"This victory! It's mine, Kato Takeshi's!!"
Member A twitched as he looked at Senior Katō, who was flexing his muscles in front of him. His wooden sword had fallen to the ground, his eye twitched occasionally, and his pupils were even more empty and lifeless.
"What's wrong?" Kato Takeshi noticed something was off with his junior and asked quietly.
"Senior Katō—!!" Member A threw himself into Kato Takeshi's arms, unable to hold back his tears.
"W-what happened? Were you bullied? By whom?" Kato Takeshi quickly asked, "Tell your senior. No matter who bullied you, I, your senior, can get revenge for you. Damn it, don't you know our Kendo Club is the most protective of its own?"
Member A weakly pointed.
He pointed directly at Kobayashi Ayaka, who was tilting her swan-like neck back to drink sports electrolyte water.
"Hmm?" Kobayashi Ayaka noticed their gaze.
Kato Takeshi's scalp tingled: "I can't handle this…If you want revenge, you'll have to find the other Kobayashi. He might know how to deal with Ayaka."
Kobayashi Ayaka grinned and came over with ghostly steps, arriving in front of Member A with a few swishes.
"What's wrong? Any complaints?" she asked.
"Ayaka-senpai, you said you'd introduce me to a beautiful girl...!" Member A accused vehemently.
Kobayashi Ayaka raised an eyebrow: "Didn't I introduce you to one?"
"Is that someone I can actually pursue!" Member A said tearfully.
"Whether you can pursue her is beside the point, just tell me if she's beautiful or not," Kobayashi Ayaka said.
"...Ahhhhhh!!" Member A gritted his teeth in frustration.
Kato Takeshi's curiosity was also piqued: "What kind of person did Ayaka introduce you to?"
Member A glanced resentfully at Senior Katō, but didn't answer.
He was so stupid, really. He clearly knew that Ayaka-senpai's best friend could only be "her", yet he still foolishly took the bait...
He turned his head to look at Miyajima Sakura, who was chatting and laughing with Hayato, a faint smile on her face... "Do you think I still have a chance?" Member A thought.
"Hayato, I heard that another vicious crime occurred in Shikenjaya. This time, thirty-some people died," Miyajima Sakura said with some worry: "You must be careful when you go out in the future... Do you want me to pick you up?"
Hayato was quite embarrassed: "...N-No need, I think."
Miyajima Sakura smiled, a smile of innocence and purity: "But, if I go, I might just hold Hayato back, so... it seems I need to train even harder."
Hayato continued to nod awkwardly.
After Miyajima Sakura brandished her sword and threw herself into training, he opened the video released this morning on the Rimi News official account.
The video showed a young police officer being interviewed.
> "Ah, yes, I saw this group of scoundr... no, this group of lawbreakers engaging in a transaction. At first, of course, I was also afraid, my face ashen, shaking like a sieve, regretting that my parents hadn't given me two more legs. But when I thought about the fact that my country and my people were standing behind me, I overcame this fear. At the time, I took two watermelon knives and slashed from the riverbank to the shore, and then from the shore back to the riverbank, without even blinking an eye... Ah, that's right... What are you asking, young reporter comrade?... Are my eyes dry? I slashed from the riverbank to the shore, and then from the shore back to the riverbank, and you're asking me if my eyes are dry? You, you, you, you, you, you, you! I'll remember you! Don't leave after the press conference! Don't you leave! I've been putting up with you for a long time!"
Then the interview video abruptly ended.
The young police officer's face looked quite familiar.
He was the one who crippled East Gang.
He was also the one who killed Mike.
And in the end, he was the one who convicted Snake Mound George and his gang this time.
It's another me.
Hayato thought. In fact, he had seen this police officer last night.
Right after Yukino Fuyumi slammed the window shut, this guy appeared.
"Don't you have any manners? Don't you have any manners?! Making noise in the middle of the night!! A fine of five thousand!!!!!"
Then he saw Hayato.
While Hayato was wondering what kind of neighborhood committee this was, since he had seen such organizations before, this guy recognized him:
"You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you... Ah, you, I remember you, the pure Shiraki high school boy. You were also there when I shot the gorilla, hahahahaha, I didn't misremember, right? There aren't many people as handsome as me, you're one of them. Huh? Remember now? Hahahahahaha, I'm not who I used to be anymore... That's right, after doing some minor work, I'm going to be promoted, and I'll probably be promoted again soon. So you live in Shikenjaya? This place is a blessed land... It's just that today... Sigh. Oh? The one who closed the window is your friend? Then never mind, I would never think of exploiting my friends. Well, go to bed early, bye-bye."
...Now that he thought about it, he seemed to be acting quite regretful at the time. Thinking about it now, he must have wanted to revisit the old place to pick up some credit but didn't get any, damn it.
Hayato continued to watch the police officer's interview again, then sighed and put his phone back in his pocket.
"Ayaka-senpai, I'm going to buy a drink, would you like something to drink?" he asked.
"No need," Kobayashi Ayaka said coldly: "But if you insist on buying something, I want it to be cola."
Hayato pushed the door open and went out. He couldn't go to Tokyo Grand Hotel for the time being, but he could still afford a drink. There was still a lot of Miyajima Zongzuo's inheritance left.
"Excuse me,"
Just as Hayato was squatting in front of the vending machine, picking up the change that had come out, a mature voice inquired: "Where is the principal's office?"
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