When Arthur said this, he was not only looking at the congressmen, but also at the audience below who were qualified to be here, and he seemed to be staring at everyone in Hope City.
Finally, his gaze returned to Gao Xi and the others, and he slowly spoke:
"This is my plan for today. You should have noticed that there is no part about your vote. Because...
“No matter what the outcome of this motion is, I will complete this trial. It’s nothing more than the difference between procedural justice and outcome justice.
“In addition, I need to remind you that procedural justice follows the laws of the Human Alliance, but outcome justice depends on my personal subjective judgment.
"So everyone, it's time to vote. There are so many things waiting to be done."
“…”
The wordless silence seemed to have solidified into a huge rock named Arthur that pressed down on everyone's chest, making it impossible for them to breathe. It seemed that even controlling their bodies had become a luxury.
The lawmakers understood one fact: they had lost, and they had lost from the very beginning.
However, none of the ten people present could figure out why there was such a superpower? Why did he have the authority? Why did he appear at such an opportune time?
Everything seemed to be a natural progression, and in hindsight it seemed like a complete coincidence.
Without the reputation accumulated from that battle, there would not have been the awarding ceremony that was like training a dog.
Without the investiture ceremony, the prestige of the parliamentarians would not have begun to collapse, and Arthur would not have quickly gained the right to speak.
And if he didn't have a say, they wouldn't be so passive today.
All we can say is that everything is a coincidence, or maybe everything is being controlled by an invisible big hand, just like a ball of silk thread has grown out of everyone's body, flying straight into the boundless space, being grasped and controlled by some big hand.
In the suffocating silence, Arthur said impatiently:
"Everyone, move."
Then, in the endless silence, a sigh finally broke out:
"I object."
"[Objection], recorded."
The first one who couldn't hold it anymore was Gao Xi, who was left standing there. She completely lost the courage to fight with the Speaker in front of her. Her desperate spirit collapsed and she could no longer raise her head to look at the other party.
The moment she chose to oppose the proposal, a sense of relief swept through her body, but it also seemed to take away all her bones, leaving her leaning limply on the high-back chair.
With Gao Xi's demonstration, the remaining three people were no longer able to fight back. Since the judgment was coming, let it come. It would not be necessary to bury them in the field for a few old guys.
"I object."
"be opposed to."
"be opposed to."
The three of them chose to surrender almost at the same time, so the number of votes against reached "five", while the number of votes in favor was still "four" from the Changsheng faction.
"The counting is over. All votes are valid. There are four votes in favor and five votes against. The proposal is rejected."
A cold mechanical sound rang out, and then disappeared into the auditorium along with the sound of electricity.
The main engine of the spacecraft that was briefly summoned by Vaughn has completed its mission, and all the equipment in the auditorium has returned to normal.
Arthur looked at the five people who had failed in their last attempt, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Do you have any backup plans? If not..."
He left the sentence unsaid, then turned to look at "Wanjuan" who was waiting for the result below and nodded slightly.
The AI below immediately received Arthur's signal, and she said solemnly in the cold voice of AI:
"The court is in session."
“Bang!”
The crisp sound of snapping fingers resounded throughout the auditorium, and everything in it seemed to lose the constraints of the planet beneath their feet at this moment and began to move under the influence of another non-contact force.
The long table on the stage was neatly broken into three parts in the middle. One part with five members of the Immortality Faction rotated to the left, and the other part with five members of the Heritage Faction rotated to the right. The part with Arthur and the one beside him moved horizontally backwards, forming the layout of a court, and all the people below seamlessly changed from spectators to members of the gallery.
Arthur waved his hand, and the five members of the Heritage Faction disappeared to the edge of the stage along with their chairs:
"The next one is yours."
On the other side, the chairs in several empty seats in the audience flew up one by one, filling the vacancies left by the five of them.
As the tables and chairs in the auditorium flew around, the system sound that had just disappeared reappeared in the auditorium, echoing in everyone's ears:
"Detected that the auxiliary machine [Taraxacum-03-07] was reconnected, and the connection was successful.
"Permissions are being updated. Update completed.
"Authorization successful, the court is valid."
And below, "Wanjuan" is not idle either.
She rolled up her left sleeve with her right hand, revealing fair skin that was inconsistent with her age.
She clenched her fist tightly, and a smooth crack appeared on the inside of her left forearm, revealing the many original items inside to Wencheng who was standing beside her.
This is a location on the artificial intelligence carrier terminal that integrates many interfaces.
Wan Juan reached out and took one of the five storage devices lined up side by side and handed it to Wen Cheng:
"Here's the evidence you need."
After saying that, she was the first to step onto the bench and sat in the judge's seat, while Arthur sat in the clerk's seat, seemingly recording everything as a bystander.
Wencheng took the seemingly heavy storage device and had already made some guesses about the contents inside.
Before he lost his memory, he had accidentally seen one of the videos, but when he wanted to download or record it separately, the file disappeared mysteriously, as if everything was just a dream.
Now it seems that the person who gave me the hint at that time should be this "Wanjuan", but my ability did not seem to meet the other party's expectations, so I unilaterally terminated the cooperation.
While thinking, Wencheng had already sat in the plaintiff's seat. After more than ten years, he finally looked at the five congressmen in front of him on an equal footing again.
"Please allow me to present the evidence first."
Wencheng suppressed the excitement in his heart and used the last bit of his rationality to maintain the proper procedure.
The memory was inserted into the reading device, and under the remote control of "Wanjuan", the multiple encrypted data began to be slowly decoded.
The long reading was like a countdown to the death penalty, making the five congressmen feel suffocated.
Finally, Yang Suyan could no longer endure what he had experienced. He glared at Arthur, who was sitting in the secretary's seat, and roared loudly:
"Arthur! You are blaspheming the law! You want to dismantle the parliament, you want to be a dictator! You are a sinner of mankind, and you are reversing history!"
The blond man sitting in the clerk's seat did not show any anger when he heard this, nor did he intend to refute. He looked at Yang Suyan and the other councillors who thought the same, and spread his hands:
"Of course we have to reverse the car. If you continue to drive this car, it will fall off the cliff."
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