“They might have all reached City Y yesterday, and they will come to the Martial Arts’ League later. It means that we will arrive at the Martial Arts’ League earlier than them.” Tomei said. Headquartered at the West Mountain, the league was not far away from Nat’s house. They would get there in half an hour by car.
Tomei took his particular car while Robin and the other two got in the car and headed to the headquarter.
The headquarter of the Martial Arts’ league was in the small garden of the West Mountain. This garden used to be the office of an organization. Later the organization moved to another office building. As a result, this place was unoccupied and open to the public.
Now, although it was the headquarter of the Martial Arts’ League, it looked more like a garden which was open to the public.
Isolated, the place had no residential area around. So there were not many people around either. Only some workers near there would come to the garden for sightseeing or walking. The three drove directly to the park by car and then moved along the path of the garden. Finally, the car stopped in front of an ancient building.
As the head of the Martial Arts’ League law enforcement department, Jules stood in front of the ancient building and waited for their coming. Tomei had informed him after they drove into the garden.
As the car stopped, Jules didn’t show any arrogance to them. Instead, he came to them and welcomed them.
At the same time, Robin took out Nat’s wheelchair in the trunk and then supported him out of the car.
Nat had been attacked by the strong persons on the Divine Ranking List, and his ankles and knees were shattered in the end. He got no choice but to amputate his limbs. Now his both legs were prosthetic limbs. Without crutches, he could only rely on others’ support to move.
Seeing Nat getting out of the car with Robin’s help, Jules stopped and stared at him with shock.
He had never expected that Nat would appear today.
Not only would those descendants of the Buddhism of Western Regions, Mount T’s Sword Sect, Ji’s Family, and Tristan come, but also the leader of these sects were the men who had fought against Nat before. And they were the last-generation descendants of the four forces.
Nat had to be courageous enough to meet those men. Moreover, he also needed to let go of the past.
“Lord Tomei, Senior Nat, and Robin welcome to the Martial Arts’ League!” After a brief wandering, Jules greeted the three men respectfully.
When Jules was greeting to Nat, his face was filled with respect.
Right!
Although Nat was crippled now, Jules still respected him. Because he knew that the man, who had mastered every skill better than him, would have more significant achievement in Martial Arts if he had never experienced that incident.
Besides, if he had experienced Nat’s misery, he would never be so calm and optimistic.
“Hello, Lord Jules.”
The three replied to him. Among them, Robin and Tomei greeted him with the name of his position. While Nat only showed a slight smile as if he was meeting a good friend.
“Right! Time is flying!” Jules sighed for a while. Seeing Nat sitting in a wheelchair, Jules felt very moved. He had many words to share with Nat, but he didn’t know how to speak them out.
“Lord Jules, what should people be qualified for participating in the competition?” Tomei asked the main purpose of their coming. He didn’t want Jules and Nat to mention the previous tragedy.
Hearing Tomei’s question, Jules was about to answer but finally refused to do so when he saw a car coming to them. Then he turned his eyes on that car.
The other three men followed him to see what was happening.
Then that car headed to them quickly and stopped behind the special car of Tomei.
With just one glance, Robin could tell that car belonged to the office of Country C. Because he noticed that the car had a similar number as Tomei’s special car.
“Monk, we have made a deal that you take me to the Royal City first. So why did you take me here? I thought you would take me to the Forbidden City and Great Wall. You should keep your word!”
At this time, Three Abstentions got out of the car. Ignoring the four, three Abstentions complained about the garden, which was not like an imperial palace at all.
Requested by the middle-aged monk, he took off his black cassock. Now he wore a red and yellow cassock and hung a string of Buddhist beads, making him look like an outstanding monk.
“Three Abstentions!” Hearing the complaint, the middle-aged monk became very angry and tried to stop his nonsense by loudly calling his Dharma name.
“What are you doing? They are all Martial Artists, so you have taken me to the battling field? Monk, I want you to know that even the Buddha would get angry sometimes. You deceived I felt received play in the fucking qualifying part of the Global Martial Arts Game!”
Filled with discontentment, Three Abstentions didn’t care about the monk’s anger.
“…” Seeing such a situation, whether Jules, Nat, and Tomei or Robin all felt shocked and considered him weird.
With Abstentions’ words and the four men’s expressions, the middle-aged monk became so embarrassed. Withstanding his anger, he hindered Three Abstentions at once.
“What are you going to do?”
With an arrogant look, Three Abstentions was about to fight against the monk.
“Three Abstentions, if you take part in this competition, I will give you three days to travel the City Y after you finish the game!”
Knowing the Three Abstentions’ stubborn personality, the middle-aged monk didn’t get angry. Instead, he made a compromise with Three Abstentions with a lower voice.
“Are you sure?”
Three Abstentions looked at the monk suspiciously.
“Of course! I swear to Buddha I will keep my promise!” The monk said and then added,” But you must promise me that you will try your best.”
“OK! It’s a deal!” Three Abstentions nodded. Feeling relieved, the monk took Three Abstentions to walk to the four men.
“I haven’t seen you for a long time, Lord Tomei, Elder Jules, and Senior Nat! Amitabha!” The monk greeted them before the three said something. And then he also greeted Robin with a slight smile. What a decent greeting!”