Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva
Chapter 897 - 64: The Philosophy of Survival in the Underworld_4

Then the three of them walked to the side, and seeing no one around, the other party began to speak.

"Good evening, stranger. I am an underling of Mr. Shi Weide from the Dog Paw Club."

"Hello." Tilan nodded slightly.

"Miss Zi Jin's pet is impressive, and you are strong as well, but it doesn't quite fit the style of tonight's competition."

"Time is short, so I'll be direct. The boss hopes you can forfeit the final championship and let the opponent with the Rockfire Dog win."

"If Miss Zi Jin agrees to step down, there's a sum of money for you, as an apology." He said, showing the data on the projection.

One hundred thousand Federation Coins, equivalent to the champion's prize money, just without the trophy, medal, and cheers from the crowd.

"This..." Tilan looked to the side at Suoga. To be honest, she didn't really care about winning this competition. If it weren't for Suoga wanting to see her abilities and earn some money, she wouldn't have come.

"Are you kidding me? Thinking you can insult us just by throwing money at us? You arrogant people who think money is everything!" Suoga cursed, her temper flaring.

It seems she's truly rebellious, Tilan thought to herself.

"This is your competition, and you want to rig the winner too, making us feel like fools!" Suoga fumed, disregarding everything else.

Seeing her shouting so loudly, the suit-clad man across from them was at a loss, especially with a crowd watching, it wouldn't be good for the boss and the club's reputation if word got out.

"Let me tell you, we'll take the money and the championship too, and we'll take it fair and square, so don't try this nonsense!" Suoga pointed at the other party.

Realizing there was no way to communicate, the other party could only attempt to soothe Suoga and ask her to stop yelling, then hastily left.

"See that? This is the face of the rich - they think they can defile and trample over anything, even trying to strip us of our dignity." Suoga turned to Tilan, speaking righteously.

This display even made Tilan question if she was too smooth and worldly, not as straightforward as Suoga. But then she recalled Suoga's attempt to trick someone with a sick lizard in the morning and wondered where this righteousness came from.

A fool always has standards that match their worldview, and using logic to think about it only tortures oneself.

After thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure out how Suoga's worldview was constructed. Perhaps Suoga's simple notion was that poor people can cheat for survival and use unscrupulous means, but when rich people do the same, it's inhumane.

Indeed, fostering mutual understanding is extremely difficult and tedious, especially given Suoga's environment, which lacks much logic and heavily relies on violence for order, leading to her natural aversion to rules and seeing them as tools for those in power to profit.

To her, fighting, power, and strength satisfy her need for security.

Not fighting, retreating, cowardice, and giving up would make her appear weak in the eyes of others, inviting more probing and bullying.

That's why street gangs care so much about face; even when they lose, they have to talk tough. In their world, face is equivalent to strength, upholding dignity and survival. Without face, there's no intimidation for those around, making many things difficult to accomplish.

After so many years without winning a championship, even if she didn't win it herself this time, Suoga wouldn't miss this opportunity. Taking the money and forfeiting means giving up, being seen as easy to bully, and even if the other party later reneged or pursued the money back, no one would stand up for her.

But if she won the championship, it would be different. The champion's prize must be given, or no one would partake in such competitions in the future.

It seems as though Suoga refused a convenient offer, but under her survival philosophy, this might be the more appropriate and safer approach.

"The final match is about to begin. Now please welcome Zi Jin and Wode Kasso to the stage!"

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