Murmurs spread around the court and even the judges began to whisper among themselves.
The name Richard took was a heavy name. It was a black spot in the history of the world. The man behind World War 2. Adolf Hitler's atrocities were well known.
He had invaded Poland and nearly killed everyone there. He wreaked havoc in that place. He massacred people after people there. And to think that Pablo was born there raised many questions. And all the judges asked them right away.
"Is he Jewish?"
"Then how did he survive Hitler?"
"How did this man manage to live when he was just one month old at that time?"
"How is he still alive and present in front of us?"
"Was he hiding?"
"What went between him and Hitler?"
"Give answers, Richard."
Under all those questions, Richard just sighed.
"I am afraid no one knows the answers of your questions, my lords. Only one man can tell you about them and he is the man himself. Pablo Castillo."
The judges clenched their fists.
"However," Richard spoke again. "I don't think we need to know the answer to those questions. The crimes of this man outweighs the amount of sympathy he would receive. This man is so hated that no lawyers accepted to defend him today. He was brought here to rot. To be punished. I request all of you judges to pay attention to that and only that."
Richard turned his head to the people sitting on the seats behind him. He looked at two men in particular. A white man with blonde hair and a white bald man. They were sitting side by side.
"The president of America, Mr. Joe Giden, and the president of Russia, Mr. Lupin. These two made today's trial possible. These two played a big hand in the capture of Pablo Castillo today."
Everyone paid attention to Richard as he kept speaking.
"Pablo Castillo is blessed with a sharp mind and a strong body. The police, FBI, CBI, all these forces tried their best but they never managed to apprehend the man. Criminal X was always one step ahead of all of them. He was never caught and continued doing his crimes. Until… America and Russia joined hands.
Yes, my lords. Two great countries joined forces and no, not because these countries wanted power but because they wanted Criminal X. Pablo managed to unite two powerful countries all by himself. And after that, I am sure everyone knows what happened. It was all over the news.
These two countries selected their best soldiers, officers, commanders, and created a special military force consisting of 25 members, especially to capture Pablo Castillo. This force was trained under harsh conditions, they underwent life threatening missions just to experience the feeling of capturing Criminal X. This force was the best of the best.
And one day, their real test arrived. This special force got an intel about the location of Pablo and they all moved out instantly to catch him. They reached his hideout and attacked blindly. Their orders were—Don't take Criminal X lightly. And soon, this force finally saw Pablo and a fight broke out.
Pablo is currently 85 years old and even at this age, this man killed 20 members of the Special Military Force. Which only shows the skills and strength of Criminal X. But still, in the end, he was captured by the last remaining five soldiers and those five soldiers are the reason we have Pablo Castillo present here in this court."
Clap!
Clap!
Richard clapped for the five men standing behind Criminal X and soon, the whole court clapped for those men.
The five men's faces were covered with helmets and they also showed no reaction to the claps they received. They just stood there silently.
"These five men are mourning the loss of their twenty comrades, my lords. For them, these claps are meaningless if Pablo doesn't receive his rightful punishment."
The judges slowly nodded their heads and scribbled something on the papers.
"Is there any proof that Pablo Castillo did all those things? We all know who this man is but justice is blind and it demands proof." A judge with a stern face and mustache said.
"Yes, my lord. I know full well that justice is blind. That's why I have proof. The thousands of files placed in front of you contain some files which are colored yellow. Those files contain proof of each crime that Pablo committed.
You see, my lords, Criminal X wasn't afraid of getting caught. He left his traces on the crime scene as if telling the whole world that he is the culprit. Please see them for yourselves."
The judges shoved their hands on the bundles of files and only took out yellow colored files.
They opened them and saw photos and some reports of various kinds.
"I can assure you the photos inside the files are not forged. The photos were captured in the CCTV around places and In the photos you could see Pablo shooting people, assaulting people, planting bombs around places, and the most frightening thing is, he is doing all that with a damn smile.
The reports in the files are medical and forensic reports of the crime scenes and it contained Pablo's fingerprints all over. Pablo committed all that.
And if you need more proof than that, my lords, then I have a final nail in the coffin. I have a witness present here in the court and I would like to call them in the witness box."
"You may proceed." The judges gave permission.
Richard nodded.
"Please come," He paused and respectfully called the person. "King Charles the third."
The judges raised their brows as an old man stood up among the audience.
He was dressed like a normal person but everyone knew who the man was.
The man was partially bald and he slowly came and stood inside the witness box, located on the right hand side of Richard.
"My lords, this man needs no introduction but since the law is same for everyone, I shall tell about this man to all of you including the people who are watching this trial inside their homes."
Richard walked towards the man and stood in front of him.
"To keep the introduction short I will just say that this man, present among us, is none other than…" Richard stared at the cameras present inside the court and in his usual loud manner, he continued saying…
"The current ruling King of the United Kingdom."