6kv Chapter 53 Colluding with extraterrestrial demons? That's a crime that will get you anywhere!
Chapter 53 Colluding with extraterrestrial demons? That's a crime that will get you anywhere!
Inside the First Yama Palace, there was complete silence.
All the ghost officials stared intently at the water mirror, at the man who had crossed his legs and crushed a soda can.
"One copy is sent to Mount Ling, and the other is sent to the Western Hell."
Chu Jiang's voice still echoed in the main hall, languid, yet like a heavy hammer striking the hearts of every ghost.
"If they don't pay within three days, I'll go to their house myself and open a branch."
As soon as he finished speaking, King Qin Guang was the first to react.
He coughed loudly, breaking the deathly silence in the hall.
"Dean Chu, let's discuss opening a branch later."
He straightened his royal robes, his gaze sweeping over the group of traitorous ghost officials below, who were now limp as mud, before finally settling on Jin Chanzi's pale face.
"Right now, let's deal with these criminals who collude with foreign enemies and intend to overthrow my underworld."
"Your Majesty is right."
In the water mirror, Chu Jiang snapped his fingers.
"Li, the programmer, stop calculating and get to the paperwork."
"Understood, boss."
Li, the programmer, swiped across the tablet with a blank expression.
The water mirror in the center of the main hall changed again, no longer showing the magical legal education scene at the Three Crossings Ferry.
The screen then switched to a surveillance video.
The video is taken from a dark, blood-soaked secret space.
The nine hideous heads of the hydra Ash were facing a shadow draped in a cassock, and it let out a greedy laugh.
"Master Jin Chanzi, are you sure that Chu Jiang is really dead?"
"Absolutely true." Jin Chanzi's voice came from the shadows, carrying a hint of barely suppressed excitement. "I saw with my own eyes that his soul signal disappeared, and the highest level of access to the Underworld network is about to be granted. As long as your Blood God Virus can overwhelm his server, I can take the opportunity to turn the Ten Kings of Hell against him and hand over control of the Underworld."
"Alright!" Ash's nine heads nodded in unison. "After this is done, the faith of the Underworld will belong to your Mount Ling, and the souls will belong to our Blood God! It's a pleasure to cooperate!"
That's the end of the video.
The entire First Yama Palace was silent, even the sound of breathing disappeared.
All the ghosts' gazes, like knives, were fixed on Jin Chanzi.
"Disgrace! This is utter and complete disgrace!"
Jin Chanzi screamed instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"This image is a fake! It's a demonic illusion! I am a disciple of Buddhism, how could I associate with demons of hell!"
He pointed at the Chu River reflected in the water mirror, his voice hoarse and strained.
"It's you! It must be you, you demon, using your sorcery to fabricate evidence and frame me!"
"Oh?"
Chu Jiang picked at his ear, giving him an expression that said, "Your voice is too loud, I can't hear you."
"Forged?"
He smiled at the camera.
"Chief Prosecutor, it's time for you to start your shift."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure dressed in the robes of a former imperial censor, with a serious expression, walked out from the side hall behind King Qin Guang.
It was the newly appointed Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng, holding a black gavel in his hand, walked to the center of the hall.
He didn't even glance at Jin Chanzi, but simply bowed slightly to the water mirror.
"President Chi-ching. According to Article 3, Section 7 of the 'Regulations on the Admissibility of Audiovisual Evidence in the Underworld,' this video was automatically recorded by the 'Sky Eye Monitoring System' deployed by our institute. It uses double encryption of 'timestamp + causal chain,' so there is no possibility of any editing or tampering."
He paused, then spoke with a firm and powerful voice.
"The evidence is true and valid."
"Snapped!"
Wei Zheng slammed his gavel down.
"Quiet!"
An invisible force of law spread out.
Jin Chanzi swallowed back the explanation that was on the tip of his tongue, making a strange "clucking" sound in his throat, and his face turned as red as a pig's liver.
"Very good, professional."
In the water mirror, Chu Jiang nodded in satisfaction.
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, let's talk about the issue of conviction."
He leaned forward slightly, his gaze seemingly piercing through the water mirror, staring directly at Jin Chanzi.
"Colluding with external forces, spreading cyber viruses, damaging public facilities in the underworld, attempting to subvert the legitimate order of the underworld, and causing extremely negative social impact."
Chu Jiang spoke slowly, and with each word he uttered, Jin Chanzi's body trembled.
"I've been thinking about this for a long time, and there really isn't any crime in our current Underworld Laws that matches your outstanding behavior."
"So, I just drafted one on the spot."
He abruptly changed the subject, his voice taking on a sinister tone.
"Let's call it the 'Criminal Crime of Harming the Core Interests of the Underworld Group,' or 'Anti-Underworld Crime' for short."
