Tokyoites don't have martial virtue

102. Justifiable expulsion? It's like locking the door and beating the dog!

"What's going on? Are they from the money exchange?"

Upon hearing the shouts outside, Kyushu Makoto immediately put down the table, grabbed his umbrella, and ran outside.

"It's almost certainly him, it can't be anyone else!" Yushin Ken also rushed out.

The two put on their shoes and ran outside, and sure enough, they saw five or six shady-looking men in the front yard.

They were all dressed in suits, looking very refined and cultured, but the batons and baseball bats they held were anything but "refined".

"Who are you people?" Ryouko shielded her mother to the side, staring at them with the eyes of a mother leopard:

"Why are you in here? Get out!"

"You must be Mr. Hoshino's daughter? We're employees of the money exchange." The man in the lead slung a baseball bat over his shoulder and smiled arrogantly.

"What are we here for? Haha, isn't that a rhetorical question? You want to move and run away, don't we, as your creditors, have an obligation to stop you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, what kind of creditors are you?" Ryougu Momiji felt a pang of fear, but still gritted her teeth and retorted:

"Borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates is illegal, and my mother and I have no obligation to repay the debt!"

At the same time, Kyushu Makoto and Yuugami Ken also came up.

“She’s right. Loan sharking is illegal lending, and the debtor has no obligation to repay it.” Xi Shenjian crossed his arms and walked up to the men who were collecting debts.

"Besides, you are trespassing, please leave immediately!" Kyushu Makoto also leaned his umbrella on the ground, staring intently at them:

“If you don’t leave, we will prosecute you for ‘failure to leave,’ which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison!”

Upon hearing this, the debt collector leading the group sized up the two men—one a seemingly ordinary man with curly hair, and the other a frail high school student who needed an umbrella even on sunny days—his gaze gradually turned contemptuous.

"I was wondering why you weren't paying off your debts obediently, turns out you hired help~ These two aren't your lovers, are they?" The lead debt collector weighed the baseball bat in his hand and mocked rudely:

"But this Yoshida Ina town is a remote and impoverished area. The nearest police station is in the next town, and it takes half an hour for a police car to get here. Do you think you can get saved just by calling the police?"

After saying that, the debt collector suddenly glared with sharp eyes, and pretended to swing his baseball bat in the air, making a piercing sound.

"Ah!" Suzumiya Momiji cried out in fright and quickly hugged her mother, squatting down.

Kyushu Makoto took a step back, pretending to take a picture of them with his phone, and shouted loudly in feigned fear:

"I'll say it again, please leave! I'm recording this as evidence!"

"That's enough, I'll hire a lawyer to sue you!" Yushin Ken stood in front of them, giving them a stern warning.

"Get out of my way!" The lead debt collector shoved Yuujin Ken to the ground, then beckoned to his accomplices behind him, his eyes fixed menacingly on Kyushu Makoto.

"Teach this kid a lesson, and see if he dares to bark like a dog again!"

A debt collector strode forward, swung his bat behind his back, and delivered a powerful blow to Kyushu Makoto's head.

If this blow hits, it will surely leave the boy with a bloody head and render him unconscious.

In such remote and impoverished areas, it doesn't matter if a murder occurs—by the time the police arrive, the body has already been disposed of, and no one will even notice if the body is left to rot.

However, what the debt collector didn't notice was that a chilling glint suddenly appeared in Kyushu Makoto's eyes.

"Whoosh—!" Kyushu Makoto let out a strange cry and suddenly fell backward to the ground, dodging the opponent's baseball bat.

He then turned and kicked out, striking the other man's knee directly.

The technique used by Kyushu Makoto is called "Earth Dragon Fist," also known as "Dog Fist." It is a type of Yanhuang martial art that attacks the enemy's lower body while lying on the ground, specifically designed to counter opponents who are good at standing combat.

"Crack!" The kick was surprisingly powerful, and a slight cracking sound came from the debt collector's knee joint.

His face immediately contorted in agony, and he screamed as if he had swallowed a cockroach covered in excrement, collapsing to the ground.

Kyushu Makoto got up again and stomped on his head, then snatched his baseball bat and replaced the umbrella in his hand.

The other debt collectors were stunned when the enemy was dealt with in such a ruthless manner, and one of them even broke out in a cold sweat.

Kyushu Makoto exhaled a breath of stale air and glared at them fiercely.

"Hehehe, help! I'm so scared!" Kyushu Makoto tapped the floor with a baseball bat, grinning as he walked towards the other debt collectors.

"Help! Get out of here! Hehehe, I'm calling the police! I'm going to sue you!"

"You bastard, stop laughing!" One of the debt collectors couldn't take it anymore and swung his baton at Kyushu Makoto.

Unfortunately, this thug was only good at showing off his fierce demeanor; his moves were too exaggerated and full of openings.

Kyushu Makoto raised his baseball bat, easily blocking the opponent's attack, kicked him in the groin, and then swung the bat to hit his shin.

"Ouch!" The second debt collector also clutched his groin and screamed as he fell to the ground.

