Toki's Bet

Dustin had been slightly worried about sending Jack all alone. Although he was sure Jack was capable, the fact he might have to face a 1v4 alone, which could go either way depending entirely on Jack's luck, made things worse. He had been walking faster than he needed to.

While Toki was just trying his best to keep up, he looked at Hana and asked. "Why is the captain in such a rush? Jack probably got it covered."

Hana sighed while running. She spoke. "Probably because Jack is out there fighting a guy with superstrength that can uproot trees. Let alone the fact that he might be fighting the whole squad." 

Toki was still confused as he ran behind them. "I still don't understand; he probably got it covered." Hana looked at Toki for a second, then realizing he was just being Toki, sighed.

Toki realized she wasn't taking him seriously and spoke. "I am willing to bet 5,000 merits; Jack has it covered."

Hana sighed, but it was free money, so "alright, bet." She knew there was no way Jack could defeat all of them in a 1v4. With what she knew about his skill, his chances of winning were rather nonexistent. 

Dustin sighed, saying they could have this banter later, as they all rushed forward. Around 45 minutes after Jack's duel with Duke, his team finally reached the top of the mountain. 

As they all did, they saw Jack lying down, yawning, and all the team members of the Dukes Party unconscious and tied up. They seemed to have no injuries, or at least none that were left visible after Jack healed them, to make sure no one found out about his skills. Even Duke was looking not burned while Jack yawned.

"I told you," Toki said, much to Hana's annoyance. She wanted to smack Jack this time for making her lose this much. But at least he had secured the spot, which showed over 45 minutes now. 

"Oh, hey guys," he said as he waved at them while yawning. "It took you all long enough... I'm going to take a nap," he said as he stepped into a more comfortable area before laying down and going to sleep. He was tired, and he had no interest in doing more than he needed to. 

Dustin was almost speechless, but he remembered that Jack's trait is luck, so it wasn't that surprising to him either. Toki was left to stay in the circle while Hana and Justin looked at the prisoner's jack. 

Around 35 minutes after that, the match was finally over.

The red team has won.

Victory: [S499]

[2000 has been deducted from team F734 and transferred to each member of S499 as per the conditions.]

Honestly, he thought this was stupid, but looking at the 8,000 merits delivered into his account was a great time. As soon as they were teleported back to their room, another timer showed them they could start their next match instantly. Since the last match was a challenge match, they didn't have to wait for 3 hours to do it again. Since everyone was still fresh, they all thought it was a good idea. 

And so Jack pressed the button. Due to his trait, something interesting was going to pop up as always, and what popped up this time surprised even him. 

[SHIP TAKEOVER has been selected]

[10 minutes to prepare]

You are on the takeover side.

"What even is that?" Dustin was the one who said it this time, as everyone was clueless. Just then, Z appeared on the screen and spoke. 

"There are two teams. Defense and takeover, defense has the job to defend the spaceship and takeovers job is to infiltrate it and set off a bomb. If the bomb goes off, you win; if the defense finds it or defuses it, you lose."

Z said before the screen vanished again as Toki looked at Jack and Hana, and they all looked at each other as well. Hana was the first one to say, "Isn't this just..." 

Dustin nodded before she could even finish, "Yeah, it is."

Toki also spoke up. "So we are just playing."

"This is counter attack, for fucks sake," Jack said as he looked up. Was this a case of plagiarism? I mean, the concept wasn't that far off that someone couldn't think of it, and then again, it was blatant copying, which almost made Jack facepalm himself.