Chapter 63: One battle to make oneself known (First) (2/2)
He had known this from the very beginning and thus did not have much confidence in the organization. It was an unspoken truth that rang true since the ancient times. No matter what organization, they must submit to the mandate and order of the organization. For the sake of the cause, they must sacrifice their lives.
The army was like this, employment was like this, and the underworld was like this. Even a company was like this too.
If an organization had no core, then its collapse was imminent.
That was another reason why Wang Chao had wanted to find a way to distance himself away from the organization. He had no wish to being a chess piece for them to use so callously.
But Wang Chao had no chance of that for now.
“So we fight at night? Do I get to know anything about my opponent?” Wang Chao asked.
“Today’s dispute is between our group and the Skymail Moving Company. Originally, it was supposed to be Snake-head, but since you killed him, you’re up instead. We didn’t inquire about the enemy, so there isn’t any information. All you have to do is win however, if you can win, then you will immediately earn a shitload of money.” Blacky laughed.
“Dispute? What dispute?” Wang Chao asked as he walked with Blacky to the door.
“Our Daxing Corporation has a moving company that is rivals with the Skymail Moving Company. So far, four men have died as a result of our fights. The Boss Wu told us to be more discreet with our dispute and had decided to settle the fight with a bet.”
“Boss Wu…” Wang Chao had known this person. The “Boss Wu” Blacky was talking about was named Wu Yingda. His maternal uncle was a high ranking official of the Fujian army and his father was a high ranking official within the Guangdong government. With such a family, he was quite important.
Wu Yingda, Zhao Jun, and Wang Xiaolei; these three were the leaders of the Ike Corporation and held the coastal areas within their hands. Guangdong and Fujian’s criminal world had even been controlled to some degree by these three.
And in those two provinces, no matter how big or small, the Ike Corporation had sanctioned the competitions. The bigger competitions had even been organized by them personally.
A small minibus made a stop outside for Wang Chao to get on. Moving once more, the vehicle began to travel down the road.
After two hours, they had arrived at a small village where a giant building could be seen.
There were many vehicles parked outside with several patrolmen waving their flashlights all around.
“We are from Daxing! Where is brother Wen?” Blacky spoke out as an agent of Lu Chengwen.
“He’s here, please follow us.” A security guard spoke before taking out a walkie-talkie. Speaking a few words, he had someone take them inside.
The building looked to be a theatre built in the countryside. After walking for a long aisle, there was finally a wide clearing about a thousand square meters wide with spectators all around. In the middle there was a cement platform with a piece of rope tied around it.
Looking around, Wang Chao noticed that not a single empty spot remained. There were men, women, bosses and their girlfriends, and even several white collared workers. Wang Chao could even see several SWAT members, they were clearly all lovers of a good fight.
But while the entire place was filled up, there was a single arrangement of smokes, fruits, alcohol, and other snacks that seemed to have no one sitting next to.
“That has to be where the most important people sit, who could it be?” Wang Chao thought before activating the micro satellite transmitter on him.
“Serpentine Dragon, Serpentine Dragon, we’ve confirmed your position.” Boulder’s voice spoke out. “When you left, we were following behind you. Right about now we are about two kilometers from your current position, but half a kilometer ago, we’ve noticed possible firepower. If you come across any danger, notify us immediately and we’ll be there in ten minutes with our guns ready to fire.”
“That’s fine, I’ll be here as per normal. Don’t alert the enemy just yet. When I come out later we’ll draft up some information and give it to the organization.”
“Understood.”
By the time Wang Chao came out of the toilet, Lu Chengwen’s face had looked uneasy.
“This isn’t good. This time, the Skymail company has brought the apprentice of Xu Zhen, Qin Maojiao. This time will be very hard to win.”
Xu Zhen was one of the Three Tigers of Guangdong. He was older than Zhang Wei by 10 years, making him around his 40s.
Xu Zhen’s style of Tongbei had been considered extinct and was once called the “Little Arm Saint”. Both of his arms had been strong like steel, but soft like rattan at the same time.
Why was he called the “Little Arm Saint”?
That was because in the past, the Tongbei sect had a “Arm Saint” Zhang Ce. In the era of the Republic of China, he had been the leader of the Fengtian Guoshu Institute. His martial arts had reached such a high level of perfection that Xu Zhen didn’t dare to used the nickname of his predecessor.
Xu Zhen was a board member of the Tianle Corporation with his assets going into the millions. His first appearance had caused him to gain many connections and even more disciples. But amongst the most outstanding, he had only personally taught a dozen of them.
Even those disciples had made themselves well known.
Qin Maojiao was one of those few.
“What do we do, just what do we do?” Lu chengwen began to panic, indicating his lack of faith in Wang Chao.
Just at that moment, a group of people came walking in, attracting Wang Chao’s attention. One of the males was 26 years old around and stood at 1.8 meters tall. His muscles and joints were clear to see, indicating just how well he had trained.
But what attracted him even more was the sportswear wearing woman next to him.
Although she was young, Wang Chao knew that she was at least older than he was. Wang Chao was currently 20 years old, making the girl at least 23 or 24 years old.
“Just who is that girl?” Wang Chao asked.
“That’s the younger sister of Taichi master Chen Aiyang, Chen Bin. The Chenshi Corporation and Xu Zhen’s Tianle Corporation are working together…forget it, why am I telling you this?” Lu Chengwen looked at Wang Chao as if he was a dead man walking.
“Boss Wen, has your fighter come yet? This time with the Chenshi Corporation, the payout will be in the millions.”
One of the organizers spoke to Lu Chengwen.
“Go on up.” Lu Chengwen pointed at Wang Chao.
“Your fighter is him? What a cute face.” The organizer had a lecherous look before speaking, “Come with me.”
Following the organizer up the platform, Wang Chao began to look around before smelling a blood like scent.
Only Wang Chao was alone on the platform.
There was no other choice, only the more well known person entered the ring last.
Wang Chao was known well known.
In the golden seats down below, the youngsters all sat down. Chen Aiyang’s sister Chen Bin had even started to give Wang Chao a look over.
“You’re not short on money, so why are you betting?” Chen Bin sipped a Wanglaoji brand Chinese herb tea.
“I didn’t have a choice, the Skymail company offered me a million RMB to come. Besides, without actual combat, how would I improve?” Qin Maojiao spoke with a smile.
“What combat is there to be seen here? Take a look, where are the experts? Why not challenge Zhang Wei then? I heard he has come out of his isolation recently.” Chen Bin spoke matter of factly.
“In the future I want to challenge your brother, master Chen, not Zhang Wei.” Qin Maojiao looked a little insulted at her words.
The conversation of the two had been heard by Wang Chao, however.
“Challenge my brother? You don’t even know if you’ll win against that combatant up there.” Chen Bin looked to Wang Chao before going deep into thought.
“Che!” Qin Jaomiao sneered.
At the same time, the ringing of a bell could be heard.
It was the warning sound that the fight was about to begin.
The audience around the ring began to look even more excited to the point where Wang Chao could see them breathing heavily.
Qin Jaomiao walked up to the platform and faced Wang Chao on top of it.