âWhoa! Itâs dropping like crazy!! There must be many new bettors earlier on who grew pessimistic on Elliot when they saw him test his car. They must have thought that he couldnât drive! But now that heâs smashing the speed record, the odds have fallen by so much! Good job, Elliot! Free money for us! Woohoo!!!â Void Walker whooped for joy.
âInterest in Earthâs Games had skyrocketed after the Gaming Commission announced that it would be a Game of Kings. In fact, I heard the new Adamantium Sponsors had just arrived.â
âMore competition for Elliot huh? Or maybe, they would become Elliotâs sponsors too!â Void Walker said optimistically.
âThe odds would be against that.â Monkey King chuckled. âAnyway what payout did you lock in to?â
âTen thousand four hundred resource planets~!â Void Walker danced around and sang for joy!
âNice. I got two hundred and six resource planets.â Monkey King grinned foolishly.
âHey Dragon! Did you bet on Elliot as well?â Void Walker hollered across the room to the Golden Dragon.
âYour loss!â Void Walker called out in a sing-song voice.
Suddenly, the door opened and a large group came into the Diamond Sponsor VIP room noisily.
The large VIP room was large enough to hold five hundred sponsors. And with only around fifty occupying the room earlier, the latest influx of nearly a hundred new Sponsors barely made the room feel crowded.
In fact, it began to feel slightly rowdy and exciting.
As Void Walker and Monkey King studied the newcomers curiously, one of the Diamond Sponsors broke away from the group and approached Void Walker and Monkey King.
âJules!!â Void Walker cried out in surprise and dashed towards her..
âJessica.â A transcendentally beautiful elf with luxurious white mage robes smiled at Void Walker and immediately gave her a hug. âItâs been so long! How have you been?â
âIâve been greeeeat. Really great. And Iâve been having a lot of fun being a sponsor in this particular Game. But why are you here? I thought you really hated the Games?â Void Walker asked Jules curiously. âNot that Iâm not happy that youâre here â I am. Iâm just curious!â
âI decided to come here to have a little bit of fun with the world youâve reversed for an entire year. You know that youâve created an incredible mess outside, right? My uncle even had to make Earth a Battle of Kings to distract the protesters from your little feat!â JulâTaras playfully chided Jessica Sands the Void Walker.
(Authorâs Note: Iâll be switching to calling Void Walker by her name, Jessica Sands, from this point on.)
âHahaha. I donât really care about the protesters outside. They can storm into the Gaming Commissionâs planet and die by the billions, for all I care. Come! Let me introduce you to my fellow Diamond Sponsor! Weâre the only two original bettors for the little dude called Elliot Musk. Jules, meet Monkey. Monkey, this is Jules, my childhood friend!â Jessica Sands introduced the both of them amiably.
âHello Jules.â Monkey King nodded and smiled politely at her.
âHello, errrr, Monkey?â JulâTaras greeted him questioningly.
âYou can call me Wu Kong.â Monkey King Wu Kong replied.
âWait a minute, you have the same name as Elliotâs little monkey??â Jessica Sands asked in surprise.
Monkey King Wu Kong burst out laughing.
âHE has the same name as me, not the other way around. His father named him after me.â Monkey King Wu Kong smiled.
âOh. I see⦠You must be pretty close to the little monkeyâs dad huh?â Jessica Sands frowned lightly.
âDonât worry about it. Jules, come sit with us! Let me bring a sofa over for you.â Monkey King Wu Kong offered gallantly.
âThanks Wu Kong. Donât worry about the sofa, I got it.â JulâTaras waved her hand lightly and immediately, a sofa floated towards them and placed itself next to the two sofas already there.
âAwesome! Letâs have a seat! The race is about to begin. Please tell me youâre betting on Elliot as well?â Jessica Sands looked at JulâTaras hopefully.
âOf course I did. But just a small bet though.â JulâTaras smiled elegantly and sat down daintily on her sofa. She adjusted the settings to make herself comfortable and then sighed lightly in contentment.
She loved races, and she was actually looking forward to watching Elliotâs race.
âPfffft. Your small is probably our gigantic. Please kindly expand Monkeyâs horizons and tell him just how âsmallâ is your bet!â Jessica Sands scoffed lightly.
âJust ten thousand resource planets for this race.â
Monkey King choked on his tea.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
[30 seconds to race start.]
Elliot rolled down his window and stared at the other Honda Civic Type R.
âHey!â Elliot shouted and gestured for him to roll down his windows.
The alien obediently did as Elliot shouted and rolled down his windows.
Elliotâs eyes opened wide in surprise. It was actually a very well-dressed human! Well, technically it probably wasnât a human being. Most likely, it shifted its form into a humanâs so that it could drive the automobile the way it was designed to be driven.
To feel all the drawbacks, thrills and everything human beings felt when they pushed their automobiles to their limits and then past them.
âA true racing enthusiast then.â Elliot thought grumpily. âLetâs see if insulting him works.â
âCan you understand me?â Elliot shouted at him.
âYes, I understand you.â A robotic voice sounded from the carâs speakers. He probably used an alien translating device to speak.
âGood. I need to tell you something important. YOUR MOTHER IS A BLOODY STREET WHORE! SHEâS LIKE A B*TCH IN HEAT! I SAW HER YESTERDAY F***ING A DONKEY! A BIG FAT UGLY DONKEY!â Elliot roared out with all of his might!
[15 seconds to race start.]
Elliot could see the alien frown lightly in confusion.
âOH MY GOD, IS THAT DONKEY YOUR FATHER? ARE YOU ACTUALLY A BIG FAT DONKEY BEAST?â Elliot shouted in mock horror.
The alienâs eyes began to widen in surprise, then narrow in anger.
[10 seconds to race start.]
âWait! IT WASNâT YOUR MOTHER I SAW F***ING THE DONKEY! IT WAS YOU RIGHT? YOUâRE A DONKEY F***ER!?! HAHAHA!â
âSHUT. UP!â The alienâs speakers began to rumble in anger.
[5 seconds to race start.]
âDONKEY F***ER!! DONKEY F***ER!! YOUâRE A DONKEY F***ER!!!â Elliot shouted with glee!