JUDGE, JURY, EXCECUTIONER
Back in the present
I started having the most unbearable pain imaginable, my head started splitting apart, I bled from every hole in my face, after a very long 5 minutes of suffering, I decided to pick up the book again, and to my surprise, it was empty!
Slowly, words started appearing on the book, it was not being slowly written, it was as if someone was stamping the words on the paper
[Hello Leroy, sorry for suppressing your painful memories, I did it to save you]
I guess he was right, when Kaneki disappeared I started feeling guilty for what probably happened to him, it was so bad that I almost resorted to taking my own life.
Leroy: were you also responsible for everyone forgetting my name?
[Yes]
I simple Yes was all the book answered, I had a lot of questions for it about what just happened a moment ago
Leroy: can you tell me what just happened right now?!
[People of paradise know the name of every earthrealmer who went in the gate]
[Upon saying the name of the individual, a satellite that is circling Roxalia will]
[Shoot a wave of solar energy towards the individual until he is dead]
So it was my fault that Jim died….. I will mourn him later but right now, I need to know what happened to everyone
Leroy: Please tell me what happened to grandma and Amari
[I am sorry Leroy, you were the last one to arrive at Roxalia]
[You arrived 4200 years after the invasion, you grandma arrived 1520 years ago]
I felt light headed, this can't be real right? This has to be a joke
[Amari arrived 3 years ago, Jenna arrived 9 years ago, 2100 years passed in Earth]
I started laughing hysterically, I could not believe what I have been just told
Leroy: this is not funny, its hard to believe that the 70 minute ride through space that I assume everyone experienced turned into a time travel plot?! It does not make any sense!
I lost my calm state of mind and went into full on rage
[I am sorry Leroy, it is the truth, Herathians got impatient with the gate]
[Displacement mages told them to wait another 10 years but the crown prince]
[Grew too old and decided to rush the invasion, the gate was defective]
[He arrived 10 years later and got executed by the new imperial family]
Leroy: SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT EVERYONE I KNEW JUST DIED!?
[I am sorry Leroy i really tried to prevent this from happening]
My rage calmed down, and in turn, I became consumed by numbness, a feeling that I was too familiar with
Leroy: Socrates, initiate self destruct sequence
[LEROY! PLEASE CALM DOWN]
Socrates: very well sir
5
[Leroy please listen to me]
The book was trying to communicate with me but I couldn't careless about it
4
[LEROY I BEG YOU!]
3
[LEROY]
2
[PLEASE LISTEN]
1
Socrates: I am sorry sir, you do not appear to be in the best state of mind, I can't do that
Leroy: my mind has never been more clear Socrates, please resume
Socrates: I am sorry sir, please wait a day before giving me the order again
[LEROY RUN!!!]
A purple mist slowly crept its way towards the armored truck but I really could not careless, everything that I worked hard for, all the relationships that I built was gone in less than a day. What is the point of trying if everything ends up being taken from you time, and time again
I inhaled the purple mist and my world turned cartoon like, everything turned into a drawing, then I was strapped in a chair and when I turned around me, I appeared to be in somewhat of courtroom
Then a prosecutor with a comically large veneers and an obnoxiously sharp face entered the courtroom, he had a microphone in his left hand said
Prosecutor: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!, TODAY WE ARE DISCUSSING THE PAST SINS OF THE DEFENDANT LEROY VAN STERLING, THE TRIAL WILL BEGIN SHORTLY
God, his voice is so annoying, he sounds like a wrestling commentator
Soon after his announcement an obese judge with a large nose entered to courtroom and sat on his chair, he shot a glare at me and flipped a switch behind him that revealed the shadowy jury
The prosecutor brought down a flat screen from the sky and pressed a remote that had all the same buttons, I am really in a cartoon world. Seems like I inhaled some form of hallucinogenic, well whatever it can't be that bad
Prosecutor: HERE IS THE DEFENDANT WHEN HE FIRST GAINED CONSIOUCNESS
He turned on a video of when I was maybe two to three years old? Not sure
Juror 1: awwwwwwwwwww
Juror 3: aww look at his puffy cheeks
Prosecutor: Now now jury, do not be fooled by his adorableness, he used it to get away from real crimes!!!
