Chapter 31 - Clichés

Jinguang laid on the floor as he caught his breath. His mind raced as he tried to catch his thoughts. It had been only a minute or two ago that they had stared at each other from opposite sides of the ring. Now here he was laying on the floor with his opponent above him. Coughing, a bit of blood hit his hand as his body recuperated from the attack. He had not lost like this in so long that his respect for this childlike Viper grew. While the audience may have thought that this was a normal battle only he could see what was really going on. He knew she was analyzing his movements but the ability to figure out his weakness within two minutes was startling. His left back heel was injured a month ago from a recent mission and had been slowly healing. However, despite the small injury he could function the same and was sure that he did not give off any obvious signals showing that either. Viper had seen a small movement and was able to pinpoint immediately what had happened and had used it to his advantage. Without this tactic, the fight would have definitely lasted longer.

His eyes gained focus as the loud cheers of the crowd woke him up from his stupor. Chuckling at the situation he put his hands on Viper's waist to push him to the side and off his body. As soon as his hands touched the hoodie Viper had rose up and moved away immediately. Confusion filled him as he watched his powerful opponent evade him like this, did he think he was dirty?! 'This blood is your fault ah!' Pulling himself off the ground he walked over to Viper and held his hand out.

"Good match." He watched him as he placed his small hands in his and nodded his head in response. The rough but smooth hand was small in his and his heart stirred at the touch of it. 'This...how was his hand so small? So soft?' More confusion filled him as he felt the need to touch the soft skin again but quickly shut down the idea. 'I cannot believe that I want to touch a man's hand again, ah I must really get a girlfriend soon.' He stepped back and waited for the cage walls to drop down before walking off the ring. He stood near the side as the stumpy announcer walked onto the stage with the celebratory belt and a cheque for the 50,000 yuan.

"Announcing our current winner...Viper! He is the reigning champion for this year and will be awarded the grand prize money. The competition has officially ended, settle your betting debts and keep an eye out for our next event hehe. It'll be...very...exciting..." With that the stumpy man walked off stage and towards his table. As he turned there a small smirk was on his face 'hehe Viper let's see you get yourself out of this...'

Jinguang eyes narrowed as he caught the small smirk and evil glint in his eyes when he turned. Looking around he tried to sense if there was anything out of the ordinary but with the large amounts of people moving and chattering it was hard for him to really tell. Inching towards the stage, he leaned against the ring from outside and stood silently waiting for something to happen. Just as he expected, a disturbance occured. The lights in the room shut down throwing the entire area into pitch darkness. Screams could be heard as people rushed to leave the room but what stood out to him was the amount of steps moving in the direction towards the ring. Sensing what was happening he quickly jumped out into the ring and called out for Viper. This ambush was clearly directed at Viper and he would not let him fight alone. They may have been opponents within the ring but they were comrades in battle due to the mutual respect they had for each other. Without missing a beat he felt Viper respond to his call and they quickly found each other. Standing back to back they prepped themselves for the incoming fight. As they waited for an attack a soft sweet scent floated in the air.

Ying Yue was prepared for battle as soon as she saw the stupid man smirk and was disappointed to see that the plan they created was just... hiring a few men to kill her? I mean they had added darkness as an extra element but where was the excitement? The creativity? Her face scrunched up in irritation at having to fight this boring battle. Just when she had thought it could not have gotten more boring a soft smell filtered through the air. The familiar peony scent was weak but she could hear the drug take effect as the men surrounding the ring started shuffling in unnatural beats. 'An aphrodisiac? Really? Not even poison?!' An exasperated sigh left her as she realized what actual idiots those short men were. If she knew this beforehand she would have just killed them and ended this earlier!

Up until this moment she was ready to fight but with the barrage of cliches her irritation grew stronger than her desire to fight. Deciding to escape she bent down towards Jinguang and in a deepened voice whispered "let's just hit everyone in our way and leave."