The one being called was Yamano Yuta.
He subconsciously turned his head.
Then he saw, a donkey...?
More precisely, a donkey face with yellow hair on its head.
Oshika Masaru.
This delinquent, who hadn't gone to school again today, certainly wasn't at the family restaurant to study.
In fact, he was there to cause trouble.
Damn it, seeing these people act cool just annoyed him.
In Oshika Masaru's opinion, studying was no different from showing off. It was meaningless except for being able to report a good score and make others exclaim, "Wow, you're so amazing!"
But he didn't expect to see a familiar figure as soon as he entered the restaurant.
Yamano Yuta.
Oshika Masaru immediately thought, since this fly was here, then Shinomiya might also be...
Immediately after, he made eye contact with someone.
Unfortunately, that person wasn't Shizunomiya Natsuki.
But Hayato.
"Ah?" Oshika Masaru.
"Huh?" Hayato.
The others—meaning Yamano Yuta's friends—when they saw Oshika Masaru, their backs straightened, and they silently moved to the side.
They even reflected on why they were talking behind Oshika Masaru's back. If he happened to overhear them, they would be in for a beating...
He didn't dare to speak, only watched Oshika Masaru's actions, praying in his heart that this bad thing wouldn't happen to him.
Oshika Masaru and Hayato made eye contact.
"What are you looking at!?" Oshika Masaru's crony shouted loudly.
This made everyone around them look over, but once they saw the somewhat faded yellow hair, the students silently lowered their heads again.
"What's it to you?" Hayato said with a smile, then he bypassed the crony and spoke directly to Oshika Masaru: "Yo, you're here to deliver yourself again?"
Oshika Masaru's expression was clouded with gloom.
Damn it, how unlucky!
Now with his two cronies and him, there were three people against Hayato alone—Yamano Yuta's side were all flies, not counting as people—so for Oshika Masaru, it was an absolute advantage!
If it were yesterday, he would definitely have thought that.
But yesterday, he asked Nose Ring Man.
The latter was thrown out before he even saw how this guy made his move. In front of this guy, Nose Ring Man was simply no match.
Don't look at Nose Ring Man's cultural illiteracy or his intelligence being less than wise, but his developed biceps still had some strength... Plus, he unluckily ran into a woman who was incredibly strong...
That woman, besides kicking Oshika Masaru's steel door, also made him deeply understand a truth.
People cannot be judged by appearances.
"Heh." Oshika Masaru sneered disdainfully, raising a delinquent's index finger.
Hayato's eyes narrowed, and his hand touched the wooden sword beside his seat.
Just a wooden sword.
Would Oshika Masaru be afraid? He was a new-age small-town delinquent!
"You, you, you, you just wait for me! You! Just wait!"
Oshika Masaru was self-righteous, pointing fingers, and full of momentum.
As long as he wasn't about to retreat to the door, he seemed to have the upper hand in words.
"Ren?"
His cronies were puzzled, but Oshika Masaru, who was already at the door, had already greased his feet and ran off in a flash.
The cronies saw through it and quickly followed, while also yelling at Hayato:
"You're dead!"
"Just you wait!"
With that, they trailed after Oshika Masaru.
They caught up to Oshika Masaru's pace.
The reason they could catch up wasn't that they ran faster than Oshika Masaru, but because after running two or three hundred meters, they saw Oshika Masaru furtively peeking out from a small alley, looking their way.
Oshika Masaru was originally worried that Hayato would chase after him.
If he did, he would just hide behind the trash can in the alley, so covertly, he figured he wouldn't be discovered.
He didn't expect to wait for two losers.
"Ren, who is he?" his crony asked, gasping for breath.
"A nobody," Oshika Masaru said disdainfully, emerging from the alley.
His cronies exchanged glances.
Wow, it's easy to be tough when Mr. Hayashi isn't around!
Oshika Masaru understood what was in their eyes, but his face didn't redden at all. Instead, he continued in a cold tone, "Mr. Hayashi and I have a history. I admit, Mr. Hayashi has some skill. If it were one-on-one, I probably wouldn't be his match, and I admit that too. But so what if he's good at fighting? What's the use of being good at fighting? When you're out in the world, you need influence, you need connections. Can he really make it in that kind of world?"
His cronies continued to exchange glances.
Their eyes were shifty.
Even if Mr. Hayashi wasn't involved in that kind of world, these school delinquents didn't have any backing, did they?
So wouldn't being good at fighting be the only factor in whether you succeed or not?
Oshika Masaru continued to understand his cronies' gazes; he understood them completely, it seemed.
He smiled mysteriously:
"Do you know who that guy we met in the flower field yesterday was?"
His cronies shook their heads.
After a click of his tongue, Oshika Masaru pointed mockingly, "You uncultured fools, let me tell you, that guy has a background!"
In fact, Oshika Masaru had already found his backing.
And that backing was Hachisuka Hidemichi.
After yesterday's act fell flat, Oshika Masaru thought his collaboration with Hachisuka Hidemichi was over. He even felt lucky that he had paid in advance, otherwise he would have taken that beating for nothing.
What he didn't expect was that later, Hachisuka Hidemichi called him. (Hachisuka Hidemichi had asked for Oshika Masaru's phone number before the act.)
He said he wanted to meet him and give him some medical expenses.
There was even after-sales service for this! The male deer was naturally overjoyed.
After they met, Hachisuka Hidemichi said, "Brother, I'm new here and not very familiar with this place. I'll have to trouble you, Brother Xionglu, to guide me."
After speaking, he gave Oshika Masaru another banknote.
Oshika Masaru was overjoyed and said, "No problem, no problem."
Hachisuka Hidemichi then asked, "Are there any brothels in this town?"
Oshika Masaru's eyes darted around, "Yes, yes."
This Hachisuka Hidemichi was truly a hero. He already had such a beautiful girlfriend at home, yet he still wanted to go out and seek pleasure.
As the two headed towards the brothel, Hachisuka Hidemichi introduced himself to Oshika Masaru: "I have a certain reputation in Tokyo, and you are a native of Yaso Inaba. I will be on official business in Yaso Inaba for a while, and I need your cooperation."
Oshika Masaru nodded vigorously, "Absolutely, absolutely. You, sir from Tokyo, are a true sir."
After establishing a win-win cooperation model, Oshika Masaru brought up his troubles.
Hachisuka Hidemichi immediately burst into laughter:
"What kind of person could come from a place like this? When I have some free time, I'll personally go and take care of him for you. As for that Shinomiya…"
"You first, Big Brother, you first," Oshika Masaru quickly said, "And Mr. Hayashi also has a very beautiful girlfriend. When the time comes…"
Hachisuka Hidemichi smiled with a "you know" expression.
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