During the assessment, Ji Huan didn’t encounter a test that was very hard to pass, not to mention that the waiter assessment here wasn’t too difficult.
The next afternoon, Ji Huan successfully passed the job assessment and officially started working that evening.
I forgot to mention that the business hours here follow the rules of the midnight carnival that demons are used to. The business only starts in the evening, but at the beginning, the audience is very small, mainly due to the staff cleaning up the accounts, arranging competitions, and some time left for cleaning.
Of course, there are also some small competitions, the more important the competition is, the later the time. Generally, the most important fights start between 0:00 and 02:00 which is commonly known as the “Midnight Arena”.
Before officially taking up the job, Ji Huan first bought an insurance policy, and took a careful bath before officially going to the designated private box for service.
The senior who took him yesterday was thrown out of the box by a guest and fell half to death. It is said that the smell of cigarettes on his body was too disgusting. After taking a shower, Ji Huan smelled it carefully and made sure that there was no smell on his body.
His main job is to answer guests’ questions, help them order, and meet their other needs. Simple cleaning work is also necessary.
Ji Huan worked carefully.
After the first box service, he got a tip of a golden bar.
The newcomer who went to work on the same day as him did not come back. It is said that the boss’ supported players lost and then he furiously tore the waiter in half.
Ji Huan’s luck was very good, and I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but today, as long as he had served in the box, the players supported by the box owner never lost a single game. In addition, Ji Huan has not made any mistakes. As of midnight, he had served a total of nine boxes, and all nine games were won by the players supported by the owner of the box.
God knows, this is a real coincidence!
“Newcomer, you’re very lucky.” The manager in charge of waiter management froze for a moment when he noticed Ji Huan’s service record tonight.
Ji Huan just lowered his head.
When it was almost midnight, Ji Huan finally had a rest time of about half an hour. During this time, the waiters could go to eat, smoke and so on. Naturally, Ji Huan does not smoke. After the meal, he sent a text message to Abu, and after confirming that Abu had no fight scheduled at this time, they made an appointment to meet at the exit of the player’s backstage.
The demons have a lot of food here, and the staff meals are also very affordable. There are all kinds of meat, a cup of Yak (a drink similar to coffee), and even three cigarettes.
After putting away the three cigarettes, Ji Huan bought two more cups of Yak, and then sat in an unobtrusive corner of the backstage area of the players with a full plate of food and began to wait.
Abu and Naji came out quickly, and Ji Huan, who had been paying attention to the movement at the door, quickly stood up and waved to them, and then the three demons hid together in the small corner where Ji Huan was sitting before.
The three of them shared Ji Huan’s staff meal together.
“This stuff is really bad.” After taking a sip of Yak, Abu frowned and complained: “I prefer to drink sweet water.”
“Then I’ll prepare juice for you next time.” Ji Huan smiled inwardly. Although Abu is the tallest and strongest, his taste is also the most child-like. He was not a picky eater in Yefar before, so Ji Huan couldn’t tell. But now that he has other options, his hobbies are gradually revealed.
However, Abu is really a child. After finding out Abu’s age, Ji Huan found that Abu might be a few months younger than himself.
“Hmm.” Abu nodded.
Naji never spoke, drinking Yak while eating his food. He seemed to like Yak’s bitter taste.
Although he was thin and small, he had a bigger appetite than Abu. Watching Naji finish his portion early and seeing his mouth still moving, Ji Huan broke half of the hamburger-like food he was eating in his hand and gave it to him.
Naji didn’t refuse either, he smiled foolishly and took it over before starting to eat again.
The way he eats is a bit like Hei Dan, his mouth is tightly closed, and then his cheeks are puffed out – Ji Huan suddenly thought of Hei Dan.
Then he thought of the little grey devil again.
“I always feel that we might not be able to find Xiao Hui like this.” Abu had a tacit understanding with him, and he also mentioned the matter of the little grey devil at this time.
“I searched the backstage rest area today, but I couldn’t find Xiao Hui at all. I even asked someone, but no one else had seen him here.”
