The man had a sinister aura about him. He was human, but he had given his human heart to darkness. Risika could sense no love, compassion, or anything coming from this man. In a way she was sad, but her mission was all the same.
The young man scanned the group with his wicked grin.
"As you know, I can only pick two of you to fight for your freedom," the man said, his voice laced with dark pleasure. "But, who to pick?"
His eyes then fell on Risika. She was new, and something in those icy blue eyes captivated him.
"Ah, such beautiful eyes," he complimented. "You'll be player one. And your opponent will be..."
His eyes fell on Dirk. He imagined a cruel sight of Dirk smashing Risika's face in or Risika mercilessly stabbing Dirk to death in a bloody violent mess. The fight in his dark imagination was just too tempting to resist.
"You!!" He declared pointing at Dirk. A sigh of hollow relief had escaped from some players. Risika and Dirk were unfazed. The top hat man turned away. "You two follow me. The rest of you get ready to see the match."
Risika walked off with Dirk behind the top hat man. Okami and Hero followed the remaining players by one of the reapers.
The place where all these events took place was in Funhouse's closed Aquarium. The giant shark head with its jaws opened gave the impression of being swallowed as patrons delved into the figurative belly of the beast. Okami and Hero didn't really focus on the scenery. Okami was seething inside at these events though trying to keep his aura from lashing out at everything close by. Whether he was angry at the fights themselves or that Risika was chosen to take part in them was yet unclear.
"How dare they have these fights! We're stopping these demons if it's the last thing we do!" he growled. Hero's mind wasn't on the fights, but rather his sister.
"Risika's opponent is a human," he reminded. Okami stopped and turned to him. "If these are to the death fights..."
Hero gripped his right wrist where a mark lay hidden under his sleeve.
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