Lies

Flender suddenly reached out and pulled Zhao Wuji's shoulders tightly.

His voice was dull and depressed, carrying a chilling complex of emotions.

Zhao Wuji turned around and glared at him:

"What are you waiting for? Waiting for this child to die?!"

Flender avoided his angry gaze, glanced at Mo Xuan who was dying and covered in blood on the ground with complicated eyes, and said slowly:

"It's no use."

"I just checked... Almost all the main meridians in his body were torn and shattered by the violent Soul Power. His internal organs were also severely damaged. The most terrible thing is... Martial Soul Origin has completely collapsed and disappeared."

He raised his head, his eyes were a little hollow, but with a strange stubbornness, he looked at Zhao Wuji:

"Even if we find the best treatment system Soul Master right now, we can save his life at most."

"But in this life... he will never be able to practice again. He may even be paralyzed in bed and become a useless person who needs to be taken care of."

Zhao Wuji heard this, his face became even more ugly, and his chest heaved violently:

"So? Flender, what do you want to say? What do you want to do?!"

Flender took a deep breath, as if he had made some determination, refocused his eyes, and whispered with an almost cold "reason":

"Put this child... just here."

"In the forest, it's normal for any 'accidents' to happen."

He looked at Zhao Wuji's eyes that suddenly widened and continued:

"When you go back... don't tell Xiao Gang exactly how this child disappeared."

"Just tell him that we encountered a powerful Soul Beast attack."

"And Mo Xuan was absorbing Spirit Ring... unfortunately, he died under Soul Beast's sneak attack."

"You... you fucking fart!!!"

Zhao Wuji was completely furious. He threw away Flender's hand and pointed at his nose. His saliva almost sprayed onto Flender's face, and he cursed angrily:

"Flender! Wake up the fuck!!"

"You're still protecting him?! Are you still protecting that Yu Xiaogang?!!"

He was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and his voice was hoarse with anger:

"Look at what you look like now! Are you still the bold and righteous Cat Eagle Flender you were back then?!"

"Are you still the dean of this Shrek Academy?! Ah?!"

He pointed at Mo Xuan on the ground and said sadly:

"He! A living student!"

"A child who trusts the academy and trusts the teachers!"

"He was killed by Yu Xiaogang's nonsense theory!"

"As the dean, not only did you not hold him accountable, you also helped him cover up the truth?!"

"Are you still lying?!"

Zhao Wuji became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes full of disappointment and indignation as he asked:

"Flender! Are you Flying Horn of Golden Iron Triangle, or are you Flender, the dean of the Shrek Academy!!!"

"If in the future, Yu Xiaogang still uses his theory of killing people to harm other Shrek Academy students, you will be the biggest accomplice!!"

"Do you think Mo Xuan simply died at the hands of Yu Xiaogang this time?"

"No! It's you!"

"It was your Flender's blind trust and connivance, and it was your delinquency and incompetence as the dean that killed him!!!"

These words were like thunder, striking Flender's heart hard.

His body swayed, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled. He wanted to refute, but found that he could not say a word.

Zhao Wuji's words broke through the shell of blind trust in friendship and theoretical authority that he had been trying to maintain, revealing the bloody reality and unbearableness inside.

But in the end, he closed his eyes slowly and heavily. When he opened them again, there was only fatigue and a deep paranoia left inside.

He no longer looked at the furious Zhao Wuji, nor at the unknown Mo Xuan on the ground. He just turned around, turned his back to them, and repeated in a dry voice:

"Do as I say, Lao Zhao. For...Shrek Academy, and also for...Xiao Gang."

In the end, I don't know whether Zhao Wuji left angrily or was forced to compromise.

There was only Flender, who returned to the Shrek Academy with exhaustion and unspeakable heaviness.

Yu Xiaogang heard the movement and was already waiting there, with his usual seriousness and a hint of unnoticeable expectation on his face.

But when he saw Flender walking in alone, with torn clothes and a dejected expression, the expectation on his face froze instantly.

"Flender? Why are you alone? Where is Lao Zhao? Where is Mo Xuan?" Yu Xiaogang quickly stepped forward and asked repeatedly, with uneasiness in his voice.

Flender slowly raised his head, with an expression on his face that was uglier than crying and full of "sorrow" and "guilt".

