"Ms. Acerbi, the Chief has been calling you.." said Travis while looking at Rosamaria, "I bid you goodluck, and adieu.." Sula smiled at her friend. "Thanks for keeping me company, Sula." Rosa lets out a smile before following Travis.
[June 01, 2097]
"Its time.." Marco stood at the top of a building, "I hope this won't mess up.." Dante sighed while bringing his sniper. "Nah, if this would mess up, I have a plenty of back-up plans, remember?" Wilhevit reassured them while spinning her pistol, "Lets go now.. the truck will appear anytime." Salvatore reminded them, "Dante, you've been assigned to look after it." he added before hopping on the chopper with Flavio. "Worry not, I can drive any type of vehicles with ease.." Tomasso grinned before raising his thumbs up, "Let's go.." Wilhevit hopped on the chopper.
Dante started watching over the route while the others were on their guard. Suddenly, a truck from the prison can be seen heading towards Southeast, "Okay, they're here." Dante stated while looking through his scope. "Give signal when they'll reach 3 o'clock." Wilhevit reminded before getting her pistol ready, "They're fast.." Dante responded.
"3..2...1..Hit them now!"
Salvatore quickly hit the truck with using a bazooka and later exploded, "This is easier than I thought." Wilhevit sighed, "Some thing's wrong, no ones moving.." Dante's face scrunched. "Lets check it." Wilhevit jumped down and landed on the surface, Marco later followed and the two sneaked towards the truck, "Don't tell me.." Wilhevit gritted her teeth, "Its a decoy." Marco slowly opened the truck, "Jack in the truck—?!" the robot popped out and punched Marco away. Wilhevit later throw her knife at the robot yet the latter deflect it, she ran towards Marco and Dante shot the robot down. "Im fine, don't worry.." Marco stood up, Wilhevit sighed in relief.
"Now, let's go back to the top. I'm pretty sure that the soldiers won't be coming here, so Plan B." Wilhevit grabbed Marco and dragged him towards the stairs.
"I'm pretty sure that Delta is already at the courtroom.." Salvatore muttered, "The trial already started then, they were expecting an attack so they adjusted some things." Flavio responded. "Plan B, barging in the courtroom." Dante cocks his sniper, "Let's proceed now people!" Wilhevit and Marco soon arrived at the top of the building and hopped in the chopper. "Lets fly the baby shark!" Tomasso grinned and the chopper started flying on mid air.
"Brethren, baby wha—"
"Baby shark!" Tomasso raised his thumbs up at Salvatore.
Meanwhile in the courtroom, Filippo and the Prosecutor started debating about the murder weapon. Rosamaria only looked at the two while getting bored, the Judge and Juries were observing and the witnesses only watched.
"Objection! But earlier you stated that the murder weapon was Glock 19 based on the bullet that was embedded in the victim's skull which I assume is a 9 mm. Therefore we haven't even proven that the defendant is the real culprit behind this crime." Filippo pointed his index finger at Prosecutor Vandross.
"Then what are you trying to imply then? Ms. Acerbi already admitted that she is the murderer." Mr. Vandross shrugged both of his shoulders while smirking at Filippo.
"What I am trying to imply that it is possible that this case is not murder all along? What I am trying to say that this is a forced suicide case." Filippo stated while waving a paper filled with documents.
"Forced Suicide case? Hmmm.. Then prove it." Mr. Vandross grinned while crossing his arms.
"According to my research, there is a manga called Lie•Love•Lust that was written and illustrated by 'Imo' or should I say Maximo Ventura. Based on what happened 7 years ago." Filippo showed the comic book.
"How can be a mere comic book can prove that this case is a Forced Suicide case?" Mr. Vandross sighed thinking that the comic is not enough to prove that Rosamaria is not the culprit.
"The writer and illustrator of this manga witnessed everything that happened during the crime took place." Filippo stated in a bragging manner.
"Mhm.. The prosecution calls the defendant's witness, Mr. Maximo Ventura to the stand." Mr. Vandross stated.
Maximo was assisted by Regina, she pushed his wheelchair towards the stand.
"Is it true that you are the author of this comic book?" Mr. Vandross asked.
"Yes.." Maximo responded while looking down.
"Were you there when the crime took place?" Mr. Vandross asked again.
"Yes! And it was horrifying! The image of the victim's dead body is still vivid in my memory!" Maximo cried while bashing the stand.
"What was the murder weapon then?" Mr. Vandross asked again.
"Actually.... Francisco gave Rosa and Fausta two different guns. Those are Desert Eagle and Glock 19, the guns we're disassembled." Maximo stated while calming himself down.
"According to the comic, Lani or should I say Fausta, the victim was forced to commit suicide, is that what you saw?" Mr. Vandross asked while tapping his fingers.
"Yes, everything was maybe blurry but I saw it on my own eyes. She assembled the gun and pointed it to her head then bang!" Maximo responded with exclamation.
"Again, what was the murder weapon?" Mr. Vandross averted his gaze at Filippo.
"I think it was Desert Eagle..." Maximo looked down.
"Then how can the 9 mm got stuck in her skull?" Mr. Vandross smirked.
"The witness said it was blurry, so there's a chance that he mistook the Glock 19 as a Desert Eagle." Filippo deadpanned.
"Could it be that the victim assembled both of the guns and gave the other to the defendant?" Mr. Vandross countered.
"I believe that the two were given enough time to assemble the given guns. So, tell me, how many seconds/minutes did Mr. Ferrante gave?" Filippo averted his gaze at Maximo.
"uhh... 13 seconds. But I wrote 25 seconds in the comic.." Maximo looked at Filippo.
"There's no way that the victim can assemble them with such speed." Filippo raised both of his hands in mid air.
"Objection! Have you forgotten that the victim is a gun enthusiast? According to my research, the victim had a knack on assembling and disassembling guns. So it is possible for her to assemble both guns in a span of 13 seconds." Mr. Vandross countered once again.
"Objection! According to MY research, the victim can only assemble guns within 7 seconds. So she doesn't have enough time to assemble the other one." Filippo exclaimed.
A loud explosion interrupted the trial, molotovs were soon being thrown inside and started exploding. The rest of the people started panicking, after the smoke dispersed, a chopper's noise echoed throughout the area, there they witnessed a group of people had taken the robots down. "Objection your Honor! I hereby declare this trial will be put to an end!" Marco yelled while standing on the chopper and carrying Rosamaria on his arms.
[End of Chapter]