Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 538 - 408: Evidence

The video in the park better proves that the academy’s side was truly targeted.

The Panda once again demonstrated his strength in the video, managing to dodge a B-level surprise attack in time.

What the woman couldn’t understand was, is Smiling Face confused? How dare he continue a two-on-four when such sneak attacks are unsuccessful?

In fact, the human mind... is not that simple. Most "accidents" may not actually be accidental.

The situation of being unable to see the forest for the trees is incredibly common. Even the most astute individuals, once caught in a mental blind spot, may not find their way out.

Anyway, once the relevant videos were collated, it was indisputably clear that the four from the academy were victims.

The Guard Team made a judgment overnight: We’re in the right on this matter!

If the academy cannot handle the targeting of the alien teachers who came to assist, it would be a huge scandal if it got out.

Is the role of aid teachers significant? Well... it’s hard to say. There is definitely some impact, but deciding moments of help are few and far between.

Yet, how many decisive matters are there in the world?

With the help from everyone, gradually improving the professional competence of the academy teachers is a meticulous task that cannot be rushed.

The various allowances and benefits provided by the academy are considerable, but they are mainly funded by the Star Official Mansion of Star No. 4, so it doesn’t really count.

The key point is that, as a new school, the Engineering College is quite ambitious and wants to make significant leaps forward.

Thus, maintaining good relationships with major academies is essential, especially with high-end institutions like Green Water Academy.

Even if they can’t immediately join this circle, they must maintain good relations, so preserving the academy’s image and reputation is very important.

However, when it comes to actual handling, everyone realized that there are indeed quite a few troubles.

Qu Jianlei and the others were held at the Guard Team for almost three hours.

The Guard Team’s attitude towards them was quite decent, but not letting them leave was quite infuriating.

Finally, it was Zi Jiu Immortal who spoke up, "We are the victims, and we just made an appropriate retaliation."

"If you think our behavior was inappropriate, then I’ll book a ticket back to Star No. 2 right now."

There was a hot-tempered person in the Guard Team who couldn’t help but retort, "But this involves the Patrol Guard, it’s hard to leave as you wish. You also injured someone!"

Zi Jiu Immortal wasn’t good at arguing, but Xiang Xue wasn’t having it, as she was quite quick with words.

"We had already alerted the academy about the Robin Hood incident. You didn’t think we were at fault, and now this is the outcome?"

This issue was really a critical hit, and the grumbler was left speechless.

Only then did the four leave, and upon returning, Aunt Liu, the female guard, sighed to Xiang Xue, "Fortunately, it was the Guard Team that took over."

Xiang Xue nodded silently; despite her fierce shouting earlier, she clearly understood that the Guard Team was indeed being courteous to them.

Because when they came to assist, the academy had already roughly verified their identities, and this time, it wasn’t even brought up.

If they were taken away by the Patrol Guard, plus the influence of Smiling Face, it wouldn’t be surprising if their identities were thoroughly exposed!

At the same time, Qu Jianlei was also talking with Zi Jiu Immortal using imperative sentences.

"This time the Guard Team has withstood the pressure, the Patrol Guard shouldn’t investigate us further."

"I understand," Zi Jiu Immortal also knew, "If the Guard Team can’t withstand the pressure next, then let’s leave."

Leaving wouldn’t be bad either, thought Qu Jianlei as he silently hung up his watch.

His brief time at the academy indeed brought him rare peace and relief, which felt quite good.

However, when things happened, the female professor liked to do things by the book, which made him a bit uncomfortable.

It’s not that following the rules is bad, but you act honestly, while others don’t.

The next day, they first received part of the handling result: the Engineering College ordered Robin Hood to transfer schools within a deadline!

When Qu Jianlei heard this news, he was speechless to the extreme: not even expulsion, just a transfer order?

Zi Jiu Immortal’s reaction wasn’t as intense; she had great confidence in the academy’s security—Green Water Academy was the same.

Anyway, with the mastermind transferred, it seemed like everyone would be safe staying at the school.

But Qu Jianlei’s sense of security was quite lacking. At lunch, he specifically asked.

Zi Jiu Immortal explained with reluctance that the guy’s family has a B-level elder who is a high-ranking official.

Primarily, with Robin Hood looking for revenge, no one can be sure whether the intent is to kill the Panda.

Anyway, the people involved all adamantly insisted it was just to retaliate a bit and at most cause some injury.

Although Smiling Face drew his gun in the park, and Shrek was once an assassin, that doesn’t mean they intended to kill.

Some even argued that with the Panda surrounded by three B-level women, finding some good hands to handle it would be necessary.

Yet, the fact that two confident experts were indeed brought in, only to fail, clearly indicates that these concerns are very valid.

However, some don’t agree with this perspective: Who would be so extravagantly arrogant to buy off Shrek with five B-level Crystals just to beat someone up once?

