Some people knew who the girl was and the tragedy that happened to her. Although the girl was still a child, many miners expressed their willingness to believe in the girl and that she could make the right judgment.
The remaining miners who didn't know Yelena very well, and under the guidance of familiar people around them, their original objections gradually subsided, and they all looked at the rabbit-eared girl surrounded by a group of children with their eyes open.
"Yelena, you were elected. This is a fact, but are you sure you really want to come up and sit in the seat of the associate judge next to you?"
Being on the jury is also a psychological burden. Although Wu Ke recognized that Yelena was elected as one of the infected people in the mine, it did not mean that he felt that this eleven-year-old girl sat in the position of a jury judge. Taking the initiative to shoulder that psychological burden can be a good thing.
However, after all, it was not his decision.
Therefore, he wanted to finally ask the girl what she really thought.
If she backs off, let the second one come up.
Yelena was a little shy and looked a little embarrassed. She looked at the ice chair and her rabbit ears moved: "If possible, I hope to bring a cushion up there."
"mat?"
"Well, if you sit on a chair made of ice cubes, it will definitely be very cold. If you sit on it for a long time, your butt will definitely not be able to bear it, and neither will my tail."
The girl said seriously, still covering her little tail with both hands.
"Ah, this..."
Wu Ke opened his mouth, but he didn't expect this to be what the girl said.
"When I said this, it occurred to me that we might not be able to bear it."
A group of miners suddenly discovered this blind spot.
"Sister, you are still smart."
One child praised.
"No, what I want to ask is, do you have the consciousness to judge others, even if the result of the judgment is to let the person being judged face death?"
Wu Ke said this with a calm voice and as serious an attitude as possible.
Hearing this, Yelena was stunned, but she did not answer directly. Instead, she stood there and pondered for a while, as if to confirm her inner thoughts, then raised her head and responded seriously: "Yes, I do!"
"Okay, then you can bring your mat up here."
"Ahem, if it's convenient, please bring one for me."
Bodrokas said without leaving any trace.
Everyone present: "..."
. . . .
The third co-judge took his place with a cushion, and Bodrokas sat back on the cushioned chair. The public trial in the mine officially began.
The first Ursus soldier guarding the mine was brought to the stage by the black-armored shield guards. His face was very pale, and he received the white eyes of the miners as soon as he took the stage.
When the victims recognized who he was and began to tell what they knew about the bad things this Ursus soldier had done to their infected people, the emotions of the miners below were aroused, and their emotions became more and more intense. Shouting for his death.
Wu Ke felt that the momentum was not right, so he quickly called a stop on the stage and asked the host Shield Guard to come up and explain the public trial process again. He also added a time limit to the process rules, so that the public trial process could smoothly enter the second trial. The stage of self-defense by the judge.
However, the other party's lips were trembling and speechless. After the self-defense time passed, the public trial entered the third stage of the voting process. The man was quickly voted to death by the miners unanimously. This was the result of the trial.
With a look of despair on his face, he was dragged aside by the black-armored shield guards.
At this time, the public trial reached the fourth stage.
"Do the three associate judges have any other objections to the outcome of the trial just now?"
The temporary host, the black armored shield guard, asked.
"No objection."
Bodrokasti was very calm.
"No objection."
Yelena did not hesitate and stated her position decisively.
This was the young man's first experience in making a decision about life and death. Wu Ke felt a little ups and downs in his heart, but he couldn't see it on his face. He took a deep breath and replied: "Same, no objection."
The first Ursus soldier to be tried indeed deserved to die. According to the accounts of the miners who suffered, that man had beaten many miners to death with a whip, including two children.
"Next……"
The public trial is still going on, and the people being tried are either trembling with fear and speechless like the first one, or they are shouting curses like this one.
"You damn dirty infected people, I should have killed you all earlier!"
The Ursus soldier who was being publicly tried was cursing and roaring, but he was a typical guy who didn't regard infected people as human beings.
