Chapter 4 - The Digital Execution"You want proof, Mr. Vance?" a new voice echoed from the back of the courtroom.
A sharp-dressed woman in a tailored navy suit walked briskly down the aisle, carrying a sleek silver attaché case. It was Agent Miller from the Department of Justice's Counter-Espionage and Financial Crimes Division. She walked past the stunned guards, flashing her federal badge directly to the judge.
"Agent Miller, DOJ," she announced crisply. "We've been waiting for this exact moment to secure the jurisdiction transition."
Agent Miller snapped open her briefcase, pulling out a heavy encrypted server drive and plugging it directly into the courtroom's digital evidence display system.
"With the authorization of General Thorne and the federal court," Agent Miller continued, "we have intercepted and decrypted every single communication between Julian Vance, his mother Evelyn, and foreign buyers in Eastern Europe."
A massive projector screen behind the witness stand flickered to life.
Instantly, audio recordings began to play through the courtroom's high-definition speakers.
“Just make sure the forged medical records look legitimate,” Julian’s distinct, arrogant voice rang out clearly across the silent room. “Once we lock her up for military fraud, the old man’s will becomes legally null and void. The entire defense empire will be ours, Mom. No more sharing.”
A second audio clip played immediately after.
“Don't worry about Clara,” Evelyn’s cold, calculating voice responded. “If the courts don't put her away for long enough, the foreign buyers we've been dealing with will make sure she has an ‘accident’ before she can open her mouth.”
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The courtroom gasped in absolute horror. Jurors covered their mouths with their hands, staring at Julian and Evelyn as if they were monsters disguised in human skin.
Julian collapsed back into his seat, trembling violently, his entire web of lies instantly shredded into dust.
