Ho Fei-yu instinctively recalled the miserable state of people addicted to drugs that he had seen on TV in his past life.
Faces withered.
Especially when that tragic image was projected onto the frail girl in front of him, it couldn't help but evoke pity and sorrow from the depths of his heart.
Not to mention that all of this was caused by him.
He bent down.
Rummaging through Hayato's shirt and pants pockets.
When Ho Fei-yu straightened up again, a few colorful pills were in his hand.
"Is this it?"
Ho Fei-yu opened his hand and asked Saki coldly.
"Mhm."
Saki gently nodded when she saw the pills in Ho Fei-yu's hand.
"Saki Yoshida, how do you want to deal with him?"
After a moment of silence, Ho Fei-yu asked the girl slowly. The pills vanished completely in the flip of his hand.
"Don't worry, I'll take charge of everything. I can even make him disappear right now."
Seeing Saki hesitating, lowering her head and unable to decide, Ho Fei-yu thought she was afraid. He gently lifted her delicate chin, looked intently into her blue eyes, and spoke with absolute confidence.
Killing Hayato in broad daylight wouldn't be difficult. The trouble would be afterward. After all, so many eyes were watching. Although this world was often illogical, public murder wouldn't be completely ignored unless he used supernatural power. Ho Fei-yu did have that power, but hypnotizing so many people would inevitably leave some who slipped through, making the cleanup a headache.
However, it was not impossible. If Saki wanted Hayato dead, then next year would be his death anniversary.
Saki only met Ho Fei-yu's gaze for a second or two. For some reason, she felt her heart suddenly accelerate, and her cheeks flushed crimson, like boiling water.
"No... No need. Be... Because of Fei-yu... classmate's appearance, I wasn't actually harmed... so..."
The girl's blue eyes shyly averted his gaze, and her moist pink lips moved as she finished speaking in a stuttering voice.
"Alas."
After hearing what Saki said, Ho Fei-yu shook his head in disappointment and sighed softly. Indeed, the girl in this world didn't surprise him. He didn't know whether to praise her kindness or call her foolish.
"No, I mean, since I'm okay, Fei-yu-kun doesn't need to cause trouble for my sake..."
Saki seemed to hear the disappointment in Ho Fei-yu's tone. Her heart suddenly tightened, and she quickly rushed to explain. For a moment, a thought popped into the girl's mind: if she didn't explain, their relationship might stop right there.
"Heh, well, he might be spared death, but he can't escape punishment."
Saki's explanation made Ho Fei-yu feel a little better. Feeling Hayato's body trembling beneath his foot, happy to have escaped death, Ho Fei-yu gave a cold laugh.
Then, like flipping a steak, he applied force with his foot, turning Hayato onto his back. Under Hayato's terrified gaze, Ho Fei-yu delivered a kick right to his private parts.
"Waaaaaaaa!!!"
A heart-wrenching, agonizing scream ripped from Hayato's mouth. His male instinct made him reach for his 'brother,' but Ho Fei-yu didn't give him the chance and delivered another kick to his neck.
The pig-slaughtering sound instantly ceased.
At Ho Fei-yu's action, Saki's eyes widened, her mouth slightly ajar, her gaze filled with disbelief.
"Let's go."
"Oh, mhm."
Ho Fei-yu's words snapped Saki out of her shock. She quickly wiped the last of the tears from her face with her hand, then jogged to Ho Fei-yu's side before slowing her pace.
"Yare yare, why is the reward this time a cookbook? Not very useful!"
Looking at the reward the system gave him after "obliterating" Hayato, Ho Fei-yu felt a little speechless.
Indeed, he only received rewards for helping girls. Ho Fei-yu had thought this reward would be better than the previous Dōjutsu (eye technique), but he only received a cookbook.
It was called "Eight Great Cuisine Styles."
Ho Fei-yu wasn't very interested. What use was a cookbook as a reward? Could he use it to kill cuckolds? The table of contents listed the eight most famous Chinese cuisine styles from his previous life: Sichuan, Shandong, Hunan, etc., eight in total.
Ho Fei-yu only glanced at it briefly. After all, the most important thing right now was to hypnotize all the onlookers to prevent word-of-mouth spread and turning this into a big deal. If the school were to call his parents, like in his previous life, it would be troublesome, and he didn't want Aunt Mitsuko to be angry.
But when Ho Fei-yu looked towards the crowd, the situation he imagined did not seem to have happened.
All the students who had been standing around watching, as well as the other people, had completely disappeared. Only students walking from afar were entering the school one after another. They didn't seem to care about the thugs lying haphazardly near the school gate.
"What is going on??"
Ho Fei-yu couldn't help but feel confused. He hadn't even performed the hypnosis yet! Were people in this world really that stupid, only smart when it came to lewd things?
"Yūmi-chan, Hanawa-chan, where did all the people who were watching go?"
Ho Fei-yu saw the two girls still waiting for him at the school gate. His heart warmed, and he quickly walked up to them and asked.
"We were wondering the same thing. There were still many people discussing it just a moment ago, but suddenly they all acted like nothing happened and entered the school."
Yūmi Aono recounted what she and Hanawa Amakawa had just witnessed to Ho Fei-yu.
"Hiss~"
Ho Fei-yu felt a headache coming on.
"What's wrong, Ha-kun? Isn't it a good thing that they left? Now no one will care about what just happened."
Hanawa Amakawa saw Ho Fei-yu frowning. She took his hand and asked worriedly.
"Phew, mhm."
Feeling the warmth and softness of her hand, Ho Fei-yu pondered, then let out a breath and forced a smile, nodding.
This was simply too illogical. Ho Fei-yu absolutely didn't believe the people in this world were so apathetic. That only left one other possibility: someone with supernatural power had intervened. As for who it was, Ho Fei-yu had no idea, let alone whether they were good or bad. Although the person who intervened seemed to be helping Ho Fei-yu in this matter, who knew their ultimate motive...
However, to avoid worrying the girls, Ho Fei-yu decided not to tell them. Anyway, as long as he was here, no one would be able to harm them.
"Let's go to school. Classes are starting soon."
It was pointless to dwell on it here. A fox eventually shows its tail. If that person was near him, they would eventually expose themselves. Ho Fei-yu held Hanawa Amakawa's hand and prepared to enter the school.
"Wait a moment, Fei-yu-kun, who is this girl?"
Yūmi Aono, however, pulled Hanawa Amakawa's hand and asked with a smile.
"Huh? Yūmi-chan, don't you recognize her?"
Yūmi Aono and Saki's seats were only separated by himself, and Yūmi Aono often turned around to talk to him. She must have seen Saki. Why would she ask him who Saki was...
"Eh!? Do I know her?"