The downpour came quickly and passed just as quickly.
The square was packed with people, all watching expectantly as several high-ranking officials knelt in the center and begged for mercy.
Those lofty officials had always been arrogant and tyrannical, beating and berating commoners at will. If the Divine Kingdom had not descended and taken control of this place, they would never have restrained themselves.
Not long before, however, His Majesty the God King had performed a miracle that restored life to all of Egypt, making vast stretches of land suitable for farming again.
Seeing a chance for profit, these men had revealed their true colors once more, inventing pretexts to seize wealth by force. The Black-Robed Divine Envoys had caught them red-handed, and Priest Shadi was judging them personally. When else would lowly peasants like them ever get to witness such a scene?
"His Majesty arrives!"
A guard's shout instantly silenced the noisy square.
Dressed in a black robe embroidered with golden dragons, Tetsuhiro used the Body Flicker Technique to appear before the desk. He slowly sat down, his expression icy as he looked at the criminals kneeling at the edge of the square.
Ignoring their noisy sobbing and pleas, Tetsuhiro signaled for Shadi, who had also flickered over with him, to begin immediately.
With a cold expression, Shadi took out the Millennium Scales. A spectral figure emerged from them and reached for the weeping fat man on the left.
It pulled out a fresh, beating heart and placed it on the left side of the scales. Clang! The feather on the other side shot upward.
Shadi had never expected his first weighing to reveal such heavy sins!
"Can a human being really do this? People... they never change!"
"These officials in charge of farmland and supplies shall have their