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"No!!"
"I don't accept this!!"
Early the next morning, inside an alleyway, Ma Hongjun finally realized what had happened.
He stared at everything before him in utter disbelief. He had actually spent the night lying in the embrace of an old woman. Staring at the scene before his eyes, Ma Hongjun's stomach suddenly churned violently.
Although he didn't clearly remember what happened yesterday, the visual he saw this morning was more than enough to trigger his memories.
"Blargh~"
Ma Hongjun couldn't help but dry heave.
He vaguely recalled what had transpired last night. Yesterday, he had actually called this old woman "big sister"...
He couldn't bring himself to keep imagining it.
Looking at the old woman lying on the side of the bed with a thoroughly satisfied and relaxed expression, an evil fire inexplicably erupted in Ma Hongjun's heart. He had to burn this entire place to the ground, ensuring that nobody would ever find out about what had occurred here.
"Fwoosh!"
Suddenly, a half-black, half-red flame ignited in Ma Hongjun's hand.
Then, he slowly approached the edge of the bed.
Different from simply visiting a brothel before, this time Ma Hongjun had completely crossed the line into committing murder.
Once this first step below the moral baseline was taken, there was no longer any possibility of recovery for Ma Hongjun. Staring at the continuously burning evil fire before him, Ma Hongjun's expression did not change in the slightest.
He even felt that his flames were meant to do exactly this kind of work.
She brought this on herself!
After this self-justification flashed through Ma Hongjun's mind, he turned around and left without looking back. Unfortunately, there were simply too many people in Heaven Dou City. Even though it was only early morning, and even though it was an alleyway with relatively low foot traffic.
Ma Hongjun's appearance, the flames that were about to engulf the entire building, and the miserable shriek of the person who had shared the night with him yesterday. All of this was witnessed, heard, and noted down by the surrounding onlookers.
Not far away.
While actively searching the perimeter after tracking down several signals, Flender's group suddenly detected Ma Hongjun's soul power fluctuations—specifically, that unique evil fire of Ma Hongjun's.
In an instant, an ominous premonition spontaneously arose within them.
"Hongjun, what on earth are you doing?"
Flender had been looking for Ma Hongjun the entire night and was already anxious beyond measure.
Upon seeing the soaring flames, Flender's heart instantly sank to the bottom of the ocean. However, Flender was not a mindless person; the most pressing matter at hand was to locate Ma Hongjun.
Relying on his formidable strength, it took only a few movements for Flender to find Ma Hongjun, who was squatting alone by the street looking entirely at a loss.
"Hongjun! What happened?"
Seeing that there were still tears at the corners of Ma Hongjun's eyes and that he looked deeply aggrieved, Flender truly believed that Ma Hongjun had been wronged and hurriedly asked.
"Master?"
Ma Hongjun blankly turned his head, looked toward Flender, and muttered in a low voice. At this moment, he didn't know what had come over him; he simply felt that he had to put on a pitiful act. So, he did exactly that.
Of course, Flender was currently the only reliance Ma Hongjun had left.
Therefore, although he had degenerated a little, it wasn't completely absolute yet. Anxious to protect his disciple (who was practically a son to him), Flender failed to notice some of the subtle changes within Ma Hongjun (referring to his moral degeneration).
"Whatever it is, let's leave this place first before discussing it."
Without another word, Flender directly hoisted Ma Hongjun onto his shoulder.
Displaying the caliber of a Soul Saint expert, he vanished from the sight of the surrounding onlookers in the blink of an eye.
However, all of this was in vain.
The observant citizens of the morning crowd had already noted down Ma Hongjun's highly distinctive appearance.
The mohawk hairstyle, the slightly chubby build, the evil fire...
Once this incident fully fermented, Ma Hongjun would find himself wanted by Heaven Dou City.
Of course, that would all be a story for later.
Before long, with Flender's assistance, Ma Hongjun returned to the Blue Tyrant Academy.
Inside an empty office, everyone who shared a deep relationship with Ma Hongjun was gathered together. Among them, Liu Erlong stood with her arms crossed, wearing a pair of round, wire-rimmed glasses, quietly observing Ma Hongjun.
Under the concerned gazes of the teachers, Ma Hongjun explained the sequence of events.
First, to avenge Dai Mubai and the others, he followed Xiao Lin's group of four, only to accidentally enter that alleyway, fall into their trap, and get drugged with an aphrodisiac. In the end, Ma Hongjun even confessed the matter regarding that old woman.
He described the old woman's appearance and her all-consuming evil to the absolute fullest extent.
In order to paint himself as a victim, Ma Hongjun embellished the story heavily, even shifting the blame entirely onto Xiao Lin's group and that old woman.
"So in other words, this was all the doing of that group of people?" Flender murmured thoughtfully after listening. He could somewhat empathize with Ma Hongjun; after all, who could willingly accept an old lady in her fifties or sixties?
Furthermore, considering the dosage of that aphrodisiac, one could easily imagine exactly how much torture Ma Hongjun had endured. Flender also knew that Ma Hongjun originally possessed lustful desires but lacked true malice.
He had even tried to comfort himself regarding Liu Erlong before, but now, he surprisingly couldn't see a single trace of wicked thoughts in Ma Hongjun's eyes. It was as if he had developed post-traumatic stress disorder and lost all interest in women.
For a moment, Flender felt both deeply pained for him and uncertain whether this outcome was good or bad. If Ma Hongjun never sought out women again, it would undoubtedly be a good thing.
"Damn it, those four must have been wearing disguises." Oscar was the most indignant over his good brother's ordeal; had he encountered such a situation, he could have deeply empathized with the feeling.
In fact, he might have even committed suicide.
Being defiled by an old lady was simply too damaging to his image.
Just what kind of psychological trauma did the fatty suffer?
"Alright, this might not necessarily be a bad thing. I recently located a soul beast suitable for Little Ma, so perhaps his condition can still be saved."
Standing among the crowd, Yu Xiaogang deliberately voiced an opinion entirely different from the others just to showcase his own wisdom.
Everyone else was comforting Ma Hongjun; although some secretly criticized what he had done, down in their hearts, they still validated his actions.
As Soul Masters, they were inherently superior to commoners, so to be humiliated like this meant Ma Hongjun's actions were essentially self-defense. Not just Flender, but Zhao Wuji and the others shared this exact sentiment.
This gathering of legally ignorant individuals served as the perfect nourishment for the evil fire deep within Ma Hongjun's heart. The group then began verbally denouncing Xiao Lin and the others, putting on an aura of righteous indignation in front of Ma Hongjun.
They completely forgot that it was Dai Mubai who had harbored killing intent first, forcing Xiao Lin to retaliate. They completely forgot that it was Ma Hongjun who proactively stalked them, forcing Xiao Lin's group to counterattack.
It was Ma Hongjun who proactively committed murder.
One had to ask: if a sweet-looking young lady had appeared in that alleyway instead and spent the night with him, would Ma Hongjun still have raised his hand to kill? One had to ask: if Ma Hongjun hadn't encountered that old woman, would he have laid his hands on an innocent, ordinary girl?
Although Shrek possessed teachers who cared immensely for their students, being immersed in the giant melting pot that was Shrek made it inevitable for them to be tainted by its customs.
While Yu Xiaogang's words were somewhat inappropriate to voice given the current atmosphere, to Ma Hongjun and the rest, it was undoubtedly fantastic news. Not only Ma Hongjun, but even Flender, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and the others all felt a flash of joy cross their faces.
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