The time came to 12 noon, and the morning game came to an end. The feasting spectators stretched their waists and scattered to find something to eat, drink, smoke and play, and talk about the game. The most discussed of them is, of course, Kane, and this one game alone is worth the ticket price.

Guests in the lounge sorted out their clothes and headed to the VIP-only restaurant for lunch with Sharan. Schubelez yawned and got up from his seat. Kane only appeared once in the morning, but it took all his attention so much that the rest of the game left him completely uninterested.

"Let's go, it's time for lunch."

Shubolez took Tarina's hand and pondered what to eat. Customarily he should go to the VIP restaurant, but he didn't know if Taleni would like to.

The girl was still looking at the arena, looking unfinished, and suddenly said.

"I can go see that...... Is it called Kane's child? ”

"Huh? What's so nice about a gladiator? ”

"Because he's handsome...... "Tarini swallowed back as she spoke, "no...... That's, it's just a little bit of interest......"

The phrase "a little interested" is enough to give Schubertz a headache. At the beginning, Taleni said that she wanted to watch the gladiatorial match, and she was also "a little interested", but she just said "no", and she was pestered for a day, and finally had to give in. Bringing Taleni here was already a concession, not to mention contact with those creatures whose hands were covered in blood and who didn't know if they were human or not.

However, Schubertz admits he has some interest in Kane as well. It is not easy for a teenager to have such skills and courage. There is also a backhand sneak attack with a scabbard, and a move to slash and seal the throat in the air, he is quite impressed.

"It's okay to go, but after that, you'll have to listen to me."

"Hmm!"

*****

At intermission, all the surviving gladiators were herded into a courtyard. The courtyard inherited the style of the lounge, surrounded by high walls, barbed wire, sentry posts, and armed guards standing on it, and survived a prison with only an airtight iron gate for the police to enter.

Tables are set up in the courtyard with plastic lunch boxes stacked with meals. Here the gladiators had a bite to eat, let off steam, and in an hour they had to return to the lounge.

Shubolez led Taleni to the Great Iron Gate, where five policemen stood by. Seeing Shubolez, the police greeted him politely. The police will not and dare not forget their appearance to those who can call the mayor brothers.

"Is that the place to let the wind out?" Schublerz asked.

"Yes sir." A police officer replied.

"So, I'd like to meet the kid who defeated Ares, Kane, right? Can you let him out for a while? It's right here at the door. ”

The policeman showed a puzzled expression, hesitated, and said, "Mr. Kalchi, although it is your request, the mayor has also instructed that these people cannot be released. You know, everyone who comes here wants to get away sooner rather than later, in case there's a slip-up......"

Schubertz smiled slightly, stepped forward, and patted the policeman's shoulder with his bandaged hand.

"Do you think I can't deal with him?"

When the policeman woke up from a dream, he immediately stood up straight and bowed repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kalchi, I'll arrange it." ”

He pulled out his walkie-talkie and shouted inside. Schubertz saw it in his eyes and sneered secretly in his heart. He is very disdainful of this kind of person, because they can't figure out their own catties, they can only fake the tiger and bully others, but this kind of goods are everywhere in Larvega.

Shubolez didn't like Larvega, it only smelled of blood and copper, and it was unpleasant to breathe the air, but he had a job to do. Occasionally, the Independent Action Corps would send him as a representative to talk to Sharan about something. This is the fourth time he has come to Larvega, sometimes to run errands, sometimes as an emissary to pull relations. When he came here two years ago, Schuberuz met Cambe, which made him find Larvega a bit of a bit of a flirtatious.

Schublez and Cambe have played each other, and both sides have shown their skills, but they still don't win or lose. It was the first time he had seen someone who was on par with him outside the organization. Until now, Cambe's moves are still engraved in my mind.

Watching Kane's fight, he noticed that the two men were eerily similar, and those moves were like half-finished Cambay moves.

