Chapter 121 - 120: Step up

Chapter 121: Chapter 120: Step up

In the afternoon within the Simon Iron gym, grunts echoed in the VIP room which turned out to be Caesar and AJ sparring in the ring.

The duo repeatedly blocked and evaded each other’s swings.

In the middle of their exchange, Caesar darted her hand towards AJ’s groin but AJ smacked it away only for her to use her free hand to land an uppercut with her elbow, snapping his head upward.

Caesar quickly whip roped AJ but as soon as AJ rebounded, he performed the slingblade on her, driving the back of her head on the canvas.

AJ went down on his knees and raised Caesar’s legs to go for an ero-point. But as he stared down at her covered folds, he shut his eyes in confliction.

With that moment of hesitation, Caesar swiftly wrapped her thighs round his head, bringing him lower as she swiftly sat up.

With AJ being suffocated between her thighs and clothed core, he struggled to break free, thrashing as hard as he could but it did very little due to Caesar’s advantage in strength.

Caesar placed both hands on AJ’s locks and began to grind her area on his face until she threw back her head and let out a deepened moan.

Caesar released her grip and saw AJ had gotten hazy from both her hold and marking point.

"That’s one." Caesar said.

Caesar quickly turned AJ over, placing him on the mat while laying invertedly on top of him.

She locked her legs round his head again, trapping him in a head scissors and leaving him to groan in pain.

Caesar’s hands worked AJ’s length which made his body twitch.

Despite AJ’s struggles, the combination of Caesar handwork and the head scissors clamped down on him. Without any delays, Caesar took him into her mouth, making AJ’s right eye narrow from the instant increase of the pressure.

"Khhh..!"

AJ snapped his eyes shut to endure the accumulation of Caesar’s attack but with Caesar relentlessly working him down there combined with the head scissors, his will was breaking apart.

"Gahh...!"

Unable to endure any longer, AJ let out a strong moan as he erupted.

Caesar pushed her head back and wiped her mouth with her forearm.

"That’s two." Caesar said, "Time for the final."

With no time wasted, Caesar mounted on top of AJ’s face, placing her core in his mouth and began to grind while gripping his hair with one hand.

Caesar threw back her head as she let out her final moan, securing all three ero-points in their spar.

Time had passed after their spar, AJ and Caesar were sitting in the middle of the ring, both resting from the intensity of their sessions.

"Man, that was something." Caesar said to AJ whole facing forward.

"I-I’m sorry..." AJ replied.

"Seriously, dude, your match is tomorrow." Caesar said, "Don’t know how you’re gonna do it but if you’re still hesitating over this then you might as well just prepare yourself a coffin because that woman doesn’t play."

"I-I’m trying. It’s just... I can’t." AJ said as he brought his head down, "I just can’t."

Caesar took a quick look at AJ and rolled her eyes.

"Sure. Anyway, I decided to look up Morgan for you and what I saw only made her more menacing." Caesar said, "Her moves, how she fights, everything she does... Not to mention she has a ’nice’ past."

"..." AJ tightened his fist and softly closed his eyes.

"With everything I’ve seen, this could end up looking like a Magoi 2.0 case for you." Caesar said, "I understood she was dangerous with what the internet showed her doing to those three especially Billy but after learning more about her, this is no longer a ’if you can beat her but if you can survive her’ type of situation."

"Funny, you’re the second person to tell me this, today." AJ said.

"Really?" Caesar asked.

"Yeah. I got to learn about her from Sol." AJ answered.

"Sol? Sol Quinn? Your opponent from last week?" Caesar asked .

"Yeah." AJ answered, "She told me a lot about her past... Morgan’s past, and... I don’t know how to feel about it." AJ replied, "Everything about her just feels so..."

AJ stayed silent for a time while Caesar stared at him with an arched brow.

"Well, you can focus less on her past and more on your future because it’s looking pretty bleak right now" Caesar said, "I gotta say though, among her personality, how she moves and carries herself in the ring and outside, there is one move that caught my eye and it’s her finishing maneuver- Qrows nest."

"Qrows nest?" AJ asked.

