Female Novel
Chapter 421
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Many people started to arrive, and almost all the seats were occupied. At this time, music started toplay, and then everyone spotted a few people walking toward the rostrum. When everyone saw theperson approaching and noticed his face clearly, they recognized him. For a moment, everyone startedto discuss about this person. ‘Isn’t that Horatio Zhan ? Why is he here ?" "I heard that Horatio’s son,Quintus, was crippled in Dragonville some time ago. Horatio hasn’t gone out for a long time. Why is hehere now?" ‘Horatio doesn’t have a high position in the Zhan Family. Why would he be in charge of thiskind of martial-arts contest ? Is it possible that the Zhan Family has ulterior motives ?" ‘I don’t know.Let’s wait and see! If it is Horatio, we won’t give a damn about him." The crowd was talking about this.At this moment, Fade Chen was also a little surprised and curious. He looked at Horatio a few times.He didn’t expect this person to be Quintus Zhan’s father. Quintus was crippled by him previously.Taking a closer look, he found that there were indeed some similarities between his eyes and eyebrowswith Quintus’s. Horatio led four or five people to sit down on the rostrum. After coughing a bit, he beganto speak. "Today, the Zohan Family has invited all the martial arts practitioners in the martial arts circleto this contest. Thank you all for your support and for attending this event." After that, Horatio took thelead in applauding them. However, the martial arts practitioners below weren’t having any of it. Theyhissed and shouted at the same time. "What is the deal with this martial arts contest? Hurry up and tellus the main points. Don’t talk nonsense and give us a meaningless speech!" "That’s right. We aren’tholding a sports meeting for primary school students. Why do we have to talk about this ?" "If there’snothing else, don’t waste everyone’s time." "Horatio, you may leave!" Such a situation caused Horatio’sexpression to seem a little unpleasant. However, when he thought of the plans that he had, he feltcourageous. He looked at the people below him and his face fell. Then, he knocked on the microphoneto calm everyone down, and he said in a low voice, "Since everyone has requested for me to talkdirectly, I will get straight to the point." "Go ahead!" "Don’t beat around the bush!" "Tell us now!" Horatiopaused for a moment and his face fell. Then, he lowered his voice and said loudly in an imposingmanner, "This time, we have one purpose for inviting all the martial arts practitioners here. We intend to
form a martial-arts coalition gradually. We hope that everyone will join us." As soon as he spoke, theplace became noisy and the voices of discussion were buzzing. "What coalition? The word sounds sogood, but they want to control us!" "I knew it, but I didn’t expect the Zhan Family to do it!" "Why shouldwe join this coalition ? It’s not good for us. Instead, we have to listen to the orders of the Zhan FamilyIt’s meaningless for us!" "That’s right. Coalitions or Associations? We’ve seen so many of these thingsover the years. They’re just changing the names, but it’s all the same!" The place was noisy, and thevoices of opposition were very loud. Horatio’s expression darkened, and then he said in a clear voice,"Join the Zhan Family coalition. We can guarantee that you can share the resources of our Family, andwe can make progress together. We need to create a new world order in this country. We also intend togo abroad and develop into a large international organization." Horatio talked about the benefits of thecoalition, but it seemed like no one was convinced. Many people shook their heads to show that theywere not interested. "What resources? They will probably give us something they don’t want. Howcould the real resources of the Zhan Family be shared with us?" "That’s right. If the Zhan Family wasreally serious about this matter, would they send Horatio to preside over this meeting? I don’t think wecan rely on this coalition!" "We are a small group, and we are not that ambitious. We don’t want tocreate a new world order, and we don’t want to go abroad. It’s enough for us to live a good life in ourown small territory." "Yeah, I’m old now. I’m over 60 years old. I don’t want to take the risk anymore!" "Ifthere’s nothing else, I think there’s no need for the meeting to continue." Although some groups wereattracted by Horatio’s promises, there were still many people who objected to them. Some people evengot up directly and prepared to leave. At this time, Horatio suddenly stood up on the rostrum. With aloud shout, his air was threatening. "Everyone, you’d better sit down and think about this mattercarefully. This coalition is backed by our Family. You can decide whether to join or not, after you thinkabout the matter thoroughly." His words shocked a lot of people. At the same time, it caused manypeople’s expressions to become unpleasant. "Horatio, what are you trying to say? You want to threatenus with the name of the Zhan Family." "That’s what you mean! If we don’t join this coalition, it means weare against the Zhan Family." "This is crossing the line. The Zhan Family is being overbearing." I can’tbelieve this. Old Master Zhan has not bothered us for so many years in South Hanover City. How can
he force us to join this coalition now ? I think that this is just some false organization created by Horatioin the name of the Zhan Family!" A burly and bald martial-arts practitioner stood up and shouted. Hiswords immediately won the approval of many people. Everyone nodded and cast a doubtful look atHoratio. At this time, Nickel Xu suddenly stood up and said to the crowd, "What are you doing? TheZhan Family gave us such a good opportunity, so why are you still dissatisfied ?" "I think all of you areso narrow-minded that you can’t see the great potential of the coalition. My Far Peace Martial ArtsCenter supports the decision of the Zhan family and we will be the first to join the coalition, Nickel said.He raised his hand and shouted loudly, "If you have the same mindset, join us!" Nickel tried toencourage the crowd to join, but it didn’t work. Only a few people raised their hands. Basically, thesepeople were just from small groups. They were not worth mentioning at all. The expressions of the restof the people who looked at Nickel changed, and their tone was full of disdain. "You’re from the secondbest martial arts center in South Hanover City. It’s ridiculous that you’re willing to be a subordinate forothers!" "Haha, what I guessed outside just now turned out to be true. Nickel is really serving the ZhanFamily now." "I feel disgusted when I look at this traitor’s face. It’s a complete insult to the image of themartial artists." Some people were bold enough to shout at Nickel. "Nickel, you joined by yourself! Don’tdrag us in!" "That’s right. Although our martial-arts center is not strong, our will is much stronger thansome guys!" The sarcastic words caused Nickel’s face to fall, and he shouted unhappily, "You all arebeing ungrateful. This is a great opportunity given to you by the Zhan Family, but you don’t cherish it!You’re so self-righteous. You will regret this later." "Haha, I don’t need to regret it. Regret doesn’t existin my world!" "You’re the one regretting it aren’t you ? Don’t involve us in this." The sarcasm was stillthere. Nickel glared at them, and he turned to look at Horatio. He said respectfully, "Mr. Horatio, thesepeople are so stubborn that I have to ask for your help!".