Crack.
With that final stomp, it began to sound like crackers being crushed underfoot.
Crueler than kicking a cripple’s good leg is repeatedly stomping on their bad one.
The crowd watched the Scavenger lying on the ground, unable to stand, and chills ran down their collective spines.
With injuries of that severity, his future combat capabilities would surely be affected...
The two remaining bodyguards suppressed their surging blood and Qi, making no move to charge forward again. It wasn’t that they were incapacitated; they simply... couldn’t win!
This was the shared conclusion they reached after the brief clash.
The students of the Elite Class looked at each other. Someone swallowed hard, while others instinctively rubbed their own knees.
When Teacher Bai had dealt with them yesterday, she had been incredibly gentle...
“You’re insane! To do... this kind of thing in a school!” a student’s parent said, their voice trembling slightly.
“What kind of thing? Was I not gentle enough?” Xu Mo sneered. “He’s still alive, isn’t he?”
Then, he cocked an eyebrow in feigned confusion.
“Is that all?”
“There are so many of you; why only let those three take a beating?”
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the group of elites standing by the door.
The expelled students who had hoped their parents would reclaim their dignity were pale now, not daring to meet “Bai Feifei’s” eyes.
This was bad. Not only had they failed to reclaim their dignity, but their families were now in an embarrassing bind.
Who exactly was this young teacher? Who had made someone like this their instructor!
The man in the black suit from earlier looked ashen. He gritted his teeth and spoke up, forced to save face.
“Don’t be so reckless!”
“You arbitrarily expelled students and injured the guards brought by their parents. There is no logic in the Inner City that justifies your actions!”
“Exactly!” another woman shouted. “Furthermore, by banning enhancement potions, you are fundamentally infringing on the students' rights. If you have a grudge against the pharmaceutical department, take it up with them directly!”
Xu Mo laughed outright and took a step forward.
Those who had just spoken instinctively recoiled.
“Interesting... Now that you’ve realized you can’t win the fight, you want to talk to me about rules?”
“You’re used to it, aren’t you? If power can solve it, use power. If violence can solve it, use violence. And when you realize you can’t solve either, you start pulling out ‘reason’ to play word games and resort to moral grandstanding?”
Xu Mo stood his ground, hands in his pockets, his chin slightly raised.
“Sorry, I don’t plan on being reasonable.”
“I don’t need a reason. It is what it is. If you have a problem, figure it out. Either fight me or go find someone you think can handle me.”
“Find the principal, find the pharmaceutical companies, find a Prophet, or find some family. You said you were going to deal with me, so you’d better follow through...”
He spread his hands, a brilliant smile on his face.
“I’m waiting.”
The room fell into a dead silence.
The elites' faces flushed with varying shades of anger and embarrassment. Their lips trembled, but they couldn't find a single word to say.
They were truly at a loss. They had plenty more thugs and bodyguards, but a large-scale mob attack was a different matter entirely. Moreover, the more arrogant Xu Mo acted after showing such strength, the more they feared him.
Could a normal Rank 4 Scavenger dare to run wild in the Inner City like this?
She clearly had some sort of backing.
So young, so strong, and so arrogant...
Once they calmed down, doubt began to creep in. A young woman with this kind of strength was unlikely to be completely without a background.
The suspicion spread through the crowd, and their expressions grew increasingly grim.
Xu Mo waited calmly, the corners of his mouth curling upward.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
He needed to blow this out of proportion. Only when these small fry felt they couldn't handle it would they go to their respective bosses. He wanted the big fish hiding behind the scenes to jump out themselves so he could see who was most agitated by the potion issue.
The scene became exceptionally heavy as the atmosphere reached a stalemate.
“Bai Feifei” looked perfectly relaxed, while the elites were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Just then, a voice came from behind the crowd.
“Everyone, please calm down and stop this.”
A woman in a black professional suit stepped out from beside the training hall, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a file. Her appearance made everyone pause, most not knowing who she was.
But someone recognized her.
“Assistant Lin! Assistant Lin, save me!”
A wretched voice rang out as Wang Chunyang scrambled to his feet and rushed toward the woman.
He had woken up shortly after being kicked away, but to avoid more pain, he had played dead while secretly reporting the incident. Since he didn't have the personnel authority to fire her, he had brought in someone who did.
“Secretary Lin, you're finally here! Quick, this must be reported to the principal immediately! Someone is staging a rebellion at Qingping Academy!”
He pointed at “Bai Feifei,” his voice shrill and urgent. “Public assault in a school! Injuring parents! Arbitrarily expelling Elite Class students!”
“This person must be fired immediately! No, she should be handed over to law enforcement! Her actions have severely violated...”
“Director Wang!”
Secretary Lin interrupted him. Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried a cold, firm authority.
“The principal is already aware of the situation.”
Wang Chunyang froze. Before he could speak, Assistant Lin had already looked away from him.
She walked to the front of the crowd, frowning slightly at the injured men on the floor before looking at Xu Mo.
“Hello, are you Teacher Bai Feifei?”
Xu Mo looked at her. “That’s me.”
“I am the assistant to the principal of Qingping Academy, surname Lin.” Assistant Lin nodded politely. “Please, let's not be hasty. Fighting within the academy reflects very poorly on everyone.”
Hearing this, Wang Chunyang and the others thought she was there to deliver a punishment, and their faces lit up with joy.
But their expressions quickly froze.
Assistant Lin turned to the crowd and said very politely:
“Ms. Bai Feifei was personally appointed to the position of combat instructor for the Elite Class through a special approval by Liang Shuguang, the Lord City Lord of Dawn City.”
“Her position within the Inner City falls under the direct jurisdiction of the City Lord.”
“In other words, any decisions regarding her employment must be determined by the City Lord himself.”
Silence fell over the room.
“The... City Lord’s special approval?” someone whispered, their voice trembling in disbelief.
Even Xu Mo was surprised by the statement.
What was going on?
Their backing hadn't even arrived yet, but his own backing had shown up first?
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