“There won’t be other venues here, right?” Abu looked forward.
Just at this time—
“Hmm.” Naji nodded suddenly.
The eyes of Ji Huan and Abu turned to his face.
“You, how do you know!?” Abu’s eyes almost popped out!
“They asked…asked me why I came to participate in the competition, I….I said I was looking for someone, I…I said that my friend was kidnapped and I came to the competition, I…. I came to find him, I searched…. searched everywhere in the backstage area, I didn’t see him either, so I just asked if there were any other venues…” Naji took it for granted.
“What!” Abu’s face immediately turned red with embarrassment! “You asked, and they answered?”
“Hmm~” Naji’s small voice was particularly crisp.
Abu’s mouth was completely crooked: shouldn’t the other arenas be a very secretive thing? How could you just shake it out as soon as you ask, ah ah!
“When did you ask?” But Ji Huan continued to ask. Naji’s logic was poor and someone had to guide him to answer the questions. After spending so much time together, Ji Huan is somewhat aware of his behaviour patterns.
The other fighting arena is very secretive. During this period, no one disclosed the existence of this fighting arena, even the audience who came to watch the competition did not mention it, but Naji got an answer as soon as he asked. This matter itself is very strange.
Ji Huan was a bit suspicious and thought that Naji had been deceived.
If it wasn’t for being deceived, then Naji must have met some kind of trigger condition.
“At the end of the previous fight, they… told me, said I…. am qualified… and then asked me… whether I…I want to participate in another competition or in the other arena….. competition.”
Sure enough, Naji continued to stammer, “They said, …that….. that’s the other Fighting Arena…”
“How come? We came here on the same day! Why are you qualified?” Abu almost spurted out the meat in his mouth: “I participated in 31 games today, and only lost three games. It’s a rare winning rate! Why is no one looking for me?!”
“How many games did you compete in today? What is the winning percentage?”
“Uh…no, I haven’t counted.” Naji said honestly, and then under the urging of Abu, the three of them went to the machine next to them and entered Naji’s player number to check.
Each player here has a registration number, and all the match records of the player can be searched.
Just after Ji Huan entered Naji’s number——
They saw a patch of green.
Only victories are indicated by green, and failures are marked in red.
The screen showed that Naji had participated in a total of 100 games today, winning all of them, and none of the games lasted more than one minute.
The above even marked the situation of his opponent:
All dead!
Ji Huan was stunned for a moment. As soon as this shocking achievement was revealed, his back instantly felt cold.
However——
“So you are so powerful!” Abu’s voice came from the side, the demons born in Yefar would instinctively appreciate the strong. Seeing Naji’s record, Abu sincerely admired it.
Naji didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with it, he just scratched his head and smiled shyly.
It is a very common thing for Naji that his own victory is at the cost of the opponent’s life.
For him, there is no concept of good and evil, nor the concept of right and wrong.
He doesn’t know how powerful he is, he doesn’t know that he can control the life and death of others, he just doesn’t understand.
Ji Huan suddenly understood why Adan called Naji the “murder weapon”.
However, at this moment, the “murder weapon” was smiling shyly, while looking at himself.
His mouth was a little dry, and seeing him sucking the empty cup of Yak again, Ji Huan handed over the half of Yak he had left in his hand.
“I haven’t finished drinking it yet, do you want to drink?”
Naji happily took Ji Huan’s cup over. Unlike Ji Huan who wanted to pour the drink from his cup into the other cup, Naji drank directly from Ji Huan’s cup.
Leaving aside the frightening power, he is actually a very easy to coax demon.
The corners of Ji Huan’s mouth softened.
At this moment, Naji seemed to remember something and reached for it in his pocket.
“They also gave me this…” Naji said, then took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was wrinkled, and because his hands were oily, there was another big oil stain on it.
Ji Huan took the dirty document over, and Abu and Naji stood beside him, waiting for Ji Huan to understand before telling them.
