As the global martial arts competition enters the finals, coupled with Chen Ye's unparalleled performance, the eyes of the global martial arts community are focused on Jerusalem, waiting for the final martial arts feast to begin.
Because Chen Ye crushed and defeated Muto Shinobi in the semi-finals, he went from being a dark horse at the beginning to becoming the favorite to win.
According to the survey statistics of the dark web forum, Chen Ye's winning vote ratio exceeded 90%.
In addition, bookmakers have taken the rare step of closing betting markets for the final and no longer accepting any bets.
Everything indicates that Chen Ye will win the championship in this global martial arts competition!
However, there is an undercurrent surging behind the scenes.
In order to ensure Chen Ye's safety, four people, Cang Jizi, the head of Kunlun, Chu Xuan, the head of Kyushu, Qi Wu, the head of the Qi family, and Gu Qiong, the head of the Gu family, took turns on duty.
The so-called guarding does not mean protecting Chen Ye in the room, but the four of them take turns guarding the roof of the Marriott Hotel to ensure that any stranger entering the hotel is under their surveillance.
After Chen Ye learned about this, he was very moved.
After all, the four of Cang Jizi can be regarded as Taishan Beidou in Xia Guowu's martial arts world, but for Chen Ye's safety, they acted as bodyguards.
For the next two days, everything was quiet at the Marriott Hotel. Except for members of the Xia Guo Martial Arts delegation and the North American Martial Arts delegation, only hotel staff showed up at the hotel.
On the afternoon of the third day, Chen Ye received a call from the Nordic princess Kadel.
"Mr. Chen, are you free tonight?"
After the call was connected, Kadel was the first to ask.
Chen Ye answered first and then asked: "I'm in the hotel tonight, Kadel, what can I do for you?"
"Mr. Chen, it's like this. I would like to invite you to have dinner. Well, although Jerusalem is not a Western city in a sense, it can be considered half a Western city. I am also half a host, so I should Treat you to a banquet. After all, you invited me to dinner when I went to Yanjing."
Kadel revealed the purpose of the call.
Chen Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Kadel, I appreciate your kindness, so there is no need for dinner."
"Why??"
The smile on Kadel's face froze and she asked subconsciously.
"To ensure that I was in good condition for the finals, the delegation asked me to stay in the hotel until the finals started."
Chen Ye hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not tell Kadel the truth.
According to the intelligence collected by the Xia Shou Organization, many people have infiltrated into Jerusalem, including many powerful gods.
For those people to come to Jerusalem at this juncture is equivalent to Sima Zhao's intention being known to everyone - to find a way to kill Chen Ye!
In order to ensure Chen Ye's safety, the Xia Kingdom's martial arts delegation asked Cang Jizi and several Taishan Beidou from the martial arts world to act as bodyguards for Chen Ye.
Under such circumstances, Chen Ye naturally could not risk his life just to have dinner with Kadel.
What's more, he knew very well that once he left the hotel, Cang Jizi and others would definitely accompany him.
"That's it..."
Hearing Chen Ye's words, Kadel felt disappointed for a while, then hesitated and said:
"Mr. Chen, how about I go to the hotel where you live to entertain you? The head chef of the Nordic royal family is traveling with me this time. I arrange for them to buy ingredients and cook dinner in the restaurant of your hotel. How about that?"
"All right."
Chen Ye thought for a while and finally did not reject Kadel.
Because, according to Wu Chunqiu's arrangement, all members of the North American martial arts delegation are under surveillance. There are also Cang Jizi on the rooftop taking turns monitoring. As long as Chen Ye does not leave the Marriott Hotel, there will be no security issues.
Through the phone call with Kadel, Chen Ye could clearly feel Kadel's emotional changes, from expectations at the beginning, to disappointment in the middle, to caution at the end, for fear that he would refuse.
This made Chen Ye think of Kadel in that parallel world for no reason, thinking of his intersection with her, thinking of his debt to her, and he couldn't bear to refuse anymore.
What's more, since he came to this world, he has never had a meal alone with Kader in the true sense.
7 p.m.
Chen Ye met Kader in the western restaurant on the top floor of the hotel.
Tonight, Kadel is wearing a white evening dress, her hair is tied up, her face is exquisitely made up, and she wears a dazzling ruby necklace on her snow-white neck, like Snow White who has stepped out of a fairy tale world. , incredibly beautiful.
Seeing Kadel walking towards him, Chen Ye couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Kadel at this moment is like a cute little princess, so different from the crazy Kadel in the parallel world!
"Sorry, Mr. Chen, for keeping you waiting."
While Chen Ye was in a trance, Kadel came to the dining table with an apologetic smile, but that smile made people feel cute.
"It's okay, I just came down too."
Chen Ye came back to his senses, shook his head with a smile, stood up like a gentleman, and invited Kader to sit down.
As the two of them took their seats, melodious light music rang out in the empty restaurant, and waiters wearing special costumes from the Nordic royal family brought food and wine to the table in an orderly manner.
Seeing this, Chen Ye asked curiously:
"Kadel, you also brought the waiter?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen. Tonight, I have borrowed this restaurant to serve you with royal chefs and waiters, so that you can have a taste of our Nordic cuisine."
Kadel nodded, then picked up the wine glass and said:
"Mr. Chen, congratulations on your excellent results in this global martial arts competition. I would like to toast you."
"Thanks."
