Hachisuka Hidemichi didn't wait long before a Sunglasses Man appeared beside him from out of nowhere.
"Brother Bee Arrow," he said.
By his appearance, the Sunglasses Man seemed more mature than Hachisuka Hidemichi, but in their line of work, age was never a concern. "Weren't you out with sister-in-law? How come…"
"Sister-in-law?" Hachisuka Hidemichi sneered.
As soon as the Sunglasses Man heard this, he immediately abandoned his feigned respect for Kurashiki Reina: "That brat still hasn't agreed to sleep with you, Big Brother?"
"Heh," Hachisuka Hidemichi sneered coldly and said, "That bitch is being sneaky… always guarding against me."
"Do you want me to help you, Big Brother…?" The Sunglasses Man pushed up his glasses, "Don't worry, I'm very good at this kind of work, and I definitely won't leave any traces."
"No need," Hachisuka Hidemichi waved his hand, saying, "I'll observe a bit longer. After all, I still value her mother's Shirayuri Company connections and shares… If I can avoid force, I'll avoid it for now. Besides, our deal with Serpent Mound is imminent, so it's better to be a bit more discreet recently and not attract attention."
"Alright," the Sunglasses Man nodded, then hesitated, "But Big Brother, Serpent Mound has been unreachable since the day before yesterday… Could something have gone wrong?"
Hachisuka Hidemichi raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "It's fine. It's normal for that kid to disappear for a day or two. Maybe he's harming innocent girls somewhere again… or trying to use his disappearance to make us anxious and raise the price. If he doesn't move, we won't move for now."
"Alright," the Sunglasses Man continued to nod.
"There's one more thing," Hachisuka Hidemichi said, "Go find a few middle schoolers who want to get involved in the underworld, give them some empty promises, and have them help you investigate someone."
"Easy enough. There are more and more junior high school students who just loaf around all day instead of going to class recently, but who do you want to investigate, Brother Bee Arrow?" the Sunglasses Man asked again.
"A male high school student from Shirakawa High School named Hayato. Write down this name, don't get it wrong."
After Hachisuka Hidemichi gave the order, the Sunglasses Man specifically took out his phone and entered this person's name into his memo. "Did he offend you?" the Sunglasses Man asked.
"More than just offend," Hachisuka Hidemichi laughed cruelly.
He was a vindictive person.
Hayato squeezed his wrist, so he would cripple his entire right hand.
Hayato made him lose face, so he would make him unable to survive in this school!
"Then why look for junior high students?" the Sunglasses Man said, "I can just find any brother from the streets and deal with him… Don't worry, no one will know it was your order."
"No need to be so extreme for now," Hachisuka Hidemichi chuckled happily.
That would definitely attract Kurashiki Reina's attention. What he needed to do now was just make that kid lose face… "Junior high students are enough," he said.
If it weren't for elementary school students not knowing anything, he would even want to use them.
He hadn't had much contact with Hayato, but judging from his ability to immediately counter and squeeze his hand, and his future attempts to set him up, that guy was also extremely vindictive… When the junior high students investigated that guy's background, they would definitely be discovered. With that kid's personality, if he did anything to the junior high students, there would be a big story to be made.
Heh, look at how young he is, he probably doesn't even know how terrifying "public opinion" can be.
"Understood," the Sunglasses Man said again.
Hachisuka Hidemichi enjoyed his cigarette, envisioning the pitiful sight of that brat being utterly humiliated at school.
Halfway through his daydream.
"Smoking in a public place, 5000 yen fine."
Someone walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
Hachisuka Hidemichi glanced disdainfully at the young man beside him who had his hand outstretched.
"Do you know who you're talking to?" the Sunglasses Man spoke on behalf of his boss.
"Do you know who you're talking to?" The young man pulled out an ID from his chest pocket and opened it in front of him: "Let me open your eyes, like a knife to a butt."
The Sunglasses Man's eyes widened.
The ID read "Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Investigation Division One, Section Three, Inspector."
"Yes, sir." The Sunglasses Man quickly pulled out money, but Hachisuka Hidemichi still clicked his tongue in disdain.
Inspector? Just a loyal dog of the Police Department… It's just that he hasn't risen yet; in the future, he'll definitely make him lick his shoes.
"Don't look at me like that," the young police officer said calmly. "You look like someone involved in the underworld, don't you? Don't think that just because you have some shady connections, you can make a fuss around me. When I was in America, the IRS looked at me like that and couldn't do anything to me."
Hachisuka Hidemichi's expression changed, and he quickly chose to leave.
As for the young police officer, he flicked the 5,000 yen bill in his hand, and as if lamenting something, he said, "Young people these days really have no manners."
Then he pulled out a Marlboro cigarette and lit one with great satisfaction.
Well, there's the cigarette money for the next two days, isn't there?
"Oh, by the way," the young police officer called out in the direction Hachisuka Hidemichi had gone, "Remember to watch the Nichiuri TV news tomorrow morning. It'll educate you on the dangers of being involved in the underworld."
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"Ha… ha… mm… th-this… ugh, d-damn it… this… hiss… ha, ha… ah…"
Kobayashi Ayaka panted and moaned, her face flushed as she looked at Hayato beside her, her small tongue slightly protruding, with specks of saliva on its pink surface.
Hayato smiled wickedly: "Feels good, doesn't it?"
"…Feels…," Kobayashi Ayaka started, then choked on her saliva, "…like crap! It's so spicy! How is this good?!"
She slammed her chopsticks on the table with a clatter, making the bowl of spicy red oil noodles in front of her tremble.
Kobayashi Ayaka fanned her mouth repeatedly with her hand, a thin layer of sweat breaking out on her forehead.
She took the cold water Hayato offered her, chugged it down, and finally found relief from the pain.
She really fell for this guy's evil trick, choosing a bowl of super spicy noodles to eat!
"Is that so?"
Hayato began to eat from his own bowl. He had also chosen the super spicy version, but he ate it without any discomfort, even quite happily.
However, Hayato actually regretted choosing the wrong flavor.
It wasn't that he was actually feeling the spice and was just enduring it.
Rather, he couldn't feel any spiciness at all. Perhaps the Absolute Defense mechanism had blocked out all the spiciness of the ramen.
After all, "spicy" seemed to be a type of pain.
Kobayashi Ayaka wasn't very hungry to begin with, and now her mood wasn't great, so she didn't touch her chopsticks again.
She picked up her phone and started scrolling through Twitter, then after seeing one particular post, she let out a cold snort:
"I'm really sorry I couldn't take you to the Bao Ge Li Restaurant."
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