Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

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That guy shouldn't be coming, right?

The wind and rain outside the window were particularly strong. The water on the road was enough to submerge expensive leather shoes. The weather was so bad that there seemed to be very few people in Kabukicho tonight.

The small alarm clock on the shelf rang on time.

In the toy store, Zhen checked the alarm clock: 7:25. As usual, the protection racketeer would be back in half an hour. He'd come every night at 7:30, open the door, sit in the store, casually pick up a comic book, and look menacing. This had been going on for a week.

Makoto Aso is eighteen years old and graduated from high school this year, but she didn't go to college because she had no money. After her parents divorced, she lived with her grandmother, whose meager pension barely provided enough for the two of them. She probably wouldn't even bother buying herself two new outfits year-round. Compared to other girls her age who enjoy dressing up, Makoto wanted to go to college, so she found a job in a toy store, hoping to save enough to pay for her dream of going to college.

But fate never seemed to favor her. Her luck was truly terrible. The street gang had set their sights on the store and was demanding protection money. The rates would keep going up if they delayed for a day. A thug with a baseball bat sat in the store, scaring away customers with his vicious, dog-like glare. The toy store hadn't had any business for a long time, and her job was practically ruined.

Japan is a country that values ​​credibility and resumes highly. For example, ex-convicts have a hard time finding decent jobs, and employees who have been fired are unlikely to be hired by reputable companies. She was now working the night shift. If this situation continued, she might not only lose her job at the toy store, but also her dream of attending university and her future. Thinking of the grandmother who raised her, she felt that life was bleak.

A gentle jingle brought Zhen back to reality. Bronze wind chimes swayed on the eaves, and the door to the toy store was pushed open.

She was stunned and subconsciously looked at the time. It was 7:26. Why did that gangster come early today? She was instinctively a little panicked.

But after seeing who it was, she was stunned again. The person who opened the door was a man in a black windbreaker. He placed a long black umbrella on the umbrella stand at the door. He raised the unfamiliar face, took a look at Zhen, and smiled: "Good evening."

"Welcome... Welcome!" I was really surprised. I didn't expect that there would be customers visiting the toy store in the wind and rain at this time.

"Don't be nervous, Miss Zhen. I'm just here to take the lead. Things may get out of control later. You don't need to be too nervous." The man said with a smile.

"Ah?" I was really confused. "Excuse me, do you know me? You called me by my name..."

The man tapped her chest lightly. Zhen lowered her head and saw the name tag with the words "Aso Zhen" written on it. She felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Maybe she had been scared recently and became a little neurotic.

When she looked up again, she saw that the customer had already walked into the figurine section to browse. She actually wanted to chat with this sole customer, even if it was just to introduce the products to him as a salesperson, because she hadn't met such a friendly customer in a long time.

But she understood that some customers didn't like to be disturbed when they were browsing the store, so she could only watch quietly as the customer frowned as he took the Haruno Sakura figurine away from Sasuke and placed Uzumaki Naruto in its place. Only then did she nod in satisfaction. The customer then looked at the Super Saiyan in the display case and muttered, "It's really unjust that such a classic transformation as the one from the Battle of Frieza isn't made into an 'A Prize'..."

The customer seemed to know all the characters in the anime section like the back of his hand, like a professional toy store employee with more experience than me. I was really glad I didn't volunteer to introduce the products, otherwise I would have been embarrassed.

The time passed by minute by minute, and when she glanced at the time it was 7:29, she was suddenly awakened from the surprise of having a customer... because in another minute, that guy would be here!

"Your store has a wide variety of figures and comics." The customer praised as he came to the counter and placed the shopping basket in front of Zhen, which contained the figures he had carefully selected.

"Excuse me, sir, do you want all of these?" Zhen was surprised. This was probably the biggest sale she had ever made. The previous one was a child who bought a complete set of Ultraman Tiga comics the day before yesterday. The next day, a woman came in with the comics, claiming her child had bought them with stolen tuition money. The manager then made Zhen return the money to the woman.

