Ninth class citizen

Chapter 334 Who Should Be Arrested?

Elder Mu frowned slightly, but before he could say anything, the librarian stepped forward, clearly displeased.
"Stop trying to divert attention! The focus of the question was that you used sorcery to control me! Disrespecting teachers is clearly stated in the school rules! Now that Instructor Zhou and Elder Mu are here, no matter how you try to justify yourself, you can't escape the consequences!"

"Evil magic?" Nan Rong's eyes widened in feigned surprise, making her dark pupils appear even clearer and brighter, a stark contrast to the old man's cloudy brown eyes. "That's exactly the second question I wanted to ask!"

“Each of the countless planes has its own rules,” Nan Rong said. “You students are all different in race and ability. What is right and what is wrong is not mentioned at all in the academy rules. Instead, it says that we should respect each other and not belittle each other. I wonder if our academy has any other rules that define which abilities are right and usable, and which are wrong and forbidden?”

Of course, that's not true. No one even remembers the names of those who tried to add to the rules, and even after so many years, no one dares to bring it up again.

Jiang Cheng frowned, feeling that this person was difficult to deal with.

In his past law enforcement work, he had his own set of judgment standards, and he always directly suppressed such manipulative and deceptive techniques.

It wasn't that no one complained or cried out for justice, but they were completely suppressed before they could even see Elder Mu. The illustrious reputation of the enforcement team was based on absolute force, not on weak and powerless reasoning.

But today, a freshman with considerable ability has appeared, who prefers to talk about reason.

However, even if she could articulate her reasoning, it wouldn't matter if anyone was willing to listen. If such troublemakers couldn't be removed, where would the reputation of the law enforcement elders and the law enforcement team stand?
As expected, Elder Mu snorted coldly: "Truly sharp-tongued. Putting everything else aside, this disrespect for elders alone is enough to warrant punishment."

"Good, well said!" For some reason, the old man suddenly interrupted him, his face turning red.

His voice was extremely high-pitched and sharp, and everyone around him could hear it clearly:
"Punish her severely, preferably kill her—otherwise, who will be willing to pay a high price to borrow books in the future? And how will we offer Elder Lu tribute without good things?"

He stopped speaking suddenly. Even though his face turned bright red and his lips were moving forcefully, he couldn't utter another word.

Even so, the name "Elder Lu" had already reached everyone's ears, and the meaning behind it was quite intriguing.

Elder Mu's face turned extremely ugly. He glared at the old man with disgust, then shifted his gaze to Nan Rong's face.

The latter spread his hands innocently: "Don't look at me, I didn't manipulate him to say those words just now."

Seeing that Elder Mu was just staring at her in silence, she could only sigh and continue, "Alright, I admit that I only helped him a little by letting him express his true thoughts at that moment. Who would have thought that there was such a shady deal involved?"

Elder Mu's nasolabial folds deepened. He had actually subtly cast a silencing spell on Nan Rong, but for some reason, it had no effect.

Meanwhile, the students who were packed up in layers at the library entrance couldn't help but discuss it amongst themselves.

"If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I would never have imagined that all those years of spiritual energy had been wasted!"

"Article 73 of the college rules is clearly written, so why hasn't anyone thought to ask a question about it?"

"It's truly shameful that someone like that can be a teacher!"

"Elder Lu, who was in charge of education, always had an upright and honest appearance. I never expected that he would accept bribes behind the scenes!"

"Could it be that he bought his way into that librarian position?"

The murmurs grew louder and louder, constantly reaching Elder Mu's ears.

With a stern face, he coldly ordered, "Take him away and interrogate him thoroughly." "Yes!" Jiang Cheng and his men bowed in response, but hesitated after standing up.

"Elder Mu," he asked again after a moment's thought, "should we take both of them, or just Nan Rong?"

"Of course," Elder Mu instinctively prepared to answer, but suddenly a hand pressed down on his shoulder.

"They must have taken Sun Tiao away!" Instructor Zhou lazily pointed at the old man:
"Ask them carefully how much benefit they have received over the years, and what role Lu Siyuan played in it—I want to hear the results at the next committee meeting."

Jiang Cheng knew of Professor Zhou's extraordinary status in the academy, and even the elders of the academy committee treated him with great respect. This was the first time he had heard Professor Zhou speak to him, and he was so excited that he was stunned.

"What are you thinking about?" Elder Mu said with a look of exasperation. "Instructor Zhou has already spoken, why aren't you doing it?"

"Ah, yes, yes!" Jiang Cheng quickly summoned the Ice Blue Lightning Ring, which firmly bound the old man who had just regained consciousness and whose face was ashen. Then he bowed to Instructor Zhou and Elder Mu again and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As soon as they left, Elder Mu approached Instructor Zhou and asked, "What do you think we should do with Nan Rong?"

The latter glanced at Nan Rong with interest and said in a low voice, "Elder Mu is the one who enforces the law. I am only responsible for supervision, so it is not convenient for me to comment at this moment."

"Inconvenient, but you still interrupted just now, didn't you?" Elder Mu secretly curled his lip and transmitted his voice, "If we don't punish her now that things have come to this point, it might damage the academy's prestige."

"I had no idea that the academy's prestige was earned by punishing students who had no faults," Instructor Zhou said frankly, without responding telepathically.

The sound reached everyone's ears, naturally giving rise to various speculations and thoughts.

"You just said you wouldn't comment, so what is this?" Elder Mu felt he had been humiliated, and his face grew even more gloomy.

"Zhou is upright, honest and selfless. But I have been in charge of the school rules for many years and have seen many students who have made mistakes. Among them are those who are good at pretending and sophistry. On the surface, they pretend to be pure and innocent, which can easily deceive upright gentlemen."

As he spoke, he turned to Nan Rong, his gaze icy cold:
"Who helped you cover up the information in your student record? Tell me the truth as soon as possible, and I might be lenient with you."

"I don't know either," Nan Rong said helplessly. "Actually, the person who most wants to know the information is myself."

"Ha! Sweet talk." Elder Mu shook his head and turned to Instructor Zhou, saying, "As you can see, there's a corrupt trend in the academy now. Some people, having gained a little power, are using it recklessly to seek personal gain. Sun Tiao is like that, and so is Nan Rong."

As he spoke, Elder Mu stood to the side of Instructor Zhou, half a step behind him, so he didn't see the strange smile on his lips.

"So? How do you plan to handle this?"

"Of course, we will handle this impartially! I plan to use these two incidents as a starting point to launch a campaign to rectify school conduct, identify a number of typical cases of violating school rules and abusing power, and punish them severely—what do you think?"

"I see." Instructor Zhou sighed, turned to face Elder Mu, and pulled his hands out of his sleeves, presenting them to him.

"Instructor Zhou?" Elder Mu exclaimed in surprise, "What are you trying to do?"

"Naturally, we should surrender and await Elder Mu's decision."