As soon as he finished his words, the audience burst into an uproar.
Ichigo could not hold himself back, "He admitted that he is a traitor. Kill him!"
The others also started a heated discussion.
Even Janus, who had been supporting him, turned pale at that moment and he looked at Fade with a strange expression.
Fade was still motionless. Ignoring the uproar around him, he said, "I killed them, but I am not a traitor."
These words triggered a wave of furious curses.
"You're still quibbling. If you killed someone, you're a traitor."
"Traitor, you actually have the guts to say such things here. Why don't you go to hell?”
"Kill the traitor."
Amidst the sounds of anger, Firstson stared at Fade's face for a few seconds and asked, "You killed Taruca and the others, but you say that you are not a traitor. What do you mean?"
Fade saluted Firstson and said, "Palace Master, I'm saying this because Taruca and his disciples deserved to die."
Before the noisy doubts could be heard again, he immediately continued, "The reason why I killed them was because they wanted to kill me first. I was forced to fight back and had to kill them."
"A bunch of nonsense!”
"Traitor, how dare you lie to the Three Palace Masters!"
"For a traitor like him, we don't need to listen to his nonsense. Just kill him."
Angry screams and curses filled the hall.
Firstson's expression remained cold. He stared at Fade and continued to ask, "You said you were forced to fight back. Do you have any evidence?"
"Palace Master, he's lying. I don't think he's trustworthy!" Ichigo shouted angrily.
Many of the Chiefs agreed and followed to curse at him, wishing that they could kill Fade on the spot.
However, Fade did not even spare them a glance. He said to Firstson, "I have a witness."
"Where?" Firstson asked.
Fade turned his head to look outside the hall and said, "Come in!"
Then, two disciples of Prohibition Island carried a man covered in blood into the hall.
Soon, someone recognized the person on the stretcher, and the scene became lively.
"Isn't that Pacho Liu?"
"Wasn't he in the Ice-sealed Tower? Why is he here?"
"How did Pacho become like this?"
Amidst the discussions, Fade said, "This is the Pacho Liu of the Ice-sealed Tower. He's the witness whom I mentioned earlier." "Pacho, tell me what you know!" Fade glanced at Paco on the stretcher and said coldly.
Seeing Fade's face, Pacho shivered with fear and dared not hide anything. He told everyone how he and the rest colluded and plotted against Fade.
Of course, he didn't say anything about Secondson's speculations and accusations. He only brought up Ichigo and stopped there.
After he finished, the crowd burst into an uproar again. Everyone started to discuss among themselves, glancing at Ichigo from time to time.
Ichigo's expression changed drastically as he hastily defended himself, "That's nonsense. Slander; this is outright slander. I don't know anything about what he said at all, let alone participate."
"Ichigo, are you going to continue lying in front of the Three Palace Masters?" Fade asked coldly.
The raging Ichigo gritted his teeth. "I'm not lying. You're slandering me."
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