Chapter 752: Chapter 752: Who killed her?
"How could this be? We’ve been wronged, ever since we arrived here, we’ve been under your surveillance, how could we possibly commit murder?" Lady Baide immediately cried out in protest.
Others quickly followed suit...
"Hmph, if not you, then who?" President Bansai said, "You people, you even killed a gladiator of Bansi City, and to kill just one church female devotee, what difficulty would there be in that?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Baide also argued forcefully, "Your Excellency Mr. President, killing a gladiator was a matter of no choice for us, because once on the Duel Arena, it was either they die or we die. But everyone, think carefully, can you give me one reason to kill a female devotee? She bore us no grudge and no enmity, why would we be so cruel as to kill her and then toss her body into the moat?"
"This..." President Bansai was for a moment rendered speechless.
Even Ye Shu couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to herself that Mr. Baide’s eloquence was indeed impressive; no wonder he could expand his private oil business to such a great extent.
At that moment, President Bansai exploded, "In any case, until the matter is cleared up, none of you may leave. Guards, take them all back! If the murderer of the female devotee is not found within three days, you all shall die!"
"On what ground? On what ground do you assume it was us if it cannot be found out?"
"On the ground that you are hostages. If I say you live, you can live; if I say you die, you must die—stop spouting nonsense to me!" President Bansai, with a furious face, said, "This happened after you all arrived. If it wasn’t you, then who else could it be? Guards, take them all away and lock them up. Without my order, no one may leave Bansi City by even half a step. Anyone who defies this will be killed without mercy!"
"Hmph, Mr. President, your ability to handle matters is really weak, isn’t it?" Ye Shu snorted coldly, "But this is your power. Whether it’s right or wrong, it has nothing to do with me. I just want him!"
After saying this, Ye Shu grabbed Sheng Shaochen’s arm and said, "Warrior, it looks like you’ll have to keep me company for a bit longer. Let’s go back."
Just as Ye Shu was turning around with Sheng Shaochen to head back to the church, Song Xiaoxin suddenly saw a glint of red light faintly shining through Saintess Tama’s black witch robe...
It was indeed her!
The expression of frustration on Song Xiaoxin’s face twisted to an extreme. The first time she heard Saintess Tama speak, she found it somewhat familiar, but couldn’t quite place where she had heard it before.
Now, seeing that flash of red light, she immediately remembered an item—the fiery red pendant!
The thought that she had risked her life to come to rescue Sheng Shaochen and was close to having an opportunity to be alone with him, only to have that relentless bitch Ye Shu, survive the high moat and the rapid waters—it didn’t drown her!
Heaven must be blind, to let her compete with herself for a man and nearly break her legs in the process!
That bitch, impersonating the Holy Girl, monopolized Sheng Shaochen all to herself while she, Song Xiaoxin, faced the prospect of being thrown into the dungeon or even violated by those extremists—Song Xiaoxin was on the verge of madness!
She would definitely not let Ye Shu succeed. Since Heaven was so unfair, she would defy Heaven itself!
"Wait, I know who the murderer is!" Song Xiaoxin suddenly shouted, instantly silencing the entire scene as everyone’s gaze locked onto her sullen face...