"Shit."
Chu Yan cursed under his breath, the word slipping past his gritted teeth as he ran as fast as he could towards the main academy building.
His boots pounded violently against the cobblestone path, his breathing already turning shallow and ragged from the sheer desperation driving his movements.
He had seen the video. The moment that thing had flashed across the academy forums, he had watched the entire horrifying recording in absolute, mind-numbing disbelief.
He didn't need to guess who was behind it; he knew with total, unyielding certainty that it was all Shen Haoran's fault.
That calculating monster of a transmigrator had surely planned the entire scenario from the very beginning, pushing Elder Mu until he snapped, only to record the fallout and weaponize it against him.
With this catastrophic leak, Elder Mu's pristine reputation within the Imperial Academy would certainly plummet to the absolute depths of the abyss.
