Herta lay face down on the table with a dark expression, dissatisfied as she spoke to the sole of Zeig's shoe in front of her:
"Can you get down now?"
Upon hearing this, a certain someone named Zeig immediately understood.
He quickly squatted down.
Herta: "I meant get off the table."
Herta stretched out her hand in a shooing gesture, driving Zeig, who was squatting in front of her, down.
The entire audience suddenly fell silent.
Indeed, not just anyone can walk the Path of Elation.
As for whether to choose A or not.
"Heh, everyone, I'll say it again. Master Zeig is already strong enough; he doesn't need to be restricted by a Path!" In a certain corner of the audience seats, one researcher shouted loudly.
"That's right, Young Master Zeig doesn't have any problems with his brain at all. For the sake of his reputation, we won't choose A!"
"Hilarious. Does my Brother Zeig's reputation need you to whitewash it? He doesn't even care himself—look how decisively he did that backflip earlier."
"In my opinion, we should still let Brother Zeig inherit the power of Elation. After all, the Aeon of Elation is very strong—he could definitely rank in the top three. Brother Zeig will surely clash with the Aeon of Destruction again in the future; he can't do it without a backer."
"What you said makes sense, but as long as I choose B, today's milk tea is secured."
For a moment, the audience seats began to stir again.
Asta quickly spoke up to stop it:
"Everyone, please remain calm."
"To get a more intuitive voting result, Mr. Aha and Miss Herta will provide footage. This time, please analyze it carefully before making your judgment!"
Immediately after, the screen behind the stage lit up.
To give face to the Aeon, Herta still provided the footage recorded by the space station.
"Everyone, please look. This is from the day Mr. Zeig first appeared on the space station."
With Asta's introduction, everyone looked toward the screen.
The footage showed a group of cleaners sweeping the containment cabin section, with a large number of eaten snack wrappers inside, as well as a puddle of indescribable yellow solid-liquid mixture.
All the cleaning staff were wearing masks, tightly covering their noses as they cleaned.
Asta held the microphone and said:
"Everyone, confirmed by Mr. Zeig himself, all the trash in this cabin was his doing alone. Please share your thoughts."
For a moment, the two factions spoke up one after another.
"So much trash littered everywhere, the baseball bat beside it not put away properly, and even defecating on the spot—his mental state doesn't need further explanation, right?"
"Outrageous! Don't slander my Brother Zeig!"
"? Classic, filial piety to the extreme."
"Everyone knows the situation in the containment cabin section at that time—there were nearly a million Swarm bugs. Even if Young Master Zeig wanted to throw trash in the right place or go to the bathroom, did he have the conditions?" At this point, Wen Shiling stood up.
She was wearing a T-shirt printed with Zeig's big face, holding a glow stick, and arguing fiercely against the crowd:
"Besides, if it weren't for Young Master Zeig attracting a large horde of Swarm bugs over there, who knows what the other cabin sections of the space station would have turned into."
A researcher named Eikura Shuu also stood up, filled with righteous indignation:
"That's right. I evacuated late at the time, and a group of Swarm bugs nearly surrounded me. If those bugs hadn't noticed so many of their kin lining up in the adjacent containment cabin section and curiously joined the queue, I might have perished there!"
"As for the baseball bat." Eikura Shuu paused, "Brother Zeig must have simply forgotten to put it away!"
Immediately, the pro-Zeig group erupted in enthusiastic applause.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!!"
The applause resounded throughout the venue.
"Good! Well said! This really can't be blamed on Brother Zeig—he had no choice at the time."
"Exactly. If I were trapped there, let alone solving it on the spot, I might have sprayed right where I stood!"
"I really don't know why anyone would blame Brother Zeig for this. In that kind of environment, being able to calmly solve it on the spot—isn't that a sign of an extremely high realm?"
"The one who mentioned spraying on the spot—you're really something."
For a moment, the scene suddenly became overwhelmingly one-sided.
It seemed that in this footage, what Zeig did was indeed unavoidable.
Seeing that it was enough, Asta picked up the microphone and said excitedly:
"Okay, I believe everyone has formed their own judgment after watching this clip. Then let's move on to the next one!"
As Asta's words fell, a new footage began playing on the big screen.
On the screen, a vortex appeared in the galactic abyss, and a golden sword tip, blotting out the sky, fell down, accompanied by waves of terrifying buzzing.
"This is the footage of Mr. Zeig killing the Doomsday Beast with one sword. Many people asked if he put all his skill points into special effects—why did it look so terrifying yet only kill the Doomsday Beast, without even damaging the space station. Here, Mr. Zeig also admitted that he did put points into special effects."
Immediately, the audience seats below buzzed with discussion.
"Brother Zeig really went all out for the special effects. Who in their right mind would put all skill points into effects? No matter how you look at it, he's not normal!"
"Wrong!" At this point, Wen Shiling stood up again.
She continued to refute loudly:
"Young Master did this to avoid hurting us! That sword could even trigger cosmic anomalies. We were so close at the time—if he hadn't controlled it, we would have been annihilated in the sword light before the Doomsday Beast even acted!"
After hearing Wen Shiling's speech, the entire venue was stunned for a moment.
Then, another wave of enthusiastic applause rang out.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!!"
The applause thundered, resounding like thunder throughout the entire hall.
"Yeah, if Brother Zeig hadn't held back, we would've been done for long ago. Besides, so what if he put points into special effects? Holding back is still holding back!"
"Exactly. This round, we definitely have to side with Mr. Zeig. After all, he was thinking of us. If even this is wrong, then what's right in this world?!"
This time, after Wen Shiling stood up, it became one-sided again.
March 7th, sitting in the judges' seats, was already stunned.
Thinking carefully, Wen Shiling's analysis was flawless.
Could it be that Zeig really doesn't have any problems with his brain?
"Okay, everyone, let's watch the next one!" Asta continued.
The next scene on the screen was Zeig and March 7th, who had turned into a water demon, hugging each other tightly.
March 7th stood up directly, filled with righteous indignation:
"This one is definitely problematic! No matter how you look at it, it's his fault, right!"
A member of the judges' panel spoke up on the spot, and the entire venue suddenly quieted down.
Himeko and Welt beside her were also very helpless.
After all, in the current footage, the water demon was March 7th herself—she could be considered the party involved.
Just as everyone fell silent, the number one fan Wen Shiling stood up once again!
Her small body stood on the chair as she continued to refute:
"Wrong! Young Master did this only to stabilize the water demon! I request to pull up other related footage so everyone can understand the full picture!"
Asta's lips curved up slightly as she said excitedly:
"Very good, then let's watch the other related footage besides this."
The screen changed again.
Wen Shiling said seriously:
"Look, the cause of the incident was because Miss March initially pinned down Young Master and let the water demon escape. Afterward, when Young Master re-entered the space station, the first thing he did was lock onto the water demon in the crowd, follow it all the way, and finally, with Mr. Dan Heng's assistance, directly lock the water demon into the containment pod!"
Speaking here, Wen Shiling's young, childish voice was powerful and resonant: "How is this evidence that Young Master has a problem? It's clearly a medal for silently sacrificing for our safety!"
Immediately, everyone fell silent.
Thinking carefully—damn, it really was like that!
The entire venue erupted in enthusiastic applause once more.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!!"
Even Zeig, sitting in the guest seats, couldn't help but praise after seeing Wen Shiling's demeanor.
"This girl is impressive."