Kyoto: I just want to be a gentleman

He even decided which PR company and agency to approach for Arisa Kuroda's activities.

At this critical juncture, Arisa Kuroda cannot afford to make any mistakes.

Thinking of this, Watanabe Hideyuki became extremely anxious.

The taxi drove quickly on the empty streets at night, and under the anxious gaze of Watanabe Hideyuki, it finally stopped at the place where he had taken Kuroda Arisa home last time.

Watanabe Hideyuki paid the fare and got off the bus in a hurry.

When he arrived at Kuroda Arisa's house, Watanabe Hideyuki discovered that paint had been splashed on the door of the house. The colorful stains were particularly dazzling under the dim street lights. The window glass had been broken, and the fragments were scattered on the ground, reflecting a little cold light.

Seeing this scene, Watanabe Hideyuki's heart sank suddenly, and a feeling of uneasiness spread in his heart.

He walked quickly forward and tried to push the door, but found that it was locked from the inside.

Watanabe Hideyuki took out his cell phone and dialed Kuroda Arisa's number, while knocking on the door anxiously and shouting Kuroda Arisa's name.

Soon, a voice was heard from the door.

"Watanabe-kun?"

"It's me." Hearing the familiar voice of Kuroda Arisa, Watanabe Hideyuki finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he asked anxiously, "What happened? Are you okay?"

The door slowly opened, and Arisa Kuroda's face appeared in the crack of the door.

There was a hint of fear and uneasiness in her eyes, but she seemed to be comforted after seeing Watanabe Hideyuki.

"I'm fine, just..." Arisa Kuroda's voice trembled a little.

Watanabe Hideyuki walked into the house. He saw a mess, the furniture was turned upside down, and the paintings on the wall were maliciously scratched. He frowned, and anger surged in his heart.

"what happened?"

Chapter 122 Haingo

"what happened?"

Arisa Kuroda's face was as pale as paper, her hands were clenched tightly together, and her eyes were full of fear, as if she had seen something extremely terrible.

"A group of people just came..." She swallowed and continued, "They...they beat...smashed things at home...and then took Yuya...and Kouta...away..." At this point, her voice was already filled with tears and her body began to tremble involuntarily.

Watanabe Hideyuki's heart sank suddenly. He could imagine how frightening the scene was for a thin girl like Arisa.

He reached out and gently held Arisa Kuroda's hand, trying to give her some comfort.

"I'm outside...no...I'm fine..." Kuroda Arisa continued, but her voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Looking at Arisa Kuroda's terrified expression, Hideyuki Watanabe's heart was filled with anger and grief, but he knew that he had to remain calm at this time.

"Do you know who those people are?"

Watanabe Hideyuki asked softly, trying to make his voice sound steady and soothing.

Arisa Kuroda nodded tremblingly, her eyes still filled with deep fear, "I...I guess it's someone from the pachinko parlor."

"Someone from the pachinko parlor?" asked Watanabe Hideyuki in confusion.

Pachinko parlors were the only legal gambling project in Japan before 2016. Why do we say that? Because after 2016, the Japanese House of Representatives passed the "IR Act", and casinos were legalized in Japan.

Pinball machines are similar to the coin-pushing machines in game cities, except that they use real money. They originated from the American "3D pinball".

The way to play is to catapult a small steel ball into a fixed plate. During the falling process, the steel ball will constantly collide with the nails in the plate, thus changing its trajectory. If it can finally fall to a fixed position, it will be the winner.

In Japan, this gambling activity pays hundreds of billions of yen in taxes every year, and millions of Japanese have lost their fortunes because of it. This shows how wide its audience is, and it is not an exaggeration to call it Japan's "national game."

"Yes, he... he owed a large debt at the pachinko parlor." Kuroda Arisa said this with difficulty, tears welling up in her eyes. "I only knew that he owed money before... I didn't expect he owed so much until those people came to the door..."

Watanabe Hideyuki frowned after hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and said, "Do you know which pachinko parlor this is from?"

"Haingo..."

"Haingo?" Watanabe Hideyuki repeated, a serious expression on his face, "That store is famous in this area."

He heard about the name of this store from his classmates. It has been very popular since it opened a few years ago.

Arisa Kuroda nodded silently, her eyes lost their former color, "What should I do, Watanabe-kun? Kouta... he's still young... nothing can happen to him... I'm really scared, I don't know... what will they do..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

This is the second time Watanabe Hideyuki has said this today.

"Pack up your things and go to our rented house to rest for the next two days. I'll find a way to solve the problem."

"Ah."

Kuroda Arisa responded softly, without saying anything like "I'll go with you", but turned around and walked upstairs in silence.

Not long after, she came down with a bag in her hand, which contained some clothes for replacement.

Watching Arisa Kuroda get into the taxi he had called for her, Watanabe Hideyuki finally calmed down and thought about what to do next.

No matter what, he needs to help Kuroda Arisa rescue Kouta, so that he can ensure that the other party will continue to work wholeheartedly for him.

As for that group of people, they just want money. As long as it’s not too outrageous, just give it to them.

