Listening to these people's near-confessions, listening to one outrage after another from the past, Huo Hai's expression grew uglier and uglier. The crimes he had seen in reports before had only been words on a page.
But now that he had heard these words straight from their mouths, Huo Hai was unusually enraged. The tiny bit of sympathy he had felt for them had vanished like smoke into thin air. His eyes were filled with nothing but killing intent.
"Good. Very good. I never thought you would even pose as bandits and slaughter an entire village, not even sparing the children. Good, very good. You truly deserve to die." When Huo Hai heard that they had massacred a village, the fury in his heart could no longer be suppressed. Were these really students of Imperial City Academy? They were more bandit than bandits.
It would have been one thing if he had not known, but now that he did, it was another matter entirely. Imperial City Academy's student selection supposedly focused only on talent and perseverance; everything else was a complete mess, and character was utterly ignored.
The Academy contained all sorts of people, but as long as they did not cause trouble within the Academy, it was acceptable. "Hmph, if the Academy cannot punish you, then I will judge you." With a thought from Huo Hai, Little Butterfly immediately severed her mental control over them.
Lin Zi and the others woke up, thinking things were the same as before. But when they saw the killing intent and rage in Huo Hai's eyes, a bad premonition rose in their hearts. Then they gave bitter smiles. How much worse could things get? At worst, they would die.
"Brother, is there anything else you want to ask? If not, give us a