“This… this is a contract for an underground fighting arena.” After carefully reading the entire document, he said, “Regardless of life or death, you must participate in one hundred battles designated by the fighting arena each year. If you die, the fighting arena would be responsible for the burial, and if you win, you will receive 5% of the ticket revenue.”
“You can’t sign it. There will be fights designated by the fighting arena, and there is no mention of the opponent’s level or type at all, and there is not even a designated fighting location. This is simply a contract to sell oneself!” Ji Huan’s face completely darkened.
“You didn’t agree, did you?” Ji Huan asked Naji, who was as thin as a bean sprout.
“No, Adan… Didn’t Adan ask me not to agree easily, to accept other people’s invitations? Even if there is a contract, I said that….”
“I said that….I wanted to show it to my friends.” After saying that, Naji looked at Ji Huan cautiously.
Friend, he said friend~
At that time, he said that his friend had read many books and knew a lot of words, and the other party also praised his friend for being so amazing~
“You did the right thing, this contract cannot be signed.” Ji Huan felt relieved.
“But——”
Looking at the black text on the contract, Ji Huan frowned slightly: “It seems that other arenas do exist, but they are only known to a few people.”
Xiao Hui was probably signed to another arena. However, as soon as the road to the other arena was opened to them, it was immediately closed by Ji Huan.
He cannot save one friend at the expense of another.
But, in this case, how can they enter another arena? Just by looking at Naji’s contract, you can tell that the other arena must be very brutal. Every day Xiao Hui stays there will put him in danger. It is already a very dangerous thing for all three of them to sneak into the fighting arena. They can’t just continue to sneak into more dangerous places using this method, otherwise all three of them may be wiped out——
The bitter ‘Yak’ seemed to stimulate Naji’s memory, and he also remembered some other things he had heard:
“I asked….asked them how to get into another fighting…arena, and they said…”
From Naji’s stuttering narration, Ji Huan figured out the key points:
If you want to enter that fighting arena, you must either become a player or a spectator. The first one was out of the question. As for the other, the ticket threshold for that fighting arena is extremely high, and it can only be bought by extremely rich demons, and an invitation letter issued by the senior management of the fighting arena is also needed.
Naji even inquired about the lowest ticket price:
5 million gold bars.
It’s so much money that Ji Huan felt he would never earn it in his entire life!
In addition, Ji Huan also knew that the competition in another fighting arena usually only starts once a week, and the date is uncertain, but the start time is 00:00 at midnight.
Ji Huan’s mind was in a mess.
At this moment, the pager on his body suddenly rang——
After becoming a waiter, while receiving the uniform, Ji Huan also got this pager, mainly used to facilitate the communication between the internal staff of the fighting arena.
Ji Huan glanced at his watch subconsciously: it was ten minutes to twelve o’clock at midnight, and his rest time wasn’t over yet. At this time, what are they calling for? Telling him to go back quickly, why?
Ji Huan picked up the pager.
“Ji Huan, there is a game in ten minutes, you are selected to serve, the tip is very high, come quickly!” The foreman’s anxious voice came from the other side.
His voice was a bit loud. Not only did Ji Huan hear this, but Abu and Naji who were next to Ji Huan also heard it at the same time.
Ten minutes short of the game? Meaning the start time is 00:00?
Three people looked at each other, and were stunned at the same time.
After staying here for these days, the three of them are all aware that the morning game is the biggest game of the day. During this time, there are only three games, starting at 00:00, 01:00, and 02:00, all of which are on the exact hour. There is no game at 11:50, and if there is one, there can only be one, which is the game in the fighting arena that Naji just mentioned!
Ji Huan was the first to come to his senses.
“Got it, I’ll be right there.” Picking up the tray from the ground, Ji Huan nodded to Abu and Naji, and quickly took the elevator upstairs.
Just when Ji Huan was rushing upstairs in a hurry, Ah Jin also wiped his mouth and said,
“Oh? A match in another arena?”
Raising his eyes, he looked at the demon opposite.
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