37. Negotiations

Han Sen's heart skipped a beat.

In the fighter discussion board in the

'Home of Limits', there were many posts

about grudges between fighters. For

example, in China, fighters in the six major

headquarters are under the government's

control and are subject to law! However,

once they leave the city and enter the

monsters' area, there was no law to

resolve anything.

That was a place where fighters and

monsters fight, a place with no laws! The

fighters all walked on the border between

life and death, so cases where fighters kill

each other over their conflicts are

common.

All the large dojos, the government, etc.

don't want to see this kind of thing

happen.

Fighters, are the wealth of humans!

They're the only thing they have that can

fight against monsters; they don't want the fighters to have any internal feuds. So

from this came the 'Internal Negotiations'

which 'settled' the arguments. People have

grudges, okay, let's settle them at the table

to end them. It's another saying if there is

absolutely no way to resolve them.

"Han Sen, you're still a rookie that just

entered the circle of fighters. It's best to

not make any enemies" smiled chief

instructor Wu Tong as he said, "You also

need money right when you start"

"Okay"

Han Sen nodded. If they can resolve it,

then so be it, "Uncle Wu, I can't let Zhang

Hao Bai off easily! If I was weak, then my

legs and arms would've been broken"

"But of course" nodded Wu Tong as he

said, "if we don't let them bleed, they

might think my Dojo of Limits is afraid of

them"

"Uncle Wu, what price do you think I

should offer?" asked Han Sen. He didn't

know the rules, so he thought it would be better to get some advice.

After pondering, Wu Tong said, "If it was

just a regular person who messed with

you, then you shouldn't go past 50 million

Chinese dollars! And Han Sen, you are an

elite of our Dojo of Limits, so you shouldn't

go too low either. No lower than 10 million

Chinese dollars! Between 10 to 50 million,

you can just randomly pick a number"

"Okay" Han Sen nodded his head as he

considered his choices.

"If you agree, then I'll tell them to come

over tonight to meet us" laughed Wu Tong.

"Okay, thanks uncle Wu" laughed Han Sen

as he nodded.

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Han Sen first returned home to put his

��Nine Stage Thunder Blade��scroll

away��and then entered the internal

network 'Home of Limits' to try and find

some information on private negotiations

between fighters."Oh..... so it's like this"

"Reputation also ties in with this payment

money"

Han Sen consecutively read many posts

and finally felt that he had an idea about

what tonight's negotiations would be like.

"Sen, it's time to eat" mother Gong Xin

Lan's voice came from downstairs.

"Coming, mom"

Han Sen turned off the power and then

headed downstairs.

In the living room downstairs, his father

and mother were carrying the plates and

bowls around while the maid cooked.

"Where's Han Hua?" asked Han Sen

doubtfully, "he still hasn't returned?". Right

now, there are two hired maids, both

around 40 years old. One of them was

hired just to take care of Han Hua, since it

would be more convenient for Han Sen:

with someone looking over his brother, he

can go outside more.

"Your brother is at the lotus flower lake park, he just called to tell us he'll be here

soon" said father Han Hong Guo as he

smiled.

"How come brother has been going to that

park all the time these days?" asked Han Sen.

Mother Gong Xin Lan laughed softly on

the side: "Han Sen, your brother has a

girlfriend"

"Girlfriend?" Han Sen was surprised. Even

though there were many handicapped

people in society these days, for example

the soldiers who fought in the army and

came back crippled from fighting

monsters... although handicapped people

can also get into relationships, marry, and

have children, but Han Hua hasn't even

been here for over a month yet.

In such a short time, in a relationship?

"Sen, don't listen to your mother. Your

brother is spending time with a girl, but

they aren't at that point yet" laughed Han

Hong Guo."Who cares, it's good if he can get into a

relationship" Han Sen was happy inside.

No matter what the result of this

relationship is, it's an experience of life.

This experience is good for him.

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Yang Zhou city's Yi-An* region, sky garden

sector.

*TL note: If any of you actually still

remember from vol. 1 ch. 14~15, I

wrongfully wrote Zhi-An sector for the

location of the sky garden sector (it's

supposed to be Yi-An. sorry about that)

"Uncle" Zhang Hao Bai looked at his uncle

Zhang Ze Hu. Zhang Hao Bai went through

these recent days in a state of fear and

nervousness. He was even afraid that

someone from the security agency will

come and snatch him away.

"Hu, as long as we can keep Hao Bai, it's ok

if we go through some pain" Zhang Ze

Long couldn't help but to say.

large and muscular and he gave off a

feeling of an unrivaled, ferocious beast.

Zhang Ze Hu grinned and showed his snow

white teeth, "That little rabbit Han Sen,

just a rookie fighter! All he did was fight

the weakest monsters raised by the

military to become a fighter, he should

know the rules! Those who shouldn't have

caused trouble, actually caused trouble.....

hmph, messing with the Mountain Tiger*

is asking for death!"

*TL note: This is basically his nickname

which will be mentioned again later.

Seeing how his uncle was so confident,

Zhang Ze Long and Zhang Hao Bai let out a sigh of relief.

"Alright, leave it to me, I'll be going"

After waving, Zhang Ze Hu headed out.

Outside was a heavy, six-wheeled,

remodeled hummer. There was even

someone inside waving out and smiling as

he shouted: "Brother Hu, ready?"

