Sword Rankers
Final Judgment (4)

The atmosphere was quiet for a moment after the explosion of Ran's screams.

The judge, who had almost slipped out of the chair, restored his position. He cleared his throat slightly and said, "Thank you for the answer, but please don't be so excited as before."

Ran only realized what he was doing, at the moment the conference was broadcast outside, there were probably hundreds of people who saw him shouting loudly to appear crying.

Asem! It's really shameful. I must look like a little boy whining. Ran muttered in his heart.

Ran's face turned crimson due to the sudden attack of embarrassment he received.

The judge cleared his throat before speaking, "Ehem... Well, from her reaction, I can tell that you guys aren't friends at all."

The perpetrators especially Michael immediately panicked to hear the judge's words, Michael spoke stammeringly, "Sir! Th-that's... Ummmmm... Be-Handle! Aye! Kidding, right Ran? Come on, don't be like that." Michael blinked one eye while forcing a smile.

Although Michael smiled, he let out a threatening aura, he deliberately turned his back on the judge so that he could not be seen by the judge, in front of Ran he put on a look that looked annoyed as if saying, "Woi boy! Answer yes or I'll beat you up!"

But, Ran was not afraid at all, his adrenaline increased rapidly, he even felt he could beat Michael in a direct fight.

I don't know what else got into me? It feels, just like that time. I'm not afraid of Michael. Ran muttered in his heart, while thinking about this day where he opposed Michael for the first time in his short life.

"What's up, Michael? Eyes hurt? Why glare?" Ran ignores Michael's threats, instead challenging Michael with provocative questions.

Michael was very surprised, his eyes were increasingly bulging until it looked like it was going out, the veins on his face were drawn so tight that it seemed clear without the need to see it up close.

Ran was satisfied to see Michael's expression, and again provoked him, "Oh my goodness Michael, what's wrong with your eyes? Looks so red, do you need eye medication? I'm sorry but I didn't bring any eye medication, if anything, I didn't intend to give it to you." Ran smiled mockingly like he was imitating Farizi's supervisor.

Everyone in the room was very surprised, supervisor Farizi laughed satisfied to hear Ran's provocation, the judge looked at Ran in great astonishment.

And even the burly man beside Ran was very surprised to see Ran provoking Michael. In the man's heart, he muttered, "What's wrong with this child? Though according to the daily observation reports, he almost always avoids problems with Michael."

The patience of Michael immediately broke, he intends to jump out of his chair and hit Ran. However, Michael's subordinates, who were aware of Michael's intentions, stopped him immediately when Michael just stood up from his chair.

Relax, friend.

Don't take the provocation, we need to calm down.

Boss, if you beat him up right now here, we're gonna have more trouble.

Hold it a little

Michael who was originally willing to go berserk became stuck in the chair because of his friends.

The judge who saw it cleared his throat and warned, "Please sit back, don't make a fuss because I won't tolerate it more."

Hearing the Judge's warning, inevitably Michael sat back down while grunting an annoyed, on his face, still clearly visible anger. He seemed to be able to pounce and eat Ran whenever he wanted.

When things got calmer, the judge spoke up again, "Well, I don't need any other information, from their reaction, I already know that they are not friends, worse still, they are, they're enemies maybe?"

"Really sir! Me and them are enemies, they always harass and insult me!" Unsolicited, Ran immediately responded to the judge's reply quickly.

"All right, I understand." The judge calmed Ran who kept insistent on getting out all the bad behavior of his classmates.

Ran's classmates were getting angry, their faces turned crimson, especially Michael who gritted his teeth, How dare that child! Michael's heart in his heart.

The female lawyer on the side of the perpetrator seemed to be thinking hard about how to reverse the current situation.

Suddenly, the lawyer recalled something, one little missed thing, that had already appeared in this trial, the lawyer smiled as he muttered, That's it!

Just before the judge asked Ran for a testimony, the woman's lawyer raised her hand and shouted, "I object!"

All stunned because of the woman's lawyer, the judge who was originally going to ask about Ran's testimony became delayed.

The judge asked the lawyer, "What makes you object?"

The woman's lawyer smiled cunningly before replying, "Hmm... Sir! I remember something about this boy, do you remember the testimony of son Bardolf who said that Mr. Aji was kind to his protege?"

"Yes, I still remember it."

"Well, what a coincidence, the student who got special treatment from Mr. Aji is here."

Deg Ran was so surprised, he realized what the plan of the woman was, Cih! So that's what he's planning

The judge became interested in the lawyer's words, "Hmm... Who's she?"

The lawyer smiled widely, his expression looking so happy that it looked scary, "Yes! He's right here! He is Ran Corbin standing right in front of you! He is a student who receives special treatment from Mr. Aji. He was a disciple who became a trigger for envy from the disciples because of the special treatment he got!"

The atmosphere again became tense, everyone in the room including Mr. Aji was very surprised.

Aware of this opportunity, all of Ran's classmates attacked Ran.

"Really! I've seen him allowed into the test room first."

"I've also seen him given a lot of food!"

"Sorry in the teacher's room, I saw Ran receive a paper! That must be a cheat sheet for the test! Means the value of Ran all this time is cheating!"

"Fraud? He must be expelled!"

The screams of the disciples filled the entire room, muffling the voices of the judges who tried to stop them.

Supervisor Farizi was shocked and at once calm by this situation, as if this was the worst situation he had expected. Smiling wryly, Farizi's laughter muttered, It looks like I'm forced to use that.

Meanwhile Ran, he felt very upset and angry about this situation, all the accusations made against him, were not entirely wrong, but there were some things that were too exaggerated.

