Gabi had a lot to do, and left the training ground in a hurry after arranging the roster for tomorrow's matchup.

The rest of the people rushed to the trainer one after another, inquired about the relevant information of their opponents, and after getting the news, they quickly turned their heads to pull people with similar styles to be sparring partners, simulating tomorrow's battle.

Only Varro sat alone on the ground, motionless.

He looked a little lonely, but this time most people could understand his frustration, because his luck was so bad, with Habitus as his opponent, the gap between the two sides was too big, this was destined to be a one-sided hanging, and Varro's chances of passing the assessment were naturally infinitely close to zero.

Zhang Heng also asked about Galba's information from the trainer at this time, including his odds of winning or losing, fighting style, etc., the trainer had a good impression of Zhang Heng, and specially reminded him where he should pay attention when fighting an old fox like Galba.

Zhang Heng thanked him and walked to Varro's side.

Varro didn't have to look back to know who was coming, and said, "Don't worry, I haven't given up on myself yet, you asked me what happened to make me determined to become a gladiator." ”

"Will you tell me now?" Zhang Heng sat down beside Varro.

"I saw him that afternoon, the same afternoon I went to the arena to help." Varro clenched his fists.

"Who?"

"My former best friend, or rather...... I used to think it was the best friend. Varro smiled self-deprecatingly, "I trusted him a lot, and gave him all the money to invest in flax and let him take it to Egypt, but then they said that he was robbed on the road, and the people and money were gone, and they sent the body back, and there was no problem with height and size, but his face was scratched." ”

"He's back?"

"Yes, and also with my wife, they sit together in the stands and enjoy the gladiatorial show, they shouldn't have noticed me, too, after all, I didn't pay attention to the slaves below when I went to see the gladiatorial show before."

The arrogant behavior of the other party also made Zhang Heng a little surprised, Zhang Heng originally thought that Varro's friend would leave Rome forever after faking his death, and move to another place with Varro's property, so that this matter would be equivalent to death without proof, but he didn't expect that guy to dare to come back, and live with Varro's wife in a grand manner.

"Can you go and sue him and get your property back?" Zhang Heng asked.

Varro shook his head, "Giulia Basilica only accepts lawsuits from Roman citizens, slaves are not among them, and I don't have the money to hire a lawyer now, and they can also find all kinds of reasons to quibble, such as he really met a robber, but he escaped by luck, but others mistakenly sent back other people's corpses as him, after all, I really signed that contract, no matter what the reason, I did break the contract." ”

The current Varro is much calmer than when Zhang Heng first met him, otherwise why would someone say that suffering is the best university, but Varro's problem is that he is a little too much.

After experiencing the betrayal of his wife and friends, and the loss of his personal freedom, he finally pulled himself together and survived a period of demonic training that was impossible to survive, and when he looked up, he found Habitus in front of him.

Varro hesitated, but asked, "What do you think I have against Habitus?" ”

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

"Of course."

"Not at all." Zhang Heng said honestly, "He is in the golden period of a gladiator, his physical fitness, combat skills, and combat experience are all far superior to you, this gap cannot be made up by willpower, even after intensive training, Bach's chances of winning against him are very small." ”

"What about you?" Varro asked.

Zhang Heng smiled, did not answer the question, and said, "But your goal is not to win against him, as long as you can pass tomorrow's assessment." ”

"As you said, his physical fitness, combat skills, and combat experience are all above me, tomorrow's battle will be one-sided, how can I pass the assessment?" Varro smiled wryly, "I don't even know how long I can last under him, ten rounds." ”

"You may be overestimating yourself a little, my friend." Zhang Heng said euphemistically, "Even if you can lengthen the round by blindly defending or escaping, there is no point. ”

The audience has a bad impression of the escapee, and if a certain gladiator is always running away, the audience will shout to kill him if he loses and doesn't see the great performance! At this time, the organizer of the duel show will also comply with the will of the people and execute the loser.

Therefore, even an old oil gladiator like Garba will fight hard when he encounters an opponent who knows that he is invincible, and even if he can't win, he has to draw two lines on his opponent to show his professional attitude.

"It's not about the number of rounds, it's about whether you can cause a little bit of trouble for Habitus."

"I'm causing trouble for Habitus? What trouble, will my blood be splattered on his sword? ”

"It's going to have to be a little bigger than that." Zhang Heng said, "If it's someone else, I can't help you, but we've seen Habitus make a move before, so maybe I can give you some advice on this issue." ”

"Really?" Varro was pleasantly surprised, and when he looked at Zhang Heng again, his gaze was already like looking at Jupiter's incarnation in the world.

The latter had saved him more than once, from having extended him for three days, to making him protective gear, and now telling him that there might be a way to take advantage of Habitus.

"Don't be too happy, I'm not too sure, after all, it depends on your on-the-spot performance and Habitus's attitude towards you."

Zhang Heng paused, and then said, "It stands to reason that he shouldn't participate in this kind of gladiator entry-level assessment, and we don't know why he is on the list now, but if I want to guess, I think he is likely to be a little contradictory to Gabi, after all, Bach's rise directly threatens him, and Gabi is likely to take this opportunity to beat him, so Habitus's mood is not expected to be very good, plus he is a very proud person, so your opportunity has come, I can play his role and train with you, We've got a whole day, and if you can do what I'm saying, you can probably cause him a little bit of trouble, but even if everything goes well, you'll only have a 40% chance. ”

"Enough, forty percent is better than one percent at all." Varro gritted his teeth and said, "From the moment I was sold here, I was left with only one desperate way, I needed to get out of here, and I will definitely get out of here." ”

"Very well, I'll show you how."