"Yup, go and pick up old Li and then we'll head to the Dojo of Limits" Zhang Ze Hu

got on the car and waved as he said.

"ALRIGHT!"

The hummer let out a low, powerful noise

and swiftly left the sky garden sector.

Around evening, in Yang Zhou city's

Ming-Yue sector's Limit Hall's 2nd floor's

lobby, Han Sen and his group were there.

"Sen, what a coincidence. Your uncle

Kong and big brother Chen are here"

laughed Wu Tong loudly. Han Sen also

greeted the two people beside Wu Tong.

One of them seemed extremely skinny and

had a scar on his face that looked like it

cut his face in half. Just looking at him

strikes fear in you.

The other man was a burly man who you

could tell was enthusiastic just by looking

at him.

"Brother Chen, uncle Kong" yelled Han Sen.

These two people weren't ordinary people. In the Limit Hall here in Yang-Zhou city,

there were three warlord level fighters:

Chief Instructor Wu Tong, 'Fire Cannon'

Chen Gu, and 'Hawk Blade' Kong Quan. Wu

Tong already retired from monster

hunting, while 'Fire Cannon' Chen Gu and

'Hawk Blade' Kong Quan frequently leave

the city to hunt monsters.

These two people were the leading figures

in the circle of fighters in the Ming-Yue

sector.

"Sen, we already know about the

situation. Rest assured, we'll stick out for

you in this case!" laughed Fire Cannon

Chen Gu, "Damn, no matter how cocky

these Thunder Dojo people get, they won't

mess with us"

"Yes" Hawk Blade Kong Quan slightly

nodded.

After a moment -

The people from the Dojo of Limits and the

Thunder Dojo sat on their respective sides

in the lobby. There were at least 20 people on the Dojo of Limits' side while there

were just 8 people on the Thunder Dojo's.

"Wu Tong, in this case, it is indeed Hu's

nephew's fault" a large brute laughed

loudly as he said, "but that nephew is just a

small child? What does he understand, and

he's just an ordinary person, not even a

fighter, so no need to argue over such

trivial things"

"Old Li, don't bring in those pointless

things" laughed Wu Tong as he shaked his

head, "No matter how uncertain we are

about this case, you guys came here to

negotiate right? Mountain Tiger, say

something"

Zhang Ze Hu, who is called "Mountain

Tiger" in the circle of fighters, uses a

gigantic two handed machete*.

**TL note: The first two characters for

machete is �_ɽ and his nickname is

�_ɽ��. Since there's a character for

mountain in it I just decided to call him

Mountain Tiger (but now you see where his nickname comes from)

"Chief Instructor Wu" smiled Zhang Ze Hu

as his gaze landed upon Han Sen, "For this

case, we should let little Han explain it

himself. Little Han, how should we go

about solving this case in a way that

satisfies you?"

"Shut up"

'Hawk Blade' Kong Quan snapped, "Han Sen is a good brother in our Dojo of

Limits, Little Han? He is qualified for you

to call him by his name too"

Zhang Ze Hu panicked, Hawk Blade Kong

Quan was a ruthless man in the circle of

fighters, so even Zhang Ze Hu doesn't want

to anger him.

"Mr. Zhang Ze Hu" Han Sen stood up and

smiled, "This case made many of my

brothers stand up for me, so I'm a bit

embarrassed. But for my own thoughts.....

hmph, that Zhang Hao Bai trying to break

my arms and legs is a small matter, but he

actually attacked my dad, and that is asking death!"

Han Sen shouted as he glared.

Zhang Ze Hu was shocked and the fighters

on the side of the Dojo of Limits laughed.

This 'Mountain Tiger' Zhang Ze Hu was a

senior fighter and is an advanced warrior,

just one step away from the warlord level.

Han Sen actually dared to glare at him

with such an attitude, which let the

fighters on the side of the Dojo of Limits

understand his courage!

"Hmph, Han Sen, so what do you want to

do? Speak!" Zhang Ze Hu wasn't amused

and had a bad face on.

Zhang Ze Hu's anger? He really didn't care

about it. Just speaking about the present,

Han Sen's body fitness level is already

high for an intermediate warrior, so he's

nearing the 'advanced warrior' level. And

with his spiritual force added in there, he's

already at least a 'beginner warlord' level.

"One phrase, 50 million Chinese dollars. I,

Han Sen, will give you some face, and we can call this case off" smiled Han Sen.

"You sure have a huge mouth, 50 million!"

glared Zhang Ze Hu.

"This price is high" frowned the Thunder

Dojo's chief instructor Li.

Han Sen just smiled and said nothing.

"The price isn't high" smiled the Dojo of

Limits' chief instructor Wu Tong.

"Han Sen, I'll give you a price, 5 milion! I'll

give you 5 million and we'll call off this

case and it'll still leave me some face. Or

else you aren't giving me, Zhang Ze Hu, any

face!" Zhang Ze Hu stared at Han Sen.

5 million?

The people on the side of the Dojo of

Limits frowned, even if you are trying to

give some face to 'Fire Cannon' Chen Gu

and 'Hawk Blade' Kong Quan, you

shouldn't offer such a low price. If the

price is too low, you aren't giving any face!

"Or else I'm not giving you any face?" Han Sen glared, "Zhang Ze Hu, let me say

something also. 50 million, no less. If

you're even one dollar off, then prepare to

meet your nephew in the security

agency!"