Chapter 004: Surrounded
As night fell, a layer of dark clouds covered the sky above Seoul. As if sensing the turmoil in the city below, the temperature grew increasingly cold .
In this world shrouded by money and power, life is always one of the cheap commodities.
For the wealthy, in this cold winter, watching a lively black market boxing match, or the annual battle, and then taking their female or male companion to a hotel, villa, luxury car, or the wild for a hearty fight is absolutely wonderful and the most refreshing thing.
In the special venue on the basement floor of the Imperial Club, dozens of young men and women in gorgeous and fashionable clothes are sitting around the fence on the second floor. Of course, many of them have masks on their faces. Unless they are really stupid second-generation rich people, they will not participate in such an event with their true faces.
Of course, this does not include those who have been abandoned by their families, have no ambitions, and feel that they should live a life of drunkenness and dreams for the rest of their lives.
Below is a pure white boxing ring, and standing on it is Zheng Qilong, the owner of the Imperial Club. He will only serve as the host on days like the annual battle. Although he is very powerful, he is still a force of the dark side and cannot be on the stage.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, the Imperial Club has ushered in its fourth annual battle. Last year's annual battle, the battle between Blackface and Teacher Yan Taifeng was unforgettable, but I believe that the friends present were also very disappointed. As the owner of the Imperial Club, I naturally have to provide the highest level of service to my guests, so everything that happened last year will never happen again!"
"because……"
"This time, the challenger came from the United States at the invitation of Imperial. He is the most legendary black market boxing champion from the west coast of the United States, 'The Immortal' Akito Miller!"
The TVs mounted on the walls of the first and second floors all lit up. In the screen, a man with a terrifying figure, a bald head and a ferocious face was beating his opponent crazily, just like an adult and a child. All the highlights were of this foreigner abusing people. A powerful black boxer was knocked out within a minute compared to last year's so-called eighth-degree black belt master. This foreigner, known as the "Immortal", would most likely see a repeat of last year's match if one only watched TV, except that the person falling to the ground might be replaced by a black mask.
"It's actually Ajid Miller, haha, so interesting, that bastard Black Face made me lose so much money, he's finished this time!" A man in a white suit and a gold-rimmed mask shouted excitedly, and soon many people echoed him.
You have to know that Ajid Miller has the reputation of being the lever that lifts the entire field in American boxing...Okay, this has nothing to do with fighting ability, but he is indeed very famous.
The atmosphere quickly became heated. Zheng Qilong slowly lowered his head with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. No one knew what the man under the black mask looked like, but in the two years here, he had never lost a fight, and it was even rare to see him injured. As the home boxer of the Imperial Club, he had earned a lot of wealth for Zheng Qilong in these two years.
So Zheng Qilong chose to protect him because he had great value, and even deceived a rich and powerful man to protect this guy, resulting in sad consequences.
But today, all this may change. If Black Face loses and the legend is shattered, Zheng Qilong's value will disappear. And whether he can survive intact under the black boxer is also an important question.
Of course, no one knows what will happen next, just like Zheng Qilong doesn't know whether Heimian will win or not. If he wins, let him go? What a joke, the right choice is to continue threatening him to help him make money.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please invite the two contestants to the stage. There are still five minutes before the game starts. You can start betting after observing the status of both contestants. Today's odds are 1:1.2, Ajid Miller 1, Blackface 1.2!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the two aisles below lit up. Since this was not a formal boxing match, there was naturally no such scenes.
In the passage with heating on both sides, a strong black man wearing black shorts and a man wearing blue shorts, with his upper body naked and wearing a black mask, with only his eyes and two empty nostrils exposed, walked out.
There were a lot of whistles and shouts from the stage. When the two players stepped onto the ring, everyone could clearly see through the lighting that the foreign player was almost twice as big as Black Face, and was even more than ten centimeters taller than Black Face, who was about 1.8 meters tall.
