Chapter 1424 - 1403: Betrayal
Yang Xiao stared blankly at Duan Jinjiang.
Damn, this Duan Jinjiang is really a freak, pulling off such a move? Pushing all the responsibility aside!
You gotta admire that!
Second Elder Ma Xiaotian was first stunned by Duan Jinjiang's words, then suddenly understood and immediately said:
"President, it's my mistake. While you were away from the Central Continent, my management of the subordinates wasn't strict enough.
This Elder Ma always likes to make decisions on his own. This time, he mobilized three thousand guards behind our backs and, together with Eight-clawed Lady, launched a war against the City of Hope.
I only found out afterwards. When I did, I immediately sent someone urgently to make the Tenth Elder retreat. Guess what the Tenth Elder did?"
"What did the Tenth Elder do? Did he rebel and not even listen to you?"
Duan Jinjiang cooperated very well, pretending to be enraged.
"Sigh, President Duan, you wouldn't believe it. The Tenth Elder is unbelievably audacious. He imprisoned the people I sent, saying he'd explain to you in person after he accomplished a great feat.
And now there's no great feat; we lost over a thousand brothers, and he himself got captured by Lord Yang.
Sigh!"
The Second Elder sighed, shaking his head, looking helpless like flowers falling carelessly.
"Audacious, truly audacious. Such a person, what's the point of keeping him in our Trade Union?
I now announce that I will expel the Tenth Elder from the Trade Union, never to be rehired. You all,"
Duan President said, pointing his finger at the group of elders and dozens of high-level leaders behind him.
"You all remember this. If anyone dares to make decisions on their own and violate Trade Union rules, I won't let them off easily."
Yang Xiao and Elder Qi, among others, were stunned.
What the hell, the Vulture Chamber of Commerce people are true freaks, even better at shirking responsibility than I am.
They expelled the Tenth Elder on the spot, pushing all the blame on him, claiming he acted independently.
This move is truly brilliant!
Yang Xiao can't continue to bother the Vulture Chamber of Commerce, can he?
Continuing to detain the Tenth Elder holds no meaning, does it? He's been expelled.
Yang Xiao looked at Duan Jinjiang, momentarily speechless.
Duan Jinjiang took the lead, smilingly said to Yang Xiao:
"Lord Yang, are you satisfied with the way I punished the Tenth Elder?"
Fine, count you ruthless!
Yang Xiao suddenly shouted loudly,
"Bring out the Tenth Elder, and also all the Vulture Chamber of Commerce's over a thousand captives, bring them all out."
Duan Jinjiang and the others froze inside, not knowing what Yang Xiao was up to.
Moments later, the Tenth Elder was personally brought out by Chen Peng.
The Tenth Elder's hands and feet were chained with specially crafted rune chains, and his internal injuries hadn't fully healed, greatly reducing his genetic evolution power.
As soon as the Tenth Elder exited the city gate, he saw Duan President and the Vulture Chamber of Commerce brothers in the distance, and he was overjoyed.
He knew President Duan had come to rescue him and yelled loudly:
"President Duan, President Duan,"
The Tenth Elder ran towards President Duan.
"President, you came to save me. I knew you would save me, thank you, President."
Duan President's face was dark, coldly glaring at the Tenth Elder and shouted sternly:
"Tenth Elder, do you realize your crime?"
The Tenth Elder was shocked,
"President, I?"
Originally, joining Eight-clawed Lady's alliance was approved by Duan Jinjiang.
At that time, they didn't take Yang Xiao seriously.
Yang Xiao was just the City Lord of a small town, and with Eight-clawed Lady's alliance army from three cities attacking the City of Hope, it was naturally an easy task.
The Vulture Chamber of Commerce also wanted to warn the world not to challenge them. Anyone daring to cut off their financial path would face death.
But the result was truly unexpected.
If Duan Jinjiang hadn't approved, he wouldn't have spent a fortune hiring the Dark Web to kill Yang Xiao.
