“Ladies and gentlen, the first fight of the evening will soon begin!” The host shouted, and two large speakers echoed the noise out to everyone, allowing them all to easily hear. “If you look at the board to my right, it has all of tonight’s fights and betting odds! You will now have a few more minutes to place your bets on the first fight! We accept cash and digital currency only!”
The crowd of people started to look intensely at the gang nas and started talking with each other. They were seeing if anyone had heard of, or seen them fight before. By gathering information they would then have the best chance of making the winning bet.
Still, the reason why this was hard, was due to these events in the first place. A lot of local gangs, or small ti gangs would be the ones to join an event like this.
Austin was a little familiar with how these events worked, even though he himself had never been to one of them. The only thing he really cared about was being the strongest fighter. He had already beco top dog at his own school, so he had been planning to challenge those in the surrounding areas.
Rather than getting involved in real gangs for now, he himself still felt like he was in the middle of a crossroads when it ca to that. Looking at the board, he was searching for a na he might be familiar with, but he quickly noticed that it only displayed the group nas, not the ones of any individual fighters. He had never heard of any of them, making him believe that they must be either from small-ti gangs or those trying to establish one. Nevertheless, there was one na he did recognize.
‘Eton High? Is soone actually crazy enough to use their school na for such an event? …Well if they’re really from that school, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising. They’ve got an even nastier reputation than my own school. The guys have also run into them a couple of tis as well and i rember them saying they were a bunch of tough bastards.’’ Austin thought to himself. ‘Co to think of it, maybe I should try and participate in one of these as well. Might be a good way to spread the school’s reputation. A short cut to make it to the top and then…’
“Well, well, well, looks like my ‘salesman pitch’ was enough to get you to co here after all.” Austin heard a teasing voice from behind him. Although he had only heard it once, it had been morable enough to make the teenager clench his teeth almost instantly.
He turned around to see Kai with his seemingly trademarked grin on his face, though this ti he was accompanied by a black haired girl Austin didn’t know. Judging from their matching outfits they were clearly together though.
‘That chick definitely looks out of place, but him… I still don’t know if he’s one of us, or just so bored rich kid. I an can he even fight?’ Austin thought as he looked at the older teenager. It was difficult for him to have a grasp on who or what Kai was. He didn’t seem to be yet another delinquent, one whose future seed predestined to be tied to so gang, yet at the sa ti, he did have a dangerous aura around him.
Just what would happen if soone had decided to attack him?
“Why did you invite here? I fail to see what part of this whole event is supposed to give a ‘better future’, unless you wanted here to either bet on these outcos or turn into a fighter.” Austin pointed out. “But let make sothing clear to you, I would never listen to soone I could beat in a fight.”
“Well, I suppose if you bet on the right fighter you could strike it rich today, which would lead to a better future for you, but that’s not why I called you here. If you recall, I promised to show you ‘sothing very interesting’,
“That green haired kid who ‘saved your arse’ is actually here as well. Right now, he’s placing his own bets, but you’ll see him sooner than you might think. After that, we can still talk about your better future.” Kai replied.
“That’s it? In essence, you invited to watch a match? I think that’s kind of stupid.” Austin was about to walk away, at least from Kai. He had driven all this way out here, so he would at least stay long enough to watch the fight, yet talking with the bleach blonde teenager just pissed him off. However, Austin knew better than to start a fight at such an event.
“But you’re interested in him, right? I an, why else would you have co here? We’ll talk after the fight and if you want to make so cash, place a bet on The Howlers!” Kai shouted after him, yet Austin just carried on walking forward, until he eventually found himself at the front of the crowd, giving him a better view of the fights that were going to take place.
‘I had a plan in mind, to take over all the nearby schools… and from there I would continue on, but for so reason his words that day…I can’t get them out of my head! What was I planning to do after?’
This was the real reason why Austin was so annoyed with Kai. Because deep down the older boy was right.
Austin didn’t have a plan beyond that, and part of him knew that even if he might take over all the schools, once he graduated it would amount to nothing. However, he didn’t want to enter any gangs either.
Just when he considered whether he should put so money following Kai’s tip, a ringing sound was heard.
“The betting period has officially co to a close for the first bout!” The announcer stated. He was a bald man with sunglasses and a sleeveless shirt. Given the temperature outside at this late hour, he must have felt cold, yet he looked nacing enough to simply endure it.
“Don’t worry, ladies and gentleman, after the first fight has finished, a new round of betting will continue for the subsequent fights, but let’s not waste anymore ti and give you what you’ve all co for!!!!”
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