Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 1)

Chapter 136: The Third Card (1)

"It's correct to say that I am the distributor, dear Supreme Justice Court."

| swallowed the laughter that was about to rumble out of me.

As soon as I finished speaking, the audience was up in an uproar.

Cardinal Basel looked calm, but others seemed to be disconcerted by the sudden change.

It was, yet again, a natural reaction. It was the same as finding that a neighbor who had been sending out a good smile one day was found to be a drug offender in the next.

It was a little embarrassing for me to admit this, but my image within the Empire was good enough to penetrate the sky itself.

Perhaps thinking I had something up my sleeve, Ito Souta started to speak once more. However, what the public was waiting for were my next words, not his.

"It's too shameless to confess his sins so calmly. Supreme Judge, would you still need to listen? At present, the plaintiff and the defendant are clearly interchanged. Go ahead and arrest him as per the procedure..."

"Arrest as per procedure? I indeed distributed it, but I have never admitted my crimes with my mouth. You are still the defendant in this case."

"If it is not a sin to distribute drugs in a free city, then what is? If you say that trying to drive an innocent person as an offender is also a sin, you can say so."

"I'm saying that I have no idea what you're talking about now. This is what I'm saying, Ito Souta."

"It is as it is shown, Lee Kiyoung-ssi. Didn't you admit to your doings yourself?"

"What are you talking about, Souta-ssi?"

"If you are thinking of playing innocent..."

"The fantasy potion is not a drug."

Seeing his disconcerted expression, the urge to laugh only grew stronger. He had no idea what I was thinking, and what I was trying to do. Perhaps he thought I was only bluffing, as he had taken the necessary and cautious steps with the assumption that I had an ace.

"Dear Supreme Justice Court, the fantasy potions that I have distributed are not something that can be called drugs. I hope that you will allow me to clarify about the fantasy potions in circulation to the citizens of the Empire here."

"Certainly... I think this needs an explanation."

"Supreme Judge!"

"I will allow you to speak."

Very good.

"Most of Ito Souta's testimony is true. It is also true that I made a mental healing potion at the Cursed Shrine and actually made a fantasy potion deriving from the former. I also created with Yuno Kasugano, a new guild called Sora, and distributed potions through this. I haven't been able to confirm that it's being sold on the black market, but that is probably true as well."

"Please continue to testify."

"Of course, there are other testimonies that are not true. Saying that the Lindel terrorist incident was a fight between drug gangs and that Hiroyuki Kazuma was a member of the Kage Guild are all false. Of course, it is also false that the attempted assassination case was my own doing."

"Supreme Judge!"

"Be quiet for a moment, defendant. As the defendant said before, what the plaintiff will testify from now on is very important in this trial."

The Supreme Court Justice, who had maintained a good relationship with my side, was also hoping for us to win the trial. Seeing him cheering me on silently, I felt more confident.