Chapter 426

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While Chen Hero and Cabella were hurrying back to Liverpool, the media also discovered the situation: a flight from Beijing to Liverpool was forced to land at Frankfurt Airport in Germany due to volcanic ash.

This news was not a secret. And Chen Hero happened to be on that flight.

So everyone could clearly know that Chen Hero was stuck in Frankfurt, fifteen hundred kilometers away from Liverpool…

At this time, all flights were grounded and ground traffic was congested. How could Chen Hero make it back?

It seemed that Liverpool could only face fifth-placed Newcastle in this game without Chen Hero.

But at the pre-match press conference on the second, Martin O’Neill confidently stated that he would not exclude Chen Hero from the squad because “Hero called me and told me that he would definitely participate in the game against Newcastle. Out of trust in him, I will write his name on the squad list.”

A group of reporters looked at each other in dismay. The entire European continent was in traffic jams, and train tickets were sold out. How could Chen Hero travel from Frankfurt, thousands of kilometers away, to Liverpool to participate in the game?

Could it be that he was really Superman, wearing his underwear on the outside, and flying with a stomp of his foot?

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“Hero is still on the road, but we don’t know exactly where he is…”

“It is said that a German car rental company revealed to the media that they had provided car rental services to Chen Hero… It seems that Chen Hero really intends to drive back, but… what if he gets stuck on the road?”

Some media even planned a route back to Liverpool for Chen Hero, but they did not recommend taking the highway, because most cars would take the highway, which would make the highway seriously congested. It would be better to take some small roads where there were fewer cars. Although the route looked more circuitous and the distance was longer, the speed was guaranteed.

Unfortunately, their suggestions were not heard by Chen Hero. If he had heard them, maybe Chen Hero would not have been stuck on the highway for hours…

The media reported on Chen Hero driving back to Liverpool to participate in the game, and everyone knew about it.

Liverpool fans were very concerned. They were afraid that their idol would not be able to make it to the game in time. They knew that Newcastle was not an easy opponent to deal with.

Some Newcastle fans even offered to help Chen Hero—but unfortunately, they didn’t even know where Chen Hero was at the moment, so how could they help?

Newcastle fans were very happy because if Chen Hero couldn’t make it in time, their pressure would be much less facing a Liverpool team without Chen Hero in this game. Maybe they could even take three points away from home?

Newcastle coach Pardew was not as optimistic as the fans in the interview: “Liverpool without Hero is still Liverpool. I don’t think we can beat our opponents away from home without Hero. This game has nothing to do with Hero…”

In fact, he really hoped that Chen Hero would not be able to make it to the game. In this way, Liverpool would waste a spot on the squad list and lose their most threatening player, and the team’s morale would definitely be hit.

Most importantly, he didn’t have to rack his brains to figure out how to deal with Chen Hero. He would rather deal with Suarez plus Gerrard plus Sanchez and Adam Johnson than deal with one Chen Hero. That kid really deserved to be a “Bug,” making every coach suffer.

If Chen Hero couldn’t participate in the game, he would save a lot of trouble, and his team would save even more.

So the thing he was most looking forward to now was a big traffic jam all the way from Frankfurt to Liverpool. He couldn’t wait for more and more people to travel.

This period happened to be the Christmas and New Year holidays, and there were so many people going out to play. The eruption of the Icelandic volcano ruined everything, and everyone switched to ground transportation.

Heaven really helped me!

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Chen Hero’s driving skills were much better than before. At least he had a smooth ride along the way and didn’t encounter any problems or troubles.

In addition, in order to avoid distraction, he turned on the radio while driving to learn about the road conditions along the way.

So when he woke up Cabella and handed the car over to her, they were not far from France.

Because they had to take the train through the English Channel in Calais, and taking the train was not as free as driving, because it involved ticket purchases and train schedule issues. It wasn’t like you could drive the car there and immediately be arranged on the train, and then the train would start immediately and depart. If the tickets they bought were not at a suitable time, then even if they went to Calais early, they could only wait. There were a lot of people taking the train now, and tickets were already in short supply.

Even if passenger trains and car transport trains were not the same type of ticket, there were still a lot of people.

But Chen Hero had a solution.

He asked Cabella to park the car on the side of the road, excused himself to go to the toilet, and then while relieving himself, he called Dracula: “Help me buy train tickets from Calais to Folkestone, the sooner the better. We’re driving all night to get there before dawn!”

