A loud boom rang across the warehouse. It wasn't from an explosion, well maybe it kind of was, considering Pah's punches sounded like one.
'How the hell is he so fast—' Osanai grunted again as he blocked a punch from Pah with his Haki coated arm. He staggered back as Pah went on a relentless offensive, not giving Osanai a chance to breathe.
"He's like Butterbean but Japanese..." Draken commented in amusement as Pah punched Osanai in the gut, knocking the air out of him. None of Moebius' members stepped in, as they were diligently watched by Fuutarou and the rest.
Why wasn't Osanai using Observation Haki to dodge? The answer was he did try, but he couldn't read Pah's intentions, so reading where his punches were going to come from became extremely difficult, resulting in a purely physical fight. Even if he did manage to do that, it wouldn't be beneficial to him. After all, Pah was speedy for a chubby guy, unlike Osanai, who had the muscles but no speed to boot.
"Ghhh!!" Osanai's eyes rolled back as he was punched in the face again. He felt onto the ground as Pah lunged onto him, dealing more punches the bloodied him up.
"Tch..." Pah widened his eyes before standing up again. He exhaled, realizing that he almost lost control and was about to give into his rage and kill Osanai. Osanai coughed out blood, laughing at Pah even though he felt pain all over his body.
"You bastard... Why don't you finish the job... Are Toman brats all cowards on the inside? Heh!" He taunted before coughing loudly. Fuutarou chuckled, shaking his head, walking over to Pah and giving a congratulatory pat on the back.
"Good work... It seems the boxing gym membership paid off..." He smiled at his friend before looking down at Osanai, his flat expression returning as he stared down the defeated gang leader.
"You're a pathetic man, Nobutaka Osanai. If bravery means ruining your life, then yes, the Tokyo Manji is made up of cowards!" He declared, stepping on Osanai's abdomen lightly. Even a light step from Fuutarou made the man groan in agony.
"But better a coward than people like you and your gang. You people aren't driven by desire. You're just filth who decided your urges mattered more than someone else's body."
"Y-you! A-are you even a gangster?! H-how dare you claim to be o-one of us!" Fuutarou narrowed his eyes after the statement, his step on Osanai getting harder.
"One of you? Ceh. Looks like we got a comedian here." He snorted before shaking his head. "I never claimed to be one of you. If that label means obeying urges and calling it survival, then you're not people I need to explain myself to. Don't waste your breath barking at me Osanai, we're not the same, we're never going to be the same."
He put his foot off him, still staring at Osanai while the rest of Moebius started running out of the warehouse. Fuutarou's friends just watched, not doing anything.
"Every choice always as a cost. And now Osanai, you're finally paying yours."
Meanwhile, as the Moebius members were running away. A person suddenly appeared in front of them out of thin air.
"Going somewhere?" Fuutarou smirked at them.
" What the—" A wave of devastating Conqueror's Haki could be felt as Fuutarou released it towards them, knocking them out one by one in an instant. Back at the warehouse, Pah, feeling the Haki, glanced down at Osanai and widened his eyes a little. The man's eyes were rolled back, courtesy of Fuutarou's Haki.
Fuutarou stopped releasing it, before he took out his phone and dialing a number.
"Hello, Yamagishi? Yeah we're done here. We just need to drop the evidence... Yeah, call them, it's time they got what they deserved..."
...
"Breaking news! This morning, police received an anonymous call, when they arrived at the scene. They found approximately 60 unconscious men without a single scratch on them, while only one was heavily injured. We have confirmation that these people are from a notorious gang called Moebius."
Miku was eating some chips as she watched the news. Nino sighed as she saw what her sister was eating. "Miku, we've got apples at home you know? Would it kill you to eat healthy for once?" She commented. Miku ignored her, eyes glued onto the tv screen.
"Nino, come look at this." Miku replied. Nino rolled her eyes, but still joined her sister anyways.
"Police obtained evidence which consists of a bunch of files, usb drives and video tapes incriminating Moebius of several heinous crimes such as sexual assault, assault, battery, stealing and a bunch more." Nino shook her head at the list of crimes.
"Bunch of animals..." She grumbled. Miku nodded in agreement as the tv suddenly showed a white graffiti of a left facing swastika.
"This graffiti was found at the scene and police claimed that it was recently painted. This graffiti is the logo of the Tokyo Manji gang, also known as Toman, a gang that we don't know much about. But sources say, this gang is on track to become the 'King of Tokyo's Underworld', already beating the record of the Black Dragon gang, which was once Japan's most dominant groups for almost a decade before it's fall to Toman."
"Geez, this Toman sounds scary. That logo they use is... well controversial to say the least." Nino commented in amusement.
