My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

Due to various factors, even the popular work that was successfully adapted into an anime last time could no longer overshadow Naoto's brilliance.

With a positive approval rating of 60%, it accounted for more than half of the total votes, making it almost like a formidable force.

Seeing those outrageous numbers, all the manga artists serializing in JUMP were discouraged.

There's no way around it, their skill level is simply terrifying. As long as they keep serializing, they'll definitely become a mainstay of the series.

After securing the top spot on the popularity chart, Naoto also got his wish and made Nanako his girlfriend.

Even if Naoto didn't get first place in the popularity ranking this time, Nanko would probably agree, but at least this way it's legitimate, right?

To be fair, although he and Nanzi have confirmed their relationship, things haven't really changed much between them.

We went to school together, and Sakuta and his friends would playfully fight and joke around. After school, we would walk home together again.

If there's anything that's changed, it's that the two of them occasionally go to places that couples frequent to experience life.

Or, they might walk hand in hand on the street, like a pair of innocent young lovers—well, no, that's not quite right, since they are, after all, innocent young lovers.

His story was serialized in JUMP and he even won the national championship. For a time, Naoto was incredibly popular at school, and many girls idolized him, wanting to catch a glimpse of him.

However, with fame comes trouble, and sometimes being too outstanding can attract jealousy.

For example, right now...

"Tch! I heard there's a guy in the first year who's pretty arrogant."

"Ah, I heard he just won the national championship and he's a cartoonist too. Those young girls love this kind of thing."

"I heard he has a very beautiful girlfriend. Damn it, what's so great about that pretty boy?!"

In a corner of the school, a group of school thugs were hiding and smoking, expressing their dissatisfaction with Naoto.

Naturally, this group wanted to teach the rising star Naoto a lesson and let these younger students know who the boss was in this school.

It can only be said that no matter which school you go to, there will always be some so-called "school scum".

He thought he was very powerful at school, so he caused trouble everywhere, eventually making the students extremely afraid of him.

The news that these thugs were going to teach Naoto a lesson naturally spread through someone and eventually reached Naoto's ears.

"Oh no, Naoto! I heard those upperclassmen are going to teach you a lesson today!"

As soon as get out of class ended, Naoto saw Sakuta rushing up to him, reminding him to be careful.

"They want to teach me a lesson? Why?"

Naoto scratched his head, wondering if he had done anything to offend anyone recently. Why was he being lectured?

"It's probably because you've been too high-profile lately. Anyway, try to sneak out today; those guys are not to be trifled with."

It has to be said that Sakuta really listens to his friends; he was the first to send a message after hearing that Naoto might get hurt.

However, Naoto didn't take this matter too seriously.

"Relax, Sakuta, there's no way to avoid this kind of thing. Besides, if you're afraid of them, you'll suffer later. The only way to be safe with people like them is to be even more ruthless than them."

"Is that so?"

Looking at Naoto's nonchalant attitude, Sakuta suddenly had a strange feeling. Why did it sound like Naoto was actually looking forward to it?

After school, Naoto left the classroom early, while Sakuta followed closely behind him, thinking that if Naoto got beaten up later, he could go up and help him take the hits.

Meanwhile, a group of thugs had been waiting at the school gate for quite some time.

The group of people were wearing tattered school uniforms, and a puff of cigarette smoke created a cloud of smoke around them.

The students who were about to go home after school could only dare to be angry but not speak out in the face of this situation, for fear that if they coughed even once, they would be beaten up by this group of people.

"Hey Naoto, it should still be in time to go see the teacher now. Are you sure you don't want to do that?"

Sakuta looked at the group of thugs who looked like they were not to be trifled with, and then asked Naoto again to confirm.

As soon as Naoto appeared, a group of students who had already received the news rushed out to watch the show.

Will the campus heartthrob, Zhi Ren, win this time? Or will this group of school bullies prevail?

"Oh ho? I didn't expect this kid to actually not plan to run away. He seems to have some backbone."

Upon seeing Naoto actually swagger out, the leader of the group of thugs, a guy who looked like a gorilla, immediately spoke menacingly.

If an average student saw this, they would probably be scared off.

After all, many of these dozen or so thugs were armed with baseball bats. Even a teacher wouldn't dare approach, let alone a student. If these hot-blooded youngsters actually started fighting, they'd probably end up in the hospital themselves.

"These guys are actually serious! There are so many of them."

Judging from their posture, he originally thought there were only a few of them.

