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Chapter 53 - Mayne Attraction 3

"If you don't want to tell me then fine! I was just asking." Mayne felt slightly guilty for not telling Ted but that guilt immediately flushed away "Where are we going?" Mayne responded, "I received a phone call from Bonez requesting our presence, Bolt said that he'll meet us at WurstMuck. To be honest with you, I'm a bit nervous to meet the guy." Ted asked, "Why?" Mayne freaked out and explained "This man is a legend in WurstMuck, he is the epiphany and the definition of integrity and it became incredibly rare for mercenaries to work for him, so and so that if you received a job from him, and if you FUCK it up, then that means he has no keen interest working with you and he will still pay you but by some miracle that you get another job from him, you know you're climbing the ranks to be one of him, take a look at his bodyguard, was once a shitfaced mercenary and now he's Bonez personal bodyguard... Man if I succeed in just one job then that means I can make a name for myself." Ted didn't understand why it was important to be 'big' in Normalan "It's not about being 'big' but it's about showing the world who and what you did to put your name in history, it's like Enigma, he was a nobody, a myth but after that raid in the Muncler Empire, everyone knew him as the 'Watchdog of Freedom' surely that's enough for you to understand." Ted didn't seem to understand as he didn't care about making a name in Normalan as he comments "Showing what the world you are sounds something that a desperate person would do... Think about it, they would give up, their friends, their family and even their souls to make sure that they died as a legend but in the afterlife, what they've done meant nothing as people would write them off as another person who was desperate for fame." Mayne didn't listen to Ted and drove fast to WurstMuck, they arrived and saw Zeke and Hound waiting for them "Yo Ted! Mayne! Didn't know you got new gear! Shit, look at this Hound! Making me a little jealous! This type of gear looks... One-dimensional in some way, as much as I want to chat, you should go and speak to Bonez, he's waiting for you at the lake." Ted and Mayne bid farewell and made their way to Bonez "I can't do it! I'm too freaked out as it is!" Ted told Mayne to get a grip "Let me take lead okay?" Mayne understood and followed Ted "Ted! Good to see you and you must be... Mayne right? It's a pleasure to meet you, dog." Bonez requested them to sit down as he explained his situation "One of my boys, Trakz... I'm having speculations that he's working for this corrupt bastard named Hilliard and as much as I want to deal with this, I'm stuck with another situation and my bodyguard had to take an early leave because of his sick aunt and that's why I want to hire you." Mayne had trouble looking Bonez in the eyes while Ted seem perfectly normal "We'll take the job, so what do we need to do?"