The prosecutor turned on a familiar scene by the pool, my first painful memory…
Prosecutor: the year 20XX, July, 6 year old Leroy was swimming with his cousin Aaliyah by the pool, do you know what happens next?!
Please stop…..
Prosecutor: he got a leg cramp and he couldn't swim!!
Juror 5: oh no….
Juror 3: don't tell me….
Prosecutor: he tried using his cousin as a floater and ended up drowning her!!!
She tried to save me why is he lying…. I want to yell and scream at them but I'm paralyzed
Juror 4: what a monster!!!!!
Juror 1: to die so young….
They exclaimed with cartoonish sad faces
Prosecutor: the year 20XX November, 11 years old Leroy was sitting in the park with his grandpa who was grieving his daughters demise, while his grandpa was away to bring him ice cream. Leroy was approached by the local bully, he and did what bullies do.
What a disaster of a day, the therapist gave my grandpa the awful advice of just... acting like nothing ever happened.
Prosecutor: Leroy pulled out his pocket knife and stabbed the bully in the eyes!!!!!!
Juror 6: you know what that is actually relatable
Juror 7: Leroy doesn't deserve to be in a normal society!!!
Prosecutor: Leroy did not stop theeeeeere ladies and gentlemen!!!! Leroy followed the crying child and slit his throat in front of his parents!!!! He managed to distract himself from the suffocating numbness by inflicting pain and misery to others!
Juror 6: never mind not relatable
Juror 8: such violence!!!!
Prosecutor: the year 20xx, December, 11 years old Leroy started targeting the neighbors pets to torture them one by one! Since we do not have all the time I will play a montage of every pet he killed this month!
Animal: dog, cause of death--- multiple amputations, bled to death
Animal: cat, cause of death--- the same as before!!!
Animal: dog, cause of death--- bled to death caused by a throat laceration!
Animal: dog, cause of death--- gutted and thoroughly cleaned abdomen
He went on for the next 10 minutes, the number was 19 pets
Prosecutor: before we continue, let's take a 5 minute break!!! Will be back shortly ladies and gentlemen!!!
I really deserve what happened to me don't i?, did I really expect to walk away from all the things that i did? I must be really stupid...
Prosecutor: we are back ladies and gentlemen!!! Now Leroy was not all bad after his grandma's love crept its way into his stale void filled heart!!! But that didn't mean that he stopped being evil!!!
Prosecutor: the year 20XX, March, 15 year old Leroy was in a convention where famous people met and conversed, Leroy was approached by a famous influencer, she asked him to take a selfie with him. In the middle of the pose, Leroy noticed that she was live and before he realized! He got groped by the famous influencer!! He felt violated and rushed home before he could do anything stupid!!!
Juror 6: I hope that sick bitch burn!!!
Juror 7: he is so lucky
Juror 1: she is so attractive wow!!!!
I remember that day, I was going to take my automatic machine gun and kill everyone in that convention, if not for my grandma stopping me and suing the fuck of that influencer who knows what would have happened. She got off easy, she only paid 250k dollars and not a single day in prison. The funny part is, she made an apology video towards her fans and they just forgave her, not even towards me…. She made that 250k dollars back in a week.
Prosecutor: Leroy spent the next 4 weeks planning on how to enact his revenge!!!
On the influencer's off day, April, Leroy kidnapped her and managed to torture her for 2 hours before setting her on fire!!!!
Juror 6: HELL YEAAAAAH!!!!!! FUCK PEDOFILES!!!!!!
Juror 5: give him the electric chair!!!!!
Juror 3: why is the defendant still breathing?!
Prosecutor: the year 20XX, July, 16 years old Leroy was relaxing with his friend Kaneki on a short summer break. Leroy received a direct message from a 37 years old discourse mod, the message was a form of meme that said in I quote
"Mom donalds, im loving it!!". The contents of the message was a picture of Leroy, when he and his mother were kidnapped a couple of years ago, the picture was Leroy when he was tricked into eating his mother's flesh when he was starved for 5 days!!!
Prosecutor: Leroy kidnapped the discourse mod and his demented old mother and did what described as, poetic Justice!!!!!!!
Juror 1: we heard Enough judge!!!!!
