65: Compensation

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As soon as these words were uttered, the surrounding crowd fell silent for a moment, followed by a commotion.

“What, who is Consultant?”

“You don’t know Consultant? He’s the one who completed a Bounty Hunter mission a few days ago, which was announced throughout the entire school!”

“I heard he’s also the top student in the new grade!”

“Does this Consultant have a grudge against Zhang Fan?”

“I don’t know, hey, isn’t that person Consultant?!”

Someone shouted, and everyone’s gaze quickly shifted to Consultant, who was watching from the side.

No, it could no longer be called watching now.

Zhang Fan’s words had directly pulled Consultant into this drama.

But Consultant looked bewildered: “What the hell, I poisoned him?”

“What the hell, brother, was it really you?” Zuo Dao also looked at Consultant and exclaimed.

When Zuo Dao was observing Zhang Fan’s poisoning just now, he had already smelled the scent of Consultant’s Slime from Zhang Fan’s body.

Everyone’s gazes, and their two voices, also attracted the attention of Professor Zhang Tong and Zhang Fan.

The father and son both looked in Consultant’s direction, their expressions changing.

Professor Zhang Tong immediately helped his son up, pointed at Consultant, and asked, “Son, is it him?”

“Uh… this…”

Zhang Fan hadn’t expected Consultant to actually be there. He stammered for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then hardened his heart and nodded:

“It’s him, he’s the one who poisoned me!”

When he spoke earlier, Consultant was still wondering if it was someone with the same name as him.

But now that Zhang Fan was pointing at him, it couldn’t possibly be someone with the same name and the same face, right?

Consultant was confused: “No… who are you?”

He didn’t even know this person, and was inexplicably blamed.

But perhaps Zhang Fan usually had a bad character, and most people didn’t have a good impression of him.

Many people began to question him without Consultant even needing to speak:

“Zhang Fan, what grudge do you have with Consultant? Tell us!”

“Exactly, he’s not even in the same class as you, why would he harm you?”

“And Consultant wouldn’t poison anyone, isn’t he a Beast Tamer?”

“Consultant is a dual Awakened One with the Beast Tamer and Magic Swordsman professions. He has nothing to do with you, an Archer. Why would he harm you?”

“Speak up, Zhang Fan, why are you silent now?”

The surrounding people’s doubts made Zhang Fan’s face turn from purple to red. He looked up but didn’t know how to explain.

But Professor Zhang Tong, on the other hand, naturally sided with his son.

“Son, tell the truth. With Dad here, I’ll stand up for you!”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan could only brace himself and say:

“I… I was poisoned in Consultant’s dorm today!”

As soon as he said this, Consultant couldn’t help but laugh out loud in anger.

“Heh heh, I went to class early this morning. Everyone can testify for me. When did I poison you in the dorm? And…”

Mid-sentence, Consultant suddenly realized something, furrowed his brows, and questioned, “You didn’t run into my dorm yourself, did you?”

“You…”

Zhang Fan saw his lie exposed and was speechless for a moment, unable to refute.

When others saw Zhang Fan’s reaction, they immediately understood and began to imagine scenarios.

“Zhang Fan, you weren’t trying to steal something from Consultant’s dorm, were you?”

“Definitely. A few days ago, when I saw Consultant receiving his Bounty Hunter Guild reward, Zhang Fan was standing by, looking jealous!”

Professor Zhang Tong listened to those voices, his face flushed, and he glared at Zhang Fan, scolding him:

“Zhang Fan, tell me the truth, how exactly did you get poisoned?!”

Zhang Fan saw his father angry and knew he couldn’t hide it anymore, so he began to explain.

After Zhang Fan was infected with the poison from Consultant’s attribute-berserk Slime in Consultant’s dorm, he quickly escaped.

However, the poison on Consultant’s Slime was not an ordinary poison.

It was a poison attribute extracted from the crystal core of a Silver Vine Demon Realm Flower, with extraordinary effects that ordinary Awakened Ones simply couldn’t withstand.

Coupled with Zhang Fan’s extreme nervousness and accelerated heartbeat at the time, the poison had spread throughout his entire body, making normal healing impossible. He eventually collapsed on the ground.

Some students found him. Seeing that he seemed to be poisoned, they didn’t dare to touch him easily and called some teachers from the academy.

Consultant was also very clear about what happened next.

“Zhang Fan, you’ve disgraced me too much!”

Professor Zhang Tong knew his son often caused trouble, but he hadn’t expected him to almost lose his life this time. He was so angry that he raised his hand to strike.

But after much hesitation, his slap didn’t fall.

Professor Zhang Tong looked at Consultant, frowning deeply as he said, “Consultant, this is your poison. Only you can save my son!”

But his tone, let alone Consultant, even many teachers nearby couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

Consultant looked at Professor Zhang Tong, not backing down at all just because the other party was a professor at the academy.

Anyway, as a student in the special class, he usually wouldn’t have any interaction with Professor Zhang Tong in class.

Consultant sneered, “Hold on, let me correct you on one thing. I didn’t poison your son. On the contrary, your son went to my dorm room to steal things and was unlucky enough to get poisoned himself. This has nothing to do with me!”

“You…”

Professor Zhang Tong’s eyes widened immediately after hearing Consultant’s words.

But noticing that his son had fallen unconscious again and his breathing was gradually weakening, he could only swallow his harsh words.

“Alright, alright,” Professor Zhang Tong took a few deep breaths, forcing a conciliatory smile, and said:

“Consultant, my son was wrong in this matter. I hope you can save his life. Once he recovers, I will definitely bring him to apologize to you!”

This was already the greatest concession Professor Zhang Tong could make in front of everyone.

Consultant could also see this, so he didn’t press the issue further.

After all, he now felt that Professor Zhang Tong had something exploitable, so he naturally wouldn’t push him too hard.

“Okay, anyway, only I can cure the poison he’s afflicted with.” Consultant said slowly.

Just as Professor Zhang Tong showed a joyful expression, he then unhurriedly added, “Wait, I’m not finished yet.”

Consultant smiled, then changed the subject, paused, and then said, “Saving him is no problem, but since he went to my room to steal things, then anything missing from my room, you’ll definitely have to compensate me for, right?”

These words didn’t seem to have any problem, and even Professor Zhang Tong didn’t react, saying:

“This… of course, if you lost anything, I will definitely compensate you, but you must save my son!”

Zuo Dao, however, was stunned. He looked at the faint smile on Consultant’s face, seemed to vaguely understand something, and smiled silently…