Academy SP 〜An Ex-Mercenary Reincarnated as a Mob in a Gal Game. I Ditched My Bodyguard Job to Enjoy High School Life, but When the Ultra-Rich Heroines Were About to Get Killed, I Stepped In… and Somehow Built a Harem Powerful Enough to Control Japan〜 - Chapter 15

Chapter 15

“I told you already, didn’t I? Relax. Leave the rest to me.”

“……………………”

“—I will absolutely protect you. From idiots like these who won’t shut up with their nonsense.”

At my words, that so-called founder reacted immediately.

“Nonsense, you say…!? Hah!! Are you mocking us, who are prepared to fight for Japan!?”

Looks like I hit a nerve.

He finally turned his killing intent straight at me.

“Don’t get cocky!! If you’re going to protect evil, I’ll start by killing you!!”

Then he raised his wooden sword.

Aiming straight for my head—

CRACK!!

Something shattered.

Blood sprayed through the air.

Then came a dull thud—

The sound of a body hitting the ground.

“Gahhh…!?”

The founder of the Gyokuhoutai had his face caved in, covered in blood.

Naturally—because I’d slammed my fist straight into it.

“What a weak face. To think the bones and cheek would break so easily from just one punch.”

I said that with a sigh, but all the founder could manage was a groan.

The area went dead silent, like water had been poured over everything.

Even Sara stood there with her eyes wide open.

“Eh… just now… did he… punch him…?”

Watching the guys mutter the obvious in disbelief, I calmly explained the obvious to them.

“Yeah. I threw in a small feint, shifted the wooden sword’s trajectory, and punched straight through. Didn’t think he’d go down in one hit, though.”

Even after that explanation, they were frozen stiff, like they still couldn’t believe it.

Good grief. What a bunch of useless amateurs.

With a sigh, I straddled the so-called founder.

“Alright then… I said I’d give you a quarter kill… Guess I’ll go with that.”

“W-What are you planning to—”

GCHU!!

There was a disgusting sound, like a hand being shoved into someone’s insides.

My right hand came out stained red.

“GYAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”

A death scream echoed across the riverbank.

The right side of the founder’s face was overflowing with thick, sticky blood, like a broken spring.

“Here—Xiahou Dun style.”

I shoved my blood-soaked right hand straight into his mouth.

“NGH!! NGHNGHNGH!!”

“Well? How is it? Your own eyeball tasty?”

The moment I said that, his face turned green, then blue, and I couldn’t help letting out a low chuckle.

“Kukuku… hurts, doesn’t it? Feels disgusting too, right? And shocking on top of that… kukukuku…”

After that, he vomited violently.

Once the blood-red mess spilled out, he finally lost consciousness.

“………………”

Even with this many people here, the only sound you could hear was the river flowing along the bank.

It was almost funny.

Everyone looked like they’d forgotten how to breathe.

Well, even if this was a game world, seeing something like this in peaceful Japan was probably shocking—

My torture, that is.

Back in my previous life, I’d done the same thing to anti-government soldiers who raped and murdered innocent civilian girls.

Of course, I’d put them through far worse after that…

But this time was only a quarter kill, so I stopped here.

“W-What… the hell was that…?”

“H-He… gouged out his eyeball with his bare hand… and made him eat it…?”

“U-Uweeeeh!?”

Every single one of them turned pale, and some even started gagging at the gruesome sight.

Still, it was strange.

People with such normal reactions…

Yet in one route of the gal game, they went on to kill Sara in ways far more cruel than this.

Humans really were hard to understand.

But one thing should’ve been clear now—

The difference in strength.

—And that they should never fight me.

Even so, I deliberately asked them anyway.

“So, who’s next?”

I invited volunteers.

Of course, no one answered.

“What’s wrong? Didn’t you come here for ‘justified revenge’?”

“““………………”””

“Hurry up and come at me. If you really think you’ve got the right to kill me and that conglomerate lady, then there’s no reason to hold back, right? Come on—kill me.”

I shouted at them, provoking them, but it was like time itself had stopped.

Not a single one of them moved.

The fighting spirit they’d shown toward Sara earlier—

It was completely gone.

I snorted at the sight of them.

“Hah! ‘Justified revenge,’ my ass. If you really wanted revenge, you’d go through with it no matter how terrifying your opponent was—even if it meant killing each other. But you didn’t. Wanna know why? Because what you wanted wasn’t revenge. You just wanted to blow off steam!”

After glaring down at them one by one, I kept going.

“You just wanted to dump the frustration of your miserable lives onto the conglomerates and feel better about yourselves. And because you wanted an easy outlet… you targeted her. Because she’s a weak high school girl.”

I shot a glance toward Sara.

Just thinking about it made my blood boil.

“You wanted to vent, but you didn’t want to get hurt yourselves, right!? That’s why you went after someone who wouldn’t fight back! Someone weak! Isn’t that right!?”

I could feel the veins at my temples bulging, even without a mirror.

“—You’re all truly disgusting cowards. Just thinking that trash like you almost killed Sara… makes my guts boil with rage!!”

“H-Hii…”

I took a step forward.

“Alright. Let’s continue, shall we?”

I declared it in a low voice—

And in response, they all screamed at once.

“““HYAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”””

But right then—

“Yuuji!!”

When I turned at the voice calling my name—there was Wakita, breathing hard as he ran up.

“Man… you’re way too fast…! Hah… hah… hah…”

After catching his breath, Wakita glanced around.

What stood out the most was… the founder lying there, covered in blood.

For just a split second, the look behind his glasses twisted.

“Did you do that? He’s puking blood—still alive?”

“…Yeah. Quarter kill.”

“Quarter kill, huh… damn, you really don’t hold back. Well, got it. For now, stop right there.”

Wakita placed a hand on my shoulder.

“The police I called will be here any minute. If you keep going, it’ll turn into excessive force. But if you stop now, this stays self-defense. Well… he did lose an eye, though…”

Then Wakita looked at the fallen male students—and at Sara.

“—Still, if our classmates and Sara-san testify, it’ll be ruled unavoidable. Especially Sara-san’s statement—that’s huge. Even without the conglomerate applying pressure, the police might ‘use their discretion’ on their own… right?”

He flashed a wide grin and gave a playful wink.

While playing the gal game, I’d never really noticed it—

But I never imagined he was this gutsy, or that he could move with this much calculation.

Honestly… this kid was a little scary when you thought about it that way.

—Well, I didn’t dislike him though.

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A-A-And unbelievably…!

Modern Drama Weekly Ranking: 10th place!
Modern Drama Daily Ranking: 6th place!
Kakuyomu Contest 11 Ranking: 7th place!

W-We actually made it into the single digits—the Top 10… (sniff)

I’m seriously overwhelmed with emotion.

Thank you so, so much for all your support!