The plot style of "Faceless Man" is similar to that of the first season. It adopts the mode of unit drama to advance, and then the grass and snakes are hidden for thousands of miles. When the final mystery is revealed, it will bring great shock to the players.
This kind of plot is reflected in many aspects. For example, in order to investigate a case, the protagonist Klein needs to pretend to be a gentleman and approach a woman who is hearing a trial in the jury box.
The factory owner Bentley he came into contact with during this trial became the lead in the next unit drama. He was attacked by the resentment of the dead child laborers, and finally found Klein.
The trial that Klein participated in did not exist in the original work but was added in the anime. There are many independently created plots similar to these to present a more vivid Backlund as much as possible.
This trial made many viewers feel horrified and was hailed as the most impressive subplot in the period of unit dramas.
At that time, Klein was sitting quietly in the gallery. He only heard Judge Theodore Price banging the table with a wooden hammer and questioning the factory owner Bentley who was present:
"Mr. Bentley, do you still insist on your view that employing child labor in the cotton textile factory you opened can effectively prevent child crime and improve Backlund's average moral standard?"
The pot-bellied factory owner Bentley raised his belly as if to show off a better appearance, and then replied without hesitation: "Of course."
"As we all know, the streets of Backlund are now filled with all kinds of uneducated children. They use their age as a disguise to steal or even rob, and commit such public crimes wantonly. The children in my factory will not be like this."
As if he felt that what he said was not rigorous enough, Bentley added at the end: "The children in my factory can only steal some things from the factory and bring them back to the dormitory, and that's all."
"Such thefts are easily detected by supervisors because they are not allowed to leave the factory, just like prisoners in prison, so they cannot take the stolen goods out of the factory."
Those who can sit in the jury box as jurors are basically the middle class or even the wealthy class who are far away from the working class. In the past, they only knew that the life of workers was not very good, but this was the first time they heard that child labor was so miserable.
Therefore, there was quite a commotion in the jury box for a while. Theodore was very understanding of their surprise, so he did not hit the hammer to remind them to be quiet.
After allowing the jurors to make noise for a while, Theodore coughed slightly, and the gentlemen and ladies obeyed and quieted down, and Theodore began the next step of the trial.
He invited Mary Hooton, the mother of a former child worker at the Bentley factory, to attend the hearing as a witness to explain the abuses suffered by child workers in the factory.
Theodore spoke after reading the case file and asked: "I heard that your daughter is no longer a child laborer. Did you take her out, or did the factory fire her?"
"No," Mary Hooton replied, "it's because he didn't want to run away. She often does this and has escaped several times before."
"Your daughter is mentioned in the case file, and it is said many times that she was abused and beaten. Do you have any impression of this? Has she reacted to you?"
Mary Hooton fell into memories after hearing this, and then said: "Yes, it was the supervisor William Swanton who beat my daughter because she was not careful at work and forgot to connect the severed head many times."
"Since your daughter was abused, why didn't you take her out of the factory instead of waiting until she couldn't stand it and ran away from the factory?"
"She is a fool and should be educated more," Mary Hooton's words caused a commotion in the jury box. They did not expect that this woman would actually describe her daughter in this way.
Theodore coughed a little, reminded the jurors that the case was still ongoing, and then continued to ask Mary Hooton: "Do you understand the punishment they gave to your daughter?"
"I know, it's just hanging heavy objects on the body. I'm not sure how many times I hung them. It seems to be five times or more. I can't remember clearly."
Mary Hooton's inquiry ended here. Through questioning this woman, she gained a certain understanding of the tragic experience of child labor in the Bentley factory.
So the factory owner Bentley was brought to court again, and Judge Theodore continued to ask him about the questions about child labor and child crime rates:
"So in your opinion, by having children work long hours, you reduce the likelihood of child crime and improve morals?"
After hearing the judge's question, Bentley's brow flashed with impatience, because he felt that he had said everything he needed to say very clearly before.
But after all, the person opposite him is a judge, a gentleman who needs to brace himself to deal with it. He may be trying other cases in the future.
So Bentley suppressed his unhappiness, put on a warm smile on his face, and then repeated what he just said. He even added other explanations in order to fear that the judge and jurors would not understand:
"There is obviously no doubt that as a child working in a factory, he needs to be in the factory for 12 hours a day, and our supervisors will keep a close eye on each other."
"It's already late at night when they get home. At that time, they are under the supervision of their parents. Even if they have any bad ideas, they can't actually put them into practice."
After Bentley said these words without any guilt, there was an even louder noise in the jury box. A relatively young man from a wealthy family banged on the railing with his cane to show his respect for what he had just said. dissatisfied.
There was no noise that could be suppressed by a cough, so Theodore banged a wooden hammer to silence the jurors, and then allowed Bentley, who claimed to be a member of society to reduce child crime rates and improve children's moral standards, to retire.
The next witness to appear for consultation was Thomas Wilson, a worker doctor employed by Bentley. He walked to the stage with an expressionless face.
After Thomas Wilson stood up, Theodore asked: "What time do you think a ten-year-old child should start working if he works twelve hours a day?"
Thomas was obviously very familiar with this question, so he answered without any hesitation: "Usually around six o'clock in the morning. The sun comes quickly in summer, so you can start work at five-thirty."
"Mr. Thomas, you are a doctor who graduated from a serious medical school. Now please answer the next question I ask from your professional perspective."
"For a child who is about ten years old or even less than ten years old, even if he gets a good rest beforehand, will it be harmful to his health if he performs such high-intensity work for up to twelve hours?"