The Tenth Elder looked at Duan President confusedly.
Duan Jinjiang coldly said:
"Tenth Elder, you independently led the trade convoy guards, participated in Eight-clawed Lady's alliance army, and attacked the City of Hope. You seriously violated the Vulture Chamber of Commerce's neutrality stance. You still don't realize your crime?"
Duan Jinjiang said while sending a signal with his eyes to the Tenth Elder.
The Tenth Elder froze inside, seemingly understanding something, and immediately bowed his head:
"President Duan, I'm sorry. It's all my fault, all my fault. I shouldn't have violated your orders and independently joined Eight-clawed Lady's alliance army,
Lord Yang, it's all my fault, it has nothing to do with the Vulture Chamber of Commerce."
Yang Xiao watched their performance, feeling internally disgusted.
Damn, such a good act. If they were on Earth and didn't become actors, it'd be a huge loss for the film industry. They'd undoubtedly win an Oscar Gold Award.
Trying to dodge responsibility so I can't demand ransom from the Vulture Chamber of Commerce, they're truly cunning!
Duan Jinjiang, the Second Elder, the Tenth Elder, and several other elders and high-level executives of the Vulture Chamber of Commerce now understood Duan Jinjiang's intentions.
They looked at Yang Xiao with a mix of smiles.
Yang Xiao, weren't you holding the Tenth Elder as an excuse to demand ransom?
Now the Tenth Elder has been expelled for acting independently, so even if you detain him, it's meaningless.
Ransom?
Haha, we won't give you a single crystal disk.
Elder Qi and Black Wood were also stunned, glancing at each other and then at Yang Xiao, not knowing what to do.
Yang Xiao gave Duan Jinjiang a look, then said to the Tenth Elder,
"Tenth Elder, President Duan just announced in front of everyone to expel your elder qualification, do you understand?"
The Tenth Elder immediately said:
"I should, I deserve it. I made independent decisions and mistakes, and I must be punished. I accept it."
Damn, he cooperates enough!
Yang Xiao nodded,
"Alright, since you accept punishment, let me tell you. In the war, we lost tens of thousands in the City of Hope and countless assets. How should this be accounted for, and how should you be punished?"
As Yang Xiao spoke, he took out a longsword from the space ring and swung it in front of the Tenth Elder.
The Tenth Elder was shocked,
"Lord Yang, you, what do you want?"
"What do I want? Of course, I want to avenge my fallen brothers. You think this ends here? I'm going to cut off one of your hands first now."
Yang Xiao finished speaking, swung the longsword, gleaming coldly.
"Ah!"
The Tenth Elder screamed, echoing across the sky.
His left hand was chopped off by Yang Xiao, falling down.
"Lord Yang, spare me, spare me!"
The Tenth Elder fell to his knees, kowtowing to Yang Xiao.
At that moment, he felt the threat of death, he didn't dare to be cheeky.
A person's life is only once; facing death, how can one remain calm?
Yang Xiao coldly smiled:
"Your life isn't enough to pay for my fallen brothers. I'm going to slowly torture you. Since you acted independently, I'll only punish you alone. I'll cut off your other hand, then both legs. I won't let you die immediately; I'll throw you into the City of Hope to let the entire city torture you."
As Yang Xiao spoke, he raised the longsword once more.
The Tenth Elder collapsed, kowtowing:
"Lord Yang, spare me, Lord Yang, spare me."
Yang Xiao showed no reaction.
The Tenth Elder quickly turned to kowtow to Duan Jinjiang, shouting,
"President, save me, save me!"
Duan Jinjiang snorted coldly,
"You acted independently making mistakes, what does that have to do with me."
The Tenth Elder was stunned, looking at Duan Jinjiang, and said sharply:
"President, you agreed back then, we even held an Elder Council meeting to discuss and decide. You can't shift all blame to me, disregard my life and death."