I suddenly became a yakuza boss.

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However, he always felt that this girl seemed to be quite clingy to him lately. But after being away for a while, she seemed unwilling to leave and would play handheld games by herself.

Soon, the vehicle turned on its headlights and slowly drove out of the hotel parking lot.

On the other hand, in the open space behind the hotel, more than a dozen members of the soccer club had gathered in the corridor.

"Everyone, is everyone here? If so, it's about time we set off!"

"I'm going to announce this to my classmates!" Hu Buxiang said loudly.

"Ohh ...

The football club and its invited friends responded enthusiastically.

"Why is everyone so interested in this game? We've played it many times since elementary school."

Standing in the crowd, Yumiko Miura looked puzzled and not very interested, and made a comment.

Hina Ebina, standing to the side, smiled and said, "Is that even a question? Of course, this game is a classic. It's a traditional Japanese folk game that dates back to the Heian period."

Yumiko Miura sighed, glancing at Ebina with annoyance. Ebina, however, launched into a long-winded explanation of various ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) plots, and the psychological phenomenon of the "suspension bridge effect" at this event. She recounted urban horror rumors such as unexplained women crying from shrines, corpses hidden in cave walls, and the panting sounds of two male teachers coming from a school office late at night…

Just as Miura Yumiko covered Ebina's mouth with her hand, Manager Isshiki Iroha had just finished counting the number of people.

"OK, everyone's here." After checking the last box on the roster, Isshiki Hatake prepared to tell the team leader, Hobu.

Suddenly, in a fleeting glance, she caught a glimpse of a little girl playing a handheld game console sitting on a wooden chair by the back door of the inn.

"Huh?" Iroha couldn't help but blink and look carefully.

As it turned out, the little girl was indeed the same one he had just seen during the day, the yakuza man's sister... her name seemed to be "Hina".

Why is she here?

"Hello."

Isshiki Iroha tiptoed up to Hina, her delicate face close to hers, and greeted her with a cheerful smile.

“We’ve met before, do you remember me? My name is Isshiki Iroha.”

Hina Nitta shifted her gaze from the handheld game to Isshiki and said, "Hmm, I remember."

"What are you doing here? Where's your brother?" Iroha Isshiki asked with a smile.

"...Ah Xuan went out and told me to wait here for him to come back," Nitta Hina replied expressionlessly.

"!" It was only then that Iroha realized that the two of them had actually booked the same hotel!

It's not surprising, though. There aren't many hotels around here, and this one has the highest rating and is the most popular, so it's the most likely place to book.

"...So, [sir] just left you here all alone like that?"

Isshiki Hachiman asked, her eyes wide. She was somewhat surprised, thinking to herself, what kind of older brother in the world would be so careless as to leave such a cute little sister alone in an unfamiliar hotel?

“He asked some colleagues to look after me,” Nitta Hina replied, looking up.

I see, that explains it clearly.

Isshiki Hachiman maintained her smile, feeling that the yakuza at least wasn't so careless about these kinds of things.

However, she also saw Hina Nitta holding a somewhat worn-out handheld game console, pressing buttons by herself. Although her expression didn't change much, considering her reaction when she went to see the yakuza, she must have felt quite lonely and bored.

"Little Chu, do you also think that games are more fun when played with another person?"

With bright, clear eyes, Isshiki Hatake asked Nitta Hina with boundless energy.

Hina Nitta was slightly taken aback, staring blankly at Isshiki.

"Senior Minister of Revenue, Senior Minister of Revenue, I need to add one more person to my team!"

Isshiki Iroha raised her hand and said to Tobe Sho.

"What? Who is this little girl?" Tobe Sho walked up to Isshiki, looked at the unfamiliar, expressionless little girl with curiosity, and asked.

“She’s the younger sister of one of my seniors from outside the school. She happens to be traveling here too. I ran into her at noon. Now her brother is out, and I’d like to take her with me. Is that alright?” Isshiki asked with a smile.

"The younger sister of an outsider..." Tobe Sho was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of Isshiki having any outsider.

"That pretty handsome guy from outside the school, he looks like he's already a college student, right?"

Just then, Miura Yumiko, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up and asked a question.

The expressions of the club members changed slightly, including Tobe Sho and Hayama Hayato. Suddenly, Isshiki became the focus of attention in the open space before the test of courage.

