SWDnovel Chapter 397 Fabricating Evidence – Is This Really What We Do?
Chapter 397 Fabricating Evidence – Is This Really What We Do?
Chapter 397 Fabricating Evidence – Is This Really What We Do?
Broly was originally a neutral person, at most slightly biased towards his friend Aihara Enju, but after yesterday's online argument with a large group of haters, his current stance has completely shifted towards the Cursed Child.
While chatting online with Miss Nightingale, he leaned towards the views of the Cursed Child. He was currently telling her about Aihara Enju's excellent performance in the script of the school hero's story. Of course, this was only for external performances; he hadn't told this new acquaintance about the internal plot design.
"You and your friends are both brave people."
Tina commented that fighting Gastrea for her classmates and battling online trolls for her friends is something she finds very difficult to do.
"Tina, what are you doing?"
Just then, a person in a white coat walked into the room, frowned and asked a question as he looked at the girl who was happily pressing buttons on her phone.
"Ah, Professor Ayn Rand, I'm chatting with someone."
Tina quickly stood up to answer.
"other people?"
"A friend I met online yesterday."
"Stop doing such pointless things. Remember you're just a tool. Now, you have a mission: go and kill the people up here."
The man in the white coat didn't seem to care much. He handed her a document, which Tina took and nodded in reply, "I'm sorry, Professor, I will complete the mission."
As a mechanized initiator soldier of [NEXT], Tina Sprant's main job is not fighting Gastrea, but assassinating powerful and influential people in cities within human safe zones.
Simply put, it means working as an assassin. Whenever someone assigns a task to her organization, and the organization needs her to kill someone, then she has to go and kill.
Of course, the other Initiators in the organization were the same; they had long been used to this kind of thing.
However, Tina Sprant sometimes longs for the life of an ordinary girl, where she can go to school, make friends, and sleep in late occasionally without any problem.
"I have work to do now, so I'll stop here."
"it is good."
After finishing his online chat and exchanging a few words with some online trolls, Broly put his laptop away.
Where are you going?
When Rentaro Satomi saw the boy about to leave, he couldn't help but ask.
"Outside the city."
"what?"
"Catch Gastrea."
"Huh?!"
Rentaro Satomi was somewhat surprised, and after asking, he learned that it was Dr. Sumire Muroto who was making the boy do chores.
Upon learning that the other party possessed the ability to capture Gastrea alive, she immediately used her status as the one being pursued to ask the boy to do so.
"That guy really knows how to make you do chores."
The boy stood up for the boy.
"It's okay, if she's happy, I'm happy too."
Broly didn't see anything wrong with being bossed around.
Sumire Muroto is one of the more likely targets he's encountered in this world to agree to become his wife.
"Be careful, and don't let the doctor do anything outrageous."
Rentaro Satomi wasn't worried about the boy's safety, but rather about Sumire Muroto's concern about the boy's potential actions after catching live Gastrea.
"What's outrageous? Treating someone to a meal isn't outrageous, is it?"
"Hey, she wants to treat you to something?"
"Um."
"May I ask what you're planning to eat?"
Rentaro Satomi had a bad feeling.
Gastrea.
Sure enough, the answer he got from Broly was terrible.
"Gastrul meat, once cooked, will not affect the health of the eater. On the contrary, some Gastrul meats are even tastier than common chicken, duck, beef, lamb, pork, and fish."
Dr. Sumire Muroto, the world's number one gastrulous gourmet, was very dissatisfied with the statement made by Rentaro Satomi, who had come along, that gastrulous meat was harmful.
She was very happy after she cooked a pot of red wine stewed Hammer Dragon meat and saw the Saiyan boy take it and eat it without hesitation.
"See that? Brolydo likes to eat."
"It tastes good, Satomi, would you like to try some?"
Upon seeing the bizarre dish the boy offered, Rentaro Satomi quickly waved his hand, refusing the brightly colored food.
He stood there watching the two of them devour a large pot of food made from Stage 4 Hammer Dragon meat.
The hammer dragon that was captured from outside the city is now being kept in an icehouse under hibernation anesthesia.
In order to study live gastrulation, Sumire Muroto used her connections to obtain a large-scale ice storage facility for experiments.
The female doctor, who initially rejected the Saiyan boy's advances, has now undergone a significant reversal in her attitude towards Broly.
A little worried, Rentaro Satomi followed along. He had just witnessed Sumire Muroto wiping the sauce off the Saiyan boy's lips and then eating it, her attitude exactly like that of someone treating a boyfriend.
However, it's hard to say whether the girl was just happy to have obtained a live gastrulation animal, this valuable research material, and that's why she deliberately tried to please the boy.
In short, judging from the current situation, it seems only a matter of time before she forgets her long-dead fiancé (who was once engaged to her) and goes to Broly's Crystal Palace to become the Saiyan boy's wife.
