The Pledge of Allegiance

"Vinnie Berent wasn't deaf or blind. If she wanted to step in, we wouldn't be sitting here," Zhang Yuanqing said calmly. "Ryo, do you know which floor Brady Mead is on?"

"Yes!" Asano Ryo nodded like a pecking chick.

Zhang Yuanqing looked down both sides of the corridor and saw many Heaven's Punishment members poking their heads out from the offices on this floor to watch the show. Some chatted with grins, while others wore amused, gloating expressions.

They seemed long accustomed to seeing foreign Spirit Realm Walkers being bullied in Heaven's Punishment, accustomed to their stifled anger and helpless silence.

Once they were done watching, they could even use it as dinner-table gossip after work.

Zhang Yuanqing's English listening skills weren't great, but he could still make out fragments: "Well done," "Osmon was targeted too when he was in China," "Heaven's Punishment isn't to be trifled with," "Richardson? Brady wants to teach them a lesson," "Poor guys."

He withdrew his gaze and looked at All Under Heaven Returns to Fire and the others. "I'm not very familiar with office politics. Do you have any suggestions? If not, I'll handle this my way."

"Do whatever you want," Guan Ya said.

"Just don't kill anyone." Zhao Chenghuang was a kind-hearted man.

Leaving his companions behind, Zhang Yuanqing walked toward the middle-aged man named Richardson. Stopping in front of him, he asked, "Are you ready?"

The middle-aged man looked down at him disdainfully and frowned. "Ready for what?"

"Ready for a Beast King to get in close." Zhang Yuanqing suddenly threw a punch, driving it hard into the man's lower abdomen. His eyes bulged, and he instinctively doubled over.

Before the man could recover, Zhang Yuanqing drove in three more straight punches, then spun and smashed an elbow into the side of