Chapter 55: Bets.
Once again, Flare the hero and the bronze villain clashed. The former was much faster, but the latter had the durability to withstand everything she threw at him.
The fight was being filmed from every angle, and though the footage was intended to be used in a promotional video, a number of important people were allowed to watch it live.
Epsilon was one of those people. He could have watched it alone in his office or from one of the front seats surrounding the hexagon cage, but instead, he decided to make the experience more interesting by seeing it along with the red-haired youngster they recently captured.
After the first few blows were exchanged, Epsilon glanced beside him, eager to see what kind of expression he would have. The result surpassed his expectations.
The youngster -who calls himself Dante- had turned pale, his mouth quivering as he stared at the screen. Utterly terrified, he turned to Epsilon with furrowed brows.
"Please stop the fight!"
The moment he cried that out, Epsilon couldn’t help but smirk behind his mask. From a list of emoticons displayed on his OAM, he chose a (0_0) to display on his mask.
"And why would I do that?"
The genuine fear and worry on the young man’s face exposed everything. Though the nature of his relationship with Flare was still unclear, it was obvious from the start that the two of them were close, that’s what made exposing the heroine to danger a sure way to break his front.
Glancing at the screen once, the youngster shifted his eyes back to Epsilon.
"You’re still taking bets for this, right? C’mon! Don’t tell me it’s already closed! You should have told me beforehand!"