Shan Jingsheng and Qian Changxin, standing in the first-floor lobby, panicked the moment they heard Tan Tai Raoming say that. They thought the Expedition Team's higher-ups were going to hold them accountable.
The two exchanged a glance, drew deep breaths, and shouted at the Virtual Display Screen together, "Ishii-kun's unfortunate death was entirely because Xia Chujian, as the Commander, failed to rescue him in time!"
"She clearly had the ability to kill that final Hua Snake, yet she let it devour our comrade!"
"We believe it was because Xia Chujian has always hated people from our East Tianyuan God Country! That was why she deliberately allowed the Hua Snake to bite Ishii-kun to death!"
"How could someone like her possibly be qualified to be a Commander?!"
"We request that the school thoroughly investigate Shi Jing's death!"
In an instant, Shan Jingsheng had elevated an unfortunate death in battle into a criminal case of murder.
Tan Tai Raoming's expression changed slightly. "Wasn't Shii Takatoshi accidentally swallowed by that Hua Snake?"
Shan Jingsheng thought to himself that the Drones could not be used during this operation, while the Quantum Optical Brain's cameras had been affected by the Magnetic Interference here and could not capture any footage at all. He had tested it himself...
So, only the few of them knew what had happened at the time! He therefore said righteously, "It was an accident! But if the Commander had the ability to rescue him and chose not to, isn't that murder?!"
"Wasn't the Commander negligent?! Would anyone feel safe entrusting their backs to someone like that as Commander?!"
Hesitation was plain on Tan Tai Raoming's face.
He looked at the students standing in the lobby on the Virtual Display Screen, then glanced at Xia Chujian, who looked unconcerned and even somewhat amused.