Juror 3: yeah sentence him already!!!!
Juror 6: I actually feel bad for the mother, not her fault she gave birth to a csam enjoyer
i agree with juror 6, at least I made sure the mother didn't feel anything….
Prosecutor: the year 20XX, October, 17 years old Leroy was scrolling on his social media account until he got a video that was made about him. The video featured a famous influencer/professional cyclist bringing up the fact that Leroy got away with murder when he was 11 because his grandpa was a billionaire.
Prosecutor: Leroy was not happy at all and decided to enact his revenge when the influencer was expecting it the least!!! On a chilly morning, Leroy was waiting for the cyclist by the highway and waited for her to slightly merge on the highway. As soon as she was tired, Leroy ran her over with his sports car at 90 miles per hour!!! He slowed down near the road rash filled body that was skinned alive and gave her a smirk before driving away!!!!
Prosecutor: the cyclist survived but she was paralyzed from the neck down!! he got away with it because he had the better lawyers!! He ended up paying 250 k dollars for ruining someone's life
Juror 6: too far man
Juror 2: he is not civilized at all!!!
As the sins and crimes were being compiled I felt an unbearable pain encompassing my whole body, I felt like every nerve in my body was being doused with a powerful acid
Prosecutor: the year 20XX, January, 18 years old Leroy was walking home from the university and decided to take a detour to work out his lower body after sitting still for hours, he was approached by someone younger than him and robbed at gun point!!!
Leroy was not happy about it! His fragile pride and ego couldn't let his poor and needy robber to get away with what he calls pocket change!!!
Prosecutor: Leroy followed the kids home and waited until midnight to enact his revenge!
Man the Prosecutor is so obnoxious, I can feel my pain increasing after every sentence he spews, I know what I did, is this really necessary?!
Prosecutor: he broke into the robbers home and decided to get his money back and give the robber a lesson!!!
He was greeted by an old couple that greeted him warmly and said
The dad: I'm sorry son.. I didn't know my son stole from you.. we will pay you back eventually after I get paid next week
The mom: I am really sorry sugar… we spent the money on food already, he told us he got it from a side hustle
Prosecutor: The humble and heartbreaking black family were betrayed by the actions of their foolish son, Leroy was going to let it slide this time but there son was shocked when he saw a familiar figure being the cause of the commotion!!!
Please stop please please please I cant take it anymore enough please, I can't scream all I can do is stay still and take the agonizing pain
Prosecutor: the foolish son reached for his gun and pointed it at Leroy!!!!
The dad: SON! PUT THE GUN DOWN RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR….
Prosecutor: seeing that the son was shaking and distracted by his father's wrath, Leroy pulled out his gun and shot the son 4 times in the chest!!!
The dad: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The mom: MY BABY!!!!!!
PLEASESTOPPLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASESTOPPLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASESTOPPLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP
Prosecutor: as the poor parents were comforting their dying child, Leroy put a bullet between the mothers eyes killing her instantly, the dying son opened his eyes widely as his face was being covered by his beloved's mother blood!!!!!
The dad: I hope you burn in hell you son of a bitc....*BANG*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My whole body was engulfed by scalding hot pain, it was so bad that despite being paralyzed I was able to chomp down on my hands to somehow bear with the pain
Prosecutor: Leroy got away with it simply because the police assumed it was a gang on gang violence and went on their day!!! They couldn't care less about a poverty filled hood!!!!
Juror 8: this is heartbreaking!!!
Juror 2: this is horrible!!!
Juror 1: unbelievable!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The judge finally spoke and declared
The judge: enough, we have enough evidence to end this trial
The judge: what do you think, jurors?
Jury: SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!!
The judge: very well
The judge: The defendant, Leroy Van Sterling, I find you guilty of all the horrible crimes of which you have been accused, and hereby sentence you to hell!!!
The jurors all started chanting unanimously
SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM! TO HELL!!! SEND! HIM!TOHELL!!!SEND!HIM!TOHELL!!!SEND!HIM!TOHELL!!!SEND!HIM!TO HELL!!!
AHHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHghhhhhhhhhhhhhghhghghghhghghgghghhh!!!!!!!
