The Strongest Loner Redo His Youth With Unmatched Prowess!! ~In the Second Round of School Life, He Made Beautiful Girl Friends!~ - Chapter 46

“…I felt a chill.” 

Kirika looked around as if fearing something. 

“Is it a cold?” 

“Hmm, more like a bad feeling?” 

“Hey, don’t say such ominous things…” 

In Reiya’s hideout.

It was around the time when Kirika and Reiya’s discussion about urban legends in the exploration city had settled down.

“By the way, what are we going to do next?” 

Hakari understood that they couldn’t rely on the police. 

However, they couldn’t just hide here forever. 

They needed to take action at some point to resolve the situation themselves. 

“Just wait for that. I’m having my underlings sniff around the city.”

“Wh-what? Your underlings?” 

“Yeah, I’m the leader of a team called ‘Night Flow Zero’.” 

“Oh, I didn’t expect that from you.” 

Kirika said teasingly. 

However, having an organization that can move in this situation is a blessing. 

It would be easier to gather information than to act alone.

“But those guys are part of the underworld. Just by looking at them, they didn’t seem like decent people.” 

“Underworld… Are there really people like that?” 

“From the perspective of the big shots, they’re probably convenient for dealing in illegal weapons and drugs.”

“…It’s rotten.”

Hakari spits it out. 

Today alone, she would hear many disturbing stories.

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“Is he really here…” 

“As far as the information we’ve gathered goes, there’s no mistake, right?” 

Yuito and the others were standing in front of the karaoke store. 

According to the information collected by Satou and Hina, Arai seemed to be hiding here. 

However, Yuito felt a sense of resistance towards karaoke. 

“I’ve never been to karaoke…”

Yuito had no friends. Of course, he had never been to karaoke. 

If someone liked singing, they might enjoy solo karaoke, but Yuito had no such hobby. 

“Ahh, yes, yes. Just hurry up and go in.”

“Yes…” 

Yuito was dragged into the karaoke by Hina as she grabbed his hand.

Hina went to the reception and quickly completed the procedures. 

She was quite adept. 

As she moved deeper inside, she saw rooms lined up on both sides. 

Each door had a small window. 

“Since I chose the innermost room, I’ll check the inside of the room as we walk by. Be careful not to get caught by the staff and be thrown out.”

“R-Right, understood…” 

The two glanced around the room as they moved deeper inside. 

“There they are!” 

Yuito peeked into the room. 

Inside were Arai and two male students. 

The boys were making noise with microphones, but Arai was sitting in his seat, looking downcast. 

“Excuse us.” 

“You’re under arrest!”

“What… why are you here!?” 

Arai stood up forcefully, his eyes wide open. 

“…How did you find this place?” 

“You should thank your friend.”

Hina showed her smartphone like a seal. 

On the screen was an image of one of the male students.

It was posted on SNS.

It says, ‘Karaoke with the usual crew!’

Behind the boy, Arai’s profile was partially visible. 

“Y-you…!?” 

“I-I’m sorry…” 

Arai glared at the boy in question. 

The boy was bowing repeatedly. 

“It seems you didn’t explain the situation to your friends. Well, you can’t exactly say, ‘I’m running away because I attempted kidnapping.'”

Upon hearing Hina’s words, the boys looked at Arai in shock. 

“W-What do you mean by kidnapping…” 

“I-I’m sorry, but I just remembered I have something to do…” 

The boys quickly fled. 

Such a fragile friendship. 

After seeing them off, Arai glared at Yuito. 

“What a fleeting friendship.” 

“You guys… don’t get too cocky, okay?”

“Oh dear, the little chicken that was scared and trembling has started barking, huh?” 

“You damn bitch!!” 

Hina taunted. 

Unable to hold back any longer, Arai shouted at Hina.

Yuito stepped in to protect Hina. 

“Arai… why did you try to kidnap Hakari-chan and the others?” 

“…It’s your fault.”

“Because of me?” 

“They seemed to be holding a grudge against you.” 

Being hated. 

Even hearing that, Yuito couldn’t quite grasp it. 

There shouldn’t have been any reason to be hated in this era. 

“For now, take me to the people who planned the kidnapping.”

“What? Are you going to apologize?” 

“I’m going to crush them.”

Arai stood there.

With his mouth wide open. 

It seemed he couldn’t comprehend the meaning of Yuito’s words. 

But as his brain caught up, he began to smirk. 

“Ha, are you stupid? The opponent isn’t some student like me. They’re the real deal. There’s no way a loser like you could win against them…!”

“I will win.”

Yuito said calmly, as if discussing today’s dinner menu. 

“Even if I have to turn the entire city against me, I will definitely protect each other. For that, I would tear this city apart.”

Upon hearing Yuito’s words, Arai burst into laughter.

“Hahahahaha!! Are you stupid or something?” 

Arai laughed and then cracked his fingers. 

With a smirk on his face, he glared at Yuito. 

“Well, never mind. If I beat you up and take you away, the failed kidnapping and those two will be forgiven――and it’ll be a happy ending, right? Be a stepping stone for my youth!!” 

Arai raised his fist.

Thud!! 

Arai’s body was sliced in half.

…Or so it seemed. 

“G-gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!” 

Arai had no wounds on him. 

However, he was rolling around on the ground, holding his body.

As if it had been cut in half. 

“W-what did you do!?” 

“I slammed magic power into you to trick your brain.” 

It was one of the techniques Yuito learned from his master.

He can incapacitate the opponent without causing any injury. 

His master used it so casually even on persistent pick-up persons. 

However, Yuito rarely uses it. He feels it’s too cruel to cause pain. 

“Stop messing with me――!!” 

Arai stood up and raised his fist again. 

Thud!! 

A low drum-like sound echoed.

A black lightning crackled through Yuito’s body. 

At the same time, the building began to tremble as if it were alive. 

The light bulbs flickered irregularly. 

“Arai is making two mistakes.” 

Arai collapsed weakly, his legs giving way, and stared at Yuito, trembling violently. Arai’s pants gradually became damp.

“I’m not joking. No matter what happens, I’ll protect the two of them.”

Yuito bends down to meet Arai’s gaze. 

Arai was breathing shallowly, with tears streaming from his eyes and nose. 

“And I haven’t forgiven you, Arai… Do you want to be torn to pieces?” 

Baam. 

Arai collapsed, foaming at the mouth.

Yuito grabbed Arai by the scruff of his neck and dragged him out of the room. 

“W-What was that…?” 

Hina was bewildered by the situation. 

From her perspective, the room was shaking and strange phenomena were occurring. 

“Hmm. A poltergeist?” 

“No, it was clearly Yuito doing something…” 

When Yuito met Hina’s gaze, he smiled awkwardly.