Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

Sakurai Masaya and Hayashi Shipei bowed slightly and said, "Teacher, see you next time."

Then they finished their coffees, put the empty cups on the table, picked up their briefcases, turned around, pushed open the glass door of the cafe, and walked towards the Shueisha building.

The door bell rang twice, and a cold draft blew in through the crack in the door, only to be quickly swallowed up by the heating.

Eri Aragaki sat for a while, then picked up her half-cold mocha and drank it.

The milk foam had long since dissipated, leaving only a layer of chocolate-colored coffee liquid at the bottom of the cup. She stirred it with a straw and drank it all.

Then she put the scarf back on, zipped up her thick cotton coat to her neck, slung her backpack over her shoulder, stood up, and went to the counter to pay.

When I pushed open the door and stepped out of the coffee shop, it was already getting dark outside. A row of streetlights were on, and pedestrians on the street were hurrying along with their necks hunched over.

She put her hands in her coat pockets, thinking she might as well stop by the nearby convenience store to buy something.

Chapter 86 My Eldest Sister Has Been Arrested! (Fifth Update! Please Subscribe!!)

Eri Aragaki left the cafe and walked back along the road.

Just as she was thinking about what to buy to take home...

What do you mean by that?!

"Hey...he looks pretty good, doesn't he?%￥#"

……

A noisy sound, with a few words that were hard to make out, came from a certain direction.

This instantly caught Eri Aragaki's attention.

She glanced curiously in the direction the sound came from, only to see a familiar figure.

"That...is it Ah Qian?"

She widened her eyes and said nervously.

At the alley entrance in that direction, there were about a dozen people. Some had dyed yellow hair, some were wearing flashy baseball jerseys, and they were standing crookedly, clearly not ordinary passersby.

At that moment, Eri Aragaki's gaze pierced through the gaps in the crowd and spotted the figure surrounded in the middle.

Akane Natsume.

She was wearing a dark long coat and a light camel-colored scarf. Standing in the middle of the group, she looked neither flustered nor afraid, but her brows were furrowed, as if she were dealing with some troublesome matter.

The more Eri Aragaki looked at the thugs standing behind her, the more familiar they seemed.

She recognized two or three of their faces from her memory; they were the same guys who had followed her and Erina near the station that day.

Eri Aragaki stopped in her tracks.

At this time, Natsume Akane was indeed having a real headache.

Originally, it was only Murayama Yosuke and his former underlings who came to her seeking help.

These guys still don't learn their lesson. They're using the same old excuses to dominate Tokyo's delinquent youths, hoping Natsume Akane can help them sort things out.

She didn't want to get involved. She had already withdrawn and was no longer the big boss who led her people to sweep through District 23. Now she was just an ordinary college student.

But seeing Yosuke Murayama on the verge of tears made her unable to turn around and leave.

But then, Yagi's group also happened to find their way here, and the two groups bumped into each other at the alley entrance.

Natsume Akane couldn't just ignore Murayama Yosuke and the others, after all, they were her former underlings who had risked their lives for her, and she couldn't just stand by and watch them get beaten up by Yagi's men and end up in the hospital.

So she stood in front of Murayama Yosuke and his group, separating the two groups, intending to negotiate a temporary ceasefire with their leader, Yagi.

Yagi was a tall, thin man with messy curly hair, an unlit cigarette dangling from his mouth, and a habit of tilting his head when he spoke.

He was clearly taken aback when he saw Natsume Akane, and then showed an expression that was hard to tell whether it was fear or resentment.

However, at this moment, Eri Aragaki passed by, and this is what she saw from her perspective.

Natsume Akane was surrounded by more than a dozen thugs in the middle, with a group of people on each side. Everyone was looking at Natsume Akane.

Eri Aragaki was unaware that Akane Natsume was negotiating with the other party. She only saw Akane Natsume surrounded by a group of thugs and even mistakenly thought that Yosuke Murayama was in cahoots with the other side.

Both sides wore yellow floral shirts, and from her distance, it was impossible to tell who was who.

Then she started to worry about Natsume Akane.

After all, Natsume Akane was one of the few friends she had made after coming to this world.

Moreover, the masculine spirit deep within her soul is still there. When she sees her friend being bullied, her first instinct is not to call the police or run away, but to rush up and pull the person out.

But how can we rescue Natsume Akane?

Eri Aragaki naturally had a way.

"panel."

She placed the plastic bag on the ground, stood against the wall, and then, with a thought, brought up the control panel.

She had kept the two ordinary skill points she had accumulated after finishing the prequel short story of "Attack on Titan" and the short story of "Wu Song" unused, precisely because she was worried about encountering this situation.

