Although they were a little confused about the situation, Senba Gari and Takai Geki followed Kuryu Tenkeiji to another room.
Although the dean looked a little slovenly, when Senba Gari and Takai Geki came in, the cleanliness inside formed a strong contrast with the sloppy dean.
"Dean, did you drink again yesterday?" Kuryu Tenkeiji suddenly smelled the faint smell of alcohol on the dean's body, and then saw the wine bottle under the sofa beside him and said with a frown.
"..." The dean was silent for a long time.
--Bang!
I saw Kuryu Tenkeiji slamming his hands on the table, looking at the man in front of him with wide eyes, and questioning.
"So, Director, what happened to you?! Our orphanage is bankrupt! But at least we are still with you, Director! Drinking won't solve the problem at all! At worst, we all go out to work to make money, and I don't believe that so many of us can't make it back!"
He now began to wonder if the man in front of him was still the gentle dean who took them in back then, and look at his slovenly appearance now.
In order to prevent other younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage from being bullied by others, they, the older boys and girls, turned around and became more famous delinquents in the area to protect the younger brothers and sisters.
At that time, the dean clearly knew about these things, but he pretended that he knew nothing about them. Even when they were detained by the local police because they were delinquents, it was the dean who bailed them out.
Therefore, Kuryu Tenkeiji respects the man in front of him, and even sets him as an example! Because that man does not dislike them at all and will give them the warmth of a home.
But now, Kuryu Tenkeiji is a little disappointed with the man in front of him. He no longer has the brilliance he once had.
"Boy over there, your name is Senba Gari, right?"
The dean did not respond to Kuryu Tenkeiji's words, and ignored Kuryu Tenkeiji's annoyed eyes and looked at Senba Gari behind Kuryu Tenkeiji.
"Eh? How do you know my name?" Senba Gari was a little confused that this stranger, the director of the orphanage, knew his name.
"Well, I know. I also know that the person next to you is called Takai Geki, right." The dean's eyes turned from Senba Gari to Takai Geki.
"Have you investigated us?"
Takai Geki looked at the other party in surprise, and began to become wary. After all, they had never met the other party, but the other party knew their names, which made them have to be vigilant.
The dean saw the vigilance in the eyes of Senba Gari and Takai Geki, so he took out a dark box about the size of a ring box from the drawer of the table, brought it to Senba Gari and said.
"Don't worry about anything. I'm not investigating you, and I have no reason to investigate you. I just heard about it from one of my 'friends', and 'she' asked me to give you something."
"This is?"
Senba Gari picked up the box in confusion and opened it. There was a dark blue rhombus crystal fragment lying quietly inside. Looking at it Senba Gari always felt the urge to absorb it.
"I don't know this either. 'She' just asked me to give the things to you, and 'she' didn't say anything else." The dean shook his head and explained.
"That's it, I understand. It's getting late now, so we can leave first if we have something to do. Goodbye."
Looking at the dusk sky outside the window, Senba Gari said goodbye to the other party, and walked to the door with Takai Geki.
Seeing Senba Gari and Takai Geki leaving, Kuryu Tenkeiji also quickly chased after them. As they were leaving, the dean suddenly spoke out.
"Be careful, tomorrow I will see 'you' jumping around like before and causing trouble for me everywhere."
After hearing the dean's words, Kuryu Tenkeiji paused for a moment, and then said without looking back. No one saw the smile on his face.
"I know it without you having to tell me."
Watching the three people leaving, the dean looked out the window a little absent-mindedly at the sky dyed red by the setting sun.
"Am I really that important to those children? I obviously only built the orphanage to forget that incident. It seems that I ignored the feelings of those children..."
Then the dean rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, exposing the arm tightly wrapped with bandages to the air.
"But those guys were able to carry out that experiment to that extent. Even my recovery power seemed a bit inadequate. Can the three of them really do it? And was it really the right choice for me to hand that thing over to that kid? But no matter what, I hope 'you' can keep your promise."
Underground boxing ring! Rescue begins!
After leaving Wind Fragrance Orphanage, Senba Gari and Takai Geki were led by Kuryu Tenkeiji to the so-called underground boxing ring.
When they arrived at their destination, Senba Gari and Takai Geki never expected that this so-called underground boxing ring was actually in this very luxurious bar.
"I didn't expect that behind this super luxurious bar is an underground boxing ring for those rich people to watch." Takai Geki said in surprise as he looked at this huge bar.
