Chapter 7: Maybe fight night wasn't such a good idea
"Let me see you counter this…Mōjū no bakufū(raging beast blast)!!"
Boa yells as he let's out another blast of energy at Dan, this one more intense than the last, Boa intent on finishing the fight with the attack.
"Jigoku no tetsu no mon(iron gates of hell)."
Dan claps his hands together and then goes ahead to face his palms outward as an iron shield forms in front of him, making a defense in front of him.
The blast hits the wall in front of Dan with such ferocity that the impact was felt throughout the entire building, Boa continues yelling has the energy blast continues hitting the wall.
Dan is not letting up as he also yells out at the top of his lungs, the resulting explosion blew up the entire ring and shook the entire building to its foundation, with a blinding light following the explosion.
"That was quite an explosion folks, I wonder if any of our fighters survived it."
The commentator says as he strains his eyes to see through the dust cloud.
Dan standing over Boa as he laid on the ground breathing heavily, placing his blade on Boa's throat.
"Do you yield??."
Dan asks calmly.
"What is your name."
Boa asks
"Dan."
"You are a strong opponent, Dan, I acknowledge your power and so I will give you this victory."
Boa replies with a knowing expression on his face.
"I yield."
Boa calls out to the umpire who immediately nods to acknowledge his decision.
"IRONGUARD is the winner."
The umpire announces with the PA system, the announcement makes the crowd go wild as they begin to cheer for him.
Dan removes the blade placed at Boa's neck and stretches out his hand to Boa to help him up, a gesture Boa accepts with a smile on his face, Boa rises to his feet and gives a nod to Dan as he walks out of the ring leaving Dan to the adulation of the crowd.
TIME : 7:25AM
LOCATION : NINOS HOMOT
"Here you go."
Dan says as he drops a small bag on the desk before him, looking at Hermit has he does so.
"What is this??"
Hermit asks as he picks up the bag.
"Your money just has you requested, a thousand credits paid in full."
Dan answers with a smirk on his face.
"How did you get this much within such a short period of time??...what exactly are you up to Dan??"
Hermit asks with a concerned look on his face.
"Don't worry old man, you've got your money and that's all that matters."
Dan replies as he turns to leave.
"Dan.."
Hermit calls out to which Dan responds by looking back at him.
"You be careful now."
Hermit says to which Dan replies with a nod before he walks out.
Dan goes up a flight of stairs has he makes to get to his room.
On getting there, he locks the door behind him and turns on the light bulb, then walks to a covered up board at the right corner opposite his bed and uncovers it, revealing a board with pictures and old newspaper cut outs, with lines drawn, showing a network of connections between the pictures and cut outs on the board.
"Time to get back to work…I'm coming for you, Governor Cheng, just you wait for me."
Dan says with a hateful expression on his face .
TIME : 10:45AM
LOCATION : NEGATANA FIGHT CLUB.
Karan and a huge man sit inside an office as they wait patiently for their host to join them.
"He is wasting time and I don't like people that waste my time."
The huge man says as he looks at Karan.
"Calm yourself, Armstrong , let's not get riled up over Negata's lateness."
Karan says rather calmly.
Mr. Negata walks in and greets Karan and Armstrong before taking his seat opposite them. Negata was a known supporter of Cheng's regime as governor due to how much he benefited from it, he considered himself one of Cheng's partners and was always looking for ways to get up higher in Cheng's good books.
"Pardon my timing, I was busy with some investors.. So to what do I owe this surprise visit from Cheng's top dog and his bodyguard??"
Negata asks as he helps himself to a glass of wine while also pouring out for both men in front of him.
"We have been looking for an individual that raided a warehouse belonging to Mr. Cheng and stole a valuable weapon from there, while also roughing up the guards placed there. I have reason to believe that the blade stolen was used yesterday by one of the combatants that performed the night before. So all i came here for is to gain the records of last night so as to track down the individual."
Karan says as he accepts the glass of wine offered to him by Negata.
"I see, but i don't think i can help you with that."
Negata says to which Armstrong raises an eyebrow.
"We have a strict rule of confidence over here so the real identities of our fighters are never actually documented for sake of privacy."
Negata says as he toys with his wine, "I'd still like to go through the records of last night, if you don't mind."
Karan says with a serious expression on his face.
"Of course, I'll call the records keeper to put it out for you."
Negata says as he picks up his phone to call the records keeper with a viable sign of worry in his actions.
"Thank you for your cooperation, we'll be going now."
Karan says as he and Armstrong rise up, leaving Negata quite frightened.
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"IRONGUARD and THE BEAST, those are the two fighters that competed last night."
A Middle aged Raza wearing spectacles says as he goes through the ledger before him.
"They didn't sign in with their real names??"
Armstrong asks gruffly.
"Not at all, we follow a strict rule of costumer privacy over here, sir"
The middle aged Raza replies calmly.
"Can you help us with the description of both men that signed in yesterday, we'd really appreciate if you could."
Karan asks softly, trying to put the Raza at ease.
" I wouldn't be able to help you with that but you can ask the bouncers that guarded the entrance to the locker room, I'm sure they'll be able to help out."
The Raza says closing up the ledger he was carrying.
"Alright then, thank you very much for your cooperation"
Karan says.
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"That detective and his partner are spying on us."
Armstrong says as he glances opposite the street to see an obscure car parked with no-one in it.
"I thought I told Crow to take care of those two, why does he always have to be so nonchalant with his work."
Karan says in an annoyed tone.
"What are we gonna do about them now??"
Armstrong asks as he and Karan get into their vehicle.
"Call Crow and tell him to go over to the western harbor warehouse with some men, if the detectives won't back off they would end up losing their life" Karan says as he starts up the vehicle and drives off.
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"You think they saw us??"
Ilara asks as she rises from the bottom of the vehicle she was hiding in.
"Nah I don't think so, but we might have to follow them"
Sai says as he gets back into the drivers seat.
"You know if you are right and Crow is somehow in cahoots with those guys, that means we can actually get dirt on Governor Cheng which could be just what we need to blow open the lid on his corrupt practices in this city."
Ilara says as they follow Karan subtly trying not to be seen.
"Let's hope we don't hit another dead end."
Sai says with a sigh…
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