Xander continued to attack me, making sure that it was impossible for me to attack him. However, that was a lost cause.
I was faster than him at dodging. There was no doubt about it in my mind. I was stronger than him physically for some reason even if I hadn’t trained my body in over a month.
‘Is it because of the aether?’
I couldn’t be sure of it just yet. Nevertheless, from the moment I realized that I could move faster than him, I knew that the fight was as good as over.
It took me very few movements to completely overwhelm him as a whole, and by then it was already over.
I thought that it would have taken a lot more effort than this to win against Xander, but it seemed that I was much stronger than I had been anticipating. Maybe Zale had been right all along. All I needed to do was increase the amount of aether within my body.
After all, that was the only thing I had done apart from the battle with Zoe at the very beginning.
Seeing that I had won so easily certainly put many of the tribe members on edge as they just looked at me walking off the stage. Most of my students were in shock over how easily I had won the battle against Xander when they had suffered so much at his hands.
They realized once more just how powerful I really was and what I could potentially do to them if they angered me again.
“Good job, Professor!”
“You fought so well!”
They all cheered me on this time, even those who had been silent at the start of the fight.
Anyway, now that I had some time to rest since the others had to fight against one another, I could actually go through each of my students and see just which one out of all of them was actually a traitor. After all, I had to find out about it. There was not a single doubt in my mind about it.
I already had a few suspects in the back of my mind about it, and I couldn’t wait to figure out just who would dare to do such a thing.
As for the following fights, I couldn’t be very bothered by them. I preferred going blind than to analyze how my opponents fought. After all, this would be how real fights were, it would also be how the fight with Zero would go, and that’s the fight I was training for. I couldn’t careless if I lost in this small tournament.
It would make me more powerful as a result. After all, Sun Tzu had said it himself, and as I said before, that was a motto that I truly believed in.
“Everyone, come with me. It’s time we talked about what happened with the director. I know most of you are wondering why I said the things I said and why I acted in such a way, and I will explain everything to all of you.”
We quickly left the place where the matches were taking place as I guided them to a small, empty space where we could speak comfortably with one another.
“So, all of you must have been dying to know why I acted this way with the director, right?”
All of them nodded very quickly as I observed all of them.
I looked at how each of them reacted to that information since that would basically tell me who the culprit would be. However, they all had similar reactions for the time being. So, I just continued like nothing special was happening.
“Well, it was quite simple. I was not happy about the director coming here when there shouldn’t have been any way for her to figure out my location. So, the true reason why I was truly mad was simple. I was mad at all of you for having betrayed me.”
All of their eyes widened.
They had just watched me fight against Xander and completely destroy him.
Instantly, most of them got on their knees and begged for mercy. However, a few of them did not. I decided to eliminate those from the list of possible culprits.
Among them who hadn’t begged for mercy were Olivia, Ariel, Ariella, and Darla. It seemed that they didn’t believe that I would hurt the innocent and they were right. They had judged my character correctly, without a single doubt.
I wasn’t a person who would attack the innocent. I would only kill or hurt those who had wronged others. It was another one of my rules that I stuck to no matter what would happen.
“For those of you who begged. I suggest pleading for your life right now, or you might not be able to handle the consequences heading your way.”
However, that didn’t work. It seemed that the person who had betrayed me believed that I wouldn’t be able to figure out who he was.
“Oh well, I tried to do this the easy way. Everyone raise your head. I will ask the same question to all of you one after another; just answer the truth, and everything will be fine.”
I was planning on using my skills to determine whether they told the truth or lied. If the person who betrayed me, admitted it as I did this, then I would be far more lenient in their punishment. However, that didn’t seem to part of their plan from the looks of it.
They all got in a single file as many of them gulped, scared that they would mistaken as the culprit when they hadn’t done anything.
“Those who did not do anything must not worry. Nothing will happen to any of you until I’m 100% sure of the culprit.”
Many had a sigh of relief with those words, however, they were still worried. Mistakes were bound to happen, after all.
My question was straightforward, though. “Have you contacted Alexandra ever since you entered this place?”
