Chapter 26. Reunion (3)
Julian frowned.
This bastard.
He had assumed an unawakened Majesty wouldn't be anything special.
Majesties wanted him badly, sure.
But that didn't matter.
They had no real way to deal with him.
And yet...
Seo Jooheon had unexpectedly charged straight at Julian, the famous Majesty Hunter.
At the same time, Julian finally understood Jooheon's plan.
Evidence manipulation!
His ability operated in three stages.
First, Action Detection.
Second, Violation Judgment.
Third, Execution.
For the system to activate, every stage had to be based on truth.
If even one part was false...
The ability stopped.
For example, if he identified Seo Jooheon as the culprit, but the person he'd actually witnessed wasn't Seo Jooheon at all...
Then the punishment itself couldn't be carried out.
Then I just need to catch the real one—
Julian immediately turned and swung his arm.
But before he could—
THUD!
Jooheon's fist moved first.
And unexpectedly...
It wasn't aimed at Julian.
It smashed into Yoo Jaeha.
“...What?!”
Julian's thoughts froze for a split second.
Why was Seo Jooheon punching Jaeha instead of him?
But Jaeha reacted even faster.
He grabbed Jooheon's wrist, twisted it, wrenched his shoulder, and shoved him back.
Jooheon shouted angrily.
“What the hell are you doing, lunatic?!”
Jaeha shouted back.
“Self-defense, asshole!”
Then the two of them started fighting in the blink of an eye.
Punches.
Arm locks.
Knees.
Shin kicks.
Everything.
“Both of you, stop!”
Julian shouted.
But Lex Dictum was already reacting.
Assault detected.
Mutual attacks confirmed.
Self-defense clause invoked.
Attacker: Jooheon / Attacker: Jaeha.
Conflict between self-defense claims detected.
Calculating...
Click.
Click, click.
The law code churned frantically.
Victim detected.
However, both parties are simultaneously victims and attackers.
Self-defense applies only against the opponent's attack.
However, both parties initiated attacks.
Therefore...
The system stopped.
The conflicting conditions made it impossible to issue a ruling.
But only for a moment.
Julian's eyes sharpened.
“Then—”
THUD!
Rope suddenly dropped from above and smashed directly into Julian.
Julian staggered as though struck by a lump of iron.
He glared at Rope.
“Guh!”
“You attacked the judge.”
“This constitutes resistance against—”
Rope wiggled its rear and shouted.
[Sorry!]
[Someone hit me too, so I got knocked into you!]
“...What?!”
Then Jooheon's indignant voice immediately followed.
“Oh, come on!”
“What the hell was that, bastard?!”
Jooheon grabbed Julian's arm.
“?”
Then...
He flipped Julian over his shoulder.
BOOM!
Julian slammed into the ground.
“What are you doing?!”
Jooheon pointed at him.
“Self-defense!”
“You suddenly shoved me!”
“No, Rope knocked me into you—”
Jooheon's eyes lit up.
“Oh?”
“You admitted it.”
He grinned.
“Self-defense.”
Self-defense detected again.
Attacker: Julian Miller.
Victim: Seo Jooheon.
Victim testimony acquired.
Julian stared in disbelief.
“No, this is fraud—”
“Fraud?”
Jooheon repeated.
“Fraud?”
Then he glanced toward Majesty Yoo Jaeha.
Jaeha understood immediately.
He grabbed his arm and pretended to be injured.
“Ow...”
“My shoulder...”
He grimaced theatrically.
“You dislocated it.”
“Civilian assault.”
Jooheon pointed at him.
“There.”
“Another victim.”
“He says you assaulted him.”
Multiple victim testimonies acquired.
Attacker: Julian.
Law Code system confusion intensifying.
Judge has become the accused.
...Error detected.
Julian rubbed his forehead as if he had a headache.
For the first time, agitation flickered through his golden eyes.
“What the hell is this...?”
Jooheon smiled sharply.
“You can't judge everything with laws.”
He rolled his shoulder.
“Sometimes it just turns into a dirty brawl.”
The moment he finished speaking...
Julian's eyes flashed.
“You dare lecture me about law?”
“You think you can defeat me with this kind of fraudulent nonsense?!”
CRACK!
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!
Golden spears rained down again.
Then...
“Hey.”
“!”
Majesty Yoo Jaeha's voice came from behind Julian.
Unlike Jooheon...
He had quietly slipped into Julian's blind spot.
“You trust your ability way too much.”
Jaeha disappeared in an instant.
Then reappeared behind Jooheon.
He smirked and raised his right hand.
Something glittered in it.
“Seo Jooheon.”
“Use this only once.”
“!”
Jooheon's eyes widened.
Majesty Jaeha was holding the Satyr's Wheel of Fate.
The same roulette Artifact that had been damaged by Julian's attack.
“Didn't that thing break?”
“I fixed it up a little.”
Jooheon stared at him.
This was the same bastard who had insisted he had no interest in restoration.
Jaeha tossed the repaired roulette and the Satyr Artifact to Jooheon.
He told me not to use the roulette before.
Well...
The situation had changed.
Jooheon took the roulette and pressed the button.
