Chapter 384: I Only Want the Truth!

Huo Yun's eyes widened, staring fixedly at Lu Yu, his expression filled with disbelief.

He could not believe that right under the watchful eyes of the Headquarters President, this person before him would dare to kill him.

After all, anyone with a bit of insight could see the Headquarters President's attitude; he clearly wanted to turn a major issue into a minor one and a minor one into nothing.

If he obediently returned to Headquarters to accept punishment, and Lu Yu received the compensation offered by Headquarters, wouldn't that be a win-win outcome?

Yet, where did this Lu Yu get the nerve to openly defy the Headquarters President's wishes?

How could he dare? Huo Yun's heart was filled with grief and indignation, surging like a violent tide.

He was truly unwilling, so incredibly unwilling!

As the strongest Martial Artist in the Association below the True Essence Realm, how could he die here in such a stifling way?

He was only a tiny step away, just a single step, from entering the ranks of True Essence Realm Martial Artists!

The roar in his heart, like a furious beast, seemed to exhaust his final vitality; gradually, his consciousness began to blur and dissipate.

Finally, with a "thump," he fell straight to the ground.

His body remained in its previous posture, his eyes wide as copper bells, dying with his eyes open.

Song Tian also stared in astonishment, his gaze slowly withdrawing from the lifeless corpse on the ground before fixing on Lu Yu.

At this moment, his brain felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, buzzing incessantly.

He couldn't have seen that wrong, right? Brother Lu actually killed Huo Yun... right in front of the Headquarters President?

One had to know, that was the Headquarters President on the other end of the phone! That was the undisputed number one person of the entire Nanshan Branch Martial Arts Association!

Brother Lu's actions were undoubtedly a hard slap to the Headquarters President's face in front of everyone!

It was easy to imagine how thorny the situation would become next.

Perhaps simply expelling Brother Lu from the Association would be considered light; it was even possible that the Headquarters President might get angry enough to come from Headquarters himself to hold Brother Lu accountable!

Why bother, why force things to such an irredeemable point?

Song Tian let out a deep, long sigh in his heart.

Headquarters had already agreed to provide compensation, and the terms sounded quite generous; more importantly, this incident was a close call and hadn't caused any irreversible, serious consequences.

There was really no need to take it this far.

Kong Ming, on the screen, was also completely stunned.

His body seemed to be under an Immobilization Technique, staring motionlessly at the dead corpse on the ground.

Huo Yun? He was actually dead? That Huo Yun, the one in Headquarters with the most promise, the one expected to break through from the Vein Refining Realm to the True Essence Realm in one go, just died so easily?

He died just like a stray dog on the side of the road that no one cared about...

He was a Martial Artist that Headquarters had spent a great deal of effort and countless resources to carefully cultivate!

Then, his gaze slowly shifted to the cold, expressionless Lu Yu, and a bitter smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

He had long expected, long known, that this young man was not someone easily dismissed.

From the first time he dealt with Lu Yu, he had keenly judged that this person, who seemed kind and easy to get along with, actually had a firm bottom line in his heart.

As long as you didn't touch his bottom line, everything could proceed smoothly and peacefully.

But once you touched his bottom line, the consequences would definitely make you regret it.

The scene unfolding before his eyes was the most powerful proof.

Moreover, he had a faint premonition in his heart that Huo Yun's death might not be the end of this matter, but merely the beginning.

Of course, he was also full of worry at this moment, unable to guess what the Headquarters President was thinking, or whether he would act against little Brother Lu.

"You killed him; the anger in your heart should be somewhat appeased now, right?"

Just then, Zhou Yu's voice drifted out; his tone and expression were no different from before, as if that shocking scene had never happened.

Lu Yu slowly cast his gaze toward Zhou Yu on the screen.

The latter said unhurriedly: "Regarding the compensation mentioned earlier, if you have no objections, I will have Kong Ming prepare it and send it to you shortly."

Hearing this, Song Tian's heart, which had been in his throat, finally settled down a little.

At the same time, he felt more and more that this Headquarters President was truly unfathomable.

Lu Yu had killed someone from Headquarters, someone he had even secretly intended to protect, yet the Headquarters President could remain so calm and even state he would continue to fulfill the promised compensation; this broad-mindedness was worthy of someone who sat firmly in the position of Headquarters President.

"That's right, little Brother Lu." Kong Ming also managed to squeeze out a smile and said: "Seven Demon-Breaking Arrows, plus two Cloud Jade Fruits; if there is anything else you want, just feel free to ask."

Although Huo Yun's death was truly a pity, if this compensation could eliminate little Brother Lu's dissatisfaction and estrangement toward Headquarters, it would be worth it.

After all, this was all Huo Yun's own doing.

As for Xiao Zhan... a flash of gravity crossed Kong Ming's eyes; after the video call ended, he still had to find another opportunity to remind the President that this child, Xiao Zhan, really needed to be disciplined more.

This time, the President might still be able to protect him, but what about next time? No one could say for sure what might happen.

"No need," Lu Yu said decisively, without the slightest hesitation in his tone. "I don't want any of this compensation. What I want is only the truth of the matter!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Song Tian's, and even Kong Ming's, hearts instantly jumped back into their throats.

Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice so flat that no emotion could be detected, and said: "The truth of the matter—didn't Huo Yun already explain it very clearly earlier? The whole thing was entirely his own doing; you heard it with your own ears at the time."

"Is that really the truth of the matter?" Lu Yu pressed.

"That is the indisputable truth," Zhou Yu responded without hesitation.

For a moment, the atmosphere fell into silence again, a silence that was somewhat terrifying.

The two stared at each other, and the air seemed to be filled with a thick scent of gunpowder, ready to explode at any moment.

Song Tian was so scared he didn't dare to breathe, his face turning pale and then green, like the sky before a storm.

Kong Ming's expression was likewise ugly to the extreme.