He tried to save the fallen girls, but they came after him instead.

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As soon as Secia snapped his fingers, the general store suddenly appeared across from the Nikaido Ramen Shop.

"So be it, cherish the present moment, Shirakawa."

98. Short Stories from the Kitchen

Shirakawa walked out of the general store, which slowly disappeared as before, replaced by a large parking lot, as if it had never existed.

Leaving aside universal morality and ethics, Cecilia's words are not without merit. In the real world, there are many celebrities and wealthy people who keep mistresses and live happily with multiple people of the opposite sex at the same time.

Her words and Shirakawa's moral values ​​clashed in Shirakawa's mind, leaving him somewhat conflicted.

Forget it, that's not a problem we need to solve right now.

The top priority right now is to find a way to deal with Yoshioka from Chenghuang High School.

He poses a threat to Nikaido and is an invincible "superman," so we must deal with him as soon as possible.

The most practical way is to steal his brass knuckles.

Perhaps if I get his knuckle duster and keep it for myself, wouldn't I be invincible?

I feel a little disappointed.

I work hard to do push-ups and go to the gym to strengthen my body and improve my combat effectiveness to deal with future emergencies.

As a result, someone else found a magical item and became invincible.

oh~~

Shirakawa sighed, picked up his baseball bat, and walked towards the small door in the back of the ramen shop's kitchen.

Upon opening the door, one sees Nikaido with his arms crossed, leaning against the small metal table where he is cooking, staring at Shirakawa.

"Hey, boss." Shirakawa greeted her, walking in with clothes covered in oil stains and a baseball bat stained with oil.

It's a bit awkward; anyone with eyes can tell what Shirakawa went to do.

"Yo, Shirakawa-kun." Nikaido stood there with his arms crossed, his face gloomy.

Like an older sister, she repeatedly told her younger brother not to fight, but he still came home covered in bruises.

Shirakawa gave an awkward laugh, threw the baseball bat into the sink, squeezed some dish soap on it, and wiped it with a rag.

"Sorry, boss, I have to take care of something urgent. I'll go to work after I've washed up."

"It's okay. After that incident, the shop had to close temporarily, and my dad will be back soon."

"Is your mom alright? She didn't look too well when I left."

"I was frightened, but I'm almost fully recovered now."

"Oh, okay, that's good then." Shirakawa cleaned the metal baseball bat.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"Uh, no..."

Shirakawa is feeling panicked.

Because when those three delinquents left, the boss of Nikaido told her not to do anything foolish, but she didn't listen to her and went anyway.

Nikaido was scolding him for not listening to advice.

Maybe I should have listened to the big sister. I thought I was fully prepared, but who would have thought that Yoshioka would suddenly appear out of nowhere and I almost got caught up in this.

But then again, encountering Yoshioka beforehand allows me to devise a strategy to deal with him in advance.

Good fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

Nikaido sighed and slowly approached from behind Shirakawa.

She gave Shirakawa a reproachful look, only then noticing that there were many tiny, swollen red spots at the corners of Shirakawa's eyes.

"how did you make it?"

As Nikaido asked the question, he raised his hand and gently touched the wound around Shirakawa's eye.

"It's okay, just a minor injury."

"Should we apply some medicine?" Nikaido asked.

"I'm really fine, boss. I'll just go home and wash it off with some water."

"Don't do such dangerous things again." Nikaido snatched the baseball bat from Shirakawa's hand and started washing it. "If anything happens in the future, just come to me, and I'll protect you."

Nikaido carefully cleaned the baseball bat and noticed several small scratches and dents on the originally smooth bat, as if hinting at the fierce battle Shirakawa had just experienced.

"Sorry, boss." Shirakawa snatched the bat from Nikaido's hand again. "There are some things I have to do, there's nothing I can do about it."

"What do you mean you have to do it? You didn't need to go just now. I could have handled those delinquents." Nikaido's voice rose several decibels, angry that Shirakawa had done something so dangerous.

She knew best the struggles between delinquent students. Hand-to-hand combat was one thing, but if they were fighting with knives, guns, clubs, or other weapons, ending up in the hospital would be the least of their worries.

Shirakawa didn't answer, keeping his head down and silently washing the baseball bat.

Yoshioka couldn't solve it.

"You don't need to do anything, just stay by my side obediently."

The muscular, imposing woman blushed and lowered her head slightly, resembling a budding young girl in a Japanese light novel, uttering sweet words that sounded remarkably like a confession.

This was both her request and her heartfelt wish.

"I'll be fine."

Shirakawa avoided the question, not daring to raise his head to look at Nikaido, and could only give a faint answer.

The subtext is that I would still take the risk and do these dangerous things.

Shirakawa just wanted to maintain the status quo, even though he knew Nikaido liked him.

For Mido Sakura as well, when faced with the method that multiple girls liked, Cecilia's solution was to have a pure love affair with each of them.

Shirakawa, however, did not think so. He planned to accept none of them, believing that a short pain was better than a long one. He would not talk to anyone, so that he would not hurt anyone's feelings.

Nikaido was also taken aback when he heard these words.

The thought that Shirakawa might be beaten up by those thugs again and end up in the hospital, or even disabled, made her heart ache.

"Hey, Shirakawa, I have a suggestion." Nikaido suddenly took a few steps back.

"what?"

"Since you won't listen to my advice and insist on doing things your own way, then I have no choice but to do this." She moved the table in the middle of the kitchen, which was full of ingredients.

A space was cleared out.

“Let’s have a fight,” Nikaido said.

"Huh?" Shirakawa suddenly looked up.

Did I mishear?

“Beat me, Shirakawa-kun, and I won’t question what you do. But if you lose,” Nikaido clenched his fist, “if you lose, don’t get involved in anything bad from now on. Just stay by my side and be my direct subordinate.”

Nikaido was also ready for a fight. It was better to beat Shirakawa into submission than to let him get beaten up by those delinquents.

"Can I refuse?" Shirakawa finally gave in.

First, he couldn't beat Nikaido, the leader of the gang; second, he didn't want to hurt Nikaido.

"If you can't even beat me, how can I feel at ease?"

Nikaido thought about it again and realized that perhaps such conditions were too harsh.

"Even if you can't beat me, as long as you do something that I can approve of, that's acceptable." Nikaido relaxed his conditions a bit.

"Alright then," Shirakawa reluctantly agreed, putting down his bat and turning to face the challenge.

Nikaido lunged forward, grabbed Shirakawa's shoulder, and stretched his leg to Shirakawa's feet.

With a forceful shove and a trip, Shirakawa was thrown to the ground.

"Ah, it's starting so soon?" Shirakawa felt like he had been thrown to the ground in an instant.

“There are no rules in street fights; they can break out anytime, anywhere.”

Nikaido recalled the feeling of throwing Shirakawa earlier. Shirakawa's physique was similar to what he looked like; he was still quite weak, only average among ordinary male high school students.

Fighting those delinquent students is far from enough.

Shirakawa got up again, clenched his fists, and prepared for battle.

Although there are many "tools" in the kitchen, they certainly can't be used on the eldest sister.

This time it was a true bare-handed fight.

Nikaido raised his right leg and kicked horizontally, but Shirakawa stepped back to dodge.

Her moves were surprisingly similar to those of her cousin, Chi Tang.

After missing his kick, Nikaido slightly bent his left leg and leaped with force, twisting his body to retract his right leg in mid-air while simultaneously kicking his left leg at Shirakawa again.

This move is a double flying kick in Taekwondo, which requires very strong core strength to execute, and Nikaido's moves are also clean and crisp.

No wonder he's the leader of the delinquent students.