A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1733

Over at Tokyo, Japan, high-level executives including Chiike Shizuka and Miyamoto Nakanosuke were already congregated at Sango Corporation when someone ran in with an announcement. "Director, the ambassadorthe emperor sent is waiting outside for permission to enter. It seems like they are here for an explanation regarding Sango Corporation's early departure from the birthday party." "Send them away," Chiike Shizuka said, waving her dismissively.

She had no intention of meeting those people.

After sending someone to chase away the envoy, she stood up and swept her gaze across the room.

"Fellow colleagues, we have worked together to lead Sango Corporation for years.

I have served as the executive director of the company for a while now, but I believe you are all aware that I am just a proxy managing the company on behalf of Ye Fan. Now that he's in danger, we should do our part as a team to do everything within our capacity to help. Of course, I'm fully informed of the risk we are undertaking this time, so I won't oblige any of you to do as I suggest, but still, I appeal to y'all to do something," she said convincingly at the crowd of directors.

"As the executive director of Sango Corporation, I will be calling for support from everyone under the consortium to convene at Mount Chumen after this meeting ends. That's all I have to say. I sincerely hope all of you make the right decision."

With that said, the woman left the room.

She immediately saw to it that her intention was made clear to Miyamoto Nakanosuke.

When the old man found out about her plan, he was deeply disturbed.

"Are you sure about this, Shizuka? You're as good as dead if you go to Mr. Chu now. Despite how powerful he is, things still ended up like this. We're just normal human beings without any ability. Gathering so many of us to go over will not make any difference! You're just sending them to die."

The head of the Miyamoto clan was disquieted, but regardless of how worried he was, Chiike Shizuka

refused to relent.

"I don't care if I die. It doesn't matter if what I do amounts to nothing as long as I can do something for Ye Fan."

"But-"

"I've already made up my mind, Granddad. I know you think my efforts are futile and inconsequential, but it only takes a spark to get the fire going. What I'm doing might not be anything needle-moving, but I'll still give it my best. I believe as long as there are enough sparks, I will be able to set off a fire. What I do might seem trivial, but as long as I have enough people with me, we will make a difference. No one will be able to stop us. I know I'm just someone insignificant from a family that does not even command any power, but Ye Fan is the one who gave me everything. This might well be the last battle he fights, so I can't just sit and watch without doing anything. I will regret this for the rest of my life if I sit idle, so please, Granddad, could you notify everyone?" she beseeched earnestly.

"I won't force them to join me. This is purely voluntary. They don't have to meet up with me. They can just head to Mount Chumen in Norwal City on their own."

It was apparent from her tone and demeanor that she was hell-bent on pursuing her plan to the very end, so Miyamoto Nakanosuke conceded.

In the next few minutes, details of the call to gather cascaded down the whole Sango Corporation, and every member was informed.

Despite how fast words were spread around, Chiike Shizuka herself had no idea how many people would answer her call.

Meanwhile, the four fighters from Dragon Slayers made their way through China at lightning speed across the land in the direction of the Pacific Ocean.

Trails of lights flashed in the night at the country's northern border while people continued on with their everyday life without thinking much about the phenomenon they witnessed. They simply thought those were meteorites, yet those who were steeped in martial arts knew it was elemental forces reverberating through the ominous night sky. They knew bloodshed would ensue.

Over at Yanjing, the night was already nigh, but Xu Lei was still going through documents and reports from all regions.

Although she was temporarily overlooking matters pertaining to Yanjing on behalf of Ye Fan, her responsibility was still extensive, covering other areas.

In fact, Ye Fan had assigned almost all operations under Dragon God Hall to her.

Although Dragon God Hall's physical war with the Chu family had just begun, the two powers had long been business competitors.

Xu Lei was in charge of the economic side of their contest.

Through her cleverness, she managed to cut off the family's financial sources, yet she had yet to completely uproot this family.

After all, the Chu family was the most prominent and ancient family.

If they had not been blindsided by Xu Lei's unexpected strike, the Chu family would not have actually suffered such a great loss, however, they quickly recovered from the shock and took preemptive defense and decisive retaliation collectively to secure their share of the economy.

Their contest had just escalated to an impasse, so Xu Lei dared not slack off. She was constantly on the lookout and was always keeping abreast of the latest developments.

She buried her head in all the documents that night. Halfway through her work, a violent wind rushed through the window from the outside.

Xu Lei looked up and saw streaks of lightning piercing through the sky.

She sat up, alarmed. "What is happening in Jiangdong?" She darted her gaze around warily as she thought hard.

Ye Fan!

Although Xu Lei was not at Mount Chumen herself, she had heard about what happened there.

She knew that Ye Fan was at Jiangdong, waiting for an apology from the Chu family.

He had just settled an old score. I bet he's least expecting any attack at this point in time. He must be thinking about spending time with his wife and mother.

It had actually occurred to Xu Lei that this could be a moment of complacency and vulnerability for Ye Fan, but she did not remind him to not let down his guard because she figured he would want to spend time with his family, but when she saw the lights, she had a premonition.

She grabbed her phone and called people in Jiangdong.

While she was still calling, the door was flung open. It was Sun Dragon.

"Ms. Xu! Dragon Master-"

"What happened to Ye Fan?" Xu Lei knew the man came with grave news from his pale face.

She looked at him panting heavily, anticipating the worst.

"Dragon Master went up Mount Chumen on his own!"

What?

Xu Lei was aghast.

"Alone? To Mount Chumen?"

The abode of the most powerful and oldest family and sect of all times.

Not only was the head of the Chu Sect-the strongest fighter on Sky Ranking-Tang Yun there; Chu Yuan was also present as well.

Going there alone would only mean death.

"What about Gaius and the Dragon Slayers? What are the people at the Dragon God Hall doing? Why did they even let him go alone? Ye Fan took care of them for so long. Why can't they even keep an eye on him?"

Xu Lei showered the man with a litany of questions. Her worry brought her to tears.

Xu Lei knew what this situation meant because she was with the Chu family before. She knew just what they were capable of.

A month ago, Ye Fan used all his might at the war on Mount Chumen. Even then, it was a borderline victory.

Going back alone would mean something far worse. "Ms. Xu, Dragon Master went without us knowing. He didn't want to get any of us involved. Gaius and the Dragon Slayers had gone after him once we found out about it. Besides, Dragon God Hall had just called for an emergency gathering of all the best men. They issued a declaration of a final battle. They are now calling back anyone who is still loyal to the Dragon God Hall to help the Dragon Master at Mount Chumen, and that's the reason why I'm here. I came to tell you I'm leaving. I will be bringing the best one hundred fighters in the Xue family for backup. We're leaving right after this."