Outside the logistics warehouse, the atmosphere instantly grew tense.
Tang San voluntarily admitted that he had taken the materials.
The moment the words left his mouth, everyone looked at him.
Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale.
"Xiao San! What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Tang San did not turn around.
He knew what he was doing.
His teacher could not be dragged down with him.
If Yu Xiaogang was branded as an accomplice in concealing the accounts, the academy's last layer of protection would be completely shattered.
He had to take the matter upon himself.
At the very least, he had to get his teacher out first.
Tang San looked at Di Yao.
"I took the materials. I research Hidden Weapons and needed special metals. Teacher merely helped me apply for teaching materials. He didn't know their specific purpose."
Yu Xiaogang suddenly stepped forward.
"No! Xiao San, it was me—"
Tang San said quietly, "Teacher."
His voice was not loud, yet it carried a weight Yu Xiaogang had never heard from him before.
Yu Xiaogang's body stiffened.
Tang San did not look at him.
"Let me speak."
Those three words made Yu Xiaogang's heart suddenly ache.
He abruptly realized that Tang San had begun to no longer need him to explain everything for him.
At this moment, Tang San was even calmer than he was.
Several academy teachers murmured among themselves.
"If it was only a student privately researching Hidden Weapons..."
"Then it really has little to do with the Grandmaster."
"But the material application was filed under the Grandmaster's name, after all."
"This is hard to judge."
The Crown Prince's Mansion officials also frowned.
If Tang San voluntarily took responsibility for the material issue, Yu Xiaogang could indeed be temporarily removed from the heart of the matter.
At most,