Chapter 345 - Favor (1/2)

Ilya was just wearing shorts and his muscled body was on display. He started warming up but when he started to sweat a bit, I approached him.

”How about that bet earlier? Want to receive a few kicks from Kaley?” I said, grinning.

”Oh, right. I forgot about those. Still injured?” Ilya asked.

”I'm around 70% now.” I lied.

”Really? Shit, okay. Let's see her kicks then but let's not do that bet. I'll just fight you when you're ready.” Ilya replied.

”What? Don't be too generous. How about this, if you survive a 100 kicks, I'll leave half of the winnings from the games to you. Sounds good?” I said.

”What?! You're f.u.c.k.i.n.g serious… wait- what's the kick though? I'm not gonna get kicked in the balls, right? I'd die from just one.” Ilya said.

”What are you talking about? We're not Shaolin Monks, I'd die from a flick. Try to receive a few first but guard or try to counter after it gets monotonous.” I replied.

”Sure, where's Kaley?” Ilya agreed.

We saw Kaley grinning like a mad dog just listening in our conversation. She was slowly producing an aura of her own and Ilya almost shuddered just from looking at her expression.

Twenty-Seven kicks later…

Ilya was down on the ground convulsing with a horrifying footmark on his abdomen and a few partial bruises on his arms. Kaley was silently mulling over what she produced but she already left Ilya and practicing on the punching bags. I had to drag him to the side and I gave him a dose of painkillers.

”So, wanna spar now?” I said cheekily.

Ilya choked and now he was in the same state as Tatiana on the side. Tatiana was doing fine now but she decided to not overexert herself. I was surprised by Cynthia because she was the one who drank a lot but she could move just fine.

”Maybe the amount Tatiana ate earlier added to why she can't move.” I thought to myself.

We continued our workout and when we finished, we saw Mr. Cuervo with a couple of people carrying what seemed to be the PCs of his two kids.

”Hermano! Awake this early and training eh? Magnifico, I'll wait for you to finish down in my room so you could place those mods in these PCs, okay?” Mr. Cuervo was smiling.

”We just finished, let's all come down then?” I replied.

”Ah, I see. Wonderful. By the way, I've already told my people to load all your winnings on your trucks but I've ordered them to attach a trailer to the Tacoma because some of them were too big. Don't worry about anything, they'll be all there.” Mr. Cuervo said.

”You attached a trailer? Are our winnings really that great?” I asked.

”Hah! Hermano, you just bet everything you have on yourself and you won with the greatest odds possible. No one would be attending my games if it wasn't lucrative at all.” he replied.

”Won't you lose resources like that?” I asked.

”Lose? Hah! This place is like Vegas. Just the amount we get from the percentages on the bets is enough to keep us afloat. All this time, we've just been gaining and gaining from the people coming to us.” he replied.

”For how long though? I guess I'll just get what I could while it still pays out that much. I'm sure he would know the limit. He just needs to do what we agreed upon previously.” I thought to myself.

We entered his personal room once more and his people bid their goodbyes. I started working on the two other PCs while Tatiana and Cynthia showered again. Ilya was ecstatic to see this place for the first time and he helped himself to the leftovers of our breakfast. Mr. Cuervo brought a video camera to record me on how to install and troubleshoot the mods so he could do it by himself in the future. While it was installing, Cynthia and Tatiana finished showering so Kaley and I showered next. Ilya was the last one to shower because he was still eating when Kaley and I came out. While I made coffee for everyone, Mr. Cuervo spoke up.

”Hermano, I've decided on what to do.” he said with a serious expression.

”Oh, that soon? You still have a lot of time.” I replied.

”I need to ask for another favor though.” he replied.

”Hmm? Sure, as long as you make sure we do it when the time comes.” I said.

”What are you two talking about?” Kaley asked.

”Can we talk about it in front of them?” Mr. Cuervo said.

I looked at the four first before I said, ”Yeah, I trust them.”

”What's going on?” Cynthia asked.

Tatiana and Ilya were wearing solemn expressions when they felt the atmosphere changed.

”Well, Mr. Cuervo and I decided to do something very important in a month. We've made a deal with ourselves and I gave him some time.” I said.

”What deal is it?” Tatiana asked.