"Hey, what do you mean by paying the debt off for him?" Those men turned to Maximilian and surrounded him, finding nothing commonplace between him and those rich men.
Carmen got flushed hearing Maximilian's words, and said to him, "You don't have to do this, dude! You have already done me enough favors, and I can figure out a way to deal with that!"
"Shut up and just let me handle this." Maximilian smiled and responded.
Carmen, with unspeakable gratitude for Maximilian locked inside, then chose to keep silent and thought that for the rest of his life he must become the force of Maximilian anytime and anywhere.
"You want to pretend to be a hero, don't you? Fine, it's your choice! Now, check this bill and do what you have just promised." The leading man said.
Carmen came forward, gave a glance at that paper and frowned, "Hey!It doesn't make any sense! The amount should by no means be one hundred and twenty thousand since I had only borrowed fifty thousand before!" The amount was exorbitantly high even if adding any interest charge to it.
"I don't care. The bill said so, and then it was! Now, stop fooling me and pay off the debt!"
The reason why the debt was incredibly high was obvious. These guys were sent here by usurer, who Carmen had borrowed money from. For Carmen, he was struggling to let Maximilian take any burden for him since he had no idea about his background and worried that he would get him into trouble too.
"Now, listen to me, Maximilian. Leave here, and I will handle it myself." Said Carmen.
Hearing that, the leading man turned around and said to Carmen, "Well, It sounds like you're not going to pay off our debt, aren't you, fucker? Guys, do it!" As the leader finished, all the other ruffians surrounded close to Carmen and started knocking him around.
At the moment, Maximilian gave a warn to those guys with a plain but serious voice, "One punch on him, and ten thousand would be deducted on the amount." He previously thought that this affair could only be solved by paying off money since they were righteously sent by usurer, but now, seeing the unbelievably high interest rate and that they were going to resort to violence, he changed his decision.
"So what? Not going to work fooling us with that! Keep on, guys!" With several punches on his face and kicks on his body, Carmen clutched his stomach, lying on the ground with a bloody nose and a swollen face. It was the moment when one of the tough guys was about to continue that Maximilian stepped forwards, drew him backwards by grabbing his arm and threw him on the ground with a side kick on his body.
"I was going to give you guys the full amount when I said so. However, you guys need to pay me eighty thousand now since you guys have ignored my warning and gave my friends more than twenty strikes!" Maximilian said, and his words stunned and confused all the ruffians standing.
"What? Is there something wrong with your mind? Definitely we are not going to pay you even a single coin!" Those guys turned around towards Maximilian, glaring at him and thinking that he was mad.
"Wait, it sounds like he owned a lot of money. How about we…" Suddenly, one man moistened the corner of his mouth and whispered to the others.
His words reminded the rest of the ruffians something. They could do the thing in their old fashion way to earn even more since someone behind them would handle the outcomes of their behaviour.
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