964 Don't Get Involved
The first-class cabin on the train only consisted of a single cabin, which looked like it could fit around fifty people at max capacity.
The cabin itself was half full, so there was actually no one sitting on the side next to their group. A few bobbing heads could be seen in the seats ahead.
Kai had purposely selected this time, of course, when it wasn’t so busy to head to their destination. It was all for the sake of Gary traveling without too much trouble. Even now, he wore a black wig on his head.
His green hair gave him away, and even though many would recognize his face, the black hair was enough for people to second guess themselves and believe they had seen the wrong person.
After all, all the scenes and shots of Gary were mostly shown during him fighting.
“Take this, my meteorite punch!” A small boy that looked to be around the age of five shouted down the aisle as he threw out his fist.
“I use my famous special, super-duper ultimate move, the cross block!” A young girl, around the same age, lifted both of her hands and blocked the hit.
The two children had been playing up and down the aisle for a while now.
“Hey, hey, you should be on the ground, my special punch was just as strong as Havor!” The boy said.
“Just because Havor is ranked 1 doesn’t mean he’s the strongest in the AFC, there were people before that were strong, and so I can block your attack, you idiot!” The girl shouted back.
The two started to argue, and Kai was shaking his head as if he had a headache brewing.
The boy then went to throw another punch, and when he did, he hit Gary on the arm.
“Ahh! Sorry, mister!” the boy said, giving a polite bow.
“It’s okay,” Gary replied. “I was like that as well. I’m guessing you two like watching the AFC? I didn’t realize kids so young enjoyed it these days; I didn’t get into it until I was a teenager.”
“Everyone wants to be an Altered; who wouldn’t know about the AFC!” the boy shouted.
“Mister,” the girl said, tugging Gary’s trousers. “You like the AFC as well, right? So who do you think is the strongest, Havor, or maybe Gustav, or Taxin?”
All three of the names mentioned Gary knew well because they were the top five of the AFC rankings.
“Hmm.” Gary said with his finger on his chin as he gave it a real thought, but having gone against only one person, and with everything happening, he could only think of one person. “What about Jayden Tiger?”
“Jayden Tiger?” Both of them said at the same time, and then looked back at Gary.
“Mister, you’re an idiot. Jayden isn’t even in the top 10, he’s going to get beaten by Havor in less than a minute.” The boy said.
“Yeah, I expected you to know about the AFC, but now we can see you’re lying, you must just be some weak uncle or something.” The girl retorted.
“Right, he thinks Jayden is strong because he is weak, so he has no clue. Sorry for wasting your time.” The boy said as the two ran off down the aisle and continued to fight with each other.
“Did they just call me an uncle?” Gary asked, looking at Austin and Kai.
“Hey, to those kids, we’re all already ancient fossils, don’t take it to heart.” Kai replied.
“And did you hear that?” Gary turned to Austin. “They said I knew nothing about the AFC. I was in the AFA, and I was even in an AFC match.”
“Yeah, but it is a match that everyone has forgotten about.” Austin said. “I don’t even think your videos are making the circuits anymore, in those video compilations titled, ‘Forgotten AFC fighters, what happened to them now?’”
There was a reason why Gary had answered the way he did as well. He remembered speaking to Jayden about the rules of the AFC.
How Altereds with special traits and powers weren’t allowed to use them in an AFC match. They were limited to the physical changes that their bodies could make.
This would also alter the rankings, so fighting in the AFC and a fight in real life wouldn’t necessarily produce the same results.
There was a good chance that Jayden would lose to Havor in a fight, but outside it might be a different story.
“WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK YOU’RE DOING!” A booming loud voice was heard from the back of the carriage, which caused Gary to turn in his seat and see what was going on.
He could see that the two kids who were fighting near them not too long ago had continued down the cabin they were in, and now a large man in a black suit was standing in front of them.
“You two brats fighting over here, you nearly hit Sir Ken! Where are your parents? What are they doing letting you two run around wild like that!” The man shouted.
The two kids froze in place and looked to be on the verge of tears.
“We’re so sorry, mister, we didn’t mean to hit you, we’re sorry… we’re so sorry.” The girl said on behalf of the boy since he was too frozen to say anything.
“I don’t care if you’re sorry, you two brats should have been taught manners by your parents, where are they!”
“They’re not in this cabin, sir… our mother, she’s in the other cabin.” The girl was pointing to the economy class cabin.
“So you two snuck in here when you’re not even allowed to be in here. Kids these days get away with everything and it’s all because they’re not taught a lesson.” The man said as he lifted his hand and slapped the boy around the face.
The hit was heavy, causing him to fall to the floor. In shock, the boy raised his hand to his red stinging cheek until he started to let out a loud cry.
“The reason you kids misbehave is because you think you can get away with anything and no one in this world will punish you for it.”
The commotion was causing quite a scene as more people turned their heads to look at what was going on.
“Gary… don’t get involved.” Kai said. “That man isn’t going to do them any more harm than that.”
Looking, Gary could see the large man’s hand was raised again.
“And if he does? Am I allowed to intervene then?” Gary asked.
Kai looked at the situation further.
“Definitely.”
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