"According to the final interpretation of the Supreme Court of the Underworld, those who commit this crime will face no upper limit and no lower limit."
"What do you think?"
With a "plop," Jin Chanzi collapsed to his knees.
It’s over.
The charges were all made up on the spot, how can we play this game?
"No! Buddha, have mercy! Spare my life!"
Jin Chanzi completely gave up resistance and began to kowtow frantically.
"I was bewitched! It was those demons from the Western Hell who forced me into this!"
He was in tears, looking nothing like a virtuous monk.
"Please have mercy, Dean! Please have mercy, Buddha!"
"Don't rush to plead for me, it's not your turn yet."
Chu Jiang waved his hand, and the scene switched back to the server room at the Santu Ferry.
Hydra Ash and his band of lesser demons remained seated cross-legged, chanting sutras, their expressions solemn and dignified.
"The nature of this group of ringleaders is even more egregious."
Chu Jiang's voice turned cold.
"Illegal entry, forced entry, attempted deployment of weapons of mass destruction, server hijacking..."
"Li the coder."
"Yes, boss."
"Initiate the 'Divine Book Removal and Forced Formatting' procedure."
"clear."
Li, the coder, confirmed the operation on the tablet.
Inside the computer room, Ashu, who was chanting "Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon," suddenly shuddered.
On his massive body, the blood-red runes representing the divine register of the Western Hell were dimming and shattering one by one.
The terrifying aura emanating from him, belonging to the peak of the Ghost General realm, rapidly diminished like a deflated balloon.
"No, my power is dissipating!"
Ash's nine heads simultaneously showed expressions of terror.
He wanted to resist, but the power of the "Light of Peace" within him made it impossible for him to even lift a finger.
Ghost General at his peak, Ghost General at his late stage, Ghost General at his mid-stage...
Within a few breaths, his cultivation level plummeted to that of an ordinary ghost soldier.
Immediately afterwards, a pure stream of data descended from the sky, enveloping him and all the little devils.
Their bodies began to become transparent and ethereal, breaking down into the most primitive 0s and 1s.
"Reporting to the boss, the target memory has been cleared and is being remodeled into the 'Sanzu Ferry Cleaning Department Frontline Employee' model."
"They should be able to start work in three minutes."
"Oh, right," Li the programmer added, "According to the system scan, the spoils stripped from them, including the 'Blood God Battle Axe' and the 'Nine-Headed Hydra Scale Armor,' totaling seventy-three magical artifacts, have been automatically stored in the company warehouse. Converted into Yin Virtue Credits, they amount to approximately 1.72 million."
Inside the First Yama Palace, a collective gasp filled the air.
Even a robbery wouldn't be this fast.
"Very well, consider this money as their bail."
Chu Jiang's voice rang out again, and his gaze returned to Jin Chanzi.
"Now, it's your turn."
Jin Chanzi shuddered and kowtowed even louder.
"Dean, spare my life! I'm willing to serve the underworld like a slave! I'm willing..."
"To be a slave?" Chu Jiang interrupted him. "You wish."
"Given your good attitude in admitting your guilt and the fact that you successfully put me through a monkey show, I, the Dean, have decided to give you a lenient sentence."
Upon hearing this, Jin Chanzi's eyes shone with hope.
"Didn't you used to wash cups at the Bridge of Helplessness? I think that job is too easy and not conducive to your labor reform."
"How about this?"
Chu Jiang hesitated for a moment.
"The maglev conveyor belt over the Bridge of Helplessness recently went into operation, right? The public restrooms on it have been lacking a cleaner."
"You're the one."
"As for the sentence..."
Chu Jiang picked up a calculator from the table and pressed a few buttons.
"Considering you were the main culprit this time, and you contributed such a large portion of my performance targets, I'll give you a discount."
"Five thousand years, that's the shortest possible time."
Jin Chanzi was stunned.
He looked up at Chu Jiang's ambiguous smile in the water mirror, his mind blank.
Washing toilets that have been around for 5,000 years?
"Guards!" King Qin Guang waved his hand knowingly. "Drag him away and carry it out immediately."
Two fierce-looking ghost generals immediately stepped forward, lifted the distraught Jin Chanzi, and dragged him out of the hall like a dead dog.
Just as Jin Chanzi was about to be dragged out of the main hall.
In Chu Jiang's office, V suddenly spoke.
"Boss, a encrypted communication request has been sent from Lingshan."
"Oh?" Chu Jiang raised an eyebrow. "Bring it in, put it on speakerphone."
The next second, an old, majestic, yet slightly trembling voice resounded throughout the entire First Yama Palace through amplified phonographs.
"Benefactor Chu, could you... for the sake of Buddha, perhaps we could discuss this further?"