Drug-Eating Genius Mage

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Hearing (6)

A vast hearing hall resembling a gigantic temple.

A scene where hundreds of people from all over the world watched the great wizard’s testimony in real time.

But the strange heat and excitement I felt when I first started is no longer there.

A strange situation in which a party present at a hearing is giving much more extensive information than the testimony originally required.

All they can do is testify about what happened at the time and helplessly listen to Lennoch’s words as he points out the city council’s irregularities and corruption.

“hello? Yes, yes. President. “I’m listening.”

“The authenticity of the evidence submitted to the hearing has not yet been confirmed. Please calm down…”

“There is a situation here… there is a misunderstanding. “Once you listen to what I have to say…”

Some of the city council members sitting in the observer’s seats darken their faces as they hear phone calls every time the testimony ends.

The sight of lawmakers bending over and answering the phone while quietly disappearing somewhere one by one.

Even other observers stare blankly at the shabby appearance, as if they are being dragged to the execution ground.

Apart from the chaos in the observers’ seats, the area around the wizard located in the center of the hearing room was truly quiet.

Beep.

Every time the image projected through the projector changed, Lennok’s answer flowed out without delay.

“The number is wrong again. The number of execution squad members who directly killed was about 30 people. Oh, does this figure include the number of people who killed themselves as human sacrifices?”

“….”

Beep.

“Agent’s request for nomination. It wasn’t very helpful, but the deputy director is a capable person in his own right. “When going into lockdown [bleep-] at the request of the city council, [bleep-].”

“….”

“The warlocks who colluded with Reisen Azamaha? Now that I think about it, I killed him too easily. I still have doubts about how I got the items back then. [Beep] It is clear that there is intervention from the church, probably from the apostles-”

Support!!

Before Lennok can finish speaking, noise enters the microphone and obscures his voice.

A speaking style that casually conveys all the major events that took place in this city, mixing Lennok’s sentiments with secrecy.

Everyone is dumbfounded by the crazy ideas and explanations of how a wizard who has lived as a freelancer in the dark handles his work.

The sound staff are busy muting all the important dialogue that comes out like breathing.

It was so bustling that the concentration of everyone gathered here seemed to have evaporated.

“Huh….”

“No, no more….”

“I can not….”

The faces of the judges who walked in front of Lennok were already soulless.

“The National Guard’s treason situation. At this time, in fact, it would have been good if I had known earlier that Lieutenant General Treffen was [bleeping] when [bleeping], but because [bleeping] was [bleeping]-”

“Stop, that’s it!!”

The moment finally comes to the point where I have to cover up more than half of what Lennok says, preventing him from speaking at all.

The city council members couldn’t stand it anymore and jumped up from their seats and screamed.

thud!!

The chair fell backwards and made an annoying noise, but no one paid any attention to it.

“….”

In the deafening silence.

Someone lowered his head and desperately took notes on the words that came out of the Archmage’s mouth.

Someone scans the audience with sharp eyes, looking for people who need to be silenced.

Those who gathered to hear the wizard’s testimony are now looking for a loophole to avoid the testimony.

But Lennok didn’t seem to care about such things, and he sat down in his wheelchair and lazily tilted his head back.

One by one, he takes out his old memories that only Lennok himself remembers and looks into them.

The referee protocol that enforces the rules of the hearing is merely a minor opportunity to control this situation…

Unable to control their expressions or express their bitter hostility, the city council members stood up and looked at each other awkwardly.

It didn’t take long before a conclusion was reached.

“rest!! “I’ll take a 30-minute break and then we’ll start again!!”

The city council members left in a hurry, leaving only those words.

The judges who were sitting in their seats with distraught faces hurriedly followed behind him.

The reporters who were clicking their cameras and microphones with blank expressions belatedly came to their senses and started moving.

A hearing hall filled with quiet silence.

In the middle of the venue, where more than half of the spectators had left in an instant, Lennok lowered his head with a look of boredom.

