Chapter 120: What crime did my mother commit? Players are Furious!
"The one tied to the chair… is that really Kafka?"
"My god! So they really did capture Mom Kafka?"
"When was this! Mom was actually put on trial?"
"This must be a fake video! Kafka is clearly still doing well on the Luofu!"
"It's an IPC broadcast, so it should be a real recording, but this scene probably isn't at the IPC headquarters, but on another planet."
In the plaza.
Everyone looked at the big screens.
At this moment, Aurum Alley was like a large courthouse.
And all of them were like spectators witnessing this trial.
At this time.
The majestic voice in the background continued, "The crimes you have committed are beyond pardon."
"But the Jepella Brotherhood respects every individual's entitlement to the afterlife."
"Admit your guilt and embrace your punishment, and the [ Annihilation Gang ] will grant you liberation."
In the background.
Under the red curtain.
Figures with beast heads and human bodies appeared one by one.
They wore exquisite suits and interrogated Kafka with cold, condescending attitudes.
Players began to realize what was going on.
"Jepella Star? Isn't this a planet within the IPC's sphere of influence?"
"It should be video footage recovered by the IPC."
"These scum from the [ Annihilation Gang ], what right do they have to judge my mom?"
If it were other interrogation scenes, it would be fine.
But the highest judges were actually those guys from the Annihilation Gang!
As everyone knows
Most of the races in the Annihilation Gang are bloodthirsty villains.
They are keen on burning and plundering, but lack the systematic ability to uphold the will of Destruction.
Therefore.
Although they claimed to be loyal servants of [ Destruction ], [ Nanook ] had never acknowledged them, not even sparing them a glance.
Kafka actually fell into the hands of these guys?
This made many players find it hard to believe!
Clearly.
The IPC also deliberately showed this point.
On one hand, to highlight Kafka's crimes.
On the other hand, to rub off the Stellaron Hunters' sharp edge.
At this time.
Comments specifically prepared were also placed in the scrolling bar below the live broadcast screen.
[ Look! Even the Jepella Brotherhood could catch Kafka. It's not that the IPC doesn't want to catch her, but because Kafka has been on the run and never dared to openly provoke the IPC. ]
However.
The players in the plaza were not led astray by this.
After the first question was raised.
The scene was like dynamite being ignited.
They all started cursing the IPC's live broadcast!
"My mom can't be wrong!"
"Presumptuous! What crime has my mom committed?"
"Old geezer, dare you show your health bar!"
"What is your status, and what is my mom's status? How dare you judge my mom?"
"How could the mom who raised me be guilty?!"
"You brat, try touching my mom!"
At this moment.
Kafka, sitting on the chair, also opened her eyes.
Against the dim background.
A pair of purple eyes seemed to reflect specks of starlight.
"Hmm… I'm listening."
Her tone was somewhat helpless and also a little somber.
She looked as if she had truly accepted her fate of being judged.
Seeing the prisoner's good attitude.
The deer-headed judge continued, "How do the other members of the [ Stellaron Hunters ]."
"Plead to the following accusation—"
"You breached the premises of the Attouine Universal Auction House, manipulated the guests in the venue, and destroyed artistic treasures under the gaze of a Sincere Devotee."
"Causing losses exceeding a total value of eight hundred and sixty billion credit points."
"And stole that [ auction item ] (Stellaron)."
Kafka replied, "Guilty as charged, but the Sincere Devotees are not sincere."
The audience below.
"Isn't it just 8600… wait, how much? 860 billion?"
"I have plenty of credit points, I'll pay, let go of my mom!"
"A mere 860 billion credit points, Asta will pay!"
"As expected of my mom!"
At this time.
The judge began to announce the second charge: "You infiltrated the Electronic Sanctuary Inupeis, stole the Sigma Scepter to shut down the firewall of the sealed mechanical curse, allowing a large number of data demons to pour into reality."
"Causing that world to enter the Judgment Day phase ahead of schedule, all in order to take away the [ Meta-Code ] (Stellaron)."
