"Are you sure you're not joking?"
Sun Chuantao's words were so shocking that Qin Yuan had to proceed cautiously.
Sun Chuantao glanced around and lowered his voice. "Teacher Qin, I have no reason to lie to you. The students in Teacher Zhao Ming's class have been spreading this like wildfire."
"They aren't freshmen. They'll be graduating next year. Teacher Zhao Ming has spent so much time with them that they must know his combat techniques and fighting style."
"This morning, students from his class saw the city guards' bodies with their own eyes. Those wounds were definitely caused by Teacher Zhao Ming. Who knows what he was thinking, attacking a patrol himself? I'm afraid this won't be settled easily."
The news Sun Chuantao referred to was that a patrol squad from the City Guard had been attacked the previous night and wiped out.
Spirit Hall had not discovered the crime scene immediately. It was only when the city gates opened that morning, and people began streaming in and out, that the patrol members' bodies were found.
Spirit City was the most tightly defended city on the continent. With such a major lapse in security, the news would naturally be suppressed. Aside from the witnesses, almost no outsiders knew about it.
As it happened, one student in Teacher Zhao Ming's class had gone home to visit family and discovered the patrol's bodies on the way back.
Afterward, because a gag order had been imposed, the news circulated only within a small circle at Spirit Hall Academy. The outside world knew nothing of it.
The dean had asked Qin Yuan about Zhao Ming early that morning, so presumably he had not known about it either.
Of course, deciding that Zhao Ming was responsible based solely on the wounds was far too rash.