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Chapter 5

Penulis: Silent Farewell
All of a sudden, Wallace pressed his hands to his chest. With a pained expression on his face, he cried out, "Hold on, Your Honor. I have a heart condition. I'd like to request a short recess."

Everyone was clearly aware of his intent to buy time. Even so, on humanitarian grounds, the judge agreed to a short recess.

Behind the court, David shoved a thick envelope of cash into the judge's hands. With an extremely sincere look on his face, he said, "Help us out, Your Honor. Just say that somethi
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    "Goodness me, the truth has finally come to light. My heart goes out to the intern for becoming their victim when he's just a fresh graduate.""I'm deeply disappointed. If not for the new technology that extracts memories for the trial, Aaron's life would have been ruined.""It's Leia that frustrates me the most. She's an absolute piece of trash! It's bad enough that she cheated on her partner, but to be this evil and plot against her ex-boyfriend? She's a monster.""Yeah. She was still trying to drag him down with her earlier, claiming that he was the one who cheated on her. The sheer audacity of this woman!" I remained silent as I listened to the chatter of the public gallery. Some were burning with righteous fury, while others expressed sympathy for the wrongs I had suffered.David and Wallace failed to defend themselves. They simply slumped in their seats, their faces as white as ghosts. David then covered his face and cried out sorrowfully, "I'm genuinely sorry. I'm sorry

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    After watching this part of my memories, the public gallery exploded into a frenzy. They were immediately reminded of their own life experiences with illicit and unfair situations. Then, they began to furiously lash out at those seated at the prosecution's side."Oh my goodness. I can't believe this was what actually went down. They deceived all of us. As it turned out, these few people are the real culprits!""They did something so immoral and ruined so many lives, all for the sake of money. And now, they're trying to frame an innocent intern? How shameless!" "Just look at the way they acted earlier. They don't have a single ounce of remorse. Did they think money could solve all their problems? Thank God for a trial system that actually delivers justice.""So, the witness who had earlier claimed he witnessed Aaron failing to stop the construction work was actually lying, wasn't he?""That's absolutely right. I can't believe these three people actually brought in a fake witness

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    All of a sudden, Wallace pressed his hands to his chest. With a pained expression on his face, he cried out, "Hold on, Your Honor. I have a heart condition. I'd like to request a short recess."Everyone was clearly aware of his intent to buy time. Even so, on humanitarian grounds, the judge agreed to a short recess.Behind the court, David shoved a thick envelope of cash into the judge's hands. With an extremely sincere look on his face, he said, "Help us out, Your Honor. Just say that something went wrong with the memory extraction process, resulting in fake memories being played earlier. Please, I beg of you."Aaron is broke. He has nothing, but I'm different. After all this is done, I can give you half of my company's shares right away."I know you are a smart man, Your Honor. I believe you'll know what to do after this."The judge did not say a single word. He simply gave them an enigmatic look and set the black bag aside.Meanwhile, a hidden surveillance camera above them ha

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    The judge brought out the second piece of evidence—a document I signed. That document was a "Work Suspension Order" issued by Wallace. When he learned about a potential collapse at the construction site, he had arranged for me to hand this critical work suspension order to the construction crew. However, because I had failed to deliver the message, this tragedy happened."I can't believe that is a signed document. This is an absolutely convincing piece of evidence.""Oh my. It was his inaction that caused the tragic death of my husband. I hate him!" "The document is in black and white, and everything has been clearly written. He saw it, yet he did not convey the message in time. Aaron can never clear his name now.""Hold up, everyone. Calm your horses. Could it be that this document only came into existence after the fact?"Much to my surprise, the most dramatic reaction to this latest remark came from my now ex-girlfriend, Leia. All color drained from her face instantly, and

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