Chen Ye picked up the wine glass, first smiled and thanked Kadel, and then clinked the glasses.
After a sip of red wine with excellent taste, Chen Ye began to dine with Kadel.
Um?
Halfway through the dinner, when the waiter brought two steaks as the main course to the table, Chen Ye smelled something wrong, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"Kadel, don't eat the steak yet."
"Mr. Chen, what's wrong??"
Kadel had just picked up the knife and fork and was stunned when she heard Chen Ye's words.
"There's something wrong with this steak."
Chen Ye frowned, picked up the steak in front of him, and smelled it to make sure his judgment was correct.
Kadel looked confused: "What's the problem?"
"My steak was poisoned."
Chen Ye stood up, picked up the steak in front of Kader, then gently put it down, saying something shocking.
"Wha...what?!"
After hearing Chen Ye's words in shock, Kadel stood up in shock and said with an incredulous look on her face:
"Mr. Chen, are you sure there is poison in the steak?"
"Kadel, you know, I know medical skills."
Chen Ye gave the answer indirectly.
The poison in the steak has no color, and the taste is almost masked. If it were another warrior, even most doctors might not be able to detect it.
But Chen Ye had received training in poisoning in that parallel world and was extremely sensitive to poisons.
After the words fell, Chen Ye stared at Kadel, judging whether Kadel was related to this matter.
"How...how could this happen?"
Hearing Chen Ye's words again, Kadel no longer had any doubts, but sat on her seat with a pale face.
She has been living her life following the arrangements of the Nordic king since she was a child. She is a simple and lovely little princess, almost isolated from the outside world.
She has no friends, has never been in love, and does not have many experiences that her peers should have - her world is completely blank!
Until...she met Chen Ye!
Chen Ye opened a window to her world, allowing her to rebel for the first time in a foreign country and experience the beauty of youth for the first time.
She admired Chen Ye's medical skills, marveled at Chen Ye's martial arts attainments, and regarded Chen Ye as the first friend in her life.
In order to fulfill her duty as a landowner, she mustered up the courage to invite Chen Ye to dinner. Even after being rejected by Chen Ye, she shamelessly invited him a second time.
As a result, Chen Ye’s food was poisoned!
For Kader, this is like a thunderbolt!
"Hug...I'm sorry, Chen...Mr. Chen, I don't know why this is happening..."
After a brief trance, Kadel apologized to Chen Ye, somewhat incoherently.
"I...I'll call Milady right now and ask her to bring the chef here and ask her what's going on!"
"Okay, Kader, you don't have to blame yourself or be nervous. Let's find out what happened first."
Chen Ye nodded.
Through Kadel's series of performances, he was almost certain that Kadel had no knowledge of this matter.
Kader took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and then dialed Milady's phone and asked Milady to bring the chef to the restaurant immediately.
A few minutes later, Milady came to the restaurant with a middle-aged man.
Like the waiter, the middle-aged man was also wearing a costume specially made by the Nordic royal family, with panic written on his face.
"Mr. Walker, why is there poison in Mr. Chen's steak?!"
Kader stood up and asked loudly.
Although she was extremely angry at the moment, she still maintained the upbringing a princess should have and addressed the chef politely.
"Plop!"
Kadel responded with a muffled sound.
The head chef named Walker collapsed on the ground and wailed in horror:
"Yes...I'm sorry, Your Highness, I was forced! My children are studying in North America, and my wife is taking care of them there. Someone hijacked my wife and children, threatened me, and asked me to poison Mr. Chen's food. , otherwise I will kill my wife and children..."
"asshole!"
After learning the truth of the matter, Kader was so angry that she was shaking all over and couldn't help interrupting Walker angrily.
Walker knelt on the ground and begged for mercy:
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess, Mr. Chen, I am really being forced, please let me go..."
"Mr. Walker, Mr. Chen is my only friend in the world. You poisoned his food. This mistake is impossible to forgive - you will be judged by Nordic law!
Of course, if your wife and children return to Northern Europe, neither I nor the royal family will embarrass them, and they will enjoy all the rights of Nordic citizens. "
Kadel interrupted Walker again, and then said to Milady:
"Miledi, take him down and hand him over to the palace guards. Let the guards investigate the details of this matter."
"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"
Milady immediately took the order, picked up Walker, and walked out of the restaurant.
Soon, only Chen Ye and Kader were left in the restaurant.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I didn't expect such a thing to happen."
Kadel apologized to Chen Ye again, her eyes were red, tears were hanging from the corners of her eyes, and her pretty face was full of remorse and guilt.
"Kadel, as I said before, you don't have to blame yourself, this matter has nothing to do with you."
Chen Ye picked up the napkin on the table and handed it to Kadel, sighed softly and said:
"Even, this matter has nothing to do with the Nordic royal family."
"Why?"
Kader did not take the napkin, but looked at Chen Ye in surprise.
Chen Ye explained:
"North America is determined to kill me in order to prevent me from winning the global martial arts competition. Even if they don't force the chef to poison tonight's meal, they will use other methods."
"ah--"
Hearing this, Kadel first exclaimed, and then looked at Chen Ye with a worried look.
"Mr. Chen, will you be in danger?"
"Don't worry, I won't let their conspiracy succeed, and they will pay a heavy price for it!"
Chen Ye smiled slightly, but his words were filled with cold murderous intent!
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(End of chapter)