"Hmm, so Toman planted the evidence after winning the fight with Moebius..." Miku muttered, not taking her attention off the television. "Oh, so the leader of Moebius was caught? That's nice. But how are the rest of the members not injured but knocked out?" Miku wondered. Nino shrugged, not showing a care at the conspiracy.
"I don't know. You shouldn't get obsessed with this conspiracy stuff, Miku."
"Says the one who's type in men are delinquents."
" H-hey! Excuse me?! That is totally unrelated to the topic! Plus, I only like the 'bad boy' look they have, not the shitty personality!"
Miku deadpanned at her. "Really? Fuutarou looks like a delinquent, he even has a cool bike, but I don't see you fawning over him. Is he an exception cuz his personality is the opposite of a delinquent?"
"Mikuuu! I don't mean it like that!" Nino whined before pouting, getting angry at the mention of Fuutarou.
"Besides, I need to beat him up for using that nickname." She grumbled. Miku deadpanned at her sister harder.
"You? Beat him up? You'd have a better chance convincing me you're not afraid of needles."
"Are you trying to get me to kick your ass, Miku?!" Nino threatened. Miku inwardly smirked while maintaining her nonchalant expression. She was always so easy to ragebait. She almost felt pitiful towards her, almost.
"C'mon Nino, when are you gonna stop that silly little vendetta of yours and admit that Uesugi-kun is actually a nice guy and is just trying to help us?" Itsuki joined the conversation. She heard the two bantering from afar and decided to join.
"You're biased cuz he took you out..." Nino grumbled. Itsuki rolled her eyes at her sister's childishness.
"I'm not 'biased' like you say, Nino. I'm stating facts. You've seen how much we've improved under him in just a week. He creates personalized worksheets for us. And just a reminder that he writes everything, and doesn't print it out. Tell me Nino, if he was tutoring us just for the money, he wouldn't even be putting that much effort in the first place, no?"
"I..." Nino stuttered before she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked to see Ichika standing behind her, patting them supportively.
"It's not like we don't understand your reasons, Nino." Ichika started. "But Fuutarou-kun has feelings too, you know? I know Fuutarou's always smiling and laughing, but do you think he isn't stressed with you always arguing with him over something small? If he actually gets hurt by you, or upset, what happens next? Do you really want that on your conscience?"
"I... No I—"
"I know it looks like we're all ganging up on you, but we're not. We love you, Nino. But seriously, Nino… what's the point of all this? I get why you're doing this, Nino. You just want to protect us… but messing with him like this? It's not helping anyone." By now, Ichika had a small frown on her face. It's strange how what once started as a light-hearted banter had turned into a serious conversation.
Yotsuba silently joined, watching Ichika talk with Nino. Ichika patted Nino's head, smiling a little. "We know you care, Nino. That's why you act like this. But you don't have to fight him to protect us. Just you know… be smart about it. Besides..." Ichika gently pinched Nino's cheek.
"There's actually nicer ways to get him to pay attention to you, you know that righttt~"
" Wh-what?!" Nino blushed intensely.
"Come onnn, Nino. You always act like you don't care, but you've got that little smile when he does something thoughtful. You smiled a bunch last night when you were completing the exercise sheets. Don't pretend I didn't see it~"
"N-no I don't! Stop it Ichika!" Nino glared at her.
"Yes you doooo. I bet you loooveee the nickname he gave you, don't you?" Ichika laughed as the embarrassed Nino covered her red face with her hands.
"Ughhhh...." The girl wanted to hide somewhere. Under the pillow, in the bathroom, just anywhere that gets her away from her sisters.
The doorbell rung. The quints easily guessed who it was. Ichika nudged Nino gently. "C'mon, go open the door."
" What?! Why me?" Ichika raised an eyebrow at her.
"You can't keep avoiding him forever now can you? You don't have to be best friends overnight, but ya have to start somewhere right?"
"Tch... Fine..." Nino pouted as she went up to the door. She opened it and saw Fuutarou. Her tutor was surprised to see her.
"Nino?" Hearing the surprise in his tone, Nino narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms.
"What? Oh so I can't open doors for you now?" She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oh, of course you can. It's your house after all, boss~" He grinned, taking a jab at her commanding nature. She scowled at him, before she remembered what happened last night, and threw a light punch at his stomach, getting him back like she planned to.
"I see someone's excited to see me." He grinned at her. GRINNED. It was clear that he wasn't affected at all by the attack, physically or emotionally. He then grabbed her fist, and got close to her face, smirking all the while.
"But you have to do better than that, Nini-chan~"
"Eek!" Nino shrieked, the closeness and the tease being too much for her. She ran upstairs to her room, her sisters noticed Nino's extremely red cheeks, and could only guess what happened with her and Fuutarou. Ichika snickered at her expression.
"Oh Nino... So fierce but shy on the inside~"
To be continued....