Genshin Impact: I, the first water follower, makes players excited

Chapter 345 Court Session

The next day, at the Opicole Opera House.

Egolia stood with Fernina. Today, she had changed out of her usual long dress and put on formal attire to show her respect for the court.

She whispered to Funina,

"From now on, I will be your assistant. I will handle all non-essential speeches. This way, if the accusation fails, you can save some face..."

Egolia's helpless tone made Funina laugh awkwardly, but she couldn't open her mouth to refute.

On the other side, Linny, Linnet, Ying and Paimon stood together, discussing the results of the investigation.

Linny looked at Ying and Paimon, placing all his hopes on them. After all, as criminal suspects, all their actions were strictly controlled, so it would be difficult for him and Linnet to investigate.

"How is it? Is the investigation going well?"

Paimon felt a little ashamed, and his tone became lost.

"Honestly, I'm sorry to disappoint you..."

Linnet quickly shook her head and spoke to ease Paimon's self-blame.

"No, we're all grateful that you're willing to help."

"Ladies and gentlemen, if there are no objections, the trial will begin soon."

That Villette sits in the center of the theater, acting as the Grand Inquisitor.

"Well, first, to let everyone understand the whole story, Mr. Linnie, please explain the magic trick."

Linny did not hide anything. At this point, the secret of magic was no match for his own innocence.

The so-called magic trick is just to dig a passage under the two wooden boxes, and the two people can be easily swapped in 60 seconds.

That Villette nodded slightly and looked at Linny.

"Then Mr. Linney, I can take your testimony to mean that as soon as the magic trick began, you ran to the magic box on the other side of the auditorium, leaving you no time to commit the crime, correct?"

"That's right, Mr. Grand Inquisitor."

Naviot turned her gaze towards the direction of Fernina and the other two.

"Then, Ms. Funina, as the accuser, do you have any rebuttal to this?"

Finina was about to speak when Egolia interrupted her with a light cough.

"Mr. Grand Inquisitor, I am Ms. Finina's assistant. As a god of noble status, I will speak on her behalf in this trial."

......

“??? Egolia actually defected to the enemy!?”

"Calm down above, they're originally from Fontaineland, so it can't be considered as surrendering to the enemy..."

"But it still feels really bad to be stabbed!"

"+1+1, why don't you help us?"

......

Navelette nodded and agreed to Egolia's request. This was something they had discussed yesterday, but the audience was a little surprised by it.

"What assistant? I've never heard of that. What we want to see is Lady Finina exposing Linny's conspiracy!"

"I remember this person. She was with the traveler before."

"What? Is this some kind of feud? Things are suddenly getting interesting!"

"Then why did she choose to be hostile to the Travelers? Does anyone have inside information?"

Villette tapped her cane repeatedly and said loudly,

"quiet!"

When everyone was quiet, Egolia took the initiative to speak.

"Mr. Linney, we believe your story has flaws. First of all, are you sure you've been hiding in the magic box in the audience since the beginning of the trick?"

Although Lini was a little surprised by Egolia's appearance, he still nodded and acknowledged Egolia's statement.

"That's right, I was in the magic box in the audience the whole time and didn't have any time to commit any crimes."

Paimon looked at Ying with a puzzled look, and leaned over to Ying's ear.

"What's going on? Why would Egolia help the Water God?"

Ying patted Paimeng,

"It doesn't matter. Even she can't distort the facts. Let's see what they want to say first."

Egolia continued to ask questions.

"Then can you tell me what you heard during the performance?"

"Of course it was the deafening countdown."

"Other than that?"

"Nothing."

Egolia showed a confident smile. Lini had already lost the first round.

"I don't know if you remember this incident. When the countdown reached about 30 seconds, there was a muffled sound in the venue. So why didn't you, who was in the audience, hear it?

Or, at that time, you were no longer at the venue?"

Egolia originally wanted to connect this sound with the sound of Linney knocking Cowell unconscious, or the sound of the missing girl Halsey, but it seems that there is no need for this...

Linny didn't know this sound?

Blind spots appear, and doubts flow from everyone's heart like a spring.

"How is it possible? Lin, you didn't hear it?"

"Yes, yes. Even I heard it clearly. How could he not know?"

"So there's something wrong with Linny. As expected of Lady Finina, she can spot a criminal at a glance!"

The discussions coming from the audience made Linnie feel very uncomfortable, but what made him even more upset was the disappointed gazes of Ying and Paimon beside him.

No, I didn't mean to lie to you...

As Linny remained silent, the balance of the oracle machine tilted towards Funina. If Linny could not come up with a strong rebuttal, the judgment would most likely end there.

Looking at the tilted scale, Furninna felt much more relieved. Even her sitting posture was full of confidence, and she raised her head proudly like a peacock.

Egolia didn't want to waste time and immediately made a second accusation.

"Also, according to Ms. Funina's investigation, Mr. Linney and Ms. Linnet, you are from the Hearth House, right?"

When Fernina heard Egolia mention her name, she immediately coughed twice.

"That's right, this information is like cake on the table for me, within my reach!"

There was a noisy discussion in the audience again.

"Heartland House? I know, it's an organization of the Fatui!"

"So it's the Fatui. No wonder they acted like this."

"It turns out the kidnapping of the young girl was orchestrated by the Fatui!"

Hines, who was also sitting in the audience, twitched his lips. This was probably not the worst time the Fatui had been bullied.

It's not like the Fatui haven't done other, more outrageous things, but they probably really don't want to take the blame for something as egregious as the kidnapping of a young girl...

Paimon listened to the constant stream of information from the audience and looked at Linny in disbelief.

"Hey! Why didn't you tell us about this?!"

Ying also looked at Linny with a complicated expression. Although she had an average opinion of the Fatui, she would not directly label someone just because of an organization.

But Linny chose to deceive her, which was not good. At least Ying did not like the feeling of being deceived.

"I need an explanation..."