Chapter 318



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However, the moment he looked up, he was stunned.

There were no obstacles around the ring. It could be considered a defeat if he fell out of the ring. At that moment, the woman in the black dress was standing. The air in the basement was breezy, and her black dress fluttered arrogantly in the wind.

In front of her, ‘Tired Reindeer’ had collapsed on the floor, exhausted. He had already passed out.

All: “!!!!”

Quentin also narrowed his eyes.

“Holy cow!”

The whole audience erupted. Everyone was asking, “Did you guys see what just happened?”

“Wait, ‘Tired Reindeer’ tried to hit someone, but why did he pass out instead?”

Someone faintly said, “I… I think I saw 028 reach out his hand and gently hit ‘Tired Reindeer’.”

“…”

The crowd fell silent again.

Then, they saw 028 rubbing his wrist and looking around hesitantly. “Is it over?”

Only then did the referee react and announce, “028 wins!”

Nora walked to the side and jumped down from the ring.

The crowd immediately gave in to fear.

They watched her walk along the crowd toward the food section. There was a couch there. A man was sitting there hugging a little girl.

When everyone calmed down, they could hear the little girl reciting a poem in her childlike voice.

“…The stone path to the mountain is inclined.

He and she were deep in the clouds.

Dreaming of a princess meeting a prince.

But in reality, a dinosaur meets a frog…”

Nora stopped dead in her tracks. Veins popped out on her forehead.

When Cherry saw her approaching, she said excitedly, “Mom, I’ve already memorized 300 poems! I haven’t peeked out to meet you before.”

Everyone was speechless.

What a strange family of three!!!!!

At first, they thought the woman was hungry when she headed for the food section. However, when Nora approached, she sat down on the couch next to the girl, said to the man and the girl, “Wake me up at 8.”

Then she bowed her head slightly and fell asleep on the couch.

Everyone was speechless.

Quentin: “!!!!”.

His lips twitched. It seemed to him that this woman was simply irrational. She had just defeated ‘Tired Reindeer’ – who was she?

Under everyone’s doubts, Nora actually fell asleep.

Her dreams were strange and chaotic. In the end, she was awakened not by Justin, but by her own phone call.

She yawned and answered the call groggily. She said angrily, “You better have something important to say.”

With that, she opened her eyes lazily, saw Justin and Cherry in front of her. Behind their masks, the two pairs of eyes were staring at her.

Cherry said quietly, “Mom has a really bad temper in the morning. She’s especially scary.”

Justin had a look of regret. “It’s too bad I didn’t get a chance to see her.”

Cherry said, “Next time we sleep together, I’ll let you take a look in the morning. We’re out right now, so it’s a bit of a hassle.”

Justin smiled, “Yeah, I’m looking forward to that day.”

Nora: “…”

Only then did she realize she was in the combat arena. The noisy crowd around her had prevented her from getting a good nap.

Unconsciously she sat up straight and wiped the non-existent saliva from the corner of her lips.

The two people across from her were speechless.

Solo’s voice came from the other end of the line. “Jeez, stop scaring me. I’ve found information about Ryan-didn’t you ask me to help you investigate?”

Nora raised her eyebrows. “What?”

“Ryan was the Smiths’ second son at the time. Ian is the Smiths’ third son. You know that, don’t you? Back then, the eldest Smith son was a good-for-nothing. Since he liked to run around, the previous Smith boss decided to look for the next patriarch between Ryan and Ian. Unfortunately, Ryan’s private life was chaotic and he was with many women. It was said that he had even gotten a small celebrity pregnant. In addition, although Ian was three years younger than Ryan, he had already demonstrated extraordinary aptitude. Therefore, Ian was put in charge at that time. Ryan became more carefree thereafter, but he wasn’t really as useless as he seemed.”

All the news Nora heard about Ryan from the Smiths was about his bad aspects.

For example, that he was elusive and unreliable.

She narrowed her eyes. Just as she was thinking about what Ryan was doing, Solo said, “You know Quentin, don’t you? It wouldn’t be surprising even if you didn’t know him. Since Quentin’s generation, the Smiths have hidden his existence. Outsiders don’t know about him. They let Quentin handle things that are not fit to be seen by the public. The hidden forces of the Smiths are in Quentin’s hands. He just met with the Smiths, so it’s normal that he doesn’t know anything about him.”

Nora: “…”

The second member of the Smiths she met was Quentin.

However, he didn’t interrupt Solo. He knew that this person liked to keep people in suspense when he sent messages, so he decided not to say anything. As expected, Solo felt there was no point in waiting for a response from her. He pursed his lips and said, “But do you know who founded this dark force?”.

Nora frowned. “Ryan?”

Solo: “No.”

Nora: “!”

If that wasn’t so, why was he talking so much nonsense?

Just as she was about to lose her temper, Solo accurately caught her temper and hastened to explain, “It was Ian. However, Ian inherited the Smiths and became the patriarch on the surface, so he ceded that strength to Ryan.”

Nora narrowed her eyes.

“Besides, Ryan is from the Irvin School of Martial Arts. He can be considered a member of the pugilistic world. He has a certain status in the New York pugilistic world. I heard he hosted two tournaments back in the day. So far, most of the ways to make money in tournaments were thought up by Ian and him.”

Nora: “…”

She was stunned. “Do the Smiths have shares in the martial arts tournament?”

“It’s not stock. Ryan was the chairman of the pugilistic world. Even now, his name is still on the title.”

Nora narrowed her eyes.

She said only, “I asked again and realized that even though the president of the pugilistic world was gone, the association often received some orders from him to prevent the pugilistic world from becoming a mess over the years.”

“Understood.”

Nora hung up.

She clutched her chin and thought to herself. She hadn’t expected to hear news about Ryan when he was just participating in a martial arts tournament.

She wanted to track Ryan down just to get his DNA sample. She would compare the results of the two DNA matches to determine whose daughter she was.

After all, Lily had said that her genes had mutated. The comparison between her and Ian’s DNA samples was not really accurate.

As she was thinking about this, she suddenly saw a person in tattered clothes pass by not far away, making her frown.

Wasn’t that Old Maddy?

Why was he here?

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