All Chapters of The Rejected Man's Rise: Chapter 141
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CHAPTER 141
The crowd took time to process what just happened.Beating Rook was one thing, but beating Drake was an entirely different thing.Drake’s sponsors were out of their seats.Most of the other sponsors weren’t smiling, either.What’s more, Caleb raised his middle fingers right at the VIP box.The crowd was astonished by his actions, and some of them immediately began to cheer him.“He’s a wolf that ate the viper!”“He’s not just a wolf, he’s a smiling wolf!”The common audience were absolutely thrilled by the fact that Caleb just showed his middle fingers at the VIP section.This was something that was never seen by them before, at least not as far as they remembered.“Smiling Wolf!”“Smiling Wolf!”The crowd chanted his name even though most of them had lost their betting money.Caleb felt their passion and waved his hand at them. “It’s a funny name, but I like the atmosphere.”His father was a street singer, and Caleb was with his father many days. He was not shy around people.And he
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Drake was dragged away unconscious while medics hurried onto the stage. Blood streaked across the cracked stone floor beneath the bright lights.Some of the medics attended to Caleb.This was rare.Medics usually didn’t rush like this to treat a newbie.This meant just one thing.Caleb caught the attention of someone in the VIP section.“You want to fight again?” the referee asked. “Are you sure?”Caleb wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb. He didn’t let the medics heal him, and he told them he was fine. He then looked toward the referee. “One more.”The referee went blank for a little bit. “What?”“One more fight.”The medics stared at Caleb like he had lost his mind.“You already fought twice tonight,” the referee said. “Most E-ranks only fight once.”“Then they’re lazy,” Caleb casually said.The audience heard that through the overhead microphones and burst into laughter and cheers.The medics pointed out how Caleb had taken several clean hits to his ribs, and that he shoul
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“Smile all you want right now,” Caleb said, “because you won’t be smiling after our fight.”Leon smiled at Caleb’s words, then removed his shoes.Caleb noticed the scars immediately.There were scars on ankles, shins and toes. This man must have kicked a lot.But then his nickname was Firefist?Something didn’t add up.The referee waited for the audience to place their bets, and then he signaled the start by raising his hand and shouting, ‘Begin!”Unlike the previous fights, nobody rushed.Leon slowly circled sideways.Caleb mirrored him just for fun.The crowd quieted slightly in confusion.Then leon attacked on all fours like a panther. A low kick snapped toward Caleb’s calf.He was mighty fast.Caleb blocked his kick with his chin.“Krgh,” Pain shot through Caleb’s leg immediately.It wasn’t devastating, but it was still sharp enough to visibly discomfort him.Leon was easily on a different level compared to Drake.Caleb bore the pain and countered with a kick to the face, but Leon
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The crowd roared even louder as they believed that the fight was surely over this time.However, Caleb got back up like he was never hit, and he brushed the dirt off his chest.He was glaring coldly at Leon.And Leon was not smiling.He was finding it hard to digest that Caleb was still standing after tasting a full blown flaming palm strike.“I’m beginning to see through his tactics,” Caleb muttered under his breath.Dreamie sent a message of a charm point increase because the crowd was genuinely impressed that Caleb was still not down.Caleb did not have any particular martial art skill even though he could have learned a few skills already.He would have to wait a few more days before he could get an epic grade martial art skill.Until then, Caleb just wanted to use his own instincts and experience to win the fights. As he expected, the charm point also increased.This was good news for him because charm points would do wonders for him in the physical realm as well as the spirit re
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Leon woke up seconds later, bleeding from nose, only to see the referee raising Caleb’s hand. People were throwing chips onto the arena. This time, there were green chips, too.He knew that the match was over.He remembered talking to Dwayne's assistant before the match.“You want me to fight a new guy who hasn’t even had ten victories under his belt?” he shook his head. “Nah, I’ll pass.”“Boss Dwayne wants to invite him into the gang,” she said.Leon’s expression changed. “Boss said that? Then this fight might be interesting. Tell him I’ll school the kid.”Thinking back on it, Leon smiled now as the medics checked on him.“My style is hard to adapt to,” he spoke with Dwyane through the earpiece, “but he was able to do it only after taking a few of my attacks. His talent is terrifying.”He laughed weakly.Dwyane, who was in the VIP box, looked at his assistant. “Do you get it now?”“Forgive my lack of insight, Boss,” she lowered her head and apologized. “I will prepare a contract and
