Chapter 171: I Knew You From Long Ago
Not long after, the call was picked up.
A man with short brown hair and a square face who looked dignified without being angry appeared on the virtual screen. He looked to be middle-aged and was at least 20 to 30 years younger than Xio.
When he saw this face, Chu Nan could not help but stand up.
“Greetings, Lord… Marshal!”
This person was one of the eleven remaining Star-Grade Martial Artists of the Earth Federation, one of the three giants of the federation, the supre commander-in-chief of the Federation Army, Marshal Chekov!
Xio looked at the slightly nervous Chu Nan in amusent and laughed. He raised his hand and waved at Marshal Chekov on the virtual screen.
“Ha, Chekov, I haven’t seen you in a long ti. You seem to be doing well.”
Beside him, Trina leaned over and revealed a sweet smile.
“Hello, Grandpa Chekov. I’m Trina. Do you still rember ?”
On the virtual screen, Marshal Chekov nodded first. His expression did not change, but he sneered, “I’m doing pretty well, but you don’t look good. I heard you’ve been drinking too much recently and are about to die?”
After saying that, he turned to look at Trina, and the expression on his face instantly turned into a warm smile.
“Heh, Trina, of course I rember you. The last ti I saw you, you were only a kid who had just learned to walk. When you co to Earth to play, let see you again.”
“Alright, Grandpa Chekov, it’s settled then.”
“Yes.”
Marshal Chekov smiled and agreed. Then, he nodded at Chu Nan and turned to the only person standing.
“You’re Chu Nan, right? I know you.”
Chu Nan was stunned.
“You… you know ?”
Then, he reacted.
“Oh, did Old Master Xio ntion to you?”
“Old Master?” Marshal Chekov glanced at Xio and chuckled. Then, he looked at Chu Nan again and shook his head seriously, “No, I already knew about you before Xio ntioned you to .”
“Because of the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition?”
“No, earlier than that.”
“Even earlier?”
Chu Nan was puzzled.
He had only been slightly famous in the federation because of the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition. Previously, he had always been an unknown ordinary martial artist. He was inconspicuous in a crowd.
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On the other hand, Marshal Chekov was the top figure in the federation. How did he know him?
“To be precise, it was not long ago. It was only a few days earlier.” Seeing the confusion on Chu Nan’s face, Marshal Chekov explained, “Three days before the official start of the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition, I had a conversation with Mu Yutong. He ntioned you in that conversation.”
Chu Nan was even more surprised.
The conversation between the two top figures of the federation, Mu Yutong and Marshal Chekov, was so important that Mu Yutong actually specially ntioned him. It could be seen how deep the impression Chu Nan had left on him was. It was no wonder that he specially sent his eldest disciple to make that promise to him.
However, when he thought of the future developnt, Chu Nan could only smile bitterly in his heart.
Perhaps he felt that he would be limited by the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the end and would be unable to beco a powerful martial artist in the future, so he did not have much value in the eyes of a Star-Grade Martial Artist like Mu Yutong, which was why he was not given more opportunities.
When he thought of this, Chu Nan’s mood imdiately cald down when he looked at Marshal Chekov.
In the end, in the eyes of these top figures, he was only a negligible nobody.
It was obvious that Marshal Chekov was willing to speak to him because of Old Master Xio.
As for whether he was willing to spend the effort to help him…
If he was willing, that was naturally good. If not, there was no need to ask for too much.
He smiled at Marshal Chekov and asked, “I wonder how Supremacy Mu Yutong ntioned ?”
Chu Nan’s psychological change only lasted for a mont. His expression only flickered twice.
However, after saying that, Marshal Chekov kept staring at Chu Nan’s face seriously and took in the change in his expression.
At this mont, when he heard him ask about Mu Yutong’s evaluation of him, Marshal Chekov narrowed his eyes slightly and his expression beca a little strange.
“At that ti, he sighed to . If he had t you ten years earlier, he would have been confident in nurturing the next Star-Grade Martial Artist for the federation.”
“But it’s obvious that I’m already ten years late, right?” Chu Nan shrugged.
Hearing this, Trina suddenly raised her head to look at Chu Nan. There was actually a lancholy on her clearly childish face that could not be understood at her age.
She suddenly turned around and said to Marshal Chekov, “Grandpa Chekov, you must help Brother Chu Nan! Okay?”
Marshal Chekov and Chu Nan looked at Trina in surprise.
The Marshal was only ordinary surprised, but Chu Nan could not understand at all.
This was clearly the first ti he had seen Trina, and it was even the first ti he had heard this na. Why did Xio say that Trina was also looking forward to his arrival and had specially spoken to him just now? Now, she was even pleading for him in front of everyone?
Could she be his fan like the Anduin who had co to West Cloud City’s hospital to visit him?
Imdiately after, he still felt a trace of anxiety.
The reason why he ca here today was to contact Marshal Chekov in advance and obtain his help.
Although Chu Nan had already made up his mind and felt that it was normal for Marshal Chekov to not help him, he still hoped to obtain special guidance from this top figure.
“I’ll definitely help those who are worth it.” Marshal Chekov did not directly answer Trina. Instead, he turned to look at Chu Nan and asked with a serious expression, “Chu Nan, do you want to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate?”
Chu Nan nodded without hesitation. “Of course!”
“Then, do you think Mu Yutong and Norman made the correct judgnt of you?”
“This…” Chu Nan pondered for a mont and shook his head before nodding, “I’m very unwilling to believe the judgnt of these two Star-Grade Martial Artists. However, I know very well that what they say is definitely very correct.”
“Then do you still want to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate?” Marshal Chekov asked again.
“Of course! Why not?” Chu Nan looked straight into Marshal Chekov’s eyes and replied with abnormal certainty, “Even if the two Star-Grade Martial Artists think it’s impossible for to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate, I’ll still give it a try. Moreover, they only said that it’s almost impossible, which ans that I still have a chance to break through. In that case, why should I give up?”
“Very good.” Marshal Chekov nodded. “If you give up on yourself, no one can help you. However, since you haven’t given up… you can co see when you co to Earth.”
With that said, he turned around and nodded at Xio and the other two before closing the communication.
Chu Nan blankly looked at the darkened virtual screen for a while before lightly patting Trina’s shoulder in confusion.
“Trina, co, pinch and see if I’m dreaming?”
Trina looked up at Chu Nan and pursed her lips to reveal a sinister smile. Then, she stretched out her hand and pinched his arm.
“Ouch!”
The person who cried out in pain was not Chu Nan, but Trina who pinched him.
This was because Chu Nan’s body had already tempered to an extrely tough level. Ordinary cold weapons could not cause any damage, let alone a girl like Trina.
With this force, she was shocked into pain by the recoil from Chu Nan’s muscles.
Seeing Trina frown and blow at her small hand with all her might, and then looking at Chu Nan’s flustered apology, Madonna could not help but chuckle softly. However, Xio laughed without any reservations.
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