Chapter 334: Drink to Win (1/2)

Moby coolly strolled up to the table, ignoring all the stares around him. And, with a smile on his face, he slammed his hands on the table and looked up at his smug opponent.

”Are you ready…”

”Hell yeah I am!” She smiled back in his direction. ”Fair warning though… I'll have you know that I've never once lost to anyone in a drinking competition… I can do this forever, you'll never win…”

”Cool story, but actions speak louder than words, let's just get this started,” He casually responded, only making his opponent seem more confident as she motioned the referee to start.

”The match between the challenger and the defending champion is about to begin! Please place your bets and I will record them down!”

”I'll bet 1200 on myself…” The woman smirked as she began a chain of similar bets.

”I'll bet 100 points on the champion!”

”50 on the champion!”

”275 on the champion!”

”85 on the champion!”

”350 on the champion!”

People were dumping their entire stash on the champion for what seemed like an easy victory, and the referee was casting all of the bets.

That was when a single voice went against the grain, raising their hands.

”We will bet 655 points on the challenger!”

The crowd was more than shocked and had the urge to ridicule them.

”Are those your friends?” The champion asked.

”Maybe,” Moby responded with a smirk, only for the champion to slightly chuckle, not out of disrespect but out of confidence.

In the end, the bets were in and the odds were clear. 2750 points went towards the champion and a mere 755 went towards the challenger. It seemed like one other person was feeling daring with their money and decided to take the huge risk of bidding on the underdog.

”Okay! The bets are in! Are both contestants ready!?” He slammed a massive bottle of beer on the table and poured two heavy cups.

”YES SIR!” They both spoke in unison.

”Okay… …. … … GO!”

And just like that, they went head to head and began drinking, one at a time going blow for blow as they kept up with each other's speed.

The girl was a monster, going through every cup like it was nothing while Moby was no slouch himself. But, after the 10th cup, Moby began to show major signs of dizziness and disorientation while the girl seemed completely normal, smirking brightly as she listened to the crowd laugh and cheer.

”Fuck… It's over, isn't it? I'm so stupid, why did I even agree to this… I should have stopped this before it was too late… There goes all my points…” Regrit looked down and away with the urge to curl up in a ball of depression and defeat, he looked like a soulless hollow from the outside, like all the life was sucked right out of him.

”Don't be down fox! He's gonna win! I just know he will!” Hikari tightly held her fists together and continued watching with wide eyes and sweaty palms.

They were both going at the same speed, trading blow for blow even though Moby seemed far more disoriented.

But, that was until the 25th cup and the girl began to show slight signs of cracking while Moby only seemed slightly worse than before.

Both were now completely silent, chugging down cups as fast as before staring daggers into each other's eyes with confident smiles on their faces.

The crowd began to get nervous, most people passed out by the 25th cup against that woman but that man seemed to be barely hanging on. And this trend continued along with their worries… The man was barely even able to stand by the 30th cup and by the 40th, he had to hang on to the table for dear life just so he didn't fall. He even struggled to pick up the cup. While the girl on the other hand was fairing much better.

That was until the 50th cup where the man's eyes were like slits and his face was red about to explode. It was like he was going to tumble any second now.

The crowd began to cheer in victory when they witnessed him begin slowly slipping off the table.

”Is it over yet… Please tell me it's over, I can't take this anymore…” Regrit couldn't stand to look anymore as he looked away from seeing all of his points going down the drain along with Moby.

However, the girl to his side did no such thing, no, she could not allow herself to look away for even an instant, not once did she lose hope, even now.

But, that was when a miracle happened…

”WHAAATTTT!?”

”W-w-wai wha? What happened? Is it over yet?” Regrit spoke, his heart almost leaping out of his chest.

”YES! HE WON! FOX LOOK!! HE WON!!” Hikari cheered and jumped around in celebration.

”Wait what?” Regrit could not believe his ears, it almost felt like Hikari was playing a sick prank on him. But… When he opened his eyes, it was safe to say that it was no prank at all.