She struggled for a long time about whether to add it to her profession skills or racial skills, but now she doesn't have to struggle anymore; reality has made the decision for her.

She put both skill points into boxing.

Soon, his boxing skills improved rapidly!

[Boxing (Lv.3): Chief, Chief, I've discovered that if I clench my fists into a stone-like shape and strike someone's head hard, they'll immediately fall into a corpse-like sleep!]

Eri Aragaki felt as if a surge of heat was rushing from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.

It wasn't that exaggerated feeling of muscle swelling, but something more subtle, as if her body suddenly "knew" how to throw a punch.

How to shift your center of gravity, from which angle to throw your fist, and where to strike to instantly incapacitate someone—this information seems to be pre-written into your muscle memory.

She subconsciously clenched her fist, her knuckles even making a slight clicking sound, the connection between her wrist and knuckles becoming very clear.

Then she took a deep breath, crept closer to the wall, and moved forward quietly. It was time to act.

"Yagi... don't cause trouble here."

Natsume Akane is also in serious negotiations with Yagi.

Everyone's attention was focused on Natsume Akane and Yagi, and no one noticed that there was another person in the shadows at the alley entrance.

As Eri Aragaki drew closer, her heart pounded, but her steps remained steady.

She chose an angle to cut in from behind Yagi's group, so that she could reach Natsume Akane as quickly as possible.

Once she was close enough, she dashed out from behind the wall.

"Qian, come with me!"

The air at the scene froze the moment she charged in.

All eyes turned to the girl who had suddenly rushed in, a tall girl wearing a coat.

"Where did this guy come from?!"

Yagi's group, standing on the outermost edge, instinctively tried to block her, but a thug wearing a red baseball jersey stretched out his arm in front of her.

But Eri Aragaki wasn't going to do anything else at this moment; she just threw a punch!

"Snapped!!"

The punch landed on the thug's cheek, sending him flying through the crowd.

He drew a parabola under the streetlight, then fell to the ground, closed his eyes, and remained motionless.

Before the other thug could react, Eri Aragaki's left hand followed up, punching him in the stomach. The moment he bent over, he knelt on the ground, clutching his stomach and unable to cough.

The third one was even more unlucky; he was hit squarely in the face by a hook punch from Eri Aragaki as she turned around.

Then, under the wide-eyed gazes of Yosuke Murayama and the others, he dramatically flew off the ground, his back slamming against the roadside wall, before sliding down the wall, his head lolling to the side and him passing out.

The whole process takes about three seconds.

Eri Aragaki stopped attacking. She withdrew her fist, grabbed Akane Natsume's hand, and turned to run to the other end of the alley.

Only Yosuke Murayama and the others were left standing there dumbfounded.

Yagi, clutching his dislocated jaw, leaned against the wall, unable to utter a word.

Yosuke Murayama, his mouth agape, shouted, "What on earth is going on?! Big sister?! Big sister's been taken away?!"

Chapter 87 The Way of the King, Passionate and Resolute (Sixth Update!! Seeking First Subscription!!)

Natsume Akane was being pulled along by Aragaki Eri. The cold wind blew into the gaps in her scarf, but the hand holding hers was warm.

She watched the back of Eri Aragaki pulling her along as they ran, her thick cotton coat billowing in the wind, revealing the edge of her white sweater underneath.

Her steps followed the rhythm of Aragaki Eri. At first, she was stunned, her mind still replaying the scene of Aragaki Eri knocking three adult men away with three punches. She couldn't connect it to the Aragaki Eri she knew.

But as she ran, the initial shock slowly turned into a sense of relief. Eri Aragaki held her hand tightly, as if afraid she would get lost. This feeling of being held tightly made her sense something else beyond the relief.

Later, as she looked at that figure from behind, she seemed to find something from a long time ago in her memories, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.

They ran so far, turning into several alleyways, that they could no longer see the street they had just been on.

When Eri Aragaki didn't hear any footsteps following her, she tentatively turned around to look. Behind her was an empty alley, with only a few bicycles parked together illuminated by streetlights.

Sure enough, no one was pursuing them.

She then stopped, bent over, and supported herself on her knees with both hands, catching her breath several times.

Her boxing skills have improved, but her physical fitness is still about the same as that of an average person.

"Axi, those guys are really bold..."

After catching her breath, Eri Aragaki said indignantly, "They dare to surround a girl like you in broad daylight. Should we call the police?"

Natsume Akane wasn't panting much. Standing next to her, watching Aragaki Eri's panting, she couldn't help but reach out and pull her scarf down a bit to expose more of her neck so she could breathe better.