Qinghe District's Chief Judge Yan Shicheng stared at the "Indentured Servitude Contract" that was almost stuck to his face, and the muscles on his scarred face twitched.

His movement speed was already fast, but he was still a step too slow. That old man had already signed the person!

It was not easy to come across such a young man with great potential.

The Chief Judge slammed the table.

"Tear—"

A crisp sound echoed in the small room!

A red arc of electricity burst out of thin air, and the contract was instantly torn to pieces.

This scene made Gu Shen vaguely feel a tingling sensation on his scalp. Sure enough, this Chief Judge was also a powerful transcendent. He had personally witnessed the scene of "Mr. Tree" sealing A-009. Judging from the confrontational appearance of these two, they should have been "enemies" for many years.

Gu Shen speculated that the strength of this Chief Judge should be on par with Mr. Tree.

Mr. Tree was quite magnanimous and casually waved his hand. "It's just a copy, tear it up."

"Zhou JiRen!" The Chief Judge sternly reprimanded, "Dare you have a fair duel with me and consider these tricks as skills!"

Zhou JiRen.

So Mr. Tree's name was Zhou JiRen... Gu Shen scratched his head and suddenly felt a strange familiarity with this name.

"Let's not talk about each other. I'll leave and you'll come right after." Mr. Tree lazily leaned back and smiled, "Going to Dateng City overnight to interrogate Gu Shen, is not a righteous act, right? You have your tricks, and I have my ways. Let's see who's better. After all, you have lost to me more than once, and you should be used to it, right?"

The Chief Judge's cheekbones twitched.

"You should be aware of what the deaths of those two transcendent beings on the rooftop last night mean." He suddenly looked at Gu Shen and changed the subject, "Based on the charge of transcendent losing control, I can now directly send him to prison."

Gu Shen: ???

Hey hey hey... When immortals fight, they suffer. This is not the first time, right!

"Is that so?" Zhongshan Fu, the old man in the Zhongshan suit, remained calm and indifferent, "You and I both know that the awakening of transcendent abilities is an uncontrollable event... This young man has shown great potential. Out of humanitarianism, the Federation should forgive him."

"Humanitarianism? I am discussing the Federation's laws with you!" The Chief Judge stood his ground, "According to Article 13 of the Security Law, I can have someone strictly monitor him for twenty-four hours and take restrictive measures if necessary!"

"Gu Shen acted in self-defense, at most it can be considered excessive defense."

"Gu Shen's killing is an established fact. The trial of this case needs to be determined by the prison and the transcendent court based on the details... Old man, you should know that your adjudication office only has the authority to handle transcendent events." The Chief Judge had the upper hand and looked proudly at his old opponent.

"Perhaps... you're right."

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Tree shrugged and gave up the argument. At the same time, a cunning smile appeared on his lips.

Zhou JiRen looked at Gu Shen with regret and said, "Look... this is the true face of the prison. Coercion, deceit, and feeling like an object. Gu Shen, if you have another chance, would you really choose to join them?"

The Chief Judge's expression changed.

In the previous debate, he instinctively attacked his opponent and had already forgotten his original intention.

Gu Shen's face turned pale, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

At this moment, he only cared about one thing. If what the Chief Judge said was true... what kind of fate would await him?

"If there is no 'Pardon Order,' this villain will probably succeed!"

Mr. Tree looked at the tense expression on the young man's face and suddenly burst into laughter. He patted Gu Shen's shoulder forcefully and said, "Relax, you are a genius that the Adjudication Office has fought hard to get. How could they just sit back and do nothing?"

"Pardon Order?"

Not only Gu Shen was stunned, even the Chief Judge was also stunned for a moment.

A rectangular long order carved with a golden ear of wheat was taken out by Mr. Tree and once again hung in front of Yan Shicheng. "Hey hey hey, be careful, this is not a copy this time. It's just one piece, don't break it... Do you know how difficult it is to get a Pardon Order from the Parliament?"

The Chief Judge looked at the golden ear of wheat token, then looked at Zhou JiRen.

At this moment, he opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

He knew too well... how difficult it was to obtain a Pardon Order...

There were only twenty seats in the East Continents Parliament. To obtain a Pardon Order, at least one member had to initiate a guarantee with their own reputation, and the entire East Continents Parliament had to vote, with more than half in favor, in order to obtain this Pardon Order.

This meant that the name "Gu Shen" had already been heard by the big shots of the East Continents Parliament.

The issuance of the Pardon Order meant that the "big shots" at the top of the East Continents had forgiven this young man.

Perhaps it was because of the face of one of them.

But no matter what the reason was... this case had truly come to an end.

Was it worth it for this young man?

The Chief Judge's expression became solemn. He first looked at Zhou JiRen with confusion, then slowly turned into respect. Although he couldn't understand, Zhou JiRen had truly gone all out to snatch this person.

He didn't lose unjustly.

Gu Shen was still in a daze. He had been alive for more than ten years, and he had never heard of what a Pardon Order was... but he could vaguely judge from the Chief Judge's expression that it was something extraordinary.

Seeing the Chief Judge's stance of giving up, Gu Shen became nervous... Did it work? Did it work?The scattered documents were collected one by one by Yan ShiCheng, the stacked papers lightly shaking the table. Someone let out a long sigh, the smoke-filled battle had finally come to an end.

Gu Shen felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Had he successfully redeemed himself?

An old man who had won the battle was grinning from ear to ear, his arms stiff from holding up the amnesty order in front of the other party, knowingly asking, "Haven't you had enough of it? I'm going to take it back soon."

"Get out."

The judge, with a full face of black lines, pushed away the heavy wheat ear token impatiently.

He said meaningfully, "Gu Shen, from now on, you are free."

He paused.

"And... don't take those previous words to heart." Yan ShiCheng stood up, holding the documents in his arms. The slightly hunched back of the old man could be as straight as a sword. He formally and solemnly congratulated, "Congratulations on joining the Tribunal. I hope that one day you can shine... Although we just brushed past each other today, we will eventually become comrades in arms in the future."

Zhou JiRen squinted his eyes and smiled faintly. He reached out a hand and patted Gu Shen on the back from behind.

Gu Shen quickly stood up and shook hands with the judge.

After shaking hands.

The judge hesitated for a moment, but eventually turned his head and spoke seriously to his old opponent, "To use the amnesty order for a newcomer. It's just like you, always bold... But the Tribunal is not peaceful, Zhu Wang and his group have been eyeing your position, there will be a lot of controversy in the council, you must be careful."

Mr. Shu nodded with a smile.

...

...

The door of the interrogation room opened.

Wei Shu, who had been waiting for a long time, perked up. After the surveillance was turned off, no one knew what the final result of this interrogation was.

Would Gu Shen be detained?

Although this young man was cunning and full of tricks, Wei Shu hoped that he could get a good result... Wei Shu knew very well that once detained by the prison, life would not be easy.

But Yan ShiCheng, the judge of Qinghe District, was notoriously cold and ruthless, hailed as the iron wall of East Continents' law. With him personally handling this interrogation, the result... might be severe.

But unexpectedly.

When the judge left the interrogation room, there was a faint smile on his terrifyingly scarred face.

Although it was only for a moment and quickly returned to indifference, Wei Shu was certain he had not seen wrong.

The usually cold-faced judge... actually smiled?

"Let's go."

The old man with a straight back adjusted his wide-brimmed hat, didn't look back before leaving, and only said this one word, leading the grand jury away.

This one word, "go."

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Was the final result of this interrogation—

Gu Shen, not guilty!