"All of them." The guest nodded.

She really started to count the bill quickly, hoping to finish it as quickly as possible and let the customer leave as soon as possible to avoid running into that guy later... But she was still too slow, the door of the toy store was pushed open again, and that guy came.

He was wearing the same long white trench coat as always, but he was not tall enough and the hem of the coat almost dragged on the ground. He had a huge baseball bat hanging around his waist, and he looked like a bad boy who had stolen adult clothes.

But I really know that guy's name is Noda Hisashi, and he is a real gangster!

Noda Hisashi originally wanted to greet Shin behind the counter as usual as soon as he entered the door, but to his surprise, there was a man in black standing in front of the counter. He seemed to be a customer. This was the first time he had seen him this week.

Noda Hisashi is a member of the Noda Group. In Kabukicho, the busiest street in Shinjuku, the Noda Group is not a large-scale gang, but its members are all brave and extremely united.

The leader of the Noda Group is named Noda Kozo, and he is Noda Hisashi's cousin. Since he was a child, Noda Hisashi has followed his brothers whose clothes were embroidered with snake patterns to walk through the streets. Wherever he went, it was as if he was cut by a knife, and people automatically made way for them. That feeling made Noda Hisashi feel as if he was the most powerful man in the world. People looked at them like heroes, and they were in great glory. So he resolutely dropped out of school and followed his cousin.

His cousin admired Noda's ambition very much, so he allocated seven stores under his territory to Noda to manage. The work was easy and enjoyable. Noda only needed to sit in the store. When the store owners saw his windbreaker with a snake pattern, they would come forward and say, "Mr. Noda, you are here again. I really thank you for taking care of our business recently. I have no good things to give you in return. If you like anything in the store, please feel free to take it. It will be our humble token of appreciation."

His junior high school classmates thought that Noda Hisashi had transformed himself into the successor of a gang boss. In order to curry favor with him, they introduced the cutest girls in the class to him, and some even introduced young female teachers to him. This made Noda Hisashi feel that he had made the right choice by going down the path of the underworld, and that he would definitely become a heroic man like his cousin in the end.

The only thing standing in the way was this toy store.

The store that originally sold adult products was suddenly closed down, and the newly opened toy store refused to pay protection money, on the grounds that toy stores did not need gangsters to take care of their business and that they had just opened a store and had no profits to pay. This made Noda Hisashi feel that a roadblock had suddenly appeared in his career. If he couldn't even manage a toy store, then his path to becoming a heroic man would be completely blocked!

But there was a cute girl on duty at the toy store every day, and it was a heroic man's principle not to make a move on a cute girl, so Noda Hisashi came here to sit every day.

He was a comic book fan himself, and compared to those exposed women in the smoke and alcohol, the passionate comics could more tug at his heartstrings. In comics, those who fall for beauty are doomed to fail as villains, and real men should live in the shadows of swords and sabers.

"Hey, you bought a lot!" Noda Shou came over and saw that Zhen had neatly arranged boxes of exquisite figures in the shopping bag.

"Since we've come here with great difficulty, we must bring back some souvenirs." The guest nodded.

"The total... the total is 38,400 yen. Today is the last day of the store's opening week, and we're having a promotion. After the discount, the charge is 30,700 yen." Shin said tremblingly while cautiously glancing at Noda Hisashi out of the corner of his eye.

Sure enough, after the customer took out the money, Noda Shou gently knocked on the counter with his baseball bat: "Wait a minute!"

Noda Shou looked at Zhen and said, "Now you have money to pay the protection fee, right?"

He reached out to grab the money from the customer's hand, because once the money was in his hands, it would be difficult for him to get it back. He couldn't stand the pitiful look of the girl the most, and if the girl cried, he would collapse on the spot. So now was the best time to collect the protection fee!

Noda Hisashi's hands had already grabbed the money, but he found that he couldn't pull it out at all. The banknotes were pinched by the customer as if they were growing on his hands, and Noda Hisashi couldn't pull out a single one.