He took this opportunity to take Kouta over and let Kuroda Arisa break off her relationship with that man, once and for all, and eliminate future troubles.

Watanabe Hideyuki thought to himself as he took a taxi to the Haiingo Pachinko parlor. Generally, each local government has specific business hours for Pachinko parlors.

The Kyoto Prefecture stipulates that pachinko parlors are only open until 11:30 p.m., but there was a faint light inside the parlor, which should have been pitch dark.

Watanabe Hideyuki walked around to the front door and found that the front door of the store was tightly locked with a large iron chain. After walking around for a while, he finally found the back door in a hidden location. After knocking on the door gently, a cautious and low voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Watanabe Hideyuki tried to make his voice sound calm and harmless, "Hello, I'm here to talk to your boss about something."

The person behind the door was silent for a while, as if trying to determine the purpose of Watanabe Hideyuki's visit. After a while, the voice sounded again: "The boss is not here now, please come back tomorrow."

"It's about Kuroda Naoto's debt. Please inform him."

There was silence behind the door again, and Watanabe Hideyuki could feel that the other party was hesitating.

After a while, the door suddenly opened a crack, and a man in a black suit poked his head out and looked Watanabe Hideyuki up and down, "Wait here, I'll go inform the boss."

Taking advantage of this time, Watanabe Hideyuki seemed to remember something and opened the system panel.

[Title: Fushimi District Megatron (already worn)]

No matter whether it is useful or not, just wear it first. It is better than nothing.

A few minutes later, the man in the black suit came out and closed the door, waving at Watanabe Hideyuki: "The boss agreed to see you, let's go."

As he said this, he took Watanabe Hideyuki into a tattered black van parked nearby.

The van's engine roared as it started up slowly. After twisting and turning several times, it finally stopped in front of an office building.

Watanabe Hideyuki got out of the car and looked up, only to find that the office building was particularly deserted at night, with few lights on. It was obvious that most people had already gone off work.

The man in the black suit led Watanabe Hideyuki into the dim office building. Although the lights inside the building were dim, some office doors were closed and no one was inside. They walked through the empty corridor, with only the sound of their footsteps echoing.

Finally, they came to an office with the lights still on. Watanabe Hideyuki observed that the sign on the door vaguely read "xx Logistics Shipping xx Company".

The man in the black suit knocked on the door, and a deep voice came from behind the door: "Come in."

Watanabe Hideyuki pushed the door open and saw a middle-aged man sitting at a desk, fiddling with something with his head down. When he saw Watanabe Hideyuki come in, he raised his head, looked at him sharply, then pointed to the chair opposite and motioned for him to sit down.

"I heard that you are here regarding Naoto Kuroda's debt problem?" The middle-aged man went straight to the point without beating around the bush.

Chapter 123 A day in the life of Chiharu Kitano (2)

Kitano Chiharu slowly opened her eyes and it was already bright outside.

As usual, she reached out and pushed the familiar and warm body beside her, wanting to wake him up to greet the new day together.

"Hideyuki-kun, time to get up." She murmured softly, her fingers touching the empty bed. The other half of the bed was cold and empty, without the warmth and presence of that person.

Suddenly, she was stunned, and an indescribable sense of loss surged in her heart.

That person, the one who once promised to always be with her, has been gone for many days.

Her hand was suspended in the air, as if she could still feel his former warmth and breath, but that was only a residual shadow in her memory.

She walked to the window alone, opened the curtains, and let the morning sun shine into the room. The sunlight shone on her face, but it could not dispel the haze in her heart.

She looked at the bustling streets outside the window, but felt more and more lonely in her heart. The departure of that person seemed to have torn a huge gap in her world that she could not fill.

Turning into the kitchen, she began to prepare breakfast.

The frying pan was on the stove and she lightly cracked an egg into it while the toast slowly turned golden and crispy in the oven.

After a while, breakfast was ready. She sat quietly at the dining table, facing the food in front of her, with mixed feelings in her heart.

No.

There must be some trace of him left behind.

Kitano Chiharu was trying like crazy to find his things, clothes, toothbrushes in the house... Either he would die in silence or explode in silence.

Her hands groped back and forth under the sofa cushion where Watanabe Hideyuki used to sleep.

Finally I found a black diary.

But why is there a lock on it?

This kind of childish lock can only protect against gentlemen but not against villains.

There is no doubt that in the face of crazy love, Chiharu Kitano has a flexible moral bottom line.

She went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife and placed the diary on the chopping board.

Snapped.

The result of the close contact between the kitchen knife and the chopping board was that the lock was cut in half, and the broken metal pieces were scattered all over the chopping board, the gap between the stove and the wall, and the tiles that were originally as smooth as a mirror...

Kitano Chiharu didn't care about these details, or rather, the only thing in her sight now was the black diary.

She reached out her hand and carefully opened the cover of the diary, only to see the words written on it:

March 2020, 4

Monday, sunny

Today is the second day since my "reunion" with Chiharu Kitano, and a subtle feeling lingers in my heart.