Right and Wrong

Hengguang Garden.

Dozens of police cars came rushing in, driving straight to the entrance of the Jin Family Courtyard.

One after another, fully armed members of the Garrison Department climbed out. Judging by their numbers, there were at least a hundred of them.

The hundred-plus elite officers swiftly sealed every entrance and exit, surrounding the entire Jin Family Courtyard so tightly that not even a drop of water could get through.

As the elite officers encircled the Jin Family Courtyard, Fang Lieyun, known as the Garrison Department's top expert, quickly got out of a car with several others and headed straight for the main building.

"Captain Fang!"

Seeing Fang Lieyun and the others arrive, a middle-aged man with the title of deputy director hurried over to greet him, looking at him as if he were a savior.

His own position was clearly higher than Fang Lieyun's.

But the Garrison Department's core staff were all used to it.

Fang Lieyun had more than enough accomplishments to become a deputy director. He could even have taken Mo Lei's position as director with ease.

But this martial master hated evil with a passion. More than once, while capturing criminals, he had beaten those who committed serious crimes to death.

His merits and demerits canceled each other out, leaving him stuck at the rank of captain of the First Action Squad.

Still, his title as the top expert in the Guangzhou City Garrison Department was enough to show the weight he carried.

"Director Huang, what's the situation?"

Fang Lieyun got straight to the point.

"The thug is on a killing spree inside. No one can stop him. Any of our people who try to go in get killed on the spot. Now, nobody dares to move."

The middle-aged man known as Director Huang answered like a subordinate.

Fang Lieyun glanced at the Garrison Department personnel who had arrived earlier with Mo Lei...

They stared into the courtyard, their eyes filled with fear and panic. They knew the killer was inside, committing murder, yet every one of them still hesitated to advance.

After all, to them, working for the Garrison Department was just a job.

Though the job usually let them throw their weight around and enjoy all sorts of privileges, if keeping it meant losing their lives...

They simply didn't have that kind of courage.

Those who truly had courage had already died beneath Li ChunJun's sword, losing their lives while trying to avenge Mo Lei.

Fang Lieyun didn't blame these ordinary Garrison Department officers. He merely furrowed his brow and asked, "Where did this thug come from? I heard he's a local of Guangzhou City. How come I've never heard of someone like him?"

The previous week, he had been temporarily assigned to a neighboring city to capture a Harmony Realm criminal, so he knew little about the recent events.

Director Huang and several squad leaders of the same rank exchanged glances, each wearing an awkward expression as they fell silent.

Just then, several of Guangzhou City's well-known wealthy and powerful figures came over, shouting furiously. "Director Huang, is the Garrison Department just sitting around doing nothing? You're letting a thug run wild and kill people here? Can you even do your job as deputy director? If you can't, then bring in someone who can!"

"We pay so much in taxes every year, and this is how you repay us business owners? By the time we escaped, Boss Liu and President Wang had already been killed by that thug. What are you all standing around for? Move! What have you been doing with the taxpayers' money?"

Each of them was blazing with anger.

They had been lucky enough to escape while Li ChunJun was killing the other wealthy and powerful people, too busy to cover his tracks.

Having narrowly escaped death, they were all seething with resentment.

Seeing Director Huang there, they berated him without holding back.

"Boss Lu, Councilor Fang, rest assured. Our elite forces have arrived, and we'll kill this thug right away and give you all an explanation!"

Director Huang hurriedly made his promise.

At the same time, he quickly shot Fang Lieyun a meaningful glance.

Seeing this, Fang Lieyun set aside his questions and headed for the Jin Family's main building with the strongest men at his side.

The Jin Family's main hall.

The villa's first floor had become a living hell.

Dark-red blood stained the floor, walls, sofas, and coffee tables. Bodies lay scattered throughout the house, some sprawled out, others piled together.

The carnage was even worse than it had been here seven days ago.

Some who still had a breath left wailed without pause, making the horrific scene even more terrifying.

By now, no one in the room was still standing.

With his sword in hand, Li ChunJun walked slowly up to the people who were still breathing and finished them off one by one.

One thrust after another, he pierced their skulls.

In the melee, he often hadn't had time to aim precisely for the throat, head, heart, or other vital spots. As a result, several of the dozens who had fallen were still breathing.

After putting several of them out of their misery, he came to face a "familiar."

"Spare... spare me... Student Li, Mr. Li, Grandmaster Li... It had nothing to do with me. I'm innocent..."

The middle-aged man, whose foot had been cut off, wept bitterly.

"Innocent? Principal Li, what was that about expelling me?"

Li ChunJun asked.

"I... I..."

The middle-aged man's mind raced, desperately searching for an excuse, but the intense pain in his leg and the short time he had left made it impossible to come up with anything.

In the end, all he could do was plead for sympathy. "I had no choice. The Jin Family put pressure on us. It was the board's decision. How could a hired principal like me stand up to a behemoth like the Jin Family? I have seventy-year-old parents to support and six children to raise. I can't lose this job..."

"That's right. It's all so hard. What could you possibly do? You couldn't fight the Jin Family, so you could only help evil and turn your blade against someone weaker!"

Li ChunJun smiled.

Dark-red blood ran down his cheek.

He didn't know whether it was his own or someone else's.

"Usually, you wouldn't give this a second thought. You wouldn't even stop to consider that you were robbing an ordinary student of his last hope, delivering the final blow that would break his spirit. But now you're the weak ones, so you feel wronged and helpless, and put on a pitiful face as you say you had no choice."

As he spoke, Li ChunJun slowly raised his sword and pointed it at the man's head.

"No, no! I know I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I'll reinstate you right now. The ultimate purpose of education is to recognize your mistakes and correct them. Please, give me one more—"

"You don't know you were wrong!"

Li ChunJun said.

Whoosh!

As Principal Li stared in terror and despair, the sword came down and pierced his skull in an instant.

"You just know you're about to die."

Shhk!

Li ChunJun pulled out his sword.

Hearing the commotion outside, he walked toward the last survivor of any consequence in the room—Jin Guangming.

Blood dripped from the tip of his sword, drop by drop, like whispers from a nightmare. The chairman of Jin Corporation felt his heart seize up, making it almost impossible to breathe.

He knew there was no escape for him today.

So he neither screamed nor wept and begged for mercy.

But now that the moment had truly arrived, his body still trembled uncontrollably.

Countless thoughts raced through his mind.

Why hadn't he kept a tighter rein on his son, Jin Haoxuan?

Why hadn't he made sure to clean up every loose end as soon as the incident happened?

Why hadn't he hired more top experts to keep himself safe?

Why hadn't he asked disciples of the Immortal Sect to track down the killer with their arts and capture him, then kill him on the spot?

Why...

Countless thoughts flooded his mind, but in that moment, they all dissolved into helplessness and despair.