A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1382 The Stubborn Mo Wu-Ya

On that night itself, the King of Fighters, Mo Gu-Cheng, decided on who should go.

He decided to send three people from War God Castle to form a condolences team to represent China's martial arts circle and War God Castle. They were to head to Jiangdong, Ye Fan's hometown, and to offer condolences to Ye Fan's widow. The leader of this team was to be Mo Gu-Cheng's son, Mo Wu-Ya.

Mo Gu-Cheng told his son about this matter later that night when he got home.

"What?! Dad, you're asking me to be the team leader of a condolences team and visit the family of this nobody? You've got to be kidding! Isn't it enough that he's taken my position? I listened to you and didn't get even with him. But now, you're telling me to visit his family? Isn't that an insult to me? I'm not going! I refuse!"

Back in Japan, Mo Wu-Ya had been thrashed half to death by Ye Fan. But Ye Fan had gone by the name Chu Tian-Fan in Japan, so none of them knew that Chu Tian-Fan and Ye Fan were actually the

same person.

But this didn't make Mo Gu-Cheng dislike Ye Fan any less.

His son had fought for more than ten years to enter War God Castle and become the seventh pillar of the nation.

Most of his martial arts training was for the sake of attaining this goal.

His time in Japan was supposed to be the last hurdle he had to cross before becoming a supreme grandmaster.

But Mo Wu-Ya never thought that all the hard work he had put in over so many years nearly came to a naught.

Before he could even set foot into War God Castle, some fellow called Chu Tian-Fan had broken it. Mo Wu-Ya even nearly died from that fight.

If his father hadn't used countless treasures and spared no cost in his treatment, Mo Wu-Ya would probably have died by now.

When Mo Wu-Ya heard that Chu Tian-Fan had perished, he was overjoyed.

If Chu Tian-Fan was dead, that meant that nobody would fight for the title of supreme grandmaster with him.

He would still be able to enter War God Castle as planned.

But to his horror, after one Chu Tian-Fan left, Ye Fan appeared.

The position of supreme grandmaster had slipped from his hands yet again.

It wasn't difficult to imagine how much anger and despair Mo Wu-Ya had felt.

This was one of the worst things to experience in life - something that seemed within reach was snatched away at the very last moment.

Initially, the King of Fighters didn't dare to tell his son about this. It was only when Mo Wu-Ya had almost recovered that he found out War God Castle had already conferred the title of supreme grandmaster to a young man named Ye Fan.

Mo Wu-Ya was indignant and actually ran to War God Castle to argue with the God of War and the rest. He even said that he was going to Jiangdong to fight it out with Ye Fan and compete publicly. But Mo Wu-Ya was still recovering from such severe injuries, so his father stopped him from doing anything rash.

Furthermore, Tang Hao had already gone to Jiangdong himself to test out Ye Fan's prowess, and he had also confirmed that Ye Fan was indeed at a higher level than Mo Wu-Ya. It was only right to make Ye Fan the seventh supreme grandmaster of China instead.

Ye Qing-Tian and Tang Hao supported Ye Fan, while Mo Wu-Ya was in no shape to fight. So no matter how unhappy Mo Gu-Cheng was about it, he had no choice but to accept the fact that Ye Fan had taken the place that his son coveted so greatly.

Many months had passed since this

happened, but Mo Wu-Ya was still upset.

Now that his father wanted him to visit Ye Fan's family, Mo Wu-Ya became even more displeased.

"Why are you so petty? Ye Fan did take the position that originally should have belonged to you, but he's already gone. Why are you still being upset over a dead person?" Mo Gu-Cheng continued to persuade his son.

But Mo Wu-Ya refused to listen to any of this and turned his father down. "Dad, say no more. I will not go. You can find someone else. I don't care whether he's dead or alive. A lowly punk like him will always be beneath me!"

"Why, you!" Mo Gu-Cheng gnashed his teeth angrily. "You little bastard, are you trying to drive me to an early grave?!"

"I'll be honest with you. Sword Saint is the one who personally said that you should lead the team and go to Jiangdong. This is an order from the top, so it's not up to you whether you want to go or not!" shouted

Mo Gu-Cheng fiercely. He was so angry with his son.

But Mo Wu-Ya wasn't threatened by his father's fury. He stubbornly insisted, "These legs belong to me. So whether I go or not isn't up to you either!"

Mo Wu-Ya then stormed out without giving his father another chance to speak.

"You little bastard! So you think you're all grown up and you can speak to your father like that?!" Mo Gu-Cheng nearly started jumping up and down in his anger. Mo Wu-Ya didn't respond even after Mo Gu- Cheng shouted a few more times.

"Gu-Cheng, forget it. You know how prideful our son is. He was so badly hurt prior to this, then someone took his place in the list, so he's been in a poor mood because of this. Do try to understand where he's coming from. Why don't you just get someone else to go?"

"That Ye Fan might have been formidable, but he's passed on anyway, and he was just a youngster. It's not as if our son is going to visit him even if he were alive, right? I think you should just get someone else to go," said a beautiful woman in a casual long dress by his side.

This woman was Mo Wu-Ya's mother, and the wife of the King of Fighters.

After his wife talked him round, Mo Gu-Cheng calmed down. He finally sighed. "Forget it. If he doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to. I'll find someone else then. Alright, let's eat first." "Gu-Cheng, is there still a chance for our son to become supreme grandmaster?"

"There is a chance, but he might have to wait a few more years. Giving someone this title is a huge thing, so unless you've made some really significant contributions or you've won a really brilliant battle, it's very hard to confer this title again so quickly after the last one. So since we've missed this one, it'll be hard for him to get the title within the next two to three years. But of course, if our son makes a breakthrough and reaches the next level in martial arts, then that's a different story."

The King of Fighters and his wife were still worrying about Mo Wu-Ya.

In reality, the reason why Mo Wu-Ya was having such difficulty getting the title was because his own prowess wasn't at that level.

The other members of War God Castle had tested Mo Wu-Ya's ability and found him to be only at the peak of grandmaster level. His boxing technique was pretty powerful since that was his family's strength, so he could be considered half a supreme grandmaster at best.

Strictly speaking, Mo Wu-Ya wasn't eligible to be named a supreme grandmaster.

But it had been a very long time since China had a supreme grandmaster, and it was a little embarrassing for them. So for the sake of their own reputation, War God Castle agreed to lower their standards a little. If Mo Wu-Ya was able to make a name for himself in Japan and produce decent results, they were willing to give him the title.

Unfortunately for Mo Wu-Ya, Ye Fan appeared out of nowhere, so this deal was off.