The iron door slowly opened a crack, and as soon as Kane came out of it, the door was immediately closed. Kane looked at the man in front of him, and the girl next to him, he didn't know what these two people were doing, only that the five policemen behind him had pointed their guns at him.

"I'll ask one thing first, and you can talk about the rest."

Shubolez said to Tarina, walking over to Kane again, holding out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Shubolez Kalchi."

Kane glanced at Schubertz absentmindedly and reluctantly reached out his hand and shook it together.

"Kane."

"Well, first of all, congratulations on taking out the God of War. I want to ask, did you learn your moves from Cambe? ”

Now Kane, whenever he hears Cambe's name, he thinks of Mark's death, the gushing blood, and Cambe's sinister smiling face, which makes him very disgusting.

"So what?"

"Well, the surname Ida is ...... between you."

"What are you asking for? Does it have anything to do with you? ”

A few questions hit a nose of ash, and Schuberoz was a little embarrassed, but he was not angry. Cambé had told him how he trained his students, so what had happened to Kane, he could probably guess.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's nothing, I just think you look a bit like him. It's not me who is looking for you today. ”

With that, Schubles called Taleni over.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Kane stared at the girl in front of him, he had seen a girl dressed like this in Edward's house: richly dressed, well-built, polite, and then—poisonous woman's heart.

One day, when she went out hunting, she was one of these girls, because she thought it was funny to be chased by wolves as bait, and she didn't let the hunters shoot from beginning to end. Kane almost became a meal for the wolves, and his superb tree-climbing skills saved his life. The girl was still laughing until he crawled back to camp in embarrassment.

Don't treat people as human beings, flying and domineering, Kane only has these impressions of girls his age. Especially Tarini shyly lowered her head, her eyes wandering and twisting. Before she could speak, Kane was getting impatient.

"What are you doing?"

Tarini was startled, her voice was the same as on the field, low and hoarse without losing her courage. Her heart was beating hard and her mouth was slurred.

"Uh, that...... It is...... How can I say it......"

"It's okay, I'll go back." Kane turned to leave.

"Ah, wait a minute."

Tarini hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Kane's clothes. Kane opened her hand.

"My name is Tarini, yes, I think you're ...... today Well, it's handsome. ”

With a red face, Tarini finally reluctantly spoke.

"I feel like you're amazing. Does it mean that in the future it is intended to develop in this area? In that case, you can make Mr. Schublerz ......"

"Shut up ......"

"Huh?"

"I'll tell you to shut up!!"

A roar erupted from Kane's mouth, causing Tarini to take a few steps back, and Schuberez, who was smoking a cigarette, raised his head, and the police tightened their guns.

"Do you think I like it? Do you think I'm willing to kill? Do you think I'm willing to take up arms? ”

Kane, who pointed at Tarini's nose, his voice getting higher and higher, his teeth clenched together, his round eyes and inverted brows, he was already furious.

"Do you know how you feel after a killing? Do you know how it feels when I have to? Do you know what I've been through over the years? ”

Kane really broke out, he had been patient, patient, but this time he was patient to the limit. The woman in front of her didn't understand anything at all, she was no different from the people before her. Bloody battles, too simple and too clean in her mind. A person who lives a carefree life will only enjoy pleasure and enjoy happiness that is built on the pain of others.

"You don't have to do hard work every day, you don't have to be a servant, you don't have to be a bait, you have your parents by your side, and you just have to be happy every day! And I was sold by that damn mom and dad to work as a coolie in this shitty place! Reduced to now, I have to fight for freedom by killing people! Do you understand? ”

Kane's hand was down, he was tired. From that sudden afternoon to the last two months, everything has gone through in his mind. He wanted to cry, tears were about to flow out of his eyes, but he held back and lowered his head, not wanting others to see him cry.

"You say I...... Do I live happily? Where did you see that? ”

The girl's reply was calm, in stark contrast to Kane's rant. He couldn't help but look up and saw a cold and somewhat angry face.