Seeing that the two were instantly killed by the high school student, the other accomplices realized that something was wrong and turned to run away in fear.

Just then, Yugami Ken was already standing at the Hoshino house entrance, blocking their way.

"Don't forget about me~ I got pushed just now, I'm going to demand medical expenses from you guys~" Yugami Ken casually closed and locked the front gate, then took out a baton from his shirt pocket:

"By the way, before you even stepped out of the Hoshino residence, we were carrying out a 'legitimate expulsion'~"

Ahead of them was a curly-haired man with a sinister grin, and behind them chased a high school student who was laughing maniacally. This gang of thugs had nowhere to run.

"What kind of ghost are you trying to drive away... just let us escape already..." The lead debt collector's hands trembled, and he squeezed his legs together like a girl terrified by a horror movie.

"You...you stay away!"

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Five minutes later, the debt collectors lay on the ground, bruised and battered, rolling around like shrimp and howling in pain.

Makoto Kyushu pressed a baseball bat against the throat of a debt collector, his grin revealing a sinister glint.

"How did you know we were moving so quickly? Did you have people monitoring this place the whole time?"

"I'm sorry," the debt collector said, too frightened to even breathe.

“We installed a hidden camera here last time. If we find anything unusual, our superiors will send us over to check the situation!”

A debt collector who could still walk was pulled up by Xi Shenjian, who ordered, "Where did you install the cameras? Find them all!"

A few minutes later, they found three security cameras inside the house and in the front yard. Yugami Ken put them in a sealed plastic bag and concealed it in his jacket pocket as evidence for the prosecution.

"The second question, what exactly is going on with the Hoshino family's debts?" Kyushu Makoto snorted coldly, then asked:

"Tell us everything, otherwise the police will take at least half an hour to arrive."

"Please don't kill me! I'll talk! I'll talk!" The debt collector immediately raised his hands in surrender.

According to the creditors, Mr. Hoshino had borrowed money from their underground money lender to gamble on horse races a long time ago. He had managed to pay off the debt by scraping together money and selling his assets, but this caused his relatives and friends to sever ties with him.

However, the so-called "gambling addicts" are pathetic creatures who will continue gambling as long as there is a glimmer of hope.

Finally, Mr. Hoshino was unable to repay the money any longer—he even considered pawning his wife to an underground money lender, but they refused. They weren't an elderly charity; what use would they be to a malnourished old woman?

So Mr. Hoshino started to have ulterior motives regarding his daughter. He didn't know what his daughter was doing in Tokyo, or how well she was doing, he only knew that she cared about her mother and would make a token phone call to greet her every year.

So he begged and pleaded with his wife to give him his daughter's phone number, and then used the underground money lender to threaten his daughter into paying back the money.

The underground money lenders initially had low hopes for the plan, even thinking that Mr. Hoshino was just playing with them. It wasn't until Suzumiya Kame actually transferred 500,000 yen to them that they were pleasantly surprised to realize that the method was feasible.

After that, the underground bank used "Mother" as a hostage to continue threatening Suzumiya Momiji to repay the debt.

The only saving grace was that this underground bank was a small operation, having secretly bribed a few minor local officials for protection. Even if someone were to take them all down, it wouldn't expose a whole host of protectors. The next day, he was shot multiple times in the back and committed suicide.

After listening to the debt collector's story, Suzumiya Kame clenched her fists, her anger rising, her teeth grinding: "That bastard father of mine deserves to die!"

“He’s definitely a bastard; he needs to be brought to his senses.” Kyushu Makoto shook his head and ordered the debt collectors:

"You all should go to jail and sober up!"

As he spoke, Kyushu Makoto took out his phone, preparing to call the police.

"Wait a minute, Kyushu-kun!" Yushin Ken stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Kyushu asked.

"If I'm not mistaken about the map, Yoshida Inaichi is located precisely on the edge of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's jurisdiction," Yuugami Ken pointed out.

"In other words, the cases here are also handled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

Kyushu understood immediately: "I see. Will Officer Takagi help?"

“That’s right, we caught them red-handed!” Ken Yuujin nodded, his tone becoming boastful: “Officer Takagi will definitely take care of that underground bank because of me!”

Makoto Kyushu couldn't help but chuckle and exclaim, "Having an acquaintance at the police station is really not bad!"

103. Overcoming the shadows of childhood

Ten minutes later, Ken Yugami contacted Officer Takagi and explained the situation.

"Okay, OK, OK~ I'll meet you there!" Yugami Ken hung up the phone and turned to Kyushu Makoto:

"Officer Takagi said he would bring people to handle it, but we also need to take action."

"What are we supposed to do?" Kyushu Makoto asked.

“The debt collectors sent out have disappeared without a trace, and their accomplices will soon notice something is wrong, so there’s no time to wait for the police to apply for a search warrant.” Yuujin Ken snapped his fingers.

"Just like last time, we first went to their hideout and made some noise, then had the police conduct a forced search under the pretext of 'receiving a report of 'illegal intrusion'."