Chapter 21: The Majestic and Powerful Kuriko
"Kuriko! Wait, what are you doing? Calm down!"
Seeing Kuriko walk directly towards the delinquents, Naoto was so scared his soul almost flew out. He quickly grabbed Kuriko.
"You stand here and don't move. I'll handle this."
"But..."
"Don't worry, I can handle it. Nothing will happen."
Facing Naoto's concern, Kuriko spoke to him in an unquestionable tone.
Although Kuriko usually rarely got angry, once someone important to her was hurt, then that person's bad luck would be more than just a small punishment. After all, everyone probably knew about Saiki protecting his own.
"Then you, be careful."
Seeing that Kuriko was so resolute, Naoto couldn't stop her anymore. He could only let Kuriko have her way, allowing her to walk step by step towards the delinquents.
"Naoto! What are you doing?! Why are you letting Kuriko go against those delinquents?! Are you crazy?!"
Seeing Naoto let Kuriko walk directly towards the delinquents, Sakuta was so anxious that he grabbed Naoto's clothes and questioned him.
Letting a girl like Kuriko deal with vicious delinquents, wasn't that sending Kuriko to her death?!
But facing his friend's questioning, Naoto didn't know what to say. He couldn't possibly say that his earlier remark about Kuriko being careful was actually not for Kuriko, could he?
"You just watch, Kuriko, she actually..."
"That wimp, he actually sent a girl over. Haha, is he going to give his girlfriend to us?!"
At this moment, the delinquents, looking at Kuriko walking over, immediately burst into laughter. Only a wimp would let a girl stand up for him.
However, Kuriko showed no panic in the face of the delinquents' mockery. She just said to them in her emotionless voice, "Are you the ones who came to cause trouble for my boyfriend?"
"Yes, so what? I advise you to have a good time with us brothers, otherwise, your boyfriend will..."
Before the delinquent in front of her could finish speaking, Kuriko slapped him across the face. Instantly, the guy spun in the air like a top.
"Boss, boss?!"
Seeing their boss slapped by a girl and even knocked to the ground, the subordinates immediately became furious.
Another delinquent directly raised his fist and swung it towards Kuriko's face.
"Ah!!!!"
Seeing the delinquent's action, some girls around them immediately closed their eyes in discomfort.
But just when everyone thought Kuriko would be hit, to everyone's surprise, Kuriko calmly caught the opponent's fist.
"What?!"
Seeing his fist caught by a little girl, the delinquent in front of her immediately turned pale with fright.
But just as he tried to pull his hand away, a huge force made him involuntarily kneel on the ground.
"Crack!"
It was like the sound of a bone breaking, coming from the delinquent's hand.
The immense pain even made him cry out for his parents.
"Damn it! What are you all still standing around for! Beat this bitch to death for me!"
The delinquent leader, who had now recovered from his daze, hurriedly called out to his subordinates, intending to teach Kuriko a lesson.
But who knew, the next moment, Kuriko threw the person in her hand directly, knocking a group of people to the ground.
At this, everyone who was watching the show was dumbfounded.
Is this even a person? What exactly does this girl do? Why is she so strong?
"No, is Kuriko that amazing?"
At this moment, Sakuta still looked at Naoto in disbelief. That Kuriko, why was she so strong?
"Heh heh, why do you think I let Kuriko go? And why do you think I don't even dare to talk back whenever Kuriko teaches me a lesson?"
Facing his friend's confusion, Naoto just looked at him with an expression like a dead person and said.
He recalled that when he was eight years old, he went to summer camp with Kuriko and encountered a two-meter-tall black bear.
In a moment of crisis, Kuriko, at that time, actually punched that black bear to the ground. She didn't even use any psychic powers.
To put it this way, Kuriko's physical fitness, due to constantly enduring terrifying psychic powers, had long since reached superhuman levels.
Even if all her psychic powers were lost now, Kuriko could still easily defeat every champion in every sport in this world. This was Kuriko, a being who transcended humans and was revered as a god.
"Brother, you've had it tough."
At this moment, Sakuta finally understood Naoto's pain.
He had originally envied Naoto for finding such a beautiful girlfriend.
Now, thinking about it, it was simply ridiculous.
If his own girlfriend could easily beat up a group of delinquents, he would probably run away as fast as he could.
And while Sakuta and Naoto were talking, Kuriko had already beaten all the delinquents to the ground.
Looking at his subordinates piled up like building blocks by a woman, the delinquent leader was now completely terrified.
In his eyes, Kuriko was no longer some so-called young girl; she was a demon, an absolute demon!
"Die, demon!"
Under immense fear, the delinquent leader directly picked up a baseball bat from the ground and swung it at Kuriko's head.
Facing such an attack, Kuriko no longer held back.
Kuriko's right hand shot out like a bullet, and with a 'snap,' the baseball bat broke into two pieces.
"Ah~ ah! Monster!!!!"
Looking at the broken baseball bat in his hand, the delinquent leader finally couldn't bear the pressure and began to run out like a madman.
"Phew~"
Kuriko, who had broken a baseball bat, merely blew lightly on her fist, and then turned towards Naoto.
When Kuriko's gaze turned towards them, all the students behind them instinctively hid behind Naoto.
Now they truly understood. When Naoto had told Kuriko to be careful earlier, he wasn't concerned about Kuriko's safety; he was concerned about the delinquents' safety!
With Kuriko's combat power, she might accidentally kill someone if she wasn't careful! What kind of Valkyrie was this?
Cold-faced demon, this was the students' most honest reaction to Kuriko.
Emotionlessly eliminating everyone, what else could describe the person in front of them?
"Well then, Sakuta, we're leaving now. See you tomorrow."
At this time, only Naoto showed no reaction to Kuriko.
Seeing his friend act as if nothing had happened, Sakuta could only open his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Afterward, Naoto also asked Kuriko why she did it. After all, given Kuriko's style, what she would most likely do is, after the opponents went home, torment them in various strange ways like a vengeful spirit, leaving an indelible memory in their hearts.
And Kuriko's answer to Naoto was this:
"Because you are now a celebrity on campus. If I remained obscure in school, it would make things difficult for you. After all, I still want you to rely on me more."
Naoto was deeply moved by Kuriko's answer.
If Kuriko could give up her dream of living a normal life for him, what more could he ask for?
The two of them walked hand in hand towards home.