Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

The reason Long You didn't give Du Weilun any face and directly resorted to the public complaint tactic was because Du Weilun's investigation process was far too frivolous. That kind of investigation method had absolutely no objective basis; it could be said that any conclusion reached was entirely based on Du Weilun's subjective will.

To be honest, Long You didn't quite believe in the integrity of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department when it came to matters related to Soul Tools.

Moreover, Long You could tell from Du Weilun's expression that the head of the Martial Soul Department already had a preconceived notion that the three of them had cheated by using soul tools in the previous match.

In this situation, Long You could not allow Du Weilun to adopt such a review method that relied entirely on conjecture to determine the facts.

Long You could roughly guess what Du Weiren wanted to do to determine whether the three of them had used soul tools. Unfortunately, among the soul tools he carried was one capable of creating a thunderstorm scene.

If Du Weiren finds this, it will be irrefutable evidence. No matter how much Long You and the others insist they are useless, it will be very difficult to clear this up. After all, he doesn't care whether the soul tool has been activated; he only looks at its function.

Now that Qian Duoduo was willing to use the formal inspection procedures for soul tools, Long You naturally had no objections. The three of them obediently lined up and accepted the body search from Qian Duoduo.

Most people have experienced metal detection security checks, which don't take too long. The same applies to soul device detection: simply walk the detector around your body; if it doesn't alarm, it means you don't have a soul device on you.

"Upon inspection, the three trainees no longer possess any extra soul tools. Now I will examine the items that Director Du has already removed to see if there are any soul tools that have not yet been picked out."

The result of the check was, of course, no. Du Weilun was a Soul Douluo after all. Even if he wasn't a Soul Master, he shouldn't be unable to distinguish whether it was a Soul Guidance Device or not.

After announcing the test results loudly again, Qian Duoduo took out another soul tool and explained its function to everyone present in detail before turning to the large pile of soul tools on the ground.

Seeing the soul tool lying on the ground like trash, Qian Duoduo's face darkened by more than one shade.

"Director Du, professional matters should be handled by professionals. Your actions constitute interference with the inspection."

If you hadn't taken all these things out of your storage soul tools, I wouldn't have needed to check them one by one. I only needed to check whether the storage soul tools of these three students had been activated during the competition.

This approach is time-consuming and laborious, and if I'm not mistaken, many of these soul tools have been damaged due to your violent treatment, Director Du.

How does Director Du plan to compensate for this matter?

"I would appreciate it if Dean Qian could continue to investigate. If it is proven that Long You, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya did not cheat, I will naturally apologize."

"An apology? Hmph! Director Du, an apology is far too simplistic. I was referring to the issue of damaging students' property without cause. Director Du, are you sure an apology can resolve such a problem?"

"Whether the damage was caused without cause is still unknown. If so, I will naturally compensate you in full. However, how can I prove that these damaged soul tools were damaged because of my actions just now?"

"Director Du, are you questioning the professionalism of my Soul Guidance System examination?"

"Don't dare."

"Director Du, please correct your attitude. I am here on behalf of the Soul Guidance Department only to rectify your unprofessional behavior. Furthermore, the compensation that should be given to students who are wrongly accused of cheating in public should be seriously discussed and decided by your Martial Soul Department, not something that can be resolved with just an apology from Director Du."

As the Dean of Shrek Academy, and out of a sense of responsibility for the students' growth, I must emphasize this point. Both Yan Shaozhe's orders and your actions, Du Weilun, are, in effect, an insult to the students' dignity.

This matter must be handled with utmost care; otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that the students will not suffer ridicule and insults in their future life at Shrek Academy because of this incident, which could lead to students harboring hatred towards Shrek Academy and ultimately damage the academy's image.

That concludes my explanation. Next, I will continue with the check of all soul-guided devices on the ground to ensure they have been activated within the past half hour.

Because there are so many soul tools, and determining the last activation time of a soul tool is not something that can be done with a simple scan, Qian Duoduo spent the rest of the morning on this task.

The results of the examination were released with Qian Duoduo vouching for them in the name of the dean. Long You, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya had not used any soul tools during this round of the freshman competition.

The trio of Long You, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya have secured their victory and advanced to the semifinals of the freshman competition.

Dean of Studies Du Weilun was fined 5,000 gold soul coins and placed on probation for disrupting the academy's course schedule due to his unprofessional refereeing behavior. He was also ordered to compensate for the 21 precision soul tools damaged during his inspection with his personal property.

The cheating incident during the freshman competition was entirely caused by Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy. Therefore, Yan Shaozhe publicly apologized to the students who were caught cheating and offered financial compensation to make up for the students' mental and reputational losses during the cheating period.

The freshman competition was forced to pause for the morning. Although the quarterfinals resumed in the afternoon, the trio of Longyou had nothing to do with the matches today. Unwilling to stay in the Soul Fighting Zone, the trio strolled to the shore of Sea God Lake for a walk.

"Today's events were truly unexpected. I never imagined that by communicating through our martial soul consciousness, the Thunderous Might we unleashed together would have such power. Indeed, it's always good to test things out before doing anything."

"Power isn't the key point; the key point is low consumption. Although our soul power was almost depleted after that attack, we can't help but recover quickly!"

"The fact that our complexions actually returned to normal within those five or six seconds between the release of the soul skill and the end of its effect is the main reason why Dean Yan is questioning us."

"There's no way around it. Once our Martial Soul consciousness awakens, it's like we're carrying a recovery cheat code with us. Our recovery and sustained abilities are definitely strong."

The only thing I don't understand is why my Xiao Yan and your Xiao Guang can team up to use a soul skill? What's the principle behind it?

"I don't know either! At first, we just wanted to do our own thing and be lazy by only talking, but it ended up causing such a big commotion."

"Let's ask Teacher Fanyu tonight, or maybe we can ask Teacher Han?"

To be honest, I really didn't expect Teacher Han to stand up for us today.

"That's true. Teacher Han usually seems to be indifferent to things, but she makes me feel very safe at times like this."

Long You and Bei Bei were the ones doing the conversation the whole time, but when they got to the topic of their homeroom teacher, Han Yu, Tang Ya interrupted.

"So, what do you think, Sister Xiaoya? Who should we contact? We need to figure this out; our martial spirit consciousness will definitely be exposed."

"Ask Teacher Fanyu. Teacher Fanyu knows that all three of our martial souls have undergone a second awakening."