8 o'clock in the morning
Heathcote stood quietly in front of a three-story mansion with a front and backyard. A large number of lawyers gathered around the mansion, with expressions ranging from joy to sadness.
At this time, the whispers stopped, and all the lawyers, without exception, looked at Heathcote, who was in uniform, and he walked over slowly.
"Why are you coming back? In your eyes, President..."
"Please get out of the way, this is my home!"
Many lawyers looked at Heathcote mockingly. Over the years, Heathcote, as the prosecutor, has constantly had various collisions and frictions with the Bar Association. Heathcote even though he was Lyons' son actually made
Something like this happened.
After a group of people stood in a stalemate at the door for a while, Lyons' personal secretary came out.
"The president asked him to come up, please get out of the way."
The people blocking the door of Heathcote's house gave way one after another, and many people stared at Heathcote who walked into the house with cold eyes.
Everything in front of him was extremely familiar. Heathcote had not been back for many years. In the past, he would quarrel with his father every time he came back, but today may be the last time. Lyons had been diagnosed with blight last year.
Life is about to run out, and today the female secretary informed Heathcote that Lyons' condition is very bad. The accompanying doctor also said that within a day or two, Lyons' life will come to an end.
Even if the lifespan vaccine is successful, it can only extend human lifespan, but cannot cure the blight disease. This disease is similar to the berserk self-destruction of mutants, and there is no cure so far.
Blight syndrome is long-term, and usually the body will fail and die within two to three years. The organs in the body will gradually become unable to absorb nutrients from food. In the end, the person will be like a slowly withering plant, withering day by day and eventually dying, even if
Neither can replacing organs.
After the mutant goes berserk, he or she will suffer short-term physical failure, and every cell in the body will be converted into the power of the mutant. The former needs to watch his life disappear little by little in a long period of suffering, while the latter is only very short-lived.
But it was an extremely painful process.
Nothing at home has changed. Heathcote stood quietly in the living room. His mother also died of blight. After giving birth to Heathcote, blight broke out. In Heathcote
When Te was only two years old, his mother passed away.
"Thank you very much for these years, Miss Mina."
Heathcote looked at the woman in front of him who had been with his father for almost 20 years. She took good care of everything about his father, but the two never got married.
At this time, Mina was smiling and wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
"Go up and see him."
Heathcote bowed, and his heart became a little heavy. The relationship with his father deteriorated when Alpha was leading a large-scale crime investigation. Lyons really hoped that his son could stand on the side of the Bar Association. As a result, Heathcote
He refused, and in the following years, father and son fought many times in the Hall of Law.
After a while, Heathcote came to the door of his father's bedroom, and three doctors came out. Heathcote looked at his father on the bed in the bedroom, with tubes of different colors inserted all over his body, and a large number of medical machines next to him.
Lyons was leaning on the bed, looking at Heathcote with a gentle expression, as if waiting for something.
"dad!"
Heathcote walked in and closed the door, sitting on a small chair next to the bed with his head lowered. The father and son did not say anything.
As one of the founders of the laws of Brilliant City, Lyons took the lead in drafting the Basic Law of Brilliant City, which clearly divided a large number of legal details, and added many flexible parts to these details to provide a basis for future laws.
It laid the foundation for repairs.
Over the years, Heathcote has gradually understood some things that he had never discovered or noticed in the past, but now Heathcote can't say a word and doesn't know what to say.
"The law can't solve everything, Heathcote!"
Lyons spoke, Heathcote was stunned for a moment, and he nodded slightly.
"Finally, I want to tell you this. I just hope you can remember everything I have done over the years. Why do you think it is? I want to tell you clearly, Heathcote."
Heathcote didn't say anything, his throat was choking. He understood what his father wanted to say, and it became difficult to calm down.
"Each of us has a scale of justice in our hearts, and what about lawyers! There are lawyers who guide judges to make correct decisions, and there are lawyers who fight with all their strength for their clients and follow the iron law that victory is justice.
And those lawyers who follow evidence-based theory, but can people really be absolutely fair? When power and money start to get involved, the balance will tilt. We who live in the material world are very small. This kind of
Tools created by people that can solve most problems will divide into different factions because of the different people who use them!"
