She was utterly overwhelmed. Her teammates in low-tier games might not have possessed much skill, but they were certainly adept at trash-talking, incessantly sending her "sincere greetings" of all sorts.

Indeed, in esports, being bad is the original sin, she lamented sincerely and immediately closed the game.

Right, the streamer mentioned they were going to a court case today... Following that thought, she suddenly remembered Qin Mu seemed to be involved in a court case. Because of this case, Qin Mu had been preparing for the past few days and hadn't had time to team up with her for games.

Afterward, she logged onto a webpage and opened the court trial live stream website. She immediately saw the words "one death, three injuries" in the title and hastily clicked on it.

At this point in the trial, the prosecutor had finished their opening statement, and the defendant, Huang Lan, had also made her response. The trial had moved into the evidence presentation and cross-examination phase.

One of the prosecutors stepped forward, presenting a series of evidence. This included Huang Lan's testimony during her detention, the folding knife used in the crime, witness statements, injury assessment reports, death certificates, surveillance videos, and more. All the aforementioned evidence had been obtained through reasonable, legal, and proper channels.

The wedding pranksters also took the stand one by one to be questioned by the judicial panel.

Zhou Quanmin, sitting in the center of the courtroom, looked at the dozen or so young people who had participated in the wedding prank that day and asked sternly, "You were all involved in this case. What was the situation like at the time?"

One of the young men immediately pointed at Huang Lan and said, "We were just trying to liven things up, help with the wedding hazing, and make the wedding more festive. The other bridesmaids didn't say anything, but she was completely uncooperative."

"She struggled the entire time. We took her feelings into account and didn't specifically target her."

"But then she suddenly pulled out a folding knife she was carrying and started stabbing wildly at us."

"Brother Quan, who was closest, was stabbed in the chest several times. Several others were also severely wounded."

"Brother Quan died from excessive blood loss on the way to the village health clinic..."

The wedding prankster's face was filled with rage. He kept staring at Huang Lan, believing she had overreacted. If Huang Lan had cooperated a bit at the time, none of this would have happened.

"Wedding hazing?"

As Qing Lan listened to the wedding prankster's testimony, she couldn't help but frown. She was from Jin City and deeply detested the custom of wedding hazing. In the city, things were better, more civilized, with only symbolic pranks. But in the surrounding rural areas, this deplorable custom was becoming increasingly severe.

"Nonsense!"

From the defendant's dock, Huang Lan suddenly couldn't bear to listen anymore, her face flushing red with anger. She retorted to the wedding prankster, "You tore our bridesmaid dresses to shreds and even... even groped us! You call that just going a bit too far?"

The wedding prankster scoffed, "Isn't that how all wedding hazing goes?"

"If you're too sensitive to handle it, how can you blame others?"

"It was just a joke with you all. Who knew you couldn't even take a joke!"

Just like that, Huang Lan and the wedding prankster publicly questioned and refuted each other in court. This situation, a conflict in their testimonies, was permissible under court procedure. The judge did not prevent them from questioning each other.

So that's how it is... Qing Lan listened to their exchange and quickly grasped the details of the case. She had joined the live stream halfway through. Qin Mu hadn't disclosed the details of this case to her before. She hadn't expected it... an incident with one death and three injuries, and it actually happened during a wedding hazing!

BANG—

After they had been arguing for a few minutes, Zhou Quanmin finally banged the gavel, interrupting their cross-examination of this part of the testimony. Meanwhile, he proceeded to verify each piece of evidence one by one. The clerk at the side wrote furiously, continuously typing on the keyboard to document the case proceedings.

「Jin City.」

「Second Criminal Court.」

「Two hours later.」

The evidence presentation and cross-examination phase was officially concluded.

After reviewing every key piece of evidence, Zhou Quanmin surveyed those below and said solemnly, "Next, we will enter the following phase: the courtroom debate."

"The prosecution and the defense will now debate the core issue of this case: the right of unlimited self-defense."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Wei, who had been prepared for some time, stood up from the defendant's dock and said loudly, "Esteemed Judgment Chief, fellow judges, and jurors, first and foremost, I wish to state that our defense arguments are not meant to disrespect the deceased."

"Our defense today is solely to uphold the legitimate legal rights of our client and to demonstrate the dignity of the law."

"We contend that in this case, our client Huang Lan's actions, which resulted in one death and three injuries, were a legitimate exercise of her right to unlimited self-defense. While the consequences of her actions were admittedly severe, they still fall within the bounds permitted by law."

"Therefore, we firmly believe that our client is innocent."

Zhang Wei maintained a composed demeanor as he first summarized his main arguments. Then, glancing at Qin Mu in the public gallery, he took a deep breath and stated earnestly, "Firstly, we believe that our client's actions in this case fully comply with the conditions for exercising the right to unlimited self-defense, as stipulated by criminal law."

"The criminal law clearly states that the right to unlimited self-defense pertains to defensive actions taken by citizens under certain specific circumstances. For these actions, the usual requirements regarding the limits of defense do not apply, and the citizen bears no criminal responsibility for any consequences arising from such defensive actions."

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