Chapter 347
Chapter 348 The Law of the Strong
Joanna checked the most rapidly flashing notification first.
Katherine: 32 messages.
“Joanna! Huge news. Absolutely massive news p>
Katherine’s voice burst through the communicator, chirping nonstop.
“Wasn’t Sophie signed with Titan Group as a spokesperson? Became a celebrity ambassador?
And you know what happened. Your
“Well, it turns out it was a predatory performance contract. And new summoner contract project caused Titan’s revenue to fall off a cliff.
“Sophie couldn’t meet the sales targets. Titan Group declared she lost the bet. Their CEO tried to force her into reproductive exploitation-selling off her fertility rights.
“But Sophie insisted the contract term hadn’t expired yet. She filed directly with the Space Alliance Tribunal.
“And she submitted evidence proving Don planned to sabotage you because your contract innovation crippled his company.
“Don tried to trap someone and ended up trapping himself. The news exploded. The stock price crashed. Company frozen.
“Professor Carpenter even rushed back to Divine Demonic Planet. If the Tribunal agents hadn’t arrived fast enough, she might’ve beaten someone up again.
“Don is charged with endangering a prodigy-but Sophie isn’t off the hook either. She lost the bet. She owes three trillion Starcoins!
“She doesn’t have it, so she borrowed the amount under the Divine and Demonic Academy’s student guarantee. She’ll be working for the academy for 600 years!
“Hehe. Guess I’ve got another coworker for the next few centuries p>
Katherine sounded almost gleeful.
Joanna was genuinely surprised.
She hadn’t expected Sophie to return and compete for an Decennial Team slot with the intent to harm her,
Given how things had unfolded, Joanna could only say-she reaped what she sowed.
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If Sophie had trained properly instead of scheming, none of this would have happened.
Yet when Joanna heard about Don’s coercion, she did not feel satisfaction.
Sophie had talent and ability.
A girl like that should have had the capital to make mistakes and learn.
Even when crushed by a powerhouse, she had found the strength to resist.
Of course, if Sophie had remained in the Decennial Team and later betrayed Joanna, perhaps she wouldn’t have torn her alliance with Don apart.
In the end-
Sophie was willing to damage others’ interests, like Joanna’s, but she drew the line at her own, like her reproductive rights.
For someone like that, Joanna felt no sympathy.
“I’ll check the system notifications. I should qualify to attend the trial p>
She immediately opened the Space Alliance System. As expected, a summons awaited her.
“Mythic-level Summoner: Joanna Lane. The Space Alliance Tribunal invites you to attend proceedings regarding an attempted endangerment case.
“Defendant: Don.
“Victims: Sophie Armstrong, Joanna Lane, and others.
“As the attempt was not completed, the defendant has 24 hours to seek your forgiveness.
“Judgment countdown: 22:32:13.
“You may attend or decline. Default is no forgiveness unless otherwise authorized p>
Joanna frequently received Tribunal notices.
Why?
Because fame invited trouble.
Within the Divine and Demonic Academy, no one dared try anything.
But online? She was still a food vlogger on the side.
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Some people felt safe behind their screens.
From spreading rumors to malicious insults or fabricating wild delusions to vent their real- world frustrations-whenever Joanna’s fans spotted them, they clicked “Report” and sent them to the Courtroom.
Those people thought they could spit venom online without consequences, only to find that they had slammed into a brick wall.
“The Strong Shall Not Be Insulted p>
This was a literal law written into the Space Alliance statutes. Those who mocked Joanna violated this iron rule.
Given her status as an Alliance Genius and Mythic-level Summoner, spreading rumors about her meant 150 days in detention. Insults meant 45 days.
Of course, this applied to civilians.
If Sophie stood before Joanna and cursed her now-since their strengths were relatively matched-it would be considered a personal grievance.
But Joanna wouldn’t lower herself to curse at someone who tried to kill her; she had her own methods of punishment.
With 22 hours left until the trial, Don was frantically trying to contact Joanna.
However, she had been in the dungeon and the training room, unreachable.
Now that she was out, her priority wasn’t accepting Don’s bribes.
She immediately contacted Cassian.
“Pressure the Titan Group. Short their stock and begin a hostile takeover of their shares p>
Assassinating her over a business rivalry?
Joanna wasn’t someone to be trifled with. Her counterattack would hit the one thing he cared about most; his life’s work.
Receiving the order, Cassian moved instantly.
In just half a year, the Nightstar Group had already become a gargantuan beast in its own right.
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