Money

August 18, 2021.

A young man is seen walking out of a clothing store. He was wearing a black hoodie along with a black mask and sunglasses. It would be impossible to make out his features with the clothes he is wearing. The young man is seen walking towards a certain district.

'In the 5,000 credits we saved, I spent a couple hundred credits from our savings to buy some clothes. Hiding my identity is important as I am sure that I will attract attention with the money I will earn later.'

'I have 4,700 credits. This should be enough as a starting point.'

'The payment for the rent in two days should be 15,000 credits which is the reason I decided to gamble in the past timeline. The owner seriously is trying to rip us off. The apartment is not even worth that much, but I had no choice at that time.'

Avery arrived at an inconspicuous location. Avery walked towards a metallic door and did a strange knock towards the door. The door opened and a man peeked outside and checked the surroundings before letting Avery in. It was dark inside and the door only led to a pathway down which means that the location is underground.

When Avery arrived at the underground gambling den, he saw all sorts of ways to gamble such as cards, boxing rings, and etc. He first played in some small games as the major event will happen later. After playing he was able to increase his money to 21,360 credits.

He went to the boxing ring to place his bet. He placed his bet on the big muscular one. He knew this guy would win in the next two fights. So he placed all his bets on him in all two fights.

After knocking out the second enemy. Avery was able to increase his money to 500,501 credits. The next fight was coming in and a small looking guy came out to fight the man who has a 2 win streak.

'This is where I made a mistake. I placed all my money on the big guy like most of the audience did since that big muscular guy with muscles ripping out of his body was well known plus with the consecutive win, it was no surprise that everyone placed his bet on him. The small stature of the challenger also did not give any confidence to the audience.'

'But I know that the big guy was internally injured in his last fight which gave the small man the opportunity to beat him'

Avery placed his bet on the small man while almost all the audience confidently placed their bets on the muscular man. The two then fought and as Avery expected the small man miraculously won. The audience was silent for a few moments followed by an uproar as they lost lots of money.

'I should take my money now while they are still in an uproar. This should also give me time to leave this place before I attract attention to myself.'

Avery took the money and was surprised that he won 5 million credits. Almost ten times the amount he bet. He took the money and quickly left. The one handling the money whispered something to his co-worker as they watched him leave.

'Looks like I caught their attention. Good thing, I took precaution in hiding my face.'

Avery was back on the surface and was already turning a corner when the door he exited burst open and as a group of scary looking men looked around. Avery hearing that started to run. The gang noticed and started to run after him. Avery ran then hid in an inconspicuous palace as he waited for them to run past him.

He then went in the opposite direction after making sure that they had already left. With that he was able to misdirect them. He hid in an alleyway and changed his clothes. He threw the one he wore in the trash and went home.