If you really want to be patriotic, go challenge a legitimate karate dojo in K City. What's the point of messing around with us students who are just having fun?
Chen Xiao yawned, crossed his arms, and stood to the side with a smile.
Chapter Thirty: [Please Offer Your Guidance]
The Kid Academy Karate Club doesn't really have any top-tier karate fighters. The club leader's name is Kim Bu-hwan, nicknamed "Kim Indispensable," a boy of medium build. He's fairly easygoing, and his family owns several car dealerships, so they're quite well-off. He's cheerful and a bit carefree, but he's genuinely sincere and doesn't have the arrogance often seen in wealthy kids.
To be honest, the club was just something for fun, an extra activity to pass the time. Jin Buhuan's skills are so-so, and the members here all wear designer clothes and drive luxury cars, so who would really put in the effort to practice these clumsy moves? So, this huge club mainly consists of a few trainers hired part-time from gyms, and the rest of the time the students just practice on their own.
Besides, most of the members are girls, and they're here because of Chen Xiao and Xu Ershao, two handsome guys. Who would really put in the effort to practice these things?
As for the challenger from the martial arts club, the guy in the tight vest, he was indeed a troublemaker among the Kidd students. He was said to have a triad background and was born with a violent and aggressive nature. His surname was Ma, but he gave himself the nickname "Ma Yongzhen"—which sounded rather comical. Chen Xiao knew that the real Ma Yongzhen in history was ultimately hacked to death.
As for kung fu... to be honest, Chen Xiao had been to that martial arts club and witnessed the kung fu of this "martial arts master"—he could only strike a few poses at most, and it was said that he had never seriously studied authentic martial arts, but had only learned some haphazard techniques from a few thugs in his family's underworld gang.
However, these ordinary students were naturally no match for him, so when this martial arts master challenged him, no one dared to accept the challenge for a while.
Jin Buhuan, the leader of the karate club, was also a player. His skills were mediocre, and he knew how ruthless his opponent was, so he naturally dared not accept the challenge. For a moment, the situation became somewhat tense, and his momentum weakened.
"Hmph!" Ma Yongzhen seemed quite smug: "What's wrong? Not a single one dares to step forward? In that case, you'd better write a big "I submit" to me! Starting today, remove your club's sign and give up this venue! If any of your students are willing to transfer, our martial arts club will accept them all!"
After saying that, he looked around smugly, his eyes sweeping over the many young female members of the other group.
Although he had long disliked the karate club and harbored resentment towards it, he knew that Xu Ershao, the second young master of the karate club, was not someone to be trifled with. Xu Ershao's family was wealthier than his own, and he had an older brother who was a prominent figure in the underworld. Whether in the underworld or the legitimate world, he was a powerful figure who could do whatever he wanted at Kidd Academy, and he would never dare to provoke him.
However, news came this morning that Young Master Xu had actually completed the procedures to leave the karate club! This news immediately excited him! Without Young Master Xu in charge, the remaining leader, Jin Buhuan... humph, he wasn't afraid of him anymore!
Jin Buhuan looked a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and frowned, saying, "Young Master Ma, our club is just something we formed for our own amateur hobbies. You don't have to be so serious about it, do you? It's not a formal martial arts school. We're all students, not martial arts practitioners. You don't have to put on this show, do you?"
"Enough with the nonsense!" Young Master Ma glared at him. "If you're scared, just admit defeat!"
“Then let’s just admit defeat.” Jin Buhuan was known for his good temper and wasn’t annoyed. “I’ll say it again, we’re just here to have fun as a club. We don’t want to fight anyone. Just assume our karate club can’t beat you. It’s no big deal—we’re not from the martial arts world.”
Young Master Ma was speechless for a moment, then thought for a while and said, "Then... you should give up the venue!"
Jin Buhuan chuckled. Although he was good-tempered, he wasn't stupid. He pursed his lips and said, "We signed a lease agreement with the college's board of directors for the venue. It costs 600,000 a year, and we don't plan to transfer it for the time being."
"You!" Young Master Ma roared, "You lost the duel, do you think you can just let it go like this?"
Jin Buhuan finally lost his patience: "What are you talking about! Who wants to fight with you? It's your business if you like to fight, I'll say it again, are you deaf? We are students, unlike you. We are not martial arts practitioners or gangsters! We paid to rent the school's facilities to have fun, what's it to you?"
While Jin Buhuan's argument was somewhat shameless, there was nothing wrong with it, leaving Young Master Ma somewhat at a loss—this was quite different from what he had envisioned! According to his plan, he would come to challenge the gang, knock down their leader with a few punches and kicks, attract the admiring glances of many girls, enjoy the limelight, and then smoothly merge the gang…
"Then... then you admit that karate is inferior to martial arts?" Young Master Ma thought for a moment.
