George continued to explain to Harvey and the others, "Some of them said that the Islanders must have used some tricks to win all 24 challenges. Others said that the so-called young elites from the training grounds and martial arts families were all bark and no bite. They were all used and crushed after just a single move!"There are also some who believe that the so-called martial arts in Country H is simply a performance art and has no place during actual fights. Some even said that the Country H Martial Arts Alliance has no right to be one of the Five Directors, and they should make way for others if they're too weak. In conclusion, the Alliance's reputation is completely ruined after this. "I even heard that a certain Elder Lee from the Alliance almost had a heart attack from the outrage. He only managed to calm down after spending a few hours in the hospital."Ray nodded. "I'm not part of the martial arts community, but I can imagine just how troublesome this will be. If we do
"In this situation, no one in the Elder Group dared to force the remaining 24 young elites to fight," said George.Tyson nodded. "Sir, I believe if the Island Nation's Shinto Way appears and challenges the Alliance at this time, it means they've come with preparations. They may have already investigated all the 48 youngsters and know all there is to know about their abilities, personalities, and even weaknesses."They have full confidence they can defeat all 48 of them. Otherwise, the Shinto Way wouldn't have acted like this, especially when the Islanders have failed during the conflicts with our country in the last few times. Currently, the difference of opinion within the Island Nation is quite great. Some believe they should make peace while some believe they should fight until the bitter end."If the Shinto Way lost, then the diplomatic faction within the Island Nation will be at an advantage. That's why the Shinto Way cannot afford to lose the challenge this time. If we conside
"No, we mustn't! The Shinto Way is the leader of the Six Schools of Martial Arts from the Island Nation. I heard the Shinto Way have recorded many of their murderous techniques that originated during the Warring States Period, and they're the only school recognized by the Island Nation's royal family."I have also heard that the school's techniques, if fully mastered, would even allow them to communicate with the spirits of the Island Nation. It's not wise for us to oppose a school like this, so we shouldn't accept the next challenge!"Not to mention, they're fully prepared while we're completely caught off guard. How are we supposed to win? I've also checked the 24 elites that have fought earlier. They're either from the training grounds or martial arts families, but every one of them is the best among the youths in our country—but they didn't even survive one round!"How are we supposed to fight in this situation? How can we even attempt to win the fight?" Deep inside the Songst
"Of course, it's possible that we will lose it all if we accept the challenge. We may ruin the Martial Arts Alliance's reputation. However, at least we dared to face the challenge head-on. "So what if we lose? At least we've let them know that we are courageous! But if we refuse to accept their challenge, we will only be known for our cowardice whenever someone speaks of this in the future."If the Islanders spread the news through the international community, not only will the Alliance be humiliated, but even the entire country won't be able to escape the infamy. We can't lose the respect and glory the people and warriors of our country fought for just because the Alliance refuses to fight. "Not to mention, the reason the Martial Arts Alliance was formed in the first place is to let the world know the power of our country's martial arts so we can go one step further. But if we don't even have the bravery to accept the challenge from an Islander, what right do we have to call ours
When Prince heard Madden's self-righteous speech, he replied coldly, "You make it sound like you're in the right, but have you ever thought of one thing? Once the pride of our country's martial arts community has been broken, we won't have any chance to have our revenge anymore. We should learn from our mistakes and fight the good fight. There's no future in begging for mercy!""Enough! No more talking!" Gaspar said when he saw the Elder Group once again falling into turmoil.As the seneschal of the Martial Arts Alliance, Gaspar was a veteran within the Alliance. He was greatly respected among his peers. All sides would need to show him some respect. When he started speaking, everyone else turned to look at him.Compared to his usual prideful self, Gaspar looked a little tired today. They could even see a faint mark on his face. However, no one mentioned anything about it. There was no need to expose everything under the sun.Gaspar didn't care what the others were thinking. He fel