“You’ve had a lot of trouble.”

“Haven.”

Senator Conrad Heyburn came to Lennok’s side.

Renok chuckled and shook his head.

“The hearing hasn’t even ended yet, is it okay for me to come out like this?”

“It’ll be okay. now.”

Conrad said, unable to hide his wry smile.

“If things have turned out this way, the original purpose of the hearing has been lost.”

“Original purpose?”

“Most of the officials attending today’s hearing were wary of your influence growing too much.”

Conrad said quietly.

“The goal would have been to use this opportunity to reduce the position of not only you but the Magic Tower you lead.”

“….”

“Perhaps they even wanted an excuse to take over the extraterritorial rights that the Magic Tower possesses or a portion of the item market. But it all fell apart because of you.”

Conrad, who was looking at the slate on the table, said with a confused expression.

“Just because of the fact that you answered the question so well.”

“Right.”

“From the beginning… did you know it would turn out like this?”

In response to Lennok’s indifferent reaction, Conrad could not bear it and asked.

Conrad was finally able to understand the meaning of what Lennok had said to him before the hearing began.

He did not show up to the hearing without any plan or idea.

From the beginning, this wizard knew that everything that happened here would end up like this.

“I said it was an admission of guilt and responsibility, but the premise was wrong from the beginning.”

Lennok laughed.

“I know what reaction you want, but do you think there is anyone who knows what happened better than me?”

All kinds of assignment requests and operations I handled as a freelancer in order to survive in this city.

But Lennok never forgets or puts away anything he has done.

The basic thing is to gather relevant information and find out the details with Jenny’s help.

Furthermore, on more than one occasion, Lennok himself wandered around looking for technology or magic that he could use.

“When you get down to the question of motivation, the city council can never get the upper hand on me.”

“….”

“The fact that I didn’t know that fact until now is, of course….”

How did the judge and city council members plan to play with Lennok, who appeared at the hearing?

You probably thought that listing the things the blood-crazed wizard had done and making him admit to the charges would be enough.

He may have judged that he could achieve the desired benefit by worsening public opinion about the Magic Tower and reducing its position.

However, the moment when Lennok not only knew in excessive detail what happened at that time, but also began to pull out the entire story from his memory.

They sensed that the central council and the public institutions that held this hearing had no choice but to be dragged out as well.

And, the fact that the city council members who attended this hearing are only now realizing the fact-

“I guess it means there are still idiots who haven’t figured out why I’m staying in this city.”

Ignoring Conrad, who flinched, Lennok smiled coldly.

“We have to weed out all those guys from here.”

“….”

After establishing himself as a freelancer, most of Lennok’s work in the city was researching black consumer projects.

In other words, all of Lennok’s dealings in the Balkans were deeply related to the corruption and corruption of the city council.

If we delve into all the charges allegedly attributed to Lennoch, the one that ends up inevitably ends up being the Central Council or the Senate.

If Lennok knows that fact and the city council does not, how can Lennoch be put in a disadvantageous position at this hearing?

All Lennok did was to intersperse his testimony with the corruption and misdeeds committed by the city council, as if he had no choice because of the refereeing regulations.

That alone was enough to obscure the essence of the hearing, kick out city council members, and mess up the proceedings.

“As expected, you are not bound by the Geass of the Judgment Code.”

Konrad, who was looking at Lennok with an expression of shock, sighed.

“Knowing that, did you attend the hearing and use it as an opportunity to sort out what you have done in this city?”

“Are you disappointed that they didn’t kill all the people involved in the hearing as rumored?”

“no. “That can’t be possible.”

Conrad looked at Lennok’s teasing words with a straight face.

“This result is probably the clearest proof of all that you are out of line.”

“….”

For a moment, there was quiet silence.

This is because everyone recognized that the evaluation of Lennok that Conrad had just made was extremely close to his true feelings.

This is proof that Conrad Heyburn also lost his composure due to what happened at this hearing.

