I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 239 and 240: Murder, robbery, and arson; also Kamen Rider.

As the strange man in a black tokusatsu costume swaggered in, the tattooed man and the scarred man stared in disbelief, overwhelmed by a sense of unreal absurdity.

To barge into a gang's gathering in the middle of the night wearing such shameful and bizarre costumes—what kind of lunatics are we? Are we drunk?

"Justice will be served! Hand over all the money!"

The tattooed man and the scarred man looked at each other for a few moments, then burst into laughter simultaneously.

"Hahaha! Okano, besides Kagawa who performs manzai, did you also hire a clown to perform?" Scarface slammed his fist on the table, laughing so hard that tears streamed down his face.

Okano, the man with the tattooed arm, was at a loss for words, both amused and exasperated.

"Could it be that the homeless neighbor, driven mad by poverty, is trying to stroke the tiger's whiskers?"

"I'll say it again, hand over all the money! This is to help the weak, it's a righteous cause, and it can also atone for sins," Kamen Rider said earnestly.

"I don't want to be ruthless, much less kill anyone. Just give me the money, and I'll leave right away."

"Hahahaha!"

The group of Yakuza inside the shop immediately burst into laughter.

Are there any mental hospitals near our neighborhood?

"Who is this person? Does he think he's some kind of superhero?"

"That tokusatsu outfit...it's Kamen Rider! Kamen Rider is a superhero, after all."

Kamen Rider truly lives up to its reputation as a national IP in Japan, even having fans in Kamen Rider.

"Brother Hegang, I'm sorry to have made you witness this farce." The tattooed man waved his hand, and the two cool-looking henchmen behind him walked out.

"Break this lunatic's legs and throw him in the trash."

"Take off his helmet before you kick this pervert out. I want to see what he looks like," the scarred man sneered.

Two cool and sassy henchmen, all smiles, surrounded the Bird's Nest Hero.

"Let me have a go at this so-called Kamen Rider."

"I'll go first."

One of them adopted a boxing stance, clearly having some fighting skills, and threw a fast and powerful straight punch at Tosu Hero's abdomen.

"Wait a moment……"

Hero Tosuki dodged the straight punch from the Yakuza henchman with a slightly disheveled appearance, but the Yakuza was relentless and threw several punches in succession, one of which hit Hero Tosuki's shoulder, forcing him to take a few steps back.

"With such limited skills, you dare to rob a yakuza group? You really underestimate us yakuza."

"Damn it, use a left hook!"

The tattooed man and the scarred man also seemed to have plenty of time to watch the show, sitting in their chairs and commenting on it.

Although the hero's strength far surpassed ordinary abilities due to his superhuman power, and his thick skin made the punch he received seem like nothing more than a tickle, he lacked combat experience and the intention to use force, which allowed the Yakuza henchmen to gain an advantage.

If the Hero of the Bird's Nest were willing, he could immediately launch the black tentacles of the Earth Grudge Fear, impaling all the Yakuza present upon them.

However, unlike when he went on a killing spree in the Machigumi, where he was there to protect the Tosu mother and daughter and eliminate future troubles, he is now here to rob them and has no grudge against Yakuza of the Kodokai.

In Tosu Hero's view, even Yakuza from the yakuza gang didn't deserve to die. He not only robbed people but also killed them. He was too soft-hearted to bring himself to do it.

"I'm saying this one last time, hand over the money, and I'm leaving! Don't push me, or I'll send you all to the hospital," Tosu Hero threatened, his words a mix of bravado and fear.

"No way, this is hilarious! This is way more entertaining than Kagawa's lousy comedy!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The tattooed man from the Hongdao Society joked:

"Since your performance was so ridiculous, I might as well give you a few coins. How much do you want?"

"Ten million!"

"Hahaha! I can't hold it in anymore! I haven't laughed this heartily in a long time."

The tattooed man wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes and quickly waved:

"Originally, I only intended to break one of your legs and be done with it, but now it seems I can't let you off so easily. However, if any Tom, Dick, or Harry, or any kind of lunatic, starts targeting our Hongdao Society, that would be troublesome."

Several more Yakuza henchmen rushed forward with sinister grins.

"Kamen Rider, since you're out here to uphold justice, you should be prepared. Don't blame us for being ruthless."

