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The distance from the Yae Shrine to Chiba Academy was neither particularly short nor long. It was the kind of journey where taking a bus felt unnecessary, yet walking the whole way could be quite tiring.
However, Hua Yi, who already possessed a Stigma, naturally didn't care about such a minor expenditure of stamina. He walked briskly, his mind drifting between the threat of the Honkai and thoughts of Raiden Mei and the others.
"Yo, little brother, where are you off to in such a rush? It's about to get dark. If you're homeless, how about coming home with us? We'll take very good care of you~"
As it turned out, on a path dappled with the colors of dusk, Hua Yi was intercepted by three girls who looked like delinquents. Judging by the way they scanned him with burning gazes and the frivolous, excited tone of their voices, they weren't looking for money.
What did it feel like to have a girl try to rob you of your virtue? Hua Yi's heart was a complex cocktail of three parts helplessness, three parts surprise, and four parts philosophical musing.
If he simply went along with these girls who were undeniably delinquents but still quite attractive would he really be the one losing out? After all, in this world where men were a rare commodity, most girls could only engage in girls' love.
As the saying goes, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, and Hua Yi believed that one had no right to speak without investigation.
Unfortunately, he didn't have much leisure time at the moment. Compared to exploring philosophical answers with these irrelevant passersby, Hua Yi had no desire to stand Raiden Mei up.
"That won't be necessary. I have business to attend to. Could you move aside?"
"Do you really think we'd give up so easily after finally spotting such a handsome young man? Your luck is a bit poor, you know. This street is very secluded; even if you scream until your throat is raw, no one will come to save you."
Finishing their taunts, the delinquent trio let out "gu-hehe" laughs and began closing in on Hua Yi step by step.
It truly was a world of the Honkai; only here would girls say such things to a boy. If the opponents had been burly, unattractive women with zero charm, it would be one thing, but through Hua Yi's eyes, all three girls fell firmly into the category of beauties.
"Actually, you're the ones whose luck is poor."
Although Hua Yi felt his previous self-training was largely useless since the public data leaked online only taught basic human-on-human combat and lacked information on how to fight Zombies, Honkai Beasts, or even a Herrscher the current situation allowed him to put those ordinary fighting techniques to good use.
With a sigh, Hua Yi exploded with a speed unattainable by an ordinary person. He instantly crossed the short distance between them and appeared behind the delinquent girls.
With three clean, decisive strikes, he chopped the backs of their necks. As he watched the delinquents collapse limply to the ground without a shred of resistance, Hua Yi fell into deep thought.
"Is it really safe to just leave them unconscious here?"
The more he thought about it, the more he agreed with himself. Although this world shouldn't have male thugs or hoodlums, he would feel somewhat guilty if they encountered something sinister like human trafficking or organ harvesting.
After all, it was hard for Hua Yi to feel true hostility toward being harassed by pretty girls. Since they weren't enemies, he felt he should be a bit more considerate.
Scanning the unconscious girls, Hua Yi's gaze lingered on the sneakers they were wearing.
Two minutes later, Hua Yi used a pressure-point technique to wake the delinquent trio ahead of schedule.
As the delinquents slowly came to, they dazedledly scanned the unchanged surroundings. They stared blankly at Hua Yi for a long time before finally snapping back to reality. They couldn't understand why he had knocked them out only to wake them up so soon.
"How could you..."
"I thought about it just now, and knocking you out directly was a bit inconsiderate. I woke you up for the sake of your personal safety, so be grateful. Bye-bye, I'm leaving."
Seeing Hua Yi turn to depart, one of the delinquents let out a sharp cry.
"You knock us out so rudely and then expect to just run? Sisters, grab him!"
The three of them stood up with great momentum to give chase, only to collapse in a heap the moment they took a step.
"Oh, right. To prevent you from coming after me once you woke up, I tied your shoelaces together with several dead knots. Untie them slowly; try to be patient."
By the time he finished his last sentence, Hua Yi had already drifted into the distance, completely vanishing from sight. Hearing his words, the girls tangled on the ground shifted their gazes downward to their sneakers. Their laces had been tied together in more than five dead knots.
"That guy looks so sunny and handsome, yet he actually uses such wicked little tricks."
One of the delinquents grumbled to herself while fumbling with the laces. Another girl beside her spoke up weakly.
"Big Sis, I actually think that boy is quite nice. We were the ones with bad intentions, yet he was willing to be this considerate of us. Even if there isn't any real danger here, we might have caught a cold from the wind if we stayed passed out, right?"
"And then what? Am I supposed to say thank you? This is so annoying! Why did he tie them so tight? Help me untie this, I'm furious!"
Five minutes later, the laces were finally undone. The disheveled delinquent trio stood up. Their leader stared fixedly in the direction Hua Yi had left for a long time, prompting the two younger members to ask a question.
"Big Sis, are we going to chase him?"
"Chase? We could never catch him now... Tell me, do you think we'll run into him again?"
"Eh?! Even if we do, it's not like we can beat him. My neck still hurts."
"Is that so... I suppose you're right... Let's go."
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