Flender and Zhao Wuji Hunted Down: I Want So Badly to Be Headmaster!

Really, shouldn't I be thanking you for giving me face?

A voice rang out from the distance, and everyone looked over to see a middle-aged man approaching.

Seven soul rings floated behind him, revealing him to be a seven-ringed Soul Saint as well.

It's Lord City Lord!

Lord City Lord actually came in person.

Damn it, that profiteer Flender has finally been caught this time!

The onlookers instantly grew excited upon seeing the Suotuo City Lord, and they loudly began recounting Flender's scams.

They had dared not speak before because they lacked backing and feared offending a Soul Saint.

Yet now that the City Lord had arrived, they were eager to kick a man while he was down!

The City Lord is here too; this situation is getting out of hand.

Still, this is for the best. I want to see just how many mouths you have to defend yourself, Flender.

Qin Qi could not help but laugh heartily in his heart.

You dared threaten me, acting all high and mighty.

Why aren't you making threats now? Go on and pick a fight with the City Lord.

Show me that tough attitude of yours again.

"Lord City Lord, this is the letter I had people unearth. Please take a look."

The Law Enforcement Captain handed the letter to the City Lord.

"Hmph, a spy for the Star Luo Empire. Nephew, you're simply too law-abiding."

"Why bother looking for evidence when dealing with scum like this? Just drag him off for a beating, and he'll confess to everything."

The City Lord glanced at it and then sneered, knowing full well that this letter alone proved nothing.

Yet what of it? He was the City Lord; in Suotuo City, he was the local monarch!

"Damn it!"

Hearing the phrase spy for the Star Luo Empire, Flender instantly executed Martial Soul Possession and turned to run.

He had a certain Dai Mubai in his academy, and that was a Star Luo prince!

That single issue would nail the charge of espionage firmly to him!

No one had known before, so everything had been peaceful, but now someone was claiming he was a spy.

Once investigated, there was no way he could escape.

Those people would rather execute the innocent than let a single guilty party go.

"He fled. It seems this fellow really is a spy. Give the signal, gather the men, and take him down!"

The Suotuo City Lord shouted, then executed Martial Soul Possession and gave chase.

Simultaneously, the Law Enforcement Captain fired a signal flare, and the garrison forces throughout the city mobilized.

He sure runs decisively. Truly a friend of the Grandmaster, birds of a feather flock together.

Qin Qi quietly withdrew from the crowd, considering this temporary revenge complete.

As for killing Flender, the probability of that was low.

On one hand, Flender was a Soul Saint, and a flying one at that; killing him would be exceedingly difficult.

Even if he could not be killed, it mattered not, for Flender no longer had a place to stay here.

He would have to skulk about elsewhere, utterly incapable of swindling people ever again.

Time to leave, head back to the Great Soul Arena, and continue working hard on hand-crafting the system.

Qin Qi flicked his sleeves, leaving behind not a single cloud, and departed with only fifteen hundred and thirty-two gold soul coins.

By nighttime.

Flender finally shook off his pursuers and quietly returned to Shrek Academy.

He stepped into his office, only to be greeted right upon entry by a massive fist.

"To dare come and steal from our Shrek, you truly have a death wish!"

Zhao Wuji threw a punch straight at the figure that had charged in.

"Old Zhao, it's me."

Flender flapped his wings and dodged out of the way, speaking up in a hurried manner when he saw Zhao Wuji preparing to press the attack.

"That voice... it's the headmaster. Why are you sneaking in through the window in the middle of the night?"

Zhao Wuji halted his attack and, utilizing the moonlight, looked Flender up and down.

At that moment, Flender looked rather disheveled; his clothes were torn, and he bore injuries on his body.

"I ran into a minor issue and need to head out to lie low for a couple of days. The academy is in your hands for the time being."

"Remember this, though: keep the money saved up and untouched until I return to collect it."

