Borrow Some Money from You to Spend

The blond guy grabbed Tsukikawa by the hair and yanked his head down, driving his left knee into Tsukikawa's face!

The blow left Tsukikawa dizzy and seeing stars, but the blond man didn't let up! He punched Tsukikawa in the face again, then leaped high into the air! Both feet slammed into his abdomen, knocking him to the ground!

He wasn't finished yet! He followed up with a cartwheel spinning kick that struck Tsukikawa hard in the ribs! Everyone present clearly heard a crack!

"Of course I was lying. Are you an idiot? How could I possibly use only my left hand?"

The blond man's underhandedness sent a chill through Shinnosuke and his companions. If they faced an opponent like that, they probably wouldn't fare any better!

The blond man crooked a finger at Tsukikawa again and said tauntingly,

"I never intended to get serious with you in the first place. Hey, get up, asshole."

Tsukikawa forced himself to endure the pain in his ribs and slowly rose to his feet. He grinned viciously and said,

"You bastard... you're making me want to get serious..."

The blond man, on the other hand, spoke with an infuriating look on his face.

"I have absolutely no intention of getting serious."

Tsukikawa threw a punch at him, then a left hook, a straight and a jab. The blond man nimbly dodged them all! Tsukikawa kicked at the hateful guy in front of him, only for the man to punch him in the lower leg, leaving it draped over a chair!

The blond man seized the opportunity and smashed an elbow into Tsukikawa's knee! At the same time, he kicked him down again.

Tsukikawa clenched his teeth, his eyes full of hatred. He quickly scrambled up and threw a powerful punch. All he wanted was to smash the face in front of him to a pulp!

The punch was dodged again, and Tsukikawa was kicked in the lower back, sending him tumbling onto the sofa. But he still refused to give up and got up to strike back!

To his surprise, that damned guy had somehow gotten behind him and kicked him in the face! The Silver Dragon Society's young master was knocked to the ground for the third time!

Then the guy's obnoxious voice came from behind him.

"Just so you know, our Ito is a lot stronger than I am. He only held back earlier because you were using your left hand. After all, he's a gentle man."

Tsukikawa was so furious he laughed, struggling to rise from the floor.

"I see... how infuriating..."

He then pulled a handgun from inside his clothes and pointed it at the two of them with a vicious grin.

The blond man, however, watched him calmly.

"Hey, what's wrong? Too scared to speak?"

He then pointed the gun at Shinnosuke and his companions.

"And you lot, don't think I'll let you leave alive after seeing me make a fool of myself!"

At that moment, the blond man sitting on the sofa suddenly spoke.

"Hey, you bastard, this means you admit defeat, right...?"

He then stood up and walked forward, pressing his forehead against the muzzle as he said, enunciating each word,

"This means you admit you can't beat me, right...? Heh, you really are pathetic..."

"Imai and Ito held out to the very end!"

The veins bulged on Ginkawa's forehead as he glared at the guy in front of him, gritting his teeth.

"Quit joking around, hey! Just like that night! Admit defeat! Hurry up!"

The two of them continued to look at him calmly. Tsukikawa glared at them and said in a furious voice,

"Do you two really want to die?"

Suddenly, the blond man pulled out a bucket of gasoline from who knew where and splashed it over him! Then he looked at him mockingly.

"Go on, shoot. Even if you fire, you might not hit me, but you'll definitely end up covered in flames! Well, what's it going to be? Are you going to kill me even if it means burning to death? Or... do you really have the guts...?"

Tsukikawa froze and lowered the gun with a trembling hand. After a long moment, he wiped the blood from his nose and stared at the guy with bloodshot eyes...

"You bastard, you're so damn shameless and underhanded..."

"Hah, you pulled a gun on unarmed people. What right do you have to say that about me?"

Ito, standing nearby, suddenly threw a punch at Tsukikawa, but stopped it just short of hitting him. Ito's expression showed his struggle for a moment before he slowly lowered his fist.

"I haven't fully recovered yet... forget it. Let's go, Mitsuhashi..."

The two turned and left, exchanging looks with Shinnosuke and the others for a moment before they went, leaving Tsukikawa sitting on the floor in a daze...

Shinnosuke grinned. Mitsuhashi and Ito, huh? Interesting guys. They didn't seem like bad people...

Then Tsukikawa remembered that there were other people here. He got to his feet and fixed his eyes on Shinnosuke and the others.

"What are you here for? I don't think I've ever had any contact with you..."

Shinnosuke grinned again and said to him,

"Oh, hello, Mr. Tsukikawa. I've heard so much about you. Now that I've met you, you really do have an impressive bearing. You're extraordinary!"

The corner of Tsukikawa's mouth twitched. Did he look impressive right now? This guy was exceptionally good at spouting bullshit. Even Shinnosuke's companions couldn't bear to listen and turned their heads away.

"What exactly do you want... what are you going to do?!"

Shinnosuke spoke somewhat sheepishly.

"Well... it's pretty embarrassing to say, but we're the people you're looking for in Tokyo..."

Tsukikawa's eyes widened, the veins on his forehead throbbing. The rage in his chest was about to set him ablaze, and he exploded into curses.

"It was... you? Two hundred million! You bastards destroyed a full two hundred million of mine!!!! That's more money than you've ever seen in your lives!!! You don't understand at all!!!"

He gradually calmed down after that, but continued to stare fixedly at Shinnosuke.

"Then why did you come today? To kill me? Or to laugh at me?"

Shinnosuke rubbed his hands together.

"Oh, Brother Tsukikawa, we didn't come here for anything else. We've got nowhere else to turn, so we came to borrow some money from you to spend... all right, enough talk. Get him!"

Under Tsukikawa's horrified gaze, the four men behind Shinnosuke pinned him to the ground and gave him a vicious beating...