Tomorrow morning, Calvin went to the grand hall. There was a large number of people there, waiting for something to happen. Calvin went and met with Ilyes.
"EHHHHhmmmmm! Wassup" Ilyes sighed.
"Nothing much, the stress and anxiety are really building up here," Calvin said while looking at the people around him.
He noticed Chin-Hae in a corner, his back on the wall, with him, there was a girl. Suddenly, the president arrived before them. He wasn't alone, all the coaches of the groups were with him. Calvin could see William and Reis there, Reis instantly located Calvin and waved at him. Calvin smiled in confidence.
"Ahem! Martial Artists! Today you will receive your most determined test! Some of you will be filtered out, you have worked so harshly for a very long time just for this moment! Make it COUNT!" He declared.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The public yelled in return.
"Mr. William here will explain to you the important details about the trial." He said.
William bowed his head to the headmaster and took a step forward to the public.
"The competition will take part in a huge stadium approximately 100 km from here, there are 128 spots available. It will be a battle royale, the top 16 will be the only ones accepted." He explained.
"What will happen to those who will fail?" Someone asked from the crowd.
"We will transfer them to a center where they will acquire various skills in many fields. Like medicine, engineering, architecture... etc. So they can help to develop the organization furthermore." William elaborated.
"(Sounds fair, it explains why they have so many workforces that can maintain this island. But the thing I can't understand is why there are only 128 spots available while there are over 300 people here! Don't tell me!)" Calvin was thinking.
He looked at where Chin-Hae was standing, he disappeared alongside that girl.
"But we are more than 128 people! How will you select us??" Another one asked from the crowd.
"That's first come, first served. The compass we handed you will now display the icon of the stadium. The moment that 128th person steps on the stadium grounds, the tournament will start." William explained.
There was a moment of silence.
Before Suddenly, everyone started to run toward the exit in a hurry. Running with them, Calvin and Ilyes. They went directly to their dorm, Ilyes waited by his car while Calvin went to his room and changed to his gearset. He got his two guns, the keys and went back down. He found Ilyes in his car, he threw an object at Calvin. It was a talkie walkie.
"Use this so we can communicate while driving." He suggested.
Calvin got in his car and they started driving.
"What are these people going to do? They don't have a car." Calvin asked.
"There are means of transport here, it's not free though and it's going to take them a lot of time," Ilyes responded.
"Good, we are going to get some advantage here!" He said.
"Wait! We forgot an important thing!" Ilyes notified.
"What is it!?" Calvin asked.
-15 minutes after-
Calvin and Ilyes at what is seemed a gas station, filling their cars up with gas. They looked pretty nervous, waiting for it to finish.
-Back On The Road-
"We are going to take a shortcut!" Ilyes said.
"Where?!" Calvin asked.
"Through the forest, there is a side trail. It will save us a lot of time." He explained.
"But it could be dangerous, they never said we couldn't fight each other or encounter unexpected hazards they put themselves." Calvin hypothesized.
"Don't be such a pain in the neck! Let's GO!" Ilyes yelled motivated.
"Wait! Let's just stick to the normal road! We have cars! We have the upper hand!... Ilyes?... ILYES! FUCK!" Calvin yelled.
Ilyes took a not-so-obvious road and sped up, he was going to what seemed a forest between two cliffs. Calvin had no choice but to follow him, the road was a bit bumpy. After some driving, they finally entered the forest. It was so dense and the trees were so high that they had to turn on their car's lights.
"It somewhat dark in here," Calvin said.
"Yeah, a bit. The road is messed up, we should keep our lights on!" Ilyes suggested.
"But we can still see clearly even without the lights on! It will give our locations to others!" Calvin explained.
"Come on! Who would know about this place?" Ilyes replied.
*VRRRRROOOOOM!*
A motor's sound could be heard from the back, Calvin looked at the side mirrors, there was a pick-up truck with its lights on. It was a blue Ford Ranger Raptor, there were about 4 people inside and 2 people standing on the truck bed floor (The back of the truck).
"That's Davis and his gang!" Ilyes noticed.
"What?! Where did he find that Raptor?! And how did he know this road?!" Calvin asked confusingly.
At Davis' side, he was laughing vigorously with his gang.
"HAHAHAHA! We finally caught up to them! This truck is very useful in this kind of road!" He said joyfully.
"But boss, where did you find this Raptor?" One of his men asked curiously.
"Hmmm? Do you want to know? It was after everyone hurried out of the grand hall, someone threw something at me. At first, I thought he wanted to offend me, then I looked at that thing, it was some keys along with a piece of paper stating the location of this truck! I could tell that he was very strong, stronger than me. I remember clearly what he said: "Take this gift, you only have to do one thing for me. Destroy the black car!" and he disappeared along with the crow." Davis explained.
"So we have to take down that car?" Another one of his men asked while pointing at Calvin's car.
"I don't like to owe someone a favor, plus I have a grudge with that brat! We shall Destroy him! At the back, prepare yourselves!" Davis said.
"Yessir!" The two men replied.