Chapter 128: Challenges
The research and findings were all done through the night and on other free days, as Arnold had fewer things to do while he was home. He would practice, train, work, and make a run around the estate every day, keeping his body fit and balanced.
Three days before the show, he got prepared and he was set to go. Before he left, he had to see his mother and sisters.
"Mom, Audrey, Eva... I have to go now..."
Arnold told them.
"Good luck, my son... I can feel your victory before it comes," Anna's face was serious as she spoke.
"Thank you, Mother, I sure will win," he smiled.
After a short conversation with them, he left by kissing Eva on the forehead and a cool handshake to his Audrey.
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It was likely to happen this way often since the top shows were not like Grindhouse Wrestling, where they had a specific venue for their shows. The top shows travel around the world for their shows, and that was the main boost to their popularity and greater than low-level shows like Grindhouse Wrestling.
Getting to the headquarters, the journey began as all superstars took off to the airport. Just when they were on the bus, traveling straight to the airport, a young man with curly hair and pale approached him. There was a vacant seat just close to him, giving him space to sit.
"Hey, Max Fury," the curly-haired guy greeted upon approach.
"Hey?" Arnold responded.
"Uhmm, I have been trying to get your attention lately, but you aren't open for friendship I guess?" The guy asked.
"No probs, it's fine..."
"I'm Cassidy by the way, you?" The guy asked.
"Arnold."
Arnold hesitated and replied.
"Well, nice to meet you, Arnold. Just wanna let you know that Selina Greenwood is plotting against you," Cassidy smiled, stood up, and tried to walk back to his seat.
However, at that time, Arnold's eyes had widened in shock.
"Wait, what? How did you know?" Arnold couldn't help but hold Cassidy's arms as he attempted to walk away, stunned.
Cassidy glanced back... He smiled after noticing Arnold's look, and then, she sat back close to him.
"Well, it isn't something you should be too afraid of. My brother is one of her men, I am also. As you can see, I am not a wrestler. Although we both are hiding our identities just to work here, we have an ambition."
"What ambition?" Arnold glared and asked.
"To avenge the death of our father to The Greenwood Family. Their father killed my father to take his share of the business which they both had and it our duty to take what's ours," Cassidy explained.
"Well..."
Doesn't that concern him now?
Arnold knew that he had no business after with whatever was happening between Cassidy's family and The Greenwoods. What he only wanted to know was about the plan he had talked about earlier, and what exactly it was.
"Anyway, I know you have no business with this, but you have to be careful with your family. They wouldn't eliminate them to doom you; they would use you like a rag," Cassidy said.
"What do you mean?" Arnold's brows furrowed.
"I mean, you only have to focus on business... Slamdown might be a good show, but you, the top authorities, might just be depressing... Just someday, I and my brother would take over, and it will be all good."
Cassidy stood up and walked away, then he halted.
"Most importantly, tell your girlfriend to be careful," he warned and this time, he didn't look back until he went back to his seat.
All these conversations were said in a mutter, making the other wrestlers around unable to hear a hint. After all, Arnold had decided to sit at the extreme of the van, where only a few people sat.
He was left with no words in his mouth at that time, his eyes as motionless as a dead fly. At that moment, several dark thoughts flew into his mind, making him wonder.
"Is this how the professional wrestling promotion authority is?" He glared.
"Or am I just in the wrong promotion?"
Although this was the first time he had heard something bad about the Chairman of Ultimate Revolution Wrestling, which made his stunned, this was actually not the first time hearing about Selina Greenwood's cruelty.
She wasn't just a badass and lustful woman; she used any usable entity to pursue her goals. Arnold came to realize that she needed him to date her because of his recent success as a professional wrestler, and it was certain.
Now, he knew he would have to be really careful... Although he had already been...
He had been smart enough in recent days regardless of other aims in hand.
After a moment of thinking wide, he came to a decision.
"Cassidy and his brother are on a mission to take down The Greenwoods? Fine. That's not my problem... But I can actually get good information from them if I become friends with them... The chances of Selina's success in repaying me for the rejection would be thin," Arnold thought.
And it was true, certainly...
If he could be close to Cassidy, who was one of Selina's men, including his brother, it could be quite favoring.
Arnold spent the rest of the journey thinking about this, but at the same time, he felt depressed seeing himself in such a situation.
At the same time, he was getting to believe that there was always a problem at any stage of one's life.
Whether rich or poor, people would always face great challenges that they wish they didn't. That was his pain right now, and he was feeling it deep within.
However, he knew that he wouldn't be the loser in this... He knew that Max Fury would always come out victorious in every conflict, no matter what it was...
That was the great spirit...
The incredible spirit.
[These are what will build you up for the future, face them, solve them. Win them.]
With those tasking words from the Pro Wrestling System, he knew that these were just a mission to accomplish.
Perhaps, an additional way to prepare him for the so-called...
Arrival!
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[A/N: The depressed author really needs Golden Tickets and Gifts. Thank you!]