"D-Dustin? How could it be him?" Ronald was taken aback. He was in total disbelief.

They had just been discussing how they were going to nurture him. And now, something like this happened.

"Could you be mistaken? Why would Dustin murder Sir Paul?" one of the elders asked.

"It's true! I got the news firsthand from the Hills household. There were many eyewitnesses too! There's no mistaking it!" the member said solemnly.

"How could that be? Has he gone crazy?"

"To think that we were just talking about helping him grow! Who would've thought that he's such a merciless beast?"

"He's a threat to the alliance!"

After hearing the news was true, the elders were all upset and furious.

Paul Hill had made tremendous contributions to the Balerno martial arts alliance. He was a figure of great importance.

Everyone who met him had to show him a certain level of respect.

For such a respectable person to be killed evoked a sense of anger and resentment in them. And even more so when th