Chapter 3: Unexpected
"1... 2...3... Go!" The referee shouted.
"Come on, my scarlet hen, beat out the sh*t of that ugly hen!"
"Beat it! Beat it!"
"My dear scarlet hen, kick the a*s of that black one! The Emperor promise to give that money for us common peoples if you win this match."
"Scarlet hen!"
"Scarlet hen..."
Everyone began to cheer for the scarlet hen, and no body cared for the black one. The only one who cheered for the black one was Young Master Wiro, but his 'solo' voice was of course couldn't do anything to the dominant cheering for the scarlet hen. And so, his voice was destined to be drown in the endless cheers the moment he shouted for the black hen.
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"Heheh, ugly hen, come beat me if you dare. I reckon you must not know anything about fighting, right? Come come, this big sister would let you make the first move." The scarlet hen said arrogantly. It was trying to provoke the black hen. It lifted it's chin so high, acting like a superior being.
"Damn, I'm provoked by a chicken." Marissa cursed in annoyed.
"Aren't you also a chicken? What do you mean you are provoked by a chicken?" The scarlet hen looked at Marissa in puzzled, thinking that she was an idiot. Why did this ugly chicken act like it wasn't a chicken? Is it sick in it's head?
"Hmph! You don't know anything, come bite me if you dare!" Marissa also lifted her 'chicken chin' so high, making the scarlet hen got mad. "Sh*t, why am I bickering with a chicken?" She cursed again after realizing what she was doing.
"You ugly black hen, you are trying to provoke me, right? Argh, I'm going to beat the hell out of you right now!" The scarlet hen screeched and started to scratch the soils with it's claws, intending to prepare before making a move.
"Heheh, you are actually got provoked by me with only one sentence. You are still too early to provoke me, you stupid little chicken. I've been living on Earth for twenty two years old, this kind of thing is nothing to me." Marissa sneered.
"You all dare to say ugly black chicken, ugly black chicken. Don't you know as the saying goes, 'Black is Beauty'? You backward ancient peoples, do you know that what you are saying is one of the kind of bulliying, a body shaming, a discrimination for a race? If you are on Earth, you're gonna be punished for discrimination, or at least get a scolding from the 'Most Righteous Netizens'!" Marissa kept blabbering that the scarlet hen was getting angrier as time passed by, though it didn't understand at all what Marissa's saying.
By this time, the soil that the scarlet hen had been dug quite deep.
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"What is the scarlet hen doing? Why is it keep digging the soil with one of it's leg?" One of the people on the crowd who were watching the match, asked the person nearby.
"Don't you know, it's a way to accumulate power on the leg. When the process is done, the scarlet hen is going to launch a powerful attack through it's leg... Look! It's already make a move!"
"Scarlet hen, fighting!"
"Scarlet hen, go beat that ugly black hen!"
"Hahaha, the scarlet hen has already made a move, but the black hen only stood there like a d*mbass."
"Of course, it must be because it was afraid of that scarlet hen. The scarlet hen is sure to win this match."
"You're right..."
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Meanwhile, on the 'battlefield', the scarlet hen finally completed it's 'preparation' and was ready to show off it's 'Flying Kick'.
"Chuckkoooo...!!"
The scarlet hen launched itself on the air like a Rocket Apollo, with one claw was scratching outward, ready to smack that ugly black hen into a mincemeat. It would be good if that ugly black hen died. The scarlet hen was so mad because it was being provoked by a lowly chicken.
"Hiyaaaaahhh..." The scarlet hen doing a maneuver on the air like a Master Kung-fu Chicken. It's muscle was tense, especially in the area of it's right leg and claw. It's whole feathers were blooming like a fiery flower on the mountain's lava. It's crown was getting redder, making it became so beautiful.
"It's finally the time, I'm going to tear you, ugly hen...!" The scarlet hen declared loudly.
Smack!
Booom!!!
There was a sound of a loud boom on the 'battlefield', following by a billowing dust and sand, as well as a miserable screech like a chicken being chopped off it's head.
"Screeeeechhhh...!!!"
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"What? What happened?"
The onlookers were confused. Never in a history that a 'Chicken-Fighting' would be this intense and brutal, that even the sand, soil, stones, and dust were flying everywhere as if there was an earthquake. The little fence made of some hard bamboo which covered the whole area of the 'battlefield' was broken as well. One by one, the bamboo sticks are falling down to the ground.
"Has the scarlet hen won the match?"
"Looking at this brutal scene, the ugly black hen must die, right?"
"I guess so...wait, what is that?"
"Uh, where?"
The flying sand, soil, stones, and dust slowly faded away, and the scene on the 'battlefield' became clear once again. Everyone held their breath and stared intensely on the 'bloody ground', afraid to miss on for even a tiny detail of the situation.