But before he said more dirty words, the black-armored shield guard who had never done any public trial walked up to him with a wink, and punched him in the stomach of the man who kept shouting, making the man shrink back. He collapsed and was speechless for a moment.
He had a bad attitude and what he had done was no worse than the first guy to be tried. The death penalty was passed unanimously without objection.
"Next……"
A new Ursus guard soldier was dragged up, and the anger of the crowd caused by the previous guy was directed towards him.
This was the fat white bear soldier who had a knife held to his neck and then peed his pants.
This person has never killed miners in the mine, but his attitude towards miners is usually very bad. He usually either beats them with a whip or calls them dirty words. Compared with the people who were tried before, except for the first one and the one just now , this person was scolded the most by the miners.
The face of the fat white bear soldier was very pale, and his body was shaking like chaff on the ice platform. However, after the time came for him to defend himself, he could still speak fluently and defend his reasons for whipping the miners.
"The reason why I hit you is actually to save you."
Just one word almost caused the miners who were quiet below to explode again.
"Is beating someone still considered saving someone?"
"That's a wonder!"
"How about we try to beat you?"
"Really, everything I said is true."
The fat white bear soldier defended himself, but apparently the miners below did not listen to his explanation.
"Quiet~"
Wu Ke shouted, probably because he was the savior. Everyone in the mine gave him face, and even those who didn't want to give him face would calmly look at the public trial platform made of ice. Keep your mouth shut.
"Now is the self-defense time of the person being judged. You should listen to the other party's self-defense before expressing your own opinions. During this period, please do not interrupt the self-defense of the person being judged. This is the process of a public trial. Understand What?"
Because of their anger, the miners somewhat forgot about it.
Now that they were reminded, everyone nodded to show their understanding.
The fat white bear soldier cast a grateful look at the young man. Wu Ke looked at him: "It's useless for you to look at me like this. If your self-defense fails to convince others later and they all sentence you to death, then I will too." There will be no objections, so hurry up and continue your defense..."
The fat white bear soldier's face turned pale and he quickly continued to defend himself.
In his account, Wu Ke learned that this man was originally a member of the team that was the first to be judged. In order to prevent the miners from being whipped by his own captain, he often rushed ahead of his own captain. Before that, whip those miners first.
"My whipping is very measured. Although it looks miserable on the surface, it actually retains power..."
After hearing this explanation, the miners below looked at each other.
Soon, people who had been beaten by him came forward to speak out.
"Now that I think about it, being beaten by this guy doesn't seem as painful as being beaten by others."
"And the injury heals quickly."
"It seems that it is indeed like this."
The fat white bear soldier breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he should be able to pass the test.
"No, don't be deceived by him."
Just then, someone shouted.
Everyone looked over and saw a young miner with scars on his face. He also had a pair of rabbit ears on his head, but his left ear was already half-cut. This was the result of being tortured in the mine.
The young man with half-rabbit ears pointed at the fat white bear soldier and asked: "You said you didn't want us to be whipped by Riddle, so you whipped us. However, I saw it several times. Riddle was not around at all, but But you still whip us and insult us for no reason."
The young man with half-rabbit ears turned around and said to his companions: "It can be seen that this guy enjoys torturing us. Now he only says this to gain sympathy. As for before, why did he keep his hands during the whipping process? , maybe they did it just to torture us for a longer time and to avoid beating us to death directly!"
This statement was well-founded and was immediately recognized by the miners.
"No, that's not the case. I did that because..."
"Time to defend!"
The black-armored shield guard interrupted him. The fat white bear soldier looked desperate. He was trembling and did not dare to speak anymore because he had just seen the miserable situation of those who continued to speak after the time was up.
During the voting time, a small number of people voted for him to avoid death, but more people still voted to execute him. The minority obeyed the majority, and the final trial result was placed in front of the three jurors.
Bozhuokas was silent, and Yelena seemed to be thinking about something without speaking. Wu Ke frowned, looked at the miners, and then at the fat white bear soldier who looked at him pitifully. After thinking for a while, he said: "I have objections to this result."
