Chapter 196: Confess!

The matter is of great importance; a day's time is not enough to reach a conclusion.

Time flew by to the second day, and under pressure from public opinion, the organizing committee had to publicly release part of the discussion results.

Inside Shrek Academy, Flender could neither eat nor sleep, constantly monitoring the movements of the organizing committee.

Today's match between Shrek Academy and Thunder Academy certainly cannot be completed; he only hopes Yu Xiaogang can put in some effort to handle this matter as quickly as possible and not delay the competition excessively.

As an "Elder" of the Spirit Hall, Yu Xiaogang was taken to the organizing committee to discuss this matter.

Xue Qinghe knows Xue Ye's attitude; even if he very much wants to downplay the issue, he will not easily give in at this time and must make Salas hand over benefits that satisfy the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Time is too tight, Salas's secret letter is far from reaching Wuhun Cheng, and with Yu Xiaogang constantly applying pressure, he is also in a difficult position.

Within the scope of his authority, he can concede some benefits, but the Heaven Dou Imperial Family is not satisfied at all.

The negotiations fell into a stalemate, and they argued until evening without reaching a result.

But there was one point on which both sides reached a consensus: to let Ma Hongjun alone bear all the blame.

……

In the Heavenly Prison, in order to break Ma Hongjun's testimony, the jailers stopped at nothing.

They did not care whether Ma Hongjun was wronged; they only knew to complete the task assigned by their superiors.

Of course, one person's testimony is not enough to define the nature of the incident; Tang San's testimony is also needed to provide corroboration.

The people interrogating Tang San were commissioners sent by the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

At the very first moment, the Spirit Hall commissioner hinted to Tang San, both overtly and covertly, that he should follow what they said and not deliberately obscure the facts or even resist the investigation.

Having stayed in the prison for a whole day, Tang San already hated Ma Hongjun to the core.

He did not want the Shrek Team to be implicated because of this; as long as Ma Hongjun could shoulder this matter alone, he would not resist anything they said.

Taking Tang San to a secret room, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family commissioner asked first: "Tang San, was the killing of Wang Teng an intentional act by your Shrek Academy? There are rumors in Tiandou City that there is enmity between you and Wang Teng; is this true?"

Seeing the Spirit Hall commissioner constantly winking at him, Tang San immediately understood that the other party must have been instructed by Yu Xiaogang.

He did not know where the Pope Token in Yu Xiaogang's hand came from, but the current situation was clearly favorable to him.

Having lived two lives, Tang San was not flustered in the face of this scene, and he said with a calm expression:

"I don't know where the rumors come from. I can be certain that we, the Shrek Seven Devils, have no friction with Wang Teng, and there is no situation of premeditated murder."

"Hmm, however, there is one situation that I feel I need to report to you."

"Speak." The two commissioners pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Tang San's statement clearly.

"Fatty... er, that is, Ma Hongjun, his martial soul has an Evil Fire problem. During the tournament, he left the academy many times to release the Evil Fire. I am not sure if he formed a grudge with Wang Teng at that time."

"On the arena yesterday, I could clearly feel that the emotions of both sides were wrong during the grudge match between Ma Hongjun and Wang Teng."

"Perhaps Wang Teng attacked me to avoid my Blue Silver Grass affecting his grudge match with Ma Hongjun."

"After being injured by me, Ma Hongjun still retaliated against him. I think it should have been premeditated by him personally, and our classmates in the Shrek Team were unaware of this."

Tang San's words followed the direction the two commissioners wanted to obtain evidence, and the two were quite satisfied with this.

The Spirit Hall commissioner spoke up: "You only said he might have a motive; is there any specific behavior to corroborate it?"

After thinking for a moment, Tang San responded: "Yes. Ma Hongjun's control over his soul skills is usually very precise during training, but on the arena yesterday, he actually failed to hold back his soul skill twice in a row."

"I think this kind of performance explains the problem well."

Ma Hongjun's performance during training wasn't it up to Yu Xiaogang to decide?

Since the Spirit Hall commissioner took the initiative to guide him to give such testimony, it seems Yu Xiaogang had already handled everything.

Hearing this, the two commissioners made a key mark on their respective notebooks for this sentence.

Tang San's testimony had been "broken," so the next step was to wait for Ma Hongjun's "confession."

After asking Tang San some trivial questions, the two commissioners put away their notes and turned to leave.

Before leaving, the Spirit Hall commissioner hinted to Tang San that it wouldn't be long before he would be released.

……

On the other side.

Listening to the jailer's questioning, Ma Hongjun knew that once he admitted it, he would completely lose all hope of escape.

Despite the jailer's whip lashing against his body, he gritted his teeth tightly and refused to give in.

After questioning Tang San, the two commissioners arrived here.

Compared to Tang San, the treatment of the two was worlds apart.

Who told Ma Hongjun he had no deep background and could only be a scapegoat?

The two commissioners lost their previous patience and sternly questioned Ma Hongjun: "Speak, did you premeditatedly murder Wang Teng? Did you have a dispute with Wang Teng while seeking pleasure?"

Before this, the two commissioners had already investigated Wang Teng's recent movements.

It was indeed as Tang San said; Wang Teng and Ma Hongjun appeared at the same Chunyuan at a certain point in time.

Ma Hongjun gritted his teeth and retorted: "I didn't! It's all your framing!"

"Just wait, when Master saves me, I will definitely make you pay."

The two commissioners sneered in their hearts.

If it weren't for Yu Xiaogang abandoning Ma Hongjun, they really wouldn't dare to frame the other party, relying on his status as an Elder of the Spirit Hall.

Now, whether it's framing or fact, regardless of whether Ma Hongjun admits it, they will confirm his guilt.

The two commissioners remained unmoved and wrote the "testimony" they had prepared in advance into the record.

Having been tortured by the jailers for so long, Ma Hongjun's consciousness was blurred; he did not notice the content they wrote in the record, and even less did he know that he had already been abandoned, still fantasizing about a comeback in the future.

Not long after, the two commissioners continued to ask: "Did you deliberately fail to hold back your soul skill on the arena to create the illusion of accidentally killing Wang Teng, in order to escape punishment?"

Ma Hongjun's martial soul itself had defects; when releasing the Phoenix Fire Line, he had a charging action.

When the soul power condensed in his mouth, it had to be sprayed out, otherwise, the soul power would backflow, and there would be a risk of burning himself.

In yesterday's match, everything happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that he could hardly react.

First, he accidentally injured Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, and in the end, unable to hold back his hand, he killed Wang Teng.

Ma Hongjun cried out that he was wronged, but the two commissioners still wrote down a "definite" answer in the transcript.

During the subsequent interrogation, Ma Hongjun was extremely uncooperative and even insulted the two commissioners; eventually, under the instruction of the two commissioners, he was beaten half to death by the jailers and fell completely unconscious.

As for signing and pressing his thumbprint, hehe, a person who has passed out can do it just the same; there is no need for Ma Hongjun to be conscious.

Having obtained the valid testimony, the two commissioners did not stay any longer and immediately headed to the Organizing Committee to report their task.

Due to the urgency of the matter, the Organizing Committee quickly announced that the trial regarding Ma Hongjun would commence tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)