“How dare….”“Guys…,” August turned around to face Bill and his team, cutting Dave short rudely as if what he was about to say was irrelevant. Now, Dave's pride was severely wounded.“Make a decision.” He placed his hand on his waist while looking from one member to another. “This time, Bill won’t make the decision on his own. It would be an unbiased vote among each member.” August shifted his gaze to Greta, as if to get some kind of credit for seeing things from her view, but she still had an expressionless look on her face.When he didn’t get any resistance from the members, he continued. “Now, anyone who is interested in selling the game to Arizona Group should put their hands up.” August said the words one by one, as if scared he might lose. But then, he made sure no one noticed it. He has learned something recently. If he was going to win, he should never show his enemies any sign of weakness, ever.The whole room fell into silence as no one made a move, even Greta, which was new.

"Y’all chose to work for him, and now you want to back out?" Greta retorted, cutting through the silence, mainly directing the question to Bill as if he had made the decision for the whole team once again. "I didn’t force anyone to come with me. So don’t give me that look, Greta," Bill returned.August still has his back turned to them. For some reason, he felt he should let them talk. Just for a while… Before he played his card. "Oh, really now? Is that how you defend yourself, Bill?" She asked, but Bill didn’t reply. "As the leader, you have never made a decision that benefited the team, and it drives me crazy whenever I think about!""Guys, can we not…." Lila tried to butt in, but Bill and Greta fired at her simultaneously. "Stay out of this!" Lila could see the frustrated look on their faces as she took a step backward, obviously not expecting that as August finally turned around.Bill and Greta faced each other again. "And who are you to think the game we painstakingly created is

“What are you trying to say?” Lila finally broke the silence.“The letter from yesterday…” August started to explain. “It was from our dear Brooks, Dave’s secretary. He clearly stated his boss’ interest in acquiring this building as a way to make us lose our company.”“What the hell?!” Dan asked with an alarmed look.“How much more shrewd can he be!” Lila let out in frustration.“Is there a problem?” The door opened to reveal a nervous smile on Greta’s face, as if she was hesitant to walk in on them.“What? No… I mean, what could possibly be the problem?” Dan asked, his body tense as tension filled him. He stared at Greta, wondering how much she heard.“Oh… yeah. I and the team are going out for lunch break. I don’t know if you would like to join us?”“We…” Dan wanted to tell her off, but August immediately cut in. “Sure! Why not?!” A cool smile appeared on his face again, as if they weren’t just talking about a grave matter that would determine their fate.“What are you doing?” Dan a

“Jitsu?” The other man asked with a frown. “What about the brat?”“I see you guys have a very... special relationship,” Dave replied as Kokura made a face as if he was losing interest. “You want your son back in the company, right? As your heir?”“And how the hell does that concern you, Mr. Arizona?” Kokura asked as Dave smiled.“I will make your don crawl back to you begging to take him back, only on one condition,” Dave raised a finger up to emphasize his point as Kokura stared at the finger, not sure how far he had gone in the conversation he was having with this man.He had heard of Dave Arizona, a ruthless American businessman. He had seen him briefly in conferences whenever he flew down from Japan to America. Today was the last day for his stay in America. He had come to close a business deal and maybe look for a way to get Jitsu to close down his academy. He had planned to visit the lad after his soulful lunch in his favorite Japanese restaurant here in America before going to

“Get out.” Jitsu's voice came out almost in a whisper as August watched him, shocked. He would have sworn a second ago that Jitsu would say yes without thinking twice, but it seemed like he wasn’t as witty as she thinks.“What?” He pretended as if he didn’t hear him at first. “You heard me. Get out of my academy before I smack your lying ass!” He vibrated as August swallowed, his hand formed a fist beside him as he stood, as if contemplating whether to listen to him or not, but Jitsu didn’t look like he wanted to repeat his words again.“What do you think? You come into my academy, and say bullshit about being a superhero, and I will just say yes to being your partner? Aren’t you the most hilarious person I have ever met?” Jitsu asked with an incredulous tone as August forced a smile. “You should think this through, Jitsu.” August said calmly, not wanting to infuriate him any longer.“Just leave!” August moved the side where he had carefully placed his previous clothes and stormed out