He didn’t care about objective reasons such as there being a lot of people now and tickets being tight. Since Dracula could forge a Yesenin identity, he should be able to handle things like train tickets. Anyway, he had to contribute. If he couldn’t take me directly back to Liverpool, then he should get me the train tickets!

Sure enough, Dracula didn’t show any doubt or difficulty. He just asked about the specific situation, agreed, and hung up the phone.

Chen Hero walked back to the car, where Cabella was waiting for him.

“Let’s go, Cabella. It’s going to be a bit hard tonight. We have to get to Calais before dawn!”

Cabella didn’t show any difficulty. She just smiled and said, “Then you have to fasten your seat belt!”

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That night, Cabella drove at lightning speed, and she didn’t always take the highway. She also turned on the radio to listen to road condition information at any time. If the radio said there was congestion ahead, she would immediately find an exit and take the small roads.

The car traveled between Belgian towns and villages, but it was a pity that it was night and it was winter, so there was nothing to see.

Otherwise, it might have been a good trip.

In order to conserve his energy, and also because he really felt tired, Chen Hero reclined the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was not yet dawn, but he had already seen a road sign flashing past the window—“Calais, ten kilometers.”

“Almost there?!” he asked in surprise.

“Yes, but we’re not going into the city. We’re going directly to the town of Coquelles where the station is located.”

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Outside the train station, Chen Hero met his agent, Dracula.

Dracula was waiting there specifically to deliver the tickets to them.

“The earliest train is gone. I bought you tickets for 8:50 a.m.” Dracula gave them the tickets.

Chen Hero didn’t thank him, because he knew Dracula’s abilities. He just asked, “Do you want to go back with us?”

Dracula smiled, a very ambiguous smile.

“I won’t be a third wheel.”

After finishing his instructions, Dracula said goodbye.

The next thing was simple: wait until the time came, drive the car onto the special trailer car of the train, and then depart.

One thing about taking the train that was better than driving was that you didn’t have to worry about traffic jams, as long as the scheduling didn’t go wrong.

The Channel Tunnel was built in 1986 and completed in 1994 to connect mainland Europe and the United Kingdom. It was an important passage. It was fifty kilometers long, with an underwater length of thirty-eight kilometers. It only took thirty-five minutes to travel from France to England, which could greatly shorten the time.

As long as they got to England, Chen Hero could breathe a sigh of relief.

After driving the car onto the train, Chen Hero turned to Cabella and smiled: “We’re sure to win the race against time! Thank you, Christine.”

“Do we still need to thank each other?” Cabella smiled.

“Ha! That’s right!” Chen Hero smiled and leaned over to give Cabella a kiss.

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The first thing Martin O’Neill did after getting up was to call Chen Hero: “Where are you, Hero?”

“I’m on the train to England, boss. Don’t worry! I’ll definitely make it before the game!”

When he heard that he was on the train from France to England, Martin O’Neill’s heart immediately settled down.

As long as Chen Hero could arrive in England, then the problem would be solved. Even if it was several hundred kilometers from Folkestone to Liverpool, it was still in one country. Could they not arrive if they drove from nine in the morning to one in the afternoon?

At this time, the traffic conditions in England were actually okay. Because most people had gone abroad for vacation during the Christmas holidays, and now they were trapped abroad and couldn’t return, there weren’t many people in the country.

“Okay, if all goes well, come directly to the hotel and meet up with the team.”

Martin O’Neill heard that Chen Hero was already on the train, and he felt much more relaxed. The matter that had been bothering him for two days was finally about to be resolved.

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Martin O’Neill’s guess was correct.

When Chen Hero and Cabella arrived in Folkestone and got off the train, they found that there were not many cars on the road.

Although it wasn’t like they could speed to over 150, compared to the snail-like speed before, the car could be driven too comfortably in England.

If they drove at this speed, Chen Hero could even go to the hotel to take a shower first, and then take the bus to the stadium with his teammates.

Chen Hero was in a good mood.

He even had the mood to joke with Cabella.

But his good mood didn’t last long.

What was that saying?

“If something can go wrong, it will.”

Yes, when Chen Hero and Cabella were driving twenty kilometers north of Milton Keynes, their car broke down…

Cabella, who had opened the hood and inspected it for a long time, shook her head helplessly at Chen Hero, who was standing next to her: “I can’t fix it with my ability.”

“Damn it to hell!” Chen Hero kicked the tire of the car.

Seeing that victory was right in front of him, he failed at the last moment! It was simply too heartbreaking!