While Ash was taking care of the Columbian influence in Bolivar. Ch'en, Lin, and Ernesto got into a situation that the latter feared.
"Hey, pretty lady. How about you ditch that blonde kid and go with us, real men? We'll show you a good time?" A rich looking young master saw Lin and he licked his lips.
She wore a pretty tight dress after all. And her figure doesn't leave anything to imagination.
Ch'en immediately scowled while Lin looked at them with cold eyes. Looking at them with disgust. But as a young master with money. He didn't even notice that they were pretty much one of the most important guests there.
'What should I do? This is going to be a national incident... I can't bring any attention to myself like this. Or father's plans would fail.' Ernesto thought of the true Bolivarians' plan.
"Kekeke~ Come on, give me a smile. And I'll show you something good." The young master smirked at them and he was about to reach for Lin.
"Get lost." Lin glared at him and Ch'en reached out to her back. But she forgot that her twin swords weren't with her right now.
'Curses, my swords are at the hotel... I have to do this the hard way.' Ch'en furrowed her brows.
Of course, the young master got offended. "Huh? Why are you trying to be hard to get? Go and take these bitches to my room." The young master ordered his two bit goons.
The people of the casino started to back away. Recognizing the young master who liked to abuse his money and power.
"Sir, I would really appreciate it if you didn't make a ruckus. Especially with our guests here that are a part of the big table." The manager from earlier appeared.
"Hah!? Why should I care about some big table?" The young master didn't know of it and the regulars immediately paled.
People who could play there are only VVIP's with enough power to sway entire countries. And they walked away farther, or they might be caught up in an international incident.
"Listen to him, or you'll regret it." Ch'en got into a stance and Lin sighed. "This is why I hate travelling, idiots like these are roaming around."
He fumed and ordered all of his thugs to attack. Wanting to teach Ch'en and Lin a lesson. Surprising the manager at his stupidity.
And right after, a fight started. Ch'en and Lin began disabling the thugs with their superior martial arts.
But they needed more space to fight. So they quickly brought the fight outside.
"There's a lot of them!" Lin kicked one on the head with a roundhouse and Ch'en gave a palm strike on another.
"Then keep them coming, this is light exercise at best!" Ch'en gave a fierce smile as her Lung blood wanted to show its power.
'T-these ladies sure can fight.' Ernesto just looked on with a dumbfounded expression.
He sobered up though. "Hey! Need any help!?" He shouted and they ignored him.
"I guess not..." He got a bit depressed, feeling emasculated by seeing two beautiful women fight better than him.
And when the duo finished, they stood back to back and saw that everyone was down.
"Just like old times?" Lin snorted and Ch'en sighed. "You always did get into trouble." Ch'en smiled and reminisced about their time back then. Though a filthy rich tiger was missing.
And while they were having a little moment. Someone with a camera began to announce something.
"Ohhh! Ladies and gentlemen, here I am live for the Dossoles warrior championship. And these two ladies and the useless lad defeated tons of competitors!" The reporter started hyping them up.
Ernesto received emotional damage as he put a hand on his chest. Hiding his face with his hood because of the shame.
"W-what? We aren't a part of the championship?" Ch'en was flabbergasted and Lin just blinked.
"What are you talking about? This is the area for the preliminaries! And what a wonderful display as warriors." The reporter gave them a thumbs up.
"N-no, there must be a misunderstanding here." Lin tried to explain, but they were already in it too deep.
"Nonsense! What is the name of your team, ladies?" They were live on TV and the two were put on the spot.
"Uh... Team LUNG wRATh?" Ch'en scratched her head and the reporter hyped them again.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Please look forward to team Lung wrath! They are pretty and strong, so support them alright!" The reporter went on his merry way.
Lin then glared at Ch'en. "Really? Team LUNG wRATh?" Lin thought that was such a simple and stupid name.
"What!? If you don't like it, you should be the one thinking up a name." Ch'en huffed and they started arguing.
"I'm not a rat! I'm a Zalak! My dad's called the rat king. But I sure as hell don't look like him, thank God." Lin got angry and Ch'en winced.
Calling her a rat was pretty bad, she thought. But it was already done. No take backs.
"S-sorry." Ch'en looked a bit sheepish and they didn't notice someone while they were arguing.
"Y-you bitches! I'll take you down!" The young master pulled out a gun that he got illegally from Laterano.
So he was able to use it more easily than other mass produced guns from other nations.
Ch'en went in front of Lin because she had faster reflexes, but when she closed her eyes. Waiting for the pain of a gunshot. She didn't feel anything.
"Hmm? You're slipping up, Ch'en. Really? Getting taken out by a little turd like this?" Ash suddenly appeared and the bullet that was fired just floated in middle air.
He then looked at the young master and his slitted eyes, coupled with his terrifying size made him shudder in fear.
"You've got some balls, let me guess. You tried to coerce them to be in your bed? I guess there's idiots like you who can't get some without any force." Ash sighed and he rubbed his temples.
"D-don't you know who I am!? Y-you're in trouble!" The young master shouted in desperation.
Ash snickered, then he started laughing. His baritone voice resounded around the area.
"You were pretty funny, maybe I won't kill you. Just let your pathetic family do it for me." Ash wiped a tear on his face from laughing too hard.
"Now, what kind of mess did you guys get yourselves in?" He raised a brow and the two women cringed.
"We got entered into the Dossoles warrior championship." Ch'en explained like a kid that was being scolded.
"Hmmm, the championship huh? Well, it will be unfair if I also enter. So go ahead and break a leg." Ash shrugged.
