Yes, we think it's reasonable to assume that Illya got pretty far up on the leaderboard and that this would have attracted more attention to him as far as his fighting prowess, his value as a fighter who interested parties would feel comfortable betting on (and possibly colluding with him to get them both more money), and so forth.
As far as your interest in hooking him up with the Petrov family, this would definitely catch their attention and they would approach him, likely dropping by where he normally works to give him a place and time to meet with them in a more secure location. If he followed through on it (and the expectation would be that he must, or there might be consequences), they would tell him that they could use someone with his strength and skills and offer him a job as an enforcer in one of their gambling dens.
Again, the implication is that if he refused, this would not be good for him.
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Yes, we think it's reasonable to assume that Illya got pretty far up on the leaderboard and that this would have attracted more attention to him as far as his fighting prowess, his value as a fighter who interested parties would feel comfortable betting on (and possibly colluding with him to get them both more money), and so forth.
As far as your interest in hooking him up with the Petrov family, this would definitely catch their attention and they would approach him, likely dropping by where he normally works to give him a place and time to meet with them in a more secure location. If he followed through on it (and the expectation would be that he must, or there might be consequences), they would tell him that they could use someone with his strength and skills and offer him a job as an enforcer in one of their gambling dens.
Again, the implication is that if he refused, this would not be good for him.
Let us know how he would respond to this!