Chapter 18: 13- Falling-1
It has been a week since the nightmare, every night the same nightmare haunted hiro.
It was becoming more and more debilitating for hiro to the point that he gave up on sleeping all together, focusing that time on his Mana based skills.
This had a few downside as well such as lightheadedness and laps in consciousness with light dark circles under his eyes.
Karura and aiko noticed this change and tried to help but were brushed off by hiro always saying.
"Its nothing serious, no need to worry."
At first he thought that it would get better with time.
It did not
SLAM!!!
Hiro stood wearing a gi, surrounded in a by multiple men also wearing gi.
Their condition wasn't too good as they supported many bruises.
Hiro had gone too far in his training and knew it which served to made his mental health worser.
Finally, the day of meeting arrived as he went to meet Oliver at the address sent to him.
xxxxx
Inside a small Cafe, sat Oliver and hiro. The Gaunt man was sitting, drinking tea as hiro read the documents about the fight club.
After reading through the document which summarized to:
*If you die, its not our fault.*
He looked at Oliver expectantly, waiting for him to explain the place.
"The dead zone is a place where gangs send their fighters to gain backing from the rich bastards that comes to make bets there."
"Hiro... I know, I was the one who invited you...but... this place is much more dangerous than you'd expect... you can die there."
Oliver said, his eyes filled with concern as he stared at hiro.
Hiro simply grinned and looked him in the eyes and asked.
"When's my first match?"
Oliver looked at his eyes, they were different from the first time they met.
The first time he looked in those silver eyes, they were burning with determination.
But now? Those same eyes were filled with a hunger.
A hunger that Oliver was quite familiar with.
He had seen that same gnawing hunger in the eyes of many young fighters.
It fueled them to reach great hights in the ring but in their path to the peak, they leave nothing but regrets behind.
"I....hope you won't regret this....tonight at 2, meet me in front of the abandoned underground subway."
Oliver said, writing the address on a tissue and passing it over to hiro.
"I have done many things that I regret. I won't mind adding one more to the list."
Hiro said jokingly which made oliver smile a little before taking his leave after paying.
Hiro sat on the table, his eyes fixed at the address, his face looked calm but his mind was a mess.
'Is this really a good idea? What if I cause a mess for the clan? Would master approve of this?'
'C-can I...really die in there?'
His thoughts were a mess but the fear of death was the most prominent one.
'Can I....still back ou-!!'
[Ding!]
"No..."
[A event quest has arrived]
"No,no,no,no,no..."
[Top of the food chain.]
[Become the No.1 fighter in the dead zone.]
[Rewards:
Chained Rewards. (?) ]
[Penalty upon failure:
Regressing to LV 1 ]
"FUCK!!!!!"
hiro shouted at the top of his lungs causing everyone present to look at him with surprise.
He was someone known throughout the area since he helped and interacted with everyone.
Seeing him having a outburst was a shock to everyone since, to them, hiro was someone who was very soft-spoken and kind.
He soon got up and left the Cafe while chewing on his right thumb with enough force to break skin.
The taste of iron filled his mouth as his tumb began to bleed but he completely ignored it and continued walking.
The passersby all looked at him with shock and horror but he didn't paying attention to that, instead focusing on reaching his destination.
After a while of walking, he reached a small hill with a giant tree at the top.
the hill was situated on the edge of the city.After reaching there he sat down and finally noticed why people were looking at him strangely.
"Yikes...."
The sleeve of his white shirt was stained red upto the elbow.
His skill [Vitality weave] kept trying to heal him but due to his continuous chewing the skill kept producing more and more blood to replace what he lost which causes more blood to flow out.
Hiro sighed and took out a water bottle from his inventory and cleaned his arm and sleeve as much as he could.
He then focused on the rewards and clicked on question mark to find out what the reward was.
[Chained Rewards: this system of reward distribution revolves around the player's performance throughout the event. The rewards will be given at the end of the event.]
'So the rewards are literally random in a way. What a shitty system mechanic.'
He took a deep breath and sighed while clenching his hand into a fist.
'The system won't let me quit. So, I'll just have to prepare myself better for the unknown.'
He thought, clicking at multiple icons in his inventory. Soon, multiple screens popped up in front of him.
A wide grin crept up on his face as multiple different wheels appeared infront of him.
"Lets gamble."
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Heya! Gazer's here. Sorry I've been quite inconsistent with the uploads but the main reason behind it is that my exams are currently on going.
And they will stay like that for a long while. So, I'm thinking of putting this fic on hiatus for the time being.
Since most of its content is original, it's shredding my brain like butter to keep up with both the story and my studies.
So, I've decided to start a story with actual background and not just me creating it....mostly.
so I'd like you guy to decide which one i should work on!
1) A shadow's guardian (shadow slave fanfic)
2) Adaptive spider (mha fanfic)
3) Experimental bug (jungle juice fanfic)
4) Son of God (Rosario + vampire fanfic)
5) The devouring dragon (highschool DxD fanfic)
6) Flames of judgement (omori × chainsaw man fanfic)
7) Quests to reach perfection (lookism fanfic)
The one that gets most comments will be the one I'll be working on next.
Till then abyss gazer, signing out.