87: Li Xingzhang: "You're the one who killed Li Sheng, aren't you?"

Guo Zihao's tone carried a hint of self-satisfaction.

Hearing this, Qin Yu was instantly astonished. After a long moment, he asked in confusion, "That fast?"

"You found Li Xingzhang on the very day you arrived?"

To be honest, when Qin Yu told Lin Xiaoshan about Li Xingzhang's repeated assassination attempts, he knew clearly in his heart... with the intervention of a behemoth like the Star Ring Academy, Li Xingzhang and his Li Clan Group definitely wouldn't last long.

But he truly never expected... the Star Ring Academy's efficiency to be so terrifying.

It should be noted that eleven or twelve days had passed since he was assassinated by Li Xingwen.

However, according to Guo Zihao, Li Xingzhang had already been captured ten days ago!

They just hadn't told him at the time... and the total time elapsed was less than a day, right?

Seeing Qin Yu's stunned expression, Guo Zihao and his companions exchanged glances, a smile appearing in their eyes.

He then continued, "Of course, Junior Brother Qin Yu. That Li Xingzhang is merely a Class Changer who just entered the Fourth Transition. He might be someone important in your Jiangzhou City."

"But in front of our Academy, he's not even an ant."

"He was very easy to investigate..."

After Guo Zihao finished speaking, Qin Yu finally snapped back to reality and asked again, slightly confused, "However, Captain Guo, what do you mean by 'handing him over to me'?"

It was then that Lin Xiaoshan, standing beside Qin Yu, spoke again:

"Over the past ten days, Guo Zihao and the others have thoroughly investigated all the dirty deeds Li Xingzhang has committed."

"Not just the matter of assassinating you, but other things as well."

"For the things he did, executing him a hundred times according to the law would still be lenient."

"However, considering that the condition you previously gave our Academy was that Li Xingzhang must die, the Academy specifically contacted the Authorities and asked them to hand Li Xingzhang over to us..."

"Which means, for you to handle."

Having said this, Lin Xiaoshan paused, then was the first to rise from the hotel lobby reception area and walk towards the nearby elevator entrance.

As he walked, he turned his head and said to Qin Yu:

"Let's go. Li Xingzhang has been brought back. He's upstairs."

Hearing this, Qin Yu did not hesitate.

He stood up and followed Lin Xiaoshan into the elevator.

Behind them, Guo Zihao and his companions also followed.

One minute later, on the hotel rooftop.

As soon as Qin Yu stepped out of the elevator, he saw a middle-aged man who resembled Li Sheng by seventy or eighty percent. He was wearing white prison clothes, covered in bloodstains, with half-white hair, looking utterly miserable.

Without needing to think, this person was naturally Li Xingzhang, who had "long-standing enmity" with Qin Yu.

Li Xingzhang was still conscious at this moment.

Seeing Lin Xiaoshan and his group arrive,

the despair in his eyes had long vanished, replaced only by numbness.

Clearly, over the past ten days,

he had come to realize that his death was certain.

It was simply a matter of dying sooner or later.

Nevertheless, when he saw Qin Yu, the numbness in his eyes quickly receded, replaced by a deep, bone-piercing malice.

However, perhaps knowing that in his current state, no amount of vicious words would change anything... and would only serve as a joke.

At this moment, Li Xingzhang did not speak, merely staring intently at Qin Yu.

While Li Xingzhang was looking at Qin Yu, Qin Yu was naturally observing him too.

Speaking of which, this was actually the first time Qin Yu had seen Li Xingzhang in person.

Before this, he had only seen him on Jiangzhou City's local television channels.

To be honest, Qin Yu truly hadn't expected... their first meeting to be in such a setting.

Looking at Li Xingzhang's current miserable appearance... it would be false to say that Qin Yu felt no emotion.

After all, no matter what, Li Xingzhang was considered a generation's hero in the eyes of all Jiangzhou City residents. Over more than ten years, just like Lin Tian, he had started from scratch.

He established the Li Clan Group, a vast enterprise spanning many sectors of Jiangzhou City.

Yet, in the end, just because of him alone... he ended up in this state.

"As expected, in this world, strength is what matters!"

"And potential is also a part of strength."

"If my profession really was just an E-rank Mechanist, let alone forcing Li Xingzhang into this situation..."

"Even if Li Xingzhang had genuinely killed me,"

"He would still be that generation's hero, and nothing would have happened to him." Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh internally again.

Although he felt sentimentality, Qin Yu harbored no pity or mercy for Li Xingzhang, who had repeatedly tried to take his life.

After a brief silence, Qin Yu spoke again: "Teacher Lin, Captain Guo, since he is being handed over to me for full disposal, may I kill him?"

"Right... here!"

As Qin Yu's voice fell, Li Xingzhang's expression remained unchanged.

In contrast, Guo Zihao and Lin Xiaoshan raised their eyebrows in surprise. They clearly hadn't expected Qin Yu, who had been all smiles downstairs, to utter such a cold statement now.

Of course, none of them would label Qin Yu negatively just because of this incident.

After all, following ten days of investigation, they were quite familiar with the conflict between Qin Yu and Li Xingzhang. If they were in Qin Yu's shoes, they would probably do the same!

"Of course. Afterwards, we'll just have Guo Jun, the Water Element Controller, clean up the area." After a brief silence, Lin Xiaoshan replied.

Hearing Lin Xiaoshan's reply, Qin Yu did not hesitate.

As he walked step by step toward Li Xingzhang, a thought flashed through his mind. The next moment, a mechanical dagger appeared in Qin Yu's hand. It was dark gold in color and engraved with fine recessed patterns along its body.

[Combat Dagger]: Entry-level Mechanized Product.

Energy Level: 50–70 euler.

It wasn't until Qin Yu had walked right up to Li Xingzhang and was preparing to slit his throat with the dagger,

that Li Xingzhang stared at Qin Yu and spoke the only sentence since their meeting:

"Sheng'er, he was killed by you, wasn't he?"