Baron Sue/Summary

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The older of the Tatsumi brothers ruminates on the fact that he, like the other warriors, may have been glued to the spot in shock during Friend Sheep's attack in the ballroom, if not for the prior information he'd possessed, information given to them by Baron Sue, the war criminal of Libra.

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Of the war criminals named by Duodecuple at the start of the battle, while the Tatsumi brothers had heard all of their names, and were acquainted with over half of them, Baron Sue was the only one they were particularly close to. When the Tatsumi brothers stood trial, Baron Sue served as the Chief Justice, and their controversial acquittal still being passed down as a bad precedent. As a result of continuously pulling strings to acquit lawbreakers, Sue was expelled from the justice system as a criminal.

The brothers remember Baron Sue's warning, sent through underground channels, that "this Zodiac War wouldn't be like they expect it to". They didn't take the warning seriously, as they considered that even the twelve war criminals wouldn't be able to affect the powerful organizers of the War. Nonetheless, Baron Sue offered the two brothers a chance to join the side of the war criminals should they want to, reiterating how he considers them friends. Though they thought nothing of it, when actually hearing Sue's name from the referee's mouth, they understood the situation quicker than the other warriors could, which helped them avoid being killed in the attack. The younger brother mentions that, though Baron Sue might consider them friends, Friend Sheep and the other war criminals might not take kindly to them, before nonchalantly asking if the older brother might actually be the Sheep in disguise, which he denies just as nonchalantly, exchanging light-hearted words as they advance towards a hiding spot prepared in advance to use as a base.

The two exchange ideas, the younger saying that it might be a good idea to quickly switch to the criminals' side before the warriors' numbers dwindle any further, while the older brother retorts that, even if they win as criminals, they won't get their wishes granted, and they won't be able to return to their normal lives without the authorities pursuing them. However, he reminds that there is still the mystery of what the criminals' goal is, as they wouldn't be doing this without expecting something in return, and concedes that if it's a worthy enough prize, he would be willing to go to their side. The younger brother thus proposes that they try to snatch one of the criminals aside from Baron Sue and get them to spill the beans. They discuss various possible targets, eventually mentioning the name of Double Mind, at which point the exact duo blocks their path with convenient timing, and the two announce themselves simultaneously.

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The younger Tatsumi brother wonders if this is some kind of test from Baron Sue, while the older one concludes that it must be a trap, though the twins confirm that Sue truly does considers the brothers to be friends, and that they just want to kill them, ruminating that Baron Sue should forgive them for that as well.

### Seventh Battle: To Want it Both Ways

The profile of Baron Sue, real name Aeron Smith, is given, including his charge of contempt of court. He was a judge mainly presiding over war criminals, but he was infamous for always acquitting the defendant, no matter what. He was notorious for taking any backroom deals necessary to reconcile paintiffs and defendants, and resorting to any means necessary to forgive crime, even assassination. Eventually, in his fifth year of presiding as Supreme Court Justice, he was sued, and nobody came to defend him, as even the people acquitted by him thought he went too far. Even after officially being dismissed as a judge, he is still proud to be an "arbiter" and "forgiver", and carries around a giant scale counterweight held by a hook as a weapon.

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Sir Cancer proposes that Baron Sue be the one to oversee and mediate the negotiations, to which Sharyuu agrees. As Baron Sue begins his speech, Sharyuu realizes from the voice that the judge isn't actually a man, but a woman dressed as one. However, after delivering a monologue, she doesn't name herself as the warrior of Libra, but rather names herself as Friend Sheep, before immediately lunging toward Sharyuu with extreme speed and attacking her with the counterweight she carries around everywhere. Realizing that Baron Sue is actually being controlled using Friend Sheep's hypnosis, she has no time to dodge, but before Baron Sue can hit her, Inounoshishi names herself and tears Friend Sheep apart with her machine guns, before pridefully declaring that she could smell Friend Sheep's perfume coming from Baron Sue with her incredible sense of smell.

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The moment Friend Sheep's body falls to the floor, Baron Sue also stops moving, and the same bullet holes appear all over her own body as well. Sharyuu thinks about how Friend Sheep's power must work like a switching trick with a target that is already dead, and that the damage must transfer between the user and the target, making it a risky move that can only be employed at certain times. The narration also reveals that the real reason why Inounoshishi attacked Friend Sheep wasn't because of her stated power of smell, but rather, because Sharyuu had told her beforehand that, before the negotiations begin, Inounoshishi should randomly shoot one of the enemies.

### Eighth Battle: To Detest Like the Snake and the Scorpion

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Sharyuu mentions during the negotiation that, although she's willing to use her wish to lessen the war criminals' sentences, she isn't willing to completely acquit them, as she isn't like Baron Sue and won't allow criminals to get away with their wrongdoings, as that would lead to chaos.