The person sitting at the table was the stall owner from before.
The boss rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Mr. Zhang's dog lost. Boss Wang's big dog has won eleven games in a row. Is there anyone else who wants to challenge?"
The crowd around was excited. The nouveau riche fat men, office men, and women all grabbed their dogs and crowded in, shouting for a challenge.
"Drink? It's you again!" The owner of the dog fighting stall saw Aguan and Atai looking among the crowd. He quickly recognized Aguan and shouted loudly. Several gangsters on the side immediately stepped forward and grabbed Aguan. come over.
"You're here again, haven't you been beaten enough before?" the little gangster yelled, slapping Aguan's face with his hand.
"We are here to fight dogs!" Aguan retorted with a frown. The coat on his chest kept shaking, as if there was a puppy struggling inside.
"Fuck! I hid a puppy and wanted to come to the competition. Do you know what kind of dog we have?" The little hooligan saw the coat on Aguan's chest shaking wildly, thinking that it was just a newborn puppy at most, and couldn't help but laugh. got up.
"Fuck! I'm rich, can we compare?" Artest shouted loudly, taking out a wad of banknotes from his coat pocket and waving them in front of the little gangster's eyes.
"Hmph, if they want to compete, let them compete. Why not make money if you have money?" Gu Stall owner waved his hand when he saw the stack of banknotes in Atai's hand. Two hooligans led Aguan and Atai to the store behind the stall.
"Hmph!" Gu Stall Boss tilted his head and watched Aguan and Atai walk into the store. He winked at a subordinate next to him and ordered: "Notify the boss that a fat sheep is coming."
The last few guests who also wanted to participate started to shout loudly: "Why can those two boys jump in the queue? We have been waiting in line for a long time!"
The stall owner said impatiently: "They have money, do you?"
The upstart yelled, took out a big leather bag from his trouser pocket, opened it and filled it with banknotes, then pulled open his collar, kept shaking his shiny gold chain, and said angrily: "You are blind. ! I am the one who is really rich, those two brats are nothing!"
The office man also shouted, holding a stack of documents that looked like house deeds, and shouted: "My 'Ami' is not simple either, he can kill all the dogs here!"
"My genius is the most powerful!" the woman screamed, dragging the trembling big wolf dog forward at her feet, tearing off the ring on her finger, waving it around, and screaming: "Let the genius Let’s compete and kill those stinky dogs!”
"Don't worry, don't worry!" Gu Stall Boss smiled from ear to ear, summoned his men again, and secretly ordered: "There are so many fat sheep tonight. Tell the people inside, kill them all."
After the stall owner finished his instructions, he laughed and directed his men to lead the customers, who were grabbing their dogs and rushing forward, to the store one by one.
Among the people watching, there were more people without dogs, who wanted to place bets. The stall owner shouted hello, and the money for betting was immediately spread all over the table.
Aguan and Atai followed the little gangster into the store. The lights in the store were dim, and the area was very spacious, but quite cluttered. Several large wooden cabinets along the wall were filled with bottles of liquor, and it looked like a martial arts museum.
Several large cages around were stained with blood, and some dog corpses were piled together without enough time to clean them.
"There are too many people tonight, there are not enough seats, and it is too noisy outside. The boss has set up a ring on the second floor for everyone to go up and fight." The little hooligan led Aguan, Artest, and the rude nouveau riche, office man, and woman Waiting for the contestants, they first registered their names for outside gamblers to place their bets, and then led them up the dark and dirty wooden stairs.
Artest couldn't stand the strong and choking smell of blood in the store, so he couldn't help but light a cigarette and cursed secretly in his heart.
Aguan had seen red and black evil thoughts in the sky for the past few days, and smelled evil thoughts from time to time, but now he didn't feel as uncomfortable as Atai. He silently patted the protruding coat on his chest. The thing moving in his arms was the little tooth boy sticking his head out from the white stone pagoda in the coat.
When we got to the second floor, there were many people inside, but it wasn't as crowded as outside. There is a large iron cage in the center of the hall, as big as a small room. It seems to be made of several large cages disassembled and assembled. The connections between the iron bars are very rough, and the thin iron protrusions are protruding. The strips and assembly wires were all stained with blood, and some even had meat scraps on them.
