Chapter 588: Did you come to show off?
Shishio didn’t forget about one of his rewards on his first “Kengan Match.”
Yet after he got a “Blacksmith Mastery,” he thought about making the sword by himself.
However, suddenly in the morning, Togo Tomari called him in the early morning, telling him that the sword he had asked for before was ready and he could get it anytime.
Hearing that, he told his girlfriends, wondering whether they wanted to follow him.
Rui and Hina decided to pass since they were too sleepy and might not even hear what he was saying since they were just too tired.
However, his other girlfriends were excited and wanted to join him.
After he cleaned up, he kissed Rui and Hina before he walked out of the apartment.
Outside, Roberta had been waiting with Shiina, Nana, Saki Kawasaki, Miu Ashihara, Momo Kashiwabara, and Rio Futaba.
As for the others, such as Nanami, Ritsu, and others, they didn’t follow this time.
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Shishio entered the front seat where Shiina was sitting. He entered and let her sit on his lap before he greeted and kissed them one by one.
“So are we going to see your sword?” Nana asked in a subtle way.
“It’s not that sword. Also, instead of a sword, his thing is like a spear.” Saki couldn’t help but complain.
“…” Everyone.
“…Can you be serious?” Shishio was speechless, wondering where Saki, who had always been cool and calm, was.
Why was this girl so lewd?
‘Oh, right, it’s my fault!’
Shishio sighed.
“But why do you need a sword?” Futaba asked in confusion.
“Yeah, why do you want a sword so suddenly?” Momo was also confused.
“Now that you mention it, you don’t know anything.”
Unlike the others, Futaba and Momo had never seen him fight, and they didn’t understand why Shishio wanted to get a sword. However, it was normal since they also didn’t know that he had been fighting in the underground arena.
“Well, you haven’t been fighting after you fight that guy who has 52 times human density muscles after all,” Nana chirped.
Yet it was normal since he hadn’t been fighting for a while.
His last fight was with Wakatsuki Takeshi, who caused bleeding on his head and made his girlfriends cry, so he hadn’t visited the underground arena, nor was he interested in entering one, considering those people were already too weak for him.
The only person in this world who was able to harm him was one person.
The strongest human in the world.
Hanma Yuujiro.
“Hey, what are you talking about? Explain it to me!” Futaba felt unhappy since she felt she was being left out.
“Yeah, yeah, explain it to us!” Momo also didn’t like the feeling of being left out.
“Well, it might be hard to believe, but…”
Miu then explained everything from the start to Momo and Futaba.
Their trip might take a while since they were going to Chiba, where Togo Tomari’s villa was located. While they might visit Chiba, they wouldn’t meet Yukinoshita since the location of Tomari’s villa was different.
Still, he wondered why he was living in Chiba.
‘Is it because it’s quiet?’
After all, unlike Tokyo, which was a busy city, Chiba was a large prefecture with half of the population of Tokyo. It was also fairly close to Tokyo, so maybe it was the reason why Tomari decided to choose Chiba as her place to stay.
Anyway, while he knew a lot of things about Tomari since he did a little research on her, he was more curious about the sword she had made for him. It had been a few months since their meeting, and he wondered what kind of sword she had prepared for him.
Still, unlike before, he had become her boss.
No, it should be her collaborator since he is the largest shareholder in her company.
While he thought about Tomari, Miu and Saki explained their experience at the underground fighting arena to Futaba and Momo.
“…Are you for real?” 2x
That was their only question at the time.
It took about an hour for them to arrive at Togo’s villa.
Yet during that time, it was tough for him since he had to answer questions from Futaba and Momo.
The two had never seen him fight, but they knew how powerful he was, especially when he showed his might on the bed. Yet it was their first time hearing that he was fighting for real.
“Did Mai even know this?” Momo asked curiously, asking about Mai, who was still busy with her movie.
“Yes.” Saki nodded.
“Are you going to fight now? By using a sword?” Futaba frowned.
“No, this is just a collection, and it is too dangerous to fight with a sword.”
After all, a duel with a sword was different from a duel with a fist.
If a duel by fist ended, one gave up or was defeated. The duel with a sword would end when one was cut down.
“But can you use a sword? I have heard that you only learn martial arts,” Futaba asked again.
“Wait, wait, what kind of martial arts have you learned?” Momo asked first.
“Now that you mention it, we don’t know what kind of martial art you have learned.” Miu only remembered it now.
