Chapter 693

Precisely because she kept thinking about things in her mind, Ito Nanako was forced to retreat repeatedly by her opponent.

At this moment, she no longer had the pursuit she had before for this competition.

Because she had realized that the martial arts she had practiced so hard for so many years couldn't even withstand a light palm strike from a true expert.

This dealt a devastating blow to her self-confidence.

In fact, no matter who encounters such a thing, they will suffer a huge blow.

What was crushed was not only her self-confidence but also her long-held faith.

For a long time, Ito Nanako felt that she was at most 20 years away from the peak of martial arts.

Twenty years later, she would definitely be able to grow into a world-class martial arts expert, or even become a martial arts master like her master, Yamamoto Kazuki.

However, Ye Chen just made her realize that the martial arts master in her mind was just like an ant in front of a true expert.

It turned out that she had been sitting in a well and looking at the sky for so many years.

Now, she realized that the true world of martial arts was far beyond her understanding.

Before, she thought that the world was just this world, and the farthest distance was just from one end of the earth to the other.

But today she knew that outside this earth, there was a solar system, a galaxy, and even the vast universe.

At this moment, she couldn't help but think of another question: how many years would it take for her to grow into a true top expert like Ye Chen.

Recalling the palm strike Ye Chen used, although it turned her mentor into a useless person, the impact of that palm strike on her at the martial arts level was like the brilliance of the bright moon!

Thinking this way, her attention became even less focused.

And her opponent took advantage of her lack of preparation to score points repeatedly.

In the first set, Ito Nanako lost unexpectedly, and the audience was in an uproar.

No one expected that the number one seed of this competition, Ito Nanako, would lose to an unknown player in the first set of the round of eight.

When the referee announced the end of the first set, the opponent cheered excitedly.

She never dreamed that she would unexpectedly win the first set in a competition she thought she would definitely lose.

It seems Ito Nanako's state is a bit problematic today, but this is a great opportunity for her!

When Ito Nanako arrived at the rest area by the ring, her brain was still in a trance.

The victory or defeat of the competition was no longer important because her faith had collapsed.

At this time, her assistant, Tanaka Koichi, said anxiously: "Miss, you can't be so passive! We have already entered the knockout stage. If you lose this competition, then this tournament will end here!"

Ito Nanako smiled bitterly and muttered: "Tanaka-san, you also saw the terrifying strength of that Mr. Ye. Compared to him, the gap between me and him is like a firefly and the bright moon. Do you know that there is an old Chinese saying: 'How can the light of a firefly compete with the brilliance of the bright moon?'"

As she spoke, she sighed lightly: "His strength is like the bright moon in the night sky, while I am just a firefly in the wild grass..."

Tanaka Koichi's expression was also very emotional.

He didn't know how to persuade his young lady.

Because he could understand the young lady's mood at this time.

The strength of that young man surnamed Ye was simply too terrifying. Yamamoto Kazuki was a national treasure-level expert in Japan, but under his hands, he couldn't even withstand a single palm strike. If he were the young lady, he would probably have lost all his fighting spirit at this moment.

Let alone this small competition in front of her, even the Olympic Games seemed to have become dim.

Even the so-called way of martial arts had become a joke.

He had served Ito Nanako for many years, and at this time he couldn't help but feel heartache for her, so he couldn't help but say: "Miss, if you really have lost faith in this competition, then let's go back to Japan!"

Ito Nanako hurriedly asked: "Tanaka-san, what about my master? How is he now?"

Tanaka Koichi stammered: "Just now, several fierce-looking men came. The man in the lead used a knife to carve the four words 'Sick Man of East Asia' on Mr. Yamamoto's forehead. Then Mr. Yamamoto tried to bite his tongue to commit suicide but failed, and was sent to the hospital by Mr. Kobayashi."

"What?!" Ito Nanako was shocked, tears instantly welled up in her eyes, and she blurted out: "I want to go to the hospital to see Master! Take me there now!"

Tanaka Koichi nodded and said: "Then I will tell the referee group now that we are giving up the competition."

"Good! Go quickly!" Ito Nanako was already full of impatience.

In her eyes, Yamamoto Kazuki was her mentor. If something happened to him, she would never forgive herself in this life.

After all, he came to China with her for this competition. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have met Ye Chen, and he wouldn't have encountered these hardships.

Just when she was about to give up the competition and rush to the hospital to see her mentor, a calm voice suddenly sounded:

"Since you have participated in the competition, you should take it seriously. How can you give up halfway?"

Ito Nanako looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Ye Chen, who possessed terrifying strength, was standing under the ring looking at her expressionlessly.

Her heart suddenly panicked. She didn't expect Ye Chen to come to watch her competition, nor did she understand why he would come to watch her competition.

In fact, Qin Aoxue had already won the competition with one move, so she had already gone to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes.

Ye Chen had nothing to do, so he planned to come over to watch Ito Nanako's competition, but he didn't expect Ito Nanako to lose the first set.

However, he could also see that Ito Nanako lost the first set because she had something on her mind, so she couldn't concentrate on the competition.

Originally, he thought Ito Nanako would be able to quickly adjust her state and then turn the situation around from the second set.

But he didn't expect Ito Nanako to be preparing to forfeit.

Ito Nanako looked at him, thinking of her mentor who tried to bite his tongue to commit suicide, and a burst of indignation suddenly surged in her heart, a strong indignation!

Her beautiful eyes widened, she glared at Ye Chen, and shouted loudly: "You bad person! Why do you keep forcing my mentor? Do you really want him to die to be satisfied?"

Ye Chen said expressionlessly: "Miss, looking at your face and temperament, you should be a young lady from a good family who has received a good education since childhood, not someone who is unreasonable. You saw the whole conflict between your master Yamamoto Kazuki and me just now. I hope you ask yourself, did I force him in this whole thing?"

"If he hadn't been so proud and confident, so aggressive, so arrogant, and hadn't taken the initiative to use the four words 'Sick Man of East Asia' to insult me, how would I have bothered with him?"

"We have an old Chinese saying: 'The right path in the world is full of vicissitudes!' Could it be that in the eyes of a young lady like you, the relationship between master and apprentice is more important than the right path in the world?"