The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 139

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 139

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 139

Reorganization (4)

The charges against Yoo Ji-woo were dropped. However, the charges against Yoo Seong-woo continued.

Yoo Seong-woo’s deal with Choi Ah-yeon had succeeded.

Min Jong-ho’s target was Yoo Seong-woo, not Yoo Ji-woo.

Those who shared Min Jong-ho’s intentions also feared Yoo Seong-woo, who would come with a sword.

“…Oppa, did you have to go that far? I could have handled it.”

“This is more certain. I plan to drive a wedge this time.”

This place is different from the other world, but it is similar to the other world.

Those in power do not want reorganization.

Because they don’t want to let go of what they already hold tightly in their hands.

Yoo Seong-woo was going to show them that everything they held in their hands was an illusion.

If the world has changed, shouldn’t they change accordingly?

If they can’t let go of the old ways and keep holding on, all that remains is stagnation and regression.

Thus, Yoo Seong-woo quickly appeared in court on the appointed trial date. He did not appoint a lawyer.

There was no need to appoint one.

When he entered the courtroom, quite a few people had gathered to observe.

A public trial of Yoo Seong-woo, who had driven out the traitor, would be interesting to witness.

The trial began.

The trial began with the judge asking Yoo Seong-woo his name and age. He sat in the defendant’s seat and answered a few preliminary questions.

The prosecutor who indicted Yoo Seong-woo, sitting on the opposite side, flinched briefly at his gaze, but soon confidently began to recite his charges.

Difficult legal terms poured out in a string, but the gist was this:

Yoo Seong-woo admitted to killing the Black Bear’s divers [individuals who explore and exploit Abysses] and arbitrarily killed the elves who had a contract with the country, inciting rebellion.

In addition, he was charged with national treason for threatening soldiers who had climbed the mountain.

But that was not the end of it.

The prosecutor even applied the charge of national foreign exchange crime, claiming that Yoo Seong-woo was colluding with external forces to lead the country into chaos.

“Oh, that’s a bit novel……”

*I wonder who came up with that,* Yoo Seong-woo mused.

The evidence that he was colluding with external forces was that a considerable amount of overseas capital had flowed to him.

That is, what the Towel Tribe and the elves left behind when they left Earth.

Most of those assets were attributed to Yoo Seong-woo, and he didn’t particularly care about it.

Although the capital alone exceeded Meteor Industries’ valuation, he entrusted it to Yoo-wol to manage.

Yoo-wol was so capable that a considerable number of domestic businesses came into her hands.

What the prosecutor found out was only a fraction, but even that was an amount that ordinary people could not even dream of.

“Did I have that much money?”

Yoo Seong-woo reacted with curiosity to the prosecutor’s claim, as he didn’t even think of it as his own money.

Assets he didn’t even know about were popping up…….

As he thought about asking Yoo-wol about it later, he was given a chance to rebut the charges.

Since he had stated he would defend himself without a lawyer, everyone’s attention was focused on him.

He opened his mouth while remaining seated.

“There are a few points to address. Are you seriously suggesting that I should have led the guys who tried to kill me up the mountain, dragging my tired body after conquering a Level 1 Abyss? I don’t know if you know, but the gravity at the deepest part of the Level 1 Abyss is close to tens of thousands of tons. It’s hard enough to just stand there, so how could I drag them? And they could have stabbed me in the back at any time.”

“You could have resolved it through conversation……”

“Then you should try to resolve a situation through conversation with a robber holding a knife to your throat and see if you get stabbed to death. And now is the time for my defense. Shut up.”

“This is a sacred court. The defendant is expected to show respect.”

“Respect my ass… well, whatever.”

Yoo Seong-woo sighed deeply, as if he was genuinely annoyed, and continued to speak.

“The Diver Special Act states that any murder that occurs inside the Abyss is not considered a crime within the scope of justifiable self-defense. Those guys led three S-class divers [the highest rank of divers] and a large number of A-class divers to attack me, who was alone. They were wearing all sorts of weapons and artifacts. But all I had was a single sword.”

*This is more than enough self-defense,* he thought.

Besides, there were some who weren’t killed at all.

“Did the prosecutor even properly investigate the situation? Well, I guess someone who has never been in the Abyss wouldn’t know anything……”

“Defendant!”

“And the elves attacked first. They suddenly knocked down a utility pole, so I went to them and won through their tradition of ‘Great Warrior Duel.’ But they broke the covenant and created an Abyss inside Seoul, causing chaos through a corrupted spirit. So I cut them all down for breaking the covenant.”

As Yoo Seong-woo’s words continued, the prosecutor could not hide his embarrassment.

The story he knew was only superficial, but Yoo Seong-woo was talking about the inside story.

His words, as if he were narrating a fantasy novel, were full of realism.

“Government or whatever, I just upheld their traditions. They said let’s do it according to tradition first. It’s a matter agreed upon by each other’s gods, so it’s not something humans should interfere with.”

“Then how do you explain the capital from overseas forces!”

“What’s wrong with accepting a request from abroad? They said they would give me that money, so I did some work. I forgot I even had it. For reference, I received it from the Towel Tribe and the Russian elves.”

At his words, people remembered the Towel Tribe and the elves disappearing in the not-too-distant past.

It was the moment when it was revealed that their disappearance was due to Yoo Seong-woo.

