Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"I really didn't mean to..." The man huddled in his seat, clasped his hands together, and begged for forgiveness in a humble manner.

The carriage was deathly silent.

The passengers who were originally watching videos and chatting all lowered their heads at this moment.

Some people took out their phones and pretended to be busy, some turned their heads to look out the window, and some closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Shimada Sho leaned back in the back seat, watching all of this indifferently.

"Damn it, what bad luck!" Seeing the uncle so cowardly, the blond-haired man seemed too lazy to pursue the matter any further and turned away, cursing under his breath.

His gaze swept across the carriage, noticing that many people had lowered their heads as if to avoid danger.

Perhaps it was people's reactions that gave him confidence, for the blond-haired man glanced around again with a disdainful look.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Hey~" He nudged his underling next to him and gestured in that direction with his chin, "There's a cutie over there."

Several unsavory glances were simultaneously cast in that direction.

Shimada Shoya looked in the direction the blond-haired man was pointing. Directly in front of him, because of the backrest, all he could see was a head of short hair.

The other person probably noticed the gaze, and their shoulders noticeably shrank back.

Just then, the blond-haired guy walked over with a grin, "Little sister, all alone?"

The girls there lowered their heads.

"It's dangerous for you to be out alone so late~" the blond-haired man said in a suggestive tone.

Upon hearing this, the underlings burst into laughter in agreement.

Shimada Sho frowned deeply.

In his previous life, he could also be classified as a bad person, but not as lowly as this.

Seeing this scene, I felt inexplicably displeased.

The blond-haired thug became even more brazen, raising his hand to slap the shoulder of the male passenger next to him, "Get up!"

The passenger dared not say anything and obediently got up.

The seat next to the girl became empty, and the blond-haired man adjusted his position with a lewd smile, preparing to sit down.

At this moment, the girl who had been sitting suddenly stood up.

She wasn't very tall, and judging from her shirt and pleated skirt uniform, she must be a student.

Shimada Sho felt that the school uniform looked somewhat familiar.

At that moment, the girl over there spoke up: "Excuse me...excuse me, could you move aside?"

Upon hearing the sound, Shimada Sho's brow twitched.

Isn't that Nozomi Sasaki's voice?

In the seat in front, the blond-haired man casually sat down with one hand on the backrest.

He stretched out his legs, blocking the gap between the seats, showing no intention of moving aside.

"Copper Horse Guy!" A young follower exclaimed with admiration.

Another henchman came over and stood in front of the aisle, eagerly asking, "Little sister, would you like to go for a drink with us?"

"..." Nozomi Sasaki's face turned deathly pale.

She had no idea how to react, and could only nervously clutch the hem of her clothes, shaking her head repeatedly, "I... I don't drink, please let me pass, please!"

“Just asking isn’t enough, you know~” Kirima Shuno said in an ambiguous tone.

Sasaki Nozomi looked conflicted. "I...I don't have any money."

She only had 950 yen, which was her wages for today's part-time job, and she had to give it to her mother.

"Money?" Kirima Tsuruno was taken aback, then burst into laughter. "Little sister is so cute, did she think we were robbers?"

"Could you please move aside?" she pleaded, her eyes filled with hope.

However, the other person didn't even look at her, and only said, "Just sit with me for a while, we'll get off in two more stops, I hope you don't mind, little sister?"

"..." Nozomi Sasaki bit her lip, seemingly hesitant.

But just a few seconds later, he said resolutely, "If you don't move aside, I'll call the police."

"Call the police?" Kirima Tsuruno looked surprised.

But then he burst into even more unrestrained laughter.

"Did you hear that, Yoshino? She's going to call the police, hahaha!"

Several of his underlings joined in the laughter.

"Call the police! This is terrifying!"

"Did we do anything?"

"Does my little sister really think the police are involved in things like reserving seats?"

As delinquents, they know the law better than anyone else.

Such interactions, which don't even qualify as flirting, are impossible to prove, so what can the police do even if they come?

