"Uh... look, I know, but I have to say, doesn't it always feel like you guys are just blindly analyzing things? This isn't how it really is, right?"

"Damn, an honest person!"

"Big Brother, do you have to be so straightforward? Sometimes we need to be more flexible. What if things aren't as they seem? It doesn't matter. What matters is how we clear Brother Bei's name! Stand firmly behind Brother Bei."

"You're right. Why bother with the specifics? Whenever asked, we just staunchly claim it was Brother Bei's accidental mishap. Besides, who can be sure whether it really was an accident?"

"..."

Netizens were abuzz, furiously posting comments under Professor Luo's remarks, supporting his statement.

「Meanwhile, elsewhere.」

In the Shishi Military District.

The uproar over Zhang Beixing's case was so significant. Huo Honghao, who had recently interacted with Zhang Beixing and was a Senior Colonel in the Shishi Military District, couldn't have been unaware of the incident.

After watching the video of the match and going through the autopsy report requested from the Shishi Police Bureau, Huo Honghao couldn't help but marvel.

He truly is Great Xia's newly promoted Grandmaster. Zhang Beixing is really something. I thought I'd already overestimated his strength, but it seems I still underestimated him! The ability to instantly kill a WBA boxing champion... that's far beyond the combat capabilities of a King of Soldiers. This kid is really cunning though… And this... a cut from a sharp weapon... I remember his gun was inspected after confiscation. It wasn't sharpened at all, and the video didn't show him touching that Black Ghost's neck, did it? Interesting!

Looking at the coroner's report, which detailed the causes of death as 'instantaneous death by unknown means' and 'throat cut by a sharp weapon,' Huo Honghao muttered to himself, a look of keen interest on his face.

The former must be what Elder Chen always talks about, the hallmark of a Grandmaster: externally projected Vital Energy. As for the latter… Gang Feng?

A martial arts technique Zhou Fan had mentioned to him on the phone some time ago flashed through his mind. Looking at the photos taken by the forensic examiner, Huo Honghao felt that something was off about the causes of death for these two Black Ghosts.

He'd learned from Elder Chen that externally projected Vital Energy could only be emitted from the hands and feet. But in the autopsy photos, many of Chris's fatal wounds weren't inflicted by fists or feet. Moreover, a Grandmaster's conventional Transforming Force isn't lethal. And Gang Feng, according to what Zhou Fan had said, was similar to a Grandmaster's Transforming Force—also non-lethal. Being able to blow out a candle with it would be considered amazing. Yet now, in Zhang Beixing's hands, that Gang Feng had cleanly severed the Black Ghost's neck, the incision incredibly sharp! As for his Transforming Force, it could injure from a distance, as if True Qi were leaking out! How many more abilities is Zhang Beixing hiding? And why has he changed so much? Is his potential limitless? He's becoming harder and harder to figure out! Still… I fucking love this kid!

Many questions arose in Huo Honghao's mind, making him more curious about Zhang Beixing.

He then took out his phone, browsing the responses from the Martial Arts Association, schools, and prominent lawyers regarding the matter. While Huo Honghao didn't directly intervene by issuing a statement, he liked each of their posts, his stance self-evident.

Doing the same were Wang Fengyi and Su Dakai from the Yanjing Military District. As soldiers who had been in long contact with Zhang Beixing, they understood him better and valued him more. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen him as their recruitment representative, or even featured him in an official video. This required not only strength but, more importantly, character!

Therefore, they didn't really take Zhang Beixing's actions seriously. Death on the battlefield was commonplace, so why should a death in the ring be so shocking? What shocked them more, in fact, was Zhang Beixing's strength!

The Yanjing Military District had also obtained the autopsy report and the livestream video. After repeated viewings and careful study, they were astonished to discover that Zhang Beixing's Vital Energy and Gang Feng were both extraordinary, far surpassing those of a typical Grandmaster!

Is this the strength of Grandmaster Zhang? Truly terrifying! We need to get him as an instructor immediately!

「…」

As various forces reacted, the issue only grew larger.

As public opinion within Great Xia became increasingly one-sided with the passage of time, WBA officials and the Cameron envoy to Great Xia could no longer remain passive. Seeing their comment sections filled with abusive remarks, they quickly restricted commenting permissions and then issued statements.

WBA Official: [Is this Great Xia's attitude? Murder, verbal abuse, offline threats—since when are we not even allowed to defend our due rights?]

Cameron Envoy to Great Xia: [Deliberately killing our citizen in the ring, inciting the public to attack our official accounts—Zhang Beixing's crimes are heinous! He is challenging our bottom line and undermining the friendship between our two nations. We demand that Great Xia immediately hand over this person for us to put on trial!]

As if by prior agreement, both the WBA officials and the Cameron envoy to Great Xia simultaneously released statements, pressuring Great Xia's Department of External Relations to hand over Zhang Beixing. They knew, of course, that this was impossible. Their main objective was naturally to trade a major demand for a smaller concession.

In response, Great Xia's Department of External Relations issued a concise statement: [Hand him over? Impossible! It is unreasonable to distort the truth and settle matters based on mere hearsay!]

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