I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

51 – Criminal-8

Dangerous.

I thought I was careful enough, but I never thought I would meet these people again.

“It’s interesting. Male gentleman. You must have a pretty emotional personality? I really didn’t expect to get caught with something like this.”

His voice contained hostility. Was it a trap that was being dug for me?

I made a mistake. I thought this was enough to move carefully, but I should have thought a lot more.

When I heard the screams at all, it might have been better to just scream and scrape people together without looking at this and that.

If you’re a man, you won’t be branded as a liar with just one or two false reports.

I was complacent.

“I’m a bit on the emotional side.”

If they all gathered to target me, then I have to somehow pass the time.

Others will come to help me if the fuss grows, or if I think I am too late.

“If a woman collapsed on the street screamed… To the point of running to her, would it be more sad for a person to die?”

“…Of course not.”

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason why I should hear such resentment.

Of course, I knew that being a man in this world was a burden that weighed down women just by being there.

However, in order to be angry with me to that extent, shouldn’t you have seen at least the face of the opponent?

“What is the problem. You bet money on me and lost it?”

To some extent, I had heard rumors. Of course, the fact that the gamblers who thought I, a man, would win, bet on my victory and lost miserably.

And those people said, ‘Evan is fighting properly as a gladiator? Then there are rumors that he changed his mind and lost money again after fighting Florence, who is famous as a duelist.

“It can’t be.”

“Then… Why are you and me first meeting? Why are you so angry?”

In the first place, I didn’t even walk around these streets a lot. Except for the tavern, I was confined to the Colosseum.

“I don’t know what I did wrong, but shouldn’t I at least know your face?”

“Are you pretending not to know?”

“What are you pretending not to know? The reason why I come and go around here is when I first came…”

Ah.

All of them were faces I had never seen before, but I was familiar with the clothes and the bad atmosphere.

When I think about what happened when I first fell into this world.

“…No, you hold a grudge against me because of that?”

“Because of your tricks, half of the gangsters in this alley died.”

“Why?”

“It was just a massacre. The guards trudged through these streets and then mercilessly killed the lying humans.”

I didn’t think of that.

After entering Selam, the guards came up to me and asked about the situation in detail.

Under that circumstance, it was impossible for me to lie. They tried to treat the people of the Colosseum as criminals by tying them together, and I was in a hurry to stop it.

“Then, what I can’t see is the people I met then…”

“They’re all dead. The people here? Are their friends or family.”

A sigh came out of nowhere.

“I didn’t know that happened. That… I’m sorry.”

“Are you going to apologize? Well, you are a rare man. But you don’t want to see it?

It didn’t seem like a problem that could be solved with words. It was more than just a grudge.

“Prepare your mind. Being sold into slavery and being forced to have s*xual intercourse with a woman you don’t want until you die. For a man like you, it must be a shame worse than death, right?”

“No, there was something like that here too…”

Actually, if you think about it, it might not be such a bad thing.

The average appearance itself is a world of excellence. Even if there was an evil woman who forcibly kidnapped me and tried to rape me, I didn’t think it would look that ugly.

“Still, that’s not so much.”

If I had been satisfied with the life I was being raised like that, I wouldn’t have run out of Selam.

If it was simply that he did not like the man there, there was also a way to endure it for a few days and then go out with a suitable woman.

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However, I didn’t want to choose that either.

Being restrained by her woman is no different, and even if I hold her woman’s reins and shake it, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a parasite on her.

“Do you think you have a choice? Did you know that I would leisurely and smoothly make an agreement with you and even kidnap you? Well, did you think I would have arranged for a good master?”

“Damn it…”

“Have the last word.”

“Me, me…”

I lowered my head and took a deep breath.

“Can I apologize? That’s commendable.”

“You crazy bastards, those bastards tried to f*ck me first!”

I don’t know how many people died here, but it’s definitely not a normal situation.

Even if it was just putting the person in charge on trial, I didn’t know that they would kill all the people in the slums.

However, that doesn’t mean I’m the one who can stop it.

I had to strongly insist that I did not want to hide the incident itself or be punished at all, but the former could have put the people in the Colosseum in danger, and the latter had no reason for me to go that far.

“I didn’t know!

“…Well, yes. It must have been none of your business. And what happens to you who is sold is actually none of our business.”

