"Did I say you could leave?"
Old Ninth was about to step out of the military camp.
Between his authority and his supplies, Kun Sai chose the former.
Mr. Li frowned, knowing Kun Sai intended to kill.
Whoosh!
Thousands of soldiers raised their guns at once.
The atmosphere instantly grew unbearably oppressive.
Kun Sai acted as though nothing had happened, patting his chest with a smile. "What? You think you can leave after three moves?"
"What do you think, General? Have you no shame?"
Old Ninth's three consecutive questions made the other man's aged face redden slightly.
In fighting a junior, he had broken his word twice.
"This is a battlefield. This is war. There's only life and death, no rules."
Kun Sai shouted his specious argument, "I'm not interested in trading words with a brat like you. Come on, let's settle this with our fists."
"Going to kill me to shut me up? You think all these people are blind?"
Old Ninth pointed at the big shots watching the spectacle.
The soldiers might not see Kun Sai cheating, but how could the others miss it?
Wouldn't these people talk once they left?
At that thought, Kun Sai hesitated.
Chairman Du thought, This is bad. He wants to silence the witnesses.
"Surely he wouldn't."
Mr. Li asked uncertainly, "He's a regional warlord, after all. Does he really have so little magnanimity?"
"You people in the Dragon Kingdom value the bigger picture, but in Mianbang, it's dog-eat-dog. Once the other warlords learn Kun Sai lost to a brat, they'll think he's weak and easy prey. They'll gang up on him."
"He has to maintain a tough stance to intimidate the others."
"We need to find a chance to leave."
Chairman Du looked around, searching for a chance to slip away.
He