Lyons started coughing as he spoke and looked very weak. Heathcote stood up and handed a glass of water to Lyons. He shook his head.
"We have done a lot of dirty things over the years. Perhaps in your eyes, these things have made the law lose its fairness and insulted the original meaning of the law. We have become a group of mercenary tool users, but
Ah...Have you ever considered a problem? A problem of the times."
Heathcote looked at his father blankly, and he laughed.
"A successful businessman, or a high-ranking person in the industry, needs time and experience as well as his own foresight and decisiveness. If such a person commits a crime, he will spend money to hire a good lawyer. Many people are saying,
The law serves money, which is actually very reasonable. Rich people spend money to hire experienced and skilled lawyers, while poor people can only hire lawyers without experience and skills. When there is no conclusive evidence,
, the outcome is clear at a glance!”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lyons looked at his son who was standing in front of him holding a water glass in a daze, and took the water glass from his hand with a smile. After taking a sip, he coughed.
"Heathcote, how long do you think it takes for a successful person in the material world to save?"
Heathcote replied calmly.
"At least 10 years!"
Lyons coughed violently and nodded with a smile.
"We do not discuss the good and evil of human nature, class positions, society and other complex issues. What I want to tell you is that a successful person can often succeed through the business laws he has discovered or the economic direction he has seen.
It can feed at least 100 people."
Heathcote's eyes widened and he looked at his father in disbelief. He had a bitter smile on his face and continued.
"Remember Heathcote, no one can stand against the times and go against the times. The gods who have taught you everything over the years have not made any big moves for many years. Why do you think it is?
It is true that everything we have done has long been against the moral and legal aspects, but we have helped more successful people, and they can create greater economic value as leaders and feed more people. Humanity
In an era when cities are in urgent need of development and have the ability to drive operations, law and morality cannot actually do anything about evil as defined by society. We are just adapting to the times!"
Heathcote had no way to refute, because what his father said about adapting to the times was something that was even more difficult to argue with and resist. Anything that stood in the way of the tide of the times would be crushed.
click
The door to the room was opened, and Heathcote was stunned for a moment. Pullman walked in with a smile at the door.
"Mr. Lyons, what you just said is indeed logically correct, but correct logic does not necessarily mean correct."
Heathcote was a little surprised. Lyons laughed and looked extremely excited.
"At the end, I really want to hear what you have to say. After all, we are old rivals in the true sense, Attorney Pullman."
Heathcote sat back on the chair quietly. He did not expect that Pullman would come.
"Whether it conforms to the times or what the people want, I think there is only one purpose for the existence of the law. As the foundation for mankind to build a better era and society, it cannot be absolutely fair, but it needs to be maintained by the law.
To a certain extent, Mr. Lyons, the logic you mentioned may be correct. One capable person can feed 100 people. If it is in an era of peace and stability, and the law has matured, I believe what you said.
It is correct, but in an era of chaos and laws that have been trampled countless times, this is not correct, nor is it rational, let alone what you want to use to balance a certain part of your heart at the last moment.
For the good part.”
"Enough Pullman!"
Heathcote said something, and Lyons showed a bright smile.
"Let him continue talking about his son, I want to hear it all."
"In an era of chaos, it is difficult to identify whether a person relies on ability, crime, or even money and power transactions to establish himself as a winner in the material world, so a capable person can support 100
A person without ability needs to put a big question mark! When a single successful person commits a crime, maybe you can work hard to let this successful person protect his assets, protect his reputation, and avoid legal sanctions, so as to
Let this successful person wake up, make more contributions to society, and feed more people! But unfortunately, Mr. Lyons, you have helped too many successful people over the years, and this is no longer a
The problem of two successful people trampling on the law. If the evil cannot get the punishment it deserves, the law will gradually lose its meaning, and these evils will not disappear and will continue to breed in places where the light cannot shine.
Well, I don’t want to come here to discuss right and wrong with you today, Mr. Lyons!”
Pullman said with a slight smile.
"Remember that assault case? My client committed suicide...or was forced to commit suicide because she still had family members. I have not given up the investigation over the years, and now the results have been obtained, and what you are saying
The family members I helped were all arrested in the last large-scale crime investigation, and my client’s family members have been living in helplessness, grief, and a shameless past for many years.
!”
To be continued...