Clorinde's gaze was fanatical, his hand always on his sword hilt.
He detested this kind of corruption to the core.
What King was doing now was exactly the "justice" his heart yearned for.
One hour passed amidst oppression and unrest.
The papers were collected one by one and piled in front of King, forming a thick stack.
King didn't look at the papers.
He turned and looked at Hiiragi Sarutobi behind him.
"Read."
Hiiragi Sarutobi stepped forward tremblingly, picked up the top paper, cleared his throat, and began to read:
"Kujou Takayuki, the former head of the Tenryou Commission. Even after stepping down, he continued to oppress the people and amass wealth through illegal means; the evidence is conclusive."
"Kujou Masahito, the eldest son of the Kujou family. While in charge of Tatarasuna affairs, he embezzled maintenance funds, causing the Mikage Furnace to stop functioning and leading to a great disaster."
"Kujou Kamaji, the current head of the family. Mediocre in ability and a poor judge of character, he allowed the Commission to become a foul place where corruption runs rampant..."
"Kujou..."
Every time a name was read, a suppressed gasp or curse would erupt from the crowd below.
Those samurai whose names were called turned pale; some collapsed directly to the ground, while others tried to defend themselves, but under the sorrowful curses of the surrounding people and King's cold gaze, they couldn't say a single word.
The list was very long.
The further it was read, the more people were involved, and the crimes became more specific and more appalling.
Forcibly seizing farmland, bullying men and women, embezzling military pay, colluding with pirates, selling contraband... case after case, it was shocking.
The people's fury was completely ignited!
"Kill them!"
"Kill all these parasites!"
"My daughter was driven to her death by them! Give me back her life!"
Cries, curses, and accusations echoed throughout the Martial Arts Field.
King raised his hand and gave a light wave.
Hiiragi Sarutobi, who was already prepared, immediately stepped forward with several attendants.
Arresting them one by one according to the list.
Resist?
No one dared to resist.
Run?
Their legs were so weak they couldn't run at all.
Cries, pleas for mercy, and the sound of shackles mixed together.
Paimon looked at the messy scene below and covered his eyes, but couldn't help peeking through the gaps in his fingers: "Is it... is it going to start again..."
Lumine gently held him and whispered: "These people... got what they deserved."
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
Inazuma was already terminally ill.
Now, King was merely cutting open the abscess to let the foul blood flow, in order to save Inazuma.
Zhongli finished his tea.
He put down the teacup, looked at the dense crowd of kneeling Sinner samurai, then at the crying people, and sighed softly.
"Using killing to stop killing, using violence to curb violence, though not a long-term solution," he whispered to himself, "but... without such thunderous means, how many more years would such a deep-seated illness drag on?"
When the last person on the list was shackled and dragged away, a dark mass of people was already kneeling on the Martial Arts Field.
Preliminary statistics showed more than three thousand people.
It was imaginable to what extent the entire bureaucratic system of Inazuma had rotted.
King gave a wave of his hand, and Hiiragi Sarutobi bowed deeply, killing intent boiling in his eyes.
"..."
30 minutes later
In front of the Tenryou Commission Estate, a mountain-like pile of corpses was stacked.
Blood flowed down the stone steps, seeping into the gaps of the bluestone slabs.
Kujou Kamaji was pried out of the wall by Arataki Itto, splashed awake with foot-washing water, and thrown directly into a prison cell.
"The incompetent occupying high positions is a grave crime."
King only said this one sentence.
Kujou Kamaji's face was ashen, and he did not argue...
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