130 The Case Closes (2/2)

”Defendant, did you, or did you not stab the victim thirteen times?”

”Dunno, I probably did.” Hyuk replied sullenly. He was not in a friendly, talkative mood and the prosecutor was making him angrier by the second.

”Did you, or did you not, crush the victim's balls?”

”I did.” Hyuk smirked fiendishly, feeling no regrets over his actions.

”The defendant is aware of his actions. This shows that he had intention in murdering the victim! This clearly indicate that the mens rea is fulfilled. Not only that, the defendant showed no remorse despite committing a crime of killing ascendant. Even if he was a bad father, the victim did not deserve to die like that!”

”Don't deserve it? Oi, are you an idiot? Blind? Is there a hole in your brain? He's a g*ddamn f*cking serial killer, you motherf*cking son-of-a-b*tch. I did this world a favour by getting rid of him!” Hyuk laughed coldly. How dare this b*stard portray that b*stard as if he was some kind of saint? How laughable.

The prosecutor flinched. The judge demanded order again, asking the bailiffs to discipline the cursing criminal.

”T-that's—your honour, please look at the monitor while I show you proof that it had been a murder.” The prosecutor changed the subject, changing his strategies.

He fished out a small remote control from his pocket and clicked a button. A video appeared on the two screens on the monitor placed at the two sides of the courtroom.

A girl sitting up on a hospital bed appeared on the screens. She was looking downwards, hugging her body tightly.

”—That man, he—he made him watch! He made Oppa watch him do that to me! He hurt him and made him watch! He tainted me in front of Oppa!”

Her miserable crying voice rang out through the speakers.

Hyuk's pupils shrank as he recognised the girl.

It was Yeo Ri. Yeo Ri, crying as if the world had ended. Perhaps it was true; that day, her world had probably crumbled into nothingness.

The prosecutor opened his mouth, ”As seen in this interview, the second key witness—the little sister—talks about how the defendant had witnessed an earlier instance where she was raped long before the incident happened. This is enough reason for the defendant to have the motive to kill the victim as revenge.”

”You—!” Hyuk slammed his palms on the stand, his eyes spitting fury. He looked as if he wanted to leap out of the witness box and throttle the man. ”How dare you—!”

The bailiffs quickly responded and held him down, preventing him from hurting anyone. Hyuk thrashed under the hold of the bailiffs, wanting to get out and strangle some b*stards to appease his anger.

He didn't even know why he was angry—the incident had already passed and Yeo Ri was simply recounting it. But her sorrowful voice and desperate cries just made his heart hurt so much that he couldn't help but feel agitated.

Seeing as Hyuk had started another commotion, the judge wanted to end the session quickly and dish out the verdict.