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The embrace lasted a full five minutes,
and everyone inside the Swan School had turned into silent spectators, quietly watching everything unfold, not daring to speak or make any superfluous movements.
Engaging in an act of direct exhibition of killing intent towards the Principal was something they had never encountered before; if they were to commit any disruptive offensive act at such a time, they might be remembered by the Principal and be settled with afterward.
Zede, who had climbed halfway, was also stopped in place like a statue,
stretching his Sensing ability to its fullest, feeling the situation in front of him.
If the Principal showed any killing intent, or intended to cause irreversible harm to Yi Chen, he would, at all costs, forcibly interfere... even if it meant becoming antagonistic towards the academy and facing direct trial by the organization.
However, Zede did not have to wait for that situation to arise.
