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

Wei Lan stared at the decoder, meaning to ask him what was going on?

Who knew Gemma didn't even look at him, she just leaned back as if the sky was about to fall.

Wei Lan was even more puzzled now, as he suddenly remembered that when he escaped, Phoenix vomited blood.

Could something really have gone wrong?

Could it be that he is already... dead?

He stood there in a daze, not knowing how to react. John was still watching the show with a smile on his face.

after awhile.

The person who went to ask someone to come over came back, but Phoenix was not there. After the man whispered a few words to the judge, the judge frowned and stared, then nodded.

Wei Lan had been observing them, his hands gripping the tabletop in front of him until his knuckles turned white.

In his mind he imagined the judge saying: This man is dead.

He had been staring at the judge, extremely anxious. At this moment, he spoke to Wei Lan:

"Defense counsel, I'm afraid this witness won't be able to make it."

Wei Lan’s eyes widened, and he sat back in his original position with powerlessness due to fear. How could this happen?

What disease did he have?

He died just like that...

No wonder Gabriel showed that expression at that time. Even if something happened to Gemma, Phoenix would be there to support her.

It shouldn't be that serious. It turns out that there was a problem on his side as well. How could this not make people devastated.

But he thought it was funny. Why did he die suddenly? He looked fine before.

"I'm sorry, Your Honor..." Wei Lan swallowed his saliva, his voice choked and trembling:

"May I ask...why the witness couldn't be present...?"

The judge replied: "I heard that the witness suddenly fell ill last night and vomited blood and died."

This was like it was finally confirmed. Wei Lan couldn't describe his feelings at the moment. He and Phoenix were not familiar with each other, but also quite familiar.

It’s just that when someone suddenly died, and it was someone close to me, I got an inexplicable weird feeling.

Until now he couldn't quite believe that this man was dead.

Wei Lan turned his head and looked at Gemma again. This time Gemma was looking at him seriously, but he was now depressed and nodded slightly at him.

He learned about this when Gabriel came in the morning. He didn't expect that the reason why the leader didn't come last night was because of this.

Unfortunately, he also couldn't believe it. How could this happen?

He looked at John's ugly face opposite him, and anger began to rise in his heart again. It must be these guys.

"It looks like the defense attorney won't be able to get any witnesses."

John said with a smile, glancing at the other priests sitting in the distance.

Wei Lan didn't have time to pay attention to what he said. He bit his lower lip, his mood began to become increasingly heavy, and he couldn't even lift the muscles on his face.

Isn't it because of his death...?

This... is too hard to believe that this person is dead.

The judge struck the gavel and said mercilessly:

"Defense counsel, please continue."

Wei Lan's mind suddenly went blank and he didn't know what to say. Although he told himself not to think too much, he still couldn't control himself.

At this time, the attorney raised his hand.

"Judge, since the defense lawyer cannot produce evidence, can you please let us speak first?"

The judge glanced at Wei Lan and nodded.

John's attorney sorted out the evidence again.

"On the afternoon of the 25th, Mr. John saw Gemma doing that. Combined with the church's previous certification and those envelopes, there is evidence to prove that Mr. Gemma committed sodomy."

"I also investigated their past. It is said that the two were picked up by the church when they were young and grew up together. This may be the reason why he committed this crime."

"Heh..." Wei Lan suddenly sneered, calmed down a little, turned his head to look at the judge and began to speak:

"Your Highness, are these words based on speculation?"

"First, you said Mr. John saw it, but no one can prove that he saw only Gemma and Mr. Gabriel."

“Secondly, regarding the witness you mentioned, I heard what Gemma and Mr. Gabriel said before.

Your so-called witnesses seem to have had a grudge against Mr. Gemma and his men before? I remember that on the 23rd, Mr. John was kicked out of the church by Bishop Phoenix. "

"My victim, Gemma, and Mr. Gabriel were present at the time of this incident, as were other church members. I would like to ask the defendant's witness if this is true?"

After hearing what he said, the other members of the church began to whisper to each other in very low voices:

"how so...?"

"I'm not talking about the defense lawyer..."

"John didn't explain this matter clearly to us, so what can we say?"

John glared at them and signaled them not to say anything.

Wei Lan turned his head and looked at them, raising his voice to a powerful tone. He wanted to finish the matter of confirming Phoenix as soon as possible:

"What I want to tell you is that according to the criminal law, if you follow John to deceive people, it is equivalent to participating in the crime and you will be sentenced to death—"

Now the church members started to whisper even more.

"It's over, what should I do?"

"If the leader hadn't died and John hadn't threatened us, would we have said this?"

"Come to think of it this way, I didn't think so at first! It's all your fault, you unstable people!"

"What are you talking about! If you had the guts, why didn't you come? It's all for the money!"

Someone tried to comfort them: "Don't do this, don't do this! We just need to deny it! It is said that John has a viscount helping him.

What are Gemma and the others? They have no power, and you can't see what you are going to do!"

"Yeah, as long as we bite to death, what can that crappy defense lawyer do to us?"

The judge banged the gavel: "Silence!"

"Please ask the witness to recount the true evidence!"

As he said this, the juror next to the judge was called out.

None of the audience members in the back of the courtroom were discussing in a low voice; they were all watching the case.

But outside, someone was peeping in through the window. "A bunch of useless things."

Then, when a man was called out, it was the juror next to the judge. As soon as the juror came out, the man said something to him:

"......"

"Even if you can't sentence them to death, you have to let the judge drag it out tonight. Listen, this is what the adult said..."

The jurors were terrified and broke out in cold sweats. They dared not say a word from beginning to end.

He didn't expect that the innocent-looking woman in front of him would actually say such words to him.

The nobles are too scary.