Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil-Chapter 204: Not A Detective Anymore

Jamal shared one of Pablo’s secrets.

He had the Weakest rank of an Ego possible.

He also had the strongest rank but only a few people knew about it. For most of the world, Pablo had the White rank and that was a disgrace.

And now even the King of the kingdom knows that Pablo had a White rank.

The King was surprised. And the other four high Dukes were taken aback as well.

"Is this true, Pablo?" The King asked. He believed in Jamal full well but he wanted to hear it from Pablo himself.

"Yes, my lord. This is true. My Ego rank is White." Pablo accepted.

"Why didn’t you tell us that then?" The King asked.

"You never asked me, my lord. And I didn’t think that my Ego rank had anything to do with the mist."

"Your highness," Jamal spoke and he carried on saying.

"A man with a white ranked Ego is worthless. If he amounted to something then he wouldn’t have gotten a white rank in the first place. And so, it’s no wonder he defied my order, put all the five thousand soldiers in danger by deliberately walking into a trap and most of all he tried to, no, not tried, he almost killed an eye witness that could help us identify the cause of the mist.

This man not only jeopardized his own assistant, he also ruined his own life by walking into a trap. He nearly died inside the mist, your highness. A man who doesn’t even care about his own life shouldn’t be allowed to be responsible for others’ lives as well.

He should be sent away, we will handle the mist ourselves. This man is not suitable for being an incharge. He is incompetent. He is a detective and a detective without brains."

Jamal stopped talking and everyone looked at Pablo.

Jamal had said some logical things and everyone saw a point in that. Jamal wasn’t talking nonsense at all.

"What do you have to say to all that, Pablo?" The King asked.

’You people want to send me away because you all think my use is over for you. You have the suits, I am sure that Vampire Woman is still alive, you all will cure the mist and you all will take the credit for it and I will be empty handed. But I won’t lose, royal swines. I won’t lose.’

Pablo clearly understood what was going on. What these people were trying to do. The thing Pablo did wasn’t an outright mistake.

Yes he walked into a trap but no one died. He had even told Jamal some deaths were needed and Jamal was okay with that. He was also sure that the Woman was still alive as Jamal said to the King that Pablo ’almost’ killed the Woman. So the Woman was also safe.

So then why was Jamal making such a big deal when nothing tragic exactly happened? It was because these royals didn’t want to give credit to Pablo for clearing the mist in the end.

They all were sure that Pablo would do it and they didn’t want that. They wanted the credit for themselves so that the King was praised all over the Kingdom.

So to send Pablo away they accused him of some wrongdoings and they created a perfect excuse to send Pablo away.

Disobeying a high Duke was wrong. Walking into a trap and risking the soldiers’ lives was wrong. Trying to kill a potential witness just because of revenge was wrong. But all these things were wrong in a civilized world.

Seraphim wasn’t that world.

Pablo knew for sure that no one cared about the soldiers. The King and the Dukes were using that as an excuse to remove Pablo from their city.

And Pablo would certainly not fall for that.

"My lord, first of all, about risking the lives of the soldiers, the point of the high Duke is meaningless."

"How so?" Jamal asked. He was on Pablo’s right hand side.

They were just like lawyers and the King was the judge.

"Sir Jamal is saying I put the lives of the soldiers in danger. But my lord, he has no right to say that." Pablo said a big thing.

"I am a High Duke, your highness. I have the full right to say that." Jamal argued.

"My lord, tell me, whose lives were put in danger?" Pablo asked the King.

"The soldiers’ lives." The King answered.

"Exactly. The soldiers’ lives. So who is sir Jamal to stand here and say on the behalf of the soldiers that their lives were in danger? Only they have the right to say that. And only their answer shall be accountable in this court. Sir Jamal has no say in that matter."

Pablo presented a valid point. The King and the high Dukes were forced to think.

Even Jamal went silent.

