After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 403

Chapter 403: Chapter 403: Disturbance in the Waiting Area

Nina Jacobs quickly skimmed the rules.

They seemed consistent with the contents of Jared Crawford’s work records.

"Welcome to the world of the free and the bold."

Harlan stood at the entrance not far away, welcoming them with open arms.

If it weren’t for his blood-stained clothes and the burly men with Wolf Fang Clubs at their waists standing just inside the door, Harlan’s smile would have seemed as genuine as an old friend’s welcome.

"Shall I take you two to Team 1’s territory first?

Wandering into the wrong territory around here will get you a beating, you know."

Harlan made an elegant gesture of invitation, opening a door splattered with layers of blood for them.

"Is your Team 1 short on people?"

Nina Jacobs asked. She had originally planned to find Tobin first, but now she couldn’t seem to get away.

’Does this Harlan have nothing better to do?’

"We’re not short on people, but we are short on people with guts," Harlan said, walking casually ahead of them. "You two don’t seem to be afraid of anything, and you don’t look worried, either."

"When you’ve seen enough out there, you stop being afraid."

Nina Jacobs assumed he was talking about the severed arm.

"No one else dares to speak to me like that."

Harlan stopped and turned his head, looking at them with great interest.

Ever since passing through that door, Nina Jacobs had been assaulted by all sorts of smells.

The stench of blood, rot, smoke, and something sour...

The corridor was lined with stone walls, but it was lively on the other side, with a din of voices echoing from beyond.

Nina Jacobs looked back at Harlan, her eyes filled with confusion. "Then how are we supposed to speak to you?"

But he just laughed.

"I just remembered, it should be about time for the first fighting match of the day to begin.

And I believe a member of our Team 1 is in the second match,"

Harlan said.

’The fighting matches have started?’

’It seems the noise behind the stone walls is most likely from the matches.’

Nina Jacobs never expected to see a familiar figure in the arena.

Tobin.

Unlike before, Tobin now had a face full of stubble and a completely dejected expression.

A closer look revealed his body was covered in layers of scars.

The match hadn’t even started, yet many people were already shouting excitedly:

"Chuck, kill him!"

"Yeah! Kill him so we can win the biggest prize!"

"Don’t worry, Chuck never fails. That blockhead is a dead man."

Nina Jacobs frowned.

’Has Tobin completely given up on himself?’

Nina Jacobs glanced at the time displayed on a large screen nearby. There were still ten minutes until the match began.

The rules at the entrance had stated that the waiting area would be off-limits once a match started.

That meant she could go down there now.

A crowd had already gathered around the chain-link fence of the waiting area.

Tobin listened to the crowd’s jeers in silence until he heard a familiar voice.

His eyes flew open, and for a moment, he thought he was seeing things.

He was actually seeing Nina Jacobs here.

Just then, Nina Jacobs was being surrounded by several men with ill intentions.

"Get lost,"

Nina Jacobs said bluntly.

"Well now, a pretty new face, and from Team 1, no less.

Don’t tell me this blockhead is your boyfriend?

Why don’t you come have some fun with me?"

One of the men reached for Nina Jacobs.

But the next second, the tall man behind Nina Jacobs lifted him high into the air. The sound of bones snapping was followed by a scream as the man was thrown violently back into his group.

Nina Jacobs walked over to Tobin. "Win this match, and I’ll find a way to get you out of here."

"Why did you come here?"

’Could it be because of me?’

Tobin was overcome with guilt. He had already given up on life.

"I know Isabella Ramsey, too."

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