"etc……"

Suddenly, a Yakuza lunged and grappled, locking the Bird Hero's arms from behind.

The remaining Yaku rushed forward and began punching and kicking Bird Hero.

"I already told you, don't push me!"

With several loud bangs, several Yakuza were sent flying backwards, crashing against the wall and lying haphazardly, their fate unknown.

"What?!"

The tattooed man and the scarred man, who had been playing with the cat and mouse with ease, were suddenly dumbfounded. The Bird Hero, who had broken free of his restraints, did not give them time to react and charged forward in one go.

"Wow!"

The remaining few Yakuza underlings yelled and threw punches in response, but in the blink of an eye, they were crushed by the Birdsty Hero with absolute power and speed, knocked to the ground by his wild punches, groaning incessantly.

Besides the Kagawa duo performing manzai on stage, the only other people standing in the store were the tattooed man with an incredulous expression and the scarred man.

This weirdo in a ridiculous tokusatsu costume beat six or seven Yakuza to a pulp in the blink of an eye. Is this really a superhero?

"Who are you? We, the Hongdao Society, are not..."

The tattooed man's expression changed drastically. He was about to utter some harsh words when Tori no Hero, who had stepped forward, reached out and grabbed his throat, silencing him completely.

"Money! I want money! Hand over all the ill-gotten gains you've made against your conscience!"

Tosu Hero turned the tattooed man's face and said, word by word.

"Waaah..."

Seeing that things were not going well, Scarface was already trying to sneak away when Torii Hero raised his hand and slammed it heavily on the table.

"Crunch, crunch!"

The table groaned under the weight and broke in two, scattering cups and saucers all over the floor.

"Don't make any rash moves! Or don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" After witnessing the Kamen Rider's superhuman strength, Scarface wisely raised his hands and obediently stood with his back against the wall.

"Give me the money."

Torii Hero released his grip, and the tattooed man, his face flushed, took a breath before speaking with a fawning expression:

"Hey bro, I have a few hundred thousand yen in my wallet, just consider it making friends."

"I don't want just a little bit, I want ten million!"

"But I really don't have that much! These days, the economy is really bad, and gangsters are dirt poor..." The tattooed man began to complain about being poor.

Hero Tosu didn't tolerate him. He grabbed one of the tattooed man's little fingers and snapped it off with a crack!

"Aaaaaah!"

The tattooed man's face was contorted in pain, his lips were cyanotic, and large beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. Even so, he insisted he had no money, weeping and wailing:

"If it were... a few hundred thousand, or a million, I could still think of a way... but ten million... really, I don't have... that much."

Tosu Hideo hesitated for a moment. Perhaps the Hongdao Association really couldn't come up with this huge sum of money?

He couldn't help but look at the scarred man in the other group, thinking that he should also encourage him to support the cause of justice.

"Rich, rich, rich!"

Scarface sensed something was wrong and shouted, "That bastard Okano is full of bad intentions. He even took over those lucrative shops in Tobita Shinchi. How could he be broke? He has a safe on the second floor; there must be money in it."

The scarred man, without batting an eye, betrayed the tattooed man.

"Baka! How did you know?!" The tattooed man's expression changed.

Those scumbags from the Yakuza are truly stubborn; you won't believe a single word they say until they're faced with dire consequences.

Hero Tosu grabbed the tattooed man with one hand and strode aggressively toward the Kagawa Master Manzai duo on the stage.

He swiftly chopped another man in the back of the neck with a backhand chop, knocking him unconscious.

"I'm just an entertainer who performs manzai for the big shots. I'm not a member of any yakuza group. Just ignore me and let me go."

The remaining Master Kagawa, who had previously displayed an arrogant and domineering attitude in the club, relying on his connection with the Kodo-kai, collapsed to the ground, pleading bitterly.

Where were you from this morning until noon?

"I... I've been called to the shop by Okano-nii since this morning..."

Although Master Kagawa was puzzled as to why this Kamen Rider monster asked such a question, he still answered honestly.

Judging from Master Kagawa's genuine expression, it seemed that the stalker wasn't him. Tosu Hideo knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

"You come with me! Don't think you can escape."