"Yeah. A simple axe kick from those martial art moves but how she uses it makes it scary." Caesar said, "All she needs to do is get you on both knees or all fours, heck even one knee is enough and she is bringing that leg down to your skull.

I even got the chance to see her do the move from the top rope. An axe kick from that position... Man, I wonder how those victims didn’t get their brains split with that move."

" ’But...’ " Caesar continued as she glanced at AJ while her irises glowed, "The main thing that made this move way scarier for me is how she could use it to counter incoming attacks... Like a spear for example."

"A-a spear?" AJ asked as he turned to Caesar in both confusion and disbelief.

"Yeah. I couldn’t believe it myself." Caesar said as she turned her face away, "After seeing her do that on ero-wrestlers that use that move, my mind went to you.

That move you used to beat Magoi and Sol... The one you charge in and smash your skull against the solar plexus."

"The... Fans call it ’Spike’." AJ answered with a nervous grin.

"Sure, sure. That move can easily be countered by her since you’re diving head-first." Caesar said, "You’re basically offering your skull to her to split with axe kick."

"So... Uhm... You’re saying I shouldn’t use it?" AJ asked.

"I’m not saying anything. Just telling you to be careful." Caesar answered, "One dive and it’s lights out."

"Ah... Okay." AJ replied.

Caesar stayed quiet, staring at AJ for a while before she sighed.

"Anyway , let’s talk about your fighting style." Caesar said, "I’ll still admit you’re pretty good. For real."

"Uhm... Thanks. I’d say you’re pretty good yourself." AJ replied.

"Just like we told each other yesterday, huh." Caesar said, "But let’s talk about how you move. If I’m to give a guess out of the five classes of ero-wrestling... You know the brawler class, technical class, high flyer, powerhouse and ero-specialist, I’d say you’re more of a technical with a little bit of high flyer.

I mean, Cedric did talk about technicals being very good at reversals which you mostly, not to mention high flyers do tend to do flying shit which you also do but you do the technicals more."

"Y-yeah, I was told that in the development center." AJ replied, "They did place me in the technical class."

"Which they should. Just like Cedric also placed me in the brawler class." Caesar said at the time she closed her right and slightly tilted her head, "Said that’s what suits me best."

In hearing Caesar’s words, AJ couldn’t help but giggle.

"What?" Caesar asked.

"Uhm... S-sorry... It’s just... Uhm.... You don’t seem like someone who belongs to the brawler class." AJ answered as he scratched the back of his head, "You’re more like... Uhm... A technical and ero-specialist."

"Well, Cedric did say that a brawler can be a jack of all trades and don’t need to necessarily come off as hyper aggressive to dominate in throwing hands." Caesar said.

"Yeah, they don’t." AJ said.

"Seriously, though, you really need to use eros." Caesar said, "I know you’re still having some... Drawbacks from that unsanctioned match but Morgan isn’t going to care. And if by some chance or miracle, you managed to get passed her, there will be others far worse.

Just like I said yesterday, we are both ero-wrestlers so we gotta use everything we can to overpower our opponents no matter how much we don’t like it... Just like when we were doing ero-training with Cedric on endurance and you found my weakspot... You know... The clit area.

I remember you didn’t hesitate to go for it and make me fail in the endurance."

"Uhm... To be fair, that’s the weak spot of the female gender... It’s just the person reacts to it is different." AJ said.

"The point is you need that aggression." Caesar said, "Nothing should be held back if you are going to survive."

Caesar noted a smile forming round AJ’s face again which made her right brow raise.

"What?"

"N-nothing. It’s just... It’s funny how we are both rookies and I’ve been here longer and even gone through the development center but you sound like a veteran." AJ said.

"Maybe, I do... Or maybe I just don’t have the luxury of learning slowly." Caesar said, "After all, when every mistake costs you something important, you learn fast."

Hearing her reply, AJ stared at her in confusion.

Caesar turned her face away stayed silent again until she exhaled.

"I have a question to ask." Caesar said, "We are both labeled by the fans and other talents. Me as the usurper and you as the slayer. What do you think of this?"

