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Most observant members of the Free People have already realized that Colonel Skul, who values logic and reason, has been made a fool by Colonel Red Rose's manipulative tactics.
As Richard of Blackwater Town said, this is a trial, a trial to construct the legitimacy basis of the new regime.
Those sitting in the judge's seat want a complete victory in terms of morality and law, not merely to physically eliminate the accused.
If it were only for the latter, there would be no need for such a painstaking effort—a single executioner could handle it beautifully.
Targeting the enemy's core demands, Nagy Modachi standing in the trial launched a counterattack.
His method of counterattack was to tell a lie, one that everyone knows is false, yet cannot be refuted legally.
Using this lie as a tool, he dragged the judges, who must remain spotless, altogether into the cesspit.