"This is the money I used to buy the action figure, not for you." The customer frowned slightly.

Noda Shou also frowned. Since he joined the Noda Group, no one had dared to speak to him in such a tone. Ordinary people did not dare to provoke the underworld. Noda Shou thought that the other party said he was here to buy souvenirs, so he was probably not a local and did not know him.

He pointed to the snake tattoo on his shoulder and said, "I'm Shou from the Noda Group. You may not have heard of this name, but just know that sooner or later I'll become the third generation of the Noda Group. I'm just collecting protection money now. You've already bought your things, so you can leave. We in the Noda Group won't harm anyone who doesn't have anything to do with it."

"Sir, it's a gangster." Zhen reminded in a low voice, "Take your things away and give the money to him."

Although she might be blamed by the store manager for doing so, she didn't want innocent customers to be targeted by gangsters, even if it meant losing her job.

"I still have this money. Taking it from me is considered robbery, right?" the customer said. "And who told you I'd finished shopping? I've only chosen some figures, and the shopping basket is full. I haven't even picked out the comics and posters yet."

Noda Hisashi took a deep breath. This tone of picking quarrels had far exceeded his tolerance limit. He didn't want to lose face in front of Aso Makoto, so he planned to teach this arrogant guest a lesson, a lesson from the gang!

The baseball bat swung into the air and then fell, stirring up a loud gust of wind, and in the wind was a real cry of surprise.

This was the first time Noda Hisashi had fought since joining the gang. His heart was pounding as if he was holding a sword instead of a baseball bat... However, he had no intention of really doing anything to the other party. He was aiming for the other party's shoulder and holding back his strength. It probably wouldn't cause a dislocation, but would just leave a few days of pain and bruises, which would be enough to teach the other party a lesson.

But the bat was easily blocked by a finger, and the customer snatched the bat away and hit Noda Hisashi lightly on the head.

Noda Shou covered his head in a daze. The other party was obviously holding back his strength. His head didn't hurt... but his self-esteem hurt. He felt insulted!

"How dare you... How dare you! I'm from the Noda Group! How dare you provoke the gang!"

Chapter 208: Willing to Die, the Man of the Extreme Dao

"Well, the tortoise is right. The gangsters are really like children." The guest sighed deeply and threw the baseball bat aside.

The aluminum bat hit the ground, which actually seemed to hit Noda Hisashi's self-esteem, making a big hole with a "clang".

This was an insult that Noda had never suffered before. Someone actually said that he was a gangster kid, and in front of Aso Makoto. Noda felt that his dignity as a man was being violated, and this insult was simply unforgivable!

Noda Hisashi's hand instinctively reached behind his waist, where he found a small knife, a gift from his cousin when he joined the Noda Group. The knife itself wasn't worth much, but it was said that Koji had saved the Noda Group's first leader's life with it when he was in danger, thus naturally becoming the successor. The knife held special meaning for Koji, and since it was passed to Noda Hisashi, he had always carried it with him.

When Noda's fingers touched the cold hilt, he suddenly came to his senses. He saw Makoto Aso watching them, trembling like a frightened kitten. His brother's words echoed in Noda's ears, "Shou, this sword means a lot to me. It has protected two generations of our Noda Group. You are the third generation. I am handing it over to you. I hope you can understand my expectations and good intentions for you!"

Yes... If he attacked an unarmed person with a knife here, how would he face his brother who had high hopes for him in the future! How would he stand up straight and fight like a man in the streets of Kabukicho in the future?

So the sword turned into a fist, and Noda Shou would win in a manly way...

The fist stopped in mid-air, and a hand clamped Noda's arm tightly in mid-air like an iron clamp. The man opened his black windbreaker, and the moment he saw the lining, both Noda, who was shouting that he would never admit defeat, and Aso Makoto, who had picked up the phone and was hesitating whether to call the police, stopped what they did.

The silk lining is gorgeous and compelling, with a picture of an evil spirit slaying a dragon painted on it. Black flames are coming out of the black skeleton warrior's eye sockets. It pulls the huge black dragon down from the sky, and the black warrior's blade cuts off the huge dragon's head. The picture is extremely shocking and murderous.

