The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 20 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (12)

"Kid~ Thank you for the nutrition money. I saved some for you to buy lunch. If you run out of money in a few days, I'll come to you for more. You must work hard~ Hahahaha~"

After watching the two thugs take away the few thousand yen left in his wallet and leave, Inuyama Heita looked at the coins in his wallet and sighed. It was useless to buy a lunch box with such a small amount of money. However, he knew that he would get the money back sooner or later - if Qian Xiaoyi's guess was correct.

So he took out his cell phone and called Qian Xiaoyi, but the call was rejected. After a while, Qian Xiaoyi sent him a message.

Qian Xiaoyi: [You just got out of school at this time. It seems that the other party has already blackmailed you? But don't rush to contact him. Take the train to work first, and contact him when you get home in the evening. This way you can show your hatred and struggle. Pay attention to your character setting and don't mess it up.]

It’s no surprise that Qian Xiaoyi could guess it. Inuyama Heita replied: […I know, but what you said sounds like a movie.]

Qian Xiaoyi: [Haha, that’s about right~ Don’t let it slip, or our plan will go down the drain~ Let’s not talk about it for now, I’m investigating something outside, I’ll contact you later.]

Inuyama Heita put away his cell phone and took the train to Sanwailou to work. Although he had no money left, his railway card was still there, so taking the train was not a problem.

They waited quietly until the evening, and Inuyama Heita returned home with a fresh packaged meal. He ate it leisurely, then calmed down a bit before pulling out his cell phone and calling the number on the flyer that Matsui had left.

The call was quickly connected, and a gentle female voice came from the other end: "Hello, this is Lucky Mutual Aid Association, what can I do for you?"

"Um..." Inuyama Heita considered his words for a moment, then said, "My name is Inuyama Heita. Mr. Matsui said that if you have any questions, you can find him."

"Mr. Inuyama Heita?" the female voice said, "Mr. Matsui mentioned you. If you want to contact him, please call the number below..."

Inuyama Heita wrote down the number, hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and contacted Matsui.

"Hello, this is Matsui, who is this?"

"Mr. Matsui, I... I'm Inuyama Heita..."

Inuyama Heita tried hard to pretend to be panicked and asked Matsui if there was any part-time job that could make money, instead of directly telling him that he was blackmailed and needed someone to deal with the two thugs. This was also the result of his discussion with Qian Xiaoyi. Because of the social unspoken rule of "not wanting to cause trouble to others", people here are very... euphemistic in both doing things and speaking. So according to Inuyama Heita's "personality", he would not directly ask Matsui for help. After all, if it were an ordinary student, he would definitely be afraid of making things worse. In addition, Inuyama Heita has no parents to support him, so he has more concerns. If the two thugs were really sent by Matsui, then he would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

"As for part-time work, I still have some, but I still hope that you can join our organization... And, Mr. Heita, you seem to have something to hide?" Sure enough, Matsui had transformed into a caring elder brother at this time, and asked patiently: "Mr. Heita, from my observation, you are not the kind of person who would actively ask for help from others, right? You must have encountered something that you can't solve yourself, right?"

"No...it's okay, I'm just a little short of money lately, nothing else..." Inuyama Heita hesitated, while Matsui kept comforting and persuading him. Finally, after the two of them had been arguing over the topic for several minutes, Inuyama Heita told Matsui the truth about the blackmail.

"I understand. Leave this matter to us. Mr. Heita, don't worry. Just study hard." Matsui said and hung up the phone.

Inuyama Heita regained his calm expression, and even felt like laughing. He shook his head, then went to wash up and go to bed, looking forward to what good show there would be tomorrow. Through this phone call, he confirmed that this matter was planned by Matsui, and naturally he would not believe a word from the other party. On the next day, the good show finally started. After school, Inuyama Heita still followed the original route, went straight to the station, and then went to work at Shanwailou. As expected, he was stopped by the gangsters who suddenly appeared again.

"Are you here?" Inuyama Heita had that anxious expression again, but he was very excited in his heart.

"Hey! Inuyama, you went to work yesterday, didn't you?" The gangster shouted, "Please buy us a drink. Aren't we friends?"

Although Inuyama Heita was very confused about when they became friends, he still pretended to be scared and said hesitantly: "I...I didn't go to work yesterday, so I don't have any money to give you."

"What did you say?!" Another thug grabbed Inuyama Heita's collar with his uninjured hand, took out his other bandaged hand, and scolded: "You kid, have you forgotten who hurt my hand? My hand hurts so much every night, and it's all your fault! Don't you want to admit it? Do your classmates and teachers know that Inuyama Heita is such a person? In that case, it seems that I have an obligation to tell them your true face. What do you say, Inuyama?"

"I...I..." Inuyama was still pretending to be timid, but the next moment, he found that a lot of people suddenly came from all directions and surrounded him and the gangsters.

"Don't touch the child," said a familiar voice.

Inuyama Heita was stunned for a moment, then he said with an expression of disbelief: "Mr. Matsui?!"

Matsui still had that smile on his face, and there were a dozen people following him. Inuyama Heita vaguely remembered a few of them, and they should all be members of the Lucky Mutual Aid Association.

"Is that Inuyama-kun?" A middle-aged man he brought with him laughed heartily, "We all came here because we heard from Mr. Matsui that you were in trouble." Inuyama Heita vaguely remembered that this man was called Kuroda or Kuroki, and that he had spoken at the party.

"Hehehe~ I, the elder sister, will never allow you to bully young boys like this!" Another strong elder sister with heavy makeup and unshaven beard put her hand on the gangster's shoulder and exerted a little force...

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!” The man’s face showed a distorted expression and he shouted, “Oppose violence! Oppose violence!”

Seeing this, another thug shouted in a timid tone: "Hey, who are you? If you keep doing this, I will call the police!"

"The one who blackmailed the high school student actually shouted to call the police?" Matsui was a little amused. He nodded to Inuyama Heita and said, "Wait a moment, Heita-kun, let's go talk to these two."

"Leave it to us." An uncle gave a thumbs up to Inuyama Heita.

The crowd surrounded the two thugs and took them into an alley.

(End of this chapter)