This move seemed to ignite a fuse to a bomb, and the atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly escalated.
Aside from the two soldiers with guns behind Mu Fan, more than thirty soldiers around the room simultaneously aimed their guns at Mu Fan.
The sound of safeties being clicked off echoed throughout the hall.
"Get him under control!"
The lieutenant colonel who was kicked away by Mu Fan had barely recovered when a fat government official emerged, his large body too wide for his suit, which couldn't be fastened.
At this moment, he was pointing a thick finger at Mu Fan, his voice shrill.
"How dare you strike!"
"Rebellious!"
Two other officers barked sharply alongside him.
Mu Fan's kick plunged the hall into an uncontrollable state of chaos, causing those who were waiting for the situation to develop to finally lose their patience.
The reaction of the two soldiers was undeniably fast as they were soldiers who always placed orders above all else.
The gunshot from the lieutenant colonel was like a flare signaling the start.
Both men, facing the high-ranking officials just like Mu Fan, didn't shoot but instead lifted their rifles with both arms and smashed down fiercely.
Their titanium-steel rifle butts aimed directly at Mu Fan's head and neck.
Their attack left no room for mercy; had they connected, the man in front of them would end up dead or disabled.
Major General Lick watched Mu Fan like a hawk, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, but he still made no move.
Ten seconds, he had given these men only ten seconds.
In ten seconds, he needed to see results.
But the recent performance of Lieutenant Colonel Huang was an utter embarrassment to the military.
Useless bunch!
His gaze fell upon the two soldiers.
...
Hearing the sudden rush of air from behind, Mu Fan didn't flinch or dodge, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.
Beneath the bloodstained uniform of Dingchuan Academy, the muscles on his back began to rapidly harden and flatten.
Six Forms, Steel Body!
Clang, clang!
Two heavy strikes landed on Mu Fan's neck and shoulder.
However, the scene everyone imagined—of him collapsing at the hit—did not happen.
The two soldiers felt as though their rifle butts had struck solid steel, the intense rebound nearly wrenching the weapons from their grasp.
Their eyes met inadvertently, revealing a look of shock.
Then, at the moment they tried to lift their rifles again, two palms suddenly grasped them, one on the right and one on the left.
Mu Fan pulled forcefully forward with both arms, then released and spread his arms wide with a forceful shake backward.
The two soldiers, who had been clinging desperately to their rifles, were yanked forward and then uncontrollably collided with the suddenly extending arms.
Ugh... Ahh.
Bang!
Two figures flew backward, crashing heavily against the wall and sliding down limply, agonizing pain radiating from their stomachs. They hit the ground so hard that their bodies curled up like shrimps in sheer pain.
Creak, creak—sounds of twisting bones and muscles emanated continuously from within their bodies.
Mu Fan's eyes were cold and fierce, like an enraged wolf, radiating a tremble-inducing presence.
He looked indifferently at the pale-faced Rong Wei.
"You really don't learn your lesson, do you? It seems the punishment I gave you last time wasn't enough, Miss Rong Wei."
Without addressing her military rank, Mu Fan's gaze settled on her seemingly cold and elegant face.
Finally, Rong Wei seemed to recall some extremely unpleasant memories. She couldn't believe...
This Barbarian, not only daring to strike out openly within the Special Service Department, but also in a conference hall where powers from all sides gathered.
Without any hesitation, accepting no indignity.
The societal norm of maintaining polite smiles even when being backstabbed was completely thrown away by Mu Fan.
Not a trace of civilized order...
An eye for an eye!
And now, that chillingly indifferent gaze was directed at herself, as if she was being stalked by a fierce wolf in the darkness, causing a cold sweat to break out on her back.
The scene with that rigid finger pointing at her forehead, the scene where she wet herself in fright, the scene where she covered her face and wept bitterly—all flashed through her mind.
With fear in her eyes and her body trembling unnaturally, Rong Wei suddenly sat down heavily on her chair, hugging her body tightly with both hands.