Because the system made him stronger, Naoto initially wanted to show off his muscles.

But to his utter surprise, things took an unexpected turn.

But what can we do now? We're already here; we can't just turn back now, can we? We'd lose face.

What are you doing standing here? Why did you run out first?

Just as Naoto was hesitating about whether to retreat, Nanko's voice rang out behind him.

"Nanzi, I..."

When Naoto saw Nanako appear behind him, he felt a little embarrassed. How could he put it? He couldn't very well tell Nanako that he had tried to show off and now he was in a difficult situation.

However, Naoto seemed to have forgotten that Nanko wasn't wearing her ring at this moment.

Nanko immediately understood what Naoto was thinking.

"I see, so those people came to cause you trouble?"

At this moment, Nanzi glanced slightly at the thugs squatting at the gate behind her, and instantly, a strange chill ran through the hearts of everyone present.

(What's going on? Why does Nanzi seem so frightening?)

At this moment, no one had yet realized just how terrifying Nanzi's actual fighting power was, despite her seemingly frail appearance.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Majestic Nanzi

"Nanzi! Wait! What are you doing? Calm down!"

When Naoto saw Nanzi walking straight towards the group of thugs, he was so scared that his soul almost flew out of his body, and he quickly grabbed Nanzi.

"You stay here and don't move. I'll handle this."

"But……"

"Don't worry, I can handle it, nothing will go wrong."

In response to Naoto's concerns, Nanko spoke to him in an unquestionable tone.

Although Nanzi rarely gets angry, if someone important to her is hurt, that person's misfortune will be severe. After all, everyone knows that Qi Shen is fiercely protective of his own.

"Then be careful."

Seeing that Nanzi was so determined, Zhiren couldn't stop her anymore, so he had no choice but to let Nanzi do as she pleased and let her walk step by step toward the group of thugs.

"Naoto! What are you doing?! Why are you making Nanko deal with those thugs?! Are you crazy?!"

Seeing that Naoto had abandoned Nanako and walked directly towards the group of delinquents, Sakuta became so anxious that he grabbed Naoto's clothes and questioned him.

Sending a girl like Nanzi to deal with vicious thugs would probably kill her!

However, when faced with his friend's questioning, Naoto didn't know what to say. He couldn't very well say that when he told Nanko to be careful, the person he was referring to wasn't actually Nanko.

"Just you wait and see, Nanzi is actually..."

"That coward actually sent a girl over! Haha, is he going to give us his girlfriend?!"

Meanwhile, the delinquents, seeing Nanzi approaching, immediately burst into laughter, thinking that only cowards would ask a girl to stand up for them.

However, Nanzi remained calm in the face of the group of delinquents' mockery. She simply addressed them in a emotionless voice, saying, "So, it's you who's here to cause trouble for my boyfriend?"

"Yeah, so what? I advise you to spend some time having fun with your buddies, otherwise, you'll have a better boyfriend..."

Before the thug could finish speaking, Nanzi slapped him across the face, and the guy immediately spun around like a top in the air.

"Boss?!"

Seeing their leader slapped by a girl and even knocked to the ground, the group of underlings were immediately enraged.

Then another thug raised his fist and slammed it at Nanzi's face.

"ah!!!!"

Seeing the thug's actions, some of the girls around couldn't bear it and closed their eyes.

Just when everyone thought that Nanzi would be hit, to everyone's surprise, Nanzi calmly and steadily caught the opponent's fist.

"Nani!"

Upon seeing that his fist had been caught by a little girl, the delinquent in front of him was immediately shocked.

But just as he was about to pull his hand away, a tremendous force forced him to kneel on the ground.

"Crack!"

It sounded like bones breaking, coming from the hands of a delinquent.

The immense pain even caused him to cry out for his parents.

"Damn it! What are you all standing there for! Beat this bitch to death!"

The gang leader, who had finally snapped out of his daze, hurriedly called his underlings to teach Nanzi a lesson.

But to everyone's surprise, the next moment, Nanzi threw the person in her hand out, knocking a group of people to the ground.

Suddenly, everyone who had been watching the show was dumbfounded.

Is this still a single person? What does this girl do for a living? Why is she so good at fighting?

"No, Nanzi is that amazing?"

Sakuta was still staring at Naoto in disbelief. Why was that Kusunoki so good at fighting?

"Heh, why do you think I let Nanzi do it? And why do you think I never dared to talk back when Nanzi lectured me?"

Faced with his friend's doubts, Naoto simply gave him a deadpan expression and said...