Hayato didn't immediately figure out where "our people" came from.
As for the delinquents, they paid no mind to Kobayashi Ayaka's words.
Their twenty-odd people, swarming, walked down the crowded corridor like an army pressing down.
Even if they really have their people, how many can come?
It's simply ridiculous.
An looked at the leader of the delinquent group who had rushed over from behind.
Perhaps this delinquent team has some cultural heritage, so the leader was also a blonde.
However, he looked more mature than Kijima Yoichi, with earrings on his ears and a nose ring on his nostril.
He was hunched over, originally eyeing Ayaka's slender figure with interest, his wolf-like gaze wanting to devour her.
Then, he noticed An's gaze.
Their eyes met in mid-air.
An frowned.
To let so many people in, the gates of Shiraki High School are truly looser than a prostitute's legs.
blonde with earrings, on the other hand, was stunned.
Neither of them spoke.
The young man with black hair and a tear mole at the corner of his eye stepped forward.
He had met An before at the subway station, where he was acting as Kijima Yoichi's Wingman.
At this moment, his greedy gaze first swept over Ayaka's perky buttocks hidden beneath her short pleated skirt, and then lingered on her straight, slender, snow-white long legs.
Ayaka's legs were quite something.
She was about the same height as Miyajima Sakura, but her legs were a section longer than the latter's.
Miyajima Sakura already had an excellent body proportion, while Ayaka was material to be a model directly.
"Hehehe."
The Wingman laughed sinisterly, he bypassed An and the others, and went directly to Kijima Yoichi's side.
"I told you, Yoichi-bro, now we have something to play with." The Wingman said triumphantly: "This guy really has a girlfriend, and she's a stunning beauty, now we have something to play with."
He licked his wet lips with his tongue, like a damp snake, his gaze continuing to crawl over Ayaka.
"You're blind." Ayaka sneered: "How could I be this guy's girlfriend? Do you think he's worthy of me?"
Girlfriend what girlfriend! He hasn't even confessed yet and she's already his girlfriend! Ayaka thought to herself.
"...No, Ayaka-senpai, now isn't the time for us to turn on each other, is it?" An said.
"Some things still need to be made clear." Ayaka said.
What, what? You mean I can be your girlfriend for now? That's great—no, you're too casual! Ayaka thought to herself.
Kijima Yoichi observed Ayaka.
She didn't look too mature yet, and wasn't his type.
Although she was truly beautiful.
But the corners of his mouth still curved into a smile:
"Yes, now the brothers can all have some fun together."
"Heh heh." The Wingman chuckled again softly, his head slightly lowered, but he looked at Ayaka with a raised gaze: "This 'Older Sister,' we'll make you throw up your tongue while making a peace sign in front of your boyfriend, we'll definitely make you feel incredibly good—heh heh—"
Ayaka's eyebrow twitched.
An's did as well.
But neither of them made a move directly.
Because they both saw that someone had stepped in front of this Wingman a step before them.
Then, a crisp slap landed on his cheek.
"Useless! Shut up!"
After roaring, he kicked his shin again.
The Wingman himself was not of a robust build and didn't look like he had much fighting power.
After a combo, he cried out in pain and directly fell to his knees.
And, he happened to kneel right in front of An.
Kijima Yoichi was stunned.
Ayaka was also stunned.
Everyone else was stunned.
The person who found it most unbelievable was the Wingman himself.
He looked at blonde with earrings, their leader, in confusion.
"Boss, what, what are you doing? He, he's surrounded by us…"
"What the hell are you talking about!" blonde with earrings roared.
Can this even be called us surrounding him!?
He surrounded us!
Immediately after, he also 'plop'ped down next to the Wingman, kneeling properly with his forehead touching the ground.
"Kobayashi-san! We were blind! We have overstepped today! We hope you can forgive us!!" blonde with earrings said loudly, his attitude as sincere as if he were bearing thorns to beg for punishment.
"W-what's going on?" Anshi Seiji asked, puzzled.
The others didn't know either, especially those delinquents brought by blonde with earrings… Oh no, after blonde with earrings knelt down, several other people of varying heights and builds stood out from the delinquent group, and 'plop,' 'plop'ped down rhythmically one after another next to blonde with earrings.
"We hope! Kobayashi-san! Is magnanimous!" They said together.
Everyone looked at each other even more confused.
Holy cow, how did the leader become the surrenderer!?
Amidst the bewildered gazes of both the opposing side and even his own, An narrowed his eyes and then smiled:
"Kobayashi-san is happy that you admit your mistake, but he doesn't like the tone of his voice just now."
blonde with earrings immediately squinted his eyes and glared fiercely at the Wingman.
