There was still a week left before the finals of the Martial Tournament, which would be held in Morhen. Naturally, Frank was not nervous at all and even fell back to his old return of punctual training and rest.

He had also won public favor among Riverton martial artists after proposing that they be afforded one qualification berth.

His old friends Robert Quill and Gerald Simmons, who were the Riverton commissioner and the Riverton mayor respectively, even paid him a personal visit.

They were both righteously indignant that the Riverton Martial Alliance branch manager had been caught cheating but also grateful that Frank afforded their representatives some dignity.

Still, neither of them were aware of a dispute when he tried to ask them indirectly about the Zamri mayor and the Zamri commissioner-it was the first they had heard of it.

After seeing his guests off, Frank did not even have time to gather his thoughts when he got a call from Helen Lane.

"Frank... Hurry! I-I got into an accident! I ran into somebody!"

"What?!"

by Helen's distressed

did not behave all high-and-mighty, as she would drive herself to work instead of

an accident too-she was always about safety first and would never

did she run her car

over the phone and promptly picked up his jacket as he

soon at the scene of the accident-a blind turn, though all he saw

and her

to him and grabbing his arm, she turned to tell the

Frank was left

"Apologies, sir."

not recognize Frank or Helen,

businesslike tone, one of them explained, "Your lover is suspected of driving under the influence. We therefore require you to

"Wait, drunk driving?"

turned toward Helen in shock, and she shook her head repeatedly. "I

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