The bullies surrounding me drew their weapons and approached one by one.

“Standing and talking doesn’t hurt your legs? Lie down.”

Their captain spoke to me in a cold voice.

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“Damn, Damn, Damn…”

“Don’t stop and run! Somehow, you have to ask for help!”

Jerry’s friends were running through the streets non-stop.

“What, what! You guys… Are you hurt? Is your leg okay?”

Seeing them, Jerry was shocked and worried about their bodies.

Suddenly he jumped out and ran somewhere, but even his running posture didn’t look normal.

Their expressions as they ran desperately while half-limping were mixed with anxiety and urgency.

“J-Jerry? I’m sorry, I’m really sorry!”

“No, try explaining the situation first!”

“I don’t have time to explain. The male gladiator… Might be in danger.”

“What?”

“It’s urgent! We need to get help from the Colosseum as soon as possible…”

“Tell me more!”

Jerry, who couldn’t figure out why Evan was being mentioned now, stopped them and demanded an explanation.

“That, I didn’t mean to do this. It wasn’t even my intention to do this…”

“So what!”

“Trying to sell Evan’s information to a criminal organization. But, those… Those bastards, instead of selling that information, tried to kidnap Evan…”

“What?”

Jerry was in her shock, but now she didn’t even have time to dwell on her feelings of betrayal and embarrassment.

“…Is it because of me?”

“No! It’s because of us! We’re running out of time! We have to run as fast as we can…”

“Evan, where are you now?”

“The alley near the forge… Maybe not, but it wouldn’t be dangerous if it wasn’t there.”

Jerry gritted his teeth.

What he didn’t like was the truth. It was undeniable that jealousy and envy clouded her eyes.

But she didn’t want this situation either.

If she was stronger, if he was just a little weaker.

There was a small wish, but it wasn’t that someone wanted to kidnap and lynch the male gladiator.

“It’s because of me!”

And, it was she who spread her information. I thought it was no big deal, but if there was a force that was determined to kidnap the man, even that information would have been valid.

“Go, I have to go.”

“It’s dangerous by yourself! Your legs are fine, so somehow you can…”

“If I’m in danger, Evan’s in even more danger!”

There was no time to hesitate. Although the training he did might be effective for sword fighting, it was unknown how effective it would be in actual street fighting.

“You guys are also split. One goes to the guard and one goes to the Colosseum to ask for support.”

“That’s…”

“Quick! I’m going to see Evan right now!”

Seeing Jerry’s serious expression, her friends gritted their teeth and followed her instructions.

“Be careful! If you get hurt, I won’t let you go!”

“Don’t worry!”

Jerry was also one of the people who had lived on this street for a long time, and he knew where to go to that ‘dangerous’ alley.

Leaving them behind, Jerry ran without stopping.

“…”

Perhaps, there was no reason to risk her life. She wasn’t that close with him, and she wasn’t hurting her if he was gone.

But she didn’t like it.

She

Was a hard worker. She was a person who was not satisfied with her life and worked tirelessly.

That kind of talent, that kind of effort, that had nothing to do with her sword fighting or her personal anguish, and that was broken by Jerry’s own slip of the tongue.

I couldn’t admit it. It is incomprehensible without the need to consider whether it is a man or a woman, an enemy or an ally.

Armament is poor. There is no shield, and the sword I am wearing is not suitable for fighting against many people.

She may be able to cut down a few gladiators in her own way, but she is the one who gathered to kidnap men.

Ten of her people, or even more, might be waiting for her.

Still, Jerry couldn’t slow her steps toward him.

It’s okay to be an ordinary person. It was her sad but acceptable thing for her that he saw her as ‘her normal co-worker’ all her life.

But if he comes back and gives her a look of contempt.

No, even that was a hopeful prediction. With the power he has, he will not be able to fight against numerous enemies and win, and eventually he will die or be captured and sold.

And if her investigation reveals that she was involved in his death or disappearance.

That was unbearable. The pain was not something Jerry could bear.

Even if it is said that it was the gaze sent to the ‘normal’ person next to him, his gaze was definitely warm.

Despite the fact that she was jealous of even the warmth and leisure, it was an unchanging fact.

“…Wait.”

Jerry pierced through the dark night streets like the wind.