead, forcing him to stay an arm’s length away.

Looking at Bernie Lavender, who had suddenly lost the same awe that he had felt a while ago, Ji Mingjiang gave him a sinister smile. “Come on, don’t be fooled by the time you’ve been playing the game with me. Let’s go. It just so happens that it’s been a while since I’ve played a game with you.”

Looking at Bernie Lavender’s suddenly frozen expression, Ji Mingjiang paused and added, “Excluding the one that teamed up with you to fight during the last broadcast, that one doesn’t count.”

“No, no need!”

Bernie’s whole body was agitated, and he turned around, attempting to run away.

Then Ji Mingjiang carried him by the collar to the front of the mecha, attracting some inquiring glances from their surroundings.

Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye took a step forward in tacit understanding, blocking the tearful Bernie Lavender, and whispered comfort: “Don’t be afraid; we are on your team; we won’t let you be beaten alone.”

Ji Mingjiang glanced at the three people who were talking furtively and quietly, with a half-smile but not a smile. He was very satisfied with the current situation.

It was probably because they had gotten used to being beaten out of their minds by him some time ago, coupled with the human form that had been presented directly in front of their eyes during the reporter’s live broadcast yesterday. Even now that they knew of his mermaid identity, Lin Nan and the others were not as restrained and cautious as he had previously feared.

Hmm… perhaps because, knowing that he can transform into human form, the subconscious becomes more accustomed to treating him as a normal human rather than a mermaid with legs that can only be transformed in the holographic world?

Sitting in the long-lost cockpit, Ji Mingjiang was in a daze.

The match invitation was delayed, presumably because Bernie was still doing some mental preparation, and Ji Mingjiang had nothing to do but flip up the thousand-player list he hadn’t paid attention to in a while.

Although he hadn’t paid much attention to the game for a few days before and had been teaming up with Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye to play multiplayer mode for a while, his ranking remained stable at 48. The two people ranking before and after him were names he had always wanted to challenge but could never be online, so he was already familiar with them.

Today is no exception.

Looking at the two people who were still offline, Ji Mingjiang regretfully closed the list and raised his hand to accept the matching invitation that just popped up.

……

Twenty minutes later, the hatches of the four mechas opened, and Bernie, who had not yet gone through military school training, ran out of one of them, dizzy, holding on to the cold legs of the mecha, bending over and drooping his head while retching.

Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye were adapting well. Although their legs were a little weak and their eyes were dark from time to time, they still worried about their faces as “seniors” and stood upright beside Bernie to support him.

Under Bernie’s hazy gaze, with tears in his eyes, Ji Mingjiang jumped down from the hatch. When he landed, he slightly bent his knees to relieve pressure. When the soles of his feet came into contact with the ground, he didn’t make much sound. The hat that Lin Nan put back on was still firmly on his head.

Even if it can’t be called completely silent, the only sound was drowned out by Bernie Lavender’s incessant “Blargh-Blargh-Blargh” that kept coming next to him.

“It’s not that bad, right? Why are you reacting so violently? Clarice told me that you will enter the military academy next year. Didn’t the Lavender family provide you with training?”

Seeing Bernie Lavender looking pale and hopeless, Ji Mingjiang asked with some surprise. For a moment, he doubted whether he had gone too far just now. But… isn’t that how the confrontation mode on that map works?

Although he was so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit his stomach out, he was still in holographic mode. Bernie bent there for a long time. When he raised his head, except for the corners of his eyes that were a little red, his face was still clean, as if he had just washed it.

“Big Boss…” He resumed his previous title, “Don’t use your own standards on others…”

No matter how much advanced training his father and brother give him, they can’t throw him into a gravity-free space every day and make him rotate 360 degrees several times! Even the military academy wouldn’t be able to do this. Didn’t you see that Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye, the two military academy students who were about to graduate, also turned pale!

Seeing Ji Mingjiang want to say something else, Bernie Lavender’s pupils trembled. He quickly took a step back after remembering why he suffered such a crime in the first place. After standing firm, he waved his hands frantically and said, “Boss, you should be quite busy lately. If you have something to deal with, just leave first. I will watch the live broadcast of the court hearing in three days to see what immoral things the Orfield family has done, so I won’t bother you anymore!”

Ji Mingjiang, who just wanted to help him go to the seat to take a rest, looked confused. “Huh? Oh, okay.”

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After exiting the game, Ji Mingjiang opened his eyes. In front of him was Kiro’s figure lying on the edge of the pool in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, swinging his tail leisurely.

The setting sun, half covered by the floating clouds, reflected a brilliant orange-red color on the horizon. The sunlight entering the room had lost its temperature. However, when it shone on the sparkling water, the rippling orange-red color was reflected in the bottom of the mermaid’s eyes, adding a touch of warmth to the late autumn.

“The court session is in three days; are you going?”