It was this devilish muscular man who won the victory just by his appearance. Because of his black face, many people on the field lost a lot of money. At this moment, these people finally laughed excitedly, and then went to the data desk on the second floor to start betting on the players they supported.
At this moment, on the west side of the stands, a woman wearing a black turtleneck sweater and black tights, with long black hair, delicate features and a black mask, was looking at the black-masked man in the field with her hands folded and some concern. She did not run to place bets as excitedly as those people. Although her full appearance could not be seen clearly, judging from her exposed facial features and figure, she should be an intellectual beauty.
While these young men and women were placing bets in groups of three or four, the black man named Ajid Miller was looking solemnly at the black-faced man not far away from him. In fact, if it weren't for the price offered by Zheng Qilong that he couldn't refuse, he would never have come to such a small country.
Zheng Qilong invited him not just for the annual battle, but just to test the quality of Black Face. If he could beat a boxer like Akide, then in the future, no one would buy other people's bets in the gambling and boxing matches in Imperial as soon as he participated. But this was not important. The important thing was that Zheng Qilong could send him to boxing matches abroad, so that he could even earn more money.
As for Akito, one of the parties involved, he didn't care about the game at all and just regarded it as an unpleasant outing.
However, when he saw the motionless black-faced man in the boxing ring, he instinctively felt the danger, as if...
A ferocious beast.
It's a very strange feeling, maybe even an illusion, but as a long-time winner who has experienced more than a hundred boxing matches in the United States, I know very well that this is definitely not an illusion, but just the keen touch of some senior fighters.
This kind of thing is like the sharp eyes of the teacher in school. Sometimes the teacher just glances at you normally, and doesn’t even really look you in the eye, but you become panicked. In addition to your own reasons, there is naturally pressure from the teacher.
This kind of thing is invisible, but sometimes when you stare at someone, that person will really have some strange touch, and then notice that you are staring at him.
At this moment, Ajid felt a strange chill. It was not the chill of the temperature in the hall at the moment, but the chill brought by a faint sense of danger.
Zheng Qilong looked at the time and it was twenty seconds until 10:00 p.m.
"The unlimited fighting match will begin immediately. There are no restrictions on the rules. The match will automatically end when one person falls unconscious!"
"Ten seconds left before the game starts!"
"Nine!"
"eight!"
…
"one!"
"start!"
Black market boxing matches are like this, there are no beautiful women holding signs, no complicated procedures, only the most primitive collision. Two boxers with bare hands and no protective measures fighting in the boxing ring is the best stimulation for these pampered rich second generations.
But after the game started, everything was different from what they had imagined.
"Bang!"
"Brother, the police have surrounded our club and have rushed in. They seem to be looking for you, Boss!"
After a brief silence, the scene suddenly became a little chaotic. For these second-generation rich people, reputation was still very important. No one wanted to be taken to the police station, and no one wanted the elders in the family to know about such things. For larger families with conflicts, this was definitely a fatal thing, even for those who were abandoned by the family.
However, Zheng Qilong frowned at this moment. He was very puzzled why the police came here. In reality, this place can be said to be an absolutely safe place. With the network of relationships behind him, no one should come here to make trouble. But now that the police have come, there are only two possibilities. One is that the authorities want to crack down on gangs, and the other is that a big shot with greater power wants to deal with him.
But no matter which one he is, he now has only one choice - run!
"Blackface, take these guests out of Channel B and come find me at the company later. Also, Mr. Ajid, please leave with Blackface first. I am very surprised by what happened today, but it will never affect what I promised. Tiger man, the club is left to you. Since you are here to find me, I believe you will be fine!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come to the first floor now. Blackface will take you out of here through the emergency exit, and then you can leave freely!"
After Zheng Qilong finished speaking, he turned and entered the passage that Heimian came from. Everyone else ran downstairs, while the one called Heimian lightly jumped off the boxing ring and walked towards the passage that Ajid came from before. Soon, he was followed by pairs of men and women who kept shouting, and of course Ajid with a frown on his face.