The Wingman at this moment was still more confused than terrified:
"What's wrong, big brother! Who exactly is this guy—"
"Shut up!" blonde with earrings roared: "You actually told me to deal with Kobayashi-san! You're practically trying to put me in a situation of injustice! Come on, loosen this bastard's bones!"
"Yes!"
The delinquents who had knelt with blonde with earrings all intended to stand up.
Several pairs of fierce eyes, not joking, simultaneously fell upon the Wingman, making him instantly panic:
"B-boss?"
That's not right, shouldn't the opponent be this pretty boy in front of me?
The Wingman was utterly baffled, his heart pounding as he thought he was about to take a few punches to the face.
He never expected that the person who saved him would still be An.
"That's enough, that's enough." An pressed down on his wrist: "Don't do such things at Shiraki High School, it leaves a bad impression."
The few young men, including blonde with earrings, knelt neatly again, and the Wingman breathed a sigh of relief.
"We'll settle it outside of school later." An said.
"!!" The Wingman's pupils trembled again—w-was he still going to get beaten!?
"Boss! What exactly is going on!?" Kijima Yoichi also asked.
It's not an exaggeration to say that the situation has taken a 180-degree turn, is it!?
"Shut up! Don't ask things you shouldn't!" blonde with earrings reprimanded Kijima Yoichi behind him with a stern look: "You come and kneel too! And beg Kobayashi-san for forgiveness with me!"
"I…" Kijima Yoichi was dumbfounded, weren't they here for revenge? How did it turn into an apology?
Even if the world line had changed, it had changed a bit too much!
"That's enough." An said, losing interest: "Stand up."
blonde with earrings scratched his head: "N-no, that's not good, is it?"
"Do I have to squat down to talk to you?" An asked.
blonde with earrings immediately stood up, but the other delinquents who had knelt with him, not having received instructions, remained kneeling.
"You're still doing this kind of thing?" An lazily glanced at blonde with earrings.
"No." blonde with earrings quickly said: "...It was all this brat who tricked me, saying he was bullied, so I came to support him, absolutely—there were no other intentions, even if there were, it's this brat's personal idea, and has nothing to do with us!"
An narrowed his eyes, clearly unconvinced.
blonde with earrings quickly said: "Yamato… no, that scoundrel Aihara was taken in by you, even if we were stupid, we wouldn't dare to do the same thing as him anymore… Rather, we should thank you for making us pull back from the brink, so we wouldn't end up like that scoundrel."
An was startled: "Aihara Yamato was taken in?"
Yes, this blonde with earrings in front of him was the Moe High School Karate Club member who had partnered with Aihara Yamato and almost committed a crime against Shigen Ryouka back then.
It was quite a coincidence.
"Yes." blonde with earrings saw An's slightly shocked expression and thought he was putting on a good act... probably trying to distance himself from that incident.
So he continued to speak, accommodating his attitude:
"Before, there was an uncle who kept spreading rumors at Aihara's university that he was a scumbag… cough cough, not rumors, but 'facts.' This caused Aihara Yamato's reputation to plummet to rock bottom, and Aihara, in a fit of rage, found that uncle and beat him up. He probably didn't know the severity of his actions and beat that uncle to death—"
Although he didn't know what An had to do with this, Aihara Yamato had said at the time that he hadn't offended that uncle either.
The only tough character he had provoked during that period was An.
And when he beat that uncle to within an inch of his life, he kept muttering things like "subway, it's not you, subway… why isn't it you" in his mouth. Even if blonde with earrings couldn't make sense of it, he could only assign the position of prime suspect to An.
That's why he was particularly flustered when he saw An this time.
If this guy also pulled a trick like that on him… he didn't want to go to jail early to pick up soap!!
An was stunned again, how did he not know he had done such a good deed?
Before he could ask more questions,
"Senior Kobayashi! Are you alright!!" Kase Masafumi's anxious shout came.
Following closely behind him was Miyajima Sakura, and further back was Kato Takeshi.
Then, the Kendo Club members, all carrying wooden swords, swarmed up from the stairwell.
Not only that!
"What! How dare someone from another school cause trouble for Kobayashi-kun!?"
"Causing trouble for Kobayashi-kun is causing trouble for us!"
"Offended Kobayashi-kun and still think you can leave!?"
"Soccer Team's Eighteen Bronze Men Formation! Assemble!!"
The various heroes of the Soccer Team followed closely, including Kushiro Arisa and Ochi Tsubasa.
Then they witnessed an incredible scene.
An was clearly surrounded by delinquents, seemingly in a very disadvantageous situation.
But in the center… several people were kneeling before him, their foreheads touching the ground, their butts sticking up as they tried to beg for forgiveness.
"…Uh?"
The Kendo Club and Soccer Team stopped simultaneously.
What in the world is going on here?
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