A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 818 Did He Really Run?

The King of Fighters' resounding words echoed through the hall like gold falling onto the ground.

Even though Fang Shao-Hong and Lu Tian-He were leaders of the army, they didn't dare to retort.

In the end, they hung their heads and sighed before they left sadly.

"Oh dear! From the looks of it, Mr Chu can only rely on his fortunes."

Lu Tian-He felt sad while Fang Shao-Hong sighed deeply on the way back.

They had hoped that Ye Fan could take over them or even become Yanjing armed forces' next God of War.

They didn't expect such a calamity to befall him.

In their opinion, it was unlikely that Ye Fan would survive this duel.

Based on Ye Fan's ability, he will probably perish under Mochizuki Kawa's blade!

However, if Ye Fan didn't turn up, he would ruin his reputation, become a laughingstock, and there would be no place for him in the country either.

Lu Tian-He and Fang Shao-Hong were hoping that War God Castle could get involved. From the looks of it now, it was wishful thinking on their part.

All the members of the War God Castle were martial arts elites and held high power.

While Ye Fan was just a young punk and no different from an ant to them.

Of course they didn't care about whether Ye Fan survived this duel or not. So why would they offer any help?

Lu Tian-He and Fang Shao-Hong deeply sighed as they drove away and headed to Jiangdong and towards the location where the duel was to be held at Mochizuki Kawa. But after they left, two people were sitting in the halls of War God Castle and were talking to one another.

One of them was dressed in gray and sitting on a couch while drinking tea leisurely.

He was the man whom they called the King of Fighters.

A handsome man dressed in green sat before him. He was meticulously cleaning his sword with his head lowered while he said, "Was someone looking for you earlier?"

The King of Fighters nodded. "Yup. Some officers from the Yanjing armed forces. They wanted me to help save a nobody. It was hilarious. Do they really think we are firemen who will save whoever they ask us to? What's more, they said this man could be the next God of War."

"Really?" The man in green shook his head and laughed. "Then what did you say?"

"What else could I say? I said the God of War defeated Mochizuki Kawa back in the day. If that boy is the next God of War, he can defeat him too. Then I told them to leave," replied the King of Fighters. "Do you think this young man can defeat Mochizuki Kawa?" asked the man in green again.

"How is it possible?' scoffed the King of Fighters. "I looked up the young man. He is bound to die if he fights Mochizuki Kawa. After all, Mochizuki Kawa is a strong fighter from our generation and made a name for himself in Asia within 30 years. That boy is just a nobody. Can he go against the will of God or something?"

The King of Fighters shook his head as he instinctively spoke with disdain.

It was understandable since Ye Fan was very young.

People usually didn't place too much importance on a 20 something year old youth.

The man in green laughed and nodded before asking again, "Oh yes. What's this youth's name?"

"Ye Fan aka, Mr Chu!" replied the King of Fighters in a deep voice.

"Ye Fan?" repeated the man in green as he smiled gently.

After they finished chatting, they didn't bring up the subject again.

Ye Fan was just a nobody to men in high power like them. If not for Mochizuki Kawa's reputation, the King of Fighters probably couldn't be bothered to check on Ye Fan.

Very quickly, the King of Fighters forgot about it and threw it to the back of his mind.

Despite his disinterest, the interest level in Jiangdong was a completely different matter.

All the leaders felt threatened.

The atmosphere in Jiangdong had become anxious and suppressed.

It felt as though this was the calm before a storm.

Li Er, Chen Ao, and Lei San searched for Mr Chu like crazy.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was filled with worry, guilt, and felt torn.

She felt guilty that Xu Lei got taken hostage instead of her.

She felt torn because she wasn't sure if Ye Fan should turn up or not.

After what happened that night, Qiu Mu-Cheng had undoubtedly witnessed firsthand how terrifying Mochizuki Kawa was.

Qiu Mu-Cheng felt that even Ye Fan wasn't his match and might even die.

Qiu Mu-Cheng naturally didn't want him to die since he was her husband.

However, if he didn't turn up, what would happen to Xu Lei? And Jiangdong?

On one hand, she had to consider his life and death. On the other hand, there was loyalty to worry about.

Qiu Mu-Cheng was torn and didn't know if she should ask Ye Fan to come back if he called.

Time slipped by amid her internal conflict.

During this time, all the martial artists throughout the country came after they heard about the duel.

All the highly skilled fighters gathered in Jingzhou like merging streams flowing towards the sea.

In a matter of days, the streets of Jingzhou were filled with luxury cars from other provinces.

The occupancy rate of hotels surrounding Dongchang Lake suddenly shot up, and rooms were hard to come by.

People were clearly clamoring to witness the battle at Dongchang Lake!

However, five days had gone by, and Ye

Fan had yet to return.

It felt as though he had disappeared into thin air, and no one in Jiangdong had heard from him.

"Where do you think Mr Chu is? It's been five days. News about their duel spread throughout the city! Even if he went all the way to Hainan, he would have heard about what happened here. But why didn't he contact us?"

Li Er sat in the room worriedly.

These five days passed treacherously slowly for the rich and powerful of Jiangdong. They felt as though there was a knife in front of them, and they didn't know when it would land on their necks. Chen Ao and Lei San stayed quiet while Li Er complained.

In the end, Li Er looked up and said softly, "Do you think Mr Chu really made a run for it? If he did, Jiangdong is in huge trouble."

Li Er panicked with a sad look on his face.

In this time and age, communication was highly advanced, so the world was very globalized.

Even if something awful happened to Ye Fan, couldn't he at least call?

But even until now, they didn't hear from him.

Why?

Although they didn't discuss it openly, everyone knew it.

Mr Chu must have cut off communication because he didn't want to be found.

In other words, it was likely that he was hiding from Mochizuki Kawa and on the run.