Evidence, Do You Have Any?!

The principal vanished from where he stood the moment he heard, then reappeared hovering in midair.

Looking down from above, he saw thick smoke billowing from the teaching building, along with Colored Glazed Flame.

The flames seemed to be under someone's control and had not spread.

However, the overwhelming heat they produced still drove the students and teachers attending classes in the building outside.

Everyone stared nervously at the burning office.

What is going on? Could Demonic Beasts have invaded?

Thinking of that, quite a few students took several steps back.

At the same time, the principal thought of the same possibility, only to dismiss it immediately.

He could not sense even the slightest trace of Demonic Beast aura.

Then why was the teaching building on fire? That question could wait until after the fire was extinguished.

He pressed his hands together and shouted, "Summon, Water Spirit!"

A giant made of blue liquid descended from the sky, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Someone recognized it at once and shouted, "That's the principal's Water Spirit!"

"I remember someone saying that the principal's ability came from making a contract with the Water Spirit, one of the Five Great Elements."

"The principal is here. We'll be fine now, right?"

"Of course. With the principal protecting the school, how could anything happen to us?"

The students, who had just been panicking, immediately calmed down upon hearing that the principal had arrived and watched the Water Spirit he had summoned.

Standing on the Water Spirit's shoulder, the principal ordered, "Put out the fire."

Upon receiving the principal's command, the Water Spirit waved a hand, and countless columns of water descended from the sky, extinguishing the flames burning in the office in an instant.

When the flames faded, everyone was stunned by the sight before them.

This...

This...

This...

Wasn't that Teacher Cao? Why was he completely naked, as if he was not wearing any clothes?

And the boy standing beside him—wasn't that Jiang Chen, the student ranked last in the grade?

Why were they together?

The principal had the same question.

Hadn't he sent someone to summon Jiang Chen to the office?

Why had Jiang Chen not come, only to show up in Teacher Cao's office instead?

Teacher Cao wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

The entire school had seen him in such a humiliating state. How was he supposed to keep his footing at school afterward?

It was all Jiang Chen's fault. If not for him, how could he have been embarrassed like this?

He glared viciously at Jiang Chen and had not yet managed to say anything.

Then he saw the principal descend from midair into the office. The principal tossed Teacher Cao a cloak and asked in a deep voice, "Teacher Cao, what happened here?"

Teacher Cao took the cloak, wrapped himself in it, then burst into tears upon seeing the principal. "Principal, someone tried to kill me!"

"Who tried to kill you?" The principal raised a brow, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"It was him, Jiang Chen! He tried to kill me!" Teacher Cao pointed at Jiang Chen's nose. "You absolutely cannot spare this guy. He tried to kill a teacher!"

What? Jiang Chen... tried to kill Teacher Cao?

Almost everyone instinctively found it impossible. Jiang Chen was a useless student who had not even awakened an ability. How could he possibly have the strength to kill Teacher Cao?

Among them, only the Campus Belle watched Jiang Chen, who was surrounded by everyone's gazes, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

That afternoon, she had personally witnessed Jiang Chen's ability.

It was a blade, one capable of releasing flames.

Just like the blade currently in Jiang Chen's hand.

But he had only just awakened his ability. How could he possibly defeat Teacher Cao?

No matter how gifted he was, he could not be such a monster, could he?

As she thought about it, Campus Belle Song Yiyi kept staring at Jiang Chen's face as though trying to find an answer.

The principal's gaze moved back and forth between Teacher Cao and Jiang Chen before he asked in a deep voice, "What exactly happened?"

"It was like this..." Teacher Cao embellished the story as he recounted it, then emphasized once more, "Principal, you must punish Jiang Chen severely. Not only did he attack a teacher, he also stole the Inner Core of an S-Class Demonic Beast."

"A person of such poor character, someone who has no regard for teachers or school rules, does not deserve to remain at this school."

The principal had just opened his mouth to speak when another voice interrupted him.

"It was you who refused to distinguish right from wrong and insisted on expelling Brother Chen first! Brother Chen explained several times, but you refused to listen. You had already made up your mind to expel him."

"Why? Just because Brother Chen ranked last in the class? Because he had not awakened an ability for three years? Because he dragged down the class's overall grades?"

The fat boy rushed over and said to Teacher Cao, "Dare you say you don't look at Brother Chen and us with prejudice?"

"We may be poor students, but we have never caused trouble for anyone. Besides, Brother Chen has awakened his ability now. He is no longer one of the class's poor students. He is very powerful—he even destroyed an S-Class Demonic Beast."

"If you don't believe it, Brother Chen brought out the Inner Core of a Thousand-Year Demonic Beast to prove he wasn't lying!"

"But you claimed that Brother Chen stole the Inner Core of that Thousand-Year Demonic Beast!"

The fat boy's small eyes widened as he spoke up for Jiang Chen. "How can there be a teacher like you in this world? Everyone knows how precious a Thousand-Year Demonic Beast's Inner Core is. It would have been guarded layer upon layer long ago. How could it possibly have fallen to Brother Chen?"

Teacher Cao was left utterly unable to retort.

He glanced at Jiang Chen, then glared at the fat boy before asking, "Then who can prove that Jiang Chen didn't steal the Inner Core?"

"I can prove it!" Zhang Banxian stepped forward as well and said, "I personally saw Uncle-Master Jiang kill the S-Class Demonic Beast."

Teacher Cao gave a cold sneer. "You'd better not speak. Everyone in the school knows that you two have the best relationship."

"Can anyone believe what you say?"

Looking at Teacher Cao's punchable face, Zhang Banxian truly wanted to punch him.

To let him know what it meant to bring disaster upon himself.

With that thought, Zhang Banxian was about to make a move.

But Jiang Chen stopped him.

He did not want Zhang Banxian to get dragged into this. No matter how one looked at it, the matter had already blown up. If things went badly, he really might be expelled.

After all, this was a school. What school would have someone step forward to speak for a poor student?

Especially a poor student with no status or background.

In his previous life, if his family had not been wealthy and he had not been a Second-Generation Rich, he would have been persuaded to drop out by his homeroom teacher in his third year of middle school, just like the other poor students without backgrounds.

Zhang Banxian transmitted his voice to Jiang Chen. "Uncle-Master Jiang, don't worry about me. Dragon Tiger Mountain stands behind me. They wouldn't dare do anything to me!"

"This is not Dragon Tiger Mountain, after all. You're here alone, so it's better to keep a low profile."

Seeing that the three of them had fallen silent, Teacher Cao smiled smugly. "Why aren't you talking now? Have you run out of things to say, or what?"

"Don't say I'm an unreasonable teacher. If anyone else can prove today that you, Jiang Chen, are innocent, I'll kneel before you, kowtow, and admit my mistake!"

"I can even call you Grandpa!"

Jiang Chen truly could not find anyone else who could prove that he had killed the Thousand-Year Demonic Beast.

At the scene back then, there had only been himself and Zhang Banxian.

But he had not expected his most favorable witness to appear at this very moment.

"I can prove that Jiang Chen killed the Thousand-Year Demonic Beast!"

The person who said that was actually the principal...