Otoko Game: Male protagonists, I’m just a scumbag

"It is now the plaintiff's turn to tell the whole story."

"Yes." John responded, and then told him everything he had seen, mixed with some stories that he didn't know whether they were true or false:

"I saw Gemma forcing herself on Gabriel on the afternoon of the 25th. This had happened several times before. On the 15th of xx month, on the 3rd of xx day... and so on."

I have to say that they were very well prepared, even the specific date was marked out.

The judge struck his gavel again:

"The defendant may have any objection to this matter."

Gemma was sitting in the center of the square courtyard. She stood up when she heard the call:

"I have objections and deny all the above things"

Before this, Gabriel had already told Gemma the general situation.

Judge: "Plaintiff's attorney, please speak."

[Plaintiff's litigation agent: a person who represents a plaintiff who is incapable of litigation in a civil lawsuit.]

Then a man stood up, holding some folded papers in his hand:

"I have some new evidence about what the plaintiff said, and I have other witnesses. I would like to call them."

Judge: “Agreed.”

Immediately afterwards, a group of people in church attire came in. Wei Lan was more or less familiar with these people, but of course the most familiar one among them was the plaintiff John.

He was the one who talked the most that day.

The evidences were probably some handwritten letters, some things that Jamal gave to Gabriel, and other people's testimonies.

The three judges took one look at the evidence and agreed with it:

"Call other witnesses."

As soon as he finished speaking, those who had entered the church immediately stood up and spoke.

I don't know who said it first:

"I noticed something strange between them a long time ago. Not only were they often together, but they even slept in the same room."

One person spoke up, and the others immediately followed suit.

"Yes, and they threatened us before that if we told them what they did, they would be expelled from the church."

"But I think Gemma forced Father Gabriel into this matter, or maybe they both agreed."

As soon as he finished speaking, another person shouted:

"Yes! Everyone in the church knows what a hypocritical person Gemma is!"

These words came out so effortlessly that Wei Lan listened to them roughly. At the same time, he took a look at some of the arguments and evidence left by the lawyer in front of him.

But this look made him discover something strange, because none of these things were about Gemma's lawsuit, not even the papers of the first trial.

It was something else, the name of a totally unknown person.

It looks like it was the previous person defended by this lawyer, which is a bit strange...

But this proves that there is indeed something wrong with this matter.

"Does the defense have any objections?" the judge asked.

Wei Lan reacted quickly, pretending to stand up with the paper in his hand, and inexplicably a little nervous:

"I dispute what the plaintiff said."

Judge: “Please submit.”

"The plaintiff said that he saw Gemma and Gabriel yesterday. May I ask how he was sure that it was them? And not anyone else?"

"How could what I saw with my own eyes be false? And they all saw it!"

For some reason, after John saw someone sitting in his seat, he frequently looked over here with some surprise and nervousness, and often looked in the other direction.

Wei Lan saw all of this:

"Why is the plaintiff so agitated?"

"Hmph!" John turned his head and snorted.

"That's all you can say, right?"

The judge quickly struck the gavel:

"quiet--"

"Please continue, defense attorney."

Wei Lan responded with a "yes" and continued:

"I would like to ask the court if there is any evidence in the evidence mentioned by the plaintiff that the letter was written by Gemma?"

The judge glanced at the letters again:

"It does say it's dedicated to Gabriel, and the handwriting is the same as the one the defendant wrote at the scene. It is tentatively determined that they were written by the same person. Now I'll hand the letter over to the defense lawyer to read."

Immediately afterwards, someone came forward and handed the letter to Wei Lan.

After the judge finished speaking, Wei Lan immediately glared at Gemma. Gemma knew who he was, so she smiled awkwardly and scratched her head.

"Okay, then I'd like to ask the defendant to speak. What was the purpose of writing these letters to Gabriel?"

"Ha!" John said immediately.

"Purpose? How dare you ask that? It's written so clearly above. It's clearly about some disgusting love affairs."

"Hmph..." Wei Lan curled his lips when he heard that. He discovered last time that John was easily irritated, and it was a wrong choice to let him be the plaintiff.

Wei Lan pretended to hold the paper and continued:

"I ask the court that the plaintiff intends to disturb my thoughts."

The judge immediately glanced at John:

"Please obey the rules, plaintiff. Please do not speak unless you are summoned. Otherwise, the defense lawyer will adjourn the court in protest if he has any objection."

John held his breath when he heard the voice, his nose trembling with anger, but he didn't dare to speak anymore.

I was thinking, this lawyer has been arranged by them, why would he come here? !

Wei Lan glanced at John and mentioned what he had just said:

"Your Highness, I would like to ask the plaintiff's attorney, have these envelopes been shown to Mr. John?"

"Huh?!" The plaintiff glanced at John immediately after hearing his words, and John realized what he had just said.

"I request that they explain in court whether the plaintiff has ever seen this letter?" Wei Lan pressed on step by step, trying not to give the other party time to react.

The judge was also stunned for a moment. He had not even realized this problem just now.

These evidences were investigated under his authorization, so it is absolutely impossible for the plaintiff to have seen them.

The judge coughed twice and banged the gavel:

"Nothing."

Wei Lan smiled lightly and looked at John and the others sitting opposite him:

"Then can I suspect that you knew about these letters before and were clear about their contents, but how did you know them?

Could it be that they have been preparing to frame me for the crime?"

"Protest!" The attorney raised his hand and interrupted him, staring at him straight in the eyes:

"The defense lawyer's words are obviously based on speculation!"

The judge knocked the gavel to indicate that the case was accepted, and then said to Wei Lan:

"The protest is established. Please ask the defense lawyer to question the witness based on clear evidence of crime."

"The defense received it." Wei Lan responded:

"So here I want to ask, wasn't the plaintiff's lawsuit originally based on speculation, without any clear evidence? How was this lawsuit established?"

"But the so-called evidence just obtained has problems. I ask the plaintiff to give a reasonable explanation."

John took a deep breath and glanced at the attorney before speaking:

"I've already said that we've discovered this many times before. Knowing what's written in it, what's so strange about it?"

"Okay." Wei Lan also closely watched his actions:

"Your Highness, I have a new testimony. I would like to invite the most powerful witness, the priest of Lant Church and the current acting bishop, Caesar Phoenix."

Judge: "Agree to the subpoena."

But after he said these words, John and the others started laughing. When Gemma heard him say these words, her face suddenly darkened.

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