While Charlie was treating Quinn, Nanako had just watched her mentor, Kazuki, fall asleep with her own eyes. She turned wearily to Hiroshi and said, "Tanaka-san, please stay here and take care of my master for m e. I must get some rest. Otherwise, it's unlikely that I will make it to the semifinals, let alone defeat Aurora.”
For Nanako, although Kazuki strongly advised her to g o and worship Charlie as her master, she was not prepared to do so. 9
In her opinion, her mentor was injured to this extent b y Charlie with a single palm strike. No matter who was right or wrong in this matter, she couldn't abandon her mentor at this moment and go to worship Charlie as her master.
Moreover, deep down inside, she felt that Charlie would most likely not take her as his disciple, mainly because Charlie was wealthy, and he strongly
despised the Japanese. She didn’t know what kind of leverage she had to impress him. 7
Therefore, she had decided to fight this match to the best of her ability, and then, she would return to Japan with her mentor.
Because of this, she couldn't continue to take care of Kazuki right now. She had to return to the hotel, make sure she had relatively enough rest, and she also had t o seize the last chance to practice hard. 5
When Jiro heard that Nanako was going back to the hotel, he hurriedly said in a coquettish tone, "Oh, Miss Ito, it just so happens that I'm going back to the hotel a s well, let’s go together."
Nanako shook her head. "No thanks, Kobayashi-san.
I'll just take a taxi back by myself."
"For example, acupuncture and fire cupping are loved by athletes all over the world, especially fire cupping which can relax the muscles and relieve pain. Even Phelps, the famous American swimmer, did fire cupping at the Rio Olympics."
Jiro said, "Nanako-san, all of these things that you said are just some very common applications of Chinese medicine. In truth, as far as I know, traditional Chinese medicine is very miraculous. Not long ago, there was a renowned Chinese doctor in Aurous Hill who cured a paraplegic patient, who was a victim of a car accident, and made him as good as new in a short time! However, according to the info I obtained, the patient suffered a damaged spinal nerve in a car accident, and there are only some minor differences with Kazuki-san's injury." 6
Nanako blurted, "Is there really such a marvelous person in the world? Then please, Kobayashi-san, please tell me who is this divine doctor who has such a miraculous skill!”
Jiro smiled pleasantly. "Geez, Nanako-san, it's quite a long story. Why don't I drive us back to the hotel, and we'll talk on the way?" 6
Nanako knew that Jiro was willing to tell her this valuable information simply because he wanted her to take his car back to the hotel, so she nodded, succumbing to his scheme. "Okay, then. Thanks for the ride, Kobayashi-san!"
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