Chapter 88: Theos Reason (1/2)

And not long after their fight, someone knocked on the door.

After opening it, Alea found Hontar in front of their room and asked, ”Would you like to go to a family restaurant or something? We are planning to grab a bite while talking about our next plan.”

Since there was nothing wrong with this plan, Hontar nodded his head while secretly glancing at Theo, remembering his thought earlier.

After he agreed, Theo turned off the machine and told them their fight was over so that the room could be used for another pair.

Since the restaurant wasn't that far, they decided to go on foot. Of course, Theo exited last because he didn't want to get more exposure, forcing Alea to drag Hontar first while explaining the situation to him.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the restaurant and asked for a private room.

It was a 2x2 couch arrangement where Alea ended up sitting next to Theo while Hontar sat on the opposite side of Theo, looking at him with a serious expression.

Alea didn't care and picked up the menu while showing it to Theo. ”Order?”

Theo only pointed out two things, fried rice and melon juice, without having a change of expression.

”What about you?” Alea asked Hontar with a smile.

”I will have the same as him.”

Alea nodded and called the waitress. Meanwhile, Hontar glared at Theo as if he was his enemy before he asked Alea, ”Are you blackmailed?”

Both Theo and Alea widened their eyes at the same time, exchanging looks and blinking a few times. They just couldn't comprehend how Hontar could arrive at this conclusion. They even acted like normal teammates.

”Ehm, sorry? I heard it wrong, right?” Alea tilted her head and asked with a weird expression. ”If you're talking about blackmail, I don't happen to understand what you're talking about.”

”But you were…” Hontar frowned.

”Ah!” Alea remembered the word ”agreement” and with how Theo acted like a douchebag, he must have had this kind of thought. She couldn't help but chuckle. ”You're misunderstanding things. Let me explain a few things to you. First of all, he acted completely like someone I've never seen before, so yeah, I couldn't comprehend his way of thinking. Maybe we should have him explain it first?”

Hontar then glanced at Theo with a serious expression, wondering if this was true.

Theo let out a long sigh and asked, ”What's the purpose of this competition? It's to win, right? And I'm planning to do that.”

”But you should just beat that Scott guy a crap out of him since he was your bully.” Alea pouted, still feeling not satisfied with Theo's explanation.

”I could do that and play weak before turning the situation around, but that's only for one round. There are still a few more fights!” Theo shook his head in disappointment.

”Ah!” Alea suddenly fell silent and looked down, contemplating the meaning behind his words. Meanwhile, Hontar, who first met him this way, didn't know what they were doing.

”What do you mean?”

Theo thought for a moment and believed it would be fine to tell them. ”First of all, what do you think about my performance earlier?”

”You've good head but poor skills. Nothing great about you.”