Flender was preparing to go on the run, but he had no intention of taking Shrek's people with him.

He intended to leave them behind to keep making money for him.

As he spoke, Flender entered the room, intending to retrieve the gold soul coins he had stashed away at Shrek.

Yet when he rummaged through the hiding spot, it was completely empty—his last nest egg was gone.

Qin Qi had dropped by that morning and casually taken it all.

"Old Zhao! You damn well dared to steal my money; you are utterly ungrateful!"

"Have you forgotten who helped you back then when you killed someone and the Spirit Hall put a bounty on your head!"

"And now you dare steal my money!"

Flender gritted his teeth, killing intent flashing in his eyes toward Zhao Wuji the wanted criminal.

He had kindly saved him back then, and now the man dared steal his cash.

"What money are you talking about, Headmaster? I know nothing of this."

"I merely came in to sit in the headmaster's chair for a bit, that's all."

"I truly know nothing about any money."

Zhao Wuji put on an expression of utmost innocence; he genuinely had only wanted to sit in the headmaster's seat for a little while.

He had no other thoughts whatsoever. As for the money, he was completely oblivious.

Had Flender not mentioned it, he would have had no idea money was even hidden here.

"You're still coveting my position as headmaster!"

Flender wore an expression of extreme fury; today had already been thoroughly disastrous from start to finish.

Upon returning at night, he had even run into a traitor eyeing his post.

"Wait. Old Zhao, it couldn't be you, you bastard, who hid that letter in my shop!"

"To seize the headmaster's position and my money, you actually went so far as to try and get me killed!"

Flender suddenly recalled that Zhao Wuji seemed to have visited the shop earlier.

He had even asked Zhao Wuji to watch the shop for a little while—could that letter have been planted right then?

"I said it wasn't me!"

Zhao Wuji's head was spinning; he had no clue what was happening.

Hearing Flender's words, his explosive temper finally snapped, and he roared, "You still dare yell at me!"

"Back then, you were hunted down by the Spirit Hall like a stray dog."

"It was I who saved you, gave you a place to live, and food to eat."

"And now you dare stand there and roar at me? You truly are an ungrateful dog!"

The more Flender thought about it, the more convinced he became that Zhao Wuji was behind it; otherwise, who else could possibly have known about Dai Mubai?

Who else would have fabricated his ties to Star Luo, and who else could have silently planted that item in his shop?

Who else knew precisely where his money was kept? Only someone familiar by his side could possibly know!

"You bird-man, who are you calling a dog? Your old daddy here is a bear, the Immovable Bright King!"

Zhao Wuji's temper could no longer be contained; back in the day, he had been a fearsome overlord of his own.

He had beaten countless people to death in the soul master world before being driven into a dead end and hiding here as a teacher.

Do not mistake him for a mere teacher; he was still the same murderer he had always been!

The two of them began bickering and promptly came to blows, and this was no angry sparring match.

Flender was genuinely looking to deal a fatal blow, truly believing that Zhao Wuji wanted him dead.

While Shrek Academy was engaged in infighting, Qin Qi was also being tracked down.

The ones who had found him were none of the others than Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"What do you two want with me?"

Qin Qi was staying at an inn today, originally planning to get a good night's sleep, but he had barely lain down before being hauled back up.

"Grandfather said we found a clan younger brother, and we also heard you're quite formidable."

"So we wanted to seek you out for a spar, to see whether you're stronger or we are."

Yu Tianheng stood to the side, speaking without lifting his chin to look down at people this time.

It seemed that taking a beating earlier had yielded results.

"Though that's what he said, a little squirt of six years old like you could hardly be our match."

"Call us elder clan brothers, and say it nicely, and I'll go easy on you when I beat you up in a moment."

Yu Tianxin tilted his head up with an arrogant look, using his nostrils to eye people entirely.

This was clearly the look of someone who had never been beaten up before; a single thrashing would soon teach him some manners.