I let out an agonizing scream that made my throat bleed profusely, the pain was too much to describe, it just kept on getting worse. My red face became pale as I was screaming my lungs out, I was distracted by Socrates's voice
Socrates: sir!? What is wrong?! Are you okay?!
Leroy: AHGHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGG!!!
the camera used by Socrates was scanning the surroundings trying to figure out the cause of my agony, at the end, Socrates ended up scanning a book that laid besides me that had words appearing repeatedly that said
[DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE!]
Socrates finally put two and two together and started driving away from the mist that covered more than one mile radius of the area
***
I awoke in the middle of the night and stared at my mangled fingers, it looked like i placed my hands under a road roller, I administered phantom pain spray at my injured hands and instantly the pain disappeared like it was all a dream.
Phantom pain spray is an expensive emergency sterilizing and pain killing spray that helps with…. Sterilizing and instantly killing the pain, obviously….
Scanning my damaged hands, it is a miracle that I only lost a nail on my left ring finger, somehow my fingers were savable.
I turned my attention to the book beside me and tried to communicate in a somewhat stable state of mind, I said with a weak and damaged voice
Leroy: Y…ou awake?
[Leroy, I am so sorry, I really am sorry, please do not be upset at me]
[I am sorry Leroy]
[I am sorry Leroy]
I let out a long sigh and said
Leroy: do yo…u m…ind expla…ining wha…t the he…ll wa..s tha…t?
[It is a miracle that you are alive right now Leroy]
[What you just went through is was curse placed by the demon king]
[Shortly after the soul eater was dealt with, Herathia was weakened severely]
[The demon king reclaimed this land by the use of anubes insaniae]
[A powerful hallucigenic that attacks the mind's weakness]
[For you, it attacked your guilt-ridden conscience]
[At the same time, it unleashes a devouring toxin that attacks your soul directly]
[Your soul was on the verge of tearing entirely. You need to rest and recover]
Right now I feel like I just ran two thousand miles while my nerve endings was being fried by the sun, I feel so sore and exhausted
Leroy: wh..at a..re you
[Leroy please do not use your voice, I can read your mind]
[Long story short, the dragon that tried to stop the soul eater is my boss]
Leroy: huh???, 'you are not a dragon though… you are a book?'
[I can't elaborate right now]
Whatever, I have questions that are more important
Leroy: ' why didn't help stop the invasion?' 'Where were you?'
[I really tried Leroy, but all I could do is help you survive it]
Leroy: 'you didn't do shit, millions died because of you'
[I am sorry Leroy, but I tried to help as best as I could]
[Did you think you could defeat Doradoran without my help?]
[Who do you think helped you through all the events that happened?]
[When Malik tried to squish you with his pressure, every time Amari lost control]
[Even before the invasion happened, i tried warning you]
[Kaneki withdrew some of the paragraphs and hid it from you about the invasion]
Leroy: 'with all due respect, thank you for your invisible convenient help and all, but let's assume Kaneki did not withdraw the information'
Leroy: WHAT COULD TWO TEENAGERS DO WITH THAT INFORMATION?! DID YOU THINK I COULD TELL A TRUSTED ADULT OR SOMETH…ING?! OH I FOUND A BOOK THAT ONLY I CAN SEE THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO BE INVADED BY ALIENS 8 YEARS FROM NOW?!?!?!
I started yelling in the middle of a silent forest, my damaged throat was bleeding even more than before
[I am sorry Leroy]
Leroy: disa…ppear from my sight you failure, I finally found someone worse than me
[I am so sorry Leroy]
I got sick from the useless apologies and weakly got up and kicked the book outside the armored truck
I started taking medicine and ate some honey since I was starving and it was all I could eat in my state, I activated camouflage mode and instantly went back to sleep as soon as I put my head on the ground
***
I woke up in the morning feeling somewhat refreshed, I had a spiritual awakening. I realized that I really do not deserve any happiness, I deserved every bad that has happened to me. It sucks being covered by the familiar suffocating numbness and emptiness, but instead of taking the easy way out and going out like my dad
I will use what I learned to help everyone I can help at an arm's reach or even further. That is my path now, I will pursue redemption in this new world until I die or maybe get a happy ending where I am satisfied with myself.