Ninth class citizen

Chapter 375 Treated as Legitimate Self-Defense
These people are all from middle-class citizen backgrounds and are known for their double standards: they smile at students from higher-class stars, but look down on her and other students from lower-class stars.

So he's definitely not here with any good intentions.

Sang Pei put his hands in his pockets, gripped the gold crystal syringe tightly, and slowly moved backward.
"Zeng Hao, what's the matter?"

Nan Rong didn't have time for lunch. Her high-dimensional body hardly consumed anything in the low-dimensional plane, so she didn't need to replenish her energy through such an inefficient method as eating.

Jelly Dumpling has investigated the matter thoroughly.

Hayden's appearance was outstanding, even among the many handsome men and beautiful women in the university, and he attracted the attention of many girls as soon as he entered the university.

The one with the strongest background is Sena, a third-year student and the only daughter of Mr. Seanda, the current governor of Srepur, who is a second-class citizen.

Sena never expected that a lowly person from a remote ninth-rank star would dare to refuse her. From then on, she repeatedly made things difficult for Hayden, forcing him to "voluntarily" hand over the purified original liquid, and also repeatedly brought people to harass and humiliate him.

The Hai family was one of the most prominent families in the Hersei Province of the planet Hilo, but once they arrived on Sleipnir, they were nothing.

Among the trio also from Planet Xiluo, Tang Te's family background was even worse than his, while Yu Lin was burdened by the influence of Yu Xingchang and had to keep a lower profile.

Therefore, Haydn had no other choice but to endure the humiliation.

But yesterday, he suddenly used his fourth-order hypnosis-type supernatural ability to teach those people a small lesson.

The school discipline inspection team is composed of student union members and is directly led by the college's supervisory committee. They take Sena's report very seriously. When they saw Nan Rong, their new mentor, coming to them, they were surprised but still gave a detailed explanation.

Anyone with ambition would not want to offend the president's fiancée.

"Hayden openly attacked multiple students on campus using his supernatural abilities, which is extremely egregious. The evidence is conclusive, and he himself has admitted to it, therefore..."

As Captain Cao of the school's disciplinary inspection team spoke, he secretly observed Nan Rong's expression.

She certainly didn't come here by chance. Considering Instructor Nan's status as a ninth-class citizen, which is exactly the same as these two students', could it be...?
"So how do you plan to handle this?" Nan Rong's expression remained unchanged.

"Naturally, it must be handled according to the academy's regulations." Captain Cao said matter-of-factly, while carefully pulling up the interrogation record from the morning. His gaze lingered briefly on the three words "Xilo Star," confirming that his guess was correct.

As everyone knows, this Teacher Nan is from Xiluo Star, and he probably knows these two people!
With this realization, Captain Cao's mind was in complete turmoil.

If Professor Nan were to personally plead on their behalf, what should I do?

If she sticks to her principles, she'll definitely offend Professor Nan. Everyone knows she's no pushover, and the President shows her unconditional favor—just look at the Holmes family's fate.

But if we don't do this, it would be very unfair to the victims like Sena.

Captain Cao had occasionally heard rumors about Sena and others, but no one had ever actually reported them to the college's supervisory committee or disciplinary team. So those things were just hearsay and had no real evidence, and were completely different from this incident.

Nan Rong didn't notice the conflicted look on Captain Cao's face.

Thanks to Xiluoxinghua, she had memorized the entire school rule the moment she entered, so retrieving it now was effortless. "Should I be expelled according to Article 238, Paragraph 1 of the school rule?"

"It's just Hayden alone," Captain Cao said truthfully. "Yu Lin refused to cooperate with the investigation and attempted to give false testimony to exonerate Hayden. According to the court rules, he will also be given a demerit."

“Perjury?” Nan Rong’s eyes narrowed slightly. “As far as I know, Yu Lin is not someone who lies easily.”

"But his accusations against the victims are not supported by any evidence, neither surveillance video nor eyewitness testimony."

"Isn't this a coincidence?" Nan Rong laughed, swiping her finger in the air to push an entire folder to the school's disciplinary inspection team's intranet. "I unexpectedly got some videos. Why don't you take a look?"

Captain Cao subconsciously opened the folder and started playing it from the beginning. A clear image appeared on the large, open screen in the reception room.

These are all high-definition videos of Sena and others surrounding Hayden and other classmates since the start of this semester, harassing and insulting them, and forcibly demanding the original liquid. The audio is also very clear.

Captain Cao and the others in the school discipline inspection team fell silent.

After a long while, he stopped the video playback and asked, "Professor Nan, where did you get these videos? They seem completely different from the surveillance footage in the institute."

“That’s because the academy’s records were switched.” Nan Rong shrugged. “As for who is telling the truth and who is lying, we can find out by submitting them to the central AI.”

"Even if the video is real, it cannot prove Hayden's innocence; it can only slightly reduce his punishment."

"But they are enough to prove that Yu Lin is an honest and upright student."

"You're right." Captain Cao nodded and sent someone to bring Yu Lin over.

Nan Rong smiled faintly and continued, "Moreover, you probably don't have a deep enough understanding of federal law."

"Article 1040, Section 6 of the Federal Criminal Code stipulates that anyone who is subjected to serious crimes that endanger the personal safety of citizens, such as murder, robbery, or rape, may exercise legitimate self-defense, regardless of whether it results in death or injury."

"The legal provisions that Professor Nan just mentioned do not apply to the Hayden attack on his classmate, do they?" A deep voice came from the doorway.

"Mr. Miro, you've arrived!" Captain Cao stood up first and stepped forward to greet the burly middle-aged man.

He wore an iron-gray robe and had a full beard, making him look like a martial artist.

But the jelly dumpling had already revealed the person's identity: a standing committee member of the school's disciplinary committee, a fourth-class citizen named Milo, and also a seventh-level martial artist.

He also had a relatively secretive identity: he was the former adjutant of Lord Seanda, the Star Commander of Srepur. It was on Lord Seanda's recommendation that he entered the Federal Gene Optimization Academy.

“Mr. Milo’s words are not actually accurate,” Nan Rong said calmly, looking him into the eyes.

"Because according to Judicial Interpretation No. 1962 issued by the Supreme Court thirty years ago, if a student is forced to retaliate due to long-term bullying or other forms of bullying, it can be treated as legitimate self-defense in accordance with the provisions of Article 1040, Paragraph 6 of the Federal Criminal Code."