[T/N: Every character mentioned is an adult.]
That figure, she couldn't handle it.
Realizing this, Shiina Chizuru decided to hurry out of the alley, then call the police.
After walking quickly for a while, Shiina Chizuru glanced back again, only to find that the vagrant's figure had disappeared.
She let out a sigh of relief and put the phone she had just pulled out back into her pocket.
But when she turned her head forward again, she was completely startled.
That vagrant, the one who had been following her and then suddenly vanished, had somehow gotten ahead of her, now standing right in front of her.
'This guy must have taken a shortcut.'
Seeing the weird smile creep across the vagrant's face, Shiina Chizuru's heart jumped, she knew this guy was definitely after her.
She forced down her panic and sternly demanded, "Who are you? What are you trying to do?"
Normally, a vagrant living on the streets would be scared off by such a sharp rebuke.
But the one blocking Shiina Chizuru didn't budge at all. Instead he let out bursts of chilling, raspy laughter.
"Hahaha! Shiina, don't you recognize me? Your teacher only left his job a little while ago, and you've already forgotten me? Really makes me disappointed!", As he spoke, the vagrant lifted his messy hair, revealing a face that, though thinner from hunger, was still hideously disgusting.
"Ta… Tamura-sensei?", Recognizing that ugly face, the one that had haunted her nightmares, Shiina Chizuru went pale and stepped back.
Tamura, dressed in rags, scratched at the sores on his face and laughed, "So you still remember me. As expected of the model honor student of the school, Shiina Chizuru."
After sneering, he suddenly bared his teeth in a terrifying expression.
"Shiina! Do you know how badly you ruined me?"
"You damn brat, you dared to report me for embezzling funds to gamble, got me fired, lost me my job, stained my record!"
"Because of that, my wife divorced me and left with the kid."
"I lost my house, lost my car, now I've lost everything!"
"You wrecked my family, left me homeless, reduced me to scrounging garbage every day. Do you know how badly you ruined me?"
"I was once a top university graduate!", Tamura pointed at Shiina Chizuru and roared.
Though frightened by his tirade, Shiina Chizuru still forced herself to retort with a trembling voice, "Th-this was all your own doing! It's your fault, you deserved it!"
Embezzlement had indeed been Tamura's own crime. Her report was real, not false.
Tamura froze for a moment, then quickly exploded in rage, "Yeah! You're right! I deserved it!"
"But… but I want revenge! I'm going to take it out on you, the culprit behind it all!"
"The suffering I went through, you'll suffer too!"
Hearing that, Shiina Chizuru's heart skipped, "Tamura, you… what are you trying to do?"
Tamura swept his gaze over Chizuru's long legs under her JK skirt, then smirked, "Of course, I want to finish what I didn't that day in the reading room. I'm gonna take this pretty girl, break you hard, then make you se*ll y*urself, make vide*s, earn m*ney back for me!"
At this, Shiina Chizuru burst out in fury, "Like hell! You really haven't repented at all?"
"I'm telling you, I've already called the police, don't you dare come closer!"
Tamura sneered, not afraid in the slightest, he even stepped closer, "I know you never had the chance to call. Just give up."
"Behave, and I'll treat you a little better. Otherwise, I'll torture you!"
With that, Tamura lunged at her.
But the reeking, clumsy pounce was dodged by Shiina Chizuru with a quick step back.
Unwilling, Tamura lunged again. Yet again she dodged.
Maybe because he'd gone hungry too long as a vagrant, Tamura, no matter how many times he attacked, couldn't catch the nimble Chizuru.
Seeing this, Chizuru even sneered, "Hmph, useless trash. You can't even touch the hem of my skirt. Just wait, once I call the cops, they'll lock you up for disturbing public order!"
At this, Tamura, panting and scrambling up, went pale with fear.
But soon, he showed a sinister smile that made Chizuru's gut clench.
"Yes, Shiina, I can't catch you. But… do you think I came alone?"
Alarm bells rang in Chizuru's heart, she whipped around.
Behind her, at some point, two more vagrants had appeared, eyes glowing silver.
They were the same ones who'd been fighting Tamura over food in the trash can earlier. Somehow, they must have struck a deal. Now, grinning wickedly, they advanced on her.