After hearing what Takai Geki said, Senba Gari said, "After all, no matter how glamorous the appearance is, the darkness behind it is far greater than you imagine."
"You're right. At first we all thought this was just a simple boxing ring, but in the end we underestimated the ring." Kuryu Tenkeiji said with a self-reproaching tone.
"Okay, stop blaming yourself. Do you still remember the plan?" Senba Gari crossed his arms and punched Kuryu Tenkeiji lightly on the shoulder.
"Is it possible? Your plan?" Kuryu Tenkeiji had some doubts about Senba Gari's plan.
Before they came, Senba Gari drew up a rescue plan. After all, it was impossible for an underground boxing ring to be unprepared for someone to cause trouble, so Senba Gari's plan was like this.
First, after they entered the underground boxing ring, they asked Takai Geki to pretend to be a challenger and perform outstandingly to attract everyone's attention.
Then Kuryu Tenkeiji, who escaped from the cage and knew the route well, took Senba Gari to rescue Kuryu Tenkeiji's family.
The reason why Kuryu Tenkeiji is suspicious is because although this plan seems simple, it is quite difficult to implement. Because there is a guy who hit him with a blow in the underground boxing ring, not to mention the place where he escaped. Kuryu Tenkeiji, who does not know the skills of Senba Gari and Takai Geki, will inevitably be a little suspicious.
Regarding Kuryu Tenkeiji's doubts, Senba Gari smiled.
"Whether it works or not, you won't know until you do it."
"Asshole Hunter is right, and men can't say no!" Takai Geki agreed.
"Well, the worst thing is that the fish will be dead and the net will be broken." Knowing that no matter how much he continued to doubt, he was just doing useless work, so Kuryu Tenkeiji gritted his teeth and came to a small bar in a remote location.
In the small bar, a very lazy-looking bartender was wiping the wine glass in his hand in a bored manner.
"What do you need?"
The bartender asked Kuryu Tenkeiji without looking back. At the same time, the movements of his hands did not stop. Senba Gari and Takai Geki looked at him and frowned slightly. No wonder he had such an attitude at such a remote bar. With such an arrogant attitude, no wonder no one came. But why did Kuryu Tenkeiji come here?
Regarding the attitude of the bartender, Kuryu Tenkeiji didn't do anything too much, but opened his mouth and spat out words one after another.
"Gladiator."
He knew that the other person was not an ordinary bartender.
After hearing Kuryu Tenkeiji's words, the rich people around them all stopped what they were doing. Even the bartender with a very bad attitude finally put down his glass, and at the same time his face changed and he said in a serious tone.
"How many people?"
"Three, me and the two brothers behind me, I'm here to bring them to see the world today." Kuryu Tenkeiji regained his previous aura of a bad boy and said with an evil grin.
The bartender looked at Senba Gari and Takai Geki behind Kuryu Tenkeiji without saying a word, and then moved a vase next to him.
--Boom!
I saw the wine rack behind the bartender and the bar in front of the bartender suddenly moved to the left and right, revealing an arch with a gorgeous relief inside.
At the same time, the bartender stepped aside to make way for an empty seat, his attitude changed again, and he spoke in a respectful tone.
"Welcome, challengers."
This bartender's identity is the 'gatekeeper' of the underground boxing ring!
At the same time, as the 'door' appeared, the surrounding crowd suddenly became excited.
"Oh, is there a new challenger coming?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, there's another good show to watch."
"Today's young people are just looking for excitement."
"Don't say that, young people are looking for excitement, but what we are looking for is the scene of these young people fighting together!"
"That's right, hahahaha..."
"Hahahaha..."
The cold words of the group of people behind him kept echoing in his ears. If Senba Gari hadn't been pulling him, the impulsive Takai Geki would have beaten those people severely.
"Ignore those people and don't forget our true purpose."
"Qi!" Takai Geki smacked his mouth in great displeasure.
When they entered the 'door', the bartender who was the 'gatekeeper' suddenly spoke.
"Just a reminder, once you step into this 'death door', your life no longer belongs to you."
After silently glancing at the bartender, Senba Gari turned his head and entered the 'death door'.
"Stop!"
When Kuryu Tenkeiji brought Senba Gari and Takai Geki to the two doors on the left and right, a strong man with a height of two meters suddenly stretched out his hand to block them and asked in a voice like thunder.
"Who among you is the challenger?"
