An emergency plenary session of the committee was held that evening.
All the committee members from the Hewan New District and the school rushed to participate, so most of them looked solemn when facing the materials circulated in front of them.
Meng Guoqiang, the head of the industrial team, put down the information and asked seriously, "With so much evidence here, I believe Chu Ying's case is basically ironclad. But the things Chairman Guo is involved in come from magic interrogation. How real is this magic effect? Have you verified this repeatedly?"
Peng Ziyi frowned and said, "In addition to me casting the magic, I later asked Mao Kai to cast this spell. He also saw the same scene in Chu Ying's mind as we did."
"That's right. Although the scene I saw was different from Peng Ziyi's, maybe they were two different conversations, but Chairman Guo was involved in both." Mao Kai said, tapping the table with his fingers. "As for the authenticity of this magic... To be honest, we haven't done any investigation in this regard. But Xiao Chen used the same method to find clues about Chu Ying, which led to these things later."
Qiu Wenhan, the head of the technology team, asked, "Xiao Mao, do you think these images can be used as evidence?"
Mao Kai thought for a moment and said, "I personally think it can only be used as a reference and not as evidence. I don't even agree with detaining Chu Ying based on the footage. Because the footage in the mind is too uncertain. If you need someone like Xiao Chen, with his level of creating meditation spaces, he can make you see whatever he wants you to see. This type of investigation is useless to him."
"What about ordinary people? Ordinary people don't have the ability to create an illusion to confuse others, right?" Qiu Wenhan asked again.
Medical team leader Wang Wenquan said: "It's hard to say. The human brain has a strong completion mechanism. We are often not even sure whether our memories are real. For example, it is difficult for us to tell whether our childhood memories are our own or created by ourselves after our parents told us."
"I felt at the time that it was unreliable to use such blurry images as evidence to investigate a person," said Professor Li Mingde. "I think this method is immature and should be suspended."
Chang Lin nodded and said, "Mr. Li's words make sense. I personally think that Xiao Chen got the information from Baron Goya by luck, and we found evidence later, which was really luck. But we can't expect to use this method with great uncertainty to solve subsequent problems. I suggest that we seal this part of the investigation results about Chairman Guo, judge them as invalid, and then focus on investigating Chu Ying's matter first."
Chang Lin's words were agreed by many people present, even Mao Kai said: "I think this is the safest way. You know, Chairman Guo was the promoter of the internal investigation. I don't think it makes sense for him to instruct Chu Ying to do these things."
Chang Lin smiled back at him and said, "We are currently using Chinese laws on Earth to solve problems here. But the magic world has too many special features, like using magic to collect evidence, we must be extremely cautious. For something that is so beyond our experience, we'd better introduce it slowly."
Peng Ziyi had been thinking about something with his chin in his hand. When Chang Lin said this, he said, "Can I understand that Vice Chairman Chang believes that using spiritual magic to solve the case is not feasible for a period of time?"
Chang Lin nodded slowly and said, "That's right. I think we should exclude the method of using magic to probe the mind as a means of obtaining evidence."
Peng Ziyi said nothing more.
Chang Lin continued, "I said at the last plenary meeting that the preparation of the judicial group cannot be delayed. Now the work of many groups needs to be guided by legal provisions, and the trial of Chu Ying and other cases will also need to follow a formal process. We don't have a court, a procuratorate, or a unified police agency, and what we do can easily be seen as an abuse of power."
"Old Chang, we can talk about the judicial team's affairs slowly. Let me say a few words about the magic investigation." Guo Qian, who had been silent before, spoke up at this time, "I believe that we should do things from beginning to end. This matter started with the magic investigation and should also end with the magic investigation. This matter should be thoroughly investigated, otherwise it will be very unfair."
"Unfair? What do you mean?" Chang Lin was stunned.
"First of all, it's very unfair to me. I didn't participate in Chu Ying's underground factory. If it's not investigated thoroughly like it is now, it will always be a dark cloud over my head. I hope Xiao Peng's intelligence team can continue to investigate and get to the bottom of the matter. Secondly, it's also very unfair to Chu Ying. He and I are in almost the same situation. If he has to be investigated, but my case file is sealed, not only will he feel aggrieved, but I also think that such a case has great flaws. Third, it's very unfair to other members of our collective. No one wants our justice to have double standards. I think this way of handling things will greatly undermine the credibility of our committee." After Guo Qian finished speaking these three points, he swept his eyes over everyone present and said, "You can think about it from my perspective. If you were me, a member of our collective, and you encountered the people on the committee doing things this way, what would you think?"
The others present were inevitably a little embarrassed. Guo Qian's words actually criticized many people present. But thinking about it carefully, I felt that his concerns were not unreasonable. In this environment, students nowadays have shown an increasing interest in how to participate in politics. How to maintain the stability of this team is really not an easy task.
"Chairman Guo, you are right. We really thought it was simple." Li Mingde broke the silence in the room and said, "I wonder how you want to solve this case?"
"I will accept the investigation and questioning of this case. We will investigate it in whatever way we need to and use whatever means we need to use, such as magic. Xiao Peng, you can continue to use it until the truth is revealed. As for other cases in the future, we will talk about it later. Old cases should use the old methods, and new cases should use new methods. I think we will find a good solution." Guo Qian said.
"But there is a practical problem now. With the means we have now, it seems difficult to do better," said Chang Lin.
Guo Qian smiled and said, "Then let's get someone with a higher level of skill. Isn't our spiritual magic expert Xiao Chen coming back soon? Let's just rely on him."