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The Liar's Verdict System
Updated at Oct 12, 2026, 18:22
They buried him alive in a flooded quarry. The world thinks he's dead. Elias Crane was the best interrogator in the city, until he was framed for his partner's murder. Chained at the bottom of the water, he wakes a System that scores the truth of every word spoken near him. Every lie he exposes earns points. Every point buys a weapon. And the people who buried him are the biggest liars in town. Now he walks back into the city under a dead man's name, to find the Jury that ordered the frame, one lie at a time. They lied about everything. He can read all of it
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