Chapter 151 Silent Changes

The Inquisition's final verdict on the alchemist surprised and astonished almost all the forces paying attention to this matter.

A judgment of this intensity was really harsh, almost wiping out the entire alchemist circle in one fell swoop.

However, although the court has made the final judgment, it does not mean that they can really implement the judgment without any resistance.

Under the ingenious power balance mechanism between Ginza and the Silver Family, almost all forces within Ginza are wrapped up in the power balance. Various rights are divided into several parts and distributed to various forces, ensuring that any force can be checked and balanced in Ginza, avoiding the emergence of any force that can challenge the order of the Silver Family. At the same time, it also ensures that the internal struggles in Ginza are controlled within a limited range, ensuring long-term stability.

The same is true for the Inquisition. Although they have the power to enforce the law in Ginza, there are many forces that can fight against them.

The city defense army is just one of the departments that divide power. There is also the execution department that is responsible for executions and law enforcement, the troops stationed in various districts of Ginza, the white envoys from various forces, etc., all of which are qualified and capable of preventing the trial court from executing the verdict.

Therefore, after the Inquisition made its final judgment, the alchemists had no time to hesitate any longer. After quickly reaching a consensus, they began to exchange interests with the Ministry of Execution and the White Envoys in the city where the workshop was located, trying to avoid the trial of the Inquisition. At the same time, they also began to seek assistance from the army.

Although the Rose War was over, the army was not weakened after the war because the green tide of Donnar could defeat the coalition forces and attack Sinnar at any time. Of course, it did not continue to grow, and the army has always been one of the strongest forces in Ginza.

After countless exchanges of interests, and after the alchemist had paid a huge amount of benefits with great pain, the Ministry of Justice and the White Envoy were persuaded by them and began to take sides. As for the army, although they expressed some willingness at the beginning, after the army superiors received the news from the alchemist, the army suddenly cut off contact with the alchemist without any warning.

And the alchemist also received some cryptic warnings.

The expanding army has long become a thorn in the eyes of countless forces in Ginza. Almost everyone in Ginza does not want to see the army become stronger again. The alchemists' hasty operations have successfully caused their image to lose points among the top forces in Ginza.

Although they will not come out to deal with the alchemist, the same may be true for their subordinates. Although they may not be able to control the alchemist, they are still happy to do some free work to add fuel to the fire.

Under such circumstances, the plan of the Radiant Knights easily overcame a lot of obstacles and saved a lot of time.

When the Ministry of Execution and the White Envoy were gone, the Court of Inquisition was indeed restricted.

Although the Inquisition is powerful, they cannot really fight with other forces in Ginza. Moreover, due to the suddenness of the incident, the Inquisition basically does not have much extra force in Ginza, and the people sent here are just squeezed out of the teams stationed in other districts.

Compared with the execution squad and the white messengers who had the local advantage, their numbers were not large, so they did not have much advantage.

Therefore, the final judgment of the Inquisition against the alchemist became a dead letter and was almost impossible to implement. Even the blockade of the workshop area had loopholes, allowing some people to slip in and clean up and deal with various problems in the alchemy workshop.

However, fortunately, the Inquisition was well prepared and forcibly took away all the staff in the workshop. Therefore, even if there was a loophole in the blockade, the alchemy workshop could not be put into operation again.

Afterwards, the Inquisition, the City Defense Forces, the Execution Squad, and the White Envoy engaged in a confrontation and negotiation regarding the verdict on the alchemist.

In addition to facing the pressure from the city defense army, the execution squad, and the White Envoy, the Inquisition also had to deal with the support from various forces for the alchemists after the situation became clear. In this regard, the Inquisition did not resist stubbornly, but chose to compromise.

As the old forces in Ginza, they all know that politics is the art of compromise.

However, although both sides are willing to compromise, there are still differences in the specific implementation.

Although the Inquisition was willing to make concessions, it still argued over every piece of evidence against the alchemist and completely disagreed with the conditions for his acquittal, even if the alchemist was willing to secretly donate a large sum of money to the Inquisition. Anyway, even if the sentence was reduced, the alchemy workshop was not confiscated, and no one was imprisoned or executed, the alchemist would still have to bear the guilt.

The execution squad and the white envoys thought this was acceptable, but the alchemists and the city defense forces they supported strongly opposed it.

Eventually, the other forces withdrew from the debate, leaving the alchemists and the city defense forces to continue arguing with the Inquisition.

The two sides had a fierce argument over every clause in the final agreement, confronting each other sharply.

After arguing for more than ten days and the people from the Inquisition beating up the city defense forces more than a dozen times, both sides finally took a step back and reluctantly reached a final agreement.

In the end, the alchemist reluctantly accepted part of the charges and paid a large sum of compensation, and the Inquisition took a step back, gave up most of the verdicts, and lifted the blockade on the alchemy workshop.

Among the countless clauses that were argued over, all the people detained by the Inquisition, except for a few alchemists, were abandoned by the alchemists.

They were not willing to pay extra compensation for these consumables, and instead simply passed the buck to the Tribunal.

Just as the alchemists were happily holding a grand banquet, the Inquisition showed the signed treaty to all the detainees, shattering the last bit of hope they had for the alchemists.

Finally, they were all released by the Inquisition after losing their jobs and feeling confused and helpless. As soon as they walked out of the Inquisition, the Radiant Knights, who had been prepared for this, immediately stopped them all.

The administrative staff of the Radiant Knights produced a large number of new labor agreements, and through their good reputation, they successfully persuaded this group of personnel and incorporated them all into the newly established Chamber of Commerce.

Afterwards, under the escort of the Radiant Knights, they avoided the streets and quietly headed to the East District, which had been jointly controlled by the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition.

As the alchemists celebrated their yet another victory over the Knights of Radiance, some changes were quietly taking place.

　There are only two thousand today. Three days of experiments and one day of exam have drained my brain.

　　If zombies open my brain now, they will all leave disappointed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)