Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 536 - 464 AI Court_2

Chapter 536: Chapter 464 AI Court_2

Ogai Mizuki had transformed from the vibrant young employee she was four years ago into a silent and disabled woman, living on a junkyard in the suburbs of Shangjing, maintaining her life by providing companionship to various Scavengers.

The court provided an Optical Camouflage Cloak for her to conceal her disabilities and appearance.

Behind the screen, her deformed eyeballs seemed to emit a cold light, sweeping across the faces of the media, the Hundred-eyes Demon, observers, Oi Fumihiro, and those four malicious thugs, all of whom showed no remorse, their eyes darting around uncertainly.

Nestor Corporation had given her the courage to stand here, promising justice, resources, and protection to all the underprivileged, and now was the time to deliver on that promise.

The defense team hired by Oi Fumihiro on the other side raised several questions, vigorously attacking the evidence presented by Ogai Mizuki.

In contrast, Ryota Shibasaki, the lawyer hired by Nestor Corporation for Ogai Mizuki, fought back resolutely.

Ryota Shibasaki spoke eloquently and unyieldingly, exuding confidence, leaving a deep impression on Xu Yang. Moreover, the evidence was overwhelmingly sufficient, including recordings, financial transactions of the hiring, and the retinal afterimage from Mineo Tarou’s eyes before his death, all materials sufficient to prove the facts and allowed Ryota Shibasaki to speak with profound assurance, not giving an inch.

The trial continued unabated, and faced with so much irrefutable evidence, a powerful force pressed down on Oi Fumihiro.

He wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead, although he had long ago spent a great deal of money on a new skin that did not sweat, he still felt uneasy.

The defeat of New Xisheng, the revenge of a little woman he had insulted years before, the countless hateful glares around him, and the inexplicably detailed evidence, all put tremendous psychological pressure on Oi Fumihiro.

He looked pleadingly at the team of lawyers he had hired, who returned helpless looks to him.

Oi Fumihiro gestured to give up entirely, willing to accept all conditions, just to end it all faster. After the downfall of New Xisheng, he had completely lost his influence and interest in life.

But when he heard the verdict, his face still turned ashen. He had secretly tried to bribe most of the acting judges in Shangjing before the trial, never imagining it would be decided by an AI judge, and so ruthlessly at that.

The Hundred-eyes Demon announced the result.

"The trial is over. The verdict is as follows:

Oi Fumihiro, deputy chief of the advertising department at New Xisheng Corporation, death penalty. Confiscation of all property.

The unemployed Sohei Kumagai, death penalty. Confiscation of all property.

Yuma ’Lightning’ of the Blade Gang, sentenced to 20 years of labor service. Confiscation of all property.

Sakai Hideichiro, an employee of Shima Saki Machine Repair Shop, sentenced to 20 years of labor service. Confiscation of all property.

The unemployed Tsujimura, sentenced to 25 years of labor service. Confiscation of all property.

From the above property, pay Ogai Mizuki compensation of 1,700,000, and to the family of Mineo Tarou, compensation of 2,000,000."

After the trial, Oi Fumihiro was left speechless; suddenly, the world began to make sense, completely different from what he had been taught in the first half of his life.

The thugs behind him screamed and shouted, immediately dragged away.

Ogai Mizuki sighed deeply; the money was enough for her to get a new face, a new body.

The day for counterattack and reckoning had arrived, something she had never imagined would come.

She had once thought Nestor Corporation to be brutal and evil, using nuclear weapons to end a war without hesitation. Now she figured it must have been to expedite the arrival of justice by a few weeks.

She was just a minor figure, so insignificant she couldn’t be any smaller, yet here she was receiving a just outcome; she had had nightmares without end, but tonight she could finally rest well. Ogai Mizuki secretly shed tears; life for her had entered a new phase, how regrettable that Mineo Tarou couldn’t see this moment.

After the interrogation ended, Ryota Shibasaki, the lawyer hired by Nestor Corporation, went outside for a break.

Xu Yang saw how formidable he had been earlier, righteous and stern, and went to chat with him.

"Excuse me," Xu Yang said, "you seemed much more formidable than the average lawyer."

"Pleased to meet you. It has been a while since I’ve had such a satisfying time slicing up the corporate dogs of Xisheng in the Divine Palace," Ryota Shibasaki laughed, "truly refreshing."

"You’ve always been engaged in similar work," Xu Yang instantly scanned all the information from the network.

Ryota Shibasaki, 34 years old, a senior practicing lawyer, affiliated with the Shangjing Taifeng Law Firm, specializes in labor contract disputes, workplace compensation, medical malpractice recognition, corporate litigation, etc., and excels at challenging major enterprises.

"Well, as a lawyer," Ryota Shibasaki said meaningfully, "you’ve got to have some conscience, some passion. The case just now was an easy one since the evidence was ample; that lady knew how to preserve records, to extract afterimages from her boyfriend’s retina, truly composed."

"It wasn’t her that found the material," Xu Yang knew the backstory, "it was saved by their division chief."

"What?" Ryota Shibasaki was surprised.

"The chief of the advertising department feared Oi Fumihiro’s rapid promotion might threaten his own position," Xu Yang explained, "so he had someone follow him around, including all his acts of malignancy, all comprehensively recorded and secretly archived in the intelligence department. So, if Oi Fumihiro ever became a threat to his position, he could counteract and take him down in one fell swoop."

Ryota Shibasaki laughed out loud, then shook his head bitterly.

"So the piles of archives in the Divine Palace are the source of the mass prosecution," he exclaimed, "in the end, it’s just corporate dogs biting each other, a division chief is nothing but a bug in the eyes of the department chief, too funny. Without this, the case couldn’t have been resolved, and the victim’s life would’ve remained the same."

"There are still many cases without decisive evidence," Xu Yang consoled, "we’ll need to hire legends and mercenaries from the city, issue them commissions to go collect the information. Afterwards, conscientious lawyers like yourself are needed to assist with the work, to represent those victims in court, a detail-oriented task that AI can’t handle."