Chapter 554: Chapter 540: Endings and Outcomes (4K)
The defense attorney stared at Wang Zhenhai, who was within reach, feeling icy cold, momentarily forgetting to react.
Originally, taking on this case was because the reward was generous and the social attention was high; he never imagined he could help Wang Zhenhai escape punishment. But in this situation, as long as he could minimize the penalty as much as possible, he could gain both wealth and a career boost!
The current scene was something the defense attorney had never seen in all his years of practice!
The spectators were dumbfounded; they initially thought Nan Zhubin’s recent sequence of “professional analysis” without profanity was already extremely fascinating, but didn’t expect a grander drama to unfold now!
“Did you capture it? Did you capture it? Focus properly!” Some reporters were first to react, fiercely shaking the somewhat dazed photographer.
“Get a close-up of the defendant leader… Include the mental expert too! Quick!” The sensational news reddened the reporter’s eyes.
But more professional than them was the clerk sitting below the presiding judge.
The clerk’s eyes sparkled brightly, fingers almost twirling into shadows.
Changing a statement in court, and it was the defendant’s voluntary self-exposure!
The presiding judge held slightly more experience than the clerk, at least his expression was calm.
In theory, the presiding judge should now maintain courtroom order, but—
He glanced at the operating camera, picked up the gavel and tapped it lightly, with less force than when maintaining order during previous audience commotion.
The sound it emitted was not loud.
The presiding judge’s expression was stern: “Wang Zhenhai, do you understand what you’re saying now? Can you take responsibility for what you say?”
“If you need to make statements, there will be a time for your statements later. For now, sit down, do not disrupt courtroom order…”
Facing the camera, the presiding judge’s response measures must not have any lapses, must be impeccable.
The judge’s voice was authoritative, steady, thus not loud enough to wake Wang Zhenhai, who was already immersed in his own world.
The bailiffs, originally eager to act, paused in their movements, seemingly realizing something; thus they continued to maintain a poised stance, ready at any moment to subdue the defendant.
And Wang Zhenhai, was lost in an abnormal sense of fulfillment.
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His originally hoarse voice became clear and bright at this moment.
“Yes, I fooled you all. You are all fools, all fools!” His voice grew louder, “Only by luck did you manage to arrest me! By luck!”
“In court, whatever I say, you believe!”
He pointed at the core members on the defendant’s bench: “What can they do? What technology do they understand? Even their speeches were collected and organized by me!”
Wang Zhenhai, with shackled hands, hammered his chest vigorously, raising his voice by a notch: “Choosing those veterans, that was me!”
He pointed at the victims on the plaintiff’s bench: “I conducted research, data analysis, technology-based surveys! Long ago, I knew that after you retired, your retirement pay might be squandered within two or three years, wasting away! Eating, drinking, playing, getting swindled!”
“You are all stupid, low-intelligence! Yet there’s so much money for people like you! Since your money was destined to be given away, why not to me?”
The face of the victims on the defendant’s bench turned black.
Wang Zhenhai, straightening his chest, continued: “When speaking to fools, you say that counts as ‘mental abuse’, right? Yes, that was me too!”
“Yes, they’re so stupid, with no vigilance, their money so easily taken away, shouldn’t I teach them properly? If they don’t feel pain, they’ll be swindled again!”
“Moreover—I’m happy! These fools, being foolish yet blaming others? Like circus clowns, zoo animals! Bringing joy to smart people and delighting civilized ones, isn’t that their social duty?!”
“Also, every time a scam happened, I was there! I devised plans, I executed, I commanded!”
He pointed again to the core members beside him: “What do they understand? They can’t do anything! Many times, when suspicions arose, I had to personally hit the keys and make the calls!”
“They only know the simplest tasks, they’re laughably stupid! Without me, they can’t achieve anything! They’re nothing!”
The defense attorney finally reacted at this point.
The situation had completely spiraled out of control, he couldn’t let this person speak any further.
He suddenly lunged up, hugging Wang Zhenhai tightly, covering his mouth firmly: “Judge, we request a recess!”
A fierce glare was shot at Nan Zhubin, the defense attorney’s mind racing, he needed time to calm Wang Zhenhai down, and a recess required a suitable reason.
There’s no room for much thought now; instinctively, he said: “The opponent’s verbal insults caused my client emotional breakdown! His current confession is neither voluntary nor authentic! I request a psychological evaluation for my client…”
The defense attorney’s response was actually correct.
It was really trying to steer Wang Zhenhai toward a mental disability pathway. If the evaluation indeed succeeded, this self-exposure would truly become a “farce,” a farce without real impactful meaning.