The sun shone brightly over the courtyard plaza.
Across Planet Canglan, celebrations had already erupted into song, fireworks, and open-air banquets. But right outside the wooden gates of the Gu Family Courtyard, an emergency court was in session.
Sitting behind a long wooden conference table were the newly appointed members of the Planetary PTA Disciplinary Council:.
Grandpa Fu sat at the center, his jade abacus resting beside a leather-bound judicial ledger.
To his right sat White-Tiger Patriarch Hu Lie, wearing his yellow grill-chef apron, leaning both massive forearms on the table.
To his left floated a miniature spatial projector displaying the thousand-foot head of Deep-Sea Kraken King Ba Hai, wearing his bright yellow lifeguard vest and silver whistle.
Kneeling on the grass in front of the table were four disgraced prisoners:.
Toothless Envoy Xue Sha sat curled up in his iron dog-cage, his eyes glassy, his branded cheek still twitching.
