The men had had their spirits broken. At this point they were just fighting to get their money back. Mick explained to Angel that they needed their money back since the dojo had been losing customers due to rumors of “demons” in the area. Angel was beginning to experience the fear that people are starting to gain more and more. Entire towns vanishing is definitely something to be worried about. Angel looked around at the defeated fighters, then at the woman in the arena.
“I’ll challenge her.”
Mick looked at Angel with despair as he observed his small body. “We’re doomed!”
Annoyed, Angel responded, “do not look at me as if I’m some sort of weakling!”
“No offence little dude, but you look like a tall girl.”
“Sure, sure, whatever! That's the thinking that got you into this mess. When I win, I’m taking a cut of the money.”
Mick didn’t expect the level of confidence Angel had. Angel began to walk towards the ring.
“That body won’t mean anything if you can’t take advantage of it.”
Mick sighs. “I see that now.”
Angel continues. “But I’m sure that you guys will be strong fighters once you figure things out. Don’t give up on your way of life completely cause you got knocked down once.”
Mick’s face was glowing with hope. “GO GET HER SCARY PALE KID!”
Angel climbs into the ring. The woman in the ring is surprised by Angel’s appearance.
“Aren’t you a little too pretty for this kind of thing?”
Angel isn’t bothered. “Don’t flatter me Ogre.”
“Ooooo yes, I love hostility! Let’s begin!”
The two walk around the edges of the arena.
The woman launches herself at Angel and tries to hit him with her palm to push him out the ring. However, Angel has completely dodged the attack by leaning far back. The woman is shocked and so is the crowd watching.
She comments, "You're light on your feet."
Mick is also surprised, ‘that's no normal kid!’
The woman begins to rush the angel with a volley of her palms. Angel continuously avoids her blows as they circle the arena. The crowd of men’s spirits were restored at this point as they cheered Angel on. He dodged and dodged until…”BAM!” The woman finally hit him out of the arena and into the crowd. She had thrown in a feint and Angel dodged right into her other hand. She was almost out of breath since to adapt to Angel she had to speed up her attacks, and she had fought quite a few people before this. The other young lady in the tux began to countdown on the mic;
“ONE!”
“TWO!”
“THREE!”
“FOUR!”
To the surprise of everyone, Angel dust himself off and starts to walk back towards the platform.
“What the heck was that? It feels like I just got hit by ten guys!”
He makes it back to the arena and climbs onto the platform. He had lost 26 seconds.
The woman in the arena is impressed. “You’re the first person all night to return after getting knocked out.”
She rushes Angel again.
Angel dodges her first palm and counters by grabbing her arm and swinging her whole body towards the edge of the arena. She recovers swiftly by using her left hand to gain traction on the platform which stops her from falling out of the arena. The woman quickly retaliates by shifting her momentum back towards Angel as she uses her hand to fling herself at him, kicking him out of the arena. The countdown resumes;
“TWENTY SEVEN!”
“TWENTY EIGHT!”
“TWENTY NINE!”
“THIRTY!”
Angel tries to evaluate the situation as he lies on the ground.
‘She’s super strong and fast, no clear weaknesses that I can take advantage of.’
He gets back into the ring with just ten seconds left. The woman in the tux starts cheering excitedly.
“C’mon babe! Show em who's the king on this hill!”
The woman fighting acknowledges Angel. “You’ve got some serious potential.”
Angel stares at the women, then the hat of money. The people in the crowd are fully invested in the fight at this point. Some of the men in the crowd begin to provide their own commentary to each other.
“They can start a fire with this kind of tension in the air.”
Suddenly…
”FWOOSH!”
The whole town instantaneously combust and for a moment, every person in the area is also set on fire. One of the nearby buildings explodes and naked men and women flee from the other side of the rubble towards where the arena was. The woman in the arena had had all of her attention on the chaos that was ensuing all around her.
'Aren’t those people from the pleasure hotels in the “More Fun District”?’
She looked back to see that Angel had disappeared. Then came a screech from the woman in the tux.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
The woman in the arena was concerned and responded to her cry immediately.
“What is it Amani!”
The woman in the suit responded.
“OUR MONEY SAHAR, THE MONEY WE EARNED IS GONE!”
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