Chapter 425 - 421: The Disappearing Steel Needle
Zhou Qi spoke solemnly, "Song Ge, you can’t joke about this sort of thing. You say Liu Yunsong used a hidden weapon to ambush you; do you have any evidence?"
Song Ge pointed at Liu Yunsong’s cuff and said, "There’s a mechanism hidden inside his sleeve. If you don’t believe me, you can search it."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi immediately went in front of Liu Yunsong, bent over, and rolled up his cuff. Suddenly, a leather pouch bound to Liu Yunsong’s sleeve appeared, equipped with an exquisitely hidden compartment on its surface, with three needle-sized holes on the front.
Seeing the hidden weapon mechanism that Liu Yunsong wore, Zhou Qi’s face changed, and with dexterous hands, he removed the pouch, raising it in front of Zhu Jin to challenge him, "Master Zhu, how do you explain this?"
With his hands clasped behind his back, Zhu Jin calmly said, "What’s so strange about this? My Junior Brother is a member of Martial Arts; he has many enemies, so he frequently carries this set of hidden weapons for self-defense. It has become a habit for him. Zhou Qi, are you suggesting that having personal habits is wrong?"
At this point, Zhu Jin paused, then continued, "I am well aware of my Junior Brother’s habits. To avoid any accidents, I specifically instructed him before ascending the stage to remove the steel needles from the hidden weapon for me to keep safe."
After finishing his statement, Zhu Jin took out three steel needles from his pocket and handed them to Zhou Qi, saying, "If you don’t believe it, you can try and see if these three needles match."
"There’s no need to try," Song Ge interjected from the side. "I have a better way to prove it—the three steel needles your Junior Brother used to attack me are still left on the platform. Just find those three needles, and the truth will be clear whether it was a fact or a slander."
"Alright!" Zhu Jin readily agreed. "As long as you can find them, then it’s my Junior Brother’s own fault, and I will no longer pursue it."
"Someone," Zhou Qi gestured grandly and commanded, "Set a perimeter around the platform, and no one is allowed to approach."