BXBX NOVEL Chapter 553 - 'Martins Agony'
Chapter 553 - "Martin\'s Agony"
When Ainsley made an appearance, the members surprisingly started to shut their mouths and eagerly looked at the stage.
The previously noisy backfield slowly became quiet, and Martin, the one hiding among 2000 members couldn’t hide his confusion and awe.
’Just her presence alone is enough to manage these people? I’ve never heard of such an influential boss...’
Even those family heads of the 7 great or 7 sacred families couldn’t immediately make their people shut up by just showing their faces.
They had to speak a few words first for the members to pay attention to them seriously.
But this one...
Martin looked around the backfield and saw that the members tried to pay attention to the people on the stage and even warned others who weren’t paying attention.
All in all, the good apples influenced the bad apples, forcing the few rotten apples to become good apples as well.
’This....is this because of that baby’s charm ability?’
Martin gulped as he looked at Ainsley, who already started her speech while standing behind a mini podium on the stage.
"Gwood mowning, all of you. Today ish the mwonthly assembly day, and ••• "
Martin could no longer hear what Ainsley’s said as his mind was preoccupied with the weird atmosphere around the members.
’How come the members are so attentive to their boss? It’s as if she’s not their boss but their God or something...’
Martin noticed that the Sloan Family mafia members were certainly different compared to others.
Starting from the weird app, the weird management system, and also...their level of affection toward their boss.
Even though not all of the mafia members swore an oath to the boss, the number was still considered large, especially when they only got a low-level monster pet as the bonus reward.
’Hmmm...this must be because of the baby’s charm ability. The members are pretty much idolising her...and since she also becomes the mascot guide of the family app, the members will ’see’ her everyday.’
From what Martin knew after spending the night at the Sloan family’s mansion, the bond between the inner circle members and the outer circle members was surprisingly good.
The low-ranked members could see the higher-ups everyday, and they could even spot the boss walking around the mansion if they’re lucky.
’Such an arrangement is dangerous for the higher-ups since they will be more exposed to a hidden danger. But...it is good to build loyalty and get a bunch of people willing to die for you.’
Martin scratched his cheek and sighed.
So far, there hasn’t been any spies infiltrating the mansion, and no higher-ups were attacked. So, maybe...he is the first spy here?
Martin was thinking about this when the speaker on the stage already changed from Ainsley to Grandpa Yofan.
Ainsley didn’t say anything about the tournament...since that was Grandpa Yofan’s part! The old man casually adjusted the mini podium to match his height before taking the microphone.
"Good morning, all. Today is the day of the monthly assembly, and we are supposed to check your monthly performance through the app."
When Grandpa Yofan said that, the members nodded in agreement.
Thought so. The monthly assembly is to check our past performances!
However, the old man’s following words shocked the crowds until some almost died from choking.
"This month’s assembly is a bit different. We will not check your performances through the app record, but we will hold a mini-tournament!"
...heck?!
"A tournament??"
"That’s so sudden! Have they even prepared for the events?"
"I heard that mafia families often hold a mini-tournament inside the family to select promising members and give them a new position or something...is this it?"
"Maybe they want to select people to join a secret mission?"
"Ah, can be! But this is too sudden. When will they hold the tournament?"
Just as the members asked that question among themselves, Grandpa Yofan dropped another bomb.
"I know this is sudden, but the tournament will start in an hour. The tournament will be divided into several sections and categories...."
Grandpa Yofan paused before resuming his speech.
"The solo ability users will have different kinds of tournaments from those with multiple ability users for the sake of fairness."
The old man then gestured the programmer teams to launch the details through the family app.
"You guys can see the details of the tournament from your phone. The multiple ability users will also have more than one venue, so please check the venue assigned to you. It’s all in the app."
Right after Grandpa Yofan said that, everyone simultaneously received a new notification from the family app.
DING! [New event: Sloan Family’s 1st Mini-tournament! #Compulsory]
The members immediately clicked on the notification and didn’t bother to ask Grandpa Yofan since the information would be stored in the family app, anyway.
Since the others didn’t react strongly against the sudden tournament, Martin also had to check his phone notification and the moment he saw the detailed information, he almost fainted.
[Welcome, Martin. You are a multiple ability user. Here’s the list of sessions you will have to do and the venue you’re assigned to.]
[1st Session: Survive the higher-ups sneak attack!]
Venue number: 3
Judge in charge: Jevon, the five buds’ leader.
Your queue number: 10
[Here are the rules of the game!]
Martin read the rules, and his face paled in seconds.
What? Since this person has three abilities, I’ll have to block Jevon’s attack three times using different abilities?! And the winner will be determined from the end score...
The rules weren’t that bad, but when Martin saw the word ’compulsory’ tournament that every members had to attend, he felt like committing suicide.
HOW DO I USE THE REAL MARTIN’S ABILITIES??
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