Chapter 373: Questioning

If Leonardo looked carefully, he could actually see the trace of mockery in Chu Nan’s smile.

Chu Nan sneered in his mind.

In the beginning, although he was called over by Director Sun Xiangren and bluntly pointed out that he suspected that he had cheated, he was only a little angry at being wronged. Later on, he felt that the other party’s suspicion was reasonable. After all, it was really unbelievable that he had settled a hundred and four martial techniques in-depth research in a month and could even make reasonable suggestions for every martial technique.

However, later on, the Martial Arts Branch did not give him any chance to explain. They unilaterally announced that they would deprive him of the chance to participate in the test. They even unexpectedly froze his student points.

This outcome made him furious again. However, he still carefully weighed the gains and losses before proposing the ultimate arbitration that shocked everyone.

However, he did not expect that the Martial Arts Branch would actually be so thorough in this matter. They actually wanted to tamper with such a small martial technique list.

From this, it could be seen that the Martial Arts Branch was probably determined to suppress him and obtain the victory of this arbitration.

Thinking about it carefully, this was actually very normal.

It had been decades since a student dared to propose the ultimate arbitration. Now, Chu Nan, a new student who had just entered the academy for less than a month, proposed it.

In the eyes of the higher-ups of the academy, this was simply a slap in the face to them, and it was even more serious to the Martial Arts Branch.

From the perspective of the Martial Arts Branch, they could not allow Chu Nan to win this arbitration. Otherwise, his prestige would definitely be greatly damaged.

Even in the eyes of the higher-ups of the academy, they definitely did not want this to happen.

In fact, the moment Chu Nan proposed the ultimate arbitration, it was not only a provocation to the Martial Arts Branch but also to the authority of the entire Star Cloud Academy.

Chu Nan glanced at Dean Lin Mingdao who was sitting on the rostrum with a calm expression and could not see any change in his expression. He gently took a deep breath.

No matter how unwilling the Martial Arts Branch and the academy were, since he dared to propose the ultimate arbitration, he would definitely win!

His gaze swept past Lin Mingdao and landed on Gascoigne.

“Not only did I memorize the names of these martial techniques, I also memorized all the detailed records regarding them in the database. Do you want to hear it?”

Gascoigne was stunned, then sneered.

“What a joke? The record of any martial technique in the database exceeds 3,000 words. With 104 martial techniques added together, that’s more than 300,000 words. How can you memorize them all?”

“But I’ve memorized it. Do you want to hear it?” Chu Nan still had a smile on his face as he asked.

Looking at Chu Nan’s calm and slightly mocking gaze, a trace of panic flashed through Gascoigne’s heart. He sneered and waved his hand, “So what if you memorized it all? Perhaps you deliberately memorized it in the past few days. What can you prove?”

Beside Gascoigne, Dean Semondi and Sun Xiangren frowned slightly.

Although there was nothing wrong with Gascoigne’s words, it was really pathetic for him to appear so defensive under such circumstances.

However, this was a problem directly related to the martial arts database, so the two of them could not interrupt and could only remain silent.

The students who watched the arbitration through the live broadcast did not react so well. When they saw Gascoigne’s reaction, even if no one still thought that Chu Nan was completely innocent, they could not help but feel a trace of dissatisfaction with him and even the Martial Arts Branch.

Did he have to do this to an ordinary student like Chu Nan?

“Let’s not talk about unrelated questions.” Director Levo frowned and interrupted Chu Nan who wanted to speak again. He asked, “Last question. Chu Nan, are you sure you completed all these applications alone?”

Chu Nan looked at him without moving and replied with abnormal determination, “Yes.”

“Very good.” Director Levo nodded and turned to face the arbitration committee, “Next are a few questions regarding the Martial Arts Branch.”

After a pause, he continued, “On the 14th of March, the martial arts database of the Martial Arts Branch questioned the 104 applications proposed by Chu Nan the day before, right?”

The group of people from the Martial Arts Branch looked at each other. Montevic stood up.

“Yes, I was the person in charge at that time and was the first to doubt Chu Nan’s application.”

“Why would you doubt it? Is there a problem with Chu Nan’s application?” Director Levo asked again.

“No, there’s no problem in terms of procedures. The reason why I doubt it is because I read that Chu Nan had only used his points to exchange for these martial techniques from the database for less than a month.”

Director Levo turned to look at Chu Nan, “Is that so?”

“That’s right.” Chu Nan nodded. “To be precise, I exchanged these martial techniques with the March God-Killing Palm and the Sword Light Finger Technique. The exact time is on the 10th of February.”

Director Levo asked Montevic again, “What’s the basis of your doubt?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” Montevic spread out his hands, “At first, he used a week to complete the modification of the March God-Killing Palm and the Sword Light Finger Technique and applied for success. I didn’t suspect much and felt that he was only especially talented. However, he used such a short period of time to complete the modification of a hundred and four martial techniques. This is completely impossible, so I suspect that he didn’t complete these applications himself.”

“Do you suspect that someone else helped Chu Nan complete these applications?”

“Yes.”

“The reason why Chu Nan proposed this ultimate arbitration is because he is unwilling to accept the punishment given to him by the Martial Arts Branch. This punishment was to freeze Chu Nan’s student points and deprive him of the chance to participate in the trial. Is that so?”

“Yes.”

“Is this punishment based on your suspicion of Chu Nan?”

Montevic did not answer. Instead, he turned to look at Sun Xiangren beside him.

Sun Xiangren stood up, “That’s right. We suspect that Chu Nan has seriously cheated in these applications. Before he completely proves his innocence, we’ll temporarily freeze his points and don’t want him to continue obtaining points through this method as a punishment.”

“Then do you have any evidence that Chu Nan cheated?” Director Levo asked again.

Hearing this question, everyone was stunned.

Before the ultimate arbitration began, everyone thought that the higher-ups of the academy would definitely side with the Martial Arts Branch this time. After all, the outcome of the arbitration was not only related to the dignity and face of the Martial Arts Branch, but also to the prestige of the entire Star Cloud Academy.

If Chu Nan won, it would be a huge blow to the entire Star Cloud Academy.

However, the question that Director Levo was asking now directly pointed to the core problem of the punishment that the Martial Arts Branch had given Chu Nan. It was evidence.

If there was no evidence that Chu Nan was cheating, what right did the Martial Arts Branch have to punish him?

Dean Semondi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Mingdao who was sitting in the middle of the rostrum. He saw that Lin Mingdao was still expressionless and his intention could not be seen.

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