Chapter 522: Illegal Offline Match (2/2)
“Ready?”
“Come on!”
We rushed down the stairs and entered the entertainment center. We quickly found an area called “Showdown” with the Heavenblessed logo on its signboard.
I exchanged a look with Gui Guzi, Du Thirteen and Yamete before saying seriously, “Watch out, brothers. You won’t find goody-two-shoes in this place.”
“Yeah!”
We walked over to the entrance, paid the entrance fee that was worth 100 RMB and entered the place.
“Xu Yang!”
Gui Guzi immediately spotted our brother. Xu Yang was slumped against a corner with his arm hanging below his torso in an unnatural manner. His face was bloodied, and he looked like his spirit was sucked out of him.
I sped toward him immediately and lifted him to his feet. “What happened?”
Xu Yang forced a smile onto his face and said, “It’s nothing, I got bit by some dogs, that’s all…”
It was at this moment a provoking voice rang behind us. “Yo, did your friends finally come for you? And four people no less! Are they your roomies or something?”
I turned around and found a person wearing a lattice-patterned shirt behind us. Disdain colored his features as he looked us up and down.
I pointed a finger at Xu Yang before asking, “Who are you? Are you the one who beat him up?”
Mr. Lattice raised his eyebrows. “I’m the boss of this place, so of course I wasn’t the one who beat up your friend. Hmph! The winner beat your friend up because he refused to cough up after losing a million RMB. There, that’s the one you’re looking for!”
I looked at the direction he was pointing and found a man with red hair rising from his feet. His features were arranged into a hateful sneer. “What’s wrong, you don’t like the results? Fight me then. How does a thousand a round sound?”
“Why would it be?” Gui Guzi retorted.
But Xu Yang struggled a little and pointed at the redhead in anger. “That sonuvabitch said the same thing earlier, but after the match he changed the bet to a million! Motherfucker!”
I nodded and looked at the redhead again. “It’s just a match. Even if he did owe you a million RMB, was it really necessary to break his arm?”
The redhead retorted tauntingly, “I felt like it, that’s all. If he didn’t want to lose an arm, he shouldn’t have gone back on his bet, should he?”
“You said it!”
I abruptly kicked over a chair in front of me and pointed a finger at the redhead. “One round, five million, with me as your opponent! Do you accept this bet?”
The redhead was caught off guard by my abrupt challenge, but he immediately clenched his teeth and replied, “And why wouldn’t I accept five million free cash? You’re the one who better not go back on your word like that sore loser over there!”
“Don’t you worry about me. Just remember what you said after the match is over!”
……
Gui Guzi, Du Thirteen and Yamete all wanted to step up and fight the redhead themselves, but I blocked them with my arm and said, “Don’t take this one away from me, please. Xu Yang and I have been brothers for two years. If I don’t do this for him, I won’t be able to call myself his brother anymore!”
Gui Guzi nodded. “Alright. Go get him. Don’t worry, we’ll beat the crap out of these fuckers if they even think to make a sudden move!”
The boss of the entertainment immediately chuckled. “Relax, we are a fair people who abide by the law of the jungle. We are forever in favor of the winner. However, I must remind you that the winner must pay 10% of the bet as the property management fee.”
I nodded. “No problem. Now get over here, redhead. Show me how good you are!”
The redhead looked at me disdainfully. “Another suicidal fucker, I see! That retard lost even though he has Barrier Break! Who the hell do you think you are?”
“You’ll know the answer very soon!”
……
The redhead and I entered the gaming room together and connected to the game through the relevant data terminal. The moment the connection was established, I immediately received a notification asking me if I wanted to enter room 173738 of the competitive arena. It was exactly what I was hoping for!
Swhoosh!
My character vanished and reappeared inside a closed battle arena. Standing on the opposite side of me was a high rank Warrior in red metal armor. I couldn’t see his level, ID or even his equipment properly. The blur effect basically prevented me from deducing his true strength. One thing was certain though: this man was good, or Xu Yang wouldn’t have lost to him.
……
“Hehe, here I come, five million! If you refuse to pay like that friend of yours I’m going to break your leg this time!” The bastard uttered with a hateful sneer.