Not much had occurred with the Howlers or Gary after the meeting with Kanu in Centerfield. After all, the decision had been made that they wouldn’t act at all. It meant no running investigations into NIRV, no trying to find out how the One Gang operated or who its enemies were.If anything, they wanted to do everything in their power to avoid getting into another situation like they had before. With the Phoenix Gang, it truly felt like they were just protecting themselves.In this case, doing anything against another King would just be asking for a fight. As time went on, the day of the big event approached, and a large limo-like vehicle was seen leaving Slough, heading to Strifehold.While traveling down the highway at a reasonable speed, the man behind the wheel couldn’t help but keep a big smile on his face.“I have to say once again, thank you so much, sir, for giving me this opportunity!” Park said. “Honestly, when the job came up and a chance to work closer to you guys who creat

As the attention quickly shifted from Xin to Apollo, a giant of a figure that stood out like a sore thumb, even with all the people crowding around him, Gary could see the top of his head.‘What is it with me and running into giants everywhere recently?’ Gary thought as he imagined an AFC match between Austin, Ice, and Apollo—certainly one to watch.Although it wouldn’t sell a lot of tickets, considering no one knew who Austin or Ice really were.‘Apollo, huh? It’s been a while since I saw him. The last time was at the AFA; we were both the top-ranking students, and he was quite strong. I remember him going up against Jayden that time, but the two of us never fought each other.’Gary was quite thankful for that—the big guys tended to be more resilient compared to others. His fight with Ice had been a long one, but the toughest fight was with the Unicorn Mythical-Type Altered, the warden of the prison.‘From what I remember, after the AFA, Apollo had his debut match as well, and he qui

“Wow, this room is huge!” Gary exclaimed as his eyes scanned the VIP booth they were now in.The VIP booths were large viewing areas stationed about two-thirds of the way down the stands. They weren’t directly on the floor level next to the AFC arena. Instead, it was a spacious glass booth that occupied a large section of the stands, made entirely of one-way viewing glass.From inside, they could see out into the arena floor, but those in the stands had no idea who was inside the booth. If one were to look around the stadium, there were a total of twelve of these viewing booths, allowing the very important to watch the match in comfort.The booths were special, equipped with their own bar filled with drinks and snacks, a lounging area with screens showing the televised version of the fight, and every luxury fitting of the name "VIP booth." Gary immediately gravitated toward the snack area, opening a cupboard and finding all sorts of treats. He quickly pulled out some beef jerky and st

Time had gone by, and the event was about to start any moment, but the final act of the event still wouldn’t be for at least another two hours as they watched other fights take place.Both Park and Austin had made it to their seats in time to see the spectacular opening ceremony. Flames erupted from the octagon center, and an announcer had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, with the crowd already largely cheering.“Hey, hey, that’s Clem from AJ Entertainment, right? Isn’t she basically under the Howlers gang? Maybe I can get an autograph or something.”“Calm down and focus,” Austin said. “I know we came here to have a good time, and it’s your first AFC event, but as a member of the Howlers, and if you’re going to be around us, you need to always focus.”“Right, focus,” Park said, looking straight ahead at the octagon and not even blinking as he watched the announcer announcing the upcoming fights.Austin just slapped his head.“Have you ever experienced danger in your life? Right now,

Harvor had entered the VIP room, a place that should have been off-limits to any guests apart from those who were registered to enter.Of course, there was one person to whom these rules didn’t apply, and that was Harvor. This was his city, this was his arena, and no one could say no to him.Gary could recognize the presence of him immediately, and his looks due to him being the champion of the AFC.The man had walked in with only a jacket with sleeves covered in purple and the rest of it white. It was left open, allowing his chiseled abs to show through.This was a man meant to be in his fifties but looked like he was still in his prime around thirty or so. He was practically the poster boy for why everyone wanted to be an Altered.If this was something that had happened before Gary got involved in all of this mess, he would have been completely star-struck, as he was one of the biggest fans of the AFC.“Wow, I can’t believe it!” Gary said. “It’s Harvor Ego, the AFC champion—my heart