A moment ago, Sagara Takeshi had looked completely terrified, so what had suddenly given him hope at the last second?
Sato narrowed his eyes and studied him for a moment before stopping in place.
Seeing Sato halt, Sagara finally let out a breath of relief.
At the same time, the other two delinquents who had collapsed to the ground suddenly screamed, scrambled back to their feet, and turned to run.
Sato's gaze shifted slightly. He suddenly exerted force with his foot and kicked one of the unconscious delinquents lying nearby.
Bang!
With a heavy crashing sound accompanied by painful cries, the two fleeing boys were instantly knocked to the ground in the distance.
"Go on," Sato said, glancing at Sagara.
Sagara's body stiffened completely. Looking at all his subordinates sprawled across the ground, his heart turned ice cold.
"Not talking?"
Sato raised an eyebrow and slowly walked toward him.
Seeing Sato approaching again, Sagara no longer had the time to wonder why the group he had sent out still had not returned. Panic flooded his face, his voice almost shrill.
"Don't you care about your girlfriend?!"
Girlfriend?
Do I have one?
Sato was momentarily stunned by the sudden question, then fell into thought.
Was he talking about one of his female friends?
The problem was, he had quite a few female friends, so he genuinely had no idea which one Sagara meant.
"Threatening people now? You really are a despicable guy."
Sato looked at him calmly.
Sagara's heart immediately filled with joy. Thinking he had found Sato's weakness, the corners of his mouth began to curl upward...
Boom!
His body suddenly flew through the air as if struck by a speeding truck, smashing violently into the roadside wall with a thunderous crash.
"AGH!"
A painful groan escaped Sagara's mouth as blood continuously poured out. His white teeth and the front of his shirt were completely drenched red.
Pain! It hurts so much!!!
His mind screamed in agony.
Tap.
Tap.
Sato's footsteps sounded in front of him.
Sagara slowly raised his head and forced out a savage grin, his expression crazed.
"You... worried now...?"
Sato's eyes remained indifferent. It was true that he was in a bad mood now.
But he also had some guesses.
Today, Shouko and the others had gone home early. During that time, these guys would not have dared make a move.
That meant the person they had targeted was most likely Eriri, who had been with him today. More importantly, if they had actually kidnapped someone else, they would have dragged her out already to threaten him instead of remaining silent even after their side had completely collapsed...
"The girl who was with me earlier?"
Sato crouched in front of Sagara and asked.
"Cough... cough... what do you think?"
Sagara forced himself to grin viciously at him. He wanted to see anger on Sato's face.
But to his disappointment, Sato's expression remained calm. He even smiled faintly.
"You really made a move?"
Sagara sensed something was wrong and stopped talking, only staring fixedly at him.
"A bunch of idiots indeed."
Sato slowly stood up, a strange smile appearing on his face.
He smiled and said, "Don't you think it's strange your little friends still haven't shown up?"
Sagara stayed silent.
At that moment, a black sedan suddenly appeared at the end of the road and screeched to a halt.
Immediately afterward, Eriri hurriedly jumped out of the car and ran all the way to Sato, anxiously touching him all over as if she was on the verge of tears.
"Sato, are you okay?!"
Sato quickly pushed her away, stopping her wandering hands from groping around his body, then rolled his eyes.
"Do I look like someone who's hurt?"
Eriri blinked, then looked around.
A second later, she let out a scream.
"AHHH!!!"
She tightly grabbed Sato's arm, her face pale as she asked, "A... all these people... you did this?!"
To her, the scene looked like hell itself. Delinquents were sprawled everywhere screaming in pain, with broken teeth and blood scattered all over the place.
"They couldn't have tripped on their own, right?"
Sato joked lightly.
"This isn't the time for jokes! Are you really okay?!"
Eriri glared at him while biting her lip, punched him once, then started checking his body again for injuries.
"I already told you I'm fine. Kashiwagi Eri-sensei, the way you're acting is making me nervous. Don't tell me you're gathering reference material and planning to make me the male lead?"
"Go die already!"
After confirming several times that Sato truly was not injured, Eriri finally relaxed. Then she bared her cute little tiger teeth at him.
Sato smiled.
Afterward, Eriri glanced around again. She subconsciously continued clutching his sleeve, sounding both excited and frightened as she asked,
"You really beat all these people by yourself?"
"Yeah. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! With Uncle Andre and the others around, how could anything happen to me?"
"Sorry for dragging you into this."
"It's not your fault."
Watching the two flirt and banter in front of him, Sagara's heart sank deeper and deeper into despair.
And when he noticed the large white man in the distance making a phone call, his expression became utterly lifeless.
Sato crouched down once more and looked at the hopeless Sagara, then pointed at Eriri beside him.
"Don't you people investigate before doing things?"
Sagara slowly raised his head, his empty eyes staring at him while blood dripped continuously from his mouth.
Seeing that Sagara remained silent, Sato continued casually, almost as if sighing in admiration.
"You actually dared kidnap the only daughter of the British ambassador stationed in Japan. Your guts really are something. Honestly, I kind of admire you."
Sagara's lifeless eyes slowly widened, filling with disbelief.
The ambassador's... daughter?!
"Forget about him already! The police are here, let's go!"
Eriri looked disgustedly at the delinquents lying everywhere and tugged on Sato's sleeve.
Sato looked up. In the distance, police lights were flashing.
He lowered his head toward Sagara with a smile and softly said,
"Enjoy your time rotting in a cell and reflecting on your life."