“I solved their problems and received money in return. I assume they took care of the taxes. Is there a problem? Then I think the defense is over.”

“Not yet, not yet. How do you explain the soldiers?”

“Those bastards pointed guns at me first because they didn’t like it, so should I say yes, thank you, and make bullet holes in my body? I knew this would happen, so I brought a witness.”

Yoo Seong-woo requested a witness, and it was accepted.

The person who stood in the witness stand was none other than Choi Ah-yeon.

Choi Ah-yeon, who stood in the witness stand, took the witness oath and introduced herself.

“I am Choi Ah-yeon, the commander of the direct unit of the Diver Management Department. I am an S-class diver belonging to the government and was at the scene at the time.”

She began to testify.

Direct unit of the Diver Management Department, commander.

It was a testimony that brilliantly stabbed Min Jong-ho, the Minister of Diver Management, in the back.

“At the time, the commander of a nearby military unit arbitrarily misinterpreted the order to gain merit, and the soldiers surrounded the divers who were under attack. If a battle had broken out, neither side would have been safe.”

Choi Ah-yeon remembered that time.

Even at that time, Yoo Seong-woo could have cut off everyone’s breath with one blow, but he didn’t, and he even told her everything that had happened on the battlefield where the elves and Yoo Seong-woo fought.

Choi Ah-yeon told everything she saw and heard at that time.

“Because it was the military’s fault, the commander who moved the military arbitrarily was disciplined according to military law. Rather, I am grateful to Yoo Seong-woo for preventing a battle from breaking out.”

In addition.

“And, domestically produced firearms supplied to the military were found at the battle site with the elves.”

This is a separate matter from this case, but mentioning it now, because there are eyes watching, will inevitably be subject to gossip.

Besides, it was a trial, so there were quite a few audience members.

Choi Ah-yeon, who finished her testimony, stepped down from the witness stand, and several procedures were carried out.

And only the defendant’s final argument remained.

People’s attention was focused on Yoo Seong-woo again.

People’s expectations gathered on what he would say last.

This time, he stood up from his seat, looked around at the people, and opened his mouth.

“Think carefully about what it means that I didn’t draw my sword.”

Then he sat down as if it was over.

At his words, people pondered what he had said.

*The prosecutor did not draw his sword.*

*He can solve everything with just one sword, but the fact that he didn’t means… he clearly wants to solve it amicably.*

*With ‘dialogue’ that they like.*

The verdict began.

The prosecutor and the judge’s eyes met in the air as if something had been agreed upon in advance.

Seeing that, Yoo Seong-woo smirked.

National treason or foreign exchange crime can result in the death penalty.

From the beginning, they must have thought that they would not accept any rebuttal from Yoo Seong-woo.

Even after hearing the inside story that no one knew.

He smirked.

Then, a voice that no one could hear was heard only by the judge.

-Acquit him.

The judge flinched and trembled the moment he heard his voice, and looked at Yoo Seong-woo.

Again, his voice whispered in the judge’s ear.

-What are you doing? I said acquit him. Think carefully.

*Think carefully.*

The meaning of that one word.

The judge had never bowed down to anyone until now.

However, he, who was born into a wealthy family, held the law in his hands, and lived as a permanent vested interest…….

For the first time, he felt primal fear. The pressure felt from his voice was not something that an ordinary human could resist.

The judge had already agreed to sentence Yoo Seong-woo to imprisonment.

The death penalty was impossible.

Yoo Seong-woo was gradually gaining support, and now almost everyone in the country knew him.

He is almost a national hero, and if he is sentenced to death, it may lead to a state of emergency.

So, they decided to sentence him to a few years in prison, but Yoo Seong-woo urged him to acquit him.

-How long are you going to live so embarrassingly? You’ve eaten enough to be old… you shouldn’t live like that.

Savage words continued.

His hands trembled as if he had a blade attached to his neck.

*Acquittal, I have to acquit him. Otherwise, I’ll die. I’ll definitely die, I’ll definitely die…….*

The judge slowly read the verdict.

The judge ruled that all the crimes claimed by the prosecution could not be proven due to normal circumstances or insufficient evidence, according to Yoo Seong-woo’s defense.

Accordingly.

“……I declare him innocent.”

The gavel rang three times.

At that, the prosecutor jumped up from his seat and glared at the judge as if he would kill him.

A gaze containing the meaning of why he did not do as agreed in advance.

The judge avoided the prosecutor’s gaze and ended the trial. Yoo Seong-woo got up from his seat and approached the prosecutor, who was clenching his fists tightly and trembling.

Then, he put his hand on his shoulder and whispered in a small voice.

“…Think carefully. Carefully.”

* * *

Yoo Seong-woo, who was confidently acquitted, began his counterattack.

Min Jong-ho is a minister of the Republic of Korea, so he could not be killed outright.

Since Yoo Seong-woo was acquitted, it became clear that the side that indicted him was the villain, so the media no longer sided with the government.

It spread instantly on the Internet who had indicted Yoo Seong-woo, and it could be said that his life as a prosecutor was over.

However, without stopping there, people’s hands reached Min Jong-ho, who was even higher up.

Who is the mastermind behind this?

Who was trying to portray him as a villain?

Of course, there was Yoo-wol and Meteor Industries’ behind-the-scenes maneuvering.

As a result, the time had come for Min Jong-ho to be brought down.