There, on the dusty ground, a small hole was visible to the eye. Inside the hall was a pitiful chicken with it's head was buried inside the soils, while it's butt was twitching upward. It's feathers were like a withered flowers, looked weak and wrinkled. The scene was really... unfathomable and indescribable!
"This... Isn't it the scarlet hen? Why was it the one who got buried on the ground? Where is the black one?" Someone pointing his finger to the 'bloody ground'. His voice was trembling like he was in disbelief.
The beautiful scarlet hen, the one who was suppose to win the match, was actually the one who was lying weakly on the ground, buried inside the soils like a vegetable plant.
This...!?
What happened? The scarlet hen actually lost to the ugly black hen? Was this some kind of sorcery?
"Look, that is the black hen!" Someone yelled from the crowd once again.
Because of the dust on the black hen's side had just faded away now, and from the start everyone's attention had already been attracted to the scarlet hen, it needed a little longer for peoples to realize the existence of the black hen. Now, that the match was already over and the winner wasn't the one that everyone expected, peoples began to shifted their attention to the 'unexpected' and 'unbelievable' one.
"The black hen is flying..."
"It can even fly?"
"Although the range is not that high, and it's only about forty to fifty centimeters from the ground, it's already very impressive, right?"
"What's the background of the black chicken? Is it some kind of magical creature?"
"I guess not. There are some chicken who could fly on the air for a few seconds. Although it's rather rare, it's not unheard of, right?"
"That is amazing."
"Hmph! The black hen was playing a pig when it is a tiger in reality." One of the onlookers who dislike the scarlet hen that he was betting on being trampled, he snorted hatefully. He already bet his whole fortune for the scarlet hen, but instead of receiving a lots of wealth, he got nothing in the end.
Not only him, many of the peoples who joined the bet and lost were crying their heart out. Including Big Bull, who had bet nearly all of his fortunes, was now brawling on the ground like a child who had lost his toys.
Marissa, the ugly black hen who was belittled prior to this, slowly descended to the ground gracefully. Her chicken wings were spread outward as if she wanted to embrace the world and showed her dominant. Her chicken's black feathers which looked dirty and lousy previously, now had gained some luster. In the eyes of the onlookers, the feathers even looked sparkle and shining like a silk feathers decorated with beautiful pearls.
"Are my eyes playing trick on me? Why do I feel the black hen become so beautiful?" One of the participants who bet on the scarlet hen commented.
"I... I'm not sure, because I feel like my eyes are also deceiving me right now." His friend responded.
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"Hahahahaha... This is so hilarious! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Young Master Wiro laughed boisterously while slapping his thigh several times, feeling very pleased with himself for having a good insight. "Look! Look! This young master has won the match! Hahahaha... I've made a fortune this time. Mommy, my lovely black chicken won! Muahahaha...!"
"Young Master Wiro, the black hen is not yours. It will goes to the person who has been betting on at the highest price before the match started. In that case, the black hen would be given to Young Master Kamandhanu as per the rules." Owner Syam clarified.
"Arghhhh! Owner Syam, you don't need to remind me. Moreover, Brother Dhanu is my friend, he will surely give me that chicken afterward if I ask him for it, right? Brother Dhanu, am I right? Heheh." Young Master Wiro turned his gaze to the cold and expressionless Arya Kamandhanu, looking as though his eyes could freeze anyone just by looking at them.
"Get lost!" Arya Kamandhanu said without any change in his expression. But if there was anyone who knew him so well, they would be able to notice that there was an indiscernible smirk at the corner of his lips, as if he was trying very hard to not smile.
Coincidentally, there were two peoples who could saw that little smirk on Kamandhanus's lips. They were his vicious elder brother, Arya Dwipangga, and a beautiful warrior who sat at the group of the beautiful girls in the opposite tribunal. She was Saka Wuni, a daughter of an officer at Singhasari Government. She was a famous and honest warrior who disliked evils and destroy them if she found one. This beautiful girl, unknowingly had been in love with Arya Kamandhanu since a very long time ago, but only a few peoples knew about this.
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'Heh, Arya Kamandhanu, my disobedient little brother, you seem to be very happy at this moment. What makes you so happy?' Arya Dwipangga thought inwardly. He rubbed his chin while thinking very hard to find the source of his little brother's happiness.
'Is it because you win the match and will soon receive a lots of money? No no, it can't be. I know you so well, brother. You won't be that happy if you only win on this small competition. So, what is it that makes you so happy? Is it because of the black hen? Or... Hm?' Arya Dwipangga coincidentally turned his gaze to the opposite tribunal and found out that Saka Wuni was looking at Arya Kamandhanu with a pair of infatuated eyes.
'Well, well... I didn't expect it. Hahahaha, little brother, your luck is really good with girls, eh? But no matter what, I will be able to snatch them from you in the near future. I could snatch your fiancée and first love previously, Nari Ratih. I was also capable to snatch the girl, Mei Shin, from Huaxia Continent, whom you decided to marry last year. Now, I would be able to do the same thing again.'
