Seriously, This Is Making Me Furious

"Yeah."

Fang Cheng glanced at her. "Got a problem with that?"

Kanzaki Rin felt her blood pressure rising. "Of course I do. Don't you think what you're doing is shameless?"

If you liked someone, you ought to be completely devoted to them. How could he write love letters to two girls?

Fang Cheng looked at her in surprise. "What's shameless about it? You get more than a dozen love letters every day. Why can't I write love letters to a dozen girls? You're holding me to a double standard!"

Kanzaki Rin's face darkened, and for a moment she was at a loss for words.

Fang Cheng pressed on. "No way, no way. Don't tell me there are people who think that even in the twenty-first century, men have to be devoted to one woman, while women can keep a bunch of guys hanging around until they get a better offer? That's discrimination against men! Do you have any concept of gender equality in that head of yours? This is making me so mad I'm shaking. What do men have to do to satisfy you? When will we finally be able to stand tall..."

Fang Cheng kept up his relentless verbal barrage, while Kanzaki Rin's expression grew darker and uglier by the second.

"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense..."

"That's it? You can't win an argument, so you're censoring me? You're violating my freedom of speech..."

"That's enough!"

Kanzaki Rin was so angry she looked ready to bristle, her whole body radiating an aura that warned people to keep their distance. It seemed like she might charge at Fang Cheng and fight him to the death at any moment.

Fang Cheng sensibly shut his mouth. It wasn't that he was scared; he just didn't want her to lose control and start a fight with him at school.

Winning or losing was one thing, but being surrounded and gawked at like a monkey would be embarrassing.

Kanzaki Rin quickly regained control of her emotions, too. She was supposed to be the calm type, yet she could never keep her composure around this guy.

She could only blame Fang Cheng's shamelessness. She'd never met anyone like him in her entire life.

They glared at each other in silence for a while before Fang Cheng sneered. "I think you're the one who's had enough, Kanzaki. Do you have a crush on me or something? You watch my every move every day, and you don't even leave me alone when I go to the bathroom. That kind of clinginess is pretty cute, but I'm not into stalkers."

This level of sarcasm wasn't enough to rattle Kanzaki Rin anymore. She crossed her arms and sneered. "Monitoring you, a potential monster, is part of my job for the Area 11 government. You don't have the right to refuse."

"That sounds like a Walmart cashier claiming they're an indispensable employee at a Fortune 500 company."

Fang Cheng shot back with a sarcastic jab, but aside from resenting Kanzaki Rin for constantly watching him, he also didn't want things to get out of hand.

Being watched like this was still better than being hauled off and locked up by the Disaster Countermeasure Department.

Kanzaki Rin's keeping her word puzzled Fang Cheng. She had no reason to keep letting him be while spending all that time watching him.

Fang Cheng couldn't figure out what Kanzaki Rin was up to, and Kanzaki Rin wasn't getting what she wanted, either. Neither dared probe further and risk provoking the other, so they were stuck in a stalemate.

Kanzaki Rin suddenly asked, "These past couple of days... have you felt an urge to suck blood?"

"Maybe... maybe not."

Fang Cheng deliberately gave her a vague answer. He hadn't become a vampire, so why would he feel an urge to suck blood?

But he couldn't tell anyone about his Golden Finger, so he could only pretend to be a vampire for now.

Kanzaki Rin clearly didn't believe him and thought he was just putting on a brave face.

But given his strange behavior, she couldn't be completely sure. Still, if he didn't need to suck blood, could he even be called a vampire?

Fang Cheng spread his hands. "Believe what you want. I follow the law."

You're secretly selling kidneys, and you still have the nerve to say you follow the law? Kanzaki Rin was at a loss. She glanced at Fang Cheng, then turned and left without so much as a goodbye.

Fang Cheng flipped her off as she walked away.

"Oh, right..."

Kanzaki Rin suddenly turned around and saw his middle finger.

The atmosphere froze for a moment as she stared at him expressionlessly.

Fang Cheng slowly lowered his middle finger, stuck it up his nostril, and picked at it. "Need something?"

Kanzaki Rin gave him a look of disgust. "To some extent, I'm monitoring you to protect you. You don't need to go out of your way to avoid me. Take care of yourself."

With that, she walked off without looking back, as if she were afraid that if she slowed down, this disgusting guy might taint her.

"Protect me?"

Fang Cheng furrowed his brow. Had she been serious when she said vampires might come looking for him, rather than just trying to scare him?

But why would she protect him?

The three afternoon classes flew by. Asaka Akie didn't come to talk to Fang Cheng during the breaks.

It wasn't because of what had happened at lunch. She simply knew that too much contact would lead people to get the wrong idea, and she was good at maintaining that boundary.

Fang Cheng was happy not to be disturbed, and managed to brush up a little on the high school material he'd long since abandoned.

After school, some students went home while others headed to their club activities. Fang Cheng was about to leave when a male classmate suddenly called out to him.

"Fang, it's your turn to do the cleaning today."

Fang Cheng checked the duty roster and confirmed that it really was his turn, rather than someone trying to dump their chores on him.

He wasn't interested in special treatment, so he stayed behind and did his share.

By the time he'd finished, almost everyone had left the school except for the students still at their club activities.

Fang Cheng picked up his schoolbag and went to the shoe lockers in the entrance hall. He'd just changed his shoes when two big, tall students appeared and boxed him in.

"Are you Fang Cheng? Our club president wants to see you."

They didn't wait for Fang Cheng to agree or refuse. One grabbed each of his arms, hoisted him up, and carried him away.

Fang Cheng wanted to fight back, but he wasn't any stronger than the two of them. Last night's workout had only improved his stamina a little—not nearly enough to give him superhuman strength.

"Who's your club president? Why does he want to see me?"

His feet dangled above the ground as they carried him along, but he still had the presence of mind to ask.

"Our club president is Morishita Yamato. Don't tell me you've never heard of him?"

The student on the left answered with a laugh that was anything but kind. His tone was full of mockery, and his smile was malicious.

Fang Cheng thought for a moment before remembering who Morishita Yamato was.

The basketball club president. In his memories, the guy looked like a powerful gorilla.

Morishita Yamato was at the very top of the school's social pyramid, someone who could beat up teachers without getting expelled. He was domineering and had powerful connections.

Ordinary students didn't even dare breathe too loudly around him.

Someone as inconspicuous as Fang Cheng wouldn't have done anything to provoke Morishita Yamato. Otherwise, he'd already be done for.

So Fang Cheng was curious why the guy wanted to see him. Could it be because of Kanzaki Rin?

Before long, Fang Cheng was brought to the indoor basketball court.

He'd expected to face a whole crowd of muscleheads, but there were only two people on the court.

One was Morishita Yamato, practicing his shots. No wonder he had the nickname "Kashima Gorilla." He was nearly two meters tall, with muscles bulging all over and stretching his loose basketball jersey tight against his body.

With his jowly face and fierce eyes, he could play a villain in a movie without any makeup. He looked scary enough to make children cry.

The other was a female student sitting off to the side, dressed up in a flamboyant style and covered in glittering accessories. She had a bit of a Shibuya gyaru look.

Fang Cheng recognized her: Morishita Yamato's girlfriend, Miyamoto Masami. She was also one of the people at school who were "best not messed with."

Miyamoto Masami was pretty and had a great figure, but her Shibuya-style fashion was so off-putting that Fang Cheng wanted nothing to do with it.