Substitute Toyokawa Shoko, you can become stronger by breathing

"Stop talking..." Eri's voice trembled even more, and her eyes began to turn red.

"Hey, that pink hair."

Sato Misaki suddenly pointed at Chihaya Aine and said, "Aren't you afraid of being infected by being friends with someone like that?"

"Eri-chan is not that kind of person!" Chihaya Aine stood in front of Eri angrily.

Hearing this, Sato Misaki's eyes flashed with mockery: "Oh, I forgot, you are friends with such a person, it seems that you are also a hypocrite."

"What nonsense are you talking about?! Go away, or I won't be polite!" Chihaya Aine was so angry that her face turned red.

Sato Misaki sneered and took a step forward.

"Hey, since we've met an old classmate, why not pay me back the money you owe me?"

"Do not..."

Eri's body began to tremble.

She didn't owe the other party any money at all...but the other party always gave this reason every time he asked her for money.

All the rumors at that time were spread because of this.

Who cares whether she really owes Sato Misaki?

"What? You're doing well in your new school, but you're not willing to pay this little?"

Sato Misaki reached out to grab Eri's schoolbag:

"It's only natural to pay back your debts. But for a cousin like you who owes others money and still spends it lavishly—"

“Stop…stop!”

There was an obvious tremor in Chihaya Aine's voice.

She had never experienced such a scene. Growing up in a greenhouse, even the most intense quarrels in school were just about the grouping in physical education class.

At this moment, facing Sato Misaki's sinister eyes and harsh words, she felt her legs trembling.

But she still stood in front of Eri.

Her pink ponytail swayed gently with her movements, casting a soft halo in the sunset.

She could feel her heart beating so fast that it was about to jump out of her chest, her palms were covered in cold sweat, and her voice was trembling:

"You...you people are going too far! Get out of here!"

She didn't know where she got the courage to say this.

"what?"

Sato Misaki's expression instantly turned ferocious. "It seems like you want to suffer a little?"

Chihaya Aine subconsciously shrank back, but then stood up straight again firmly.

"Let me know the consequences of meddling in other people's affairs!"

Sato Misaki raised her hand, her nails looking cold in the sunset.

Chihaya Aine subconsciously squeezed her eyes shut, her eyelashes trembling slightly. She could feel her heart pounding wildly in her chest. Fear washed over her like a cold wave, and her legs trembled uncontrollably, the fabric of her uniform skirt making a subtle rustling sound.

——It’s over...

The girl's heart continued to let out a cry of despair.

However, the expected burning pain did not come.

In doubt, Chihaya Aine carefully opened her eyes, and an unexpected scene was reflected in her pupils.

At some point, there was another person beside her.

The azure twintails fluttered gently in the breeze, and the girl's slender fingers were firmly clasping Sato Misaki's wrist.

"Can I ask why you attacked my friend...?"

The blue-haired girl's voice was as gentle as the spring breeze, as if she was greeting a long-time friend, making people involuntarily want to let down their guard.

However, when Sato Misaki met those amber eyes, a piercing chill instantly ran up her spine.

Beneath that gaze lies a chilling indifference.

.........

PS: The title reflects my mood when writing this chapter

Chapter 31: Among all martial arts, this is the art of tea

The girl's eyes were terrifyingly cold, the look a wild beast would have when gazing at its prey, carrying an unbearable sense of oppression.

Misaki Sato felt as if she was being targeted by some large predator, and all the muscles in her body tensed involuntarily.

Chihaya Aine and Eri were both stunned - the blue-haired girl who appeared silently beside them was actually the "Toyokawa Shoko" who had been studying hard in the library before.

"Hey, Misaki, what's wrong?" The thugs behind her noticed something was wrong.

Awakened by her companion's voice, Sato Misaki realized that she had actually been frightened by a seemingly harmless girl. The humiliation felt like gasoline pouring into her chest, and she shouted fiercely:

"None of your business! Get out of here!"

As if to save her face, Sato Misaki gritted her teeth and slapped Kujo's cheek with her right hand:

"Tell you to mind your own business!"

——But at this moment

The sound of bones dislocating and screams exploded at the same time.

Kujo Renji's right hand clasped Sato's wrist bone in a tiger claw shape, with his thumb precisely pressing against the depression of the radial artery, and his left hand slid along the forearm to the elbow joint and pulled it down.

The moment Sato Misaki arched her back in severe pain, the girl's patent leather loafers had already wedged deeply into the junction of her chest and abdomen - where the diaphragm is located.

"Cough... Ugh!"

Sato curled up like a shrimp and knelt on the ground, his saliva mixed with stomach acid dripping onto the asphalt road.

She didn't see how the blue-haired girl in front of her used the inertia of her forward movement to complete the anti-joint suppression, nor did she notice how the other party deliberately raised her heel when kicking - just missing the ribs, causing only the maximum pain impact on the soft tissue.

This scene left everyone present unable to react.

Including Chihaya Aine who is closest to her.

The pink-haired girl saw Sato Misaki curled up like a shrimp and kneeling on the ground, with saliva mixed with stomach acid dripping onto the asphalt road. She couldn't help but feel dizzy and opened her mouth unconsciously.

