The next morning.
Sure enough, as Ryunosuke predicted, Kei disappeared. More precisely, she was forcibly taken away.
Chiaki was the first to call, asking him to come to a small alley. Once Ryunosuke arrived, he was surprised to find Hirata also there.
Hirata greeted symbolically. "Hi, Akasaka-kun, you came too!"
Ryunosuke ignored him, he walked past Hirata just like that and approached Chiaki to ask.
"What actually happened? Why are you two here? Where's Karuizawa?"
Feeling ignored, Hirata could only smile bitterly resignedly, but didn't say anything. He was already used to it. For some reason, the other party seemed very reluctant to deal with him; time and again he tried to befriend, time and again he was rejected.
Facing his question, Chiaki shifted slightly and signaled toward the inside of the alley. Ryunosuke reflexively looked and found Shiho was also there. Meanwhile, Kei was already cornered at a dead end, apparently for quite a while.
Because currently, Kei looked drenched leaning in the corner of the wall, her eyes empty, clearly she had just been...
Ryunosuke looked at Hirata confusedly, his gaze as if saying: [She's your girlfriend, and you're just watching like this?]
Hirata showed a conflicted face and told the truth.
"She can't keep relying on me forever. I can't possibly protect her for life... I... also have my own life."
Ryunosuke raised his hand cutting off his words, understanding Hirata's meaning, then he looked at Chiaki.
"Then you? What are you thinking?"
Although asking, he had already started straightening his collar, preparing to move forward to save someone. He admitted, although he wasn't a very good person, he couldn't bear to see his classmate bullied before his eyes. This wasn't because of romantic feelings, but purely because he couldn't bear to see it.
Chiaki just remained silent facing Ryunosuke's question. After quite a while, she let out a long breath.
"This is for Karuizawa's own good, so she won't rely on others anymore, or in other words... want her to come out of her past shadows with her own strength."
Ryunosuke understood what they meant, but he snapped angrily. "Aren't you going too far?! If you want her to come out of her psychological shadow herself, you have to give her time to prepare!"
Without further ado, he pushed the two people blocking his way.
"Get out of the way! You two hypocrites!"
Ryunosuke was truly angry this time, he didn't give them a friendly face. To him, these two were too cruel. If he had friends like this, he would surely die of frustration.
Hirata and Chiaki glanced at each other and smiled bitterly, but didn't intend to move forward to help. They felt they had wronged Kei and had no face to help, so they just hid in the corner without daring to make a sound.
Ryunosuke stepped forward and found not only Shiho was there, but also Class D's female group leader, Ibuki, as well as Shiho's boyfriend, Ishizaki. Both didn't intend to interfere; during the process, only Shiho moved.
Shiho stomped her foot on the wall, looking down at Kei below with a fierce face.
"Weren't you very arrogant? Try being arrogant again in front of me!!"
Shiho's foot landed right beside Kei's face, instantly making Kei so frightened she hugged her own head without making a sound. Clear tears began flowing from the corners of her eyes. Her mouth kept mumbling Hirata's name, but in vain, no one helped her.
She didn't even know that Hirata was watching nearby without any intention of helping her at all.
Just as Shiho was about to grab her hair, Ryunosuke arrived. He posed with both hands in his pockets and shouted.
"Let go of that girl, let me do it—ah, damn! Wrong, my tongue slipped accidentally..."
The three people turned around and were shocked to see Ryunosuke. They reflexively stepped back. Especially Shiho, her eyes conveyed fear as she spontaneously exclaimed.
"T-t-that's the King of Arrogance from Class C, Akasaka Ryunosuke!!!"
"Which bastard gave me that embarrassing nickname?! Come out! Just watch, I'll beat you to death!!!"
Ryunosuke's mouth turned sharp like a shark's mouth; he was truly on the verge of anger. He couldn't stand that overly "prominent" nickname, very embarrassing... actually who was the idiot who nicknamed him that?
Ibuki instead looked enthusiastic seeing him come. She still remembered well that the people around Ryunosuke were all martial arts experts. She assumed that as a leader, Ryunosuke's ability must be no less impressive.
Ibuki assumed a fighting stance, very eager to try his strength. She had lost to Ryunosuke's subordinate, Horikita Suzune, so this time she had to get revenge through the boss.
Yes, she considered Suzune as Ryunosuke's subordinate, including Kato Megumi and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
Because last time the three of them clearly followed Ryunosuke's instructions, it was hard for Ibuki not to misunderstand and consider him as the chief. Since his subordinates were so great, she was sure the boss's fighting ability was also capable.
Ibuki wasn't the cowardly type; in fact, when meeting a strong enemy, she became even more enthusiastic. She began moving her ankles, ready to attack anytime.
Ryunosuke walked with a flat face in front of Kei, his hands still in his pockets, looking very cool. Actually he really wanted to light a cigarette and say: "Beautiful lady! The knight has come to save you," or something like that.
Unfortunately he had no cigarettes, and he also wasn't thick-skinned enough to say such an embarrassing line—maybe if his Chuunibyou mode was active, he could say it without hesitation.
But the current Ryunosuke clearly wasn't in that mode. Since there was no trigger, he was still in normal condition.
He let out a long breath and asked softly to Kei behind him. "Are you okay?"
Kei opened her frightened eyes, and what was displayed before her was a tall, large back figure. Actually not that tall, it's just that because of the Suspension Bridge effect, in her eyes, that figure looked very beautified.
At this moment Kei's heart was beating fast, there were surging feelings in her heart. She looked at him confusedly.
Ryunosuke didn't look at her, but stared sharply at Ibuki and reflexively said:
"Please give me face, let this matter end here."
Ibuki grinned fiercely. "Can't do that!"
The next second, without much talk, she raised her leg and charged forward.
Ryunosuke also moved forward. He was kicked back. He fell... he sprawled in front of Kei with a flat face.
The atmosphere instantly became silent.
Even Ibuki's leg that was still floating in the air was suspended for a long time, she couldn't react, clearly confused.
"Wait a minute! As the boss of those three, why are you this weak?!" Ibuki couldn't help but ask.
Kei could only stare blankly at Ryunosuke lying in front of her. The touching feeling and perfect image in her heart just now shattered instantly. Even her tears stopped dripping because she was so shocked...
Ryunosuke remained with his flat face lying on his back on the ground. Only then did he remember, his combat ability value seemed indeed not much... it seemed that even fighting Masumi he might not win...
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