I was let into the test room first, because you guys always bother me to know! Much food? I only received a bar of chocolate, are you jealous just for a bar of chocolate? You can buy it yourself. The cheat sheet? Fucking shit! All my grades are purely learning results to sleep deprivation know! The paper given by Mr. Aji was even my test results that can score 100 knows!

Mr. Aji who was initially silent, became very drunk. It all has to do with itself. Although not all the accusations are true, but he did give Ran more attention than other students.

The situation is getting uncontrollable, the students are getting crazy and making up things that are very unreasonable. Even the judge could no longer silence them.

Supervisor Farizi crossed his arms and took a breath, then then, "DIAMMMMM!!!!", he shouted extremely loudly, his sound waves to the point of flying all the stationery in front of the table, and then, "DIAMMMMMMM!!!!!", he shouted very loudly, and there were even some people who were thrown backwards.

The situation became quiet, the students who initially shouted while pointing at Ran, managed to be calmed down with only 1 sentence from the supervisor.

A few seconds later, Farizi's supervisor spoke, "Haaaaa~ Finally calmed down as well. Cih, well, because it seems like we have a hard time trusting anyone. I'd like to propose one thing, Judge. Eh? You why?"

"Urkkkk, don't feel that ordinary, it's because it's wrong you know!"

"Hehe forgive me, I was a little emotional earlier."

The judge, who initially sat down at the table, was now in a messy situation due to the sound waves from Farizi's supervisor. He was pushed down, all his clothes were in a mess, and he was covered with papers that were originally on the table.

Some of Farizi's fellow supervisors direct the initiative of assisting the judge.

"Are you okay, judge?" Said a woman with shoulder-length black hair who had been sitting next to Farizi's supervisor, helping the judge to wake up

"I'm sorry my boss, judge" said a man with curly hair and a tired face, picking up the paper.

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After the judge sat on the chair back, he asked Farizi's supervisor, "Ehem, alright, superintendent Farizi, what is your proposal regarding this matter?"

Supervisor Farizi replied as he reached into the bag inside his suit, "Yah~ I would like to propose to use a research result from the Ranker equipment division, this is a research that has been done for quite a long time, but it was delayed steadily due to more funds focused on weaponry. It's a device that can make a tongue can't lie, we call it, "Tongue-binding candy" Farizi's supervisor took out a purple candy, tightly wrapped in clear plastic.

Everyone was surprised back.

Ran was confused by the first thing he met, What is it? I heard that thing for the first time.

The lawyer lady on the other side was terrified when she saw the candy, Damn it! I just found out there's such a thing.

While Farizi's colleagues looked at Farizi with doubtful gazes, sir, is that really necessary.

The judge looked at the candy hesitantly, "I've only seen it for the first time, can it really make someone tell the truth?"

"God! Don't underestimate this candy. When put in the mouth, half of this candy will be melted and absorbed into the tongue, and the other half will be absorbed throughout the body. The way it works, when someone talks a lie, his heart rate will be a little different because he is afraid that his lie will be discovered, and this candy will detect the heartbeat accurately, so if the person who eats it lies, the tongue of the person will become stiff and even twisted. So someone won't be able to tell a lie"

The judge still hesitated.

Farizi again said, "Here you are, sir, just practice it. Well Ran, eat this."

Ran felt a little hesitant when he saw the candy, in his heart he muttered, Is this safe?

Supervisor Farizi smiled, then tried to calm Ran down, "No need to fear Ran."

Ran still hesitates to try it.

Seeing Ran's doubt, the female lawyer across the street came up with an idea.

The woman's lawyer kicked the table and shouted, "Wait! Don't eat it yet."

Superintendent Farizi clicked his tongue, Ck, what else he wanted.

The woman's lawyer put her face on her cheek and said, "I want to ask, is the candy safe? Are there any side effects or anything like that? Please answer honestly, it's ironic that you lie while holding candy to make people honest."

Supervisory Glup Farizi gulped his saliva, Cih! It seems he realized.

Supervisor Farizi was silent for a while to answer him, hesitating whether to be honest or not.

The female Overseer smiled even wider, "What's the matter? Are there any dangerous side effects?"

Supervisor Farizi finally gave up on trying to lie, "Cih, alright, yes! There are some side effects, but they are not too severe. The effect is only the tongue of the one who eats it will feel stiff and a little sore."

"Hmm~ Is there again?" The lawyer asked back with a sly smile.

"And yahhh, there are some whose bodies feel a little paralyzed in a few days. But there are only 4 out of 10 people who experience paralysis. And since everything is a success, no one can lie while eating this candy."

The woman's lawyer, smiling he said kindly, "So~ Thank you for your honesty."

Supervisor Farizi was upset because of her smile, she felt ridiculed.

The woman's lawyer raised his hand and said to the judge, "°The judge's father, in my opinion, the candy is too dangerous, I don't agree if the candy is used."

The judge thought for a moment, a few seconds later, the judge said, "Hmm~ I think the candy sounds interesting, for me personally, I agree on the use of the candy."

Supervisor Farizi was happy when she heard that, on the contrary, the lawyer became scowled and annoyed.

"But!" The judge is not finished speaking.

The expression of Supervisor Farizi and the woman's lawyer came back serious.

The judge continued to speak, "Because of the side effects, I want there to be an agreement from the witness who will speak. Generally I don't care about the approval of the witness, but since the proposed witness is a teenager, I would like to ask for his approval first. So, Ran boy, do you want to use that candy for your testimony?"

Ran looked carefully at the candy.

Please, accept

Please, refuse