Chapter 60

"What time is it?" Alex asked Roger.

Roger looked at his phone.

"It's 5:43, they've been fighting for an hour now," Roger replied.

Both fighters started thrashing around, but Mateo couldn't keep up with Bill's speed. Bill was like teleporting, but they could see the blur of him when he moved. Mateo tried to hit, suddenly Billy went below him, Mateo looked down.

"Peek-a-boo," Bill made a left hook on Mateo. Bill then kicked Mateo's leg and fell to the ground. Bill waited for Mateo to stand up. Mateo tried to hit again, but Bill hastily punched Mateo's attack away and made a counter-attack. Bill just continued making fun of Mateo.

"I don't think you will ever get a hit with his speed, all you need is a backup or give up," the Gigantosaurus said to Mateo.

"I've come all the way here, but I can't give up now," Mateo replied.

"If that's what you want, then find a way to counter him, but it looks impossible," the Gigantosaurus replied.

Mateo, whose fist had been charging for a while now, ducked below and punched the ground, making the ground shake. Bill was caught off guard because of the strong shake. Mateo's left fist, which was half charged, hit Bill's thigh. The strong impact made Bill limp and hurt to move or walk.

A half-charged fist can damage a 25 stack defense.

"Good thinking," the Gigantosaurus complimented Mateo.

Bill tried to run, but the hurting thigh made him slow down.

"You motherfucker," Bill cursed Mateo.

A sudden punch landed on Mateo's face at a high speed. Mateo was charging both of his fists to get halfway charged or fully charged to hurt Bill and wait for his opportunity to hit. He went below Bill and shoved Bill away with his shoulder. Bill took two steps back. Mateo went forward, following Bill and still below him. Mateo felt his fists halfway charged. He uppercutted Bill to try and stun him.

But Bill suddenly grabbed Mateo's clothes on the back. He carried Mateo and smashed him to the ground. Bill turned Mateo around to face up. Bill went on top of Mateo and beat him up with his speed and strength. Mateo defended himself on time, but Bill was too strong, destroying Mateo's defense, but of course, Mateo again regained his defense.

"You are in grave danger," the Gigantosaurus warned Mateo.

"I am really tired now, I should have given up," Mateo replied.

"Wait, when you stepped on this ground an hour ago-"

"Wait, the fight is already an hour?" Mateo cut off the Gigantosaurus.

"Yes, when you stepped on this ground an hour ago, I felt something, something new, something you can activate," the Gigantosaurus continued.

Mateo went deep inside him... finding what's new.

"Yeah, you're right, should I activate it?" Mateo asked.

"No choice," the Gigantosaurus replied.

Mateo activated it... A sudden rage fueled down all over his body. Mateo's body was heating up. Mateo shouted out of rage. He destroyed his own defense. He charged his right arm and hit Bill's face while enduring some hits Bill threw at him.

Mateo's vision was full of red. He couldn't see any color from the environment other than red. From the people and Bill's point of view of Mateo, Mateo's eyes were blazing red like fire.

"My suddenly felt like hard, wait, why do I only see the color red? Is my eyes glowing red and shit?" Mateo asked.

"You look cool, eyes are glowing red," the Gigantosaurus complimented Mateo.

"Hell nah, what do you mean cool, it's cringe," Mateo replied.

"What do you mean, it's cool," the Gigantosaurus replied.

"Cringe."

"Cool."

"Cringe."

"Cool."

"Cringe."

"Cool."

"Cringe."

While Mateo and his Gigantosaurus were competing, Bill just stared at Mateo, having glowing red eyes and a little bit of a rock-solid body, but still thin. The audience was just in awe.

"What the hell was that? While punching him, his body went hard and looked a bit more stronger," Bill thought to himself.

"Okay, let's see what's new," the Gigantosaurus said to Mateo.

Mateo charged his two legs and two fists. It didn't look like there were any changes. There were red colors mixed into his fist and leg's aura color. Mateo started dancing by rolling his two arms above his head and to his stomach vice versa while swaying his hip left to right.

"What are you doing and why are you dancing?" the Gigantosaurus asked.

"Don't know cause I felt like it," Mateo replied.

"Don't tell me that's your cultural dance, it doesn't even look like the boogie," the Gigantosaurus replied.

"You know what, I'll stop dancing."

Mateo stopped dancing. Mateo raised his hand to gesture to Bill to come, but Bill did it first. Mateo started running towards Bill. Mateo tried to hit, but Bill's speed dodged the hit. He saw the blur that he went behind him. Mateo looked behind him and was met by an uppercut.

"Huh, the damage felt a bit weaker, but I could still feel a lot of pain that I can endure throughout the fight," Mateo said to his Gigantosaurus.

Mateo grabbed Bill's face. He carried him and slammed him to the ground. Mateo raised his charged leg to stomp him.

Ting

"Huh?"

BANG

The ground shook like a small earthquake. There was a crack around the place I stomped on and where Bill's head was. The ting sound indicated that your charged attack was fully charged, but it charged early. It should have taken longer. I lifted my leg. Bill's eyes were full of white, eyes open.

Suddenly, Bill gained consciousness. He stood up very fast and started to give Mateo barrages of punches. Mateo just tried to block and dodge some punches and endure some he received.

"Why are my charges charged that fast?" Mateo asked his Gigantosaurus.

"I don't know. To fully charge a wolf would take 30 seconds, an elephant would take 1 minute, and a hyena would be 20 because it depends on the size. To fully charge me, it would take 3 minutes, but you just fully charged me in only 30 seconds. Maybe it's the effect of that thing you're having right now," the Gigantosaurus replied.