On the contrary, the schoolgirl in front of me actually dared to threaten me by calling the police...

Kirima Tsuruno turned around and sat down, not saying a word, clearly intending to block the way.

Seeing this, the henchmen understood and also revealed their ill intentions.

Looking at the scene before her, Nozomi Sasaki unconsciously bit her lower lip.

Her eyes were slightly red, and tears were welling up in them.

"I'm sorry..."

After a long while, suppressing her tears of grievance, she opened her mouth to apologize.

He had only said half of what he was saying when his eyes suddenly widened.

Suddenly, a hand appeared above the head of the delinquent who was occupying the seat in front of him.

Immediately afterwards—

Snapped!

The hand landed precisely on the back of the neck of the injured man and pulled him outwards sharply.

"boom!"

Kirima Tsuruno's body was uncontrollably pulled to the side and tilted.

His head slammed into the seat opposite him, and he screamed in pain, "Ah!"

Sasaki Nozomi looked up in surprise and saw a strange boy standing in front of her.

He swiftly pulled the bad girl aside, stood firmly, and beckoned to her, "Come out."

Chapter Thirty-Six: Shimada-kun Decides to Help

The carriage was deathly silent.

The room was packed with people, yet everyone seemed frozen in place.

The air was so still you could hear a pin drop.

Nozomi Sasaki had no idea what was happening.

Only when he saw Shimada Sho waving did he belatedly realize that he wanted to lift his foot.

But before she could move, the delinquents in the passageway ahead made their move first.

"Hey! You bastard!"

"asshole!"

"Do you want to die?!"

Three henchmen, speaking in Kansai dialect, rushed over one after another.

Seeing this, Shimada Sho didn't bother with any words and kicked the henchman at the front, who was called Yoshino.

The kick landed on the shin, breaking the opponent's balance and sending them tumbling forward.

Shimada Sho raised his knee, facing the door directly.

"boom!"

His knee struck the bridge of his nose, and blood spurted out instantly.

Then, for the second time, Shimada Sho threw a punch, the sharp edge of which struck directly at the eye socket.

The opponent belatedly tried to retaliate, throwing punches haphazardly.

Shimada Sho deftly ducked to dodge, then landed another uppercut on his opponent's chin.

Just as the fist landed, the last henchman kicked him.

Shimada Sho dodged to the side and slammed his elbow forward.

The movement was swift and precise, hitting the lower back area exactly where it was positioned.

Working yourself to the bone.

"what!!!"

The younger brother arched his body like a shrimp and let out a shrill scream.

The whole process took no more than five seconds, and the three delinquents were completely rendered incapable of fighting.

At this moment, Kirima Tsuruno, who had collapsed first, grabbed the chair and got up.

"You bastard..."

He didn't know what had happened, only that it was a guy in a school uniform, and his first instinct was to say something hurtful.

Before he could finish speaking, a shoe sole suddenly loomed large in front of him.

boom!

Shimada Sho delivered a beautiful side kick, knocking Kirima Tsunano to the ground.

Then he lunged forward and raised his foot to kick him in the face.

Kirima Tsuruno's face turned pale, and he dared not say another word, hurriedly rolling away to avoid it.

The narrow carriage had very little space.

He had just moved to the side when Shimada Sho's foot landed.

He just happened to step on the metal sheet of the carriage, barely scraping his skin.

"boom!"

The kick was powerful and heavy, with no mercy shown.

A deafening sound rang in our ears.

If it really landed on my face...

Kirima Tsuruno broke out in a cold sweat.

Forget about making threats, he quickly looked up.

In his line of sight, the student who had knocked him down was now motionless, simply looking down at him.

He was wearing a school uniform, and looked to be no more than a high school student.

But the sinister smile on his face sent a chill down his spine.

This feeling...

During his years of life in the underworld, he had seen some important figures from afar.

The same look in those people's eyes was just like that of the boy in front of them.

With a chilling indifference and calmness, they seemed like wild beasts ready to pounce and kill at any moment.

Those were people who had actually seen blood.