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The moment Kai entered the Legendary Grade starship, a power took hold of him.
R2-D2 led him and Black to the grand hall, where the Inquisitors sat on high-backed chairs.
In the middle of the hall, a round table was projecting a hologram of Earth—the Earth in whose space the ship was suspended.
"We will start the Trial with statements from the White Serpent Pirates," Dracula said as they came to a stop next to the table. "They have already been notified, and arrangements have been made to bring them here."
Black frowned.
This was not how he had expected the Inquisition would begin.
He had come here to throw a Name and sow a Doubt—something only he could do, not his crew members.
Several blurs appeared around him then, forcefully teleporting the Contestants to the Courtroom.
To Kai's right were Meg, dressed in her Akatsuki's robes, and Red Sun, assuming his Vash the Stampede transformation.
To Black's left was Moraine, whom he had sent to the Verse Fusion Bubble by giving her a Mission suitable for her status as a 10th Floor Contestant.
To Moraine's left, standing at around half her height, was the Xenomorph Queen-Android—Tina, magical sparks ricocheting between her dorsal spikes.
Then there was Spawn, standing as still as she could.
And, despite their different Floors and strengths, they all shared the same expression on their faces.
Absolute shock.
No matter who it was, none of them could take their eyes off the three Storyline Characters seated in front of them, like an untouchable but clearly visible ceiling.
"Take out the rest of them, too," Aizen said suddenly.
"What rest of them?" Kai asked, his voice breaking the White Serpent Pirates' stunned expressions, their eyes falling as if they dared not look at the Inquisitors anymore. Not without their Captain's permission. "These are…"
"The Shadow Queen and the Bronze Titan," Vader said, reading the names off Wanted Posters that had appeared in his hands from thin air. "… only them."
Kai's eyes narrowed.
He could feel that he could take out The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Original) from his Inventory. But the way Vader had commanded to call out "only them" suggested something… different.
He could see it on their blank faces, Kai believed.
The slightest touch of… apprehension.
With Kai's one thought, the Five-leaf Clover Grimoire appeared over his head, oozing blackish-red smoke.
Aizen leaned forward just a little.
Dracula put both hands down onto the arms of his chair.
Vader's mechanical breathing didn't lose its rhythm, but he did clench and unclench his right hand's fingers, as if he wanted to wield his lightsaber.
"Don't be a fool now," Dracula warned Kai as if he were a child. "You will only make things worse for yourself."
A silence lingered between the Five-Crowned Prince and the Storyline Characters, the rest of the White Serpent Pirates choking in it.
Black smiled with Calm. "I will not do anything to insult your immense patience with me, Your Majesties," he said, only calling out Cersei and Petyr. "Because, at the end of the day, I am innocent. And…
"… only the guilty act like fools, taking extreme, stupid measures."
…
The moment Kai entered the Legendary Grade starship, a power took hold of him.
R2-D2 led him to the Courtroom, where he found the Inquisitors seated on high-backed chairs, with Dracula in the middle and Aizen and Vader on either side of him.
In the middle of the black-floored and black-walled hall was a round table.
There was an object hovering there, looking as if it were made of crystal.
It was like someone had folded the space into a mirror-like ball.
"We will begin the Trial by examining the evidence submitted by the Order of the Immortal Lotus," Dracula began. "They have claimed that your actions on the Night of Truce can easily be linked with the matter of The Thirteen Circles of Hell, the Bounded Field where they had imprisoned Ekrizdis, and the object you obtained from there—the Dark Scroll. Along with that, we will also be examining the first-person views of Contestants Black Ghost, Mang Jian, and Darth Kars, recorded by the Order's Seals on them."
And Kai instantly learned what the Inquisitors were trying to find, which would have made his face almost crumple if it wasn't for the Calm.
Nothing Is Impossible!
Kai had not used the Skill in either of these situations.
The only Skill that would stand out in all this fiasco would be My House, My Rules.
Also, only Mang Jian's case was… personal to Kai, something he wouldn't want even the Inquisitors to know.
Fortunately, most of the crucial things that had happened in the Curse Vault of Fear had happened in the Blind Executioner's Blind Domain, and after Kai had broken through the Bankai. As such, even the Order's Seal hadn't recorded that matter. Otherwise, Black's presence would have been on all lips in the Multiverse and Primordial Tower by now, directly making him a member of the Billion Club and revealing Kai's greatest card of survival.
So, the Order's evidence had nothing that could crumple Kai's expression.
However, its mere presence meant one thing.
The Inquisitors… were getting closer.
How?! Kai wondered within. How?! How are they directly jumping to the crux of the matter?! Nothing Is Impossible is not a Mystery. But they cannot see my Stats, either. That's something unique to the Deep Ones. Not even all Deep Ones.
So, the only way for the Inquisitors to know about my Skills is to find them out from outside. Fiend was something I heavily depended upon across various worlds. So… it makes sense they attacked it first.
Now, they will know of My House, My Rules, too. They will know it in depth. It shouldn't implicate me, but… why are they getting closer to my Skills?! No. I must execute my plan as soon as I can before…
Kai watched as the large Crystal Ball began playing all the recorded events one by one.
And the moment they ended, he opened his mouth, "I admit that I was there, Your Majesties. In fact, I saw them getting killed by…"
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The moment Kai entered the Legendary Grade starship, a power took hold of him.