NOVEL WEB Chapter 95 Come on, Kill Me
If a person is determined to die, what can you do to him?
Through the Water Mirror, Li Tou watched Meng Yu ten days later. Enjoy new adventures from empire
"Find a way to persuade Meng Yu to cooperate!"
That was the order given to him, but all he could do was smile bitterly.
The self-media's digging was just a warm-up, attracting only partial attention, but once Meng Yu actually spoke out, the whole public opinion went into a frenzy.
And those Qi Refinement Practitioners who had faced life and death were furious.
Many of them would comfort themselves before each battle, thinking, "No matter what, if I die, my child can have a better future, right?"
But now, listen to what happened to Meng Yu!
This was a genius of the Immortal Sect, and even he encountered such things!
His family would rather forsake the seeds of Golden Core and Nascent Soul than to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Knowing Meng Yu's talent, local officials turned a blind eye after receiving a couple bottles of wine. What makes you think, if you die, your child will be fine?
Aren't you afraid of encountering the same thing as Mo Tianying?
Aren't you afraid of your family line dying out after your death?
All sorts of comments turned everything upside down, causing an immense headache for the Immortal Sect!
Thus, Li Tou had no choice but to come and persuade Meng Yu, after all, not many people were familiar with Meng Yu. Teacher Chen had gone elsewhere a year ago, and Little Swallow had even gone abroad to study.
Now, look at how the media is hyping things up outside, they're portraying Meng Yu in a very high regard!
Because Meng Yu had said this in court.
"I feel very guilty, I should have stated the facts in court back then, but I gave up everything for my career. If there were other victims during these three years, that's my fault. Also, I killed my uncle, I plead guilty."
Is this something a person would say? This is a blatant slap in the face of the Immortal Sect!
Li Tou suddenly wanted to laugh because the most absurd thing right now was this: at the end of the hearing, Meng Yu's closing statement detonated the whole audience, and the nature of the incident shifted from a defeat to digging at the roots of the Immortal Sect.
After all, this matter had too many points of contention. Twenty-five days of business trips per month, frozen bank accounts, various restrictions - this is workplace gaslighting. And then, when someone of the first day's talent in the Immortal Sect's Qi Cultivation refuses something, you send someone to assassinate him, and on top of that, blacken his name in various ways!
But in the end, he didn't want to live from the start!
Yes, so now we must debate whether the Immortal Sect wronged Meng Yu, or Meng Yu wronged the Immortal Sect?
The Immortal Sect had rich experience in handling such matters, as this kind of heroic, blood-and-tears affair had occurred many times in history. When faced with such issues, the best solution was to deal with a group of people, offer more and better compensation to the hero, and resolve the issue first.
Actually, before Meng Yu's final statement, the Immortal Sect had already prepared to apologize, deal with certain individuals, turn a bad situation into a good one, and was ready to impose a hefty fine on Star Industrial.
But then... Meng Yu added one last sentence: I killed my second uncle.
From a media studies perspective, this statement was the finishing touch, directly blocking the Immortal Sect's path to award and promote Meng Yu. With this Seven Wounds Fist, Meng Yu directly turned himself into a criminal first.
Remember, Meng Yu's first trial resulted in a death sentence, the second was a plea bargain, and the premise of the plea bargain was that Meng Yu fully admitted to all his crimes, all of them.
If new serious crimes were uncovered, Meng Yu would be executed!
Is it not a relief for the Immortal Sect now?
What a joke, first, Meng Yu only said that he killed his second uncle, where is the evidence?
Second, this would call for investigations and so on; digging through a cesspit – isn't that a mess (Previously Meng Yu's patricide was actually local news)?
Third, you can't promote or reward Meng Yu, so how will you handle him?
When I have no morals left, no one can hold me hostage with morality. When I become a pile of dog shit, no one dares step on me!
You make the judgment, condemn him again, revoke his previous merits, and then lock him up in prison...
So, what would the public think? What would the frontline cultivators think? Wouldn't everyone have a thorn in their heart, realizing that not just ordinary people, but even the number one talent of the Immortal Sect who has repeatedly fought life and death battles for them, you were just cannon fodder.
All things are inferior, only noble families are superior!
This issue is stuck here because Meng Yu admitted to killing his uncle, and that makes things complicated.
Now, what the Immortal Sect can do is find someone to hint at, persuade Meng Yu not to bring up the matter of him killing his uncle, to say publicly that it was a slip of the tongue, and so on, otherwise, it would be difficult for the Immortal Sect to deal with him leniently, and so on.
"I really have no other way..."
Li Tou went in, Li Tou tried to persuade, and then, Meng Yu very amicably expressed, let's not talk about this, thank you.
After the unsuccessful persuasion, the Divine Artifact Moon God proceeded with the formalities, and the Immortal Sect's judgment was passed down.
Revocation of the plea bargain, re-sentencing Meng Yu to death.
Of course, this wasn't to be carried out immediately; Meng Yu still had one more chance to appeal.
Moon God finds it so difficult, if she were a person, she'd surely start cursing the streets!
