When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 57 Unexpected Changes
At 5 p.m., before the fourth round of the knockout stage had even ended, rumors of Slug cheating were already rampant online.

Bai Ze was also involved in this turmoil, and thus gained notoriety, albeit mostly due to sheer luck...
Even so, Bai Ze was more popular than Xi Yuheng because he had beaten his opponent so badly that morning that he was vomiting on the ring.

Anyway, Xi Yuheng has lost the headlines again this time.

Bai Ze logged off, glanced at the forum, and finally found a post about Xi Yuheng being an Awakened One. He couldn't help but mourn for him for half a second before dialing the old principal's number.

Although the outcome was already decided, the result might change due to the allegations of cheating. Bai Ze thought he should ask the old principal for his opinion.

The image of the old principal appeared on the light screen projection. Before Bai Ze could speak, the old principal said, "The result has been decided and will not be changed. There is no need to worry."

Clearly, the former principal was also paying close attention to this match, as it concerned his confidence in front of his old friends.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze felt relieved, smiled, and then asked, "What did the Slu people say?"

"What else can I say? I guess it'll be another warning, a small punishment to set a bad example, a high slam followed by a lenient slam," the old principal chuckled.

"Just let them go like that?" Bai Ze's expression turned slightly strange.

Isn't that a bit too lenient?

"Because they are still useful, even if evidence is found afterward, it probably won't be made public. At most, it will just make the Slug Autonomous Region bleed a little."

The old principal said, "The Slu people are shameless and flamboyant enough, making them perfect targets. In recent decades, while the Federation has been developing rapidly, it has also accumulated a lot of contradictions. The Slu Autonomous State is an excellent outlet for these contradictions. They can be used as targets from time to time, which is a way of making use of them. When they stop being shameless, they will be useless. So there is no need to worry about the outcome being reversed."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze nodded knowingly and smiled, "I think the Slu people are enjoying themselves and have no intention of changing their shameless ways."

The Slugs are quite similar to a certain country in his previous life; they are both good at self-hypnosis. If you want them to change their ways, you might as well think about how dogs don't eat shit.

However, at that moment, the Wushu Association sent an internal message.

Bai Ze gently opened the message and immediately looked surprised.

The situation seems to be different from what I expected.

The message did not mention this incident, only stating that in order to ensure the smooth running of the competition, the organizers decided to change the subsequent competition schedule and asked participants to arrive in JJ City before December 1st to participate in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals will be held at the martial arts hall belonging to Yujing Martial Arts University.

Yujing Martial Arts University is located in JJ City, in the suburbs outside the city.

"To Yujing?"

The old principal on the light screen also looked surprised; he clearly hadn't expected the martial arts association to change its procedures because of this.

Doesn't this blatantly admit that there are problems with the event arrangements they've made and that they need to be modified?

Even if such a thing really happened, it shouldn't be admitted.

"The Sluts may be the scapegoats this time; they might not have been responsible for the power outage."

The old headmaster shook his head and chuckled, then asked Bai Ze, "How is your injury healing?"

"That's about it." Bai Ze stretched out his left hand and clenched his fist.

The common sense that it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone is obviously not applicable to martial artists, especially since Bai Ze has been constantly improving over the past month, with his physique and skills becoming stronger.

Internal energy itself is also a form of life energy, and strengthening internal energy is also beneficial for physical recovery. In fact, Bai Ze could have been discharged from the hospital long ago, but he felt that the conditions here were good, so he simply stayed.

“Alright, get ready. This time, I will personally take you to the semi-finals,” the old principal said immediately. “We’ll leave tomorrow. Don’t worry about the tickets; I’ll have them booked.”

"Leaving tomorrow?" Bai Ze said, "There are still more than ten days until December."

"Let me familiarize myself with the environment beforehand, see what your future university is like, and I'll also take the opportunity to see some old friends." The old principal said calmly, but a smile was already creeping onto his lips.

It seems he already imagined himself dominating in front of his old friends.

Although Bai Ze didn't have mind-reading abilities, he could already tell that the old principal was barely able to contain his smugness.

The old principal seemed even more confident than Bai Ze himself; the match wasn't even over yet, and he was already popping champagne at halftime.

Bai Ze felt that the old principal was someone who could plant a flag, but what could he do? He still had to forgive this powerful backer.

So what if you're just planting a flag? Watch me use my words to pull down all your flags.

On the StarNet, Bai Ze had to be careful and try to avoid using the phrase "words become law," but things were different in reality.

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On the other side, in the study of the former principal, Lu Mingzhou.

After disconnecting from Bai Ze, the old principal took out a low-end smartphone and dialed a number.

After the call connected, Zhong Jing's voice came through, "Hey old principal, isn't this job a bit too bizarre? Making me travel all that way to attack a power plant."

"This is your punishment for concealing the situation from Bai Ze."

The old headmaster snorted and said, "If it weren't for my keen eyes that saw through Bai Ze's true nature, would you have kept it from me your whole life? By the way, your identity wasn't discovered over there, was it?"

“No, even when I was scouting the location, I wore a mask and pretended to be a Slug, and even said a few words in Slug. Even if there is evidence, they wouldn’t suspect us,” Zhong Jing replied.

"You can even speak the language of the Slugs?" the old headmaster asked, somewhat surprised.

Silla has been extinct for ninety years, and even many Sulu people themselves don't speak the Sulu language anymore. I never expected Zhong Jing to be able to.

“I learned it specifically. When you’re out in the world, you always need to have a few more skills to make it easier to shift blame,” Zhong Jing said. “Especially on the Japanese peninsula, those Japanese people tend to lose their minds when they hear Slug.”

So they're deliberately trying to shift the blame to the Slugs, huh...?
This simply fits the stereotype of the Slugs.

"You really have some interesting ideas," the old headmaster couldn't help but say.

"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching. When it comes to shifting blame, I'm nowhere near as good as you; the blame you shifted today was truly massive. By the way, why did you specifically ask me to do this...?"

"Alright, shut up. Now that you've finished, hurry back. I'll transfer the points to your account later."

The old principal hung up the phone after saying that.

Then, he took out the SIM card, pinched it between his fingers and rubbed it gently. The SIM card turned into powder and spilled out from between his fingers, which was then shaken into the trash can.

"You guys can't resist as soon as the bait is thrown out; you really have no patience."

The old principal said in a low voice, "To interfere in the competition and change the process for this, tsk tsk, is that all they want to know about Mu Yaoguang?"

(End of this chapter)