In a large iron cage, there was a stout short-haired big yellow dog covered in blood. Its tail was missing, leaving only one eye and a mouth with terrifyingly long fangs. It was extremely vicious.
"This is Boss Wang's Harry!" Several men who seemed to be hosting this cruel dog fight introduced it to Aguan and other new guests. Other guests in the hall, some who looked like bosses and some who looked like housewives, took their defeated dog corpses and sadly walked downstairs.
The owner of the dog in the big cage was Boss Wang of an electrical appliance store on Market Street. He brought his ferocious big yellow dog to the ring that day and won eleven games in a row, killing all the other gamblers' dogs.
"Boss Wang's dog is really awesome!" The gangster from the dog fighting ring echoed the compliment.
Boss Wang said proudly: "Don't praise me. You also have a few powerful dogs in your place, and they are all sent out to win money from other customers. Today, after seeing how powerful my Harry is, you don't even dare to send him out?" "
The host of the dog fighting said with a smile: "A while ago, there were few people fighting, so our dogs would fight; now there are many people fighting, let you fight each other, and the winner can challenge our dogs again!"
"Boss Wang, I'm not telling you that your Harry is fierce enough, but it can only fight with the dogs of the uncles and aunts downstairs. It's still a bit different from the dogs in our place!" The dog fighting host was busy sorting out the dogs. Part of the money lost from the defeated gamblers was given to Boss Wang, and he did not forget to use words to motivate him.
"Fart, fart!" Boss Wang looked dissatisfied. "Hurry up and bring your dogs, I have won, now I have to challenge!"
"Wait, wait..." the host smiled and pointed at the new gamblers such as Aguan who came up and said: "There are still a few dogs waiting. If your Harry beats them, come back and challenge again."
When the one-eyed Harry in the iron cage saw several gamblers coming up with dogs, his eyes shot out fiercely, and he growled hoarsely, as if he was ready to rush out of the cage and crush the competitors at any time.
Aguan looked around and realized that this dog fighting venue not only allowed customers to bring dogs to fight each other and gamblers to place bets, but he also had a dog himself, and he would kill each other from time to time.
"It's getting late, I think this is good!" The host looked at the time and saw that there were more gamblers than usual tonight, so he suggested: "Put the dogs of the new guests into the cage together, and we will also put them in the cage." If a dog goes in, the one who stays last will win. If the dog in our field stays, it will be a total kill! Do you have any opinions? "
Boss Wang smoked a cigarette and nodded in agreement.
The big dog led by the new upstart was also very vicious and kept barking at the cage. The upstart shouted: "That's it, start now, don't waste time!"
“It’s a competition, we will win or lose!” The office man also cheered, shaking the small poodle in his arms. Although Curly is small, he is as ferocious as the big black dog of the nouveau riche. He jumped out of the office worker's arms and rushed to the big iron cage. Several men in front of the iron cage immediately opened the cage door, and Little Curly jumped into the cage and faced off against Boss Wang's ferocious big yellow dog.
"Quick, quick, quick!" the host shouted excitedly: "Others, let the dogs in quickly and inform the guests downstairs that the gambling is on!"
The mood in the hall on the second floor was almost boiling. The upstart loosened his grip and kicked the big black dog he had brought with him, driving it into the cage.
The other woman, the gambler, dragged the wolfdog that was lying motionless on the ground and pushed it into the cage. The big wolf dog howled and trembled beside the cage, pawing at the iron cage with its feet.
"Okay, okay!" Boss Wang urged the host: "Where is your own dog? Get it out quickly!"
"It's coming! It's coming!" The host winked at the attendant beside him, and the attendant ran to the back room and soon led a big gray dog out. The big dog's eyes were red, and dark brown juice was flowing from the corners of its mouth. It was even bigger than Boss Wang and the two big dogs of the upstart.
When several gamblers saw it, they couldn't help but become nervous and couldn't help rubbing their hands. Several dogs in the big iron cage, except for the woman's wolf-dog who cowered fearfully at the edge of the cage, were all barking at each other and almost starting to fight. A few men outside the cage had to use long poles with rope loops attached to hold the dogs.
