Chapter 2990: Hearing
"—According to what we've learned, when you entered First University, you once committed an act of violence against Mr. Arthur Ness of the Ness Family and received disciplinary punishment from the school as a result. How do you view bullying on campus? Or do you believe, as you reportedly told Ms. Pulitzer of the Beta Town Post, that any form of competition between students is acceptable?"
"I never said that to Ms. Pulitzer. She twisted my meaning. Besides, I oppose all forms of campus bullying. If you investigated further, you would know that the root cause of my conflict with Mr. Ness was precisely my resistance to campus bullying. I have ample witnesses who can prove that Mr. Ness at the time—"
"—What about Mike King Ceplano?" The interrogator abruptly cut off the young wizard's explanation.
"What?" Zheng Qing sensed a trace of unprovoked malice and instinctively tugged at the soft fur on the Yellow Flower Cat's back.
The tabby turned around and shot him an angry glare.
The interrogator rapidly brought up another "violent" incident. "—According to what we've learned, during your time at First University, you used a talisman gun and extremely dangerous talisman bullets. We have relevant materials issued by the Wizard Alliance Investigation Bureau, the Trident Sword, proving that those talisman bullets could inflict Archwizard-level damage... yet you used them to severely injure your classmate?"
"...It was an accident." Zheng Qing had no way to dispute the facts.
"—Have you ever participated in any form of Black Magic experiment, or illegal magical experiment?" A witch in tortoiseshell glasses looked solemnly at the young wizard behind the long table. Pinned to her chest were the badges of the Wizard Alliance Anti-Black Magic Committee and the Standard Magical Experiment Association.
"Does being used