Tosu Hero even suggested getting Scarface to sponsor the money in the safe if it wasn't enough, and took both of them up to the second floor of the izakaya.

In a secluded corner of a room on the second floor, Bird Hero found a safe.

Although the tattooed man still tried to struggle and deny everything, the Bird Hero gave him a hard time and threatened him with death, and he finally gave in and revealed the password.

Opening the safe, it was filled to the brim with stacks of grayish-blue banknotes.

Tosu Hideo's eyes widened in surprise. So much cash, at least tens of millions of yen!

He was overjoyed; with so much money, it would definitely be enough to cover Moribe Masamichi's medical expenses.

Bird Hero took out a backpack and began to rummage through the cash in the safe.

After stuffing several bundles of banknotes into his backpack, he reached into the safe and pulled out a palm-sized plastic bag containing white powder.

"This is……"

The hero's pupils contracted, and his body froze instantly.

"Go to hell!"

The tattooed man, who had been lying on the ground groaning, pulled a dagger from his trouser leg and suddenly attacked, stabbing the Kamen Rider in the lower back from behind.

"puff!"

After successfully landing a blow, the tattooed man was still not satisfied and pulled out a dagger to stab and stab wildly, staining the black cape behind the Kamen Rider red with blood.

"My money, my money! Nobody can take it from me!"

The tattooed man had stabbed himself countless times, and there were still a few drops of blood splattered on his face. With his blood-stained hands, he pushed the Kamen Rider aside and clung tightly to the backpack full of banknotes.

Scarface glanced at the Kamen Rider who had previously displayed great power but was now lying dead on the ground, and sighed that there was a high wall between unarmed and armed people. No matter how powerful he was before, he was now nothing more than a corpse.

"Gurgle."

He quickly lost interest, staring greedily at the backpack in the tattooed man's hand, and swallowed hard.

"Okano, you're something else! You've managed to save up so much money!"

The tattooed man calmed down slightly. He alertly held the dagger horizontally in front of him, his face darkening as he said:

"This money isn't mine; it's from the Tobita Shinchi stores, and it's the cash flow that hasn't been handed over to the association yet."

"If I lose this money, I'm definitely going to die. And the Hongdao Society will definitely investigate to the end, no matter what!" the tattooed man warned meaningfully.

That little bastard Okano dares to say that the shops in Tobita Shinchi don't make money!

Although Scarface was extremely envious, he knew that this money was a hot potato, and if he swallowed it all by himself, he might burst his stomach.

He glanced at the plastic bag containing white powder on the ground, his eyes darting around, and said with a grin:

"Okano, why didn't you tell me you were selling this kind of thing? We were classmates in junior high school, we've been friends for so many years. And this mentally ill person's corpse, do you need me to help you dispose of it? I know a good crematorium."

The tattooed man's face was grim. Whether it was selling contraband or committing murder, these were no small matters. If such leverage fell into the hands of the scarred man, he would definitely suffer a great loss.

"Tsuruoka, you bastard, aren't you just trying to take advantage of the situation?"

The tattooed man said reluctantly, "I'll sell those stores in Tobita Shinchi to you by the end of the month, no delays!"

"You said it yourself!" Scarface immediately perked up.

"Um."

The tattooed man's heart was bleeding; it was all this madman in the tokusatsu costume's fault!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Hurry up and help me move this corpse. I want to chop him into eight pieces myself and throw him into the incinerator to vent my anger!"

"They're here! They're here!"

Scarface walked over excitedly, but then his expression changed drastically:

"What kind of monster is this?!"

From the wound on the back of the Kamen Rider, countless thin, smooth black tentacles emerged.

Kamen Rider staggered to his feet, countless black tentacles piercing out from under his robes, baring their fangs and claws in the air.

This bizarre and terrifying scene reminded Scarface of the black horsehair worms that he had seen crawling out of the bodies of parasitized praying mantises when he was a child by the pond in the countryside!

"I...I don't want to kill anymore! But why are you forcing me!"

One after another, black tentacles shot out, directly enveloping the tattooed man and the scarred man into two black cocoons. Moments later, a chilling scream came from inside.

Five minutes later, a raging fire broke out in a corner of Airin 2-chome, with flames shooting into the sky!

(End of this chapter)