Chapter 63 Contest Start Party 5 (2/2)
”You've always been too damn careful old man. If I start to make this thing look fixed, all I'm going to do is piss off the other guests. And that's not something we can afford to do. Make sure he is ready. I pay you all more than enough to at least do these little jobs right.” Tommy didn't say anymore as he stormed away, leaving the old man to bitterly shake his head and mumble to himself,
”It's your parents who pay me you little shit. Bah, I'm getting too old for this.”
The old man just smiled slightly and continued to do his job and observe. He didn't really think it would be any trouble for their former MMA fighter to kill a little boy so he didn't bother to take precautions.
As Tommy arrived back into the main room, he stood up on a raised stage that just to happened too be sitting in the middle of the room.
”Alright Ladies and Gentlemen. Hopefully everyone is having a good time? Remember you each have a room assigned if you need to sleep here for the night so feel free to get fucked up. Now it's time for the main excitement of the night. The betting table is over there where those several ladies will be more than happy to fulfill your gambling needs. The house has enough money to cover bets up to one million. Sorry it couldn't be more but my parents were being cheap this week,” Tommy said with a grin which earned him some laughter from the crowd.
”Now then, I hope everyone enjoys the special high quality snacks provided to us by this very special lady,” Tommy then gestured towards Kennedy before continuing.
”She will be available to anyone who needs something in the future so feel free to snag a business card before you leave tonight. Also, she has agreed for her guard to be one of the first ones to come up for the starting spar.Let's give her champion, Blood Skull, a round of applause. Tommy then started clapping a bit too enthusiastically which was followed by everyone else.
Luckily the noise was a bit loud as people were getting messed up in more ways than one so no one heard Kennedy say,
”Fuck, he's set us up.”
Laz just smiled and didn't say anything but he began to walk forward towards the stage. As he passed by Kennedy thought, he stopped and leaning in, whispered in her ear while handing her his money.
”Bet it all on me and we will be rich.”
”You sure about this? This will be a lot of money to lose.”
”Yeah, but I won't lose,” Laz said with a grin. And with that, he made his way up on stage while Kennedy hurried over to the better table where there were already lines forming.
The stage was propped up so that the guests could see better while a large projection screen was lowed, allowing for a more top down look.
As Laz walked up the steps, he was able to hear some people clapping for him still while others have already stopped.Obviously he wasn't the one slated to win this opening match so although some people had already bet on him while going for a long shot, most had bet on his opponent.
Of course he only now saw his opponent for the first time while getting onto the stage. He was a tall guy, over six feet and covered in muscle. He didn't look too bright but then again, when the objective is just to hit things as hard as you can, you don't need a lot of smarts.
Kennedy had also made her way over to the betting table and found out that Laz was running 10:1 odds. Which meant that any bet on him would get ten times the payout. She now understood why some people would take those chances even if it seemed like he no chance to win.
As he went to the center of the stage to face off against the big muscle head, a ring announcer took over for Tommy. Lifting his voice to make sure it carried all the way through the room, he bellowed loudly:
”Let the first match of the Sex, Drugs and Violence party, begin!”