"What should we do?"
"What do you mean, 'what should we do'? They're trying to push us around on our own turf. Are you going to turn tail and run?" Li Zi-Yang shot back when he heard that question.
"We're the Green Dragon Force. We fear no one. We're not going to run. Mr Chu, let's fight!” said Tai Shan as he waved his fists fiercely in the air.
Ma Ming-Bo, Ye Yu-Yan and the remaining members of the Green Dragon Force stepped forward and told Ye Fan that they were ready for a fight.
Ye Fan had built this team from nothing.
Ye Fan was the reason why they possessed such strength and power.
Their instructor was in trouble now. Of course, they were going to fight for him.
"Are you out of your mind? You really think you're a god because you've got a bit of muscle on you, don't you? Do you know what you're saying? That's the mayor of Yunzhou and the head of the Jiangdong province standing before you. They are the representatives of our country and state. Confronting them head on is only going to get Mr Chu killed. You'll be making Mr Chu an enemy of the state."
"You might be able to fight your way out of this today, but what next? All of you will be made criminals of the state and hunted down by the government. There will be no place for you in our country!"
Li Er nearly wet his pants when he heard what the members of the Green Dragon Force just said.
In a fit of terror and anger, he yelled at Li Zi-Yang for his foolish words.
Chen Ao and the others nodded. They agreed with Li Er.
They didn't think that having a direct confrontation with Wu Wei-Tao and the police was a good idea.
This wasn't the same as fighting the army of three thousand soldiers earlier.
Xur Jun-Lin had deployed those men without the army's approval so that he could settle a score with Ye Fan. Ye Fan had then revealed that he was a general and forced the army to kneel to him. He hadn't done anything wrong.
This wasn't the same as He Lan-San issuing a warrant to arrest Ye Fan.
If Ye Fan tried to resist the arrest, he would be challenging the authority of the country's institutions.
The consequences would be unimaginable!
Li Zi-Yang and the others appeared unfazed though.
"We don't care if we incur the wrath of the state or that we are made the enemy of the state! They're the ones who tried to harm Instructor Chu first. They're the ones who came barging into his home and causing him trouble. They should have known that they would incur Instructor
Chu's wrath."
"Instructor Chu has been nothing but loyal to our country. He spent so much time building a special force for China, creating a new martial arts technique and concocting a medical bathwater in order to build a powerful military unit that will do immense good for our country. His contributions to the country make him a national hero! Look at what they are trying to do to a national hero!" hollered Li Zi-Yang fiercely as his eyes grew red with anger and aggrievement.
"That's right! Instructor Chu didn't do anything that would harm our country. It's our country that has wronged Instructor Chu. He wouldn't be in the wrong even if he were to massacre these people today. They're the ones who wronged him first. Mr Chu can't be blamed for returning the favor."
'Tm not afraid of being hunted down by the state. We'll follow Instructor Chu anywhere he goes, even if he has to leave this country. He's a great man. Every country would welcome him with open
arms. The world is a big place. We'll find a place where we belong," retorted Ma Ming-Bo fiercely.
These were young, hotblooded soldiers who had just witnessed the man whom they had respected suffer the abuse of the government. They weren't going to take that lying down.
They knew how much effort Mr Chu had poured into training them.
Yet, the army and the government were reciprocating his labors by cornering him and trying to kill him.
Ma Ming-Bo and his teammates were infuriated by the sheer injustice of it all!
They urged Ye Fan to duke it out with his enemies and release the anger and frustration that he must feel from being wronged.
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