"Just because you see me dressed well, do you think I'm happy? Do you feel like the least in the world? ”

"What did you say!?"

"I said you don't know me at all! Just there nonsense! I don't know about you...... But talking to a girl for the first time is so rude! ”

This time it was Tarini who pointed at Kane's nose and yelled, catching Kane off guard.

"You little girl!"

Tarini pinched her waist with both hands and tilted her neck.

"It's not your turn to say that! You don't seem to be much older than me! To say you're awesome is true! Do you know how much courage I have to muster to compliment you? You don't know either! ”

Kane didn't know how to answer with an inexplicable remark, only to feel the anger rushing to his head, and his clenched fists were raised. The policemen were so shocked that their fingers on the trigger were about to be pulled down when Schuberuz lunged over and slashed Kane's fist away.

"Calm down, Kane. And Tarini, that's an overstatement. ”

"But Mr. Schuberautz, this guy is really ......"

"Everyone has suffering, so why be miserable here? Or do you have to be unfamiliar with someone you're meeting for the first time? ”

Tarini's face flushed, and she remembered something from a long time ago and pursed her lips.

“…… I know, I'm sorry. ”

Kane was momentarily speechless, and his emotions were less agitated.

"It's okay......"

"Hmm...... Then we're even. ”

Tarini burst out laughing and returned to her quiet little girl's appearance.

"I always feel that you, like me, whether it's madness with someone you meet for the first time, or ...... It's okay to be a little hidden. ”

"You say me?"

"Well, I always think so."

The girl's words calmed Kane's anger, and he somewhat agreed. And Schuberuz is right, everyone has a hard time. It's just that he doesn't understand what an unspeakable girl can hide from a worry-free girl.

"I went too far just now, I'm sorry, you can go."

Without even saying goodbye, the boy returned to the iron gate, and the girl was a little stunned. Kane's apology proves that this person does have something in common with him. She would love to sit down with him and have a good chat.

After all, she doesn't have children of the same age around her, let alone the opposite sex.

*****

The afternoon game was out of suspense for Kane. The news of Ares' death spread throughout Larvega, and the other gladiators looked at him with the eyes of a monster. In the second half of the second half ^ Kane's first opponent was already scared. As soon as the two entered the field, the sword in the poor man's hand fell from the trembling of his body. The audience booed and demanded that Kane kill him quickly.

Kane understands that this man, like himself, has been struggling with inner pressure. But now that the other party has lost his fighting spirit, is he still his enemy?

After a moment's pause, Kane relented, stepped forward, and as he approached the terrified face, he turned around behind him, drew his knife, and pierced the heart with a single blow, and then pulled it out, and the gladiator quickly collapsed. This crisp and neat approach won the applause of the audience. Kane put the knife away and walked up the elevator without looking back.

At this time, Kane found that he was really starting to go numb. As a result, Ares had to forcibly restrain his fear. But this time, there was no confusion.

He looked at his right hand, the hand that had opened Tarini's hand, and remembered Tarina's words.

"It's the same as me."

Was she also abandoned by her parents? Or, like yourself, endure doing something you don't like to do? The girl looked strong, but Kane knew it was fake. As for why I know, I can't say it well, it can only be attributed to an intuition.

With Taleni in mind, Kane returned to his normal state of mind.

The game went on, and so did Kane's killing. One opponent after another fell in front of him, and the impact of their death became less and less, until the final. The opponent is a guy with a spear, he doesn't believe in evil, and he must be on a par with Kane.

Unfortunately, he only lasted six rounds. When he swept the ground with the tail of the gun, and turned the head of the gun to stab Kane, Kane drew his knife, jumped back half a step, and waited for the opponent's gun to stab, the right half of his body turned sideways, and while dodging this shot, his right foot touched the ground, and the right half of his body, which was still dodging the attack just now, immediately turned defense into attack with the knife in his right hand, and slashed at the opponent.

