At the scene, the live broadcasts of major streamers were buzzing with excitement.
“Holy crap! An epic plot twist! So it turns out the Empire Guild framed Zero all along?”
“Then who is the real traitor? Is it really the Empire Guild?”
“Unbelievable! Folks, let’s take another look…”
In an instant, all fingers pointed at Liu Sheng.
And at this moment, with irrefutable evidence, Liu Sheng understood: all explanations were meaningless.
He admitted it!
In his panic, he laughed out loud: “Yes, that’s right! I framed you to harness the power of the Empire Guild against you, Zero!”
“But I have to say, you have incredible luck! You managed to escape what should have been certain death!”
“It’s not luck,” Zhang Yue said. “It’s just that all your actions and plans were under my control.”
“The Binding God Technique from the very beginning already betrayed you.”
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
“Binding God Technique? If I remember correctly, isn’t that a unique product of Japan?”
Xu Aiguo, standing nearby, was also greatly surprised.
He had initially imported the Binding God Technique from Japan and sold it to Chen Jun, intending for Chen Jun to use it to trap Zhang Yue in the Night of the Ghostly Wedding dungeon, aiming to kill Zhang Yue.
He never expected that Zhang Yue had already noticed it back then!
Zhang Yue, of course, knew that Chen Jun was just a pawn used by the Empire Guild. Now that Chen Jun was dead and Chen Long had taken over the Chen’s Army, there was no need to bring up past events to avoid causing unnecessary trouble for Chen Long.
Zhang Yue looked at Liu Sheng and said, “Using products from Japan to target our people, even sending assassins to kill our competing professionals, if you want to pin the traitor’s label on someone else, you should consider whether you have the brains to pull it off.”
The people present were all stunned.
“What? Those assassins targeting competitors in previous years were arranged by this Vice President of the Empire Guild?”
“Damn! This traitor! A lapdog of Japan, he should be torn to pieces!”
At this moment, Xu Aiguo was in a panic.
He was afraid Liu Sheng would expose him!
But at the same time, he had confidence in Liu Sheng.
From a young age, Xu Aiguo had treated Liu Sheng like his own son, and he knew that Liu Sheng would never easily betray him.
Moreover, all the evidence Zhang Yue currently held pointed solely at Liu Sheng.
With Liu Sheng taking the fall, Zhang Yue would never trace it back to Xu Aiguo!
But just as Xu Aiguo was thinking this, Zhang Yue’s next words suddenly made his heart leap into his throat!
“Tell me, who is the mastermind behind all this?”
At this moment, even Ouyang Ling’er and the others were somewhat surprised.
“What? There’s an even bigger boss? This Empire Vice President isn’t the real mastermind?”
“Goodness! The Empire Guild is really hiding its cards!”
Liu Sheng was clearly taken aback for a moment, then firmly insisted, “I am the mastermind!”
“You?” Zhang Yue glanced at Liu Sheng, casually uttering two words: “Not qualified.”
A newly promoted professional this year, just turned 18, a young and inexperienced kid, what qualifications does he have to collaborate with Japan?
Or rather, the assassination of competing professionals had started five or six years ago.
How old was Liu Sheng back then?
With his identity and status, what ability does he have to mobilize such a dark force?
Zhang Yue had long anticipated that Liu Sheng was just a pawn, and there must be someone else manipulating him from behind!
Therefore, even though he had evidence in hand, Zhang Yue deliberately didn’t expose Liu Sheng immediately but waited until now.
One reason was that Zhang Yue was busy completing the SSS-grade collection task in the Ninth World and had no time.
The second reason was to use Liu Sheng as bait to draw out the bigger fish behind him!
“If I’m not mistaken, he should be here on site now, right?”
Zhang Yue’s gaze swept through the crowd and finally landed on Xu Aiguo!
Without saying anything, just a single glance made Xu Aiguo, a 300-level seven-turn veteran professional, feel an unparalleled sense of pressure from Zhang Yue, who was just a newcomer of a few dozen levels!
Xu Aiguo clearly didn’t dare to meet Zhang Yue’s eyes.
To clear his own suspicion, he immediately went to Xu Bei, crying and sobbing, “Xiao Bei! I thought I’d never see you again. It’s so good to see you’re alive!”
Xu Bei, not understanding the situation, truly believed Xu Aiguo was concerned for him and said with guilt, “I’m sorry, Father, for making you worry!”
Then, Xu Aiguo went to Liu Sheng and loudly scolded him, “I never thought, treating you like my own son, you would dare to collude with Japan behind my back!”
“You’ve disgraced me, and you’ve disgraced our Empire Guild!”
Liu Sheng knelt before Xu Aiguo and kowtowed.
To prevent Zhang Yue from interrogating Liu Sheng, Xu Aiguo pointed at Liu Sheng and ordered, “Kill this traitor!”
Around them, several warriors from the Empire Guild rushed forward and killed Liu Sheng!
In the end, Xu Aiguo approached Zhang Yue, feigning sincerity, “It was all a misunderstanding! My young friend, I’m sorry for the slander you endured!”
“After all, I am very patriotic, and what I can’t tolerate the most is a traitor! That’s why I almost wronged you!”
“To express my apology, I will personally fund and gift you a set of level 60 8-star all-gold attribute S-grade Eternal Set on behalf of the Empire Guild! I hope you can forgive my mishandling this time!”
It must be said, Xu Aiguo really knew how to “be human”!
His actions left no room for criticism.
Even the surrounding onlookers couldn’t help but praise him:
“As expected of the Vice President of the Empire Guild! Such a magnanimous gesture!”
“Wow! How much is an 8-star S-grade all-gold Eternal Set worth? That’s a fortune!”
Zhang Yue, however, just smiled calmly.
Although he understood some things, now wasn’t the time to expose them.
So, Zhang Yue said to the surrounding Empire Guild professionals, “Originally, this had nothing to do with your Empire. I didn’t want to harm your people, but since you attacked my Temple of Destiny people first, killing a few hundred of you just now and demanding ten times the compensation seems fair, right?”
Xu Aiguo quickly said, “Fair! Absolutely fair! After all, we were in the wrong first!”
“In that case, I’ll compensate for the deaths of your people at ten times the economic value, and additionally, give each of them an A-grade Eternal Set!”
Since Xu Aiguo was compensating from his personal funds, Zhang Yue had no reason to refuse.
On the surface, Zhang Yue also acted politely with Xu Aiguo: “Thank you, President Xu. Please make my set for an Assassin profession.”
After a few pleasantries, Xu Aiguo led the Empire Guild members away.
Although this incident seemed like a farce,
Zhang Yue’s reputation soared for single-handedly challenging the Empire Guild!
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