After a long time, Viscount Rich finally closed his mouth, and at the same time his face showed some complicated emotions. On the one hand, he felt a little regretful that his matchmaking failed to have any effect in the end. On the other hand,

, but also felt a little relieved that Ariel could use this method to decline the requests of these chamber of commerce presidents.

Everyone, please go and try it soon.】

"What do you mean? Are you happy that our plan can't be accomplished?"

Norris realized the expression on Rich's face and immediately felt like he was going to have an attack.

Ruichi quickly wiped his face and said: "No way! I'm just sorry now that this matter has to end like this... However, I still don't want to believe that the girl did this with the idea of ​​killing her men.

Something.”

Norris snorted and seemed to not want to say anything more.

In court, Tesla's current situation seemed to be really bad. The judge banged the court hammer and waited until everyone quieted down before speaking -

"Mr. Tesla, as I just said, the court will not have any scruples because of your membership in the Mermaid Song. This is exactly the case for your president, the current leader of our Mermaid Army.

, Ms. Ariel Garcia personally warned me before the trial. If you are really guilty, your president requires me to deal with it fairly and in accordance with the law. I believe that these words of hers are not asking me to show mercy to you deliberately.

But I want to tell everyone that no member of the Mermaid Army can rely on his or her status to do things that harm others or violate the law."

Tesla remained silent.

Seeing this, the chief justice straightened his body, and after a moment of silence, he finally spoke——

"In view of the complexity of this case, and the emergence of new evidence that proves that Mr. Tesla did not reveal the key points of our military's military because he was deceived, Tesla cannot be imprisoned."

The gentleman is regarded as a simple victim.”

As the justice's words fell, the crowd around him held their breath and listened carefully to his words.

After all, the judge's subsequent verdict is enough to confirm whether all previous declarations can really be implemented.

As ordinary people, maybe only by letting them see that those big shots will get the punishment they deserve after committing crimes, can they understand that this army is different from the previous army of noble emperors and can really do things for them.

Something like that.

"Mr. Tesla, after a brief deliberation, this court now pronounces your guilt and punishment."

"Although it is unintentional, as one of the top executives of the Mermaid Army, and you are fully responsible for the march into Diliao Province, leading our army of 50,000 people to attack the enemy, you should be able to understand the heavy burden on your shoulders. However,

You did not perform your duties well, and you did not even realize that your words and deeds would play a decisive role in the life and death of all officers and soldiers."

"Because of your negligence, a total of 12,526 soldiers of our army died heroically because of your intelligence leak. Another 6,755 people were injured to varying degrees, and 3,180 are missing.

Nine people. Can you recognize these losses?"

The more the justice spoke, the lower Tesla's head lowered. In the end, he even said nothing, just nodded over and over again, without any intention of denying anything.

Seeing that the man had no intention of denying it, the justice nodded and said: "Since you do not deny your guilt, then according to your behavior, it is consistent with the crime of espionage, and you have caused a lot of sacrifices and losses.

, therefore this court now passes judgment on you——"

"Tesla, this court has sentenced you to death. You have the right to appeal within ten days after this judgment is issued, and the court will form a separate lineup of judges to review your appeal. Now, leave the court."

The verdict has been handed down.

Everyone who was watching this trial... It can be said that everyone felt that this trial should be just a formality.

Everyone felt that Tesla would survive, that he would survive to the end unscathed, and that he would not even bear the slightest bit of guilt, but would just let go of it gently.

To be honest, even with the vigorous propaganda of those chambers of commerce, everyone seems to believe that this is all a conspiracy of the witch Sevia Red Fox, and she should bear all the sins alone.

But privately, in various restaurants and pubs, when people are chatting before and after tea, they almost always feel that this is a scapegoat plan, a play that everyone wants to keep Tesla.

For everyone to see.

But now, who would have thought that Mr. Tesla, the dignified member of Mermaid Song and the direct subordinate of Ariel Garcia, who made great contributions to this demon war and created the first user of the elemental machine, would now...

Will really be sentenced to death!

At that moment, the original feeling of wanting to watch a good show was replaced by shock.

Ordinary people can only stare blankly in the direction of Tesla now, looking at the decadent man who is about to face the death penalty.

At times like this, people often have a rebellious mentality.

When they think that the superior will perform a drama for them, they will show respect to the superior on the surface, but will belittle it in private. Especially when this kind of drama obviously involves fairness.

