480 Is this the time to act cute? (2/2)
No, what wall was there?
The wind that accompanied the retraction of One-Pun's fist had caused the entire wall slab of the meeting room to crumble into rubble! Burning hot sunlight immediately entered the room but the members of the various organizations only felt a coldness sweep through their bodies.
As they stiffly turned their heads to look out, they were appalled to realize that Zhang Meng had already flown away with no clear sight of him.
However, One-Pun did not seem like he would put the matter to rest. He gradually retracted his fist as he nonchalantly commented, ”The kneecaps haven't shattered”. With a few strides, he walked out the meeting room.
Moments later, a shrill scream that sounded like a pig being slaughtered, came from outside. Intermixed in it were the undecipherable invectives from Zhang Meng. However, it quickly turned into painful chokes and finally into a sorrowful plea.
The crowd in the meeting room did not dare poke their heads out to watch the scene, but the sound alone was sufficient to tell them of the tragic situation that Zhang Meng was in.
Was...that really only the shattering of kneecaps?
The crowd swallowed their saliva as they turned completely silent. No one dared to make a sound, much less come forward to stop One-Pun.
It was said that the hero, One-Pun, was the most affable person out of the ten best S-class heroes and that he had the best temper. Who could have guessed that the moment he was infuriated, his ferocity was comparable to the S-class hero, Tyrant Groundless Cao!
The suited man's expression changed several times as he turned extremely flustered. The reason why Zhang Meng would suddenly injure Yama Minamiya was a scheme planned by him. Using his eyes, he had signaled Zhang Meng to attack. However, tricking Zhang Meng to attack was easy, cleaning up the present mess would be very difficult.
With such a tragic outcome, Zhang Meng would definitely vent his anger on him. As for Thor, it would quickly investigate and realize that he was the one that had schemed to get Zhang Meng to be the vanguard. When the time came, the organization he came from, Chaos, would probably choose not to protect him. They could even abandon him by disavowing him.
Now, the only method was to think of a way to save Zhang Meng so as to make amends for his faults!
However, what could he do to One-Pun who reigned supreme with his fist?
The suited man racked his brains and suddenly his eyes lit up. He looked at the white-browed elder and said softly, ”Chairman Jiang, you have always been righteous in your engagements. You vanquish the evil and help the good. If you do not stop One-Pun, Zhang Meng might really end up being beaten to death. You won't turn a blind eye, right?”
When the crowd heard what he said, they suddenly recalled the old man that had the lowest presence in the meeting room. In his youth, he was a famous leading exponent. Before he retired, he was always ranked at the top of the S-class heroes. His meritorious services had even landed him in the Hero Hall of Fame. Even One-Pun would have to respect this esteemed elder!
The members of the various organization's upper echelons were unrelated to Zhang Meng, but what Zhang Meng suffered made them feel a sense of danger because they would be suffering a mutual crisis. At that moment, they cast pleading gazes at 'Chairman Stubborn', who they had secretly gnashed their teeth against.
”Chairman Jiang, please stop One-Pun!”
”If this carries on, Zhang Meng will be killed!”
”If Zhang Meng were to be maimed, it will be an absolutely terrible setback to China's hero faction. Chairman Jiang, you should consider the overall situation and save Zhang Meng!”
From the pleading looks they showed, people who weren't in the know would think that Zhang Meng was their close friend or relative!
Yama Minamiya sighed. He found them helplessly stupid. If they had apologized to him and pleaded with him to forgive Zhang Meng, he might have been able to request One-Pun to show some mercy. However, they had not even considered executing such a simple act. Instead, they had continued to belittle and ignore him.
The uniformed beauty turned her head and did not dare look at the pathetic faces they were faking. She was afraid she would vomit the meal she had last night.
Chairman Jiang remained silent. As he listened to their requests, his expression maintained a genial smile. At first glance, one might think that he was an ordinary old man that was exceedingly common.
The suited man said in agony, ”Could it be that the impartial Azure Emperor, Jiang Tianyou, is afraid of One-Pun's brutality? Is he unwilling to step forward to help the weak!?”
Azure Emperor Jiang Tianyou was once the most commendable righteous hero!
Even though he was now a genial-looking white-browed elder, it was absolutely impossible that his stubborn temper and sense of justice would change!
That was what the suited man thought.
Under the pleading gazes of the crowd, Chairman Jiang suddenly raised his hands to cover his eyes and said, ”I...did not see anything.”
Everyone was stunned agape.
Heavens!
Esteemed Elder, are you trying to act cute!?
That's not right.
Is this the time to act cute!?
...IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said ””, but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.