Narrowing his eyes, Ji Mingjiang moved his somewhat stiff limbs. With a flick of his tail, he came to Kiro and asked.

“Of course I’m going.” The mermaid, who had only managed to regain his health through the treatment cabin for nearly an afternoon, can feel Ji Mingjiang’s hidden worry. Looking at his somewhat unfamiliar fish tail, Kiro’s voice was relaxed and frank as he looked towards Ji Mingjiang. His eyes were even tinged with a smile. “The psychological shadow I left on Bisnar Orfield yesterday should be quite big, so I have to go to the court hearing in person to see him. Will this loser be frightened to the point of showing his disgusting side?”

***

Three days later, November 8th, happened to be the beginning of winter this year. Although it was the beginning of winter, it was a rare sunny day in the past week.

Having lost track of how long they had been locked up, Menguse Hollimawi and Gus didn’t realize what had happened when the familiar guards knocked on the door. It wasn’t until they were handcuffed with silver bracelets, pushed out of the prison, saw some dazzling sunlight outside, and breathed in the cold winter air that they suddenly realized with great happiness that their day of being sent to court for trial had finally arrived.

This is really… great!

In the somewhat strange eyes of the guard, Menguse Holimawi and Gus clasped their hands tightly together and gazed at each other with hot tears in their eyes.

God knows what kind of horrible life they have been living these days. Bisnar Orfield and Wang Weiming were imprisoned next to them. The two obviously didn’t get along well. Every day, they curse each other loudly across two doors, shaking out baskets of secrets, causing both of them to have trouble sleeping and worry about being silenced after knowing too much.

Hurry up and sentence them. They already know that they are wrong. Whether it’s giving them dozens or hundreds of years in charge or sending them to the edge star for mining and construction, they will accept it!

In this excited and grateful mood, the two of them couldn’t wait to get into the hovercar. The patrolman, who had originally thought of pushing the uncooperative prisoner in, silently retracted his hand with emotion on his face.

It seems that His Majesty is also well versed in the work of education and reform. Look at how quickly these two people who committed heinous crimes repented! How positive it is to admit guilt and accept punishment! Compared with the prisoners he had encountered before, the differences are like heaven and earth!

Because of their different roles and positions, Menguse Hoslimawi, Bisnar Orfield, and Wang Weiming were taken to the Imperial Court in three different hover cars. Of course, Zhang Cheng was also going to appear in court as a defendant, but he went along with Clarice’s car. In addition, Bieber, who originally worked for the Orfield family, some other witnesses who were willing to testify in person were picked up and dropped off by an extended special car sent by the palace.

The hovercar traveled rapidly on the high-altitude track. The high-rise buildings flashed past the window, and the sunlight gently shone on the legs of the person sitting by the window. This scene made Menguse Holimawi feel a little dizzy. This scenery… was already somewhat unfamiliar and even gave him a feeling of being separated from the world.

The white-walled, gray-roofed, and pointed building featured a royal emblem adorned with gold wire in the center, solemnly and silently gazing at the passing vehicles. The flag of the empire fluttered high, making a loud noise in the howling winter wind.

“We’re here; you can get out of the car.”

The view outside the window gradually enlarged, and the weeds between the cracks of the bricks and tiles on the ground were clearly visible. When people near the window could see the shaking of the grass blades, the body of the hover car swayed slightly. The driver in front unbuckled his seat belt, peeked out from his seat to look toward the two suspects—in fact, one could already call them criminals—in the back, who had been so honest all the way through, and opened the door.

“Huh? Oh oh.”

Although they had done a lot of psychological preparation before and were very much looking forward to leaving that damn prison to start their reformed life through labor, when the courthouse door was really right in front of them, the blue flag, the judgment scales, and the royal pictorial emblem, they all gave Menguse Hollimawi and Gus a sense of fear. They hesitated for a moment, then closed their eyes tightly, got out of the car, and walked inside under the guidance of the patrol guards.

It’s very fortunate that the hover car drove directly into the court. The two of them could hear the increasingly obvious sounds of cameras and interviews coming from outside the door in the quiet environment. They knew with their toes that there must be a large group of reporters guarding the door of the court now.

Although the court session will be broadcast live on the entire Internet,…ahhhhhh, why did they do such a stupid thing in the first place! ! !

Shortly after Menguse Hollimawi and Gus arrived at their positions, Wang Weiming and Zhang Cheng were also brought to their sides. As for the gloomy-looking Bisnar Orfield, he was placed in a center position where all eyes were on him.

After the others had taken their places one after another, about five or six minutes later, the closed door was pushed open again. As if sensing something, the flesh on Bisnar Orfield’s face quivered, and he looked back violently.

The pair of gray pupils quickly narrowed, and the expression that had remained unchanged due to the live broadcast completely collapsed. He looked at the smiling black-haired young man with eyes almost split open.

“Kiro, how dare you appear in front of me!”