The sky was still dark, but the unofficial "shops" and brothels were still open.
In the end, this was the best time for business—adulterers, scumbags, and people looking to satisfy their urges all came out at night.
However, not everyone who came here was looking for satisfaction. Sometimes there were people who showed up with entirely different intentions.
Kai was an example. He had created a job for himself that he personally invented.
And he was making very good money from it.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
Kai provoked, slamming his chest straight into the face of a tanned, muscular guy who was now trembling in fear.
"You—"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! SPEAK UP LOUDER! I MIGHT CONSIDER LETTING IT SLIDE IF THE GIRL YOU WERE HITTING ON IS OKAY WITH IT!"
Then he stomped hard on the guy's foot, his eyes full of menace.
"BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT GIRL WASN'T JUST CRYING AND BEGGING—YOU THREATENED HER, FORCED HER, AND YOU EVEN SAID YOU TARGETED HER BECAUSE SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND?! YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD, BASTARD!"
"This isn't any of your—"
"WHO THE FUCK CARES WHOSE BUSINESS IT IS! When I show up here, I deliver justice. And the justice of a poor guy like me is: WHEN I SEE A DISGUSTING PIECE OF SHIT LIKE YOU HARASSING A RICH GIRL, I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!"
Kai unleashed a Shoryuken, followed by an 18-hit combo, looping it and showering the guy with verbal abuse.
The guy couldn't take it anymore. He tried to run, but Kai instantly appeared behind him, yanked his pants down, and slapped his ass.
"KYAHH!"
"Now do you understand what it feels like to be groped? Let me take this game to the next level!"
"Pipi!"
Kai pulled a long purple dildo out of Pandora's mouth (ayo?) and threw it into the air.
Then he delivered a powerful kick right as it fell into the perfect position.
The thing shot straight into the guy's asshole, traveled through his body, and popped out of his mouth.
"GET LOST!"
Kai finished with a drop kick, sending the guy flying far away before turning to the girl with a friendly smile.
"Hey there, miss, you okay?"
"Uh… yeah, I'm fine."
The girl blinked, her face slightly red as she quickly looked away.
Reminder: she already has a boyfriend.
"Good. Where's the money?"
"Huh? Oh… I didn't bring any—"
"THEN GET LOST! WHAT THE HELL IS A GIRL LIKE YOU DOING OUT HERE THIS LATE?! IF YOUR BOYFRIEND DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF YOU, I'LL KICK YOU BACK TO HIM MYSELF!"
One drop kick later, she was launched straight into the sky and vanished without a trace.
"Phew, crime eradicated successfully!"
Kai wiped his sweat as if he had just finished some exhausting, backbreaking labor.
"…"
Eru stood far off, her eyes showing complete exhaustion with the situation.
Most men around here avoided hitting pretty women—at the very least because they wanted something from them, usually something sexual.
But this guy? He hit without hesitation, no mercy at all. Pay up and you're spared.
This was straight-up robbery dressed up as justice… truly next-level.
"Well, at least this guy still has money— I mean, he has to pay for his karma. The hero of justice is just collecting what he's owed," Kai made excuses while stuffing the cash into his pocket, giving the guy one last kick before whistling and walking away.
Hero my ass. This is just theft.
"Why do you keep stealing— I mean, why do you charge people like that?" Eru asked as she walked beside him.
"Medical expenses."
"…You could just have someone else pay. I've seen you have quite a few rich friends."
Kai smiled and ruffled Eru's hair.
"That's exactly why I don't let them pay. At first I happily accepted, but then I thought about it and realized how lame it would be. Having friends like them is already more than enough, so I'll pay my own way. I won't rely on them… unless it's really necessary."
"Is that so?"
"You'll understand when you have friends of your own, Eru."
Eru could tell this guy wasn't just all talk. He was seriously determined to make money, and he was remarkably resistant to the usual temptations of life.
This was the first time she had seen… or rather, maybe she had seen it before, but no one was quite like Kai—no one who hadn't been corrupted.
But then again, words in the present don't mean anything. What if he gets corrupted later?
"Hmm, after paying the 'medical fee,' I'll buy Reito a new hair tie. This morning he was complaining about it, so I'll get the most durable one. Yeah, that's the plan!" Kai muttered to himself, ignoring Eru staring at him.
Yeah… probably not. She couldn't even imagine how this guy could become corrupted. And even if he did, it would probably be some insane, reasonless kind of madness—not sinking into lust.
"MY LEG! YOU BROKE MY LEG, DAMN IT!!"
A loud voice echoed down the street, making both of them turn to look.
It was already dark, yet someone was yelling that loudly—weren't they afraid of attracting attention? Especially with Kai now staring over there, eyes gleaming with the greed of spotting money-making opportunity.
The two walked closer and saw a crowd gathering to watch.
A tanned guy with blond hair, tattoos, flashy muscles on display, and a sleazy face was lying on the ground crying and whining.
Next to him stood a slightly older blond guy with long hair, looking anxious and terrified.
"What's this? Scam-victim routine?" Kai raised an eyebrow, sizing up the situation.
"Scam-victim routine?" Eru asked, turning to him.
"It's when you accidentally bump into someone, and that person exaggerates it like you shot them in the leg with a gun, then demands money from you even though they're perfectly fine."
A basic technique of the School of Shameless Bastard Fist. Usually seen among old people in Ching Chonese areas—young guys pulling this off were actually pretty rare.
"I didn't even touch him!" the young guy tried to explain desperately.
"You're lying! Ohhh heavens, everyone look at this guy! He stuck his tongue out, licked his knife to threaten me, then stabbed my leg—now he's acting innocent! You animal! You monster!"
"YOUR EXAGGERATION IS BIGGER THAN HIROSHIMA!!"
"Don't believe him! He's just trying to win everyone's sympathy!"
Several other guys chimed in one after another—clearly his accomplices.
The young man was sweating buckets, seeing the crowd looking at him with growing displeasure.
He had only come here out of curiosity and, well… to lose his virginity. But now he'd run into these guys and it was too late for regrets.
"That's awful," Eru commented rather indifferently.
"Yeah, awful enough to know exactly what to do next," Kai grinned at her and started walking over to help.
Suddenly an old man with a hunched back shuffled forward, his face full of kindliness.
…If I remember correctly, old guys with kind faces often show up in NTR stories.
But this old man felt a bit… different. How should I put it? He had more of a "fuck the world" aura than even me? (Kai thought)
Maybe I'm overthinking it—
"HEAVENLY BLUE DESCENDING SWORD!!"
The old man suddenly roared, striking a dramatic Kung Fu Panda pose.
Everyone turned to stare at him in utter confusion.
He looked at the young guy, then at the scammer, and bellowed with a ferocious expression:
"THE TRUTH IS CLEAR! NOW LET ME DELIVER JUDGMENT!"
He leaped forward, landed in front of the scammer, and delivered a powerful slap that knocked out one of the guy's teeth.
…In this world, many strange things happen,
but a frail, hunched old man striking a Kung Fu pose and then slapping a scammer?
That was definitely a first.