What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company?

Chapter 263: Bot Fight Arena

”Umm… Sorry for having you accompany me…” Ries muttered, intentionally averting her gaze from me.

I tilted my head at her, ”Why would you say that?”

”I… I didnʼt know what we could do so… I just thought this place might be good…”

I looked up at the robot arena building that she was taking me to spectate, the one that was in front of the Battle Royale tower we had been competing in not that long ago.

Amber and Lea had gone to the gambling district once again to gamble despite Ries and Amber losing about two hundred and fifty thousand Credits there yesterday.

Since this was still within the budget of the Credits Linc gave to us to have fun with, I did not see that as a loss.

Amber did make me give her a ʼkiss of absolute luckʼ before she went though, which basically involved a quick make out session with her that lasted for a good five minutes as she pushed me down to kiss me.

Iʼm actually surprised she didnʼt just escalate it further and left with a satisfied look on her face.

Ries then told me that she wanted to go watch the robot battle arena which was why we were here.

I shrugged, ”I was kind of interested in this anyway, since Iʼve never actually seen something like this before.”

”Oh right… Because you donʼt have robots in your… Err… Your World?”

We kind of agreed that saying that I was from another universe would sound weird in public so we just say that I was from a different World instead.

Ironically that would raise less eyebrows and it was still technically true as well.

I scratched my head, ”We did… But we donʼt use them for entertainment like this. They were reserved for manual labour instead.”

”So… This would be your first time seeing fighting robots?”

”In person? Yes. In movies? No.”

She nodded in understanding and we proceeded to the entrance of the arena where everyone else was also heading to.

There were several counters at the entrance that seemed to be the place where you would make your bets on who would be the upcoming winners of the matches.

They had the lineup for todayʼs matches displayed on the board above the counter and you could bet on the outcome of each match individually.

From what I can see, this wasnʼt a tournament where the winner of each round would move to the next round but just individual fights happening between two different robots.

”Do the robots belong to the station as well?” I asked.

Ries turned to me with an excited look, ”Oh, not at all! There are people who specialise in building, maintaining and customising these robots! Itʼs quite a popular sport actually! Roboteers… Err… Thatʼs what we call people who participate in these competitions with their robots, would travel around with their battle robots to compete with each other!”

”What do they get out of this though?”

”Oh, they get winnings of course! Aside from their own bets on themselves, they would also get a cut of the losing guyʼs betting pool and their entry fee. Thereʼs also a really big tournament both in the outer colonies and inner colonies where only the biggest names of Roboteers can compete in!

In fact, if you get well known enough in the outer colonies, you could get a permit to enter the inner colonies as well!”

Oh wow, that means this sport must be really popular for them to do that.

I looked up at the screen above the betting counter, intending to see what were the robots competing in the upcoming matches.

It seems like the screen displayed the names of the robots themselves which I assumed were the names the so called Roboteers had given them.

They all had varying names that ranged from ”The Wrecking Ball” to ”Annihilator Champion” to even ”Nipple Sky Penetrator”.

Yeah… I wasnʼt joking about the last one…

They had portraits of the robots displayed beside those names and that particular one had two drills popping out from its chest so I guess thatʼs why it was given that name…

”Should we make some bets too, Boss?” Ries asked innocently.

I raised an eyebrow at her, ”Even though you lost a lot of money yesterday?”

She poked her fingers together, ”Thatʼs… Thatʼs why this will help me earn it back!”

”Thatʼs the kind of attitude that would cause you to keep losing money, Ries…” I admonished her.

”Ehh… With Boss here, I donʼt think we can lose though. You have incredible luck after all.”

I rolled my eyes, ”Well since weʼre here anyway, I guess we might as well make a bet or two.”

I then led us towards one of the empty counters where I was mildly surprised to see it was manned by a floating robot instead of a real person.

Probably because this place is a robot arena, they decided to match the theme by staffing it with robots too?

”Greetings. Would you like to place a bet today?” The robot asked.

”Yes.”

”Very well. The next match that you would be able to bet on is between ʼBob The Unbuilderʼ and ʼTeddyʼ. The odds for the match are four to two.”

Wow, four for Bob? That means I would be able to get back four times my betting amount if he wins.

But for him to have an odd of four means the other guy was more likely to win…

I turned to Ries, ”Who would you be betting on?”

”Iʼll follow you, Boss.”

Thanks for putting the pressure on me…

Well fuck it, the Bob guy sounds like a character I know so I selected him.

I tapped on my Codex, ”One hundred thousand Credits on ʼBob The Unbuilderʼ please.”

Ries quickly took out her personal terminal as well, ”The same please! Three hundred thousand Credits!!”

I widened my eyes at her, ”Really, Ries?”

She nodded excitedly, ”Donʼt worry Boss! I still have some extra Credits left!”

Thatʼs not the problem but… Ah whatever…

”Money received. A hundred thousand Credits and three hundred thousand Credits for contestant ʼBob the Unbuilderʼ. Please collect your betting slips from the dispenser. Do note that Linc Pleasure Station will accept no responsibility for the loss of slips and--”

I tuned out the rest of the disclaimer that came from the bot and took the betting slips that dropped out from the machine beside the counter.

Ries frowned, ”Theyʼre using physical betting slips? How rudimentary… Normally they would just have a virtual confirmation sent to our personal--- Oh… I get it…”

I nodded while walking away from the counter, ”Yeah… So that the option of making you lose the betting slip is also on the table for them to avoid a payout…”

”Bleh… No wonder Lea doesnʼt like places like this…”

I was just about to comment on that when someone behind us snorted, ”Did you really just bet on that battlebot?”

Battlebot? I guess thatʼs the shortened name for battle robot.

I turned to see a middle aged guy with yellow cybernetic eyes raising an eyebrow at me.

”Whatʼs it to you?” I asked.

”Nothing, since youʼve already made the bet anyway so itʼs too late to change. That poor bot has been on a losing streak so far. The last six fights heʼs in he got wiped pretty bad with one of them having his head knocked clean off. Iʼm more surprised the Roboteer hasnʼt retired him yet since the only thing heʼs ʼunbuildingʼ is himself.”

I shrugged, ”Well, I guess itʼs too late. Weʼre really just here to watch the show anyway.”

He nodded, ”In that case, sorry for the unsolicited comments.”

Without giving us a second glance, he walked up to the counter and made a fifty thousand Credit bet on ʼTeddyʼ.

At least he was nice about it?

We went past the counters to enter the arena proper.

The place itself was arranged like a boxing arena with a large rectangular, tiered seating area facing towards a rather large boxing ring where the ropes surrounding it were made of metallic cables instead.

There also seemed to be a transparent box surrounding the boxing ring with two openings on two opposite faces which I assumed was put there to protect the audience in case parts from the robots came flying out.

It seemed like it was a free seating arrangement and the place was already quite packed so Ries and I ended up having to take a seat somewhere in the middle of the stands, stuck between a group of boisterous young men and a young couple.

Incidentally, the boys were busy talking amongst themselves and completely ignored us while the couple was eyeing at us like they were looking at pieces of meat.

Sorry, but Iʼm not into swinging, so you guys can stop looking at me like that.

We were just in time for the next match to start and the match we bet on would only start after this so we would be able to watch this without worry for now.

Alright, time for my first ever bot match in this universe!