Chapter 240: He is the prisoner

Just wait a little longer, wait until most people in the building have left.Then use the Aberrant's power to break out.

The heavy metal door slowly opened.

A figure rushed in.

It was Qin Bai.

At this moment, he had completely lost his previous mockery.

His face was gloomy, his eyes burning with uncontrollable rage.

Qin Bai stepped right in front of Su Zhan, not giving him any chance to react, and grabbed Su Zhan's collar tightly.

The tremendous force lifted Su Zhan completely off the ground and slammed him hard against the metal wall.

"Ugh!"

Su Zhan choked from the pressure.

Forced to meet Qin Bai's eyes that seemed about to spit fire.

"Talk! What exactly have you done!?"

Qin Bai roared furiously: "Did you have something to do with the Mist outside! Why did the Transcendence Society suddenly attack Vermilion Bird Academy! Did you lead them here!"

He clearly connected the academy's attack with Su Zhan.

In his view, the timing was too coincidental, Su Zhan was full of unexplainable suspicions, plus his possible identity as an Aberrant.

Collaborating with the Transcendence Society was a logical assumption.

"Did you conspire with them long ago! Got caught on purpose, then coordinated from inside!"

Qin Bai's veins bulged, choking Su Zhan until he could barely breathe: "Who are your accomplices? Is Wang Mingyuan involved too? Talk!"

Su Zhan's face turned purple from the choking.

Hearing the accusations, especially the implication involving Wang Mingyuan.

A surge of anger rose in his heart.

Su Zhan struggled to speak: "Let... let go... you... you're fucking crazy!"

"I'm crazy?"

Qin Bai slammed Su Zhan against the wall again: "The academy is under attack! And you're telling me this is a coincidence? Talk! What's your plan!"

He was almost certain.

Su Zhan was either the trigger or the inside man for this disaster.

Su Zhan was completely baffled, pointing at Qin Bai's hand choking his neck.

The meaning was obvious.

Brother, how am I supposed to talk like this?

"Heh... let me teach you a lesson first."

A cruel smile appeared on Qin Bai's face as spiritual energy surged in his hand.

"Qin Bai, stop!"

A furious roar came from the doorway.

Wang Mingyuan rushed in.

And beside him stood a man as tall and sturdy as an iron tower.

Seeing that big man, Su Zhan's heart relaxed considerably.

He recognized this person—Kong Wu.

When he first joined Vermilion Bird Academy and arrived on the special plane, he had met him once. He was Teacher Wang Mingyuan's close friend, reportedly extremely powerful, and also a senior instructor at the academy.

It seemed Teacher Wang anticipated Qin Bai might disregard rules, knowing he alone couldn't suppress Qin Bai at the peak of the Abyss Realm, so he specifically called his good friend to maintain order.

At least in terms of strength, they could form a standoff now.

Qin Bai paused, looking coldly at the two at the door: "Wang Mingyuan? Kong Wu? What do you want? Interfering with official duties?"

Wang Mingyuan stepped forward without backing down, directly pulling out his trump card: "Qin Bai, the seven-day deadline hasn't passed yet, Dean Ye's agreement with the higher-ups is still valid. Do you dare to use private punishment?"

These words.

Made Qin Bai regain some rationality.

He truly couldn't openly violate the seven-day buffer period agreed between Ye Hongyu and the higher-ups.

He snorted coldly, extremely reluctantly releasing his grip.

Su Zhan fell to the ground, clutching his neck and coughing violently.

"I wasn't using punishment."

Qin Bai's voice was icy: "I was just interrogating. I suspect he's connected to the Transcendence Society's attack outside and must be questioned immediately."

"Whether there's a connection isn't for you alone to decide. Right now the academy is under attack, the priority is dealing with the crisis."

Wang Mingyuan immediately commanded: "Qin Bai, go to the central underground shelter immediately to assemble, assist in maintaining order, and protect students. That's an order!

Don't forget, you're still a teacher at Vermilion Bird Academy."

Qin Bai's expression shifted, clearly very unwilling.

He pointed at Su Zhan on the floor: "Fine, but I must take him with me. He's highly suspicious and absolutely cannot be left alone here."

Wang Mingyuan pondered for a second, then nodded: "No problem, he can come with us."

Hearing this, Qin Bai immediately pulled out those spiritual energy-suppressing shackles from his waist, about to put them on Su Zhan.

"Wait."

Wang Mingyuan's attitude was unusually firm, "He's not a prisoner yet, he can't wear those."

"He is the prisoner!"

Qin Bai's eyes sharpened: "The situation is chaotic now, who knows if he'll try to escape in the confusion? He must be restrained."

"If you put those on him and walk him through, what will other teachers and students think?"

Wang Mingyuan didn't yield an inch, his tone firm: "This isn't negotiable. Either you leave him here and can put those things on him, or he comes with us and doesn't wear them.

Dean Ye's original intention was to keep this matter's impact minimal and handle it secretly.

If you make such a public spectacle, making everyone notice his special nature, I think not only Dean Ye, but even those important figures behind you would be extremely unhappy, right?

Kong Wu, who had been silent until now, also stepped forward, his massive body bringing powerful pressure, speaking in a deep, rumbling voice:

"Commander Qin, don't push your luck. What time is this for internal conflict?"

Qin Bai's face turned ashen.

Wang Mingyuan's words hit his weak spot—the higher-ups indeed didn't want this matter to become public knowledge, especially during such a critical moment.

Plus with Kong Wu here too, he couldn't afford to make a scene either.

Qin Bai extremely reluctantly put away the shackles, snorting coldly: "Fine, then take him away. But I absolutely won't feel comfortable leaving him alone here."

The conflict temporarily subsided.

Following Wang Mingyuan's signal, Su Zhan silently stood behind him.

The atmosphere among the four remained extremely tense.

But they quickly left the prison cell and headed toward the central underground shelter.