The shop owner was big and burly, the kind who looked hard to mess with at a glance. Yet the moment he saw Yuko, his expression changed drastically, and with a thud, he dropped to his knees.
"Big Sister! My dear Big Sister! Please, go somewhere else! The all-you-can-eat barbecue place next door just opened today, and they're offering twenty percent off! Could you go ruin them instead?"
The owner was practically sobbing, his expression no different from someone who had seen a ghost.
"Big Sister? Do I look that old?"
"No, no, no, little girl, little girl! You're not old at all." The owner nearly prostrated himself. "Please go ruin someone else!"
Feeling the strange looks from the surrounding customers, Yuko's mouth twitched.
Soi Fon asked curiously, "Sister Yuko, is he one of your subordinates?"
"That's right! I'm Big Sister's subordinate!"
Veins bulged on Yuko's forehead. "Keep this up and believe me, I'll start eating my fill—"
Just then, hurried footsteps sounded from the entrance.
"Teacher! I knew it was you! Why were you hiding from us?!" Senna barged in carelessly, her face tightly covered by a large mask. Even so, the resentment radiating from her was impossible to miss. "Did you do something you feel guilty about?"
Rukia followed close behind, also wearing a mask, while Ichigo trailed at the very back, buried beneath bags of all sizes, his face screaming that he wanted to die.
"Ah! Teacher, what are you doing? Bullying the shop owner in broad daylight?" Senna had originally intended to settle the score with Yuko over that morning's incident, but the moment she entered and saw the kneeling owner, her gaze instantly turned contemptuous. "That's too much! Are you forcing him to give you a discount just because you're stronger?"
Yuko glanced sideways at