“Shishio, what martial arts did you learn?” Shiina also looked at Shishio curiously.
While Roberta didn’t say anything, she also looked at Shishio curiously.
After all, they had seen how strong Shishio was. However, each time he fought, he always used a different style, which made them wonder what kind of martial art he had learned.
“I learned a lot of things.”
Because of the system, he learned many martial arts.
The first martial arts he learned were Bajiquan, then Ninjutsu, Taekwondo, Boxing, Fish-Man Karate, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo, and lastly, Muay Thai.
“…Why did you learn a lot of martial arts?” Futaba was speechless, wondering how Shishio could learn all of that martial arts.
Even Nana, Miu, Saki, Momo, and Roberta were dumbfounded when they heard all the martial arts he had learned.
“It happens that there are a lot of martial art schools near my home in Kyoto, so I learned them by chance.”
What could he say?
The existence of the system was something secret, and he wouldn’t tell anyone about it.
“Ah, can I see you fighting sometimes?” Momo asked curiously since she wanted to see how savage and manly her man was in the ring, which made her curious. If he won, then she might jump into him, giving him a good reward.
“I don’t mind, but there’s no good opponent.”
Shishio was too lazy to fight a weak opponent and didn’t want to fight a maniac like a karateka he fought last time.
‘Who was his name again?’
Shishio forgot the karate master whom he had fought and eliminated before.
‘Man-eating something…?’
“Is there not a good opponent?” Momo was confused.
“I think it is better that you shouldn’t fight since it is dangerous.” While Futaba was curious, she didn’t want to see him hurt.
“Wait, I only realize it now, but from all the martial arts you have mentioned, there’s nothing related to swords, right?”
Nana asked.
“Well, you will see later. We’re about to arrive soon.”
Hearing his words, they were nervous but also anticipated, especially Futaba and Momo, since it was their first time joining this side of the world.
The villa is located in the side part of Chiba, near the forest, which is a quiet place.
When they drove, they hadn’t seen anyone besides a group of people in black suits. Still, they didn’t feel anything and only glanced around curiously. Their reaction might seem weird since one should feel nervous when they see a group of people in black suits. However, they didn’t feel so since they had seen many amazing things when they were with him.
“Why didn’t I see anyone?”
There was only one road that was covered by lush forest on their right and left sides, and it made them feel creepy somehow.
“This place should be private property.”
Shishio felt that this entire forest was probably owned by Tomari.
“Private property? What kind of people are you going to see? A mountain owner?” Futaba asked.
“No, it’s the CEO of a famous heavy industry company,” Shishio said.
“……” Futaba and Momo.
“Well, you’ll see her later, and you might know her since she is fairly famous.”
Togo was quite famous since she was quite eccentric and unique among the people in this country. While many people acted like they were polite, in other words, a double face, or a hypocrite, she didn’t give a fuck and mocked or even said whatever she wanted from her mouth.
If it was other people, they might have been isolated by other people, but this was Togo. She didn’t care since her power was enough to easily crush many people’s lives.
Still, as they continued their trip, they saw a group of people in army-like uniforms standing in front of the high-tech-like metal fence.
The metal fence expanded deep into the forest, so deep that they couldn’t see the edge.
“Hey, is this metal fence covered in electricity?” Futaba was speechless, looking at the sign that this was an electric metal fence.
In other words, it was dangerous.
“It should be.” Shishio felt Togo really enjoyed her life.
Still, while they felt nervous about this place, they were more nervous toward the guards since they were holding riffles in their hands.
“Hey, hey, is that a riffle? Is that even legal here?” Momo couldn’t help but complain.
However, the guards didn’t seem to stop them and even bowed their heads, letting them enter after they opened the gate so quickly without even bothering to check their identity.
When they saw this, they looked at Shishio, wondering about his identity even more. Still, even if they had passed the fence, they had only seen a forest for so long, which made them speechless.
On the other hand, Shishio also wondered how Togo could love a forest so much.
‘Is the outdoors her kink?’
Shishio wanted to make sure of it somehow.
Fortunately, soon, they were able to see a modern-like mansion with white as the primary color.
Around the mansion, they could see a large waterfall and even a lake connected to the river, making them speechless.
“Just how much does this cost?” Futaba was speechless.
When they moved the car closer, they saw a woman sleeping on the lazy chair on the terrace. She was dressed in her usual white shirt, long black pants, and sunglasses. Still, the woman woke up when she heard the sound of the car and looked in their direction.