In the face of this unexpected move, the opponent did not react at all, his stomach was cut open by the knife, his upper body bent, and he fell behind Kane. Kane didn't look back, changed his forehand to a backhand, raised a knife and stabbed him in the chest, ending the match.

"It's over!! This year's champion is our legendary dark horse! Kane, I-Ray-Da!! ”

The audience rhythmically shouted Kane's name and gave him unhesitant applause. Kane only thought it was funny that he was congratulated for such a thing. But thinking that it was all over, he let go of the baggage in his heart, threw away the knife and scabbard, and let himself enjoy this small victory for a while.

Several hostesses dressed in light veils walked into the arena and invited Kane to the viewing platform, where Sharan was waiting for him, smiling.

"Congratulations, Kane, from today onwards, you are the new god of war for this Larvega!"

Miss Manners held a golden belt in both hands and respectfully handed it to Kane. Kane took it, held it high, and left the arena without saying a word amid the cheers of the audience.

When he returned to the break room, Hasta and two policemen were already waiting. Kane threw the belt to Hasta, who scrambled to catch it.

"Don't forget what you said." Kane said.

Hasta was speechless. When he learned that Kane had killed Ares, he thought of this outcome, but who would have thought that Ares would be defeated? But do you take back what you said before? Slavers can do this to their slaves, but now that Kane is a red man in Larvega, Hasta doesn't want to be rash with him.

Fortunately, at this time, Sharan appeared in time. He quickly noticed the dilemma in front of him.

"Hasta, what's wrong?"

Hasta told the story 1510, and Sharan was silent for a moment. He is the leader of the underworld in Larvega, but for his part, he also respects the person who wins last in the gladiatorial arena. Kane, in particular, admired the sixteen-year-old boy even after killing Ares. It's a shame that we can't leave him behind.

However, Kane was the apprentice of the oily Cambe. If such a fledgling kid is allowed to occupy the position of the god of war all the time, the other coaches who have already dominated the gambling game will definitely be unwilling - this is tantamount to blocking their way to make money, and if they don't do it, they will cause more trouble. It's better to be a favor.

"If you say it, you have to do it." Sharan said to Hasta, "Send the lad back to pack up and let him go." ”

The mayor had spoken, but Hasta did not dare to disobey, so he had to ask the two policemen to take Kane back to the shed and let him leave.

*****

It's really free.

Along the way, Kane was in the car thinking, what should he do in the future? He was penniless and had nowhere to go. There was nothing of value in the shed.

Forget it, let's think about it slowly in the future. The point is that I am free, I have not seen it for a long time, and I have longed for many years of freedom.

However, my heart was not as excited as I imagined. An indescribable sense of depression is still in Kane's heart.

Kane, who returned to the shed, pulled out a basin from under the bed, which contained a tattered cloth coat and trousers, which was all his belongings.

Kane picked up the basin, but immediately threw it away. Behind him, the breath of the beast blocked the door, and Kane turned his head fiercely, and the hateful figure came into view.

"Cambe......

Cambe, who was standing in the doorway, smiled and held two knives in both hands. Kane recognized one of the knives he had used to kill Mark. The other is a knife placed on the wooden table in the dojo. The faint blood-red color of the silver-white scabbard can't be wrong.

"Congratulations on your victory, Kane. Don't you have anything to say to your teacher? ”

"What do you have to say? Get out of the way, I'm leaving. ”

"Yes, but you'll have to get past me first."

Cambé said, tossing the knife from the dojo to Kane.

"Don't you like it a lot? Win me, and you can not only leave, but also take it away. ”

Kane, who was holding the scabbard in his hand, suddenly felt a force, like a faint electric current stimulating his body. The fighting spirit soon resurged. Now, he has a good way of releasing the repressed feelings in his heart so far.

"Don't regret it."