"Do you plead guilty?"
Kafka: "I admit it, but those data demons deserved a taste of freedom."
The audience in the plaza became even more agitated.
"You're right! But Kafka is not wrong!!"
"Mom must have her reasons for doing this!"
"My mom is beautiful and kind-hearted, and she even knows that data demons deserve freedom, let her go!!"
...
The management within the IPC.
At this moment, it was in chaos!
"Boss, something seems wrong!"
"These are the live situations in various regions, the players don't seem to fall for this at all!"
"They're all defending Kafka, they're all cursing us!"
The senior executive of the Market Development Department, who proposed the counter-propaganda strategy, was sweating profusely.
He took off his glasses.
Wiped the sweat from his face.
He had expected to see the effect of players resisting and doubting the Stellaron Hunters.
But unexpectedly!
After this footage was released.
Not only did it not have this effect, but it also aroused the players' protective instincts!
It was like adding fuel to the fire!
"Release it! Keep releasing it!"
"Release all the subsequent trial content!"
"I don't believe these people are really brainwashed by that game!"
...
"You violated the Ring World Golcondar, spreading Philosopher's Poison across all colonies, causing forty-six million inorganic life forms to become out-of-control machines."
"And took away the [ Steel Core ] from Golcondar's gravitational equilibrium, causing the entire world to go silent."
"Do you plead guilty?"
Kafka smiled and said, "Oh? Sounds like a page out of the Jepella Brotherhood's playbook?"
"But sure, we did take away [ that thing ] (Stellaron)."
The sheep-headed judge continued, "And the disappearance case in the Trovis star system, the Lor-51 Stellaron incident, the hacker attack targeting Screwllum's world, the Pierpoint invasion case, and so on and so forth—"
"A total of 46 criminal cases!"
"Do you admit that all the above malicious incidents were committed by the [ Stellaron Hunters ]?"
The twilight in the Jepella Palace was like blood.
Kafka's figure was stretched long in the light and shadow.
The footage suddenly became intermittent, as if the subsequent content was damaged.
Faintly, Kafka's voice could still be heard answering.
"…If you ask me,"
After playing this footage.
It cut back to the perspective of the live broadcast host.
"This is a clip of the Stellaron Hunter Kafka being tried in the Jepella Palace, which details the crimes committed by Kafka and others."
"However, because a rebellion subsequently occurred on Jepella Star, the subsequent content of this footage is unknown, and Kafka also escaped this trial as a result."
"Here, I would like to remind all viewers again—"
In the Aurum Alley Plaza.
Guinaifen was live-streaming this scene while giving her opinion: "I estimate that most of the cases were caused by victims trying to use the Stellaron Hunters for profit, but then they tried to double-cross them and ended up suffering a backlash…"
Other players obviously had similar thoughts to Guinaifen.
Someone said, "These hypocritical guys always describe events in a way that benefits them!"
"I won't believe a single word!"
"But as for Kafka's words, I will take every punctuation mark seriously!"
"She said it was the work of the Jepella Brotherhood; she would never lie!"
"These damn guys want to put all the blame on Mom, I won't allow it!"
"That's right! I won't allow it either!"
"Interastral Peace Broadcast, believe it or not, I'll sue you for defamation!"
"Old geezer, dare you say another word about my mom?"
Just at this moment.
The host of the live broadcast seemed to be suddenly affected by something.
His expression instantly became extremely frightened.
Then.
A huge explosion sound came out!
Thick smoke and ash covered the live broadcast screen.
The players who were cursing the host and the Interastral Peace Broadcast were all stunned!
What's going on?
Did retribution come so quickly?
This is a live broadcast!!
This incident is definitely going to be trending on the galaxy's hot search today, right?
A few seconds later.
A woman's voice sounded.
"The IPC people are really terrible."
"They even cut half of the footage, not daring to release the rest?"
Hearing this voice.
Everyone was stunned.
Then.
The scene instantly exploded!
Because!
The owner of this voice was none other than Kafka herself!!!