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The courtroom was in session.
Gu Heng sat steadily in the plaintiff's seat.
His two legal representatives sat on either side of him, while the remaining members of the legal team took their places in the spectator's seats, each wearing a headset and holding their notebooks, ready to record the trial in its entirety.
With 117 defendants, overseen by bailiffs, they sat at the front of the spectator's section.
There was no alternative...
There were simply too many defendants...
The defendant's bench couldn't seat them all...
With 117 individuals, it was impossible to try everyone at once, so the rule was to defend three at a time, proceeding with a trial for three defendants before moving on to the next group.
Which is to say...
The 117 defendants would be divided into 39 rounds...
By my calculations, even at a basic 1–2 hours of trial time each, without a wink of sleep, it would take three full days and nights...