Noda Hisashi knew this man's identity instantly. On his first day in the Noda Group, Tengogo told him that gangsters should be fearless and not even take the police seriously, but there is one type of person that should never be messed with... the law enforcers from the main clan!

"Do you know what will happen if you attack the family's law enforcer?" The man sneered and said in a voice that Noda Hisaha and Makoto could hear.

He shook open his sleeves, and his black windbreaker fluttered like a black cloud. The black scabbard was revealed behind him. He grasped the hilt with his backhand, and the pale blade flashed like lightning. The sharp edge stopped in front of Noda Hisashi's neck in the blink of an eye.

His throat rolled uncontrollably, and beads of sweat dripped down Noda's forehead. He finally realized how naive he was. No wonder the gangsters in Kabukicho were reluctant to mention their own leaders. Compared to such a ruthless death god, he was indeed a child who had not grown up, childish to the point of being ridiculous.

"Please... please don't kill him! That gentleman actually did nothing!" Aso Makoto shouted with all her might. After saying this, she fell on the chair, clutching the corner of her clothes and trembling, obviously frightened.

The guest glanced at Zhen inconspicuously, but said expressionlessly, "Miss Zhen, I'm not discussing protection money with you anymore. You've seen it too, right? This guy attacked our family's law enforcer, which is a capital offense."

Noda Hisashi's mind went blank. He felt the end was near. The law enforcer was truly a fierce, demon-like figure, and the knife he wielded seemed exceptionally sharp. The moment the blade sliced ​​across his throat, his life would be over, too. Along with his dream of becoming a heroic man... What a short life! In his final moments, he didn't know what he regretted.

Is he blackmailing the toy store? Or is he trying to show off his masculinity in front of Zhen by attacking this ferocious man?

Noda Hisashi thought desperately, but the knife that was across his throat was suddenly put into the scabbard, and then a complaining voice came from outside the store.

"You tricked us away but came here first. How cunning!" The door of the shop was suddenly pushed open, and four black figures rushed in, three men and one woman, wearing the same black windbreaker as the first customer.

The wind caused by their walking blew their windbreakers to the sides, revealing the exquisite lining and patterns. There was a green-faced and fanged yaksha tearing the body of an evil ghost; there was a woman riding on the back of a mountain tiger, her body naked, the only decoration being a red ribbon tied around her waist with a long knife tied to the ribbon. A glance back was charming and sharp; the most gorgeous was a beautiful goddess, who was born from the eye sockets of a skull, holding a golden sun in her hands, and the sun was shining everywhere.

"Are you sure you're in the right place? This is a toy store, right? Are you Japanese gangsters interfering in toy store business?" Caesar looked around and frowned slightly.

Where's the nightclub we were supposed to be at? All I see here are endless comic books and CDs, a boy who's about to cry, and a girl who's already crying.

"This place is indeed written on the address. I remember that this wasn't originally a toy store. My family basically doesn't deal with toy stores." Yuan Zhisheng was also a little caught off guard. "The mafia is all about adult business. We don't get involved in areas involving children. That's the rule."

"Which gang does that pattern represent?" Chu Zihang asked, looking at the Teng Snake on Noda Hisashi's shoulder.

"It's the 'C'-rank Noda Group. They're a second-rate gang in Kabukicho and can hardly be ranked high. Most of the shops they're in charge of are adult stores and small adult clubs. The current team leader is Noda Koji." Even for a second-rate guild like the Noda Group, Sakura could still skillfully reveal the inside story. Caesar was right, Sakura was indeed a great assistant in every aspect.

"He looks like a child, almost scared to tears." Caesar glanced at Noda Shou, then turned to Gen Chisheng and teased, "Young Master, you really set an example. You personally handled a toy store being blackmailed by a kid. That little protection fee isn't enough to cover the gas for your Ferrari, right?"