The car stopped, and Shishio walked out with his girlfriends.
Togo was there, staring at them, and asked, “Did you come to get a sword or just want to show off your harem?”
“……..”
Shishio could feel that her voice was filled with indignant.
‘Did I seduce her?’
This was the first question that came to his mind.
Chapter 580: You’re not the only one
Shishio and Hikigaya sat next to each other under the shade of a good size tree, watching many girls, a woman, and one trap, playing together on the river.
It might be normal for Hikigaya didn’t join to play on the river, considering he didn’t bring his swimsuit. However, the main reason was his personality made him not really want to play with the group.
Yet, it was strange when Shishio didn’t join the crowd.
However, with what had happened before, Shishio decided to stay out and rest while watching them as a spectator. His charm was dangerous, and he was afraid to dye this beautiful river a crimson color.
The two sat staring at the group of girls playing on the river until suddenly, someone interrupted them.
Rumi came and sat naturally right next to Shishio.
“What’s wrong?” Shishio rubbed Rumi’s head naturally.
Hikigaya stretched his neck and looked at Rumi curiously.
“Why are you two here? You don’t play on the river?” Rumi didn’t answer. Instead, she asked.
“Why?” Shishio looked at Hikigaya.
“I didn’t bring my swimsuit.” Hikigaya glanced at Shishio and said, “As for this guy, it’ll be dangerous for him to swim in the river.”
“Huh? Shishio-nii, you can’t swim?” Rumi stared at Shishio curiously.
“Haha…” Shishio only laughed while rubbing Rumi’s head.
It was impossible for Hikigaya and Shishio to tell the details about what had happened to everyone if he took his clothes off.
“How about you? Why are you here?” Hikigaya stared at Shishio speechlessly before he asked Rumi.
As for why Shishio didn’t ask, he clearly knew what had happened to this girl. Even so, he still listened to her.
“Apparently, we have some free time today. When I finished breakfast and went back to the room, nobody was around.”
“Then, play here, or do you want to play on the river? It feels cool,” Shishio said.
“…No, it’s okay here.” Rumi wasn’t in the mood to play and only wanted to stay with someone. “I also didn’t bring my swimsuit.”
“Then, stay here.”
Shishio thought the real reason why this little girl didn’t join the river was that she didn’t bring a swimsuit. He glanced at her face and thought that this girl might want to play, which made him sigh.
They were children. Why should they live in such a complicated way?
Children should be selfish and live freely and happily instead of being conscious or careful of everything.
However, it made Shishio realize that sometimes being normal was hard.
“Okay.”
Rumi nodded since she only wanted to stay with someone she could depend on now.
The three sat under the shade of the tree.
Hikigaya wasn’t good at talking, so he didn’t say anything.
On the other hand, Shishio and Rumi talked to each other. After all, there were many things that they didn’t know.
Rumi also wanted to know most about Shishio.
However, their conversation stopped when Yui and Yukinoshita approached them.
Yui was in her blue bikini, squatting down, causing her well-developed breasts to squeeze against her pale, white thighs.
“Rumi-chan, do you want to play with us?”
Shishio could see Yui had mastered the art of communication since when one talked to someone, it was better to match their eyes, especially when one talked to children.
The height difference between children and adults was huge.
If the children wanted to see the adults, they had to stretch their heads up.
On the other hand, the adults had to look down when they looked at the children.
It could be seen from their position that their interaction was hardly fair since one had to look up and the other was looking down.
To solve this situation, Yui squatted down, so she could match Rumi’s eyes, showing her skillful communication ability.
On the other hand, Yukinoshita stood tall while looking down at Rumi, showing her awkward communication ability.
Still, his eyes happened to meet Yukinoshita, and it caused her to look away with a blush.
‘…Cute.’
However, Rumi pulled his t-shirt slightly, which made him confused. He looked at her for a moment and wondered whether she was uneasy when she was approached by a stranger. Still, he must admit that a woman did a better job of taking care of children, considering it was impossible for him to do what Yui did.
His image was one thing, but he was afraid of being misunderstood by many people.
Still hearing Yui’s question, Rumi shook her head gently.
“I see…”
Yui sounded disappointed.
“Hey, Shishio-nii…” Rumi suddenly called.
“What’s wrong?”
“Shishio-nii, do you have any friends from back in elementary school?” Rumi asked.
