[BL, MTL] Wine and Gun

Chapter 83

"Are you nervous?" Old Hunter asked.

He felt like a hapless single parent with a child now-because at this very moment, on a sunny noon, Mydalen was sitting with him in a restaurant. The kid was eating a huge hamburger in a rude posture that didn't match his good looks, with some sauce on the corner of his mouth.

There are many questions that Orion Hunter doesn't know the answer to: for example, he knows that boys with long bodies are usually very good at eating, but he still can't figure out why Midalen can eat so much; for example, he doesn't know that he Why do you invite the other party to eat again and again, obviously the orphanage where the other party lives temporarily provides all kinds of food for these poor children with psychological trauma every day under the attention of WLPD; Why did he accept the commission from this brat who was sitting opposite him now, when the other party couldn't pay him a penny.

But in short, he did invite the guest, and he did investigate the matters related to Herstal and Sequoia Manor under the request of Midalene and his own curiosity-this just became good reason for them to see each other frequently.

Although, if the police officers of the WLPD knew that Midalene was in frequent contact with a bounty hunter, their first reaction might be to arrest Hunter.

And Midalene licked the sauce at the corner of his mouth unsatisfied, looked up at Hunter, and asked, "Why am I nervous?"

"Tomorrow is the pre-trial hearing in the Stryde case, and you need to be present as a witness," Hunter pointed out. He paused, and decided to explain the meaning of the pre-trial hearing to the other party a little bit: "...And one of the links is that the prosecutor and the defense lawyer will show the evidence they have collected in front of the judge, and the judge will judge what you need. There is no need to appear as a witness in court."

--According to Hunter's prediction, Midalene must appear in court. Although the victims in this case are all minors, it does not prove that they are mentally incompetent. Therefore, the witnesses need to testify in court unless there is an accident.

When he thought of these lamb-like children facing Stryde's lawyers, he couldn't help but feel some headaches. They would undoubtedly be torn apart by those sharp-tongued lawyers. Moreover, it would be too cruel for a group of children who have been sexually assaulted to narrate their experiences of being victimized in public.

Middalen stared at him for a few seconds, not knowing what he was thinking, and then he asked, "You also think the outcome of the trial will not be optimistic, do you?"

"Where did you come up with such an idea?" Hunter asked dryly, and the other party's question really didn't seem like a child would ask.

"You can guess the degree of frown when the prosecutor lady came to ask us questions. Although she reassured us that everything will be fine, she clearly said 'I don't think the trial will be optimistic'."

Mehdalen shrugged nonchalantly, stole a sausage from Hunter's plate with a fork, and then continued: "I asked the children who were rescued with me these days, and no one among them Sequoia Manor or the place where we were imprisoned met Strayer, so from our point of view, it is only possible to identify Rowan, and it is impossible to say that Strayer instigated the kidnapping case."

"Or they may find other evidence." Hunter speculated out of thin air, but based on his understanding of the cautiousness of those scumbags, he actually knew that this possibility was not great.

"Or just don't count on them at all." Midalene blinked. "I believe there is a breakthrough right now-about why Mr. Amarette pretended to be a reporter and entered the manor."