"What's going on? Does this kind of thing even require the involvement of the Liaison Department?" Yuan Zhisheng looked at Ying, frowning deeply. He felt embarrassed in front of such a distinguished guest. "Who brought the toy store into this? This is not even within the scope of the family's business."

"Well, the president saw someone in his inbox complaining about this damn hotline being constantly busy." Seeing Yuan Zhisheng's frustration, Caesar smiled happily. "Then the president personally visited the citizens who complained and told them our hotline was always working. Only then did he realize they were talking about that damn mayor's hotline."

"Maybe the operator didn't get it right. They said a girl reported that the street gangs were brutal and extorting protection money without limit. They probably thought the whole street was experiencing the same situation." Ying was also a little embarrassed. "This situation has happened before, and it was only resolved by the old people in the liaison department. They probably thought it was happening again, so for efficiency's sake, they just handed it over to the liaison department."

Zhen was dumbfounded. She was initially a bit surprised. Not wanting to lose her job, she sought help from a classmate with yakuza connections. However, the classmate didn't know any gangs more powerful than the Noda Group, so he just gave her a number, saying it was the complaint line for the main yakuza group and there was no guarantee it would be effective for such a small matter.

It was the first time she knew that the underworld had its own family. She called the number tentatively and was connected immediately. The operator on the other end told her in the gentlest tone that she could speak freely about anything related to the gang. She gritted her teeth and exaggeratedly said that she had received threats from the gang and that they were charging her unlimited protection fees. There was silence for a long time on the other end and said that it sounded like a serious problem and they would find someone responsible to deal with it.

Zhen originally thought that this was just an excuse given by the customer service, similar to the "relevant departments", but she didn't expect that people from the family would really come, and so many of them came at once. When she saw the sword suddenly unsheathed and heard the words "young master" and "Ferrari", she realized that the importance of these people was beyond her imagination.

She made that fatal call just like a desperate girl in a comic book who signed some kind of contract with the devil and summoned some incredible guy, but she forgot to consider that the price was something she could not afford.

"Now that we're here and the parties involved are present, why don't you please tell us the details, Miss Zhen?" Lu Mingfei stuffed the money into the dazed Aso Zhen's hand and took the packaged figurine from her.

"I'm... I'm so sorry, it's all my fault!" Zhen's voice was filled with tears, and he kept bowing. "Please... please forgive this gentleman! He didn't do anything. He came here just to flip through comics these days. He was very polite to me, didn't use any violence or touch me, and even paid for his coffee! I... I didn't expect it to be like this! If I hadn't called, he wouldn't have gotten into this trouble! It's all my fault! Please, please give him a chance!"

"What's going on?" Ying frowned slightly and asked Lu Mingfei.

She glanced at the baseball stick in the corner, the trembling Shin and the dazed Noda Hisashi. It was obvious that something had happened here before they came. She could vaguely guess something.

"Oh, I came here to buy action figures. I haven't even mentioned the protection fee yet, but the guy over there tried to rob me and beat me with a baseball bat." Lu Mingfei shrugged. "For attacking our family's law enforcement officer, losing his life is the proper punishment."

After saying this, Lu Mingfei gathered everyone together and quietly explained the whole story. "...I was just trying to scare them. Oh, by the way, that guy likes that girl. Even though he's still a child, he has a good moral composure. He didn't resort to knife attacking me even though it was embarrassing. He's still a good person."

"I see." Caesar threw Dick Tuduo on the table in front of Noda Shou, moved a chair to sit down, and cooperated with Lu Mingfei's performance. "This guy doesn't know who he has offended, right?"

Chu Zihang said nothing. He didn't need to say anything, just standing there he exuded murderous aura.

Yuan Zhisheng looked at Lu Mingfei in surprise, surprised that this guy's thoughts and actions were quite sophisticated, like an old brother who had been in the underworld for a long time.

Sakura nodded. "Yes, our family does have this rule. Anyone assaulting a law enforcer can be sentenced to death on the spot in the most serious cases. You're unlucky, having offended the most brutal of them." She glanced at the terrified and desperate Noda Hisashi. "Plus, you've ignored the family's laws and collected protection money... Let's make a concrete pile and bury it in Tokyo Bay. It would be a contribution to the city."