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Natasha sat alone in one of the staff changing rooms.The atmosphere here felt quieter from the arena.Girls removed makeup in silence while exhausted workers counted tips and bruises alike.Luckily, she didn’t receive any bruises yet even though it’s been over a month since she started working here.Natasha rubbed her temples tiredly. A lot happened today, mostly chaotic.And somehow, most of that chaos had Caleb’s smile attached to it.“He’s much bigger of a deal than I thought,” she muttered under her breath. “Will he really have dinner with me? By now, sponsors must be flooding him with contracts. He’d become a millionaire soon. There’s no way someone like that will still have dinner with me.”She bitterly smiled.The door suddenly opened.A heavyset man walked inside. He was one of the VIP regulars.His bodyguards closed the door behind him. Natasha’s expression immediately darkened.“W-What are you doing here, sir?:” she stood at once. “This place is only for the staff.”“There
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The manager just finished counting the green chips that were thrown onto the arena after Caleb’s win.There were 42 x-grade chips, which meant Caleb won 84,000 dollars.“A rookie joining the ring and earning this much money on his first day is already rare enough, but this guy toppled the top E-ranker,” the manager thought. “The sponsors are going to be all over him. If I’m in his shoes, I’ll pick the best offer. After all, not all days will be yours. You need to be wise if you want to survive here.”Just then, a guard came running and whispered in the manager’s ear.The manager’s face froze for a second. “Stalin got beat up?”He quickly rushed over to the scene.Stalin’s bodyguards were all knocked out on the floor.He entered the changing room. Caleb was sitting on the bench, but the big guy Stalin was on the floor, his crotch fully covered in blood.Stalin was not even conscious anymore.“W-What have you done?” the manager gritted his teeth and glared at Caleb.Natasha was nowhere
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The largest man of the group roared and charged first. He was quite fast for someone his size.His fist blasted toward Caleb’s head.Caleb dodged narrowly. The punch smashed directly into a concrete wall behind him. Chunks exploded outward.This wasn’t something a normal human could do.The others attacked simultaneously. Metal pipes came swinging, knives flashing, and boots splashing through puddles.The alley became chaotic instantly.Caleb ducked beneath a chain swing and elbowed one thug directly in the throat. The man collapsed gagging.Another man stabbed toward Caleb’s ribs.Caleb grabbed the wrist and slammed the attacker face-first into another man’s face.Crack~!The sound of skull cracking was heard.The Super brute charged again, roaring like an enraged gorilla.Caleb met him head-on.Their fists collided violently; the impact echoed through the alley.The brute grinned wildly. “Not bad,” he attacked aggressively now, throwing heavy punches with sheer brute force.This did
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About an hour later.At Velvet Mirage Strip Club, music thundered through glowing purple lights while dancers moved across polished stages beneath raining neon.Private guards stood everywhere, blending with the rich men who laughed drunkenly inside VIP booths.And in the center lounge sat Ronald Pierce alongside Drake’s furious sponsors.Even expensive alcohol was not helping soothe their bruised egos.Ronald called in a few half-naked girls and had them do the lap dance, and this brightened the atmosphere.“Why haven’t they called yet?” one of the sponsors wondered.“Give them some time. I’m sure they will bring good news,” another sponsor said.“Did you guys hire someone to rough Smiling Wolf up?” Ronald asked.“Yeah,” Drake’s sponsors smiled with drunk faces.“Idiots, if he had only beat Drake and stopped, I would understand if you got butthurt,” Ronald said. “But he’s even defeated Leon, so why are you still going after him? Call those men back.”“It’s too late. They probably alr
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Later that night.Caleb stood outside a small rooftop restaurant while adjusting the collar of his black shirt awkwardly.He was a bit nervous now because he wasn’t sure if Natasha would come or not.Was it really okay for him to ask her to come for dinner when she was harassed by Stalin not long ago?Something in his chest bothered him.“I will make her feel better,” Caleb told himself.The city lights stretched endlessly around him, glowing gold and blue beneath the night sky. Cars moved far below like streams of fire.A few more minutes passed.Caleb checked his watch.“Is she not coming?” Caleb exhaled audibly. He was planning on getting rid of his virgin status, but things didn’t seem to be going his way. “I guess I’ll just order for myself then.”Just as he was about to call the waiter, Natasha walked onto the rooftop.Caleb genuinely forgot what he was thinking for a second. She wasn’t wearing her usual Black Ring outfit tonight which was nothing but a bikini.She had her body