"He's a force to be reckoned with now." Lin Zhen closed his eyes and rubbed his throbbing temples.
"The protection of Star Martial University, the halo of a youth tournament champion, the reputation of a future Grandmaster... Make a move against him? Who would dare? The Federation's Martial Arts Department, the military, Star Martial University—how many pairs of eyes are watching him? If we move against him now, we'd just be courting our own destruction!"
A deathly silence filled the study.
After a long while, Lin Zhen opened his eyes again, the exhaustion in them even more profound. "At this point, the old grudge is irreconcilable. All we can do is pray he's magnanimous, or... that he'll be too busy climbing the peak of Martial Arts in the future to bother with a 'trivial matter' like us."
He said it with little conviction.
