Free Web NovelChapter 1042: Chapter 718: Showing Off Love [21] Nora Scott: I Toppled Every Martial Arts Hall in Meishanel
"What’s wrong?" Pedro Langley noticed something unusual.
Miss Scott handed the list to Pedro Langley and said calmly, "Nothing." After a slight pause, she thoughtfully added, "One of these martial arts halls is the one Actor Chapman is going to visit."
"What a coincidence?" Pedro Langley was surprised.
"Yeah."
On second thought, it wasn’t really unexpected.
Meishanel is just that small, and there are only a few famous martial arts halls to choose from.
—Nora Scott once represented a martial arts hall to challenge every hall in the town, her fame spreading throughout the town, solidifying her status as a "female knight" in the martial world. In Meishanel’s martial arts circle, she knew everyone, and now those "acquaintances" from the halls probably tremble when they see her.
She picked these three, which have "deep" connections with her.
"By the way," the accompanying director turned around, seeming eager to gossip with Nora Scott, "Miss Scott, I heard it was you who contacted the martial arts hall Actor Chapman is going to. Are you very familiar with the local halls?"
"Fairly familiar."
The director casually chatted with her for a few more sentences.
Then, the director brought up another topic, "That martial arts hall owned by a family surnamed Bay is actually run by Emily Bay’s family. Did you know that?"
"...Didn’t know."
She knew the head of Tengfe Martial Arts School was surnamed Bay, but she had no interest in Emily Bay. Even though investigating Emily Bay’s background was a simple matter, she didn’t waste time on it. Naturally, she didn’t know Emily Bay’s hometown was Meishanel and that her family ran a martial arts hall.
—Besides, Emily Bay has no martial arts foundation, otherwise filming martial arts scenes wouldn’t be so challenging for her.
It never even crossed her mind.
But well, it didn’t matter.
"No need to know," Pedro Langley chimed in, voicing Nora Scott’s real thoughts.
Unexpectedly, this comment incited public anger—
[Why step on Emily Bay like that?]
[Emmm, feels like Nora Scott knows these martial arts halls, but they don’t know her. Trying to create some fake "connections," didn’t expect Emily Bay to be the daughter of Tengfe Martial Arts School’s owner.]
[Feels like the director is just a tool, deliberately flattering Nora Scott’s connections, but obviously overdone. Nora Scott has wide connections, that’s okay in Villains Valley and on Villains Street, but is she really overshadowing Emily Bay? Do the people at Tengfe Martial Arts School even care about Nora Scott?]
[Tengfe Martial Arts School is one of the top in Meishanel, passed down through generations. Sir Bay’s mastery of Plum Blossom Fist is a non-material cultural heritage. Everyone wanting to learn martial arts wants to apprentice under Sir Bay. What is Nora Scott? Does anyone want to apprentice under her? Her only disciple studied Mechanical Techniques, and he’s just a kid. (Who knows how he was convinced)]
[Here we go again... the trolls are back. So, will Fairy Nora get her face slapped today?]
[I’m siding with Emily Bay on this one. (Come slap my face if you dare)]
...
They argued and watched the drama, heatedly.
Nora Scott and Pedro Langley calmly displayed their affection.
Soon, the vehicle stopped at the designated place. As they arrived at a venue, they could see the emblems of the three martial arts halls—Tengfe Martial Arts School, Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy, and Meishanel Martial Arts Hall.
Tengfe Martial Arts School and Meishanel Martial Arts Hall are both well-established, while Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy is newly opened, with only a few years of history.
Back then, because Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy was ostracized and provoked when it was first established, people continually came to challenge the hall, so Nora Scott represented Walk-the-World Academy, "fist-fighting Tengfe, kicking Meishanel," and solidified its reputation in Meishanel’s martial world.
Now, these three are probably evenly matched.
"Nora!"
Just as she entered the door, Nora Scott saw a young man waving at her.
The young man smiled brightly, around twenty, with a bit of baby fat, full of youthful energy. A little curve of his eyes could easily bring him closer to people.
Yet—
This smile seemed harmless to both people and animals. Wearing a martial arts uniform, he lacked any "master" demeanor.
He was the younger brother of Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy’s owner, called Pudge, who used to be a chubby kid following Nora and calling her sister. Nora had taught him a few moves. She didn’t expect that after a few years, the kid had grown into a young man with a slender build and handsome looks, just without any intimidating presence.
Standing next to him were people from Tengfe Martial Arts School and Meishanel Martial Arts Hall, unfamiliar faces whom Nora probably hadn’t met before.
Those two had faces full of arrogance, expressionless, with pretentious airs.
Regardless of their skills, at least they had their momentum right.
"You’ve grown so tall."
Nora Scott glanced over him and walked up, displaying a bit of "my boy is grown" demeanor.