Regarding this controversy, Qu Jianlei had nothing to say. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

In the park, he had already noticed those two, but he only used Perception, unable to determine their intentions toward him.

Shrek did have a slight intent to kill him, but whether it was part of a killer’s nature or just well-controlled, was hard to determine.

Qu Jianlei’s assumption was that the other party underestimated him, thinking he was easy to kill, so there wasn’t much murder intent.

When someone steps on an ant, do they feel any murder intent? Basically, that’s the concept.

However, the problem is, this feeling of murder intent... it’s really too metaphysical.

If he dared to bring it up, Cheng Qingshan might retort again—beat me, and then talk!

In the end, Zi Jiu Immortal mentioned inadvertently, "The Engineering College has high spirits, so they have to maintain their image."

Maintaining the image is not just being courteous to peer institutions; the academy itself doesn’t permit any scandals to erupt.

If Robin Hood was dealt with harshly, and people started gossiping about the Engineering College, how would the academy face it?

Considering this, it’s inevitable that the school authorities chose to handle things low-key.

What a mess, Qu Jianlei was rather unhappy, "Can you dig up the background of that Shrek?"

Smiling Face himself is a Patrol Captain and possesses governmental power, but he believes Shrek is a greater threat.

Indeed, abusing governmental power recklessly is scary, but Gautro had already suffered once.

Shrek, for one, doesn’t seem like a good character and has harbored murderous intent.

Zi Jiu Immortal felt he was overthinking; Shrek had turned himself in initially and only dared to take orders after the observation period.

This fully indicates that this assassin is actually quite rational.

However, since Panda brought it up, she wouldn’t refuse, so she nodded, "Alright, I’ll have someone inquire about it."

However, getting information through official channels takes time; instead, Xiang Xue obtained the information that very night.

The reason Shrek turned himself in was because he had a large family to support.

His grandfather and two brothers came to the Star of Hope, and by the fourth generation, the family already exceeded two hundred people.

Shrek is the third generation, and he received strong support from the family during his awakening, so naturally, he had the duty to give back once he rose up.

If he hadn’t turned himself in back then, it would either be death or exile, which would have imparted a tremendous negative impact on the family.

In other words, though he is an assassin, he is also a man tied to his family.

People with weaknesses are not hard to deal with, and precisely because of this, not many people on the Star of Hope know about Shrek’s family.

Qu Jianlei was a bit curious, "How did you get hold of such a secretive piece of information?"

Xiang Xue replied with a hint of pride, "Just happened by chance, there are no true secrets in this world, isn’t that right?"

Qu Jianlei nodded, unsure why, but a phrase suddenly popped into his mind.

"When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you."

What he didn’t know was that while they were conversing, a group at the Fengrao City Patrol Headquarters was watching the screen.

The onlookers were mostly B-level, with few A-level and C-level participants, watching the footage from two dash cams.

The academy’s Guard Team still held Smiling Face and Shrek, stating they needed to thoroughly investigate this matter.

This was indeed a forced action because the attack on Zi Jiu Immortal’s group angered more than just four individuals.

The Green Water Academy had sent 15 support teachers like her, most bringing assistants.

Of course, these people wouldn’t turn a blind eye, and even Bellini, who didn’t care for Panda, expressed strong outrage and attention.

Even other academies’ support teachers were backing and focusing on Zi Jiu Immortal.

So it was only right for these two to be held a few more days.

The city patrols heard of the foreign teachers’ outrage and didn’t dare forcibly reclaim Smiling Face, so they endured the embarrassment for a few more days.

However, the patrols also made a request, hoping to learn the truth,

After active mediation by a female B-level, the academy reluctantly agreed to this request, thus sending over two videos.

But the academy also had a requirement; the videos involved the battle styles of the Green Water Academy teachers, which were personal secrets.

So, they could only view it and not copy it; after watching, they’d take it back!

This request was very reasonable; battle styles aren’t just private, they’re personal secrets.

If one’s battle style is exposed before a fight, the consequences are unimaginable.

The patrols here didn’t think too much, the video showed how their people failed in battle, embarrassing and disappointing, so why bother copying?

As long as it can be confirmed that this happened and the video wasn’t synthesized, that’s enough!

Thankfully, the female B-level had seen the video multiple times, repeatedly urging Buzibi; the video was truly worth watching, so send more people to check it out!

That’s why so many B-levels attended, A-levels were present too, as for C-levels... those without sufficient administrative level couldn’t watch.

After watching, a group of patrol bigwigs fell silent.

After quite a while, someone sighed softly, "So the battle between Superpower Warriors can also be like this?"

The videos captured two battles, but no one cared much about Smiling Face’s battle; everyone’s attention was on the other one.

Then someone chimed in, "It’s not surprising that Shrek was a former Blood Moon member, but what’s with those two?"