Shew
The man with the cigarrette says: "What a strange bird, but if he keeps our agreement, he'll save my ass!" then he adds loudly: "Swiper, you can come out of hiding". Suddenly, a man appeared in the middle of the room as if by magic, with a long grey jacket covering his face, and said: "Is a case like this interesting enough, boss? We don't even know this guy! And you're making a deal with him!?"
The man with the cigarrette replied: "I agree it's risky to trust a stranger, but the arena is losing more and more money with this kind of duel! And the academy supervises our activity far too much to be able to do anything about it! Well, officially speaking... Then, out of nowhere, someone offers to solve my problem! Why should I say no? He'll take care of everything, and I'll tell one of my men to validate the Pip-Boy's number at the start of the fight! "
The man then added, "People like Chetan Ambani are a real pain in the ass! They bet huge amounts of money on the weakest odds to make the arena a profitable business for them! But no! I refuse to let it become a casino where the sons of the rich come to plunder my work!
Swiper replied: "If the academy finds out we're manipulating bets, we'll be in deep shit! The underground executives will come and put a new hole in our asses!
The arena manager replies: "Don't worry, I know how it works, whether we cheat or not, that's not the issue, only profitability counts."
Swiper "I hope you're right, Omicron..."
***
Alexander headed for the bet stalls, a long line of students eager to increase their meagre income, Alexander quickly realized that the fighting arena was a powerful diversion for students under intense pressure and stress, he could also see many students drinking alcohol or taking narcotics, the militia seemed to turn a blind eye as long as this excess remained outside the academy building.
Alexandre finally arrived in front of the bookmarkers' booths, which were full of students, and heard "Fuck, that bastard made me lose $200!" then someone else shouted "Go on, hit him! It seems that betting was an important source of income for some students.
Alexandre walked over to one of the terminals to place a bet, typed in "William Walton vs Chetan Ambani" but as he clicked on it he saw a red message appear "Bet temporarily suspended, please address a bookmarker!"
Alexandre quickly went to one of the bookmarker booths and said "Hello, I'd like to bet on one of the fights! the Chetan Ambani vs. William Walton fight!
the bookmarker said "Hello, one second I'm looking at the information on this fight!" he tapped on his computer keyboard in front of him then replied "Sorry, betting on this match has been suspended by our AI anti-fraud".
An astonished Alexandre replied, "Are you sure?"
The man looked at his computer and said, "Yes, I'm sorry, all bets are blocked until further notice!
Alexandre's plan had just fallen through.