58: Turning against each other?

"Director-General, I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should."

Qiao Yu said softly, with a hesitant expression.

Thunder God thought Qiao Yu was backing down and immediately agreed.

"No problem, I'm your master. A teacher for a day is a father for life. What can't you tell your father?"

Qiao Yu saw the Bald Lei in front of him start acting flippant again, and his forehead was covered in black lines.

"My father died long ago. Are you sure you want to be my father?"

Qiao Yu said it bluntly, choking Thunder God's joke back down.

"Cough cough, then just call me Director-General."

Thunder God coughed a few times, returning to his serious demeanor.

"Alright, Bald Lei Director."

Qiao Yu teased.

"Alright, alright, what were you going to say?"

Thunder God was afraid the conversation would stray further.

Seeing this, Qiao Yu stopped joking around and first prepared himself.

"Director-General, you must first promise me that if I don't give my permission, you won't mention this to anyone. Also, I hope you can promise me not to have any prejudice against me because of this."

Thunder God still thought Qiao Yu was backing down and wanted to return to the normal training plan, so he smiled.

"Speak. If you've backed down, you've backed down. It's not something that can't be discussed."

Qiao Yu nodded and said frankly.

"Director-General, do you still remember the self-destruction of the Tiger Tooth Squad in Base City 0201? Because of that, we've been quarantined for the past month."

The white-robed Bald Lei raised an eyebrow.

"I remember, but what does that have to do with you backing down? Weren't you going to choose to go to the Genius Training Camp?"

Only then did Qiao Yu realize that Thunder God had misunderstood him as backing down, and he smiled bitterly, helplessly.

"It's not that I'm backing down to go to the Genius Training Camp, I'm talking about something else."

"Actually, the self-destruction of the Tiger Tooth Squad was intentionally caused by me."

When Thunder God heard Qiao Yu say this, he smiled, his eyes narrowing into slits. Thunder God's sharp gaze peered out from those slits, giving Qiao Yu a very dangerous feeling.

"You're saying that the people from the Tiger Tooth Squad were killed by you?"

Qiao Yu swallowed hard and nodded.

Because Thunder God had always shown him a flippant, unauthoritative demeanor, Qiao Yu had overlooked the terrifying power of Thunder God's Planetary Level strength.

The moment Qiao Yu nodded, Thunder God swiftly grabbed Qiao Yu's neck, slowly lifting him.

With a speed that surpassed the speed of sound, even with his Spore Perception, Qiao Yu's body found it difficult to dodge.

"Qiao Yu, do you know that premeditated murder of a martial artist is a capital offense! And you murdered them right in front of me! You're truly bold!"

Thunder God clearly had a smiling face, but the sharp aura emanating from his entire body felt like a cutting blade.

Qiao Yu felt the hand on his neck gradually tighten, and he fell into a state of suffocation.

Thunder God snorted lightly and flung Qiao Yu against the wall.

"Bang!"

With a bang, Qiao Yu's body directly smashed a slightly concave human-shaped dent into the alloy wall of the training room.

"Cough cough! Cough cough! Haha! Hahahaha!"

There was no fear in Qiao Yu's eyes. After a light cough, he actually started laughing.

"Bald Lei, you're really interesting."

"Since you saw the whole thing, how can you have the nerve to say I deliberately murdered them?"

"When the Tiger Tooth Squad was shooting at me and the Fire Hammer Squad members with sniper rifles, I didn't see you come out to stop them. But when I killed them, you suddenly felt sorry for them?"

Qiao Yu's tone also carried malice, no longer polite towards Thunder God. He had long anticipated this change in Thunder God's attitude.

Publicly, Thunder God is the worlds second strongest person and has an obligation to stop conflicts between martial artists. He didn't intervene then, but now he wants to uphold justice.

Privately, the Tiger Tooth Squad were martial artists of the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School. As the Director-General of the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School, it was understandable for him to protect members of his own school.

So what if he's the worlds second strongest person? Can a strong person be unreasonable?

Well, yes, they actually can.

But Qiao Yu didn't care about that. What if he killed him?

Ever since the fungal nest was established, the system's functions had expanded considerably. For example, if Qiao Yu died unexpectedly, he could completely reconstruct his body within the fungal nest.

Since he could help others regenerate severed limbs, why couldn't he reconstruct his own body?

Rather than saying Qiao Yu was his main body, it was more accurate to say that the fungi were his main body.

Friends who have been infected by fungi know that this creature is almost impossible to eradicate. Even if only a few remain, they can constantly multiply and make a comeback.

"Hmph, you sharp-tongued brat."

"If you hadn't admitted it, I could have pretended not to know, but you insisted on saying it, so you only have yourself to blame!"

"Since you can make the Tiger Tooth Squad self-destruct, are those unknown creatures also part of your abilities?"

Thunder God's tone softened slightly. He didn't care about the death of the Tiger Tooth Squad; it was just evil meeting its match.

What he feared was that Qiao Yu possessed an ability that could potentially destroy all of humanity.

But since he had found the source, it could be controlled, curbed, or even eradicated. Thunder God was no longer in a hurry to judge Qiao Yu.

"Indeed, this ability is what you consider my domain."

Qiao Yu admitted it generously. It wasn't that he couldn't hide and cultivate secretly, but once the fungal swarm developed to a certain extent, it would inevitably be discovered by humans.

If he could gain the recognition of the worlds second strongest person and prevent humanity from fearing the fungal swarm, then he could naturally develop freely as he wished.

Furthermore, he could even cooperate with humanity.

"I see. No wonder I felt your domain was somewhat similar to Brother Hong's, but the specific feeling was different."

"Tell me, what is your purpose in revealing all this to me?"

Bald Lei clasped his hands behind his back and asked emotionlessly.

"Ultimately, this is just my ability. If the Tiger Tooth Squad hadn't courted death, I wouldn't have killed them."

"And my purpose in saying this is naturally to gain your recognition as the worlds second strongest person, so that my abilities won't be restricted by humanity."

Qiao Yu patted the dust off himself, stood tall, and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Oh? Gain my recognition? On what grounds do you expect me to believe that your ability won't harm all of humanity? What can you guarantee?"

Thunder God's tone carried a hint of disdain.

"I can't guarantee it. The only reason I won't harm humanity is that I am also human. Isn't that reason sufficient?"

"Moreover, my ability is actually beneficial to humanity!"

Qiao Yu declared confidently.

"Let's just trust that you won't harm humanity, but why bother fabricating lies about it being beneficial to humanity?"

Thunder God raised an eyebrow and glanced at Qiao Yu.

At this moment, Qiao Yu held his right hand in a loose grip, and the spores in the air immediately gathered above his palm like a vortex.

"Because I have the ability to regenerate severed limbs!"