She was scared, scared that the madman would do something reckless again like last time.
Her humiliation had been bad enough, but if she wet herself again in front of this assembly of high-ranking officials, she would probably never be able to show her face again in her lifetime.
A mere casual sentence made Rong Wei panic.
And this scene, witnessed by those around her, provoked even more outrage.
Had he gone mad?
Anger flashed in the eyes of many high-ranking officials in the hall.
Who was this person, to make a move under the gunpoint?
And why was Rong Wei so terrified of this young man—what had happened between them before?
"Lieutenant Colonel Lick!" Instructor Bach suddenly called out, looking at the lieutenant colonel with a stern warning in his eyes.
"Everyone, stop right there!"
Lick raised his arm, and with a thunderous voice finally quelled all the commotion in the hall.
He was hosting this meeting; ten seconds had passed, and everything had to disappear like smoke in the wind.
Those who were still not satisfied and wanted to escalate the situation would surely not get any chance from him.
What a bunch of incompetents, this crazed student!
Mu Fan's outstretched arms slowly retracted, and everyone in the hall let out a sigh of relief. That wolf-like gaze, that oppressive feeling from just a moment ago, was truly suffocating.
Only those seasoned veterans who had returned from fields of corpses and rivers of blood could possess such a murderous aura.
"Lieutenant Colonel Lick, this is an internal matter for Dingchuan Academy, and before any explicit laws have been violated, no military, police, or administrative personnel has the right to intervene with force," Instructor Bach said coldly, his gaze fixed on the speaker inside the hall.
The incident could be put to rest now. He had come on behalf of Dingchuan Academy and definitely did not want to see his students humiliated.
"I'm sorry for this unfortunate scene, Instructor Bach, this was merely an individual's actions. Guard, take Lieutenant Colonel Huang and the two soldiers away, give them basic treatment and then proceed with the military review process."
With a wave of his hand, and seeing that neither Bach nor Mu Fan's expressions had changed, he raised his eyebrows slightly, then laughed heartily, "Instructor Bach misunderstands, our visit was merely to understand some information that we were not aware of at the time. Now we thank student Mu Fan from Dingchuan Academy for his significant support of our military work."
"Now the discussion on the explosion incident has come to a perfect end, thank you for your academy's cooperation, and extend my regards to Dean Andrees, thanking him for his unwavering support of the military. Later, there will be a banquet here, and I hope Instructor Bach and the outstanding students of your academy will join us for dinner."
Watching the lieutenant colonel's behavior, Bach sneered to himself.
In the end, everything still boiled down to strength.
Failing to probe, they immediately resumed the original plan, no doubt still wary of Dingchuan Academy's formidable power.
The rumors were indeed true. These military officials on the administrative planet, who hadn't experienced war in many years, had already lost the iron-willed decisiveness that a soldier should have.
"Thank you, lieutenant colonel, but we need to return to report to the academy. And with tonight's significant events, we're not in the mood to dine."
Bach said with an insincere smile.
"Well then… I won't see you off," Lieutenant Colonel Lick said with a smile.
In Mu Fan's calm gaze, Bach, the middle-aged man with a crew cut, walked up to him and patted his shoulder.
"Let's go."
Beneath the blood-stained academy uniform, Mu Fan's muscles quivered, returning to normal.
He silently nodded to the proud look in the middle-aged instructor's eyes.
And so, under the silent watchful eyes of the entire hall, the two of them walked out one after another.
What was even more intimidating was that no one dared to stop them.
To single-handedly slay a dark overlord...
To boldly make a move in front of a room of officials...
To stand unbowed and unafraid, never allowing a single injustice to pass before his eyes...
Mu Fan, like a fierce beast tearing away at the mask of civilization, gave all the officials present a visceral lesson.
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PS: I welcome a collective brainstorming session, dear readers. If you have any good ideas for the name of Mu Fan's team and the name of their mothership, feel free to leave a comment in the review section. If I see a name that catches my eye, it just might change the course of history in this story—hahaha.