Pedro Langley, seeing the sudden motherly air of Nora Scott, almost choked, then glanced at Nora’s belly, suddenly understanding.
After all, she was a mom now...
So what if the knightly demeanor was a bit less?
"Hey!" Pudge nodded with a dazzling smile, "I heard my brother say you were coming yesterday, and I wanted to find you, but I heard you were filming, and your phone wasn’t with you, so I didn’t come."
As he said this, he chuckled silly, smiling foolishly.
[...there’s a bit of face-slapping going on. Who can stabilize the trolls’ morale?]
[I’m here! Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy is new, an up-and-comer with good marketing; the owner is a handsome guy who unites the students well, so they’re doing okay in Meishanel. But, this academy has no deep roots; the owner learned from his grandfather... skipping a generation. They’ve been in decline for too long.]
[Walk-the-World Academy can rival Tengfe and Meishanel due to a female knight’s favor. There’s a rumor in our town, years ago, Walk-the-World Academy frequently got bullied when it first opened, but a female knight appeared from nowhere, helping them defeat all martial arts halls, boosting their fame. But, being reliant on an outsider, once the female knight left, they were just like that. ]
[I heard about this, a legendary tale in Meishanel’s martial arts world!]
[Whoa, defeated all martial arts halls... what a badass female knight.]
...
While Nora Scott, Pedro Langley, and Pudge were chatting casually, Lennon Turner and Margaret Stone arrived first.
However, no one paid them any attention, so they had to seek presence themselves, trying to strike up conversations with people from the other two martial arts halls, but the response was cold and indifferent.
After all, they were all outsiders, not even understanding the basics of martial arts, unable to find common ground for conversation.
Then——
Emily Bay and Anthony Santos arrived.
"Miss!"
As soon as they appeared, the leader of the Tengfe Martial Arts School and a group of followers shouted in unison.
The momentum was overwhelming.
Deafening.
[Wow, Miss’s entrance is grand!]
[Here comes the grand entrance!]
[This entrance far surpasses that of being called ’Nora’!]
[In this showdown, Nora Scott versus Emily Bay, Nora loses.]
[Come watch the show! A scene awaits that everyone is excited to see! Finally, someone who can outshine Nora Scott!]
...
This scene made the netizens extremely excited. Even the haters of Emily Bay couldn’t help but get caught up in the moment, eagerly anticipating this "Emily Bay slapping Nora Scott in the face" scene.
——It’s been too long.
——They had waited for a whole year.
Emily Bay seemed quite calm, as if she was used to this scenario, and asked almost nonchalantly, "Second Senior, is it just you guys?"
"Yes."
Second Senior nodded.
Unlike the disdainful look when he saw Nora Scott and Pedro Langley, or the cold attitude when talking with Lennon Turner and Margaret Stone, this Second Senior showed a gentle demeanor now, with a hint of a smile, like a completely different person from before.
[Haha, changing expressions in a second, what a divine senior-junior bond!]
[Love the differential treatment! So pampered, ahhhhh!!]
[Whoever said Second Senior was cold-hearted, come out, see how cute he becomes seeing his junior sister!]
[Falling in love with this two-faced senior.]
...
Netizens were in a frenzy.
The program continued, proceeding according to the usual process.
Following the routine, the three martial arts halls were introduced, followed by introductions of the leaders, then allowing the guests to draw lots to decide the order of visiting the halls.
Nora Scott and Pedro Langley were the first to draw the Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy.
"Let’s go."
Holding the small slip, Nora Scott waved it at Pudge.
Pudge immediately trotted to follow.
Without caring about how the other two couples were doing, Nora took Pedro Langley, along with Pudge and a crowd of followers there to support them, and headed straight for the Walk-the-World Martial Arts Academy.
In the car.
"When is your brother returning to the martial arts hall?" Nora asked casually.
"I don’t know." Pudge pondered for a moment, "He’s visiting the martial arts school with Actor Chapman, should be back in the afternoon."
"Oh."
Pudge asked puzzledly, "Why doesn’t Actor Chapman just watch your martial arts?"
Nora lifted her eyelids, feeling a bit annoyed, and said word by word: "He doesn’t care for it."
In Henry Chapman’s mind, Nora Scott was not associated with being a "martial arts master," always feeling that appreciating Nora’s martial arts tarnished the glorious image of martial arts in his heart.
Nora told him, this is prejudice.
Henry admitted it was prejudice, but insisted he shouldn’t care.
Nora was left with nothing to say to him.
In the live chat room:
[What’s the meaning, Nora Scott’s not qualified in the martial arts circle... Actor Chapman certified?]
[Hahaha Nora Scott just admitted it herself.]
[Does Nora Scott have a persona of a martial world’s female hero? Come and slander her!!!]
[Indeed, without standing in the martial arts world, she can only show off as the head of some beautiful flower hall. Tsk tsk.]
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