Vazasse dropped his shield and rose both hands in the air. The silence continued. Then he said sothing, and for , it was clear that he gave up.
- He said that you won - said Druoag confirming my thoughts.
I found it so strange, that it actually couldn't settle down in my head.
They blasted so music to get rid of the awkwardness, as the whole audience still was speechless. Then Vazasse himself went forward straight to and extended a hand. I reacted without thinking and shook it, and I imdiately felt him squeezing my fingers slightly more like he was giving so kind of sign.
I had no idea what the fuck was going on and stood there like an idiot watching him pick up his equipnt and leave the sandpit. anwhile, the music stopped and the announcer started speaking, probably saying that I was the winner. The audience started booing.
- Leave - said Druoag.
- Ok.
I imdiately rushed towards the tunnel and joined him outside. He escorted back to the waiting room, where I was greeted by smiling Bashan. He said sothing to , which got translated by one of the Atri.
- Congratulations.
Yagg on the other hand was completely out of it. He didn't seem to care at all. I kinda ignored them all and went straight to the bathroom. Before I reached it, Druoag entered the waiting room, and he had a lot to say, sadly I couldn't understand, and I didn't have my earpiece on.
I washed my face and went out to put the earpiece in, but the argunt was over. Still, I looked at my trainer.
- Misunderstanding - he explained.
- He thought soone out of us bribed Vazasse - explained Bashan.
- It was a stupid idea, but... This fight was strange - said Druoag.
- Yeah - I imdiately agreed.
- You simply got lucky - said the old man smiling at . - People will demand a rematch though, and they will speculate a lot, but for now, you are the winner.
- I will take it from now - said Yagg, suddenly joining the conversation. - The rest of you should escort him back to his apartnt.
By 'him' he clearly ant . Druoag without hesitation left the room, and Bashan gestured towards to follow him. Even the three Atri left the couch.
Shortly after all five of us boarded a flying vehicle, and we departed from the arena complex. It didn't take long to arrive at the place where I was living. While the rest stayed inside the ship, Bashan escorted all the way to the very top of the hotel, where my apartnt was located.
- I believe this fulfills Yagg's wish - said the old man, as we reached the door.
I stopped, and turned around towards him, as I was at the front.
- Yeah - I agreed.
My face had to very loudly tell how I was feeling inside, as Bashan easily picked up on that.
- You seem to be very confused about what happened out there, in the sandpit - he pointed out.
- Because I am. I had this constant feeling like he was playing with throughout the whole fight, but then I suddenly knock the weapon of his hand? Not to ntion it felt like that asshole made this opening on purpose.
- Maybe he wanted to counter you, but made a mistake?
For , it was such a half-assed explanation, that I was actually surprised he even proposed such a thing, considering his knowledge about the matter.
- Mistakes happen even for the best, you know - he continued. - You shouldn't look at this as a bad thing. Evetever everybody else might think you fought there fair and square and won. That's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. A very good thing. Maybe this is your breakthrough to reach the championship?
I almost said to him that I don't give a shit about the championship, but I managed to bite my tongue before the words left my mouth.
- Well... I have to go - he finished his little speech and extended a hand for to shake it.
I did sob, but just before we both let go, he squeezed my fingers slightly, and I imdiately had Vazasse in front of my eyes.
- What the f... - escaped my mouth.
He just smiled slightly, turned around, and left without a word. I watched him slowly making it to the elevator and then vanishing from my eyesight. I had a storm of thoughts inside my head and like a drunk a stumbled backward, trying to grab onto sothing with one arm.
It slid open as AI recognized , and I almost fell inside. I caught myself, and both wings shut closed.
- What the fuck? - I asked myself, this ti completely conscious.
"Did Bashan really bribe the alligator?", I kept asking myself over and over.
The whole idea seed so ridiculous, and just completely out of the blue. I tried to connect so dots, but there weren't that many of them. I simply had no idea of what the hell was going on. Suddenly I felt like I really need a drink, so I just turned around and walked straight to the bar to pour myself sothing.
My knowledge about the alien liquors was very limited, so I just grabbed so stuff I was familiar with, and filled a glass. Then I emptied it in one go.
One thing was definitely cristal clear. Underneath all of this, there was sothing going on. Sothing I had zero idea about, but for so reason, I was very much wrapped in it whether I wanted it or not. The question remained if it was sothing that would help return back to Earth or only cause problems.
I was unsure about it. The last thing for was to sohow get involved in a gambling scandal or sothing of a similar sort.
The truth was to be revealed sooner than I actually anticipated, and in a way, I would never expect it to be revealed to .
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