Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 171 - 125 Asina’s Desire for Guidance (1)

Chapter 171: Chapter 125 Asina’s Desire for Guidance (1)

"My meaning is, a public trial."

"Summon all the nobles, clergy, and even civilians from Orville Royal City to judge Karsas’ crimes before a large audience," Qin Chu continued, completely ignoring the shocked looks around him. "Since the site can’t accommodate that many people, we’ll use Magic Images to broadcast the process of Karsas’ trial."

"The front page of the newspaper must be published, making sure everyone on the Sky Dome Continent knows that Karsas’ massacre of three thousand two hundred Holy Knights from the Holy Court is unforgivable and has been sentenced to death."

At these words, everyone was stunned!

This was a tactic to disgrace Karsas to the point that not even in death could he find peace and would be despised and reviled for eternity... His heart was surely too vicious.

Rose Vesper and Asina’s expressions changed, and all four beautiful eyes stared at Qin Chu as they shook their heads unconsciously.

They could absolutely not accept the public trial of Karsas’ crimes; it was a humiliation to the entire former Hero Team’s reputation.

The former Hero Team was the only legacy Lord Jie Luo left on the Sky Dome Continent, and they would never allow anything he left behind to be tainted and scorned.

"Brother Qin... you heard what I just said, right?" Lord Wozworth frowned deeply. "Even the slightest leak of this issue could cause unrest, let alone a public trial... We are seeking peace and stability at this time..."

"Lord Wozworth, that is exactly why we must do this," Qin Chu calmly replied.

Lord Wozworth grew interested: "Why?"

It was well known that when something particularly bad happened in the past, the Oville Empire’s approach was to cover it up if possible, and if it couldn’t be covered up, to play it down. It was unclear why Qin Chu would want to deliberately blow it out of proportion.

"Concealment only breeds suspicion." Qin Chu placed his hand over his chest and bowed like a gentleman as he began to expound his views.

"Lord Wozworth, surely you don’t believe that the things you want to conceal can truly be hidden?"

"No, don’t treat the public as fools; they know everything. They simply haven’t spoken of what they know."

"The things you want to hide only become gossip for nobles and civilians over tea and dinner... What you consider concealment, what you consider stability, is just a false peace."

Lord Wozworth’s face turned somewhat ugly. He had never heard such a viewpoint before, and it piqued his interest. This man seemed quite open-minded and straightforward: "Go on, brother."

Qin nodded and continued: "Secrecy only leads to the public having an inadequate understanding of the truth. This lack of understanding causes people to speculate and to guess what the real truth might be... As you know, once people start imagining, they often exaggerate. If the calamity you’re trying to hide is a ten, then in the public’s imagination, it’s a hundred, a thousand."

"Trying to avoid panic through concealment will only lead to greater panic. It’s just that the public has been able to bear it well without erupting. But if it does burst out after accumulating over many years, it will be like a breached dam, uncontrollable."

"It’s the same with this issue. Can we really completely hide the fact that Karsas killed so many Holy Knights? There must be others who know, and this information will spread privately."

"People will guess why Karsas killed so many Holy Knights. Is it because there’s an irreconcilable conflict between the Holy Court and the Hero Team? Could this conflict affect the great cause of combating demons, breeding more fear?"

"Only by holding a trial and calling on as many people as possible to watch, letting everyone know the truth, can we prevent the spread of panic." Qin Chu said a lot in one breath.

This was the punishment he had prepared for Karsas, something he had endured himself, and he wanted Karsas to taste it too.

These words seemed to make some sense.

Lord Wozworth, Augustus, and these men were certainly not fools; they were astute but had been distanced from the lower classes for too long to understand the thoughts of the common people.

Lord Wozworth seemed somewhat persuaded.

Rose Vesper and Asina, however, were clearly resistant, especially Asina. The look she gave Qin Chu was increasingly one of disgust. If the trial were to be made public, the entire former Hero Team’s reputation would be ruined, which was something Asina absolutely could not allow.

After a brief hesitation, Asina stood up to object: "Mr. Brave, your words seem to make some sense. But since the public has been able to bear it so far, I think this time should be no problem either. At such a critical moment, it’s better not to create complications and cause unnecessary trouble..."

"Miss Asina, do you know where the limit of public resistance lies?"

Qin Chu directly launched a counterattack, and under his intense gaze, even Asina unconsciously shrank back a little.

"You don’t know, I don’t know either... But who can guarantee that this time won’t touch their limit? The majority of the Empire’s military comes from the civilians, and so does the supply. If it breaks out, the chaos among the public will inevitably affect the army. The Empire’s army, the Church’s army, everyone knows the Hero Team’s Death Knight has massacred a large number of knights and warriors... As those being slaughtered, they will subconsciously resist the Hero Team’s experts."