Three Cases (Part One)

After closing her door, Hesta turned on her computer and began verifying everything she had heard that night.

Yiti's grasp of Common Tongue was not yet fluent enough. Her account often contained wording that was understandable but strangely chosen. Fortunately, her framework was very clear: she followed the timeline, focusing on the three most influential major cases after Ava entered the Habitable Zone, then cited some of Ava's public statements as supporting evidence.

Therefore, as long as she followed those keywords, Hesta could independently search through everything she had heard that night.

According to Yiti, Nia Province had served as a transitional region for wasteland residents entering the Habitable Zone, and in its early years, situations often arose where Habitable Zone law could not be fully applied. To address this, the District 3 government had established a special "extrajudicial court" in Nia Province to handle cases that conventional courts found difficult.

Generally speaking, the extrajudicial court had to take the specific wasteland context of a case into account when adjusting its verdict and sentence, thereby demonstrating the Habitable Zone's fairness and consideration for its new residents.

The so-called "extrajudicial court" had three "judges." Any case that entered the court would ultimately be decided by those three judges. Unlike an ordinary court, however, they were not permitted to abstain, ensuring that there could be no one-to-one tie.

At first, Hesta searched for "extrajudicial court," but the results matching her expectations were few and far between. After several attempts, she entered "Nia Province. Ava. Court," and a new term immediately leaped into view—

Arbiter Court.

The word "arbiter" made Hesta's gaze sharpen. She had not expected to encounter that familiar term again here. Whether it was a coincidence or Anna's deliberate appropriation, Hesta had no way of knowing. What concerned her more