"Sol, stop!"
Yoon-Jae reached Sol and got him to let go of the male disciple.
With a thump, the young man dropped to the ground and began coughing violently. He then looked up at Sol, and his body trembled as he backed away.
"Bastard! What are you doing?!"
The other disciples of the Disciplinary Pavilion pulled out their weapons and glared at Sol.
"Damn it, Sol. Why did you do that?"
Yoon-Jae muttered under his breath as he stepped in front of Sol defensively.
Cheong-San, Cheong-Su, and Byeong-Ho stepped forward to confront the Disciplinary Disciples as well.
Mar-Dule, however, hesitated on the side.
But before tension could rise any further and result in a fight, a cold voice thundered over the area.
"ENOUGH!!"
Everyone turned to see a young man coming out of the city gate.
His face was expressionless, and by the white robes he was wearing, one could tell he was a disciple from the Disciplinary Pavilion as well.
When the other Disciplinary Disciples saw him, they imdiately stopped what they were doing to greet him.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Gion!!"
"A bunch of bastards!!"
Gion cursed at these disciples rather than acknowledging their greetings. He stopped in the middle of them and glared at each disciple until they lowered their heads.
"Who ordered you to make this arrest?"
Gion turned his head to a female disciple nearby.
"Se-Senior Brother Gion, Young Master Woo-Seo-"
"Since when did disciples of the Disciplinary Pavilion take orders from regular disciples?!"
Before the girl could finish her sentence, Gion stood over her and roared.
The girl visibly trembled, but another disciple next to her said softly.
"Senior Brother, we didn’t have any other choice. You know that."
Gion furrowed his brows.
"You’re all dismissed. Also, I won’t look into you all for carrying out an illegal arrest of a disciple from our Martial Alliance Academy."
"But senior brother, that bastard attacked-"
Gion imdiately turned to glare at the youth who was trying to disobey his orders, shutting him up.
He then growled out.
"Just because you’re a part of the Disciplinary Pavilion, do you think you’re untouchable? Let tell you sothing, the Disciples of the Academy have their rights, and coming here to publicly arrest him on ’suspicion’ of a murder is infringing on his rights as a disciple. So, rather than being kicked out of the Academy or worse, be imprisoned for abuse of your authority, wouldn’t it be best to take the out I’m giving you and leave?"
This youth and the other disciples of the Disciplinary Pavilion’s faces went pale before they all turned to hurriedly enter the city.
After they left, Gion sighed and turned to Sol.
"We et again, Brother Sol. As the Head Disciple of the Disciplinary Pavilion, I formally apologize to you. But would you accompany to the Disciplinary Pavilion Mountain for questioning?"
Sol was a bit more willing to listen to this person.
He recognized him as the cold-faced young man who had helped him find his Uncle Master’s Pavilion when he first arrived on the Alchemy Pavilion Mountain.
"What is this about that I murdered soone?"
Sol asked, and Byeong-Ho added while stepping forward.
"Brother Sol was always with us, so how could he have murdered Geon-Soo?"
"What?!"
"What?!"
Mar-Dule and Yoon-Jae were extrely taken aback by this news, as was everyone else.
Gion imdiately released an exhausted sigh before he glared at Byeong-Ho.
He was already enraged that the disciples had revealed Geon-Soo’s death to the public, but here this bastard was telling everyone who the victim was.
"Thanks for revealing the victim’s na to everyone. I should arrest you, too, for interfering with my investigation."
"Ah, no, I apologize."
Byeong-Ho said awkwardly.
Gion glared so more before he turned back to Sol.
"Brother Sol, as of right now, you are the main suspect in Geon-Soo’s death, given your history with him. However, so parties have already deed you guilty straight away. So for your safety, and for this to be solved without problems, I suggest you comply with my request."
"Sorry, I can’t right now."
Sol was about to walk away, but Yoon-Jae stopped him.
"Sol, this isn’t so simple. Look, I’ll take Little Zeel to Master; you need to go with him. Afterward, I’ll co report to you, okay?"
Yoon-Jae went to take Little Zeel from Sol, and though he hesitated, Sol ultimately gave up Little Zeel.
"Wise choice. Co with ."
Gion, without delay, turned and walked into the City.
After glancing at Little Zeel, Sol said.
"Abdu, watch over Little Zeel for ."
Little Abdu, without a word, jumped onto Yoon-Jae’s head.
Sol then followed behind Gion into the City.
Yoon-Jae turned to Byeong-Ho.
"You’ve got so explaining to do."
anwhile, the Huashan Sect’s ship began to float up.
The disciples on board couldn’t help but discuss what had just occurred. News of Geon-Soo’s death and Sol’s involvent soon began to spread like wildfire.
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Inside an isolated room with only one door, Gion sat down across from Sol while throwing down a stack of papers on the table between them.
"You shouldn’t have done that. It just made the situation ten tis worse."
After saying that, Gion looked at the silent Sol and sighed.
"Where were you on the 12th day of the fourth month?"
"I was leaving for the Hundred Plants and Herbs Dinsion."
"You didn’t happen to stop by the Irregular Dharma Pavilion Mountain by any chance, did you?"
"No."
"Can you verify that?"
"I was training in my courtyard with Brother Yoon-Jae right up until we left the Academy."
"You’ll need a stronger alibi than a friend’s own."
"I didn’t kill Geon-Soo."
"Of course you didn’t. There are no records on your Disciple Token of you using the Teleportation Hall to visit the Irregular Dharma Pavilion. Well, there wasn’t until a few days ago."
Gion was sifting through the papers on the table. He suddenly stopped talking to look up at Sol.
"Geon-Soo’s dead, and all the evidence points to you. You and I both know you aren’t the culprit, but soone wants to pin this all on you."
Sol frowned.
"Is it the Wudang Sect?"
"Did you make enemies with anyone else?"
"No."
Gion stared at Sol and sighed for the umpteenth ti.
He leaned back in his chair and said.
"Honestly, I can’t be bothered to waste my ti questioning you when I should be out there catching the real culprit. Who knows if this is an isolated incident or the start of a string of murders? So, here’s what I’m going to do..."
Sol t Gion’s gaze as he continued.
"...I’m going to put out a statent that says you’re innocent, but to avoid certain ’individuals’ from making a ruckus, I’ll say you’ll be helping with the investigation to prove you’re innocent. You don’t have to do anything, and after I find the culprit, you can continue your life in the Academy as normal."
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