After sending Honami and Airi back to their dorms, Ren noticed that he was being targeted again…
He pressed his right hand against his neck in annoyance and once again walked toward the alley where Mio Ibuki had ambushed him yesterday.
Just as Ren waited in this alley for a long time, Ren did not receive any attack from the shadows.
Is he very cautious, or does he simply not want to do it in this spot?
Ren seemed to understand who was watching him. He laughed and turned into another, darker alley.
Unlike before, this time, as soon as he walked into the alley, three clear sets of footsteps appeared behind him.
"Ren, you are still as arrogant as ever," Kakeru Ryūen's extremely arrogant voice reached Ren's ears from the alley entrance.
Turning around, Ren saw Kakeru Ryūen walking toward him with his hands in his pockets, followed by the silent Albert Yamada and the eager Daichi Ishizaki.
Albert Yamada's dark skin in this dim alley meant that if Ren didn't have good eyesight, he might not have noticed there was a person standing there.
"Well, well, well, Ryūen, what business brings you to me?" Ren smiled and conversed with Kakeru Ryūen, as if he felt no sense of danger at all.
"What business could Boss Ryūen have with you? Of course it's to…" Before Kakeru Ryūen could answer, Daichi Ishizaki spoke first, deliberately pausing at the end.
Thinking that Ren was intently waiting for his next words, Daichi Ishizaki quickly lunged at Ren, swinging his fist.
As a former street thug, he was very familiar with these tricks.
This tactic of feinting to the east while attacking to the west had allowed Daichi Ishizaki to defeat many thugs stronger than himself.
Bang!!!
"Ah!!!"
A sound of metal hitting bone echoed in the alley, along with Daichi Ishizaki's painful cry.
At some point, a steel rod flashing with cold light had appeared in Ren's hand.
Daichi Ishizaki, who had rushed toward Ren, was struck directly on the knee by Ren's rod, causing Ishizaki to fall to his knees and roll around frantically.
"No noise!"
Disgusted by Ishizaki's loud cries, Ren jammed the rod next to Ishizaki's head. The angle was so precise that it just grazed the side of his face, leaving a shallow scratch.
Daichi Ishizaki was drenched in cold sweat and bit down hard on his tongue, refusing to make another sound.
"And you two, do you want to play dirty tricks, or what?" Ren looked at Kakeru Ryūen and Albert Yamada, playfully pointing to Ishizaki, who was lying at his feet covering his mouth.
Kakeru Ryūen cursed Daichi Ishizaki internally. Rushing straight over like that was just feeding Ren his head.
They were supposed to be three-on-one; now it was two-on-one, and Ren was armed.
"Ren, you can only show off with a weapon."
Seeing the ruthlessness of Ren's blow, Kakeru Ryūen decided to try and provoke Ren into dropping the weapon and fighting bare-handed. If that didn't work, he and Albert Yamada would run. Surely Ren wouldn't beat Ishizaki to death, would he?
"A dull provocation. As you wish." Yawing, Ren pulled the steel rod from beside Ishizaki's head and tossed it backward.
When the sound of metal hitting the ground faded in the distance, Kakeru Ryūen recovered his initial arrogant smile: "Albert, let's go."
There was no talk of a man-to-man duel, and no sense of martial ethics. Kakeru Ryūen simply wanted to give Ren a good beating right here.
Albert Yamada, hearing Kakeru Ryūen's command, didn't hesitate. From the moment he submitted to Kakeru Ryūen, he would carry out Ryūen's orders regardless of whether they were correct or not.
Dodging a punch from Albert Yamada, the powerful wind from the blow brushed past Ren's ear.
"Very good strength, but this is the limit."
After commenting on Albert Yamada's strength, Ren, without waiting for a reaction, used two fingers on his right hand to gently touch Albert Yamada's Adam's apple, causing the young man to freeze, unable to move a muscle.
He used his left hand to grab the fist Kakeru Ryūen was attacking with, and squeezed hard!
Kakeru Ryūen's face twisted as his fist was subjected to intense pressure. Just as he tried to counterattack with his other hand, the pressure from Ren increased again.
"Do you still want to fight?" Ren ignored Kakeru Ryūen's pained expression, lightly nudging Albert Yamada's Adam's apple with his two fingers.
Knowing he was outmatched, Albert Yamada sensibly raised both hands in surrender and backed away.
His throat was no laughing matter. If Ren exerted even a little force, he might be finished.
Shifting his gaze to Kakeru Ryūen, Ren increased the pressure on his left hand and asked jokingly: "What about you, Ryūen?"
"Katsuragi… Ren, if you have the guts… kill me." Unlike Albert Yamada, Kakeru Ryūen was still quite defiant.
Crack.
The crisp sound of bone dislocation rang out. Ren, who hadn't heard such an unreasonable request in a long time, decided to satisfy Kakeru Ryūen. He grabbed Kakeru Ryūen's free hand and decisively broke the young man's index finger.
Seeing Kakeru Ryūen still holding his defiant pose, Ren chose the middle finger as his next target.
As Ren's fingers slowly reached for his middle finger, Kakeru Ryūen finally couldn't withstand the pressure: "I… I give up!"
"What a pity, you were so close…"
Seeing Kakeru Ryūen give up, the slight interest that had just arisen in Ren instantly vanished. He let go of Kakeru Ryūen's hands, expressing his regret: "Don't let this happen again, Ryūen."
After leaving the area, Ren turned into another, deeper and darker alley. Ren's already vibrant red eyes grew even more brilliant.
And behind Ren,
A pair of red eyes, similar to Ren's, also lit up.
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