However, when they really saw fairness coming, the disappointment in their expectations of injustice made them begin to re-examine their previous thoughts, especially the person who was sitting on the chair and was about to be cuffed again by the guards.

, the man who was put into the prison car.

Tesla...really deserves to die?

It can be said that without Tesla, the Mermaid Army would not have been able to expand its firepower, nor would it have been able to fight back and forth with the Blue Bay Empire and the Demon King's Army. Without him, the people who died in this Demon King's War would really have been

Will the damage caused by this intelligence leak be smaller?

Obviously, this is impossible.

Of course, there were many soldiers among those who participated in this trial.

More or less the brothers or comrades of these soldiers also died in that battle.

But now when they really see Tesla was sentenced to death, what can these soldiers think? Especially when they caress the elemental gun in their hands, and think about still holding this gun in the future.

What should you think when you kill enemies on the battlefield and the master who created them has been executed?

"General Tesla..."

When Tesla was pulled out of his seat, handcuffed, and pushed to the prison van over there, someone in the onlookers began to whisper this title.

At first, the call was very soft and scattered.

However, when Tesla was roughly pushed out of the court by the guards and put into the prison car with his hands clasped behind his back, the calls finally became uniform and even started to get a little louder!

"General Tesla! General Tesla! General Tesla!"

The shouts are like a tsunami, starting from the back and covering the front!

When these waves of shouts reached Tesla's ears, he who had always seemed very decadent finally seemed to have woken up to something. He turned his head and looked at the pairs of eyes that were shining towards him.

.

There was no hatred and anger as imagined in those eyes, on the contrary, there was a lot more anxiety and reluctance.

Looking at these eyes, Tesla just wanted to say something, but the guard next to him pressed his head more roughly and pushed him into the element car. But maybe he was not in the right position, Tesla's

His head hit the car frame hard, and the sound spread to the crowd behind, making them even more excited.

"Hurry up! What are you waiting for!"

However, the guards did not give the crowd and Tesla more time to react. Instead, they directly pushed him into the prison car and closed the door. As the element car left, Tesla's figure finally completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

Among them, this also announced that this trial was over.

"General Tesla! General Tesla!!!"

As the prison car drove away, the people who seemed to be waiting to watch the show just now ran towards the direction of the car. Soon, half of the people who had gathered next to the court and the gallows dispersed, and the remaining

The lower half looked at the situation and seemed to have nothing to see, so they dispersed.

"call……"

Ariel stood up and shook her shoulders again.

She brushed off the snow on her clothes, raised her head and looked at the slightly gray sky.

"The snow is about to stop. It feels good to stop at this time."

With a sigh, Ariel twisted her shoulders and waist again, relaxed her frozen limbs, looked around, and said with a smile——

"Okay, let's go back now."

"go back?"

Coco seemed a little confused. After thinking for a while, he said——

"Now...is it over like this? Tesla is really sentenced to death. What are we going to do next?"

Ariel seemed very straightforward and said with a smile: "There is nothing to do. Next, we will just wait for the death penalty review."

Margaux also looked like she couldn't believe it now, and said: "The death penalty review...will fail, right? He will still be able to survive after all, right?"

Ariel shook her head: "I'm telling you, don't always think about me acting in a full set, okay? I really have such great skills, I can arrange everything properly, and then treat the people as

Fools? Margaux, Coco, and all of you must remember that ordinary people are not fools. Maybe they can be deceived by us in a short period of time, but we cannot deceive them all forever."

"You... are more cold-blooded and more determined than I thought! Ariel Garcia, you can really do this kind of thing. She is a comrade and member who has been with you for so many years. You just give up so easily.

Him? You can really do such a thing! In my opinion, you are the devil."

Ariel snorted and put down the tea cup in her hand: "You, a demon, actually call me a devil? Can I regard this as an honor? But on the other hand, you are also the most difficult person I have ever seen.

One of our enemies. Since you want to use your own life to destroy the foundation of the Mermaid Army, then naturally I have to do something more resolute to deal with you."

When Sevia was silent, Ariel leaned forward and said with a smile: "How does it feel when your plan is completely discovered? To be honest, although losing Tesla makes me feel a little sad,

It can be regarded as a loss of a senior general of our Mermaid Army, which is a bit regretful, but because this incident can make the people more convinced that the Mermaid Army is the real fairness and justice, and only here can we understand true equality.

This price is worth paying. In contrast, I feel that the so-called fairness and justice of your Demon King Army seems to have gradually turned into a joke."
To be continued...