"I-I’m not sure." AJ answered , "Mine came after beating Magoi. Fans labeled me that on the internet and it caught up real quick. Your’s came from the talents out of... Disgust for the uh... Nepotism and how you’ll one day get the top spot without working for it ... But you proudly took it and made it your identity.

So I could pretty much interpret them as a gimmick."

"A gimmick?" Caesar asked.

"Yeah, you know... The character we-"

"I know what a gimmick is." Caesar interjected, "I know that the people the talents put on tv are not who they really are. It’s just to make money and gain traction.

I’m surprised you considered our nicknames a gimmick."

"Maybe because it’s what they are?" AJ asked, "You’re labeled for how you got in but no one knows the real you. The big sister who took her kid brothers out on a Black Sunday concert, remember?"

"Many can interpret the usurper as this pompous and rebellious nepo but that’s different from who Caesar Moon actually is, and she’s one of the coolest people I’ve ever met." AJ continued as Caesar turned her gaze back at him with an arched brow.

"Cool, huh?" Caesar asked.

"Yeah, you are." AJ said with a grin, "You’re pretty cool."

"You know, I never gave thoughts on who or what the usurper actually is." Caesar said, "All I knew that it was a word of disdain from talents in the company and I decided to pick it up.

I never gave thoughts on her personality or any of those.

Like... ’Who’ is the usurper? What is she?"

"Yeah... I never gave thoughts about the who or what the slayer is either." AJ said, "It sounds heroic or some kind of cool assassin type of thing but I’m not heroic or cool.

I’m just... Trying to survive."

"Creating a gimmick is different from the being given one. I can’t tell which is harder, though." AJ continued, "If you create a gimmick, you not only have to live up to it but make the fans care enough to be invested.

If you call yourself invincible but every match ends with you being beaten, you’ll become a laughingstock and your career will take a hit."

"But if it’s created for you .. You have to live up to expectations." AJ said as Caesar furrowed her brows, "That’s what I learned during my time in the development center."

"I guess we were both given labels and left to figure them out on our own." Caesar said.

"Yeah, we were." AJ replied.

The two stayed quiet for some time until Caesar spoke out.

"Can I say something before we leave? I got some work to do so it’s important you hear this."

"Okay..." AJ said.

"Some time ago, I had some people I was supposed to look after. I made a promise to watch over them and protect them." Caesar said, "I tried my hardest to keep my promise but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t prevent the tragedy that befell them.

Maybe my best wasn’t enough... Or maybe I didn’t try hard enough."

Caesar instantly recalled her comatose brothers laying in the hospital bed.

’And because I didn’t try hard enough, their future was ruined.’

Caesar had another recollection of herself earlier talking on the phone in her house.

"Yes, they had a terrible accident so they might not be able to make it for school, principal Anna."

"Well, while I do sympathize with you, our school has a strict rule of attendance. If they do not arrive by tomorrow, not only will they be barred from entering back but this will also get them barred from other schools as well." Principal Anna replied over the phone, "You understand how Blackmorre academy is."

"But principal -"

"Good day, Miss Moon." Principal Anna interjected.

Immediately after speaking, the principal hung the phone on Caesar.

Done with the remembrance, Caesar tightly clenched her fists.

"It’s because of me they are in a terrible place." Caesar said to AJ, "If I had.... What I’m saying is that you have people that are relying on you.

Your father and stepmom laying in a coma whose medical bills you have to pay every week.

Your step sisters who are relying on you as the oldest to look after them."

"With your parents in this situation, you are basically the man of the house." Caesar continued as she turned her gaze to AJ, "You said you can’t and won’t quit ero-wrestling even with what is going on from the trauma and the target on your back.

If you are going to still stay in this then you can’t afford hesitation.

Not on your life."

"Not on the lives of your sisters or parents." Caesar said as AJ slightly hung his mouth open, "You can’t afford softness.

If you want your sisters to keep seeing their big brother then stop hesitating... Starting from tomorrow.

Go to that match and give Morgan a fight with everything you’ve got."

"Slayer." Caesar said as her irises glowed.