My werewolf system

Chapter 21: Rabid Dog

Chapter 21: Rabid Dog

After a while Gary felt fine enough to be able to walk on his own, yet he didn’t know how to tell Kai that. His upperclassman was still carrying him over his shoulder and it would be strange for Gary to recover this fast. After the fight he had, it wouldn’t be too surprising if it would take a week to recover. Without any better idea, Gary just continued to play the role of an exhausted fighter.

‘I really need to find a way to control this power. Whenever my heart rate rises my whole body feels…different, and then soon after when it’s all over I get to a low point.’

By low Gary was referring to his Energy value which would deplete after a while and in his actual status he had used a lot of Energy points for healing as well that seemed to affect him.

Eventually Kai arrived at their school.

“Are you going to be okay getting back on your own?” Kai asked. “I’ve noticed you’re walking a lot better.”

Gary hadn’t even noticed that Kai had stopped helping him as soon as they got close to the school and he was standing fine, meaning his cover was blown.

“Ehh yeah, I’ll be fine.” Gary replied, nervously, his face turning a shade redder for having been caught. Fortunately, with how late it was, Kai didn’t notice it… or at least pretended not to.

“Good.” Kai nodded while retrieving a bundle of cash and placing it into Gary’s hands. “Here’s five hundred for today’s fight.”

Gary had to repeat the number in his head and he instinctively counted the cash to make sure the other boy wasn’t joking. It was only a couple of days ago that he had received five hundred for doing the most dangerous job ever, and now he was receiving this much because of one fight.

“Is this how much I won, for fighting?” Gary asked, still shocked, wondering why he had ever risked his life working as a transporter when he could have just become a fighter.

‘Actually scratch that idea! What are you thinking Gary, you would have lost every single fight before getting this System!’ His voice of reason reminded him.

“Not quite. This is a low level event after all. Normally, you would have received between one hundred and two hundred bucks, depending on how exciting your match would have been. As an incentive from the arenas you get some extra depending on how many bets were placed because of your fight.”

“Most of that is due to the bets I had made on you. As a newcomer your odds were naturally horrendous, so great job pulling through. Since this was your debut fight and you left quite an expression it seemed kind of shabby just giving you the minimum amount. Besides, I haven’t forgotten that you came to me because you were in dire need of money.”

“There’s actually a lot more to it than that, but for now the rest of today’s earnings will be set aside as ‘Gang funds’ for the future. I’ll keep setting that money aside for a rainy day or when the gang needs expanding. Once our gang has grown into a respectable size, you’ll have free reign over it,” Kai explained casually as if he had planned this all along.

“You’ll let me have access to even more money than what I’m holding?” Gary questioned. His brain was trying to process all that information. He had just come out today, to earn some cash, yet his partner in crime apparently had already made plans far beyond that.

“Of course I will let you use the money. I’d advise you to discuss what to use it for with your future lieutenants, but as the leader of a gang your word will be law.” Kai answered nonchalantly.

“Leader?! Now hang on a moment. I know you said you wanted to form a gang and wanted me to work, but this is the first time I’m hearing anything about me being the leader of it! Why would you even do that? It’s your gang.” Gary complained.