Editing Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi:Volume6 Chapter2 (section)

===Part V===
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From then on, the battle was no longer just a losing process.

No matter how unreasonable the accusation was, there was nothing that could be done if the accused admitted to the crime. The guilt was admitted and fixed.

Still, Dee kept struggling. She argued that though the ‘crime’ was determined, the ‘punishment’ was not. She argued that the punishment of sealing was too excessive, questioned the justification of the punishment, pointed out the problems with the execution, poked fun at the danger of misidentification, and even went so far as to say that she hated the haircut.

It was all to buy some time.

The purpose was soon conveyed to Madame, and Dee's comments continued to be dismissed. That however did not deter Dee, who got increasingly agitated. She kept talking at full speed, honorifics, sarcasm, misuse, correct verbal usage, it was combat that went with anything as long as the following rule was obeyed, using words. It was the only weapon of the Ghost who tried to end the world with her words.

"—Now then, that shall be all for today."

With a sigh, Shaun rattled his hammer. This man was brazenly dozing off in the midst of the battle between Dee and Madame.

"Ugh…"

Madame let out a frustrated groan.

Three hours had already passed since then, and the first star was shining above the hall.

"Tomorrow's…ehh, nine o'clock, is that too early? How about we start at noon? Yes, I suppose we should continue at nine o'clock tomorrow. Yes…don’t give me that scary look, everyone."

" Sho, please read this too. This."

"What, old hag…what what?…Lemme see? ’This court shall hand over all legislation and related documents. Starting tomorrow, any questions that are answered in the documents shall be dismissed’. So it is written."

"Tch, understood…"

"—Now then, the Court is adjourned!"

And so the first day of the Witch trial was over.

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"What happened to opening the public hall to the public!?—ehh who cares about the processions! Get a grip! We're at war!"

From the moment he was released, Bendo had been yelling at his lackeys. He ordered the main facilities near the school to be moved, new shelters to be set up, and citizens to be moved. He had been giving orders frequently since the trial began.

"Add reinforcements for security! Arm them with whatever weapons you can find to intimidate the enemy! Pull out the cannons from some history museum or whatever and point at those guys! Put some pressure on them!"

"B-But Mayor! What happens if they’re unhappy!? It looks like they’re only looking for Alice. That should be the most fortunate thing…"

"Are your brains all roses and rainbows!?"

Bendo told off his lackeys as they passed through the school's main gate.

"They’re affiliated to the ‘Witches’! They're the ones who’ll destroy countries in the name of great righteousness! Get rid of that naive idea right now!"

Next to him, Dee was huddling with the members of the black surface search association that was managed by her.

"—Tell those guys who are queuing up that there’s no way they can pass through the black surface now. It’s not going to be pretty if they’re going to sneak into Madame’s body."

<i>"Yes."</i>

"Tell them this is not a joke. They might actually get killed. If they die, they won’t be able to go past the black surface."

<i>"Yes." </i>The classmates answered vigorously. Dee looked up at Madame behind her, dismissing her classmate.

Madame was pulsating in front of Dee's eyes.

There was no doubt about it.

Madame was getting bigger.

She had initially been the size of a building from the start, but the current Madame was clearly two or three times that size. Mortars and Gatling guns that were not seen earlier, were also set up on the embrasures, and there were countless alien monsters that looked like Lady's children moving their tiny feet along the walls.

<i>…I warned everyone just in case, but I guess nobody would want to enter such a thing, right?</i>

Dee thought to herself, and turned to leave. She had to regroup with Julie, Scar and Ai, and discuss their plans for tomorrow.

Dee was naive.

She had omitted the fact that in <b>the midst of everything</b>, there was a certain soul that would decide to go in without a moment's hesitation.

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