“No,” Shishio answered without hesitation. “I think most people are like that.” The previous Shishio Oga was quite reclusive, but it didn’t mean he didn’t have a friend. He had one or two friends, but it was because of the acquaintances of his parents. Still, they had nothing to do with him, and he didn’t know them.
“So just forget about them. You won’t talk with them ever again after you graduate.”
Rumi was in a daze since she didn’t expect such words to come out of Shishio’s mouth.
“Huh? Really?” Yui was dumbfounded.
“I think so.” Hikigaya suddenly said, “I am like that, after all.”
“Me too. I haven’t met any either,” Yukinoshita said.
“….”
Yui was speechless but quickly coughed to fix the situation. “Don’t worry, Rumi-chan. These three are just weird. That’s all.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Hikigaya retorted. “In English, I am special. Being special is awesome.”
“Yeah, you’re special, alright.” Yukinoshita was speechless.
Still, Shishio looked at Yuigahama and asked, “Yui-senpai. How many of your elementary school friends do you still talk to?”
“Hmm…” Yui thought for a moment. “One or two… I guess?”
“And how many students did your grade have?”
“Three classes of thirty.”
“This means the possibility of staying friends five years after graduation is around three to six percent. This is Yui-senpai, who is known to be cute and sociable, you know?”
“Cu-Cute?!” Yui smiled and laughed happily.
“Yuigahama-san.” Yukinoshita sighed. “He isn’t really praising you, you know?”
“But I am surprised that you don’t have friends you still communicate with in elementary school,” Hikigaya said while looking at Shishio.
Most of them were also surprised since they knew well how popular Shishio was.
However, this guy didn’t even have a single friend he still contacted in elementary school, which surprised them.
“Hmm… it’s hard to call them friends since we only know each other based on my parents’ connection. Instead of friends, they should be called a necessary acquaintance.”
“…I don’t understand the world of rich people…” Hikigaya was speechless.
Shishio laughed and didn’t bother to explain since his world and their world were quite different. They might get disillusioned if he explained to them clearly the difference. Still, he could see Yukinoshita’s expression was slightly cloudy for some reason, but he didn’t say anything.
“Okay, enough about me.”
It was impossible for one to befriend everyone.
Even the heroine in another story could only have 100 friends.
As for becoming friends with everyone with the rest of the people in the world, it was impossible since one didn’t have enough time to do that.
“But my mom doesn’t want to hear something like that. She always asks me how I am doing with my friends. She gave me this camera and told me to take a lot of pictures during summer camp.”
Rumi held her camera and lowered her head deeper.
“Besides, getting left out makes me feel like I am inferior. I kinda don’t like it. It’s pathetic. But… There’s nothing I can do about it anymore.”
“Why?”
“I was abandoned. We can’t get along anymore. Even if we do, there’s no telling when this will happen again. So maybe I am better off this way…”
Shishio could see this girl had already given up.
A loner is forced to stay a loner.
If you do your best at something and stand out, that will only get used as fodder for criticism.
There is even a saying in this country that a nail that sticks out will be hammered down.
This situation has become the norm in this country.
Still, as long as it doesn’t happen to them, they will close their eyes and pretend nothing happens.
Everyone is like that, and they also copy it.
Rumi’s mother was also like that since she didn’t want to see her daughter as different from others.
However, the person who has encountered this problem is hurt and helpless since there is nothing that can be done.
Even if Rumi reported to the adult, her parents would say whether she had done something wrong. As for her teacher, they didn’t want to make the situation bigger, so they would just tell her to bear with it.
In other words, nothing had changed.
Shishio glanced at Yukinoshita and Hikigaya and knew that they were also the victims of something similar to Rumi. Inwardly, he sighed and thought that whether they were a child or an adult, many of them were rotten to the core.
Still, every word that came out of his mouth could do nothing against Rumi’s situation. He also wasn’t stupid enough and did something strange like what he did to his enemies. In the end, it was like what Hayama had said before. They were just little children, and he even felt it was too much for him, trying to harm them.
If Rumi knew the truth, she would also think the same.
Shishio felt that this situation was really hard.
If Rumi had one or two friends that could stay with her during her toughest time, it would be fine.
Unfortunately, Rumi didn’t have such an existence. Instead, most people didn’t have such an existence.
Shishio gently caressed her hair without saying anything.
Rumi was in silence and leaned on his side.
Shishio took a deep breath and knew it was necessary to start the plan he kept at night. He knew it wouldn’t help Rumi, but it would erase her problem since when this was over, she wouldn’t be the only one who was alone.