Below, the miners started to make some noise, but due to the grace of saving their lives and the power of creating the ice platform themselves, these people did not dare to speak loudly.
"Just now, I saw that you had something else to say, but because the defense time was up, you didn't say it..."
The fat white bear soldier nodded quickly.
"I suggest that this person finish his sentence. What do you two think?"
Wu Ke asked the two people next to him who had cushions under their buttocks.
"Seconded."
Bodrokasti had no objection.
Yelena thought for a moment and hummed.
The jury judge voted three times, and the fat white bear soldier was given extra time for his defense.
"You only have one last chance. If you still can't convince them, the result may be regrettable!"
Wu Ke made it clear to the other party. The fat white bear soldier was shocked. He took a deep breath and spoke again.
"The guards at the mine are not allowed to have sympathy for the infected people in the mine..."
The fat white bear soldier's voice was very low, stating the most basic requirements of the Ursus soldiers stationed in the mine.
"Once people who sympathize with miners are found, those people may be turned into new miners..."
"All new recruits who come to the mine will be sent out to personally execute those infected who have drawn black lots during the annual drawing of lots..."
"I don't want to kill people, but I don't want to be turned into a miner, so I can only brutally whip and abuse the people in the mine on weekdays. Only in this way will everyone believe that I am not a person who sympathizes with the infected, and because Only in this way, whenever it is my turn to execute infected people, I will not be questioned or suspected when I ask for sick leave..."
After hearing what the fat white bear soldier said, the miners were a little stunned. They didn't expect that the real situation would be like this. The other party seemed to be a good person? !
"No, although your words seem to sympathize with the infected and the miners in the mines, in essence you just don't want to stain your hands with the blood of the infected. You are just doing it for yourself!"
Bodrokas immediately heard the essence of the other party's words and pointed it out directly.
The fat white bear soldier gritted his teeth and did not deny Bozhuo Kasti's words. He told the truth: "Yes, I don't sympathize with others. I just don't want to be stained with blood because I have hemophobia."
"ha?"
This was sent by the host's black armored shield guard.
"This is a really outrageous explanation. An Ursus soldier would actually say that he has hemophobia?"
"No, this should be said on the other hand, why on earth would a guy with hemophobia join Ursus' army?
This is unreasonable. You must know that the Ursus Empire is often at war. Joining the army means that you will see blood at any time! "
Some shield guards raised their doubts, and everyone looked at the fat white bear soldier on the stage who could already be called the disgrace of Ursus' army, waiting for his explanation.
"Joining the army is because I want to fill my stomach and don't want to starve to death..."
The fat white bear soldier told his story this time. He was once a villager in a small village on the edge of the snowfield in the north.
In the winter six years ago, a group of thieves attacked their village. The leader was an infected person who could manipulate ice. The villagers could not resist and were robbed of most of their food. They had no food rations. They can only flee to the city...
"That winter was very cold, and no one in the city wanted to hire us who only knew how to farm and work hard. There were originally more than 400 people in the village who fled, but after arriving in the city, only more than 100 were left. Those who disappeared, either Either he froze to death on the road, or he gradually starved to death when he came to the city."
"Just when we were about to despair, we found a way out. At that time, the city happened to be recruiting a group of city guards, but everyone knew that they were recruiting some to be sent to guard the mines in the snowy fields. Temporary workers for infected people.
This is hard work, and there is a risk of infection. No one wants to be sent to the real city guard, so they spend money to recruit some poor people to replace themselves. We have no choice. That is our only way to survive. After many twists and turns, I came here. "
Well, this is not an Ursus soldier at all, but a village farmer who has no way of living and joined the army in order not to starve or freeze to death.
"what to do?"
The infected miners didn't know what to do. This person couldn't be called a good person, but he couldn't be called a bad person either. He was just an ordinary person.
"I swear, when I saw your situation, I was afraid of becoming one of you.
In fact, I really sympathize with you. I often deliberately throw away some food that I only eat a small part of. Someone of you should have picked it up and eaten it..."
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