Every participant was escorted by beautiful maids. Gabe was given a mask and was told that he could wear it if he wanted.Naturally, Gabe ended up putting the mask on that covered his eyes and nose. The gorgeous maid locked arms with her and took him to the auction site, a magnificently huge hall like one that reminded him of king’s palace halls from history lessons. The patterns on the stone ceilings and walls were too intricate for a human to have designed them.Straight away, Gabe asked Systa a question. “Is it possible for humans to build structures with this level of magnitude and perfection?”[Well, it seems that this hall was built very long ago, probably a few hundred years ago.] Systa opined. [From what I can see, whoever built it used the sound and vibration technology to manipulate the stone in order to create these designs.]“Manipulating the stone with sound?” Gabe didn’t believe it. “That sounds crazy. You’re not trying to feed me with bullshit, are you?”[You will know
At the indoor buffet, there were a thousand different dishes made. Normally, Gabe would have loved to taste all the dishes, especially the desserts and meat dishes. However, after knowing that UTS was likely behind his father’s death, he didn’t feel like even touching a single dish.Even though Rica started eating, Gabe didn’t touch anything.“Are you on a diet, perhaps?” Rica queried.“I have a fight tonight, so I’d rather not stuff myself and upset my stomach,” Gabe responded. It wasn’t a lie.“Your wish. Then how about we go and meet some important people?” Rica took him to a bunch of rich folks and introduced Gabe. None of them interested him, but then all their attention soon shifted to a tall blonde who entered the buffet.“Isn’t that the governor?”“Sir Rubel must have brought her along. Even though she’s more than fifty years old, she doesn’t look like it. I bet so many guys must have chased her when she was young.”As the rich men shamelessly drooled over the blonde lady, Gab
Nobody upped the bidding amount after Rica said 200 million dollars. “The boots of good fortune go to Ms. Rica Agnar,” the auctioneer said. [She’s from the Agnar family?] Systa was surprised. [No wonder nobody dared to bid against her.] “Why? Is the Agnar family that big?” Gabe asked. [Big? That word wouldn’t cut it.] Systa’s voice changed. Gabe could feel some level of tension in her tone now. [Agnar family is one of the three supreme families in the world. I don’t think it’s a good idea to stick around her, Gabe.] “Why? Do you fear the supreme families?” Gabe teased her. [Well, in a sense, yes, because one of their ancestors used to own me just like you do now. And the supreme families are known for hunting people who have the ‘systems’ with them.] Gabe’s heart jumped into his heart. “W-What? Why didn’t you say that sooner?” [Because I didn’t know that woman was part of the Agnar family.] Systa growled. [Out of the three supreme families, Agnar family is specialized in battle
Every item that was sold after the silver ring was special in its own way, but Gabe didn’t buy another item because he didn’t want to attract too much attention. Moreover, he was technically not allowed to participate in the auction since he only attended the event as a guest while tagging alongside Rica.After the auction ended, Rica took him to where Eunice and Rubel were.“Congrats on buying four items in this auction, Governor,” Rica casually spoke with her.“Oh, we were only able to buy because of grace in letting us buy things, Young Lady,” Eunice was quite polite. “It truly is a blessing that you are working in UTS. Though you’re working as a referee right now, many top fighters are waiting for your return to the ring.”“I don’t have any plans on returning anytime soon,” Rica said bluntly. “By the way, this is Gabe. You should know him by his moniker Gangsta.“Ah, the one that fought toe-to-toe against the old butler Leher,” Eunice didn’t recognize him because he was wearing a
Gabe didn’t get what he wanted. His provocation didn’t work. He couldn’t get another match because nobody accepted his challenge.Every Skinner there had matches arranged, so they didn’t want to go out of their way to accept Gabe’s challenge.In the end, Gabe walked out of the ring. Rica had other matches to play as a referee, but she quickly came over to Gabe who was in the room behind the stage and said, “I think you should watch the other matches. Maybe you’ll learn a thing or two from them.”“Are you indirectly suggesting that I should watch you?” Gabe asked frankly.Rica smirked. “What makes you think that way?”“Your uniform is basically a bikini, and it makes your ass hang out,” Gabe remarked boldly. “If you had a boyfriend, I don’t think you’d be wearing these types of clothes. So, I’m guessing you’re looking for a boyfriend?”“What about? Don’t you like women with shorts and high heels?” she asked, bringing her face a bit too close for comfort.“The blonde I fell for and date
Bjorn had reserved the entire fourth floor for an hour, between nine to ten, for himself. And he waited for Nicole to arrive.When she came, she was slack-jawed to see that there were no other customers, except for Bjorn. And the table before him was also massive with at least thirty dishes for choosing. She had no idea that this much preparation was being put by Bjorn. “D-Did I keep you waiting?”Bjorn got up from his chair and received her with a smile. “What kind of a man wouldn’t wait for a woman he had asked to come? Do you want to sit across the table or beside me?”“I-I’ll sit across,” she said. “It only seems about 8 feet apart.”They sat down, and multiple waiters served them after asking for their choice. Nicole had never received such a treatment before, so she was still very reserved.After seeing how elegantly Bjorn was eating, she couldn’t help but ask, “I didn’t know you were rich.”“Why? Do you have an aversion to rich men?” he asked back.“No, but… nevermind.” Nicole
“Keke, how long are you going to keep dancing with your clothes on?”“Yeah, take them down for us so we can see the goods.”As the four guys were busy staring at the laptop, they heard the waters move in the back, but they didn’t care.Moments later, the soft noises were replaced by rougher noises which were then replaced by the angry snorts of crocodiles that sent shivers up and down their spines.They quickly turned on the flashlights, only to see crocodiles rushing out of the pond. Like they had seen ghosts, they threw the flashlights away and ran for their lives, even forgetting to pick up the laptop.When the lady on the screen wondered what was going on and came closer, she saw a crocodile up close to the camera and screamed in horror.Systa got a good laugh out of all this while Gabe was sitting on top of a tree. The crocodiles looked for him everywhere, but in the end, they couldn’t find him and went back into the pond after destroying the laptop with a tail swing.“I’ve done
Vyse’s provocation didn’t anger Gabe. Instead, his mind kept thinking back on Vyse’s kick, where Vyse used the knee joint to throw a feint and then deal a great deal of damage with the following ‘real’ kick.Gabe had experienced many feints during his practice matches in the park, or in the UTS matches, but no one had ever made a feint with a kick before. It felt so innovative and masterful Gabe couldn’t help appreciate it because throwing feints in kicks was much more difficult after all.Gabe’s ear was still ringing, but he was somewhat able to hear Vyse’s words. Nevertheless, he didn’t let Vyse’s provocation get to his mind. He patiently stood and got his breath under control. This helped him better bear the pain in his ear.“I’ll first defeat you with my eyes open,” Gabe lunged forth.{Coming straight at me? Tsk! Tsk!} Vyse seemed disappointed. {Did you forget what I’m capable of?}Gabe jumped and thrust a kick straight in Vyse’s chest. However, Vyse didn’t budge a single inch. Th