However, the senator, shaken by his own slip of the tongue, smiled bitterly at the reactions of the previous two people.

Rather than being angry at Conrad’s direct words, Lennok laughs as if he is amused, and Antares watches with utmost interest.

A conversation between superhumans who are beyond understanding and mutual understanding. Conrad shook his head and turned around, feeling like he had caught a glimpse of that part.

“But even that… might be better than letting it stagnate and rot in this city. “I guess I’ll just go.”

After briefly greeting Antares, Conrad leaves the room, and the hearing begins again.

The lawmakers, looking exhausted, returned to their seats and the judges stood in front of Lennok one after another.

However, perhaps some kind of agreement was reached during the break, many of the minor charges were omitted and only the major charges were left.

“The people in charge of this hearing have urgent business, so future hearings will be held more briefly.”

The judge cleared his throat and came forward and opened his mouth to Lennok.

“From now on, we will omit minor charges as a procedural matter and focus only on serious charges that cannot be ignored for the sake of the stability of the city.”

“Before more city council members who will be conducting the hearing are arrested?”

“…no.”

The judge’s mouth twitched slightly, but he did not lose his composure.

Perhaps because he believed that Lennok was following the refereeing rules, he just looked at Lennok with a strong gaze and shook his head.

“It is to confirm the karma that even you, who obscures the essence of the hearing, cannot avoid.”

“It’s karma.”

Lennok laughed.

“Do you believe such a thing really exists?”

“Anyway, you won’t properly admit any of your charges here.”

The judge said as he roughly laid down the verdict in front of Lennok.

thud!!

“So we will ask directly and find out the truth.”

At that moment, a magnificent funeral unfolded before Lennok’s eyes.

A long, long funeral procession where the entire city commemorates and mourns the death of a person.

The moment Lennok recognized that he had seen that figure somewhere, the judge asked:

“Do the Archmages Ban admit to the charge of murdering Madrich Onion, a hero of the Great War and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?”

“….”

The judge, standing in front of Lennok with a very wary look, played the relevant video evidence and spoke.

“I want to tell you in advance, if anything other than admitting the charges is said first in future hearings-”

“I admit it.”

“-Immediately stop the testimony and move on to the agenda… What, what?”

Ignoring the belatedly shocked judge, Lennok calmly nodded his head.

“I killed Madrich Onion.”

“….”

For a moment, the hearing hall fell into a quiet silence.

It’s not about mind-blowing, crazy monologues and stories about the city council’s corruption.

A plain and simple acceptance, nothing more or less.

In fact, seeing Lennoch admit the charges for the first time, the city council members and other officials present held their breath.

“He was an outstanding military commander and a strong warrior. Until the end he understood what he had to do.”

Lennok closed his eyes.

“I haven’t seen him in person, but he must have been a good judge. “I feel sorry for him.”

“this…!!”

At those words, one of the judges seemed to be moved to tears and jumped up and ran towards Lennok.

At the same time, other judges forcibly suppressed him and pressed him to the floor.

“Maisa!!”

“Hey, that guy is Chief Justice Onion…!!”

“….”

Despite the strong reaction, Lennok did not bother to react.

What did Onion dream of while remaining in this city?

Lennok still remembered what his final fate was like after the failure of his night trip.

Therefore, Lennok did not want to add meaningless comments.

The secrets of the project that were told to him were enough for him to respect the death.

“….”

But did Lennok’s unique attitude feel different to others?

A strange atmosphere began to prevail in the hearing room, which had been in a lull until now.

City council members begin to discuss something, and cameras begin to capture the scenery of the hearing hall more intensively.

And the judges’ eyes changed when they looked at Lennok.

It wasn’t long before a conclusion was reached.

“…Let’s end the hearing here.”

Among them, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who first presented the judgment rules to Lennok, spoke first.

“Instead, I would like to ask the Archmage a few things.”

“Is there something you want to ask?”

Lennok chuckled.