Isshiki Iroha is a cute and easy-going social butterfly in her first year. Although she is not as well-known as Yukino Yukinoshita, she is actually very popular. Such a freshman is enough to attract a lot of people when she appears at school. However, the reason why no one pursues her is because Isshiki seems to like Hayama.

Since it's common knowledge throughout the school that everyone likes Hayama, it's not surprising that the boys in the school lost to him. But now, Miura Yumiko's words seem to suggest that the issue isn't so simple, causing many people to suspect something.

However, Hina Ebina knew that Yumiko Miura seemed to have a problem with it, but she wouldn't reveal it. The reason she brought it up now was because she could see that Isshiki was making no attempt to hide it.

It was simply stating the objective facts.

"..." Iroha Isshiki stared blankly at Yumiko Miura for a few moments, then smiled again and admitted in a relaxed tone, "That's right, it's that senior. Senior Miura and Senior Ebina have met him before. But we weren't that close... Senior Tobe, is that alright?"

Isshiki Iroha's cute smiling face hasn't changed at all.

Tobu Sho paused for a moment, sensing something amiss, but then thought it was a perfectly normal thing and there was nothing to gossip about. He then said, "At least we should tell her guardian, right?"

"...I'll call Ah Xuan."

Upon hearing this, Nitta Hina expressionlessly took out her keypad phone and called Li Xuan.

Isshiki originally thought this younger sister would be shy, and at first he was just tentatively asking Hobe-senpai if he could add people. Now he can see that the Gokudo sister really wants to go out and play.

This was the first time that Hobe Sho and the other students had ever seen someone using a button phone these days, and they wondered what was going on with this kid's family...

"Ah-Xuan?" Upon hearing this name, Miura Yumiko muttered to herself.

After that, Miura Yumiko didn't say anything more. She quieted down, and the others didn't think much of it. The crowd started chatting noisily again.

—【So it was Isshiki who sent you?】

The old-fashioned telephone had a louder speaker, so everyone could hear Li Xuan's voice.

—【Then go ahead, but don't cause her any trouble.】

"Understood," Nitta Hina nodded.

—Also, remember to thank her.

"Oh," Nitta Hina replied.

Iroha Isshiki initially thought that the eccentric yakuza would persuade his sister to refuse, but to his surprise, he agreed.

This feeling of relief after the suppression is quite pleasant.

Nitta Hina put the old-fashioned cell phone in her pocket and said to Tobe, "Gen has agreed."

"There's no other way, so let's go together. Remember to follow us." Tobe Sho had no choice but to smile and teach the middle school student.

And so, Hina Nitta and Isshiki began their operation.

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After traveling about five kilometers by bus, a group of people got off at a bus stop next to a village in the woods.

As soon as the members of the Zongwu High School soccer team came down, they saw several groups of students already standing by the roadside.

Hu Buxiang sighed, "I thought we were the only ones coming to test our courage, but there are quite a lot of people. Doesn't that make it less scary?"

"It's alright, since everyone's here, let's just proceed as planned."

Hayato Hayama said to him.

"Alright, everyone, listen to me. We're going to draw lots in a bit. Two people who draw the same lot will be a group."

Hu Buxiang took out the cardboard box he had made and spoke to them with great interest.

"Hey, isn't this Hayama?"

Suddenly, someone greeted Hayama Hayato in a sarcastic voice.

Hayama, Hobe, Isshiki, Miura, and the others all looked over and saw a group of more than a dozen high school students, both boys and girls, walking over.

On the sidewalk under the cover of night, several men with dyed yellow hair, pierced ears, and sunglasses looked like thugs. The women wore miniskirts and heavy eyebrow makeup. A group of them surrounded the members of the Soubu High School soccer team.

It seems tonight's test of courage is destined to go awry...

However, Isshiki looked at the attire of this group of people from other schools who knew Hayama with some curiosity.

I feel like I've seen this feature somewhere before...

......

There are also stone Buddhas here.

There's also Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva over there...

And then there are the local villagers who suddenly rush out every now and then, questioning them whether they are stealing their sweet potatoes...

So, has it become so difficult to deal with some "mistakes" now?

A group of gloomy, extreme martial arts team members with shovels by the mountain road couldn't find a suitable place to dig a hole!

"Ah Qiu—!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but sneeze.

"What's wrong? Are you cold?"