Chapter 17: The Only One, the Last One

Chapter 17: The Only One, the Last One

What decent person carried a brick while telling a story?

In any case, Nakamura Yuna and Takahashi Daisuke had never heard of such a thing!

What frightened them most was, when had this boy gotten into the car? Why had he done it so silently and mysteriously?

Had he also heard the words they had just used to fabricate a story about the two of them while they were completely unguarded in the car?

Was he holding a brick because he was a furious homicidal maniac? Or a classic antisocial personality?

They did not know, but in an instant, unease enveloped both of them.

Nakamura Yuna was somewhat at a loss, while Takahashi Daisuke seemed to remember the responsibility he had as a man at this moment.

He immediately looked at the other party angrily.

“Who let you get in the car without our permission? What are you trying to do! If you still do not get out, watch out or I will call the police!”

He was already holding a phone in his hand, so calling the police seemed like a very easy thing.

Yatsuno Gen sighed helplessly.

“I only want to discuss a few things. There is no need to always talk about calling the police. What do you think, beautiful lady?”

In truth, Nakamura Yuna could at most be considered average-looking. After becoming an influencer, the improvement of her makeup skills and the support of expensive outfits had made her seem a little more outstanding. Of course, she would not become carried away by the boy’s compliment at this moment either.

Because the brick in his hand was still swaying before her eyes.

She did not particularly want to test the hardness of that brick.

Looking at Takahashi Daisuke’s agitated appearance, she bit her lip.

“Handsome boy, what do you want to talk to us about?”

Takahashi Daisuke looked anxiously at his partner, who was also his girlfriend.

“Yuna!”

“Shut up first... do not get worked up.”

Hearing Yuna say this, Yatsuno Gen laughed.

“As expected, this lady is a little more rational. Otherwise, such a plan could not have come from your hands. It was arranged quite well. No wonder you two were able to become influencers.”

“I will take that as your praise for us.”

Yuna answered calmly.

She was judging the other party’s purpose.

Was it a threat, or had he come to talk money?

Actually, the latter would reassure her more, because in her view, the rules of the adult world involved two kinds of problems.

One kind could be solved with money, and one kind could not be solved with money.

The former practically could not be considered a problem at all.

And often, those willing to talk money with you were smart people. Negotiating with smart people was usually smoother, because smart people had many concerns and would look both ahead and behind.

But at this moment, Yatsuno Gen asked a question.

“Miss Yuna, what do you think this is?”

He raised the brick in his hand.

The corner of Nakamura Yuna’s eye twitched.

“It is a brick. It could not possibly be a prop for joking, right?”

Then, under the gazes of both of them, watchful and guarded, Yatsuno Gen withdrew his hand.

He pressed both hands onto the brick.

Then.

Skrrt.

A strange sound appeared.

Even stranger, or perhaps shocking, was the sight of this boy forcefully squeezing that brick into a pile of fine powder right in front of them!

The phone in Takahashi Daisuke’s hand almost slipped from his grip.

As for Nakamura Yuna, her mouth opened wide, and she could not speak.

After finishing all this, Yatsuno Gen casually clapped his hands, then looked at the two of them.

“Do either of you have any body parts harder than this brick?”

Takahashi Daisuke widened his eyes.

“How did you do that... no! Are you threatening us? Do you know that just with this, we can send you to the police station!”

Yatsuno Gen, however, was very relaxed.

“Do not open and close your mouth with threats. Did I not say it already? This is a discussion.”

“You...”

Takahashi Daisuke very much wanted to say something to prove that he was not afraid of coercion or the threat of force, but just seeing the hand the other party had casually placed on the back of his seat made him unable to speak, as if his mind could already imagine the scene of the boy crushing his head open.

This definitely was not some prop, because even the dust from that brick seemed so real.

Nakamura Yuna had broken out in sweat. Her mouth was somewhat dry.

She asked stiffly, “What do you want to discuss...”

“Delete the videos you secretly took of us, and I also hope you do not report anything. Do not tell me you are doing charity or contributing to society. I also recorded what you said just now. Of course, if you think you can manipulate me through the law and public opinion, I can also try other methods. What do you think?”

The two of them exchanged a glance.

Both saw the guilt in each other’s eyes.

And that dense fear.

Inside this cramped car, it was as if they were trapped in a cage, while the boy in the back seat...

He was simply a wild beast.

As long as they displeased him, they would be bitten until they were covered in blood and torn flesh, reduced to a mess on the ground.

When Yatsuno Gen got out of the car with a smile, he came to the position beside the front passenger window and looked at the two still-shaken people inside, relaxed and at ease.

“I know your social media account now. I will be following you. Whether you do charity or something about society and people’s lives, I do not care. But remember one thing. When people act, heaven is watching.”

After saying this.

Yatsuno Gen walked back to that hot pot restaurant.

As for Nakamura Yuna and Takahashi Daisuke, they were already drenched in cold sweat.

The oppressive air just now had nearly suffocated them. Even after that boy left, its lingering pressure seemed to remain.

Only now could they breathe a little.

Takahashi Daisuke still felt somewhat as if he were dreaming and asked in a daze, “What did that line of his just now mean...?”