But Pablo knew he was alone at the moment. The whole royals in front of him were against him. They would lie. They would do everything to make Pablo leave the city. They couldn’t use force as the people of the city would raise their anger at the King for throwing Pablo out who was their hope for defeating the mist.

The people might overthrow the King in anger.

So to avoid that, the King needed to convince the people of the city that Pablo was guilty and for the benefit of everyone he was thrown out. This way, the people won’t be angry and they would be even happy that the King saved them from Pablo.

Nevertheless, Pablo would also do everything to stay in the city and end the mist. He needed the credit and acknowledgement that he was one the one who cleared the mist for his military assignment.

Right now, Pablo was against six people and to increase his odds, he needed more people on his side and for that, Pablo already began to play his game.

"So what do you suggest then?" The King asked.

"Call all the five thousand soldiers in this court as well. They should say whether I am good or not. They will prove one point of sir Jamal right or wrong." Pablo demanded.

"Your point is valid, Pablo. Fine. Call all the soldiers here who were present that day." The King gave the order.

One of the high dukes standing behind the King moved and he went inside the path behind the throne.

’What if the King and Jamal had already forced the soldiers to lie as well? The soldiers won’t disobey the King and Jamal. What if all the soldiers said you really put their lives at risk?’ Cupid asked. She also wanted Pablo to finish the assignment successfully.

’They will surely say that I put them at risk. These people have planned everything ahead. If not, then they wouldn’t have agreed to make all the soldiers appear here. I have to make sure the soldiers favor me.’

’And how will you do that?’ Cupid asked.

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’I will see what I can do.’ Pablo had no sure fire way to come out of this trial unscathed but he would try his best.

After five minutes, the high duke came back and he stood behind the King.

"The soldiers are coming." He said.

THUMP!

Loud footsteps rang in the castle and from Pablo’s left side, from another corridor of the castle, a large number of men were marching forward.

Pablo saw them and sighed.

’This is annoying.’

’What?’ Cupid asked.

’All the soldiers that day were wearing the Demonite suit so I didn’t see their faces. And now they are here without the suits so I don’t know if they are really the same soldiers who went with me inside the mist or they are just random people Jamal prepared.’ Pablo posed a genuine question.

Cupid was also forced to think.

’You first have to make sure that these people are really those same soldiers who went with you.’ She said.

’Yeah. If they all are fake then they must be practicing for one whole week to say that I am not a good commander. Too many problems came at once.’

Pablo took a deep breath and all the five thousand people stood in front of the King.

They were standing behind Pablo and Jamal and they all stood like soldiers as well.

"Alright. Everyon-"

"Your highness, let’s ask them directly as Pablo said." Jamal interrupted Pablo. He cut him off.

’Now I am sure these people are the fake ones.’ The way Jamal stopped Pablo from asking questions was kind of a giveaway that the soldiers weren’t the real deal.

"Yes. Ask them, Jamal." The King said.

Jamal nodded and turned around towards the soldiers.

"Soldiers," He shouted.

"Yes!" The soldiers replied.

"Didn’t Pablo Castillo deliberately fall into a trap and put all your lives at risk?" Jamal asked the main question.

Pablo squinted his eyes and all the soldiers gave the answer.

"Yes!" They all agreed with Jamal.

"And didn’t he disregard my order? An order of the High Duke? Didn’t he?" Jamal asked another question.

"Yes!" The soldiers shouted again.

’They are like parrots. Repeating only one thing in nervousness.’

Pablo didn’t go all angry at the scene and waited for Jamal to carry on.

"Your highness, this man Pablo Castillo, inside that mist, didn’t make mistakes. He committed Crimes. He also didn’t tell us that he had the weakest ranked Ego. He lied to the ruler of this Kingdom. Your highness, Pablo Castillo isn’t a detective anymore… Now….."

Jamal walked towards Pablo and stood just in front of him.

Both men looked at each other and Jamal finished his statement…..

"He is a Criminal."