Chapter 314
Translator: Ranzan
Editor: ryunakama
Inside the room, the most noticeable thing was the door frame where the gangster greeting Jingi was written . This was hugely displaced on the wall behind the official desk, and it made one wonder what kind of place this was .
Taiyou stepped up to the desk as he was visiting the place’s boss, Enya Kirisaki .
Enya sat looking up while Taiyou stood looking down .
He was a man that had just reached 30, while the other was a teen still in high school .
They were both men . The only other one there was the loli baba Kohaku, who stood in his shadow like a cat hiding behind him .
「I’m listening, Taiyou Natsuno . You really messed things up, didn’t you?」
「It wasn’t a big deal . 」
「I’ve heard you’ve sent most of this town’s outlaws to the hospital already . 」
Enya said with a smile . Taiyou didn’t know where that smile came from, but he aimed to find out .
「So why are you here, Taiyou? Are you planning to do the same to our Kirisaki Gang?」
「I don’t want to have to . Well, I don’t have to yet . 」
「Then tell me why . 」
「I don’t want you to bother my women…no matter what . 」
「Aren’t you going to tell me to leave the city?」
It seems that Enya had already heard the story from the other thugs . It had only taken Taiyou a few hours to get rid of the Jagaro gang after beating them up, so he knew what was going on .
Taiyou was silently astonished .
「I guess you heard it already from the other groups telling you what I’ve done?」
「Those guys were just low level thugs, though . 」
「Oh…」
Enya’s brow twitched a bit .
「So what happens if I refuse?」
「Then I’ll have to show you my true power . 」
「So I guess it all leads to that, then . 」
「The first choice and the final means . That’s the difference . 」
Taiyou took a breath and continued .
「I know about the Kirisaki Group of Oritachi, even knew about them as a kid . Famous, and famously bad . That’s why I don’t want to make a big deal about you . Also…」
「Also?」
「I thought that a man worth his salt could see how much he stands to make or lose . 」
「…」
Enya simply sat, looking, and saying nothing .
Almost as if he could see through Taiyou…straight ahead .
Taiyou looked back without shrinking back . No way to look scared, no need to look scared .
That’s what he thought as he looked back .
「I see . Well if I accept your conditions, then you must accept mine . 」
「What? Conditions?」
「Become a brother of mine…」
「…what?」
He was a bit surprised, so his reaction was slow .
He showed a bit of his true nature as he recoiled with a slightly stupid look .
He talked over what had happened with Kohaku .
Unlike those thugs that hung out here and there in town, this was a real yakuza that was all about business, or at least that’s what Kohaku said .
He was her husband, but he trusted Kohaku, as much as he could .
Because of that, Kohaku and he had a detailed discussion, that they should have some exchange of profits with him to make him leave .
If it was just the Kirisaki Group then Taiyou could make do . Even if Taiyou thrashed them, then their bosses would come to get Taiyou and it would mean trouble .
So, he decided to let the problem go amicably .
But all that was destroyed at once by Kirisaki’s words . It had gone farther than Kohaku and he had discussed . Taiyou was lost .
「How about it?」
「How about it…」
「If you become one of us, then you can lead your own group, and your girl will be above them too . Then even if those thugs try to mess with your girls they’ll have protection . 」
「Well…」
He frowned and pondered it .
Everything he had heard about the yakuza was pretty much fiction, so he didn’t know if it was true .
However, with what he knew, Kirisaki was probably right, and he could make his plan happen .
「Are you for real?」
「I’m not going to joke around with some high school kid . If I stooped to doing something like that, I’d look like a fool . 」
「…」
「What is it?」
「…」
Taiyou was lost and couldn’t decide .
It was a development he couldn’t settle in his mind .
And as soon as he wondered what he should do,
「…」
He felt someone behind him . It was much stronger than Kohaku, who was always behind him already .
Kohaku said nothing . She didn’t even look back .
There was no change from when they entered, just her standing behind Taiyou .
Just there .
Just that…and that was all .
(Kohaku…)
It made him feel great that he could depend on her that much .
She was his wife, and his friend, and a teacher in a way…this Kohaku .
He remembered all the time they spent together, and he tried to simulate what Kohaku would do in this instance .
His heart was swayed, and he in an instant he regrounded himself . He opened his mouth and said with a jest .
「I don’t care about being your brother, but I do want half . 」
He said, and Enya made a strange face, he was surprised that Taiyou had said what he did .
But then he suddenly looked interested .
「You really say what you want . I have my pride as well . I’ll split it 80/20 or else no deal . 」
「Don’t you think you’re debasing my pride too much? I’m sorry, but I can’t accept those terms . It needs to be at least 70/30 . 」
「Some guts . 」
「Not really . 」
They both stared at each other .
It was a strange conversation – they tried to feel each other out .
After a while, Enya opened his mouth .
「You’re some kid . 」
And that was his answer .
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