"King, you didn't have any rest last night, okay?" A furry head suddenly poked its head into the doorway. I almost thought the doorframe had a head after a sudden look.
"..." I almost choked back, because the seat was in the first row by the door, right next to the classroom door, and everyone would be startled if a head suddenly appeared in the line of sight.
"Kida-kun...you look scary like this," I leaned back a little, "No, I'm just tired."
This is a lie. I wandered out late into the night last night and was almost defeated by my bed in the morning.
"You must be playing games secretly!" He pointed at me and said in disbelief.
"No..." This really misunderstood me. Although it was true that I hadn't slept for half the night, I really didn't play games.
"Do you want to go with us today? We all have a way to go, right?" Kida put on an expression of "I understand, I understand", laughed a little bit obscenely, and then pointed to the person who was talking to Anri Sonohara.
Dragon Peak, "But we have to wait for the emperor to complete his great mission of hooking up first!"
"...Unfortunately, I have something to do today," I looked away for a moment: "Let's wait for another day...I'm leaving first, goodbye."
"Ah? Okay, bye, let's meet tomorrow -"
"OK."
Let’s talk about tomorrow’s things tomorrow. I was extremely irresponsible and left the problem to tomorrow’s self. I still have things to do today! I didn’t see the gang gathering last night, maybe because it was too late.
After all, the gangster group had to sleep, so I planned to walk around after school today, maybe those bad boys would know something... So I walked into the jewelry store carrying my schoolbag.
…
What's wrong! There might be a lot of girls who are dating bad boys in the jewelry store! I also went to find out the news! It's definitely not because I am attracted by the cute decorations!
Feeling that I was blushing at the surprised glances of the girls around me, I hurriedly picked out two pairs of earrings and checked out, without having time to find out any information.
…
Ahem, although I didn’t have enough time to make a good selection, my ruthless vision should not be underestimated. The two pairs of earrings I bought were extremely delicate and beautiful - I like the gorgeous ones, with silver earrings.
The cross, with two chains attached to it, sparkled in the sun.
Satisfied, I held my earrings up to the sun and squinted. If you look closely, you can see the intricate little patterns. They are really exquisite. Buying the jewelry I like makes me very happy - if no one bumps into me on purpose.
if.
"Well--"
Someone suddenly hit me on the back, and the thing in my hand almost fell out of my hand. I turned around a little unhappy, "Who is it?"
I was already standing in a position that would not block the road. Even if someone hit me in this situation, it was probably intentional. I stared at the culprit with a somewhat unkind look.
The person who deliberately bumped into me was a young man with a handsome face. He was wearing a fur-collared coat on a hot day. When he noticed that I was unhappy, he came closer and looked at me with a smile, looking like he didn't deserve a beating.
"What are you looking at me for?"
"Ah, actually nothing happened," he waved his hand, "I didn't come to see you on purpose. I originally wanted to come over to meet someone else, but it's really an unexpected surprise to see you so soon."
I:"???"
I don't understand what he means. Do I know him? I haven't seen him. What is he talking about?
"...Did you admit the wrong person?" I silently took two steps to the side.
"How could it be? You must have admitted it right." He followed me and took a few steps.
"But I don't know you." I took two more steps to the other side.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just know you." He followed me and moved on.
I moved to the left, and he moved to the left. I moved to the right, and he moved to the right.
...What is this person...doing?
Looking at his smiling face, I always have the urge to throw things at his face. I always feel that this person is up to something bad, and it makes me feel cold all over.
Finally, after we jumped sideways several times, I couldn't help it any longer. I twitched the corners of my mouth and said, "...Can you please give in, I have something else to do."
What's wrong with this guy? He's blocking me and not letting me go. If he does this again, I'm going to suspect that he's gay and has a crush on me.
"Hey -" he showed an exaggerated disappointment, "I was waiting for you to ask, don't you want to find an information dealer?"
"Are you an information dealer?" I was stunned for a moment. No, I wanted to find an information dealer. But the question is, why did he know that I wanted to find an information dealer? Have I ever looked for him?
"Well... we'll talk about this later. Can you wait here for me first?" He smiled. Not only did he not answer me directly, but he let it slip - he also wore a fur collar that looked very hot at first sight.
The hood of the jacket covered my head.
"I'll be back soon. Please take care of my clothes first, please~"
My entire field of vision turned into the lining of my coat: "..."
There is definitely something wrong with this person.
I held his clothes on my head and thought for a few seconds. After struggling for a while with both hands holding something, I chose to put them on between holding the clothes on my head and putting them on.
...Then I waited in the warm sunshine wearing his fur-collared coat and waited for the guy who was sweating all over and didn't even wait for "I'll be back soon". A blue vein broke out in my forehead.
Okay, if you don’t come over, I’ll go find you, okay?
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I walked around and quickly discovered the man who seemed to be mentally ill. What surprised me was that the people he was talking to...were acquaintances.
"Kida-kun? Dragon Peak? And...Sonohara-san?"
"……ah?"
…
"Is that so... So it was to help Sonohara-san? I thought..." I thought that this man named Orihara Izaya went to bully the female classmates in our class.
"Right, it's amazing that you want to rescue the students who were surrounded." Orihara Izaya said in a praising tone, and then looked at Kida who was uncharacteristically silent: "But, it's been a long time since we last met, Kida Masaomi
.”
Kida replied "Hello" expressionlessly, then turned his head to me and asked in an extremely complicated tone: "But I really want to know one thing now... King, why are you wearing Mr. Izaya's clothes?"
"
"Ah!" I just remembered!
I said with a little anger: "This Mr. Izaya asked me to help him protect his clothes out of nowhere, but I waited for a long time and didn't come back to pick it up——"
I was about to take it off, but was stopped before I even started.