Nakamura Yuna bit her lip.

“You still do not understand? Are you an idiot! He means he knows our account now. If we keep making up stories like before, then maybe one day, if we run into him, he will...”

Takahashi Daisuke’s face turned slightly pale.

“He is obviously just an eighteen or nineteen-year-old kid, right? How could...”

Nakamura Yuna shook her head.

“I do not know about these things, but he definitely is not an ordinary person. I also will not joke around with my own safety. Go, home!”

After Yatsuno Gen left the table, Hinata Kokomi actually soon came to Kiyono Mitsuki’s side as she sat there alone.

Looking at this beautiful girl who seemed somewhat out of place among her surroundings, and even deliberately cold and distant, her first sentence was.

“Miss Mitsuki, I have known Xiao Gen for so long, and you are the first girl he has ever brought here to eat.”

Those overly direct words nearly caused Kiyono Mitsuki’s cold face to collapse completely.

She froze for a moment, then lowered her head unnaturally.

“Is that so...”

“Of course. So I think you should be someone very important to him, right?”

“...There is no such thing. He just likes meddling in other people’s business.”

Of course Kiyono Mitsuki would not admit it.

Even though she could not help thinking in her heart, perhaps, in Yatsuno Gen’s heart, she had a special place.

But as long as some things were not spoken aloud, perhaps she would not feel disappointed, right?

Hinata Kokomi smiled and said, “Does he love meddling in other people’s business? I do not think so. How should I put it? He is cold toward most people, and only gentle to those he considers important. Miss Mitsuki, which type do you think you belong to?”

Kiyono Mitsuki raised her head, her eyes slightly stunned.

Hinata Kokomi softly explained, “I have known him for quite some time, and I also know his situation. As an orphan from an orphanage, it is very normal for him to be cold toward most people in this world, because feelings hold a very important place in his heart, so he cannot give them away lightly. He worries that if he gives his feelings too easily, they will become like himself, turning into abandoned children.”

At this point, Hinata Kokomi sighed softly.

“So, do not feel that you are unworthy of his kindness. Sometimes, we humans really are this foolish. Some acts of giving make us feel very happy just by giving them away. As for whether they are worth it, that is not something to consider.”

“I...”

Kiyono Mitsuki did not know what to say.

These were words Yatsuno Gen would never say to her in his entire life.

And he also seemed as though he would never let anyone notice. He said too many half-true jokes, and sometimes his wicked sense of humour was so strong that people could not distinguish sincerity.

But thinking of it this way, perhaps that was also a means of protecting himself.

She was a hedgehog... but how was he any different?

Would he really be as Hinata Kokomi said?

Kiyono Mitsuki was somewhat uncontrollably curious and wanted to ask, just as Yatsuno Gen happened to return.

“Sister Kokomi, do you not need to go work? There are clearly so many customers.”

Hinata Kokomi made a face at the boy.

“Worried I said bad things about you, right? Sorry, I already finished saying all of them.”

Yatsuno Gen shrugged indifferently.

“Sister Kokomi would never say bad things about me.”

“Oh? You trust my character that much?”

“It is because I am fundamentally flawless. You would have no bad things to say.”

Hinata Kokomi rolled her eyes speechlessly. As she stood up, she glanced at Kiyono Mitsuki and said.

“See? This is the downside of men being good-looking. Once they are even a little handsome, their confidence expands beyond salvation.”

This sentence nearly made Kiyono Mitsuki laugh out loud.

She had to restrain herself very hard to hold it in.

“What do you mean expands? This is clear self-awareness. If my self-knowledge has hurt you, then I can apologize.”

“Get lost. I told the front desk, so you can use the employee discount when you pay. Do not worry.”

Hearing this, Yatsuno Gen sucked in a breath of cold air.

Hiss. “Now I really have to apologize.”

“Stop acting weird. Keep her company properly. Who leaves the table halfway through a date? You are far too awful.”

Watching Hinata Kokomi gradually walk away.

Kiyono Mitsuki, seated there, blushed slightly.

Yatsuno Gen glanced at her.

“Sorry. Something really did suddenly come up.”

“It is all right...”

Kiyono Mitsuki shook her head.

She truly did not mind.

She even hoped Yatsuno Gen would treat her a little worse.

“Then if you are done eating, shall we get ready to leave?”

“Mhm...”

She nodded.

Soon, Yatsuno Gen pushed her over to pay the bill.

Then he pushed this girl, who could only sit in a wheelchair and looked like a real Western doll, out of the hot pot restaurant.

The summer night breeze blowing toward them was very comfortable.

The dim yellow colour of the streetlights was also beautiful.

The people coming and going on the street, that vivid living air.

And the boy behind her, whose warm breathing was very clear.

All of it made Kiyono Mitsuki feel as if she had come alive again.

She remembered something, could not help raising her head, and said with a trace of provocation at the corner of her mouth.

“Sister Kokomi said... I am the first girl you have brought here.”

Yatsuno Gen nodded without the slightest concealment, then lowered his head to meet her slightly smug gaze.

“No one said you were the last one. Why are you so happy?”

“Hey!!”

“Hahahaha.”