The peeping of several Soma Familia executives.
How could Roy not notice? He grinned. Those defeated subordinates from that night.
Little brats, you think I can't handle you?
Court trial, commence!
"Have you killed anyone?"
"What have you done to earn money?"
"Have you bullied Orario residents?"
The black sheep of the Familia must be eliminated. In this world, this matter was easy.
Before a God, one cannot lie. Calling all Familia members one by one to question them—after a few questions, these people's underwear was stripped completely clean.
Soma initially didn't quite agree with this approach. Suspecting his own children—this feeling was unpleasant.
But upon learning of these people's committed evil deeds—smuggling, murder and arson, swindling, rape and pillage, all manner of evil—Soma was so angry smoke came from his seven orifices. He wished he could draw his sword on the spot and cut down these bastards.
Soma was incomparably heart-weary. This was his own Familia? Truly too ridiculous. Compared to the Evilus faction, they were even worse—just never discovered.
Only this major purge exposed it.
Roy and Lili recorded and filed beside. Members with major crimes were handed over to the Ganesha Familia for processing—those who should be executed were executed, those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned.
Those with relatively light crimes, and who hadn't killed anyone, had their blessings deprived and were exiled outside Orario.
As for those who tried to lie and fish in troubled waters, needless to say, directly deprive their blessings, hand over or exile, without leaving any face. If their hearts had no ghosts, then why lie?
One had to admit, this God—a 100% accurate lie detector—was extremely helpful for trial cases.
But this process wasn't without incidents.
Several executives led three to four hundred Familia members, fully armed, walking over in a grand manner.
Lili's face changed. As expected, they came.
Roy asked, "What do you want to do?"
These people didn't answer Roy.
Instead, they looked at Soma. One of them said, "Lord Soma, we can't watch anymore. Do you want to expel everyone from the Familia?"
Soma was speechless. Every Familia member's back had his divine blood. Expelling children he personally recruited—he also felt terrible.
Previously turning a blind eye to Familia members' evil deeds—wasn't this indulgence of his own children? Seeing Soma about to soften, Roy said, "It's not Lord Soma who wants to expel everyone, but certain people colluded with Zanis, committing countless evils!"
Speaking, Roy patted the interrogation records, "These people's crimes—don't you know them?"
Not knowing was dereliction of duty. Knowing was condoning and indulging, even colluding with villains. Pick a charge! Roy placed this multiple-choice question before the executives.
The group's faces were ugly. They were of course the latter, but how could they admit such a thing?
One person angrily said, "Sprout of Justice, you're an Astraea Familia member. What right do you have to manage our Soma Familia's affairs? Roll back to your Stardust Garden!"
"Roll back! Roll back!"
"Roll back! Roll back!"
The Soma Familia members behind this person seemed to receive some signal, shouting loudly one after another. For a time, signs of unrest faintly appeared.
Roy stepped forward, coming before this person.
"Sprout of Justice, I know you're strong. What? In front of everyone, you still want to attack me?" This person said fearlessly.
As long as Roy dared touch him, he would immediately lie on the ground, not getting up without extorting several million valis.
The key was that Roy's forceful, reckless performance would be displayed before everyone. The other would never want to control the Soma Familia again.
But Roy's reaction completely exceeded their expectations.
Roy not only wasn't angry, but instead had a completely amiable appearance, "How could that be? We're all civilized people. Fighting and killing isn't good."
Hearing Roy say this, Soma Familia members' mouths twitched wildly, speechless in their hearts. The person who fought most fiercely and ruthlessly that night was you.
"You're right, so you come first to answer a few questions from Lord Soma." Roy agreed with the other while pulling this person before Soma.
"Have you killed anyone?"
"What have you done to earn money?"
"Have you bullied Orario residents?"
Facing Soma's three consecutive questions.
This person's face wasn't good. "Lord Soma, now is the time to discuss major Familia development matters."
But Soma didn't buy this, "Answer me!"
As expected, this person was taken away by Ganesha Familia members, thrown into a sunless prison cell.
Roy smiled and said, "Who else wants to accept Lord Soma's questioning?"
Soma Familia members uniformly retreated one step, staring at Roy fiercely. You already pulled out the "Soma" brand lie detector—who still dares play mind games with you?
A sturdy old man with a full white beard stepped forward, speaking coldly, "Then does this old man also need to accept Lord Soma's interrogation?"
The moment this person appeared, the surroundings instantly quieted down.
Those executives scared off by Roy rekindled hope in their hearts, their eyes fervently watching the old man.
Former captain of the Soma Familia, half-dwarf, of high moral standing and prestige, known for being upright and hating evil as if it were a personal enemy. In many members' hearts, he held lofty prestige. During Zanis's power, because he couldn't stand the other's actions, he repeatedly clashed with the other.
But unfortunately, the former captain was after all just the former captain. If he could outmatch Zanis, he wouldn't have been kicked out of the Soma Familia's power circle.
Now that Zanis was dead, many people hoped he would return to take control of the Familia captain's authority.
This person became everyone's final hope to resist Roy, and also the sharpest spear.
The half-dwarf old man spoke solemnly, "Sprout of Justice, the Soma Familia is not a place for you to act recklessly. Return to your Stardust Garden, don't come again!"
A trace of worry even appeared on Lili's face. She could confirm this person had no relation to Zanis's crimes. Using interrogation to topple the other was impossible.
Roy gave Lili a reassuring glance, smiling, "Long heard your great name. Heard that you alone fought three young dragons back then—known by all in Orario, unknown by none."
"Hmph, just some old past events!" The half-dwarf was modest in mouth, but proudly raised his chin.
Roy hid a knife in his smile, saying, "Old captain, Zanis sent you quite a lot of Divine Wine."
"So what? Do you feel this old man's contributions to the Familia aren't worthy of drinking that Divine Wine?" The half-dwarf directly admitted, his tiger eyes glaring.
"Don't dare, don't dare. The old senior's achievements are outstanding. Mere Divine Wine, of course, is nothing." Roy first flattered the other, then his tone shifted, taking out an account book from the satchel at his waist, "But I have an account book of Zanis's. These four years, Zanis sent you at least ten catties of Divine Wine every month, sometimes reaching twenty catties."
When secretly purchasing Divine Wine before, Roy saw Zanis's private treasury. And the most important thing inside was the illicit funds account book.
No matter how people lied and concealed, the whereabouts of illicit funds wouldn't lie. Obtaining this account book, who Zanis colluded with was basically clear at a glance.
As expected, the moment Roy spoke, it immediately caused an uproar within the Soma Familia.
Before a God, one cannot lie. Since Lord Soma didn't speak, then what Roy said was fact.
The Familia members who originally supported the half-dwarf old man's face turned ashen. Huge imbalance emerged in their hearts.
They worked hard outside, using all means to earn money, and could only drink a dozen or so milliliters of Divine Wine every month. The half-dwarf old man had already retired, lying at home, yet could easily obtain over ten catties of Divine Wine.
How could such a comparison be acceptable!
A trace of unnaturalness flashed across the half-dwarf captain's face. He still stubbornly said, "So what? I didn't do anything for Zanis!"
At this point, Roy stopped pretending, sneering coldly, "You indeed didn't do anything for Zanis. You merely 'did nothing at all,' watching with open eyes as Zanis turned the Familia into this state!"
Everyone suddenly realized. The half-dwarf old man repeatedly clashed with Zanis, but in the end, it was all thunder and little rain. So the two were singing a double act!
This old bastard was bought off long ago!
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