In the evening, Satomi Rentaro picked up Aihara Enju from school and took the girl to the supermarket to buy a lot of normal ingredients before heading to Muroto Sumire's new research institute.
"Rentaro, why did you suddenly decide to treat Dr. Muroto to a big meal?"
Aihara Enju asked with some curiosity.
"I did this to save her from her deviant pica, and to help Dr. Muroto rediscover the deliciousness of normal food!"
The boy, dressed in a pink apron and looking eager to show off his skills, attracted Broly, who was helping with safety work, and made him look forward to tonight's food.
But this anticipation ended in the evening after a news program aired.
"Tonight, we are honored to have Professor Kitajima, an expert in Gastrea research, to provide a detailed analysis of the recent Gastrea invasion on campus..."
This is a news program that interviews experts remotely.
"Thank you. As we all know, Gastrea absolutely hate the smell of bischutium. Our Tokyo Safety Zone, as well as other safety zones, were only able to be successfully established because of the bischutium boundary markers. Logically speaking, the possibility of Gastrea invading the city is extremely small..."
A well-dressed man sits in front of a video, speaking eloquently on a television news interview, explaining to the public the insulating properties of chromium against gastrulation.
"Therefore, this invasion could be a man-made disaster."
"Oh, is that how it is?"
The host, feigning surprise, then followed up with the question: "So, Professor Bei Dao, who do you think is the culprit behind this disaster?"
"It's hard to say, but based on the principle that those who benefit the most are the most suspicious, whoever benefits the most from this matter is the most likely to be the prime suspect."
"Professor Beidao's words are truly thought-provoking. However, according to our investigation, the Gastrula method has also gained considerable public support due to this incident."
Professor Beidao, are you implying that the Holy Emperor, who advocated the Gastan method, also played a dishonorable role in this?
The host appears to be questioning, but is actually guiding the audience to think more deeply about conspiracy theories.
"I wouldn't dare to make malicious speculations about His Majesty the Holy Emperor; I merely suggested the possibility of Gastrea appearing in city schools."
"Who knows, maybe that cursed child was captured from outside, deliberately placed in the school, and then stepped forward to be a hero..."
On television, Professor Kitajima, who was being interviewed via video, chuckled, while in front of the television, Enju Aihara was already starting to panic.
"After all, that cursed child saved the teachers and students of that school. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for Professor Kitajima to make such unfounded speculations?"
The host then asked.
"I am not making baseless speculations. In fact, I am very concerned about this Gastrea invasion incident. I have also hired some police agencies through some personal connections to investigate the incident. Now I have some information that can barely be used as evidence."
"Professor Bei Dao, could you please share with us what you call evidence and intelligence?"
"That won't do. The official conclusion hasn't been reached yet; how can I presume to make that decision?"
This suggestive statement, implying that he possessed some kind of evidence to prove the Gastrea invasion was a man-made disaster, made Broly and his associates, the instigators, somewhat uneasy.
"Broly, Satomi, are you sure you weren't discovered when you brought Gastrea into the city?"
Dr. Sumire Muroto asked the question.
"No one should have noticed."
Now that they've made it onto the news, Rentaro Satomi and Broly are starting to wonder if anyone actually saw them moving the Gastrea into the city a few days ago.
"If this is confirmed, it will be a serious matter."
On the television program, Professor Bei Dao found it difficult to refuse the host's request and agreed to share the evidence he possessed that could prove the Gastrea were brought into the city by humans during a live interview the following day.
"No, where is this person?"
Broly couldn't sit still any longer and stood up after eating half of his meal.
"What do you want to do?"
Rentaro Satomi asked quickly.
"Let's shut up those guys on TV forever before the Enju Hero's persona collapses."
The Saiyan boy was filled with murderous intent.
"Killing is wrong."
"Do you have a better idea?"
"If he has evidence, we might be able to destroy only the evidence he possesses."
Rentaro Satomi advised.
"Okay, but we need to find this person first."
Broly doesn't care, as long as the problem can be solved.
. . . .
Professor Kitajima's real name is Kitajima Koji.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
After finishing his remote news interview, he took a shower.
But when they came out, they found two uninvited guests had broken into their home.
"Tell me, where's the evidence?"
"What evidence?"
Kitajima Koji was kicked onto the table by a short, masked man, who grabbed his neck. The man was extremely strong, and Kitajima was no match for him.
"The evidence you gave in the news interview."
The tall, masked man lowered his voice and turned on his television, replaying his remote video interview from that evening, pausing it on the footage of his own final statement that he possessed so-called evidence.
Upon seeing this, Kitajima Koji swallowed hard, his hand trembling as he raised it and pointed towards the desk in the room.
"The evidence is in the second drawer from the right."
Rentaro Satomi walked over, opened the drawer, and took out a file folder.
Upon opening the file bag, I found it was an investigation document that recorded a smuggling route from outside the city through various checkpoints—it looked incredibly realistic.