...
At the press release scene.
This is an open window for Immortal Sect, used to discuss various policies of Immortal Sect and respond to hot issues, once a week.
As the spokesperson Leng Siyuan, who had long since developed a thick skin impervious to both water and fire, he could answer anything and everything, but today, before going on stage, he glanced at that spot with a mix of helplessness and fear.
He knew that as soon as he stood up there, he would be facing a questioning as violent as a storm, and those images would spread rapidly to various regions.
They might even spread beyond the domain, and after being Photoshopped, they'd circulate back!
Hold steady, hold steady, there were several pieces of big news today, including a certain celebrity's affair, a Golden Core's mistake, the development of a certain planet, and so on. Besides, he had communicated with the reporters, and everyone would definitely...
Definitely not hesitate to roast him on the fire!
What the fuck is this situation!
What the hell does it have to do with him!
Last night, Nuwa released a piece of information about Meng Yu's verdict.
Simply put, Meng Yu's second-instance sentence was changed from the death penalty to a thousand years' imprisonment on the premise that he didn't commit any major omission during the plea bargaining. But now, because he confessed to having killed someone and did not deny it, all of his rewards and contracts were cancelled. Everything he had done before was wiped clean, and from now on, he was considered a major offender of Immortal Sect, and he was not going to sit in prison for a thousand years, but receive the death penalty instead.
Meng Yu's first-instance sentence was the death penalty!
Meng Yu insisted that he had killed his second uncle himself, and even flushed part of the ashes down the toilet, a fact that was verified by the water meter records of that year—Meng Yu used five tons of water that day!
There were testimonies and indirect evidence, which were enough for a conviction.
But was the death penalty really necessary?
If someone happened to be late one day, then had a conflict with the manager, and it turned into a big fuss, everyone could understand if you made things difficult for him, docked his pay or even fired him. But you couldn't just hang him outside the company's gate, right?
Would your company still be able to operate?
Right, it was currently the tail end of Immortal Sect's ten-thousand-year celebration, everything was festooned with lanterns and streamers, a happy scene everywhere. And you're about to hang the prime Qi Cultivation talent of Immortal Sect, and make it known across the whole star system?
How nonsensical is that!
Look at what Meng Yu had done in the past two years. His attendance sheets and all, plus the endless accompaniments he provided, were ironclad proof that he was being oppressed.
A man who had fought and risked his life for Immortal Sect, who had made various contributions, and was constantly oppressed, and now, when faced with an assassination attempt, bit his superior, you just want to hang him!
Right, even Changdong Minor World sent a petition group over, hoping for leniency towards Meng Yu because not only had he risked his life for the Minor World, he had even donated all his compensations to aid refugees!
As soon as the news of Meng Yu's execution was released, the internet erupted into chaos, with mockery, insults, and sarcastic jeers everywhere. And today, facing the press conference, all journalists wanted to properly roast the spokesperson!
"The development project of Qingluan Planet..."
"Why is Meng Yu sentenced to death?"
"Linlong Golden Elixir is currently..."
"Why is Meng Yu sentenced to death?"
"Planet Number 23..."
"Why is it the death penalty?"
The journalists and the spokesperson were like ships passing in the night with their mismatched questions and answers, until the press conference ended, after all, the vast majority of people absolutely wouldn't believe that Meng Yu himself wanted to confess to the crime; everyone would just think that he was being used and then betrayed, a final stab in the back, all supposed promises were worthless.
They just wanted to kill Meng Yu like that, so openly committing murder!
It must be Enforcement Hall trying to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, intimidating those of us who refuse to work overtime!
"Motherfucker!"
The spokesperson kicked a trash can with force; he was not a member of Enforcement Hall. He had made up his mind, in this year's assessment of the halls, Enforcement Hall absolutely could not pass as satisfactory!
"You guys!"
The spokesperson heard his own leader, the head of Immortal Sect's propaganda department, clutching the collar of another department's head, and bellowing loudly.
"Guarantee Meng Yu's safety; he must not be allowed to commit suicide. Seal his mouth shut, make sure he doesn't talk nonsense!"
First, if Meng Yu dies now, no one could clear things up.
Second, no one would believe that Meng Yu died of illness.
Third, as above.
Fourth, this matter had too much impact, and there would naturally be various follow-up reports about him. Those damned newspapers could even invite Golden Cores to help investigate the truth as journalists; there were already Nascent Souls not in the know, asking what you were doing, how could you do this?
Fifth, tell Enforcement Hall to use their brains, okay? Would it kill them to appease Meng Yu? We get it, Enforcement Hall is formidable, but the other halls were under a lot of pressure, like banks suddenly dealing with a bunch of requests to cash in merit and points!
Whether it's money or merit, these things all accumulate on the bottom line of reputation. Without reputation, haha.
People no longer trust your reputation.
And everyone could guess the more profound implications.
You'd better let Meng Yu appeal, find some reason to pardon him! After all, you have pardoned so many people before.
This farce is truly disgusting.