Ark Outpost, the next day...

"Argh..." John moaned in pain as he slowly woke up.

He was with a headache that was hurting very badly and his whole body was screaming in pain.

He was unable to move, trying to move a single finger caused his whole body to tense up and make John moan in pain.

He looked around and realized that he wasn't in the Iron Fist Arena, but he was actually in his room at the Royal Hotel. He was alone in the bedroom.

[How did I end up here...?] John tried to remember the events from yesterday. All he was able to remember was until he finished his third match, the one against the female Floran, from this point forward he wasn't able to remember anything.

He was feeling dizzy, thirsty and nausea.

He also had a splitting headache and his whole body, every single muscular fiber was aching.

[How the h.e.l.l I ended up this way...] He looked at his own body and realized he was filled with bruises and spots with dried blood. The good news was that he was still wearing the fighting clothing. He sighed in relief when he saw that.

After a few minutes, he was finally able to stand up, but as he tried to walk he frowned. Every each step his whole body would ache.

He entered the bathroom and took his garment

He slowly walked toward the shower. He spent a lot of time in the shower because of the pain in his body. Every movement was a torture for him.

The shower cleaned the bloodstains, dirt and helped him to wake up.

He wore the casual clothes that he wore last day, jeans, a simple t-shirt, and the hoodie. When he woke up, he saw that they were by his bed.

He dragged his body toward the living room. Even after tens of minutes in the shower, his body was still aching, a little less than when he woke up, but still was very painful. His headache and nausea had decreased by a lot, just his muscular pain that was taking a lot of time to start to decrease.

The moment he entered the living room he saw Lenny lying in the couch, and snoring with a bottle of Summerset beer in his hand.

John's entire forehead was covered in cold sweat and he had a grimace as his expression, the spent a lot of effort to walk toward Lenny.

He kicked Lenny in the leg that dangling out of the couch, trying to wake him up.

"Ah! What...?" Lenny immediately woke up while looking everywhere around him.

"Hey!" John waved his hand in front of Lenny's face. "Wake up, gas-bag." John may have forgotten about a few things that happened last day, but he still remembered that Lenny used him as a lab rat, he was still mad about that.

"Oh... Connor..." Lenny rubbed his brand like a normal human would rub their sleepy eyes. "What's up?"

"What's up!?" John berated. "How the h.e.l.l did I end up in this place!? What happened yesterday!? And why the h.e.l.l my head and body is so d.a.m.n painful right now!?" John angrily threw one question after another. His mood was very sour for almost no reason the moment he woke up.

"Oh..." Lenny looked at John from the top to the bottom. "This my friend, is the result of a night of fun." Lenny mysteriously said.

"Stop acting and say it already." John said, annoyed.

"Well... Simple, you are suffering from the symptoms of hangover. You drank way too much yesterday. It's no wonder you forgot a lot of what happened and woke up with this amount of pain, and with this very sour mood."

"Hangover..." John had read about it on the Internet. "So... Okay, now what really happened yesterday? I only remember until the time... We quarreled after the third match."

"Oh..." Lenny tried hard to remember until he started laughing very hard. He almost fell from the couch from laughing.

"Are you okay?" John curiously looked at the madly laughing Lenny.

"Ha ha ha ha ha... I-I-I can't breathe. Ha ha ha ha..."

"Stop it! Say what happened!" John was tried to send another kick, but his whole body screamed in pain the moment he lifted his leg. He gave up and begrudgingly sat back on the chair.

After a few moments, Lenny stopped laughing and threw a mocking glance toward John. "Well... You basically won the Amateur Tournament."

"Oh... I won?" John was surprised. He was drunk and had been beaten up a lot by the female Floran, he never thought he had a chance against his next opponent.

"Yes, and... Ha ha ha..." Lenny tried to contain his laugh, but he failed to do so.

John rolled his eyes and decided to not get angry, or his body might start aching again.

"Connor... I must say that you... You really finished up your opponents in a very good fashion." Lenny had to try very hard to contain his laughter. "You won against your opponents one after another with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The audience was very surprised by it since you almost lost the second and third match. They... *m.u.f.fled laugh* They started to call you... *m.u.f.fled laugh* Black Lightning... Ha ha ha ha... I can't take it..." Lenny started to laugh again.

[Black Lightning...?] John was baffled for a moment before his expression darkened. [What's up with this chuuni... Nickname.]

When Lenny saw John's expression he started to laugh even harder. He was rejoicing over other's misfortune.

"Hey, Mister Black Lightning..."

"Lenny..." John threateningly glanced at Lenny

"Okay, okay. I will never talk about it again." Lenny swore. [It's not like I'm the only one who will remember that day...] Lenny smirked.

John tried to stand up, but his whole body was aching too much to do it. "You have some kind of medicine that can decrease the effects of the hangover?"

"Yes..." Lenny took a pill from PIPS and gave it to John.

"Thanks..." John took the pill and swallowed it.

He laid back on the chair and closed his eyes. After a few moments, the medicine started to show its effects.

The pain slowly disappeared.

John opened his eyes and looked at Lenny... He was snoring again.

"Hey... Hey!" John lightly kicked Lenny's leg.

"Ah! Whwhat!?" Lenny woke up. He looked at John.

"What else happened yesterday?" John asked. He had already restored his calm demeanor.

"Hmm... If I remember correctly you met up with a person right after your fourth match..." Lenny tried hard to remember the person. "He was a Human, a young man, and... His hair was... Red...? I don't remember in details, I was also very drunk at that time." Lenny then remembered something, "Oh I remember his name... Jevil, if I'm not wrong."