He avoided Yu Xiaogang's eager gaze, walked to the chair, and sat down slowly as if he was out of strength.

Flender's voice was hoarse and low, with exhaustion after a long journey and a deliberately created sadness:

"Xiao Gang... We had an accident."

He rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, as if to wipe away the non-existent dust and fatigue.

"Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest mixing zone, we... bumped into a 'Ghost Shadow Leopard'."

He raised his eyes, looked at Yu Xiaogang, and said with a somewhat guilty look:

"With nearly 80,000 years of cultivation, the speed is unbelievable, and it was a surprise attack without any warning... We had no time to respond effectively."

His speaking speed increased, with a slight vibrato:

"Mo Xuan... He was absorbing Spirit Ring at the time, and was at his most vulnerable and unable to move..."

"That beast... that beast had a clear goal, and he just... took him away!"

Flender stood up suddenly, made feeble gestures with his hands in the air, and then dropped them slumped:

"Lao Zhao and I chased immediately! We chased with all our lives!"

"But the speed of Ghost Shadow Leopard was too fast, and the terrain in the forest was complicated. After turning a few turns, it... disappeared."

He sighed heavily, punched his thigh, and said with some sadness:

"There is no other way. We can only search separately and expand the search scope."

"I searched in the woods for five whole days, searching all possible places... I found nothing, not even a trace."

"As agreed, I returned to the place where the accident first occurred and waited for Lao Zhao..."

Flender's voice dropped, full of "worry" and "self-blame":

"I waited for three days, three days! Lao Zhao... never came back."

He raised his head, and his eyes were a little red. I don't know whether it was because of real guilt or a superb performance, and continued:

"I can't help it, Xiao Gang."

"The supplies I brought with me are almost running out, and the forest is full of dangers... I can only... I can only come back first and tell you the news."

He lowered his head deeply and said in a choked voice:

"Sorry...Xiao Gang... I am useless... I failed to protect Mo Xuan, and now even Lao Zhao..."

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang felt like it was struck by lightning.

The blood on his face suddenly faded away, and his body swayed violently, staggering back two steps until his back hit the cold wall before he could barely stand still.

He widened his eyes and stared at Flender. His pupils first dilated and then quickly focused. They were filled with disbelief, collapse, and something that was growing crazily.

"No... impossible..." Yu Xiaogang murmured, his voice as soft as a babble.

But in the next second, he suddenly jumped up and rushed in front of Flender like a mad tiger. He grabbed Flender's collar and shoulders with both hands, and his fingers sank deeply into Flender's flesh due to the force!

"You lied to me!!"

Yu Xiaogang roared, his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was distorted and he shouted madly:

"Flender tell me! You are lying to me! Mo Xuan How is it possible...!!"

He shook Flender violently, as if to shake the truth out of the other party's mouth:

"Why is this happening?! Why is it Mo Xuan?!"

"Why wasn't you the one who died?!!"

"Ah?!"

"Why wasn't you Flender the one who died!!!"

For Yu Xiaogang, Mo Xuan is more than just a student.

After Tang San was "cut off" by Fu Shiyan, Mo Xuan, a "good seedling" at level 7 of Innate Soul Power who obeyed his "theory", has become the most important and only bargaining chip and tool for him to prove himself and practice that "theory"!

All his hopes, dormant ambitions, and expectations for the future were placed on Mo Xuan.

And now, Flender told him that the chips were gone, the tools were ruined, and the hope... with a snap, was completely shattered.

How could this make him not go crazy?

Facing Yu Xiaogang's crazy questioning, tearing and resentful eyes, Flender did not resist and let him shake.

The strong "guilt" look on Flender's face is extremely real.

But the guilt is not all about Yu Xiaogang.

What's more, he feels endless guilt and self-loathing about himself as the head of a college, but he blindly followed partial beliefs and indirectly killed his own students.

It's just this real guilt that he can never express.

He could only repent silently in his heart, facing the crazy Yu Xiaogang, facing the unknown Mo Xuan, facing the Zhao Wuji who left in anger, and facing this dim light.

And all he could do at this moment was to close his eyes tightly and repeat that pale lie with a trembling voice:

"I'm sorry...Xiao Gang... I'm sorry..."