Kapitel 15: The Beginning of the Race
Simon nearly burst in anger the moment that he heard the question that Jack was asking. He felt that he was being embarrassed in front of all these people.
Here, he was clamoring around, hating Jack because of a girl, but now, Jack was claiming that he did not even know the girl. That was going to make everyone think that he was completely unreasonable, for blaming other people for something that they did not even know.
Still, he managed to hold back. No matter what, he could not do anything for the time being. Instead, he thought that he would take his revenge on Jack after he had won the race.
Through his gritted teeth, he said, "She is-"
Simon wanted to tell Jack who Joyce was, but Jack interrupted him. "I don't really care about who she is. She is not related to me, so I don't need to know her. In any case, I will not be meeting her anytime soon, considering that you are not going to win the race anyway."
Looking at the nonchalance that was being displayed by Jack, Simon was angered even more. But, he could only hold it in, waiting for the time that would come for him to take his revenge on Jack.
"Let's get going right now. Immediately after the race down there ends, we are entering the tracks." Simon said as he immediately began walking away.
"But Simon, isn't there another race that has already been organized to occur after this?" One of the young men around could not help but ask.
But, he was forced to immediately shut up after receiving a glare from Simon. Among all the people that were here, Simon was obviously the one that held the highest position.
Even though it might be true that he was not the one that held the highest position among all the young masters within the city, still, among all the youngsters present here today, he was definitely the one with the most influence.
Jack on the other hand was pleased with himself. Henry nudged him as he whispered, "You are an expert in this. You should try this more often, so that we can get even more money. That way, we can at least reach our goal faster."
Jack looked at Henry speechlessly. Was this guy thinking that something like this was going to happen on a daily basis? It was only if he met with someone as foolish as Simon, would he be able to get a chance of manipulating them.
But if he met with a smart young master, it was impossible to tell who was going to manipulate who. Additionally, he might end up not getting what he wanted, as the young master, if they were smart, they were definitely going to back down.
"Hey Jack, are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure that Simon is planning on making sure that you lose your dignity the moment that you lose the race. It is definitely not as simple as simply telling off the girl as he has told you." The only other person who knew Jack could not help but voice his concerns.
"Don't worry about that. I should be able to win that race, so, something like that is definitely not going to happen." Jack responded confidently.
Upon seeing how confident Jack was, the young man could only nod. As for Jack, he simply stood up, before going to the car that was parked not that far away.
Henry remained behind, while the others began looking at him curiously. Of course, they could easily tell that he was related to Jack, considering that there was some form of resemblance between the two of them.
And, they came together, so, they were together in this. But, for the majority of the youngsters here, they did not know Jack and Henry. The two of them had been keeping a low profile, in such a way that only a few students within the college knew of them.
Of course, that was in terms of appearance. As for hearing about them, the number of people that had already heard about Jack and Henry was quite high. So, their reputation had already spread, but not many people could recognize them just from the description that they had received from the others from the rumors that were spreading around about the two of them.
So, while Henry was simply focusing on watching the race that was still ongoing on the racing tracks below, the others began murmuring to each other, while trying to identify the background that Jack and Henry belonged to.
Of course, considering that there was someone that knew them, they asked him about the background of the duo. And they were all surprised after hearing that these two were actually young masters from the Smith family.
The Smith family was on the same level with Simon's family. It was clear that in terms of reputation and power, the two of them could compete almost equally. It was almost difficult to be able to distinguish who was the strongest of the two, as they would gain advantage over each other from time to time, but it was almost impossible to have one of them dominate the other for a longer time.
The moment that they knew that Henry was from the Smith family, the way that they looked at him changed completely. A few people approached Henry, and began chatting with him.
Of course, this were the bootlickers. They were the ones that followed those that had power, but liked to oppress those that were weaker than themselves.
Henry was of course not interested in having a group of lackeys. Considering that he possessed the memories from his past two lives, he only viewed these youngsters as children, even though they viewed him as their age mate.
It was only Jack that he could view on almost the same level. After all, Jack was also a person who had lived another life, and so, he was a person who had experienced many more things, as compared to this group of young masters.
So, he simply responded with curt responses to the questions that they asked, something that immediately discouraged the other young masters from trying to chat with him. They could immediately tell that he was not interested in chatting with them.
Jack on the other hand did not know what was going on where he had left Henry. Instead, he got inside the Mazda RX9, before driving towards the racing tracks. Of course, he did not enter into the racing tracks, but instead, waited on the side.
They had to wait until the race that was currently ongoing ended, before they could use the racing tracks. So, Jack simply held the steer wheel of the car, as he waited.
Just then, Simon drove his Lamborghini Huracan over. He stopped his car next to Jack's, before rolling down the window. Then, he glared at Jack, before saying, "Let us see between the two cars, which one is considered as a scrap metal."
It was clear that Simon was still holding a grudge on the instance where Jack had called his car a scrap metal.
Jack on the other hand simply ignored Simon. To him, all that mattered was the bet. He was currently not planning to use the money that he had received from his father Newton to place a bet on this.
Instead, he was simply going to use that money on the biggest bet, during the biggest event that was going to happen on Friday night.
There was a limitation of the multiplication effect of the system. If he placed a bet, and what he earned after winning was multiplied by 100 times, if he placed yet another bet using the same money, even if he won, the money would not be multiplied.
Instead, if he wanted the money to be multiplied after placing the bet, he would have to use the money that he had received from winning the bet, to do something else that was going to earn him more money, and then use the money that he would have earned in order to place the bet. It was only then that the multiplication effect was going to take place.
That was the exact reason why Jack had used the money that had been received after the multiplication effect when they sold the car, to use in the purchase of the skill. Now, he still had the two million dollars, together with the other money that he had been saving all this while.
Upon being ignored once again, Simon was of course incensed. Now, he was finding it extremely difficult to be able to hold back from going to punch Jack in the face.
That handsome face irritated him, and to Simon, it felt that that face was always requesting to be punched. He would feel a little better only if he saw that face battered.
The two of them continued waiting for a few more minutes, before the race that was ongoing on the racing tracks finally ended. The moment that the race ended, the two of them drove the cars to the starting line.
Of course, before the race began, they had to place the bets, which was something like a tradition here, considering that the majority of the people that were using the racing tracks most of the time were actually the young masters from the city.
So, the two of them were given forms to write the terms of winning and losing the race. After that, they placed their signatures on the forms that had been filled by the other party. Jack obviously signed Simon's form after going through it.
With that, the countdown for the race finally began. The race using formula one was kick-started as the two cars suddenly sped off.
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