BXBX NOVEL Chapter 46 - Entrance Gala
After spending 15 minutes finding his balance and also realising that he was spending too much time with his friends, which was sometimes a good thing, Adam decided he would need to spend more time teaching himself useful things or being productive.
He not only had to balance his mind, but also the use of his time and the spending of the system points, as he needed to save up for the transferal feature and the B Rank Mortal Recovery Pill that was capable of healing his aunt.
"How long left until we get there," asked Adam, after finishing his meditation of sorts, while he was finding his balance.
"So you finally decided to wake up" stated Cole, assuming that Adam was sleeping for the past 15 minutes.
"Yeah sorry about that, I was just a bit tired," said Adam with a wry smile.
"Well there is another half an hour, so just go back to sleep" answered Cole, pretending to be upset that Adam was sleeping while he was driving.
"Don\'t be like that, I will stay awake through the rest of the trip" declared Adam sarcastically as they both began to laugh between themselves.
"By the way, I want to learn how to drive. When you have time could you help me out with that" asked Adam.
"Sure, after this boring auction, I can take you to an empty place and teach you how to drive" offered Cole.
"Thanks, bro" accepted Adam gratefully.
Throughout the trip Adam and Cole were enjoying themselves, playing all kinds of music that Adam had never heard and joking with each other.
The half an hour passed quickly as they enjoyed themselves.
"We have finally arrived" announced Cole as he turned the corner of a large building.
Driving to the entrance, they were greeted by a respectful worker and after seeing Cole\'s invite, they were allowed to enter.
Cole gave the worker the keys to his car and the worker parked the car for Cole, while Cole followed by Adam strolled into the building.
It was a luxurious sight with all kinds of drinks, foods and desserts prepared on long tables to the side, while dozens of people were conversing between themselves.
"Do I have to be here" whispered Adam to Cole feeling out of place with all the wealth around him.
"Yes, you have to stay with your bro. If I have to be here so do you. Isn\'t that what friends are for" answered Cole shamelessly.
Everybody that Adam had seen, was wearing expensive clothing and brands and even the workers were better dressed than Adam and Cole.
Surprisingly only few gave them dirty looks and most of them didn\'t really care or didn\'t pay heed to the two youths.
"So what do we do now," asked Adam to Cole, baffled by what was occurring.
"Well, this is just the entrance gala where you can converse with others and this is where my dad wants me to make business relations. Then after this, there will be an auction in the auction house," answered Cole uncaringly.
More and more people began to enter and Adam\'s heart suddenly slumped as he saw somebody he recognised enter.
It was the young thug that night that had a knife and was harassing Sarah.
[Why is he here] thought Adam to himself, but not letting on anything from his expression, learning from his past mistakes.
"That is the son of the leader of a gang in Brooklyn. The gang is known as the Wolf Fang Gang and they have all kinds of thugs and strong mercenaries for hire. They also are into weapon trading and other illegal activity, but are against selling drugs and have never done so" whispered Cole to Adam, noticing that he was observing him.
"The son of the Wolf Fang leader is also known for being very scandalous and frivolous when it comes to females and if any woman caught his eye he would sleep with her, even if he needs to use force" added Cole.
Hearing Cole, Adam was shocked by how knowledgable and conservative his friend was that had always been very careless.
[He must have figured out everything about what happened that night from what I described to him and how I reacted when I saw him] assumed Adam.
"Don\'t worry, I was hooded and Sarah isn\'t here so there is no way he can recognise me" reassured Adam.
"Okay, but either way be careful as although he is very arrogant and stupid and the goons he take with him are weak, his father is quite capable and powerful in Brooklyn, especially the small areas under the control of his gang. And he is known for keeping grudges and using underhanded means to get what he wants" warned Cole.
"I understand" stated Adam as him and Cole walked away and into the crowds.
[Who would have thought that the lazy and careless Cole could be so dependable] thought Adam to himself, surprised by Cole\'s change in nature.
\'Who would have thought that the careful, scrawny and always scared Adam could get himself into a fight with a young gang boss, win, and still be calm about it without any signs of fear\' thought Cole to himself, also surprised by Adam\'s change in nature.
[I was wearing the same outfit as I am wearing now, and maybe buying only one set of clothes may be coming back to bite me, if he recognises it] Adam realised.
He wasn\'t afraid of getting into conflict and after what he had to battle against in the dungeon, a person could no longer intimidate him. But he was worried about his friends and his aunt that may be brought into their conflict and get hurt in the process, which he couldn\'t let happen.
Cole and Adam talked between themselves as more and more people arrived and they made sure to always be quite far from the young gang boss.
But what Adam saw was that Cole didn\'t seem scared of the young gang boss and seemed to see him as not a threat to himself, which made Adam wonder, who Cole really was.
After half an hour of people entering and waiting, while enjoying the drinks and food available, it was finally time for the auction to begin.