Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

The brown-haired boy named Wu said as he stood in front of his two accomplices.

"I just told you to get away. Are you deaf?"

Ginjō spoke in a cold tone that Shiraishi Lisa had never heard before, but the bad trio did not back down.

"Haha, so cool~ But, the one who really has nothing to do with this matter is you!"

"Yeah, yeah, we're talking to that girl, okay?"

"There's no rule against flirting here!"

"Hahaha, she herself didn't say a word of no, right? Don't you think so?"

The brown-haired boy peeked at Shiraishi Lisa who was hiding behind Ginjō.

She couldn't help but let out a soft scream, and then her throat locked tightly and she couldn't utter a word.

"Look, I'm not rejecting you, so you don't have the right to make irresponsible comments, right?"

The bad trio let out a loud, shrill laugh.

Lisa Shiraishi was frozen with fear, but it was not her fault. Not every girl could be as fearless as Chie Hoshino or Natsuka Imai.

In her heart, she kept blaming herself for her cowardice. Even at this critical moment, she could only hide behind Sosuke and tremble.

Lisa Shiraishi couldn't control her emotions and her eyes started to get hot.

She knew very well that crying wouldn't solve any problems, but -

"Remember to stay a little further away later, Lisa."

Just as warm tears were about to fall from her eyes, Ginjo's righteous voice reached her ears.

Then, his long, strong fingers rested on her trembling shoulders.

Incredibly warm and gentle, it was undoubtedly Ginjo's hands that calmed her down.

"I have already given you a chance, right?"

Ginjō put his arm around Lisa Shiraishi's shoulders and spoke in a strong tone.

The bad trio seemed to be intimidated by his aura for a time, but -

"Haha, you are really good at showing off!"

The brown-haired boy laughed at Ginjō's words, and the other two henchmen also laughed.

Then, the three of them shortened the distance between them as if they were going to tighten their encirclement of Yincheng.

People passing by also felt that the atmosphere at the scene was full of tension, and everyone pretended not to see it and left quickly.

"You talk too much nonsense, you little brat."

The brown-haired boy put his face close to Ginjō's nose and said with disdain.

The atmosphere was so tense that Lisa Shiraishi almost forgot to breathe.

Seeing that the situation was about to break out, she clearly saw a strange smile flash across Ginjo's mouth the next second.

He suddenly tilted his head back and hit the brown-haired boy's nose with a clean headbutt.

"what!"

The brown-haired boy let out a terrible wail that was in stark contrast to his previous arrogance, and he sat down on the beach, covering his bleeding nose with his hands.

The two boys named Kenta and Shunji looked at each other in silence.

The scene was truly horrifying. The tourists who were originally sitting nearby fled in panic, and even Lisa Shiraishi was almost frightened to death.

"Who's next?"

Ginjo said in a low voice with a hint of intimidation, and his usual gentle and sunny appearance seemed like just an illusion.

The two boys who were standing there in a daze were frightened by his courage.

He was able to immobilize them with just one sentence. Shiraishi Lisa was full of admiration for Ginjō's aura.

However──

The brown-haired boy stood up awkwardly and took a few steps back.

"Huh, what are you?"

"If you are a local, you must have heard of our three names, right?"

The bad trio managed to hold their ground at the last moment, perhaps because their numerical advantage allowed them to regain some confidence.

The brown-haired boy in the lead squeezed out these words stiffly, and the remaining two people also stopped retreating.

Ginjō told Shiraishi Lisa to stay away again, then rolled up the sleeves of his T-shirt.

Just when a melee was about to break out—

“Puff!”

A white object rushed out from behind them and let out a cry, then with incredible agility, it pounced on the brown hair of the boy named Takeru.

“Wu, wuaa! What are you doing... It hurts!!”

The brown-haired boy was frightened by the sudden attack and took some effort to shake the white object off his head.

The white object also adjusted its posture in the air with agility. After landing successfully and lightly, it arched its back and made a "hissing" sound in a threatening manner.

Astra, it turns out to be the white cat Astra.

"Damn it!"

Another deep roar was heard from the distance.

Shiraishi Lisa turned her head and saw Imai Natsuka walking towards her with a furious look on her face.

"What did you do to my cat! Idiot!"

After Imai Natsuka's snarling, the three bad guys showed fear clearly on their faces.

And the scariest thing is that Natsuka Imai was holding a steel pipe in her hand that she had found from somewhere.

Seeing that the man had a weapon in his hand, the three guys seemed to realize that their lives were threatened.

“Murder!”

The brown-haired boy was the first to run away howling, and the other two also followed him, crawling away.

Natsuka Imai, who came to support, stared at the backs of the bad trio who were running farther and farther away, and snorted with disdain.

"You pretentious bastard, if you don't have the guts, then don't bother me in the first place!"

"Hey, are you okay, Lisa?"

After confirming that the figures had disappeared, Natsuka Imai immediately became concerned about Lisa Shiraishi's condition.

However, she had not yet fully recovered from the tense atmosphere and her body was still shaking.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

No, that's not the case...

"Xia Hua, you look scarier than those guys just now..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Imai Natsuka slapped her on the head without saying a word. The sound sounded like she was hitting an empty box.

"You suddenly ran away without saying a word. I was worried that you might have an accident, so I came to check on you! You have the nerve to say such things after I came to help you out!"

"Sorry...I'm sorry...Thank you so much for coming to save me...Xiahua!"

But Shiraishi Lisa felt that what she said was true. Compared to the ferocious Imai Natsuka, those guys just now seemed to be less scary...

But she should keep this comment to herself.

Then Imai Natsuka glanced at Ginjō, and suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason.

"Sousuke, you are quite capable. You usually don't talk much, but I didn't expect you to be so brave."

"You came at the wrong time, Xia Hua..."

Ginjō sighed as if he was still unsatisfied.

"If I had been a few seconds later, I could have taken care of those guys."

It turned out that he felt sorry about this matter.

"Huh? What's going on? Why don't you even thank me?"

"That's not what I meant, I just felt..."

"What do you think? Do you think I ruined your heroic act of saving the damsel in distress?"

"That kind of thing is so cliché, okay? No one likes to watch it..."

"Eh? It's not what I wanted. I just happened to come across this opportunity. Before I could make a move, you stole the limelight..."

Seeing that Ginjō didn't look like he was having fun, Imai Natsuka couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Idiot! Do you think I want to? I'm going to run into that guy several times in the store tomorrow!"

"If you want to beat them up, just come and work in our store."

No wonder Natsuka Imai always looks fierce, it turns out she has to deal with this kind of situation often.

Lisa Shiraishi couldn't help but express her concerns about her working environment.

"Okay, okay, don't be mad at me~"

"The way you hold up a steel pipe, not to mention the bad guys, even if there are boys who like you, they will be scared away..."

Ginjo Sosuke's unintentional words stunned everyone present.

Imai Natsuka was speechless and couldn't say a word...

Chapter 318 Blindfold and Inflatable Stick

Ginjo Sosuke had no idea what happened between the two of them from beginning to end, so he seemed completely confused.

Earlier in "Shimizu", Imai Natsuka suddenly ran away after exchanging a few words with me, and Shiraishi Lisa rushed out right after her.

What did they talk about when he was out helping Granny Qingshui with her work? Was there anything he didn't know?