"Captain, we brought him."
Morishita Yamato didn't stop practicing his shots. He held the basketball in both hands, his eyes fixed on the hoop.
Miyamoto Masami was fiddling with her phone while holding a cup of milk tea. At the words, she looked up and glanced over, her eyes brightening slightly. "He's pretty handsome, actually."
Fang Cheng suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with differences in taste. At least this woman had a good eye.
"Clang!"
Morishita Yamato shot a three-pointer. It went straight through the hoop.
Then he walked over to grab a towel and wipe away his sweat. In a nonchalant tone, he said, "Fang Cheng, someone saw you with Kanzaki today, right?"
Fang Cheng wasn't particularly surprised. He'd already guessed that this might have something to do with Kanzaki Rin.
He smiled. "We met once. Is there a problem?"
Morishita Yamato tossed the towel aside and turned to face Fang Cheng. "What's your relationship?"
Fang Cheng answered honestly. "We don't have one. We just know each other."
"Oh? Then how did you meet?"
"We go to the same school. Isn't it normal for us to know each other?"
"Normal?"
Morishita Yamato's lips curled into what could only be called a terrifying smile.
"Do you know how many people want to meet her but can't?"
He strode toward Fang Cheng, radiating a palpable sense of oppression.
An ordinary student would probably have been scared stiff by now. The two basketball club members holding Fang Cheng's arms tightened their grips, clearly worried he might panic and try to run.
Morishita Yamato stopped in front of Fang Cheng and stared down at him. His voice was low and menacing. "I don't care what kind of dumb luck got you acquainted with her. From now on, you're not to go near Kanzaki again. Don't say another word to her. Understand?"
Of course he understood. It was a blatant threat, with no room for negotiation.
Fang Cheng nodded in full agreement. "Of course. I completely agree with your suggestion. But there's no point telling me that. You'll have to tell Kanzaki Rin."
Fang Cheng would be more than happy to stay away from Kanzaki Rin, if he could. The problem was, Kanzaki Rin wouldn't stop sticking to him. This gorilla had picked the wrong person to confront.
Unfortunately, Morishita Yamato took Fang Cheng's sincere answer as an excuse.
Was he implying that Kanzaki Rin was the one pursuing him?
There had to be a limit to how shameless someone could be.
Morishita Yamato hadn't expected that an ordinary student would dare defy his wishes to his face.
At that moment, he was like a ferocious beast provoked to anger. His eyes gleamed with menace, and his entire demeanor changed.
Fang Cheng didn't feel much, but the two people beside him tensed in fear. They'd seen Morishita Yamato lose his temper before. He'd even beaten up a gym teacher.
"Why waste your breath on him?"
Miyamoto Masami was clearly enjoying the show. She giggled and suggested, "Just beat him up. Then he'll behave."
Morishita Yamato clearly agreed with his girlfriend's suggestion. He casually took off his jersey, revealing a set of powerful muscles, then deliberately flexed his two massive pectorals.
He loved showing off his physique, especially when people looked at him with fear in their eyes and trembled before him.
Fang Cheng hadn't shown any fear so far, but plenty of people Morishita Yamato had beaten up had started out acting tough.
In the end, though, they had all cried and begged for forgiveness beneath his fists.
"Wait a second. I have something to say."
Fang Cheng gave a slight tug, and the two men holding him let go, confident he wouldn't be able to escape.
Fang Cheng had no intention of running. He took two steps forward to stand in front of Morishita Yamato. They were nearly a head and a neck apart in height, and the difference in their builds made them look like an adult and a minor from a distance.
"Do we really have to fight?"
Fang Cheng sounded resigned. He already had a pile of trouble waiting for him outside, and he really didn't want to cause a scene at school.
Besides, they clearly both wanted the same thing. Why did they still have to fight?
"What do you think?"
Morishita Yamato grabbed Fang Cheng by the shoulder, his voice vicious. "Trash like you thinks you can get close to Kanzaki—Aaagh!"
Before he could finish, Morishita Yamato let out a sudden scream and doubled over, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.
Without warning, Fang Cheng drove a knee hard into the space between Morishita Yamato's legs.
There was no sound of anything breaking, but Morishita Yamato's scream was no act. No matter how strong a man was, he couldn't train that vulnerable spot to be as hard as steel.
The other three were stunned. None of them had expected Fang Cheng to make the first move when he was alone and outnumbered.
While they were still reeling, Fang Cheng followed up with a headbutt, slamming it into Morishita Yamato's lowered head.
Fang Cheng held nothing back. He put everything he had into the blow.
He had to take down Morishita Yamato, the strongest and most dangerous one, before he had any chance of winning.
Morishita Yamato had been far too careless, letting Fang Cheng get so close. That was the only reason the sneak attack had worked.
"Thud!"
With a clear, heavy impact, Morishita Yamato's face was covered in blood, and his nose was crooked.
This time, he couldn't even scream. His massive body toppled backward.
The muscles he was so proud of were useless. Fang Cheng had struck his two most vulnerable spots.
Fang Cheng's forehead was injured too, and he swayed unsteadily. That blow had nearly given him a concussion.
But compared to Morishita Yamato lying on the ground, Fang Cheng's concussion and injuries healed in the blink of an eye.
"You bastard!"
The two basketball club members finally came to their senses. With a roar, they charged at him together.
Fang Cheng whipped around and lunged at the basketball club member on the left, using Rocket Headbutt again.
The other man hadn't expected Fang Cheng to keep using this kind of self-destructive tactic. He panicked and didn't have time to dodge. Their heads slammed together, and blood spurted everywhere.
Amid a sound like two rocks colliding, both men fell to the ground.
Fang Cheng was dizzy, blood covering his face and hair. Some of it was his, and some of it belonged to the other man, who was already curled up on the ground with his arms around his head.
The remaining basketball club member was completely dumbfounded. How had his leader and teammate both gone down in an instant?
Did this guy have a death wish?
But his anger soon overcame his fear. He walked over, hauled Fang Cheng up from the ground, and punched him hard in the stomach.
"Baka yarou! You bastard! How dare you do that!"
He cursed as he punched Fang Cheng in the stomach again and again.
"Smack!"
After his final punch, he couldn't pull his hand away. Fang Cheng had grabbed it tightly with one hand.
Fang Cheng raised his head and smiled. "That hurts. Are you done yet?"
His face was covered in blood, and his smile was like that of a vengeful ghost. The other man was so terrified that his heart nearly stopped.
Fang Cheng used the same trick again, driving a knee hard into the space between the man's legs: Fatal Nutcracker.
The man doubled over, his mouth hanging wide open, unable to make a sound.
Fang Cheng cupped the man's head in both hands and slammed him to the ground with a vicious Rocket Headbutt.
It wasn't that he liked using this move. With his current strength, his fists couldn't do much damage to these musclebound brutes. He could only win by attacking their weak points.
In the blink of an eye, three burly men lay on the ground. Only Fang Cheng remained standing, the sole victor.
But he didn't feel proud. Without the healing power of his immortality, that first headbutt would have left him lying beside Morishita Yamato.
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