This evening, the night life of Toudaka city is the same as always. This town is full of people living and enjoying their lives, either it’s doing overwork in the office buildings, or having a relaxing fun time at the town’s park. Not everyday they can enjoy a nice time at the park, thanks to the high crime rate in this town. The police are pretty much hopeless, as the town is unofficially controlled by three big crime lords.

  A tall and luxurious-looking hotel stands in one part of the town, this hotel is owned by Price Group. On the surface, Price Group is a regular business empire, but Price is actually one of the crime boss in this city.

  A teenage boy steps out of a yellow taxi that pulls up to the hotel lobby. He’s a tall boy with a middle cut short black hair, he’s wearing a red long-sleeved jacket paired with a white T-shirt and a long jeans. This teenager can’t be older than 17 years old, and his lonely arrival seems strange on such a hotel.

  A strong-looking security stops him as the boy walks to the lobby.

  “Can I help you? This is no longer the time for check-ins, if you don’t have a business here, you should take the taxi back.”

  “Actually, I do. Take a look at this,” the teenager pulls out an envelope from his pocket.

  The security takes the envelope and suddenly realizes his mistake, “pardon my rudeness. Please, follow me to the underground arena.”

  The security then leads the teenager to a lift that says “Special guests only” above its door. Once they are inside, the lift goes down after the security presses a button.

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  The lift door opens to a large underground dome with a big arena at the center of the dome, there are two levels of fully filled spectator seats surrounding the arena. A big screen is hung at the ceiling of the dome.

  A female staff dressed in a sexy outfit recognizes the face of the teenager who just came down.

  “You must be Kaji Kagami-san, welcome to the Crimson Arena. The rest of the fighters already arrived, you’re the last one, let me escort you to the arena.”

  The female staff leads Kaji to the arena, where there are already 11 other fighters standing there. The male and female distribution is almost even, there is a big guy who look like a wrestler, a man with a white mask, and a woman dressed like a ninja, among others.

  Suddenly, the big screen on the ceiling comes on, showing a man with a long blond ponytail and a clean-shaven face. His look is one of charisma and power.

  “Welcome fighters, to the Crimson Arena. I am Ronald Price, the host of this tournament,” says the man on the screen, “this tournament is just a hobby of mine, as someone who enjoys martial arts a lot I really love it when fighters shows their skill and everything they’ve practiced so far in a heated match.

  But don’t worry, I will make this tournament worth everyone’s time. Whoever managed to reach the final round will get two rewards: One is to fight me, the organizer of this tournament, and the second one is to be given a reward. Anything money can buy, or even if you want money itself, that’s also an option. For the spectators, you can place a bet on the fighters.

  Now, I hope everyone enjoys the tournament. For the fighters, I hope a strong fighter reach the final, I cannot wait to fight the best of you!”

  Having finished his speech, Ronald presses a red button on a remote control in his hand. A loud buzzer sounds around the dome. This signals the start of the tournament. The audience cheers, they’re excited on who’s making the biggest buck from this tournament.

  Every fighter’s face looks fired up, as they have their own goal in this tournament. Kaji’s face, however, fixed on Ronald Price on the screen above, his eyes filled with anger.

  Two female staffs walk to the center of the arena with a small box with a hole on top of it.

  “Now we would like each of you to pick a number from this box, this will determine your position on the bracket.”

  Kaji goes first, he can’t wait to fight and win until he face Ronald. He puts his hand inside the box and then draw his number.

  One.

  He will be the first one to fight in this tournament.