"Don't take it off yet," Orihara Izaya held down my hand that was about to take off one sleeve, and also put the hood of the coat on my head. "Look, does it look like me?"
"If you can't see the face, they really look alike." Long Zhifeng praised Mianzi.
"..." I don't want to look like you, I want to take it off, I'm a little hot.
"Indeed...but it's really rare that Mr. Izaya would come to Ikebukuro." Kida agreed with a complicated expression, and then changed the subject.
Orihara didn't answer Kida's words which hinted at his explanation. Instead, he stared at Ryuuzhofeng with an interested smile.
I trembled. Could this man be a gay who likes boys?
Kida also noticed it, and he quickly explained in a panic: "This, this guy is just a friend of mine."
He was so panicked that I was a little confused. A big question mark popped up on my head. Why was Kida so anxious to explain? Are they a couple? Ori thought that Kida had cheated on him before he came to see Xiaosanlong Peak?
"By the way, why are you in Ikebukuro?" I just thought about it when I heard Kida's face darken again and asked: "Aren't you supposed to be in Shinjuku?"
Orihara smiled, continued to stare at Long Zhifeng, and said ambiguously: "...I'm looking for someone."
...You really are here to declare your sovereignty, right! The main palace comes to see the third party!
"...but I have already seen it," he turned his head to look at me again, "and I also discovered other interesting things."
Brother, don't! Don't use me as a shield when you two are quarreling! I'm innocent!
I was trembling with fear and quickly explained, "I——"
I'm just a passerby, please don't argue! - But before I could say this, the word flew away as soon as I uttered it.
Literally flying, flying.
...and was smashed away by a huge vending machine.
"King of Kings/King of Kings!!!"
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...The low force value of this dungeon made me relax a lot. I never thought that one day I would capsize in the ditch. This sudden vending machine almost knocked me to the ground.
I lay on the ground and shivered twice, and then my face turned black.
Over the years, apart from fighting with enemies, Ka-chan has only beaten me when he was tutoring me and Kirishima, and he didn't use much force.
Not even the dean or my cheap dad ever hit me! Who the hell is going to hit me! Your mother doesn’t even know if I don’t hit you!!!
"Wang Zhejun, are you okay?" Long Zhifeng and Kida ran over to help me. I stood up with a dark face and waved my hands to show that I was okay.
Kida's face became even worse, and his face turned green as he said, "Oops."
It's too bad, because I want to cut the person who hit me into a dog!
"Lin~Ye~Jun~" I stared fiercely at the guy who did it, a blond man wearing a bartender's uniform, who was walking over casually.
"Didn't I tell you not to set foot in Ikebukuro again? I-oh?" He took off his glasses and was stunned for a moment.
"……child?"
"Hahahahaha—" Orihara, who should have been the target of the blond bartender's attack, laughed immediately, "Xiao Jing, you hit the wrong person. You hit an innocent underage high school student with a vending machine. Hahaha—
"
"You flea - you did it on purpose!!!" The blond bartender had veins popping out of his head, and then he walked towards me looking a little flustered, "Hey, kid, are you okay?"
Is there anything wrong with me?
Of course I'm fine! But something is wrong with you! Do you think you'll be fine just by asking? If it wasn't me who was hit but Dragon Peak or Kida or someone else, that person might have been killed on the spot!
I started to roll up my sleeves with a sullen face: "What's your name? Xizi-chan? Xiaojing? Your name is quite cute?"
Amid the exclamations around me, I picked up the vending machine that had just hit me and threw it back.
“What’s yours, I’ll give it back to you——!!!”
――――
Kida Masaomi was already scared to death.
"Hey, is it true or false..."
He watched with his own eyes as his friend he just made yesterday lifted the huge vending machine and threw it at Ikebukuro's strongest. The contrast between the red-haired boy and the vending machine was particularly obvious, and the way he threw it effortlessly made his jaw drop.
.
"You actually hit me?" The red-haired boy glared fiercely, then raised his fists and hit Ikebukuro's strongest.
"-My father has never hit me!!!"
Wait, is this the point?
…
This man, whom Orihara Izaya called "Shizuru", caught my fist, stood still with a strength that was not suitable for this low-strength copy, and only took one step back.
"Wait a minute kid - I didn't mean it, just listen to me -"
"You said? Didn't you hit me just now?!!"
When we were fighting fist to palm, palm to fist, like a bullfight, a bunch of gangsters suddenly rushed out and surrounded us.
"You bastard - you made me look embarrassed!" A gangster with a piece of cloth covering his head shouted at the blond bartender.
My face turned a little darker.
Don’t you little bastards seek revenge based on the occasion? Look at the atmosphere! Didn’t you see that we were busy fighting?!
"Who are you?!" x2
The blond bartender and I looked at each other, let go of our hands and took two steps back.
This person imitates me?!!
I frowned and stared at him, and he looked at me patiently and a little embarrassed.
I paused for a moment: "Hey, behind you -"
"later?"
He didn't realize what I wanted to remind him, and was looking at me in confusion when a stick hit the back of his head.
…
I watched a few drops of blood fall to the ground, and I began to feel a little sympathy for this guy again.
The head is very fragile. If you are not careful, you can easily get a concussion, which may even be life-threatening. Although this man just hit me with a vending machine, I also hit it back. Besides, he may have mistakenly admitted the person.
After all, Dragon Peak said that the clothes I wore looked similar to Orihara Izaya, so I couldn't bear to watch a person being beaten like this.
"……Are you OK?"
If it's really serious, how about I give you some milk? As a reward, just give me a meal to calm you down.