"I am!" Takai Geki stood up and looked up into the other person's eyes without showing any signs of weakness.
"Yes, sign this and you can enter the ring." The strong man took out a piece of paper and a pen and gave them to Takai Geki.
"Is this... a life and death situation?!" Takai Geki looked at the paper and pen handed over by the strong man in confusion, but when he saw the three bloody words "life and death situation" on the paper, his whole body felt bad.
"Well, because our arena has no legal restrictions, we will not be responsible if you are beaten to death by other challengers. There are only two rules, one is only one-on-one, and the other is that the game cannot stop unless you knock down your opponent or your opponent knocks you down. In order to allow challengers to continue fighting, we decided that every challenger who comes here must sign a 'life and death certificate' before they can fight!" The strong man explained.
"No wonder, no wonder that guy said that once we step into that door, our lives no longer belong to us, so that's what it means." Senba Gari recalled what the bartender told them when they came in, and thought of the life and death symbol in Takai Geki's hands. He also guessed its meaning.
In this underground boxing ring, death is absolutely common. Once he signs this 'life and death certificate', Takai Geki's life will be firmly hung. Unless he can win all the way, he will only die!
"I'll sign! Isn't it just a 'life and death certificate'? I have experienced life and death after all!" Takai Geki gritted his teeth, picked up a pen and immediately signed his name on the 'life and death certificate'.
"Idiot Ji, are you sure you don't want to think about it?" Senba Gari said with some worry. After all, this life and death certificate is not something to be signed for fun.
"Stop talking!" Takai Geki proudly handed the 'Life and Death Sign' and the pen in his hand to the strong man, then turned to look at Senba Gari and said firmly, "Asshole Hunter, you once saved my life. Only then did I realize how naive I was! And I also swore that no matter what decision you make, I will fight with you to the end! So believe me!"
Looking into Takai Geki's eyes, Senba Gari saw determination in his eyes, and then Senba Gari sighed helplessly.
"Oh... well, I can't let you down anymore, don't worry!"
"What on earth are you talking about?" Kuryu Tenkeiji on the side was a little distracted.
"Okay, challenger, you can go in." At this time, the strong man suddenly interrupted, "As for you two, you should be watching the battle. The entrance to the battle is on the left."
"Yeah!"
Takai Geki, Senba Gari, and Kuryu Tenkeiji looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and then walked into their respective doors.
When Senba Gari and Kuryu Tenkeiji came in from the viewing entrance, what they saw was a large, dark crowd, roaring at the top of their lungs at the two intertwined men on a square ring in the center.
"Try harder! You bastard! Didn't you eat?!!!"
"Hit! Hit me hard!!!"
"Hit him! Harder! Cripple him!!!!"
"Sure enough, this place is like a gladiator in ancient Rome." Senba Gari said with a frown as he looked at the people yelling around him.
"Ah? What do you mean?" Kuryu Tenkeiji asked in confusion.
"Remember the secret code you told the bartender?" Senba Gari asked.
"Remember, gladiator, are there any questions?" Kuryu Tenkeiji's mind was filled with a lot of question marks.
"You deserve to be a bad boy, gladiator, which translates to gladiator." Senba Gari said helplessly, "Gladiator was a very bloody competitive sport in ancient Rome that used slaves to fight between slaves for entertainment."
Seeing Kuryu Tenkeiji still confused, Senba Gari explained in a different way.
"To put it another way, those of us watching the Scream in the audience are the audience, and those of us fighting together on the stage are the gladiators. Do you understand now?"
"I understand, I understand!"
When Kuryu Tenkeiji nodded, the people watching suddenly cheered.
"Oh"
When the two of them turned around and looked over, they realized that one of the players had been knocked out.
Then I saw the referee on the stage bringing Takai Geki to the ring. The referee stood in the middle of the ring and said.
"Next, the new challenger Spirit will challenge the champion Beetle!"
When the referee finished speaking, the audience cheered again.
"Oh!"
"Come on, young man! Knock him down!"
"Spirit? Beetle? It seems that the name used in the competition is a pseudonym." Senba Gari said silently looking at Takai Geki on the stage.
On the stage, the stout Beetle looked at the slightly smaller Takai Geki with some disdain and said.
"Young man, I advise you to surrender obediently. I do not strike lightly or harshly. If you are not careful, I am afraid you will... um..."
Before Beetle could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He raised his head in disbelief and met Takai Geki's somewhat indifferent eyes.
"You talk a lot. Come on down."