'It doesn't matter whether the ugly black chicken that you like, or the girl over there, I would snatch them both from you. Everything you like, any girls you love, I will have them and make them mine. In this world, I'm destined to be the ruler. According to the Great Oracle, Master Ramapati, I will soon become the King of Singhasari, because that old man, Ken Arok, would soon be killed by his own son, Prince Anusapati. That's why, no matter what I want, they will become mine sooner or later. Hahahaha...' Arya Dwipangga laughed inwardly. He felt very proud of himself.
Meanwhile, Saka Wuni, who didn't know anything about the vicious plan of Arya Dwipangga, the elder brother of the man she was in love with, still feeling bashful at the sight of the handsome man who was sitting at the opposite tribunal.
"Brother Dhanu rarely smiled, even for a little smirk. Is he that happy because he won the match and gain a lots of money? I don't think so. Doesn't it mean Brother Dhanu likes the black chicken? I didn't expect that Brother Dhanu actually likes a chicken to be his pet. If I knew earlier, I would by a lots of beautiful chicken and give them to him. He must be happy, right? Brother Dhanu is indeed very unique. When everyone likes cats, dogs, fishes, and other cute animals to be their pet, he instead likes chicken. Then, I've decided, I will pay attention to an extraordinary chicken from now on." Unlike the vicious thought of Arya Dwipangga, Saka Wuni was thinking how to please Arya Kamandhanu by giving him a lots of beautiful chicken.
If Marissa was to know Saka Wuni's plan, she was sure to laugh loudly until her stomach hurt while beating the peoples nearby, until the peoples beside her got annoyed.
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"Arghhh, you are so mean. Arya Kamandhanu, I'm going to challenge you into a duel after this banquet end. Let's fight! The winner would take that black hen..." Young Master Wiro was displeased.
"Damn, who is it that scream so loud? I'm going to beat him up! Doesn't he knew I'm taking a nap and dreaming about beautiful girls?" An angry voice suddenly interrupted Young Master Wiro.
"Hahaha... Brother Tingkir, don't be mad. Young Master Wiro is just itchy to fight as usual." Raden Wijaya tried to pacify.
"Fine. Because I'm in a good mood today. I will not pursue him. Hmph! That punk only knows how to fight." Jaka Tingkir then glanced toward Wiro Sableng. " A handsome young man, but it's a pity he is so 'sableng'." He commented after he was looking at Wiro Sableng, as if he was an old man looking at a junior generation, while he himself wasn't that older than that 'Sableng Brat' he was commenting on.
Wiro Sableng, who heard that comment wasn't angry. He just smiled, because he was already used to it. His real name was actually Wiro Saksana, but his teacher, Sinto Gendeng, gave him that name, because since he was still a child, he liked to do 'crazy' things, he was very naughty and mischievous, so his teacher, and all the peoples around called him 'Sableng'. Furthermore, his teacher also wasn't angry because they both are just the same. 'Gendeng' and 'Sableng' both had the same meaning after all. It means crazy, naughty, and mischievous.
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"Alright everyone, the last event on our Annual Royal Banquet would end at this moment. I believe everyone was convinced that the winner of the 'Chicken-Fighting' event is Young Master Kamandhanu. He will accept the money and the black hen as a reward. Later on, everyone who bet on the right hen, could accept their money on the Syam's Pavilion. Please come to receive your reward." Owner Syam smiled wamly.
"Don't forget to come to the Big Feast that will be held by our generous and benevolent Emperor tonight as the last activity we have on this banquet ceremony. His Majesty is very thankful for his loyal, hardworker and united citizens of Singhasari. So that's why His Majesty held this banquet as a small gesture of gratitude." Owner Syam added and spoke eloquently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty..."
"Long Live Your Majesty..."
The citizens began kowtow again one by one to express their gratitude.
"That's okay. You are all deserved it." The Emperor nodded. "You all may disperse." He continued as he waved his hand to close the event for this afternoon.
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[Ding! Congratulation for the Host to win the match, the reward would be given soon]
[Ding! Congratulation, the Side Quest has been triggered]
[SQ: Prince Anusapati would encounter an assassination on his way back. Please help him to get away with]
[The Host could reject this mission, but she won't be able to do the first main mission later, because this two are related]
[Would you like to accept this mission?]
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Quizz:
Will Marissa, the FL, successfully help Prince Anusapati from the assassin?
A. Yes, it's easy-pizzy
B. No, the assassin is too strong, the FL died on the mission, story's ended.
C. Yes, but the FL would be gravely injured
D. Yes, she will be helped by Young Master Kamandhanu
E. No, the FL is too lazy to accept the quest, so she won't help Prince Anusapati
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