"How could this be... How could this be..." Zhen muttered incoherently, feeling extremely regretful. Compared to these gangsters, Noda Shou was just a bad high school student. She was the one who attracted the devil.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed guy looked like a foreign mercenary who had killed countless people. The hunting knife he threw on the table was as cruel as the claws of a tiger or leopard. The serrated design was probably so that it could not only injure the enemy but also tear off a large piece of flesh from the body!

And there is that expressionless killer-like man. His eyes are so ferocious that you dare not look directly at him. He is more vicious than a jackal!

As for the guest at the beginning, although he looked kind and friendly, this kind of smiling tiger is the most terrifying. His heart must be extremely dark. He must be a perverted murderer who enjoys killing people!

"It has nothing to do with Mr. Noda. It's all my fault. I made a mistake by calling the family hotline," Shin begged. "Punish me too... Please don't sink Mr. Noda into Tokyo Bay."

"No, it's my fault. Miss Zhen has nothing to do with it!" Noda Shou suddenly roared like a wild beast, raised his head, and his eyes were bloodshot. "I ignored the rules of the family and demanded protection money! I attacked the law enforcement officers and offended the wrong people! Miss Zhen has done nothing wrong. Please don't bring disaster upon her. I am willing to... apologize to the family!"

"Think carefully. If you lose your life, you lose everything." Lu Mingfei said coldly, "You don't know how painful it is to be turned into a cement pile, do you?"

"I don't know! But if Miss Zhen gets hurt because of my fault, she will be even more miserable! A man who hurts a girl because of his own mistakes doesn't deserve to live in this world!" Noda Shou's expression was as hard as iron. "Turn me into a concrete pile! And don't attack Miss Zhen!"

"Do you think you're still qualified to negotiate with us?" Lu Mingfei said, "Our family has the final say on who to punish and how to punish them. Even the boss of your Noda Group has no say in the matter!"

Hey, hey, even the people in our family aren't so unreasonable, okay? Don't portray us as foolish tyrants... Yuan Zhisheng thought from a distance.

"It has nothing to do with my status! I say this as a man! A man can die bravely, but his death must not be meaningless! If Miss Zhen can be safe and sound, then my death will have meaning!"

"Damn, this anime about Chuunibyou hasn't even graduated yet actually sounds quite touching." Caesar muttered.

"This is Japan's Yakuza culture." Chu Zihang lowered his voice.

No one noticed that when Noda Hisashi said "a man should die bravely", Lu Mingfei suddenly smiled with satisfaction after a moment of distraction.

Aso Makoto and Noda Hisashi are more than that

Chapter 209 Something unexpected happened!

Lu Mingfei could see that Noda Hisashi truly believed in dying heroically.

In order to prevent Aso Shin from being implicated, the boy gambled all his life's courage... It's really sad, sacrificing his life for a girl. This made Lu Mingfei think of Eiry in the story and the cowardly him.

The Noda Hisashi in front of him was indeed childish and immature. When he said this, his brows were furrowed and his lips were tightly pursed, obviously afraid that his emotions would be seen through. At this moment, he was afraid, frightened and weak, but he did not regret it. His chest was filled with the passion of a man.

"Is this the Yakuza culture? What's the difference between the Yakuza and the underworld?" Caesar asked in a low voice.

"There's no difference. Yakuza are the underworld. It's just more formal than the yakuza. In fact, Japanese gangs prefer to call themselves Yakuza because it shows that they don't believe in pure violence. They also believe in morality, but these moral principles are often more extreme." Chu Zihang explained in a low voice, "For example, those who violate morality will cut off their pinky finger to apologize. People who cut off their pinky finger will not be able to hold a sword steadily. Even more serious is the suicide by seppuku that we often hear about. In their culture, the courage to apologize is a glory. It's probably like 'Even if my body dies, my spirit will be remembered forever.'"