Bringing You a Bag of Poop

The next afternoon, Shinnosuke came to the hospital with a cantaloupe to visit Shinomiya Kai. Seeing Shinnosuke looking like any normal person, Kai stared at him as if he had seen a ghost.

"Did you really fight me yesterday?? How come you look completely fine??"

Shinnosuke scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

"Ahaha... I've just recovered faster than other people since I was little."

Shinomiya Kai looked at the bandages on his body, then looked up at Shinnosuke. The corner of his eye twitched.

He took several deep breaths, calmed himself down, and spoke to Shinnosuke.

"Yesterday, you said you had something to ask me. What was it?"

Shinnosuke put down the cantaloupe, a serious expression on his face.

"Do you know about the police seizing over ten kilometers of drugs in the news a while back?"

"Yeah, I know. There was also a bunch of thugs tied up neatly together, but they weren't Tokyo yakuza."

It seemed the incident had nothing to do with Shinomiya's family. Shinnosuke breathed a sigh of relief and settled into the chair beside him.

"Why are you asking about that? Those guys... Holy shit! Don't tell me you were the one who did it!?"

The thought made Shinomiya Kai sit bolt upright in his hospital bed. He pulled a muscle and grimaced in pain, but still stared at Shinnosuke in shock.

Shinnosuke's eyes darted about, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. He rubbed the back of his head out of habit.

"Ahaha... What are you talking about... How could I possibly have done it... Stop joking, hahaha..."

The corner of Shinomiya Kai's mouth twitched. The way he was acting made it obvious his guess was right... At his level, taking down a few thugs wouldn't have been difficult.

"Phew... Whatever. So you want to ask me to help stop this from coming down on you? That's impossible. Even if I agreed to help, my father would never allow it. The Kyokusei Association can't offend other groups for the sake of someone unrelated to us..."

With that, he stared into Shinnosuke's eyes, waiting to hear his answer.

But Shinnosuke shook his head and spoke as Kai looked at him in confusion.

"No, you've misunderstood... I want to ask you to help me investigate the people behind those guys, and where they are..."

Shinomiya Kai's eyes widened in disbelief. It took him a long moment to speak.

"Hey... Have you lost your mind...? They can sell ten kilos of drugs, so they definitely have guns! Aren't you being way too full of yourself? Do you think you can dodge bullets??"

"Do you understand? This isn't a fight! They'll actually kill you! What the hell is going on in that head of yours?? Do you think you're Superman??"

Shinomiya Kai pointed a finger in Shinnosuke's face and cursed him out. Shinnosuke didn't dare say a word; he was in the wrong, after all...

"Anyway, I'm not helping you investigate! If you want to die, go find somewhere to hang yourself. I won't be the bad guy!"

Shinnosuke tried everything he could say, but Shinomiya Kai refused to agree. Finally, with no other choice, he had to play his trump card!

"If you don't help me, I'll bring a bag of poop to visit you every day!"

Shinomiya Kai's eyes widened, and he stared at him in horror. Just imagining the scene made his stomach churn!

Forcing down the urge to retch, he pointed at Shinnosuke, his finger trembling nonstop.

"You... You animal..."

Shinnosuke glared at him, and Shinomiya Kai immediately wilted. This reckless brute would definitely do it!

"I... I get it... But I have one condition. When the time comes, you have to take me with you!"

Shinnosuke was baffled. Why do you want to come along?

Shinomiya Kai didn't know why either. The words had just slipped out, so he came up with a random excuse to brush him off.

"You don't understand yakuza business..."

"All right, but will your body be up to it...?"

Seeing the veins bulge on Shinomiya Kai's forehead, he realized he had said the wrong thing again and hurried out of the hospital room...

Shinnosuke wandered down to the riverside, only to find a group of people gathered in a circle. Judging by their uniforms, they seemed to be from the neighboring high school...

Nani? Nani? What's going on? Looks lively...

Shinnosuke squeezed into the crowd and saw a guy who looked like an ordinary person, clutching a broken bottle as he charged at two delinquents with an angry roar.

Oh-ho~ This guy's got some presence, huh? And it's one against two! This should be good...

Just then, the delinquent with curly blond hair grabbed the guy's hand holding the broken bottle and twisted it outward. The bottle fell straight to the ground.

The blond delinquent roared and punched the guy in the face!

"Ora!!!!"

He was sent flying by the punch and lay motionless on the ground!

The sea urchin-haired guy standing beside the blond delinquent muttered to himself.

"So fast. He's dazed..."

As Shinnosuke watched in surprise, the blond guy stepped forward, grabbed the man by the collar, pulled him up, and set him straight on his feet.

"Huh? Wasn't that guy knocked out...?"

The blond guy bent down, drew his arm back, and drove a fully charged uppercut into the man's chin! The man flipped twice in the air and crashed hard to the ground!

The blond guy looked at the man lying on the ground, completely unconscious.

"Don't ever come to Chiba again!!! You hear me, asshole!!"

Shinnosuke watched the two turn and leave, at a loss for a moment. What kind of development was this? Why did it feel like those two were the ones on the side of justice?!

Come to think of it, that blond guy's really strong. He actually punched someone that high into the air...