26 Chapter 26: Iron Fis (1/2)
”Huh? What are you talking about?!” the first guy snarled.
”Wait…isn't this Richard Huang?” the second guy was beginning to grin when he recognized me. ”Yeah, we've been looking for you for a while now. Why has it taken you this long to respond to our challenge?”
I shrugged. ”Honestly? Because I received hundreds of challenges everyday. I just thought you weren't worth my time.”
”What?!” the third guy roared and threw a punch at me. I stepped to the side, ducking it, and then slammed my elbow into his stomach. He doubled over with a grunt.
”How pathetic. Picking on someone even though you're this weak. Or is the Iron Fist Club nothing but a group of bullies?”
”You…!” the fourth guy bellowed. The remaining members closed in to surround me, but I merely stood there indifferently. If they wanted a fight…
”What is going on here?”
Alicia Violet had seen what was going on, and she quickly stepped in to intervene. The Iron Fist Society members, upon recognizing her, quickly stepped back.
”Nothing!”
”We're just…messing around!”
They weren't fooling anyone. Alicia caught sight of poor Dong Fang Yue Chu, his stall demolished and the guy beaten up. She turned her angry gaze on the Iron Fist Society members.
”What do you think you are doing? Picking on the members of other societies?”
”This loser doesn't even have an official society! He's the only member!” one of the Iron Fist Society guys protested.
”We have provided Student Dong Fang the opportunity to recruit from the first year students and establish his own society. If he fails to recruit the required amount of members, then naturally the school will ask him to disband. But whatever the case, you are not allowed to take matters into your own hands and bully others like this!”
The Iron Fist Society members grumbled under their breaths, but did not say anything else. Alicia glared at them.
”Now return to your booth. I don't want to hear about this again, or I'll be submitting a report about your behavior.”
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The five of them trudged toward the partially set up booth next to Dong Fang Yue Chu's one. The first guy turned around.
”But a big society like ours need more than this space.” He pointed at Dong Fang Yue Chu rudely. ”Is it possible to move this loser's booth somewhere else? We could really use the extra space here.”
”Each society has been allocated their space appropriate to their club's size and status,” Alicia told them sternly. ”No more, no less.”
”Can't you do anything about this, President Alicia?” the second guy pleaded. Wow, these guys were so shameless.
Dong Fang Yue Chu looked so pitiful that I ended up helping him. Picking up the pieces of his booth, I tried to fit them back together, to no avail. The Iron Fist Society bastards had really done quite the job on his space.
”Thanks,” he said meekly as I propped up a piece of painted wood that was snapped cleanly in half. Seeing his pathetic state, I couldn't help but feel a stab of anger.
”President Alicia,” I addressed her, much to her surprise. ”It is possible to make concessions based on the outcome of duels, correct?”
”If both parties are willing.” She nodded, looking at me uncertainly. Someone as intelligent as her probably already knew what I intended to do, but she still thought of me as the same summoner with that glaring weakness, and was worried that I would seriously challenge the Iron Fist Society to a duel.
”Good.” I turned toward the Iron Fist Society members. ”Remember what I said earlier about accepting your challenge? Let's make a bet.”
”Oh?” the five members turned toward me curiously, ugly grins covering their burly faces. Their leader stepped forward and cracked his knuckles. ”Sounds interesting.”
”What kind of bet?” the second guy asked.
”A bet on the booth space here.” I indicated the place where Dong Fang Yue Chu was attempting to salvage his booth. ”If you win, you can have this space. We'll have Dong Fang Yue Chu quietly disband his society and you can set up your booth here as well.”
”Deal.” The leader didn't hesitate. ”Let's do this!”
”We'll set up the stage immediately,” the third guy added gleefully.
”A free win!” the fourth guy snickered.
”Let me finish my sentence.” Wow, these guys were just so rude and arrogant. They were already assuming that they would win, so they couldn't be bothered to hear the rest of the terms. ”If I win, you'll have to give your booth space to us.”
”Huh?!” the five Iron Fist Society members burst out laughing. ”Are you sure?!”
”What a joke!”
”This punk actually thinks he can win!”
”He let his victory over Crowley's Academy get into his head!”
As I said, they knew my weaknesses, and unlike Hal Gunther, they weren't going to wait for me to summon my Celestial Guardian before attempting to defeat me. From previous experience, they were going to pummel me before I get a chance to finish my summoning spell. Having defeated me before, they had every right to be confident.
But this was a chance for me to test my new skills, and see if I could overcome that weakness somehow.
”Sure,” the leader promised, snickering. ”We'll go with that then.”
They obviously thought I had no chance of winning, otherwise they wouldn't have agreed to this so easily.
”Do you mind being the witness?” I asked Alicia. She hesitated.