Brandon? The trial in Rex's dereliction of duty case is officially opened.

At the suggestion of Judge Tivone, a representative of the public took the lead in speaking, all of whom were Brandon ? Rex was guilty of many crimes during his tenure in office, and submitted an indictment signed by many of the defendants, directly pointing out Brandon's inaction during his tenure and demanding that former Governor of Police Brandon be severely punished for dereliction of duty. Rex.

Because Judge Galvany deprived Brandon of hiring a lawyer to defend him, Brandon could only defend himself against the accusations of the public representatives during the appeal period, and relied on his own argumentative skills to mitigate his guilt.

"Honorable judges, honorable juries, here, may I be Brandon? Rex defended himself. Standing up from the defendant's seat, Brandon could hardly hide his pale countenance, but the bearing he had cultivated through years of being in a high position still gave him a peculiar convincing power peculiar to orators.

As a descendant of the Ten Giants Rex family, Brandon is an excellent orator just like the rest of the family. At this moment, even standing in the dock with a cage, his demeanor is still as righteous as giving an inaugural speech.

And Brandon did not shy away from the sharp accusations made by the public opinion representative. He sincerely admits that he neglected the management of freemen and mercenaries during his tenure, but while admitting his negligence, he points out the mercenary's semi-military relationship, implying that the police do not actually have the right to directly interfere with the mercenaries' behavior. And Bloody Harry, before Martina's attack, was recognized by the military as an A-class mercenary. As for the police dereliction of duty, in his opinion, it is completely nonsense, because at the first moment of Bloody Harry's crime, the police took action to block Bloody Harry's space station on Othello, so there was no inaction as stated by the Public Opinion Councilor. By failing to catch Bloody Harry before he became a bigger crime, Brandon shifted the blame entirely to the legal issue of the unclear authority of the military and police.

In addition, in response to the weakness of the police in the wake of the pirate riots, Brandon argues that it is entirely the responsibility of the police. He cleverly argued that the police's non-attack was a defense to prevent pirates from attacking people's gathering places. He also appealed that it was the police who kept the area where people were concentrated, such as the Hermes spaceport and the space station industrial area, from large-scale attacks by pirates. Moreover, the police have not been inactive in the issue of sorties. He pointed out that the police spent a lot of money to hire the A-class mercenary Charon mercenary group, and during the pirate riot, the Charon mercenaries hired by the police were the most amazing mercenaries, and even the main fleet of Bloody Harry and Bloody Harry himself were directly captured by Charon mercenaries. Therefore, he believes that the crimes listed by the representatives of the people's will are completely nonsense. In the case of Bloody Harry, the police he led were remarkable, and as the Governor of Police, there was no malfeasance at all.

In his defense, Brandon spoke in a sonorous tone, deftly avoiding the point of the public opinion representative's accusation and providing a sophistry-like justification for the police incompetence during the riots. This made the originally one-sided situation suddenly become more subtle, at least, he began to make the public feel that he was not so incompetent as the police governor, and that his role as the police governor was crucial to the successful end of this riot.

Because the trial was broadcast live and completely public, those who marched outside the Justice Department also witnessed Brandon's self-defense and his reasons for defending himself on a giant three-dimensional screen. This made those originally emotional people instantly silent, and under the inducement of Brandon, they also began to feel that Brandon, whom they regarded as a sinner, was actually not so incompetent, and the riot was able to be quelled so quickly, and Governor of Police Brandon seemed to really contribute to it.

In the Federation, public opinion is always guided by reports and commentators' comments, but the Federation people, who love politics by nature, will also change their opinions because of a good speech. Now, Brandon has undoubtedly done just that, and through his eloquence he has begun to gradually turn the tide and try to win support by relying on popular sympathy.

At this moment, on the judge's seat, Difuni, who had always seemed calm and composed, began to exude an unnatural look. He secretly glanced at Ansel, who seemed to be absent-minded in the jury seat, and suddenly said loudly: "The defendant's self-defense time is over, and the second defendant will appear in court." ”

The second defendant was Alfred, who was charged with Brandon? Rex, as Proxima Centauri's Northern Domain Police Commissioner, is an uncle and nephew to Brandon, and Alfred? Rex's position as police commissioner was personally appointed by Brandon, so this layer of relationship has also been accused by public representatives of forming a party for personal gain.

