Hearing this, Xu Mo thought they were about to turn against him.
To be honest, from the moment he walked through the door carrying a severed head, he had been waiting for this exact moment.
What voting? What assembly? What democracy? In his eyes, it was all complete nonsense.
In this world, when all is said and done, doesn't it always come down to who has the bigger fist?
He had already considered that among the people who would turn on him and fight him over the potion, there would definitely be someone who could advance the storyline progress.
Liu Yun? The City Lord? Or perhaps some hidden expert he hadn't noticed yet?
The City Lord boosting the progress by ten percent with just a single sentence earlier was a complete, unexpected windfall.
The black energy in his heart surged. At this moment, with the top experts of Dawn City gathered here, it was well worth a fight!
At worst, rewinding was not out of the question.
So when Liang Shuguang suddenly shifted the topic to how to deal with him, the corners of Xu Mo's mouth had already begun to curl upward, and he spoke:
“Oh? Care to elaborate?”
Below the stage, Huang Xin and Li Tai exchanged a glance.
The same thought was reflected in both of their eyes.
Here it comes!
The time for reckoning had finally come.
The City Lord's attitude had always been unpredictable, making these powerful old geezers quite wary of him over the years.
This woman didn't know when to back down today. Had she finally pushed Liang Shuguang too far?
Sitting in the representative seats, Liu Qing clenched his hands into fists beneath the table.
The potion business was already ruined. He could hardly imagine how much he had lost from attending what should have been a simple meeting.
The only thing he could hope for now was Bai Feifei's death!
As long as she died, the mass promotion of the potion would only be a matter of time. It would also prove that the City Lord actually supported them!
Liu Yun also closed her eyes, her expression remaining unchanged.
Only she knew that her heart was beating half a beat faster than usual.
Clearly, Liang Shuguang's stance was forcing even this powerful Prophet to weigh the pros and cons.
At a time like this, they absolutely could not clash directly with the Masked Hermit Society...
Leaning back in his wheelchair, Liang Shuguang looked at “Bai Feifei,” the same gentle smile remaining on his face.
“Regarding how to handle you, many people have approached me, and I also thought about it a lot before the meeting.”
No one in the assembly hall interrupted, all of them listening intently to his words.
“You killed someone in public at the academy, which violated the laws of the Inner City. Although there was a cause, it has still exceeded acceptable limits.”
He paused, as if choosing his words carefully.
“Taking everything into consideration, this meeting was originally intended to vote on whether or not to exile you.”
“Which is to say, banishing you from Dawn City, never to be allowed entry again.”
Xu Mo looked at him with a smile, a faint purple glow lighting up on his wrist.
“However—”
Liang Shuguang suddenly shifted his tone, the smile on his face deepening slightly.
“You are no ordinary person, Bai Feifei.”
“You have the ability and the courage to see the flaws of the potion when everyone else only sees its benefits.”
“Although I do not know if your actions stem from a sense of justice or pure recklessness, there is one thing I want to say.”
He looked at “Bai Feifei,” his eyes carrying an indescribable trace of admiration.
“At a time like this, Dawn City needs people like you.”
The entire hall fell dead silent.
Huang Xin's smile froze on his face.
The cold glint in Li Tai's eyes turned to utter bewilderment.
Liu Qing was completely stunned, as if a bucket of ice-cold water had been poured over his head.
Even Xu Mo himself frowned.
What on earth is this guy trying to say?
“Therefore, I have temporarily come up with another way to handle this.”
With that, he lightly clapped his hands. The assistant behind him spoke softly into a walkie-talkie, and several people wheeled out a massive map.
Rough map of Dawn City (Just for reference; the actual area is much larger)
He turned around and looked at the map of Dawn City behind him.
On the map, the area of the North District was circled in red, with two words marked next to it.
Restricted Entry.
“The North District,” Liang Shuguang said, tapping his finger on that region.
“After that disaster over thirty years ago, the North District became a dead zone.”
“To this day, the cause of the anomaly has not been found. At the intersection of the ruins and the wasteland, aberrations still emerge from time to time.”
“To guard that area and prevent the disaster from spreading, Dawn City has spent far too much manpower and resources.”
He turned his head and looked back at “Bai Feifei.”
“In recent years, as you know, the fluctuations of anomalous aura have become increasingly frequent.”
“We have discussed this year's academy Graduation Show, and we intend to hold it directly in the North District!”
“To let the most elite students experience what a Scavenger's duty truly means on the very edge of life and death.”
Listening to him, Xu Mo felt more and more that something was off, and he spoke up:
“So what? What does that have to do with me?”
Liang Shuguang looked at him and smiled.
“I believe that among the instructors leading the team this time, the person in charge of overall safety...” He raised his hand and pointed at “Bai Feifei.”
“Should be you.”
“Given your highly effective methods for dealing with aberrations, and since your combat skills are now universally recognized as extremely formidable in the Inner City,”
“It just so happens that she currently holds sinner status. Redeeming herself through service and clearing her name is very appropriate.”
Xu Mo: ?
Hearing this, he was completely dumbfounded, blinking his eyes in a daze.
Wait... we're not fighting?
Why wasn't this City Lord following the script at all? Shouldn't he be furiously trying to capture him right now, debating whether to execute him or something?
Not just him, but everyone in the entire assembly hall was momentarily stunned.
This isn't right, is it?
You call this a punishment? This was practically a slap on the wrist. They called it redeeming herself through service, but why did it sound like a promotion instead?!
This was completely absurd.
Among the thirteen representatives present today, one of them was an academy representative—the Vice Principal of Lieyang Academy.
Hearing this decision, his face turned entirely black.
Originally, all the major academies had their eyes on Qingping Academy, wanting to push it down from its position as the number one academy.
Now that Qingping had acquired a crazy instructor who opposed the potion, none of them had any good feelings toward “Bai Feifei.”
Yet, how was it that this person's position was only rising higher and higher?
Meanwhile, the citizens watching the live broadcast throughout the city were also utterly baffled, not understanding what this meant.
In every corner of Dawn City, countless people stared at their screens, their eyes wide with disbelief.
“What... What does this mean?”
“What did the City Lord just say? Making Bai Feifei the overall person in charge of leading the team this time?”
“Wait, wait, let me wrap my head around this... She's in charge of the overall safety of the Graduation Show? Isn't it only unsafe because she's there?”
“Is this... even logical?”
The citizens bustled with discussion, finding it more and more bizarre the more they talked about it.
“Do you think Bai Feifei has some kind of dirt on the City Lord?”
“Yeah, it feels like the City Lord rarely makes such biased decisions. Could she actually be the City Lord's daughter?”
“Daughter? At this rate, it would make more sense to say she's his mother! He's being way too dutiful.”
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