it's been 3 days since ken won his match with yoshida now . he is sitting on a bench after completing the Mitt training with kou san.
" kou san, where are Tanaka senpai and gin senpai ? I haven't seen them since morning " ken asks kou san.
" those two , huh. well they wont come for a while now "
" why ? it's not like they have anything better to do anyway .."
" both of them lost in their matches so you know.. "
" yes yes .. you're right . I completely forgot about that as there are only 3 of us practicing here daily now .."
" ne ken chan , why dont you go and cheer up those two..today's training is over anyway .."
" it's fine with me . but what do I do ? I can only take them out for fun somewhere as consoling them with words will only hurt them more right now .."
" well you're right there . hmm.. just go anywhere where young ones go for fun these days .. I'm too old for giving you advice about these things now ."
" that's true . why am I bothering asking an old man this anyway?"
" who is old? you brat ..." kou san starts chasing after ken with an angry face while ken leaves the gym with his full speed with a smile ...
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ken finds out that both his senpai are killing time inside the arcade playing games with his powers . so he has quickly arrived outside the arcade ..
but he is hesitating entering inside because he hasn't thought of any idea that will cheer his senpai up . ken knows too well what are the feelings of a boxer after he loses in the match and their hard work doesn't bear fruit ..
after a while ken thinks of something and finally approaches his 2 senpai who are trying to have fun playing games but cannot ...
" senpai .." ken yells as sounds are really loud inside an arcade ..
" oh.. if it isn't ken chan . what're you doing in a place like this you brat .." tanaka senpai says with an angry tone ..
" that's true ken chan . you still have a match coming up soon so go and train . dont waste your precious time in a place like this ." gin senpai adds with a sad tone .
ken knows their feelings and starts remembering the hard days he spent after losing in his matches. he snaps out of it and remembers his purpose of coming here " senpai , lets go and watch some horseracing now " ken continues with a smile " maybe you can win money there and take your girlfriends out on a fancy date then "
but nobody answers ken so he drags both of them towards the track as they seem interested in the idea .. they arrive in about time minutes ..
a race is going to start soon so ken uses his powers to know the winner beforehand . he sees that horse number 3 will win ..
" senpai , today I'm feeling lucky so let me buy your gambling tickets .. out with your money now.." ken says with confidence ..
" why ? I will bet myself as it's my money anyway " tanaka says with fire in his eyes . ken knows that tanaka is a regular here and drags gin with him for some betting sometimes..
gin slaps the back of Tanaka's head lightly and whispers in his ear " baka. ken chan is trying to cheer us up . so let him purchase the gambling tickets today . besides we dont have much cash with anyway so it doesn't matter .."
tanaka nods and both of them take out all their money and hand it over to ken . ken counts the money and its 15400 yen in total .ken returns the 400 yen back to gin and lines up to purchase the gambling ticket .
he sees people in front of him choosing other horses than number 3 and laughs inwardly. he is feeling the joy of knowing the result beforehand but remembers the strict face of his dad so stops thinking about the thoughts of gambling often. his turn came and he sees the odds for number 3 horse . he feels too happy after seeing the odds but manages to hide it . the odds are fuckig 9 to 1 , this means that ken will receive 9 times the money he bets on number 3 horse .
well there are many ways to earn more money as ken already knows the winner horse but ken only knows about this method . he then goes back to his senpai and hands the ticket over to them . ken then excuses himself after saying that it's time for him to go back to the gym and leaves them..
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2 hours after ken has returned to the gym , tanaka and gin senpai arrive in the gym with smiles on their faces . those 2 bad examples for an adult , start inciting ken to purchase their tickets everytime when they to go the track again .
ken feels happy after seeing that both his senpai have returned back to their normal characters. but after being pestered for a while , he starts feeling annoyed and just ignores the two gamblers completely.
he then starts hitting the sandbag while trying to shoo away both senpai by showing his attitude to them ..
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