Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master -
Chapter 176 I Have Been Set Up Again! (Part One)
Evan had just reached a secret agreement with Deputy Commander Chen, when Rocky was throwninto the prison of the northeast military camp. Rocky's cell was small and isolated.
'Il didn't even have the time and freedom to meet Sue for the last time before I was thrown in thisprison cell. I didn't even get to say goodbye to her, * Rocky thought. He was worried about Sueespecially because she had just experienced such a crushing tragedy—her beloved grandfather waskilled by Mathew, a member of Evan's first squad. He got killed when he tried to stop Mathew fromraping his precious granddaughter. If Rocky didn't show up and stop Mathew in time, the situationcould have gotten worse. However, it did put Rocky in a dilemma. To avoid punishment, Mathewconspired with Evan to set him up and frame him of the crime Matthew had committed. They madeit look like he was the one who tried to rape Sue. He had already explained the situation to Marin.He hoped that smart as she was, she could prove his innocence. Right now, he couldn't do anything.He had to trust her to figure out what truly happened. Rocky put his hands behind his back and laydown on the cold floor. He glimpsed at the gray sky through the barred window in his cell. Therewasn't much light coming inside the room, but there was enough to highlight the worried look onhis face. His eyes looked tired and his mouth was set into a grim line. This was the second time thathe had been put in prison since he traveled to his current world. The last time he was in prison wasbecause of Lena, while this time it was for Sue and her slain grandfather named Jackson. It seemedthat his misfortunes involving imprisonment always had something to do with women.
The more he was thinking, the more anxious and confused he got. He just couldn't understand whythere were so many terrible people trying to set him up. His head hurt by thinking too much so heshook his head and sat down in a lotus position to clear his head. Instead of wasting his time tryingto understand those people, he would rather use it to do something useful. He closed his eyes andregulated his breathing. In just a few moments, he was already concentrating on improving hiscultivation base further. Now, he didn't have to be secretive about it. His real cultivation base hadalready been exposed, and there was no need to hide it again. After a moment, the bright light atthe second grade of Earthly Stage began to shine upon him. He soon immersed himself in thecultivation.
Deputy Commander Chen, who had been ordered to investigate what Rocky had done, came backby nightfall with some other people. Without any hesitation, he immediately strode to Marin's campto report his investigation results to her. He held his head high with confidence about his supposedinvestigation.
"What did you say? It was true? Rocky did kill the old man and rape the old man's granddaughter?!"Marin screamed. The veins in her neck were so stressed it looked like it was about to pop. Shelooked rather shocked when she heard Deputy Commander Chen's report, because she neverexpected that Rocky would really lie to her. Her whole body was shaking with anger and disbelief.She did not know what to believe.
"Most of the villagers have moved away soon after they found the old man in their village waskilled, including the old man's granddaughter. Anyway, we can't replace her. She must have ran awayfrom fright. Now there are only a few people left in the village. The remaining villagers told me theyall have witnessed how Rocky had killed the two spirit manipulators and seriously injured Matthew,"Deputy Commander Chen said positively. He said it so smoothly and confidently as if he had alreadyrehearsed the report in mind. There was a little sympathy and guilt flickering in his eyes. After all,there was no truth in what he was saying. But the spark of emotions soon vanished. There was noreason to express sympathy when there was so much at stake here. For his future career in the army,he had made a secret agreement with Evan to frame Rocky.
"How dare him..." Marin snarled angrily and smashed the table with a loud thud. Her breathingquickened from anger. Deep lines formed on her forehead because of the way she was furrowingher eyebrows so hard. She glared furiously at the table in front of her. It never occurred to her thatRocky would have committed such unspeakable crimes. She had seen Rocky look quite upright andhad tried to trust him, but obviously the investigation results showed that she should never trustsuch a bastard like him. She was greatly disappointed in him. How could she put her trust onsomeone like him?
"Commander, Rocky had gone completely mad. He did not only kill an innocent villager, but he alsoraped a young and innocent girl, and even killed two spirit manipulators of our northeast militarycamp who tried to stop his outrageous behaviors. Any of his behaviors is a blatant violation of ourmilitary discipline. He is a killer and he must be and punished and executed for his crimes! It seemsthat only by executing him in public can we quell the rage of the public,” Deputy Commander Chenadded. Now that he had chosen to frame Rocky, he had to do it thoroughly, or else, it would bringhim endless trouble and affect his future career in the army. He put his career on the line when heagreed with this frame up. So, he had to be all out in doing so, even if it meant that Rocky wouldface a public execution.
Marin's face looked heavy and grim. She frowned and narrowed her eyes. She couldn't help but goover the facts of the whole incident again. She was so deep in thought that she almost forgot thatshe had company. She waved her hand dismissively to Deputy Commander Chen and said, "You canleave now. In terms of Rocky's punishment, I need to think it over.”
"It's a very serious matter, which has caused a great negative impact on the public. Commander, Ihope that you will look at the matter in the larger picture and put the interests of the public aboveeverything else. Rocky may have seemed different, but the facts of this case say that he is amurderer and a threat to the public,” Deputy Commander Chen reminded deliberately, then bowedto Marin and retreated slowly. He needed to lay it out so smoothly so that she wouldn't suspect anyfoul play.
"Did he really do all those things?" After seeing Deputy Commander Chen leave, Marin could nothelp but ask herself such a question. Although Deputy Commander Chen had reported the resultsof the investigation that it was Rocky himself who really did such shameless things, somehow, deepinside, she still felt a little odd about the whole incident, as if it was not as simple as it seemed.There must have been more to what they had known.
"The whole event still has to be reported to the base camp before I make the decision to punishhim. After all, his real identity is still a top secret. Even if he had committed such a heinous crime, Ican't punish him simply and hastily before I know who he really is. But if even base camp approvesto execute him, then I can do nothing but..." Marin swallowed back the words on the tip of hertongue. She was thoroughly confused. Although the evidence showed that Rocky was guilty, she stillhoped that the base camp would cut him some slack and keep his life. She pondered for a momentwhat to do. The she rushed to get her writing materials and quickly wrote down a detailed letterabout the whole event. After that, she went to the beast farm to release her war dragon Verdanim,and let it fly to base camp to deliver the letter for her.
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