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"Court is in session."

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Chapter 142 Saving the Water God, Judging the Water God [12,000 views, please vote!]

Where there are accusations, there must be a trial.

However, this time was different from the past because the incident happened under the public's nose and no one made a unilateral accusation. Therefore, the case became similar to a public prosecution, with the court directly trying Linni.

Thus, the performance stage quickly transformed into a courtroom.

However, considering the time required for investigation and evidence collection, the trial could not proceed immediately. In addition, taking into account the time allotted for the Wanfa Ritual, Lady Funina finally gave Linni one day to find the truth about this crime or accident.

However, the courtroom was only sealed off for three hours.

After all, if there really is a murderer, he might be hiding inside the opera house, but the opera house cannot be sealed off for too long; three hours is the limit.

If Linni is ultimately unable to prove his innocence, he will be temporarily sent to Mero Petersburg to await the next court hearing.

By then, it will be very difficult to reconstruct the crime scene and the people present to their original state, making it even more difficult to find the murderer.

“Three hours, Ryder, do you think Linnie can find the murderer?” Furnessa asked.

Due to her position, she couldn't personally go to the scene to check the situation, but since Su Chen said that the murderer was someone else, there must be a big secret hidden here. After all, she had been watching closely and hadn't found anything wrong.

Not only her, but also the audience present, under the watchful eyes of everyone, to be able to do so discreetly, even if there were clues, they must have been hidden very well.

"And I suddenly wondered if there really could be another murderer? To commit murder in front of so many people, and to avoid Linni, who is in charge of the magic, seems impossible."

"The impossible won't happen, and if it does, it's definitely possible." Su Chen chuckled. "Besides, have you forgotten who's on his side?"

“Oh right, if it’s that Traveler, it should be fine, right?” Funina nodded thoughtfully. “Although she lost to me, that’s to be expected. Judging from the information, the Traveler’s abilities are quite good.”

Su Chen was speechless. Don't you know how you competed with her?

However, things turned out exactly as he had imagined. The kind-hearted traveler couldn't bear to see Linni wronged, so he stepped forward to help Linni prove his innocence.

After all, if this matter is truly convicted, then Linni's crimes would be numerous: the murderer of a series of missing girls, the murder of his assistant, and all of this happened on the stage of the Ten Thousand Laws Festival, in front of the Water God. These crimes would be enough to put him in jail for life.

"I'll go down and take a look," Su Chen said.

Fulina didn't say anything, but she grabbed his arm, looked up, pouted, and looked unhappy.

Because she is the goddess of water and will be the judge, it is not appropriate for her to go down and directly contact the criminal suspects. According to Navelette, the supreme judge needs to maintain an absolutely impartial attitude at all times, so she must also be careful in her dealings with people.

Especially those criminals.

Everyone has their weaknesses. Even the most ruthless killers sometimes show a pitiful side. Getting too close to someone and making unfair judgments due to emotional bias is unacceptable for a judge.

"You can watch from here. It's only three hours; it'll be over quickly," Su Chen said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Funina reluctantly let go.

Su Chen returned to the second floor of the opera house and entered through the main entrance.

Because of his special status, no one stopped him.

On stage, the golden retriever is still diligently inspecting the scene.

Frankly speaking, it's a bit of a waste to have Yingmei, a powerful figure who has unlocked the five elements, investigate such a fact.

If the three elements kill the lady, then the five elements would be at least at the level of an ordinary demon god, right?

However, Ying seemed to enjoy it very much.

I had asked him before if he had gone to the Adventurers' Guild to pick up the package, clearly he still couldn't forget about that million Mora.

"Su Chen, why did you come down?" Meng Fei asked as he approached.

"How's the investigation going?" Su Chen walked over and asked.

“The traveler just said the rope had been tampered with, and there are some other suspicious points. We’re investigating now.” Paimon scratched his head. “We’ll have to ask Linni later, but he’s been taken away by the guards for questioning.”

"That's it."

Su Chen nodded and looked towards the distance of the stage. Ying also saw him and waved to greet him.

But they didn't come over.

With only three hours left, every second counts.

Seeing this, Su Chen didn't disturb her and went up on stage to check the surroundings.

"Ok?"

Su Chen stared at the water leaking from the wooden box.

"This water..."

He reached out and touched it carefully to feel it.

"What's wrong?" Paimon, who was beside him, asked疑惑地. "Is there something wrong with this water?"

Su Chen chuckled: "It's nothing."

The water of the primordial womb.

He discovered that the water contained components of fetal water, but at a very low concentration. He wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't soaked in fetal water for a period of time in Baisong Town and developed a strong affinity for it.

Logically speaking, it's unlikely that Linni's magic show would be performed using water containing fetal seawater.

This indicates that it was incorporated later.

If it wasn't a water tank, then the source must be the magic box used for the performance exchange.

Su Chen's gaze fell on the broken balloons.

These are all for decorating boxes.

However, if you want to prevent others from discovering the original water of the womb from the beginning, then hiding it in a balloon is the best way. Then, you can simply pop the balloon and the water will pour out naturally.

Su Chen pondered for a moment.

He thought of the saying that the people of Fontainebleau are in harmony with water.

If this was premeditated, then what happened here fulfills the prophecy—the people of Fontainebleau merged into the water, and some people learned the function of the Fetal Sea and used it for crimes.

“Seawater of the fetus...a girl...missing...I see.”

Su Chen turned his gaze away from the box.

I looked at the bottom of the box again.

The box must have been protected since the accident, and no one has approached it. If it had dissolved, there should at least have been clothes inside.

The absence of clothing indicates that there is another channel inside the box.

This is probably the ultimate secret of the swapping magic.

"Su Chen, what are you looking at?" Paimon asked expectantly. "Have you discovered something? Tell me quickly, and I'll go tell the Traveler."

"Nothing, I was just thinking about how things happened."

"What? Can't you see it either?"

Su Chen chuckled: "How can you so easily see through someone else's elaborate plan? As for the traveler, is she still checking?"

“Yes, after all, it concerns Linnie’s crime.” Paimon said, scratching his head. “Speaking of which, there’s something I’ve been wanting to say.”

"what happened?"

"Actually, I found that the girl who went missing before looks a bit like someone we met in Hailu Port."

Paimon told Su Chen about what had happened at the seaport.

Before meeting Frynn, they and Linnie had been keeping an eye on a thief. Although they didn't catch him in the end, Paimon had some recollection of the person, though he wasn't quite sure.

Su Chen stroked his chin: "Even the Traveler couldn't catch the person? That thief was actually a demon god in disguise?"

“How could that be!” Paimon said. “He looks like an ordinary person, but he must be quite skilled, and the traveler didn’t make a move at the time.”

"Ha~ Is that so?"

Su Chen shrugged.

Catching a thief? With Yingmei's abilities, isn't it a matter of three seconds?

It can still run?

However, if Paimon is not mistaken, then there is a problem, because he just asked the guard and confirmed that the missing girl should be a painter.

Painters and thieves are clearly two completely unrelated professions.

“Paymon, you’d better tell the Traveller about this as well,” he advised.

"Huh? Will...will it affect solving the case?"

"Maybe."

"Then I'll head over right away."

Paimon flew away.

Su Chen did not follow.

Let the golden retriever handle this situation, which feels like it's been dragged into the main storyline.

With her abilities, I believe she will soon find out what's going on.

If Su Chen interferes and affects Ying's performance, ultimately turning Lin Ni's life imprisonment into a death sentence, then the joke would be far too serious.

Although he and Linni weren't close, the Su family are all good people.