"Who is it?" Gaspar instinctively asked."The representative of our country's Martial Arts Alliance, Harvey," Prince said clearly."The final remaining participant of the current tournament will be challenging Harvey in the final round. From that angle, Harvey is also one of the participants of the tournament. With him, we can easily deal with the Shinto Way."Prince then gave Gaspar a meaningful look. "Elder, I believe you have first-hand experience in understanding Harvey's power. You believe he's enough to deal with the Shinto Way, don't you? That's why, what we need to do right now is not to have this meaningless argument. Instead, we should get Harvey to help us no matter the cost!"When Gaspar heard the name Harvey, his expression quickly darkened. He could even feel the pain in his face as he remembered Harvey slapping him not that long ago.Meanwhile, all the other elders started to consider this. Some of them weren't very happy with Harvey becoming the representative. S
When Gaspar heard what Madden was saying, his lips formed a faint, icy smile no one could notice. Gaspar would do everything he could to stop Harvey from gaining any recognition, especially when the tournament's main goal was to strip him of his title as representative.If Harvey was the one who saved them from this predicament, the tournament would instead become a tool to help Harvey gain recognition. After that, his status in the Alliance would become extremely firm and no one could touch him again.That was something Gaspar and the others could never accept.As someone from the training grounds, they wouldn't allow what was theirs to become someone else's instead.Not to mention, Harvey was so young. If he became the representative permanently, he would stay in that position for decades. And once all those decades had passed, would the training grounds still have a voice within the Alliance?However, just as Gaspar was about to conclude this with one last speech to reject Ha
Plates of well-made desserts were prepared on the table, their aroma sweet.Prince didn't touch them at all. Instead, he couldn't stop talking cheerfully. "Harvey… I mean, Mr. Harvey, you probably don't know that I'm having the best day of my life today. I'm almost openly humiliating all the old geezers in the Elder Group! What's the point of living until such ripe old age if all they're thinking is running away without even fighting?"How the hell did they manage to come up with such an idea? It's too bad I'm not as strong as you. If I had your power, I would have already smashed their heads on the floor!"Opposite Prince was Harvey, who was holding his fork in mid-air. He looked at how Prince's saliva sprayed onto the dessert in front of him. Speechless, he put down the fork. "In your opinion, how many of these elderly want to fight?" Harvey said. "Less than one-third," Prince said after giving it a thought. "If no one wanted to fight, they wouldn't even be bothered with the
In truth, Jesse did understand Harvey somewhat. He knew from the very beginning that with Harvey's character, he would not have killed Wilhelm.The reason he threw Harvey into prison was to protect him, other than it being the Xavier family's order as well. But he did not expect something like this to happen outside.Not only Donald had died, but all the young men and women he brought back also mostly died. All of them died the same way. They could not even resist, all of them slain in one slash. It was as if the person who killed them possessed incredible power and was very familiar with them.Other than Liza, who left the residence at the time, all the people from the other three Martial Arts Alliance who came back from overseas had been killed.The information was from Wolsing's precinct. It was absolutely unbelievable to them that something like this would happen at the country's seat of power. That was why the precinct contacted Wolsing's Dragon Cell, hoping they could work to
"Or maybe you forgot who you are, Jesse. How dare you conspire with the Islanders!" When Jesse heard Harvey's words, he narrowed his eyes. Harvey's questioning was sharp and dug into his heart. However, from Harvey's angle, he was not exactly wrong.Jesse took a deep breath and said, "I'm not going to lie to you. The Xavier family as a whole has its own considerations, as well as my own personal thoughts."But you are gravely mistaken. The Xaviers aren't conspiring with the Islanders. However, we simply don't want you to go to our family and mess things up before Yvonne is married. So… Harvey, stay here."On the one hand, this is for Yvonne's own good if you really care about her. On the other hand, isn't this my way of protecting you too? You can't imagine just how many people outside want you dead…"Firstly, I can understand why because I exposed just how shameless families like you are, despite my own contempt for it." Harvey shrugged. "But I don't understand your second point.