“Of course I admit it,” Jin Buhuan said, somewhat curiously. “Why wouldn’t I admit it?”
"Then why do you practice karate!" Young Master Ma seemed to have finally found the other party's weakness.
"Are you out of your mind?" Jin Buhuan looked at the other party coldly: "What does the two have to do with each other? We're just having an event to pass the time. What does it have to do with who's stronger in martial arts or karate? Even if we're playing tag here after closing the doors, it's none of your business, is it?"
"Instead of practicing the dignified Chinese martial arts, you're practicing this Japanese stuff! Humph! That's just being a foreign worshipper!" Young Master Ma spat fiercely, raising his chin.
"You're sick." Jin Buhuan looked at the other person with pity. "Let's put it this way, karate is just a hobby to us. We don't consider it anything particularly sacred. What we do in our spare time is none of your business."
"Are you... are you going to fight or not? If you admit defeat, you have to give up the arena!" Young Master Ma became somewhat arrogant and shouted, "Everyone, your club leaders have all admitted defeat! It's clear that karate is far inferior to martial arts! You're just wasting your time here. If you're interested, you can join our martial arts club! If you join now, boys get six months' membership fee waived, and girls get a year's fee waived!"
Unfortunately, no matter how long he shouted, everyone around him looked at him with a "you're crazy" expression.
Chen Xiao couldn't stand it any longer and slowly walked over to Jin Buhuan's side. Jin Buhuan's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Xiao! He knew that Chen Xiao was quite skilled, so he tugged at him and whispered, "Why didn't you come over when you were here! If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have had to admit defeat. This guy definitely can't beat you."
Chen Xiao curled his lip: "What's the point of fighting such a boring fight?"
He stepped forward, looked at the loudly shouting Young Master Ma, and said politely, "Excuse me, may I ask a question?"
Young Master Ma glanced at Chen Xiao, his eyes filled with disdain: "It's you? Hmph, so you're the Cycling Prince."
Chen Xiao touched his nose; he really disliked this nickname. "Well, I have a question to ask you."
"Speak up. I've heard you're quite skilled. Do you want to spar with me?" Young Master Ma was eager to try.
Chen Xiao smiled innocently and said, "Sorry, I'm a student. Fighting and killing aren't for me."
He paused for a moment, then slowly smiled and said, "According to what you said, if we practice karate instead of martial arts, then we are just worshipping foreign things... So, if we get together to play cards, are you going to bring a mahjong set and challenge us to give up playing cards and switch to mahjong?"
"..." Young Master Ma was stunned and speechless.
The club members behind him immediately burst into laughter in unison. Many young girls followed Chen Xiao's words, pointing and whispering at Young Master Ma. For a moment, the air was filled with the clear, mocking sounds of their voices.
Young Master Ma's face was flushed red, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He glared at Chen Xiao and said, "Kid! What good is a sharp tongue! Let's see who's the real deal!"
Chen Xiao took a half step back and waved his hand lazily: "I said I'm not interested in fighting. Besides, does being good at fighting make you powerful? Hey, we're students, not thugs."
"You! You look down on martial arts!" Young Master Ma tried to frame Chen Xiao with a serious crime by being unreasonable.
Chen Xiao wasn't annoyed. He rolled his eyes and smiled, "Excuse me, can you represent 'martial arts' all by yourself?"
Young Master Ma was so angry he almost spat blood, but Chen Xiao smiled good-naturedly: "Alright, alright, Young Master Ma, I'll just admit I can't beat you. You're the best in martial arts and the strongest fighter in our Kidd Academy, is that alright? You can spread the word that you're invincible in Kidd Academy, and we definitely won't argue with that, okay?"
The girls around him all laughed.
Exactly! Who cares about that! Right now, in Kidd, students might compare who's rich, who drives the most expensive car, who owns a limited edition fur, whose girlfriend (or boyfriend) is the prettiest... Fighting skills? So what!
Young Master Ma was speechless, choked by Chen Xiao's words—it seemed like he had won? But he hadn't achieved his goal!
Just then, the doors to the clubhouse suddenly opened, and a slender and pretty figure slowly walked in. Her beautiful hair was tied in a playful side ponytail, and she wore casual sportswear and flat running shoes. As she walked in, she asked in a soft voice:
"Excuse me, I've disturbed you. May I ask who you were referring to as the most skilled fighter at Kidd Academy?"