Vincenzo is standing in front of Devil's House. He is being checked before the 3rd round. The checks are becoming more and more strict. Arnold's men even check Devil's House now.
They are giving their best to make sure that the players have only one card!
"Has Jebi already entered Devil's House?" thought Vincenzo.
This is because he can't see Jebi. It means either Jebi has entered or hasn’t arrived yet!
Vincenzo said to one of Arnold's men, "Has Jebi already entered Devil's House?"
A man replied, "Yes. Your opponent has already entered Devil's House."
(Vincenzo) - "Thank you so much!"
Vincenzo entered Devil's House.
The door of Devil's House has closed!
(Vincenzo) - "So this is what you want to play?"
Outside Devil's House:
Thomas and Jonas are on the left side of Devil's House along with Finsil and Kazel.
Kazel isn't fully recovered yet.
(Jonas) - "This time I will finish you, white-haired legend!"
(Finsil) - "You still recognize me as a legend, but you've never seen why people called me a legend!"
Thomas and Kazel are walking towards each other.
(Kazel) - "I don't understand you! You are not a criminal like me! You are a world champion! You have fame, money, everything. Still, why are you risking your life fighting with me?"
(Thomas) - "Why am I risking my life? Can't you tell there's a similarity between us? I can feel that similarity from the punches. This is something only a true man can feel. The similarity between us is we both love fighting."
Kazel is a bit shocked. Kazel smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be as crazy as me!"
They are already in front of each other.
On the right side of Devil's House:
Jackson is wearing that black mask. In front of Jackson, Targut is standing with a metal pipe!
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Andrew is facing Targut. Andrew has a metal pipe in his hand too.
(Andrew) - "Shall we begin?"
(Targut) - "Anytime you-"
Andrew runs towards Targut. Andrew doesn't attack Targut. Instead, he jumps over Targut.
(Andrew) - "Are you a naive hunter? Hunters always first finish the weaker ones!"
Andrew is about to swing his weapon in order to smash the head of Jackson.
"Dad? Dad!?"
Andrew opens his eyes. His one and only child is waking him up! Andrew has a boy named James.
James said to Andrew, "Dad, I have to go to school. Come on, you said you will drop me at school!"
(Andrew) - "Yes! Just give me a few minutes."
After some time:
Andrew and James are walking towards James' school. Andrew's financial situation is very bad. That's why there is no bus to pick his son up.
On the road, there is a stall of ice cream.
James said to Andrew, "Dad, buy me an ice cream! Please, Dad! Buy me just one! Only one!"
Andrew looks at James. Andrew puts his hands in his pockets. There is no wallet, neither any money!
(James) - "Dad! Please, just one! I won't ask for another."
Andrew keeps walking. He is just ignoring James because he doesn't have an answer to give James. He can't say to his son that he is useless. He has no money!!
He can't tell his son he quit his job in order to chase his stupid dreams!
Andrew grabs his son's hand and keeps walking. Society never values those who fail. It doesn’t matter how much hard work you have done. It doesn't matter how good or evil you are! If you are a winner, then you have everything! Even if you became a winner by cheating or committing crimes! Society will never see those. You are, no we are the society! Some people always say, "You should never care about what other people say!" But the truth is if you live in society, you have to care about what other people say! That's just the way the world works!
At 3 PM
Andrew is sitting on a bench. He has been sitting here since 11 AM.
Andrew was raised in the mountains. The village where Andrew lived is called Seramenta. In Seramenta, Andrew was known by the name of archery genius! He wanted to represent his country by playing in the Olympics!
That's why he came to town, where he could find an opportunity to make his dream come true.
But that was his biggest mistake! He fell in love with a girl in town! After that, everything changed!
Andrew is sitting in the main office of the American Olympics board!
A guy came to Andrew and said, "You are still here? Wait a bit, I am going to talk with the superiors! I am going to ask the authorities why they haven't finished working with you!"
Andrew stood up and said, "Thank you so much, sir!"
After that man leaves, Andrew again sits on the bench. He looks at the locket on his neck. This is the first thing he gifted her.
Two years ago, Andrew met a girl named Jennie. She looked very attractive. Everything about her was like a dream to Andrew. But dreams shatter too quickly. After James was born, she left Andrew with this locket and a letter. Because of her, Andrew started working at a company by compromising with his dreams! She also worked at the same company.
That guy came again to Andrew and said, "Just wait a bit. They are going to meet you."
Andrew said to that man, "Thank you so much, sir. I can't thank you enough!"
Andrew thought to himself, "Just you wait, Jennie. I will become successful! I am not going to be a failure anymore!"
Actually, one day when James and Andrew were heading towards James' school, Andrew saw Jennie with her boss! She left Andrew because he was a failure.
No one wants to live with a failure.
Andrew is too old to play in the Olympics. This is because of Jennie. There's a small chance that superior officers are going to choose him. No, it's not because of Jennie. I can't blame her. I was the one who listened to my temporary emotions.
But somehow, the superiors agreed to watch his skills in archery. The superiors were very shocked to see his archery. But only one thing is going on in Andrew's mind.
"Everything is fake. This world is fake."
Andrew used the bow and arrow to shoot himself in the head!
Andrew opens his eyes. He is on the tower. To be exact, he is on the left side of Devil's House.
He said to himself, "What is happening?" He remembered everything! When he was about to swing his weapon at Jackson, Jackson landed a roundhouse kick on his face. No, that was Jebi who landed that kick.
Andrew thought to himself, "That wasn’t a normal kick! I felt like I was hit by a giant truck!"
Andrew noticed his head is bleeding.
He ripped a little piece of his cloth and used it as a bandage.
"So you are awake?"
Behind Andrew, Targut is standing!
(Targut) - "I was told to look after you!"
Andrew looked at his hand. He has to return Vincenzo the favor he did! Otherwise, Andrew will be in debt forever!
When the American Olympics board rejected Andrew, Vincenzo was the only one who came to Andrew. When society considered him a failure, Vincenzo considered him a diamond.
That day Vincenzo came to him and said, "Hey, I heard you got an extraordinary talent in archery! Want to work for me? I will give you more money than you could have imagined!"
Andrew picked up a piece of brick. He picked up 4 of them in his hand. The wall behind him was destroyed. This must have happened when he crashed into the wall.
(Andrew) - "Do you know why I was called the genius of archery? It's because I can make anything into my arrow and my hand itself is the bow!"