#ch232

“Earlier when we asked you, you denied everything to death. Only now do you admit it, so of course it’s going to be hard to believe you,” Feng Xin said.

Mu Qing was slightly indignant. “Why didn’t I admit to it? If I told you earlier what had happened, you would definitely not have believed me anyway! With this attitude, who’d admit to anything? The moment I admit to anything I wouldn’t be able to explain myself at all, so I might as well not have admitted to anything!”

Besides, obviously having nothing happen to Feng Xin was fortunate, but the whole incident was rather embarrassing. By his personality, not wanting to admit to it was also normal.

Xie Lian had been listening to him patiently the whole time, and said, “Just let him finish.”

Mu Qing glanced at Xie Lian, and it took a moment before he said staggeringly, with difficulty, “This is...because, he wanted me to, do detrimental things to His Highness, I, refused, so…”

At this point, even he himself felt uncomfortable and couldn’t continue any longer.

Hua Cheng continued for him, “So, in a fit of anger, he put a cursed shackle on you?”

Mu Qing didn’t speak.

“Nothing else?” Feng Xin demanded.

There was nothing particularly notable in Hua Cheng’s expression. “From the bottom of your heart, do you believe the words you just said?”

“...”

It was as if Mu Qing had suffered a great humiliation, and he said coldly, “Believe if you will. There’s a misunderstanding in me knocking Feng Xin out, but I’m not under anyone’s command.”

Feng Xin responded, “Mu Qing...you best just tell the truth.”

When Mu Qing saw his expression his knuckles cracked. “What I said was the truth! What did you want to hear? That I surrendered to Jun Wu and am out to hurt you all? Is that the person I am in your minds? Your Highness??”

It might feel like Luffy’s bounty flying into Sarquis’s face at this exact moment might be too much of a coincidence to be realistic, but the news coos did drop off a ton of those fliers not too long ago

Bellamy’s Spring Hopper technique reminds me a lot of Kuro’s cat step in that it looks really impressive but it seems Bellamy can’t really control it.