"T-thanks?" Ch'en and Lin didn't know what to say to that.
"I'll be watching you on TV." Ash chuckled and he left them to their own devices.
"Crap, now it's sinking in. We're a part of the championship." Lin sighed and rubbed her temples.
"This is your fault, Lin Yuhsia. It's because of your rotten luck. I thought rats were supposed to be lucky?" Ch'en glared at her.
"Hah!? I thought that dragons have charisma and pride? Why did you get swept up by that reporter then? Are you defective? Should I return you to Yan so I can ask for a replacement!?" Lin and Ch'en started butting heads.
"Ladies... Please." Ernesto tried to deescalate them, but they glared at him.
He whimpered and drew circles on a corner, being ignored by the duo.
"Huh? Madame Ch'en?" Hoshiguma appeared and she was surprised.
"Lin? Ch'en? Why are you here?" A feline tiger appeared as well. (pic)
"Great, the rich brat is here too." Lin rolled her eyes. The feline bristled and she glared at her.
"This Swire-sama is above you in everything, Lin." She huffed at her and puffed up her chest in pride.
"Yeah, yeah, your daddy's rich." Lin snorted. "Swire, Hoshiguma. You're here too?" Ch'en didn't expect them.
"We're on vacation, madame Ch'en..." Hoshiguma didn't expect to see her previous boss in Dossoles at all.
And it was the first time she saw her wear a swimsuit. Though Ch'en was hiding it with a jacket.
"Okay, let's just get this over with. We'll compete in this competition. How about you make yourself useful and investigate Dossoles? There's something fishy going on here." Lin ordered them.
Ash being there was the biggest clue. Something is going to happen in Dossoles. Wherever he goes, there's something big that happens. Just like in Lungmen.
"Okay?" Hoshiguma was confused. "Hmph, you do not order this Swire-sama." The feline huffed at her.
"Beatrix, this is huge. We just met with some important people and the emperor of Leithanien is planning something here." Ch'en sighed at her friend.
"Ch'en! Call me Swire! You know that I'm high profile." Beatrix Schwire grumbled. Their company is a pretty rich one after all.
"And did you say Asmodeus Leithanien is here? You think we could be one of their logistics companies? Penguin logistics and mountainDash are making tons of money after all." Swire thought that was going to be a good deal.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Lin frowned. Swire isn't really that involved in the Schwire conglomerate. Ash would eat her alive at making business deals.
"Yeah, no. You'll just sell your company to him unwittingly. That man is really dangerous." Ch'en warned her.
"Eh, what's the worst that could happen?" Swire arrogantly smirked and the three of them looked at her like she was stupid.
They then sighed, thinking that it wasn't their company anyways.
"Your loss." Ch'en snorted and they left to register in the championship.
Meanwhile, Vina and Hannah was forcefeeding their other operator for the mission; named Cantabile.
"Why are you in that condition?" Vina frowned as they fed her tons of nutrients through Ash's special strawberry bon bons. Delivered by Platinum as reasonable assistance.
"I... I am not needed anymore." She tried to hide her sleeve. And Hannah pried her hands off. She was pretty weak anyways.
"Ahh, an infected. She must have been abandoned due to contracting oripathy. And that bloke rehired her for this mission due to this." Hannah frowned and was thinking of beating the shit out of the Singas.
La Pluma who was watching from the sidelines furrowed her brows.
'This is why the true Bolivarians fight... This would be their standard operation.' La Pluma frowned heavily as she clenched her fists.
"Hah, you're useless right now. We need to wait for Ash's candy to work on you." Vina sighed and she massaged her head.
"H-how can candy make me better?" Cantabile was confused as hell.
"That thing costs millions every piece. It's a supplement. Paradiso's soldiers have those as rations. They could keep you going for days on end." Vina remembered the freaky candies.
It kept her satiated and energized. Even though soldiers on the field needed multiple times more calories than normal people.
"What's our plans mate?" Hannah was itching to do something.
"Let me think." Vina accessed the internet and looked at what was the best course of action.
"This... We can get in the cruise ship that have tons of VIP's if we join this." Vina pointed at the Dossoles championship.
"I knew you had it in you mate, that's bloody brilliant." Hannah nodded in satisfaction at her decision.
"What? I didn't have it in me?" Vina raised a brow and Hannah started to get nervous.
"Well, your mistake did land us these two." Hannah pointed at La Pluma who was a dainty little thing. While Cantabile looked like she came from Kazdel.
"Shut up you cunt, I'd like to see you try to talk to that guy from earlier." Vina glared at her and Hannah winced.
"You know that I'm no good with pricks like that. Ash has been making boss Shining teach me how to deal with them. But I just can't understand all those flowery rubbish coming from their mouths." Hannah huffed.
"That's what I thought, maybe I should let you deal with it next time and make Ash punish you or something." Vina snorted and Hannah paled.
"You did enjoy that little dance you were giving him back then. I'll tell him that you want to do it again." Vina smirked at her.
"Noooo! That was unintentional and you know it!" Hannah could already imagine it. Degenbrecher is pretty graphic with her stories when Ash suddenly gets frisky after all.
And the sword grandmaster can't take him down, even with Margaret's help. Even though they're one of the elites with the most endurance.
"Uhhh, you think that they forgot about us?" La Pluma looked at Cantabile who was downing the candies due to Vina's orders.
"This group is really weird..." La Pluma couldn't help but get nervous about the Ash guy that they were talking about as Hannah and Vina's argument get more graphic.
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