NOVEL NEXT Chapter 100 - The Competition 8
Originally, Mu Dongzi only suspected that Lucy’s classmate might have deliberately misled and bewitched Lucy. However, the classmate’s death actually confirmed Mu Dongzi’s suspicions.
As for who was behind Lucy’s classmate, Mu Dongzi searched Lucy’s memories but found no relevant information.
However, she deduced that the person behind it was likely an adult with the goal of killing Lucy.
This person must have been well aware of Lucy’s situation, knowing she was merely a wood-type esper. They probably knew that if Lucy mistakenly took a warrior’s potential enhancement drug, she might not be able to withstand its effects and could die.
More importantly, this person must have known about Lucy’s situation at the Xi family and set up a scheme to trick Lucy into buying fake enhancement drugs, thus unwittingly leading to her death.
Indeed, Lucy’s death was caused by the fake enhancement drug, which led to Mai Dongzi’s rebirth.
The mastermind behind this was extremely ruthless. Regardless of whether the poison plot succeeded, they had already decided to kill and silence Lucy, as professional assassins are not hired on a whim.
Since this mastermind knew the ropes and was willing to spend money on professional killers, it raised the question of why they didn’t directly use an assassin to kill Lucy but chose a more convoluted method of murder.
Mai Dongzi suspected that the mastermind might have had certain concerns or hesitations, preventing them from directly ordering Lucy’s assassination.
For Mai Dongzi, this mastermind was the first person she needed to deal with, as Lucy died as a result of this person’s machinations.
Initially, Mai Dongzi suspected Zhao Fenni might be the mastermind. However, Zhao Fenni’s crude and straightforward act of posting a bounty on Mai Dongzi in the black market made Mai Dongzi discard the idea that Zhao Fenni was the mastermind.
As for Nigri, although Mai Dongzi had some suspicions, her intuition told her it wasn’t him.
As the head of a prominent family, Nigri would have had the means to eliminate Lucy silently and without leaving a trace before her true identity was revealed. He wouldn’t have needed such convoluted methods to deal with her.
Because of this, Mai Dongzi was certain that Lucy’s father’s death and mother’s disappearance had nothing to do with Nigri. If it were Nigri, he wouldn’t have allowed Lucy to reach adulthood, leaving such a significant potential threat.
As for Erica, after briefly considering her, Mai Dongzi dismissed this suspicion. Unless Erica were a reincarnate with deeply hidden connections and substantial resources, it would be impossible for her to achieve such a thing.
It’s worth noting that Prince Arthur’s people had thoroughly investigated Nigri, the couple, and Erica, inside and out.
Mai Dongzi wasn’t clear on what they found about Nigri and his spouse, as Vice Admiral Chen provided limited information. However, regarding Erica, they had information from her infancy up to the present.
Prince Arthur’s people only discovered that Erica had subtly attempted to manipulate the star network to boost her position at Lucy’s expense. Mai Dongzi believed that Prince Arthur’s connections were unlikely to be deceived or hidden from the prince himself.
However, after ruling out this family, Mai Dongzi couldn’t find any other suspects.
She had only passed all the information she knew to bodyguard Su, but unfortunately, even after more than four months, no relevant information had been uncovered. This indicates that the behind-the-scenes person was very well hidden.
Given this situation, Mai Dongzi didn’t want anyone to know that the Zhuang family was her cheap uncle’s family. She wanted to avoid the risk that the unscrupulous behind-the-scenes person might try to use the Zhuang family to harm her.
Although the members of the Xi family know about the Zhuang family, after Zhao Fenni’s suppression of the Zhuang family and the compensation demanded by Mai Dongzi, the family elders have prohibited all Xi family members from discussing the Zhuang family, citing the need to keep family scandals private.
As long as the behind-the-scenes person is not a member of the Xi family, the Zhuang family should be safe for a while.
Currently, Mai Dongzi is publicly the team leader for Zhuang Huiya, so her concern for him wouldn’t raise any suspicions.
Zhuang Huiya was seriously injured and would need to stay in the treatment chamber for at least one night. According to the medical staff, they would have personnel on duty overnight, so there was no need for anyone else to stay.
Zhuang Huiya’s mentor and classmates, after learning about his condition, left together and planned to return the next morning to check on his recovery.
They had great confidence in the medical staff at Imperial Capital University and did not see any issue with this arrangement, as it was standard practice.
In the end, only Mai Dongzi, Wang Yiyi, and Yu Lan remained.
“You all go back and rest. Yu Lan has a match tomorrow, so I’ll stay here and keep watch,” Mai Dongzi said.
“But…” Wang Yiyi hesitated, as it would leave only the team leader alone.
“This is my duty as the team leader. If you get injured during the match, I’ll be here outside the treatment chamber, waiting until you recover,” Mai Dongzi said with a serious expression.
Mai Dongzi was just finding a very legitimate, non-suspicious reason to stay with Zhuang Huiya.
However, Yu Lan and Wang Yiyi seemed excited after hearing her words. Yu Lan even made a promise to Mai Dongzi: “Captain, don’t worry. I’ll give it my all tomorrow.”
Her words were misinterpreted as encouragement, and Mai Dongzi couldn’t explain, as she needed to maintain morale and treat everyone equally.
The treatment room wasn’t just for Zhuang Huiya; all four treatment chambers were occupied, and they were all for serious injuries. Lightly injured players could be treated with treatment devices.
After most people had left, only two medical staff and Mu Dongzi remained in the treatment room, along with another male student who stayed.
The male student looked at Mai Dongzi, then looked again, and finally couldn’t help but ask, “Are you that Xi… junior?”
“Hello!” Mai Dongzi replied politely.
“Hello, junior. I’m a second-year student from the Command Department,” the boy said with a bit of excitement. “Xi junior, do you know that you’re quite famous among us second-year students in the Command Department?”
“Is it because I’m an art student who also studies in your Command Department?” Mai Dongzi asked, testing the waters.
The teaching buildings for first and second-year students in the Command Department are not in the same location, so Mai Dongzi didn’t know any second-year students there. Her only interaction with them was on the first day of school.
So the reason for her fame among second-year students was likely the conflict with Princess Mary on that day.
“The scene of you confronting Bai Zhizhi at the entrance of the Command Department on the first day of school was filmed and has circulated among us second-year students. My girlfriend has a grudge against Bai Zhizhi, so…” The boy smiled a bit awkwardly.
This boy seemed somewhat naive but was actually quite shrewd, avoiding talking about Princess Mary and focusing only on Bai Zhizhi.
Or perhaps, the video was problematic.