[what Akira is learning now is that it pays to have friends in high places. better to not be in those high places himself, though]

Frankly, I'm not expecting much. [far too used to society kicking him around like dirt] Yusuke— oh, a good friend of mine, I don't know if you've met him— said something about fighting in the basements, though. That sounds fun.

[DO NOT WISH FOR THIS, AKIRA]