"We meet again, Harvey. What? Do you think Dragon Cell's fried chicken is to your taste, so you came in for a stroll?"At the same time when Donald was being killed, Jesse walked into the Dragon Palace's interrogation room and watched Harvey enjoying his fried chicken meal with a hint of helplessness on his face."I didn't want to, but they got me with some concrete evidence, so I have no choice," Harvey said as he put down his fork before turning over to Jesse. "I've got a few things I want to ask you, but you're quite hard to get a hold of. But I think it should be quite easy to see you here, so I came in.""Questions for me?" Jesse asked, confused. "That's why you're here?""What else?" Harvey said with a shrug. "Oh, right. I also want to see whether Wolsing's Dragon Cell has already completely fallen and if they can still uphold their justice and prove the ingenuousness of the innocents."If you can't prove my innocence in the shortest possible time, then I believe that Dragon
Liza chuckled when he saw Donald, who was so confident in his abilities. "If you put some more effort into it, with your abilities, there's no doubt that Harvey will die a terrible death, am I right?"Donald rubbed his swollen face. "That little bastard hit my face until it's all swollen. Of course, I must get back at him a hundred, no, a thousand times! Otherwise, all this pain and humiliation will be for nothing."Liza bowed. "He deserves it all." "Alright, I'll get some rest. After everything, I can feel my bones aching," said Donald as he set down his glass and walked to his bedroom.But the instant he went inside, he turned around to look at Liza. "Contact Mitsuki and ask if the Island Nation still has any other evidence. If there's none, ask them if she can fabricate something concrete soon. If we want to make this case as solid as possible, we also need other evidence! And I believe they have already prepared it.""Understood!" Liza nodded and immediately left to arrange i
Just as Harvey was imprisoned because of Rita's testimony, Donald returned to his mansion with a pleasing smile.While he had lived overseas, he had plenty of assets in Wolsing.On the one hand, it was to make some money. On the other hand, it was to have a place to stay. And his favorite place was Arcadia Garden located in the third rim of Wolsing. It was not spacious and had three courtyards, and the architecture was quite old, as if it had not been renovated for decades.That being said, Arcadia Garden's design was quite old, but all the antique, the pottery, the statues… All of them were pretty valuable. If one were to live in a place like this, they would no doubt lose themselves in a life of decadence, becoming full of themselves.At this time, someone pushed open the door into Arcadia Garden with a creak.Then, Donald walked into the estate with a gratified expression, sitting on the sofa in the living room."Hahahaha! What a show! Isn't that Harvey quite bombastic? Isn't
"Now that we have all the evidence, why don't you just surrender?" Mitsuki looked at Harvey with a smirk.Harvey calmly replied, "Firstly, I have no interest in framing you Islanders. Because logically speaking, the weak will frame the strong. In my eyes, all of you Islanders are nothing. You're not even on my radar."Secondly, if I really want to kill Wilhelm, will I be so stupid to kill him just after he and I were in a scuffle earlier? Can't I wait for a few more days?"Thirdly, you showed a fingerprint and said all the evidence is clear. But you can lift my fingerprints from my residence and my office."Fourthly, you Islanders have just used Donald and Wilhelm to threaten me, so they'll make me give up on the duel. But when that fails, I'm suddenly accused of being a murderer, as if I'll go to prison at any time."There are too many coincidences. I believe the one who killed Wilhelm is someone from Island Nation, so that you can frame me.""Us? Framing you?" Mitsuki said as i
Harvey did not expect Charlotte to be willing to fight the Shinto Way for him until the very end. However, he did not want Charlotte to fight for him now.Looking at the crowd gathering around them, itching to get a fight and the people from Dragon Palace… Then he noticed Mitsuki's deep smile…Harvey sighed.He did not mind fighting the Islanders here.But if he fought with the people from Dragon Palace because of him, no matter who won, it would be a disgrace if news of this spread. Harvey raised his right hand and said, "Charlotte, no need to fight here. Didn't Mitsuki say she has enough evidence to the point that the officers from Dragon Cell are with her? If that's the case, then let's investigate. I believe I can prove my own innocence.Harvey ignored them and left the ICU.When Mitsuki and Donald saw what had happened, they looked and smiled deeply at each other and quickly followed him.-Half an hour later. In the interrogation room, Dragon Cell Wolsing branch.As th
When Harvey looked at how righteous Mitsuki was trying to portray herself, he was unsure how to react.Meanwhile, Donald immediately gave Mitsuki a thumbs up and said, "Just as expected from one of the three primary disciples of the Shinto Way, Mitsuki! Not only can you fight, but you're also guided by righteousness! With Mitsuki willing to preside over what's right, this means that there's still justice in this world. It also means that in Country H, those with power will still be punished!"Then, Donald gave Harvey a complacent smile, feeling that Harvey would have to submit even if he refused.Charlotte frowned when she saw what had happened.The Islanders were known for their particularity. They would never act rashly before they had all the evidence.However, from Mitsuki's reaction… Could it be that Harvey really did kill Wilhelm? But Charlotte instantly felt that it was impossible. For someone like Harvey, if he really had something against Wilhelm, he would handle it on th
"You…" Donald was so furious that he could not stop shaking. "You're making things up, Harvey! Even if I wanted to do something like that, I wouldn't have killed Wilhelm! He's a dear friend!"Then, Harvey said, "Does that matter to a person like you? You can even kill your own father as long as the price is right, much less someone unrelated to you."Donald could not stop shuddering when he heard that. However, he knew that Harvey was not completely wrong."Mr. Harvey, are all people from your country just like you? Refusing to admit to the crimes you commit? But I have proof that you're the one who killed the deacon!" A cold voice came from the other side of the corridor at this time."We went to the crime scene where William was murdered just now. We found a longsword with your fingerprint on it. This is the smoking gun. What else do you have to say?"Harvey turned and looked at the owner of the voice. He was one of the three primary disciples of Shinto Way, Mitsuki. She walked