Compared to Brandon, who has experienced countless winds and waves, Alfred is obviously less calm in the face of such fateful occasions. After being put in the dock, Alver was obviously a little nervous, and such a nervous demeanor was clearly exposed, which made the people watching the trial have the idea that he was being a thief.

"Al Frede? Rex, in the relevant evidence presented in this case, you claimed that you took the initiative to kill the first culprit in the pirate riot, Bloody Harry, and dismantled his bloody mercenary army in one fell swoop, right? Turning over the relevant evidence that they had handed over before the trial, Judge Teforni asked coldly.

"This ......"

Looking at Brandon, who was sitting in the first defendant's dock, Alfred was a little panicked.

In fact, in the early days of the pirate riot caused by Bloody Harry, the unique political sense of the Rex family told him that the incident might not end. So from then on, Alfred was preparing himself for the future. He knew very well that the Executive Council would deal with the police after the riots were over, so it was inevitable that he and Brandon would be implicated.

However, he was not willing to end his political future like this, so before the riots were over, he contacted Anse Air privately, trying to make his uncle Brandon the only scapegoat.

At first, Anse Air arrogantly rejected Al Fled's offer of cooperation. However, after the ambush against Harry the Bloody fell short, Anse Air reached out to Jarfred to renew the cooperation.

Through a private agreement, Ansel and Alfred agreed to point all the fingers of public opinion at Brandon, and Ansel would intervene appropriately to protect Alfred. As a condition, Alfred must come out in public to denounce Brandon and bring back the body of Bloody Harry and the Type 3 armored 'vampire goblin' he had taken from the Knights of Gemini.

Anse Air values Bloody Harry's corpse and Type 3 armor 'Vampire Elves' so much because Bloody Harry was taken under the command of Osvid II through suspended animation. Not a few people in the Federation know about this matter, but they have been suffering from the lack of evidence to prove that the Osveld family violated the national security law.

Bloody Harry's corpse and Type 3 armor 'Vampire Elves' were the only tangible evidence of Osvid II's falsification of the death report, so to be on the safe side, Anse Air tried to make a deal with Alfred for the purpose of destroying the evidence and increasing his influence.

What happened afterwards was exactly as Ansel had predicted, Robin was hired by the police to bring back Bloody Harry's body from the Ultra Nebula, and Alfred used the police to bring back Bloody Harry's body.

However, after learning that Alfred had signed the handover certificate when handing over Robin, Anse El changed his initial plan and declared the agreement null and void on the grounds that he did not bring back the Type 3 armor, and directly publicly announced that Bloody Harry had been brought to justice, and burned Bloody Harry's body with electric torture in the form of live broadcast.

Now, looking at the whole course of events, Alfred has undoubtedly become the biggest victim of this conspiracy. After Anse Air unilaterally tore up the agreement, the terrified Alfred ignored the real reason for Anse Air's tearing up the agreement, and instead recklessly claimed that he had captured Bloody Harry, hoping to create a positive image of himself. However, this stupidity made him a laughing stock and set himself on fire after Brandon's almost unassailable self-justification.

"Yes...... It was I who brought back the Bloody Harry, and there are a lot of people who can testify to this. ”

Unwilling to sit still, Alfred tried to confuse the public, but his feeble argument did not earn him impression points.

"Brandon? Rex, now Alfred? Rex insisted that he must have personally arrested the first offender, Bloody Harry. This conflicts with your previous self-justification, what kind of explanation are you prepared to give me. Judge Teforney set his sights on Brandon.

"It's clear he's lying." Brandon stood up mercilessly and said, "In my self-proof there is a handover certificate with Alfred's signature on it, and I think this evidence is enough to show who is telling the truth." ”

Judge Tiforni pulled out a copy of the handover certificate from the evidence file and said loudly, "Robin of the Charon mercenary is invited to appear in court." ”

Hearing the judge call out his name, Robin got up from his seat with mixed emotions and walked slowly to the witness stand.

"Mr. Robin, may I ask Brandon? Is what Rex said true, and were you directly assigned by the police to arrest Bloody Harry? ”

"There can be no doubt that Alfred has robbed me of my merits. As for whether it was directly assigned by the police...... Robin paused, turned his head to look at Ansel, who was slightly squinted on the jury seat, and said in a deep voice: "I have publicly sent a war agreement to Mr. Reinhardt, and I think this war agreement is already a statement. ”

……

(To be continued)