In this narrow alley, there was little room to run.
With Tamura blocking the front and two vagrants at the back, Chizuru's escape was cut off.
Seeing the fear on her face, Tamura laughed triumphantly, spewing filth.
"Shiina, you're the school's model student. Pretty, smart, and never tried that kind of thing, right? Let teacher show you how it's done. Let the three of us br*eak you in."
"Three places at once, HAHAHA!"
"This girl's a*s and b*obs are huge, and she's so pretty, gonna be heaven, hahaha!"
The three vagrants spewed filthy words as they closed in.
Flustered, Chizuru opened her schoolbag and pulled out a sharp-tipped pen.
This time wasn't like before.
A handsome boy's image flashed in her mind, Chizuru steeled herself.
She refused to give in. Even if she died, she'd fight back.
Seeing the pen's sharp point, Tamura paused slightly.
But watching the other two still closing in, seeing her chest heaving with nervous breaths, his eyes flared up and he sped up.
A single girl against three grown men?
As they drew closer, the stench already hitting her nose, Chizuru shook with sweat beading on her forehead, her hand gripping the pen trembling.
At that moment, a voice rang out, "What do you think you're doing to my class rep?"
The sudden voice made all three vagrants jolt and turn.
At the alley's end stood a tall, broad-shouldered boy.
The vagrants froze.
Especially Tamura. When he recognized the newcomer as Hikari, the one who'd beaten him half to death before, his fat body shook like a sieve.
Seeing Hikari's mocking grin, Tamura knew things were bad.
But with flesh in front of him, he didn't want to back down.
He forced himself to shout, "You also ruined me, brat! I haven't settled with you yet, and now you walk right in."
"I'm telling you, better stay out of this. There's three of us and only one of you—"
BANG!
Before he could finish, Hikari casually kicked one vagrant against the wall.
"Oh? More people, huh?", Hikari smiled radiantly.
"You—"
Before Tamura could continue, Hikari knocked out the second vagrant trying to flee with a single punch.
"I was wro—", Tamura, switching faces instantly, tried to kneel and beg. But Hikari was already before him, and drove a kick into his gut.
Pfft!
Tamura spat blood, crumpling like a dead dog, unable to speak again.
After leisurely flooring all three, Hikari turned to the panicked Chizuru.
By now, Chizuru had rushed behind him, still tense, clutching his shirt corner with trembling hands.
"You okay?", Hikari asked.
Chizuru nodded quickly, "I'm fine."
"R-right, Hikari-kun, are you hurt?", she asked, worried.
Hikari shrugged, "Do they look like they could hurt me?"
Looking at the healthy Hikari, then at the ragged vagrants groaning on the ground, Chizuru smiled in relief.
"Thank you, Hikari-kun. If you hadn't come, it would've been awful…", Chizuru, still shaken, thanked him again and again.
Hikari didn't explain how he arrived in time, just waved it off, "Save your thanks. For now, get out. I still have words for these scumbags."
Chizuru nodded, "Okay!"
She headed out, but at the edge of the alley, she looked back. Hikari's foot was pressing Tamura's head down. Her eyes showed a trace of worry.
Hikari just nodded to her, signaling reassurance.
Clenching her fists, nervous but obedient, she walked out alone.
Once her figure vanished, Hikari looked down at Tamura.
Feeling his icy gaze, Tamura shivered, sensing something.
He begged, "Hikari-kun, please! Spare me! I know I was wrong, I'll never bother Shiina again!"
"You two, beg Hikari-sama too!"
The other two vagrants also pleaded, "Yes yes yes! We won't do it again!"
"Please spare us!"
But Hikari gave no answer.
He just raised his foot, then lowered it.
One by one.
Soon, only his breathing remained in the alley.
SNAP!
A finger snap rang out, Hikari dropped a ball of corpse-burning fire.
As the flames lit up the alley, no filth remained.
[Ding! Host successfully stopped Tamura the Minotaur's plan, rescued the girl Shiina Chizuru, and upheld the spirit of pure love!]
[Reward gained: Pure Love Points +100!]
[Ding! Host physically eliminated three vile Minotaurs, successfully upholding the spirit of pure love!]
[Reward gained: Pure Love Points +100!]
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