“I think we left out one of the most important questions and answers from this hearing.”

“….”

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court could not respond to those words and remained silent.

Because he also knew what incident Lennok was pointing out.

Magic particle radiation exposure incident that occurred in area 25, a closed area.

This is the most serious and dangerous situation that Lennox has ever moved into this city in the name of fastness, and the first agenda he has acted in cooperation with the city council.

There is no way the city council would have passed by without knowing the incident of meeting Kaise from the past and returning after many twists and turns.

In the first place, the hearing ended earlier so that related issues were not even mentioned at the hearing.

To that extent, the events related to Deadrise can be seen as something of a disgrace to the city council…

Rather than continue his speculations, Lennok nodded, leaning back in his chair.

“I allow it. If you have something to say, please say it.”

“…First, let me tell you that the video of this hearing is being broadcast live across the Balkans.”

A city council member who appeared to be a member of the House of Representatives explained the situation.

“The full testimony from the hearing will not be made public, but the video itself is being broadcast. From now on, please answer the questions carefully.”

“You broadcast the video in real time, but didn’t disclose the entire contents of the hearing?”

Lennok slightly tilted his head and smiled as if he immediately understood.

“The intention was to control audio transmission from the beginning. So then why are we broadcasting this hearing? Ah, it’s okay if you don’t tell me.”

Lennok sneered as he looked at the city council members flinching.

“At best, they will only talk about responsibilities and justifications. But that is not the reason I attended the hearing.”

“Are you saying the reason you attended the hearing wasn’t to admit to the charges for what you committed?”

“It was just to let you know.”

Lennok said, looking back at the hundreds of cameras aimed at him.

His face may not be visible, but his voice will be heard.

Then there was something I had to say.

“That I’m not trying to hide it. And I have no intention of doing so in the future.”

“….”

People who cannot make proper eye contact and quietly avoid their eyes.

This is not to excuse or avoid what Lennok has done so far.

Everyone clearly realized that he was using this hearing as an opportunity to announce his will.

“Did you come to talk about rights, not responsibilities? In the end, we were all played by you.”

The aged Chief Justice, with his eyes closed, slowly raised his hands and muttered:

“In that case, let’s finish listening to the testimony here. As someone who has pledged to the Judgment Code, do you have anything to say?”

“What do you mean?”

“Those who have pledged to Arsnova’s judgment protocol are given the right to designate the closing remarks of the hearing in return for following the rules.”

“….”

“If you don’t have it, it’s okay to skip it, but if you want to use this opportunity to say something, there’s no better opportunity than this.”

The Chief Justice asked as if he wasn’t expecting much.

“Would you like to say something to the citizens who were trembling in fear due to the thousand decisive battles with you?”

Is this the only opportunity to convey Lennok’s words directly through a broadcast screen broadcast throughout the Balkans?

Although I did not take each of those reactions into account when making my moves, I am keeping in mind how people’s views of me will change after the hearing is over.

If there’s anything I have to say to those who fear him, don’t understand him, and now revere him…

“…Right.”

At that moment, Lennok realized what he was going to say and smiled.

Hanghasa Labyrinth. A miracle encountered at the end of Jindun’s cradle.

A word that Inevitability, who walked out from beyond the bloody station gate, hurled at Lennok.

Only now I feel like I can understand a little bit how he felt when he said those words.

He slowly picked up the microphone and turned his gaze towards the hundreds of cameras looking back at him.

“Though I think he would have already understood if he had watched the hearing.”

He opens his mouth, remembering what the director said in the middle of the quiet venue.

I didn’t understand it at the time, but now I sympathize with that feeling and the words Lennok repeats are –

“I don’t kill people that easily.”

Lennok laughed and put down his microphone.

“So don’t be too scared.”

“….”

The reporters blinked and the judges pursed their lips with pale complexions.

Even the city council members who were busy on the phone for a while looked away with puzzled expressions.

The quiet silence lingered around the hearing room like a silent echo.