A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1254 Return to the Original Owner

"Is anything the matter?" Ye Fan raised an eyebrow and looked at the person who called after him.

The Australian fighter was a little displeased at how cold and aloof Ye Fan looked.

Even though this youth had indeed defeated the masked man, he was still someone younger than themselves, and he ought to have some manners when he talked to people older than himself. They didn't expect Ye Fan to be so rude.

But even though they were annoyed by this, they didn't show it. "We've always heard about how China is a country that values manners and internationally, China has always been a helpful nation who rids evil helps the good and never does anything for the sake of being repaid. In the past, we didn't think that this was true and we just thought that the country was just claiming such things to boost their reputation." "But today, when we were in a crisis, you not only helped us in our time of need, but also helped to take back the treasure that belongs to Australia. Your actions have proved to us that China is indeed a country that values manners and is a civil and friendly country."

"We're really grateful for your help today. If you hadn't helped us, then the treasure that we fought so hard for would have landed in the hands of an evil man. Don't worry, once we return to Australia with the spirit energy fruits, we will report this matter to our martial arts authority. We will send an envoy to China to thank you personally, as well as award you with a badge of friendship," said the Australians with a warm smile.

These words were really a roundabout way of attempting to use China's reputation to force Ye Fan to give the spirit energy fruit to them.

If China wanted to claim that they valued courtesy and was both a civil and friendly nation, then Ye Fan couldn't possibly end up snatching the fruit that the Australian team had already obtained earlier. He should return this item to the original

owner instead.

The leader of the Australian team went up to Ye Fan and stretched his hands out to take the two fruits back from Ye Fan.

But before Ye Fan said anything, Angie made a face and retorted, "We got these from the man earlier. Why should we give them to you?"

"Young lady, it's not right of you to say that. This item belongs to Australia. This young man helped us to take it back, so of course he ought to return it to us. Otherwise, that makes you two as good as robbers! If word of this gets out, wouldn't that ruin your country's friendly and polite reputation? And of course, we won't make you help us for free. We'll repay you in the future," said the leader with a toothy smile, as if all this was the right thing for Ye Fan to do.

But Ye Fan just burst out laughing. His laughter was so sarcastic, he sounded like he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

Ye Fan turned to face this man and smiled coldly. "I'm not sure if you're a complete idiot, or if you think I'm the idiot. You're not young anymore, but you actually dare to speak so shamelessly to me. Don't you know that the spirit energy fruits do not belong to anybody, and will go to the one who is able to get ahold of them? If you don't even have basic general knowledge like this, then you've lived your entire life in vain."

"Besides, even if these fruits truly belonged to you, so what? They're now in MY hands, so they're MINE. The Australian martial arts circle is worthless to me!" replied Ye Fan without caring about his reputation or the other party's feelings.

The man was livid and his entire body trembled in anger. He had never been scolded to the face like this before.

He was on the verge of an angry outburst. "How...how dare you scold me like this! How dare you! You're in big trouble! You've just smeared the image of your own country and you're going to end up starting an international conflict! You can await punishment once you get back!"

He knew that China kept a close eye on international relations, and if another country were implicated for any reason, they would usually place high importance on this matter and prioritize the other country's benefits.

He also knew that if his team tried to snatch the fruits from Ye Fan in their current injured state, they would definitely be soundly defeated. The only thing he could do now was to make use of China's reputation to force Ye Fan to hand them over.

But to his shock, Ye Fan spun around and kicked the man to the ground instead.

Ye Fan continued his tirade, "My country's image? International conflict? Await punishment? What the fuck? Stop trying to blackmail me! This ruse doesn't work on me. If you want the fruits, then fight me for them if you can!" Ye Fan was so amused by these idiots.

Sometimes, he felt that people could be seriously ridiculous at times. If they were more powerful than you, then they would insist on basing the competition on strength. But if they weren't as powerful, then they'd try to talk to you about being courteous and ethical.

Ye Fan had obtained the spirit energy fruits by his own ability, but these people were now telling Ye Fan to give them the fruits so as to protect his country's image.

If Ye Fan listened to him, then he would seem like a really upright man, but he would also be called a huge idiot. There was no way Ye Fan was going to give them these fruits. "How...how dare you kick me?!" The Australian team was so shocked by Ye Fan's behavior.

Chinese martial artists were well known internationally for placing great importance on manners and having a good reputation. They would never make the first attack, and would only return the attack if provoked first. That was why they never got the respect and honor they deserved even though they were powerful martial artists.

On the contrary, it was the countries who ignored all of this and displayed a high level of aggression who earned everyone's respect and ingratiation.

The Australian team didn't expect this Chinese man to make an attack like this and even shout at them so crudely.

But even though they were furious, they knew that they were no match for Ye Fan, so they continued to try talking sense into him to make him hand the fruits over to them willingly.

"Fine, we won't talk about how you've kicked me for the time being. But you have to return those fruits to us. The Australian team was the first team to find the fruits, and you were only able to fight off that masked man because he fought us first and spent a large portion of his energy. If we hadn't taken the first attack from the masked man and weakened him as a result, you wouldn't have been his match at your age."

"So it's only right of you to return the fruits to us. Or at the very least, you should return one fruit to us. Otherwise, I'll go up to the International Martial Arts Union and report that the Chinese martial arts circle robbed us!" said the Australian team leader righteously.

Ye Fan laughed, then waved a hand in their direction to tell them to come towards him.

The team was instantly delighted and thought that Ye Fan was convinced and was going to return the fruits to them.

But just as they came closer to him, Ye Fan slapped all of them silly again. Their skulls sank in and blood sprayed from their noses. Their leader's face even went out of shape!

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