Hayato observed for another two days.
Snake Mound George's "little snake cubs" never reappeared, nor did anyone else come to bother Aiya Yayoi or him.
Hayato originally thought Snake Mound George was deliberately trying to make him lower his guard, so he intentionally had Aiya Hiroshi go fishing.
—Of course, Aiya Hiroshi was completely unaware. He only knew that Hayato invited him to the Tokyo Skytree and didn't notice that Hayato was following him the entire time he left the house.
According to the plot, Snake Mound George's first step to controlling Hayato was to control Aiya Hiroshi. But Aiya Hiroshi had a safe journey, and Hayato didn't show himself in front of him prematurely.
This just made Aiwu Guang feel a bit strange. He originally thought that Brother Lin was bored and wanted to call him out for a walk, or that he had something on his mind he wanted to talk about.
But what was the deal with telling him to go home as soon as they met?
Fortunately, Aiya Hiroshi had one advantage: "never ask what shouldn't be asked."
So his only gain was a wasted trip.
Until Sunday, everything remained peaceful.
Hayato even slept until late morning.
The first thing he did upon waking, of course, was to reach for his phone on the bedside table. He then discovered a text message.
It was a message from yesterday—no, it should be today now—
In the early morning.
Hayato, on holidays, was always a master of staying up late. For a message from "early morning" to go unnoticed by him, one could imagine what time it was.
"Past three o'clock…" Hayato's mouth twitched. At this time, everyone except writers rushing deadlines should be sound asleep, dreaming.
Of course, the person who sent this message wasn't a writer, but a… "JK."
And according to normal logic, she would never send a message at this time.
Sawamura Airiri.
In the past, the latest she had sent Hayato a text message was after ten o'clock.
The earliest was six o'clock.
From this, it could be inferred that she was a girl with a very regular routine. What happened?
Hayato opened the message interface.
…
Snake Mound George was getting a little impatient.
"What day of the week is it today?" he asked his subordinate.
Snake Mound George considered himself to be oddly shaped, but his subordinate was even more of a grotesque masterpiece. At first glance, he was a Peerless who only appeared once in thousands of years, a classic among villains, truly a Peerless.
But unfortunately, his "classic" only extended to that face.
His business acumen was truly lacking.
Last time, he brought people to teach that scoundrel named "Hayato" a lesson, but they were all wiped out.
How could they lose ten against one? Did they even know how to play?
However, Snake Mound George was not a reckless brute without strategy. He was true to his name, "Snake"—he was a very sinister character, so he naturally wouldn't lead the charge.
In fact, even after scolding these idiots, Snake Mound George began to seriously consider Hayato's strength.
According to Peerless, Hayato was a martial artist.
He had seen many martial artists, but someone who could easily move mountains was already an extraordinary character. One against ten was an incredibly explosive existence even across all of Japan.
A direct confrontation would probably not yield any good results.
But their advantage was that the enemy was in the open while they were in the shadows. "I can't beat you, but I can annoy you."
So he sent Subordinate A, planning to raid their home.
The good news was, the home invasion was successful.
The bad news was, Subordinate A was missing.
He was completely uncontactable, the kind of disappearance where Snake Mound George would call Subordinate A's phone several times a day. Previously, whenever he called, Subordinate A would answer instantly, no matter the time. He was very loyal, which was why Snake Mound George sent him on this mission.
But now, he was completely out of contact.
"It's Saturday," Peerless answered his boss's question.
"Four, five, six… it's been three days already." Snake Mound George's eyes darkened.
Subordinate A had been missing for three days, and the previous scout reported that the Aiwu residence showed no signs of damage—Snake Mound George's order was to annoy Hayato while also annoying Hayato. The main goal was to let Hayato know that getting involved with someone like Hayato wouldn't lead to anything good.
But… Subordinate A's mission was only half completed.
Half a mission.
And then the person went missing.
"More bad than good," Snake Mound George said.
If nothing goes wrong, Mr. Hayashi's subordinate A has probably died an unnatural death.
It's not hard to guess who did it; it should be Hayato... He still doesn't know the full situation, but judging from the timeline, subordinate A was likely ambushed when he was destroying Hayato's residence, and was dealt with before he could even reach Hayato's house.
Thinking about it, there seems to be no other possibility besides Mr. Hayashi.
Snake Mound George's pupils constricted for a moment, as if sensing danger. He had originally thought Mr. Hayashi was just a petty delinquent, but he didn't expect him to... imprison? Or did he directly kill him?
Snake Mound George leaned towards the latter.
If so, and Mr. Hayashi can still go to school as usual, it shows that his psychological state absolutely cannot be summarized by the word 'high school student'.
Snake Mound George made a sound similar to a snake flicking its tongue, like a moan.
"Big Brother," Peerless said, then drew a hand across his neck: "Let me bring some more people over, alright?"
The boy had broken all the fingers on one of his hands, and he had been wanting to get even for a long time.
Snake Mound George glanced at Peerless, thought for a moment, and then said:
"From now on... to be precise, for this period of time, none of you are allowed to cause trouble for that boy."
"Then..." Peerless was startled, "What about that woman?"
"Not allowed either," Snake Mound George stopped him with a commanding tone.
Thank goodness he was in the dark and that boy was in the light; if they were both in the light, and he was so good at fighting, if he were found, wouldn't he be instantly killed? That guy is ready to kill!
At the same time, Snake Mound George sincerely thanked himself for running so fast when he encountered that boy in the infirmary, otherwise... he probably would have died before subordinate A!
If his people were to appear before him again at this moment... although Snake Mound George was quite skilled at keeping his whereabouts secret, still.
There would be a few more dangers. Besides,
Snake Mound George grinned ferociously:
"I've found new prey... and it will be more fun than Hayato, and it seems to be a pair of sisters, don't you agree?"
He raised an eyebrow at the man playing a game not far away, "Miyajima?"
The man didn't turn his head and replied:
"Brother Serpent Mound, it's a mother and daughter."
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