Chapter 91: The Controlled Human Race?

Zhu Qiu was anxious.

Just then, a newspaper flying from the sky smacked onto her face.

Already anxious, Zhu Qiu became even more furious.

“Who is it! So disre—”

She glanced at the newspaper and was instantly shocked.

Several large, black Human Race characters were printed on the white newspaper as the headline—

“Shocking! The Sword Saint Actually Attacks the Human Race!”

“!!”

Not only that, there were many subheadings below:

“Human Sword Saint Almost Killed Her Own Brother? Archmage Steps in to Save Him at the Critical Moment!”

“Can We Still Trust the Sword Saint?”

“The Sword Saint’s Crisis of Trust”

“What the hell?”

Zhu Qiu exclaimed, wishing she could tear the newspaper in her hands to shreds.

To find out exactly what had happened, she hid back in the bushes and read the contents of the newspaper carefully.

What she saw was even worse.

The newspaper not only featured pictures of her fighting her brother, Sote, but it also included her original words from that moment—and if you tapped it, her voice would even play.

“If it were any other human, I would have pierced his chest with this sword long ago.”

“What? That’s not what I said!”

Zhu Qiu really couldn’t take it anymore.

These news outlets, in their pursuit of traffic, had not only doctored the contents of the original event but also intentionally smeared her.

But thinking about it carefully, the appearance of this content was a bit suspicious.

She remembered that aside from herself, Sote, and that smelly Goblin, there was no one else present.

How did this news get out?

There was no need to think; the answer was obvious.

It had to be that guy Dinksway.

First, he drove a wedge between her and her brother, and now he wanted to create a crisis of trust within the Human Race by spreading rumors, severing her connection to them.

Such a petty person, refined on the outside but narrow-minded on the inside, was utterly unworthy of taking over that mission!

He couldn’t protect the Human Race at all!

Zhu Qiu suddenly emerged from the bushes, angrily tore the newspaper to pieces, and threw it into a nearby trash can.

“I’m so furious! I’m going to find Dinksway right now and demand an explanation!”

A passerby saw Zhu Qiu with her bloodshot eyes and shouted while running, “Run! The Sword Saint is going to kill someone!”

Zhu Qiu chased after him, wanting to explain things clearly, but the passerby mistakenly thought she was about to strike.

In his panic, he slammed into a wall, blood spilling all over the ground.

“Don’t run! I really wasn’t going to hurt you!”

Seeing this, Zhu Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to check on him.

“Don’t die… I… I…”

Zhu Qiu was at a loss; she had no idea how to perform first aid.

A short while later, some bold people holding weapons slowly approached Zhu Qiu together.

‘What should I do? I don’t know how to save people!’

She looked around and happened to spot the people with weapons.

They all trembled in unison, glanced at one another, and continued moving forward.

“What are you all standing there for? He’s about to die! Give me a hand and get him to the hospital!”

But these people acted as if they hadn’t heard her.

Their eyes were vacant as they continued toward Zhu Qiu with their weapons.

Suddenly, the crowd swarmed her, trying to tear Zhu Qiu apart while she was still alive.

“What’s wrong with you people? Can’t you see there’s an injured person here? Why are you only thinking about hurting me?”

Zhu Qiu backed away several steps in fear.

To avoid accidentally harming them, she even kept the Holy Sword behind her back.

“Kill… the… Human Anomaly.”

“Kill… the… Human Anomaly.”

The group spoke the words in unison like puppets, as if their souls had already died.

“Don’t do anything reckless! I never intended to hurt you. Saving lives is what’s most important.”

Zhu Qiu tried her best to explain, but the people wouldn’t listen at all and continued to charge at her.

Having no other choice, she could only resort to the Thirty-Six Stratagems: running away was the best option. It was a strategic retreat.

Of course, she wasn’t running aimlessly like a headless chicken.

She was going to a specific place—the Mages Association.

She needed to find Dinksway and make him publicly admit to spreading rumors and apologize so she could restore her proper reputation among the Human Race.

If she let him continue spreading rumors, it would be the equivalent of erasing her existence invisibly.

The Human Race, protected by the Sword Saint, actually wanted to kill the Sword Saint.

Could you believe it?

At a time like this, she definitely wouldn’t be able to catch a ride, so Zhu Qiu could only pick up her pace to reach the Mages Association sooner.

However, the journey was not as smooth as she had hoped.

Halfway there, several people with weapons blocked her path as if they had been waiting for her.

Zhu Qiu hurriedly stopped, looking left and right for an alleyway to bypass them, but the houses here were tightly packed together, leaving no gap she could slip through.

Looking back, the group behind her had already caught up.

“Aren’t you people tired at all? Trying this hard just to catch me?”

It should be noted that Zhu Qiu had undergone long periods of training.

Although she had turned into a Dragon Loli, she was still of the Dragon Race.

She was still fast, and it should have been very difficult for ordinary people to catch her.

But these people were far too abnormal.

Not only could they keep up, but they also didn’t seem tired.

It was simply ridiculous.

While Zhu Qiu was marveling at this, the people from both sides coordinated flawlessly without needing to communicate, forming a circle and trapping her in the center.

“Dammit, I’m surrounded. There’s no need to treat me like this, right?”

Zhu Qiu had a massive headache.

She was originally going to settle the score with Dinksway, but now that she was being blocked, she couldn’t exactly use the Holy Sword to threaten them to move, could she?

If she did that, the misunderstanding would be even harder to resolve.

As things stood, she could only try to jump out of the encirclement.

Zhu Qiu spotted the roof of a nearby house and leaped toward it with all her might.

To her surprise, these people threw down their weapons at the same time and also jumped into the air.

By the time Zhu Qiu reached the peak of her jump, the group was already very close to her, reaching out their hands to grab her feet.

“Kill… the… Human Anomaly.”

‘Crap, I’m going to get caught…’

Being caught didn’t just affect her reputation; there was also the possibility of her identity being discovered.

It was an emergency.

Zhu Qiu could only use a special method to escape in front of everyone.

“**Shadow Integration**.”

Zhu Qiu disappeared.

The group grabbed nothing but air and collapsed onto one another, falling face-first onto the ground.

They climbed up, looking at each other in confusion.

“Strange… Where is this?”

“Wasn’t I just at home cooking? How did I get onto the street? And why did I bring my kitchen knife with me?”

Everyone had different questions, but they didn’t think too much about it.

They each went back to their own homes, quickly forgetting what had happened.

Not far away, Dinksway stood atop a roof, his robe fluttering in the wind.

Clutching a Purple Crystal Ball in his hand, a slight smirk curled on his lips as he witnessed the entire event.