"How did you obtain this information?"
"I have no idea."
"Um?"
Feeling the hand gripping his neck tighten, Kitajima Koji immediately begged for mercy: "Hero, spare my life! I really didn't know. Someone gave this to me."
Koji Kitajima revealed that someone had paid him to give a news interview, in order to steer public opinion in a direction unfavorable to the cursed child.
"These are the things they gave me, and because I wanted to appear on TV twice, I discussed with the media interviewing me about splitting the interviews into two live broadcasts."
With a mournful face, Kitajima Koji said that he never expected that less than half an hour after being interviewed on television, such a thug would come to his house.
"How is it?"
Broly looked at Rentaro Satomi.
"The so-called evidence is all fabricated."
The boy said.
"So, this guy actually has no evidence to prove that we brought the Gastrea in?"
Broly asked.
But the person being choked by him, Koji Kitajima, had already widened his eyes.
"No, although the evidence is fabricated, this fabricated evidence is just as real as the real one, and can prove that someone brought Gastrea into the city and dumped it in the school."
"So, this is slander against us?"
"It's not exactly slander, because the Gastrea that invaded the campus were indeed brought in by us."
Broly understood; they captured Gastrea, brought them into the city, and threw them into schools, thus creating the heroic image of Enju Aohara.
Meanwhile, someone fabricated evidence that the Gastrea were brought into the city by humans, attempting to frame the biggest beneficiary, Enju Aihara, as a self-directed scheme.
However, when the two are put together, it becomes a case of a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse.
"What should we do now?"
Broly asked.
Rentaro Satomi remained silent. The evidence was fabricated; no one had actually discovered them transporting Gastrea into the city. This showed that the person behind the fabricated evidence didn't care about the so-called truth at all.
In this situation, destroying a piece of fabricated evidence is completely useless, because even if you destroy that piece of evidence, the person behind it can still fabricate new evidence, and the person who wronged you knows better than you do about your injustice.
Rentaro Satomi thought for a while and realized that he had no way to solve the problem.
"What would you do?"
He asked the boy who was wearing a black hood over his head.
"I don't know how to solve the problem, but I know how to deal with the guy who created it."
"Don't kill me! I'm just doing this for money. I'm willing to give you all my money..."
Kitajima Koji trembled, his legs going weak with fear.
"Someone's coming."
Broly noticed someone approaching from outside and said...
"Click!"
The door was slammed open, and a masked figure burst in. The young man acted decisively, and then...
"Hey, Kisara-nee, what brings you here?"
A long sword rested on Rentaro Satomi's neck.
His defeat after a brief exchange allowed him to recognize the newcomer's identity.
"That's what I should be asking you. What are you doing here?"
The Tendo Agency, which only has five people in total, now has three gathered here.
"I came here to apprehend the people here and interrogate them about whether someone is hiring them to do this. I suspect it's related to the person behind Hiruko Kagetane."
Kisara Tendo was the first to state his purpose.
"We're here to destroy evidence..."
Rentaro Satomi explained why he and Broly had come here, and then shared with the girl what they had extracted from her.
Who hired you?
"If I confess honestly, can you please not kill me?"
"If you don't tell me soon, I'll throw you off the building."
Broly grabbed the man's leg and lifted him out the window.
This is an apartment building, seventeen stories high, which terrified the man.
"I'll talk, I'll talk..."
It didn't take much effort for the man to spill the beans and reveal the employer behind him.
The man in his hands was no longer of any value, and just as the Saiyan boy was about to casually throw him down...
"Hand this man over to me; I need to indict the witnesses."
Tendo Kisara said.
"it is good."
Broly had no objections and handed the man over to Tendo Kisara.
"You guys help catch them too."
Pulling out the radish brought out the mud, and one by one, the intermediaries were caught.
Koji Kitajima was not the only one who was employed, but he was the first Gastrea research expert to step forward and guide public opinion.
Once this person was caught, the trail led to the arrest of the key figures behind him and even further back in the media landscape.
These guys who were involved in online trolling were uncooperative at first, but after being taken to Sumire Muroto's new research institute, they woke up the Hammer Dragon that they had just captured that day.
When faced with the gastrulators' gaping maws and the threat of being fed to them, these people cried and begged to cooperate with the investigation.
The character of Shin Tendo, the "black glove" of the Tendo family, appears before Tendo Kisara. After learning that the Tendo family is the one manipulating public opinion, Tendo Kisara becomes incredibly energetic, as if he has been injected with adrenaline.
Just as Tendo Kisara was preparing to seize the opportunity and take down the Tendo family's Black Gloves that very night, a communication suddenly came from the Emperor's side.
"In the Pacific Ocean, satellites have detected the constellation Scorpius, which is swimming towards Tokyo Bay."
This is bad news.
(End of this chapter)