But seeing Sato Misaki wailing on the ground, the bad guys around also reacted.

"Dare to touch our Misaki!"

The girl, who had dyed her hair yellow but whose hair had faded to a mixture of yellow and black on top, picked up the lid of a nearby trash can and rushed towards Kujo Renji.

The latter took half a step back, almost touching the strong wind in front of him.

She suddenly leaned down and rushed into the arms of the yellow-haired woman, and poked the three fingers of her right hand into the Zhangmen acupoint under her ribs.

Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was stiff due to the severe neuralgia, she grabbed the edge of the iron cover, used her thumb joint to support the center of gravity and rotated it half a circle. The metal disc suddenly turned into a whistling boomerang and smashed towards the knee of the short-haired woman on the left.

"my leg--!"

Amidst screams, Jiu Tiao used the centrifugal force of the throw to spin around, and his left leg lashed out like a whip.

The tip of the patent leather shoe hit the yellow-haired girl's jaw accurately. At this time, the initial sneak attack from behind finally arrived, but Jiujo turned his head to avoid it as if he had eyes on his back, and took advantage of the situation to grab the wrist of the girl who was swinging in the air and pulled her forward.

"boom!"

The attacker collided with Sato, who was struggling to get up, due to inertia. The dull sound of the two heads colliding made the onlookers gasp.

"Go to hell, you stinky bastard!"

The girl with purple hair suddenly threw out a utility knife from her sleeve. Before the blade snapped open,

Jiu Tiao had already spun around, wrapping her wrist with her schoolbag strap. The Oxford cloth made the box cutter ineffective, and the purple-haired woman's fingers spasmed as she loosened her grip on the weapon.

As Jiu Tiao raised his knee to hit her elbow, the schoolbag hit the nose of the last girl who took out the pepper spray with centrifugal force.

When Sato opened his eyes, blurred by tears and pain, he saw a scroll of hell:

The "friends" she brought with her were now curled up on the ground in various postures, and the blue-haired devil was slowly wiping his fingers with a wet wipe.

The setting sun stretched the girl's shadow very long, and it seemed as if countless fangs were wriggling in the shadow.

"Now...."

Jiujo folded the wipes into a neat square and threw it in her face: "Do you want to talk about compensation?"

Her amber eyes glanced down slightly: "You stained my leather shoes."

Only then did Sato notice that there were indeed some vomit stains on the tip of the other person's shoe.

The extreme sense of absurdity made her tremble all over, not knowing whether it was out of fear or anger - until Kujo suddenly grabbed her hair and she reacted.

A number of passersby had already gathered around, watching the scene in shock, whispers rising and falling. One of them pulled out his phone, intending to record this rare spectacle, but upon meeting Kujo Renji's amber eyes, he felt a sense of pressure, hurriedly shoving his phone back into his pocket and walking away as if nothing had happened.

No one helped during the obvious bullying scene just now, but now that the fight is over, everyone has come over.

——Oh my god, these Japanese are so bad

"You...you wait!"

Sato Misaki held on to her last bit of strength, but her voice was sharp due to the pain.

"My boyfriend is from the Yamaguchi-gumi! You're dead!"

"Oh?" Jiujo Liansi's eyes moved slightly, but his tone remained cold:

"That's perfect. I was just about to come and visit."

As she spoke, she raised her right hand, and her knuckles made a teeth-grinding "cracking" sound.

"Etc., etc!"

A girl with purple hair quickly got up from the ground and frantically took out her wallet from her pocket.

"This...this is compensation! Please stop hitting me!"

Sato Misaki was about to say something when her companions pulled her to her feet. The delinquent girls, supporting each other, managed to scramble to their feet and hurriedly fled the scene, their backs looking utterly shabby.

pity...

Kujo Renji glanced at the people who were gradually gathering around him.

There are still too many people around. If this was in the alley... none of those people's wallets would have escaped!

“So…so handsome!”

Chihaya Aine finally couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, her pink ponytail swaying slightly with excitement:

"Xiao Xiang, how can you be so powerful! I thought I was dead just now, thanks to you--!"

Pink bubbles seemed to appear on her head, accompanied by a voice saying "Saki-chan~LOVE!!"

Eri looked at Kujo silently, with a complex expression in her eyes. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start.

"Xiao Xiang's appearance just now was just like the protagonist in a comic book!" Chihaya Aine said excitedly: "Where did you learn those moves just now?"

"Just some self-defense techniques I learned on my own," the blue-haired girl said gently, "I don't think they'll bother me again."

"Thank...thank you." Eri finally spoke, her voice still trembling slightly, "If it weren't for Toyokawa-san..."

"Don't worry about it." Jiujo Renji interrupted her and looked at the sky. "It's getting late. I should go back."

"Eh? Huh?! Wait, Xiaoxiang!"

Chihaya Aine quickly called her:

"Want to go get crepes together? It's my treat!"

Jiujo Liansi stopped, looked back at them, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly:

"Maybe next time... I have some things to do, sorry."

In the setting sun, the blue twintails fluttered in the twilight.

Chihaya Aine watched her leave, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and shouted loudly:

"Then next time, next time for sure! I'll keep the crepes here!!"