At the top of the dim wooden building, the weak light flickered in an instant, like the single eye of a cyclops watching everything. Its blinking eye seemed to herald an imminent explosion of conflict.
"No matter how many more times you notify us, the result will be the same."
"We will not submit to power and trickery. If you want to tear it down, then try removing it by force."
Big Sister Cerveny, the leader, said nothing. She merely tightened her fist as her gaze grew cold, exuding an air of stubbornness that flatly rejected all negotiation.
"Students, while enjoying campus life, we also need to consider the safety of the residents of the royal capital."
Lanchi cleared his throat twice and said amiably,
"According to the Hutton Kingdom Fire Safety Law, if someone who is not the owner of a building insists on obstructing a nationally planned demolition project, they may be sentenced to at least fifteen days of detention and fined more than one hundred pounds. Our intention is merely to discuss this amicably with you. We have no wish to bring in the enforcement troops of the Hutton Kingdom Fire Department..."
As Lanchi continued speaking in a measured tone, the atmosphere in the clubroom gradually grew increasingly tense.
The group of martial artists remained completely unmoved.
Even if they really were detained, they would never be frightened away by a few words from Lanchi today.
In short, they would rather die standing than live kneeling.
Lanchi immediately stopped speaking as well.
Because he had discovered that everyone on the Knight Institute's side seemed to possess the potential to be an outlaw, and the logic they used at the Sage Institute clearly did not apply to them.
For a moment, the hall fell into a kind of