Bill just continued punching endlessly. Mateo's charged fists swayed as Mateo moved.

"You're starting to get tired now," Bill's inner thoughts said to him.

"Wait, who's there?" Bill replied.

"I am your ability. I learned how to talk by watching and the others how to communicate," his inner thoughts replied.

"So you are some kind of a living thing or what? And if you can learn, then does that mean the other abilities can communicate with their owners?" Bill asked.

"I don't know about the first question, but the second, if I can learn and talk to you through thoughts, there's a high chance that the other abilities can also do it too, maybe," his inner thoughts replied.

"Hey, lookout, his arm, he is about to hit," Bill's inner thoughts said.

Bang

Bill defended himself on time.

Bang

Another punch blocked.

"Receiving too much damage is bad for the health. Try to dodge and block his hits most of the time. If you received too much damage, the option is to give up."

"I can't give up to this thin-ass motherfucker," Bill replied.

"Then do what I said," his inner thoughts replied.

Bang

Bill suddenly felt a high impact on his leg.

"Oh yeah, we forgot about his leg," Bill's inner thoughts said.

Bill knelt down after feeling his leg weakened and felt like a cramp.

"Stand up! He is about to use his other leg," Bill's inner thoughts said.

It was too late. Mateo kicked Bill's chest and fell to the ground.

"You're getting much tired now. You've used too much energy from the barrages you did," Bill's thought said to him.

Mateo went a few centimeters away from Bill and waited for him to stand up.

"He is more exhausted than you. Try not to do some attacks that make you more tired. He might be planning something," the Gigantosaurus warned Mateo.

Mateo ran towards Bill, but Bill suddenly went below to the left of Mateo, making Mateo miss. Bill punched the left side rib of Mateo. Mateo felt the hurt but wouldn't let Bill let that slide. Mateo punches Bill's face. Mateo kicked Bill's armpit upwards to make him stand and started to give him a rhythmic barrage of left and right hooks while charging his fists per second.

Mateo continued until his arms grew tired. Bill stepped backwards, going away from Mateo, still standing up straight like nothing happened. Both of them were gasping for air.

"I don't think that this thing you're having right now doesn't only give you some strength, defense, and lower your charging cooldown, but also drain a lot of your energy to fully charge your fists instantly in 2 seconds. I think this thing is hiding more or no more," the Gigantosaurus said to Mateo.

"You've been desperate to make Bill go to sleep because you want to go home and play your favorite game so you burst out suddenly and use a lot of your energy just to knock him out," the Gigantosaurus added.

"You okay there?" Bill's inner thoughts asked.

"I.. I can't just give up," Bill replied.

"It is okay to give up. I know a lot of people say the "Do Not Give Up" phrase, but not most of the time. If you think Mateo never gave up, then you are wrong. He actually nearly gave up, but when he saw your tired face, it made him think that he was making progress. When you were beating him up on the ground, he also made the same expression of giving up, but suddenly a strange phenomenon happened to him, making his eyes red and make him stronger and hard like a rock body. His expression is like it is new, so he continued. You are supposed to be the winner, but you didn't play it smart. You used a lot of energy when you gave him a barrage of punches and made you more tired. You should have held back. It is an 80% chance for you to win this fight," Bill's inner thoughts explained.

Bill understood what his inner thoughts meant.

"Looks like I found this kid cool, and you were right, giving up can be good if I don't give up. I'm just only destroying my beautiful body and face and also a chance to die from a severe damage in the body. And if I die, I will never ever going to experience the upcoming sequel of my childhood game coming next month," Bill replied.

"He is walking towards you with his fists charged, would you still fight?" Bill's thought warned Bill.

Bill looked up. He saw Mateo struggle while walking towards Bill with his badass red glowing eyes, which Mateo thought was cringe.

"Nah, I gave up," Bill replied.

Mateo raised his hand to hit Bill, but Bill suddenly went down, collapsing to the ground, making Mateo miss the hit. Mateo suddenly tripped to the ground after throwing his charged fist with most of his strength. Mateo was facedown to the dirt. Mateo carried himself up. He looked to his right where Bill was. Bill was facedown to the dirt, breathing. The referee ran towards Bill and turned him to face up. Bill's eyes were closed, and his vision went back to normal.

"1..!" The referee started counting.

I stood up while the referee was counting.

"2...3! The winner IIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS, MATEEEEEOOOOOO!" the referee shouted.

"Heeellll yeeeeeaaaahhh! ha-ha," I celebrated on the spot. The yell made me more sleepy.

My group started running towards me and celebrating. They surrounded me, saying it was a good fight, and some complimented me. Suddenly, my group started to make way for someone from the crowd.

"Excuse me, excuse me please," a girl from the crowd said to the people.

What came from the crowd was a cute girl. Oh hell naaahhh, this is my first time simping on a girl, shit, girl hella cute.

"Let me heal your bruise," the cute girl said to me.

The girl took my arm and held it. Suddenly, the wounds on my arms started to fade away and heal. I could also feel it around my body, but some bloodstains were still visible.

"Thank you," I said to the girl.

She nodded and started to walk towards Bill, probably going to heal him.

"Ayooo."

"What did I just see! What did I just see!"

"My balls felt a romantic excitement after seeing you two."

"What about Luna?"

"Shut the fuck up, all of you!" I shouted at the people around me and started to punch the air to make them get away from me. I looked again at the girl who was healing Bill's wounds. I didn't know we had a healer, which will make our fighters' lives easier.