Chapter 57

Three days slipped by quietly, and today the sky was clear again.

It's quite strange, actually.

This country is an island nation, so it should have more rainy days than anything else. But in Uraraka Shige's memory, the sunny days are always the most memorable.

Perhaps it's because all the things that happened to him occurred on sunny days?

So today, with Uraraka Shige on the classroom, I have a bad feeling about it.

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At this moment, in a medium-sized private room of a KTV on a street in the city, a group of thugs with various dyed hair colors are gathered.

One of the thugs, who appeared to be very upright and loyal, was sitting in a quiet corner, holding his phone close to his ear, occasionally nodding and bowing in agreement.

The call lasted less than half a minute before being disconnected from the other end.

Then, this seemingly loyal thug changed his previous obsequious and cautious demeanor, and began to strut around with his head held high. He walked directly to the middle of the private room, snatched the microphone from one of the thugs who was singing, and then coughed a few times into the microphone.

"Cough cough!"

The coughing was drowned out by the music playing from the speakers. Apart from the thug whose microphone he had snatched, the other thugs in the room didn't hear his cough at all. Instead, they all started laughing at the thug whose microphone had been taken.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" "So you were lip-syncing, you bastard!" "You actually played the original song to fool us, you bastard!" "You didn't even turn on your microphone, what are you singing?!" "Are you an idiot?! You actually used such childish tricks?!"

The thug whose microphone had been snatched heard the group of thugs below mocking him and became somewhat ashamed and angry. So, he returned the mockery by laughing back at them.

"You actually fell for such a childish trick?! Are you all just kindergarten kids?!"

Just then, the thug with the Granny Gray hair suddenly stepped out from the group of thugs, stood in the center of the private room, snatched the microphone from another thug who hadn't yet used it, turned it on, made a pause gesture with one hand, and said:

"Hey guys, quiet down for a second, the boss seems to have something to say."

Then, the previously noisy atmosphere among the thugs quickly quieted down.

Then, the Granny Gray hair turned off the microphone and gave up his position, revealing the seemingly loyal thug once again.

Then the thug who seemed quite loyal glanced at the Granny Gray hair with an approving look, before coughing lightly twice and slowly beginning to tell his story, his deep, honest voice amplified by the speakers.

"Guys! I got a new job! And it's the same boss as last time!"

As this seemingly loyal thug was speaking, he suddenly paused. From among the group of thugs who remained silent, a few suddenly emerged and started to jeer.

"Boss, what kind of job is it? How much do you pay?" "Yeah, boss, the last job only paid me a pittance, and it was all gone in just ten days!" "This job came at the perfect time! I can buy my girlfriend a new bracelet again!"

This seemingly loyal thug seemed quite satisfied with the performance of the few thugs below who were egging him on, so he continued talking and stopped trying to keep the audience in suspense.

"This job is a little different from the last one; the target has changed. This time, the target is two kids! If we bring them back, the boss will directly transfer 250,000 yen!"

The thugs in the private room were immediately taken aback.

Some of it is because of the amount of money.

After all, 250,000 yen is equivalent to more than 15,000 China yuan. Even though they were a group of thugs splitting the money, each of them would still get at least 10,000 yen, enough to buy some of the things they wanted.

And some, it's because of what they have to do.

After all, although it's just about catching two little devils, it's a big deal in some ways and a small deal in others. On the one hand, they might just want to play a prank on the two little devils and scare them a bit.

But broadly speaking, this could be a kidnapping case or a child abduction case, which would then become a violation of the law! Although they are thugs and often break the law, in reality, those are just cases that don't receive serious punishment.

Therefore, after a brief silence, the group of thugs immediately started making a ruckus again, making the private room noisy once more.

Some simple-minded thugs, or those whose heads were clouded by the prospect of 250,000 yen, would start shouting in alarm.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand yen! Two hundred and fifty thousand yen! Just for catching two brats, and they've already given us two hundred and fifty thousand yen!"

Those thugs who were calmer or more shrewd, on the other hand, would be quite astonished, either muttering to themselves, shouting out, or discussing it with the thugs around them.

"Isn't this going a bit too far?" "This isn't the kind of job we should be taking on!" "They're actually arresting people, and two kids at that?" "Could it be some kind of kidnapping?" "And isn't it a bit strange that they're offering 250,000 yen?"

The seemingly loyal thug appeared quite dissatisfied with this and, taking advantage of the microphone connected to the speakers, interrupted the group's noise and commotion.

"Hey! You guys! All you're doing is catching two mere brats! And you're getting a whopping 250,000 yen! What are you hesitating for? You can earn 250,000 yen so easily! You should be thanking that boss for being so generous!"

The noisy thugs quieted down again, and for a moment no one spoke.

The silence lasted for a while, then the thug with the Granny Gray hair suddenly spoke up, asking the seemingly honest-looking thug, who was also the leader of the group, a question.

"Boss, our Gray Rat Society's rules state we shouldn't take on these kinds of missions, right? If it's a shop that needs smashing up, a group that needs intimidation, a debt collector, or someone whose lease is up for lease but refuses to move out, that's what we should be handling. But to go and arrest people, especially two kids..."

The seemingly honest thug appeared to trust the Granny Gray quite a bit, and spoke without much restraint.

"What rules? What rules do we have? We're just a bunch of small-time thugs. What rules do small-time thugs have to follow?! Besides, rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Rules should be changed when necessary! This is a full 250,000 yen! After dividing it up, the brothers won't have to worry about food and drink for days!"

The Granny Gray hair seemed to still have something on his mind, so after hesitating for a moment, he spoke again to persuade the seemingly honest thug.

"So... Boss, after we bring those two brats back, what should we do with them?"

The thug, whom he called "boss" and who seemed to be very loyal, answered almost without thinking:

"That's the boss's problem, it has nothing to do with us! We're just responsible for catching those two brats. After we catch them, we'll send the boss the address, and he'll send someone to deal with them. Don't worry about it."