I suddenly became a yakuza boss.

Hayato Hayama said, "They are members of the soccer club at Aota High School. Our soccer club played a friendly match against them last year."

"But the opposing team committed a malicious foul midway through, almost causing a brawl between the two teams," Tobu Sho explained with a shrug.

When Isshiki Iroha, Miura Yumiko, and the others heard this, their expressions all changed. Wasn't that an enemy relationship?

However, Shiroi Iroha had heard of Aota High School somewhere before. She remembered it as one of the worst high schools in Chiba Prefecture, the kind where you just spend money to get by.

"What do you guys want from us?"

Hubu Xiang and several tall, burly department members blocked their way and asked.

"We just came to say hello. A few of my female classmates have been talking to me about Hayama, so we brought them over to see your classmate Hayama."

The tall, thin man with blond hair said to Hu Buxiang.

"Is that Hayama?"

"He is indeed quite handsome."

"Do I have a girlfriend? Do I still have a chance?"

A group of gyarou-style high school girls kept teasing Hayato Hayama.

"Shut up!!"

Yumiko Miura was annoyed and shouted at him loudly.

"Yumiko, it's okay."

Hayato Hayama stopped the angry Yumiko Miura and calmly spoke to her.

"Right? I've told you all, you have no chance at all. He goes to the best high school in Chiba, he's from a rich family, and he's never short of cute girls around him, but you just don't believe me."

"That's what the blond guy said to the hot girls around him."

Indeed, the quality of the girls on both sides of the road is vastly different, as if the prettier girls are more academically gifted, and they are mostly from Chiba Soubu High School.

"Alright, Matsushima, don't take this joke too far," Hayama Hayato said with a serious expression.

"Sorry, sorry, I was just venting about these fangirls." The blond guy snapped out of his daze, glanced at Ye Shan, and said with feigned apology. He then pointed to himself and the classmate next to him and said, "We're different. The handsome people we admire should be bold and decisive, not pretentious and effeminate! They should be like Mr. [The War Demon of Ashikawa], right, everyone?"

"right!!"

A group of boys from a less prestigious school responded enthusiastically.

"Hmm!" Iroha Isshiki couldn't help but hum in surprise upon hearing this.

"What's wrong?" Miura Yumiko glanced at her and asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, it's nothing..."

Isshiki Iroha quickly shook her head, giving an awkward smile.

She felt a sense of déjà vu with these outfits; it turned out these students were all fans of that person...

However, Iroha Isshiki wondered to herself that they were so different from that yakuza man, both in appearance and in personality, that it was impossible for them to connect with each other in her mind.

"Matsushima, we're all out having fun today, so let's all do our own thing. If you have any questions, you can come to me at the stadium or directly," Hayama Hayato said, his gaze sharpening further.

"We don't know each other at all. If this continues, I'll call the police right away, believe me?"

Hu Buxiang took out his phone and said.

The high school student named Matsushima looked at them, noticing that they outnumbered him considerably, and said with a smile, "Don't be so formal. We really just came to say hello. Okay, let's go play over there and not bother these top students."

Amidst the commotion, a group of high school students, who resembled delinquents, began to head in another direction.

"These idiots, they're such a headache," Tobu Sho muttered under his breath, watching their retreating figures.

"Hayato, don't bother with them," Miura Yumiko said, glancing at Hayama.

Hayato Hayama shook his head and casually said, "It's okay, no one will take it so seriously and compare themselves to thugs."

When Isshiki Hachiman heard this, she looked at Hayato Hayama with a somewhat surprised and complicated expression.

"We finally got to go out and have some fun, but we ran into these guys. What a disappointment! But it's okay, our test of courage isn't over there. It's a seven or eight minute walk from there. Everyone, follow me and don't fall behind!"

In the vast mountains and forests, middle school and high school students are everywhere along the roadside. Under the cover of night, the members of the Chiba Soubu High School soccer team head towards the town streets surrounded by mountains and forests, towards their destination: the test of courage tournament.

※※※※

A car drove into the mountains and forests. It was pitch black all around. Li Xuan drove very slowly, and after a bumpy ride, he finally arrived at an ideal place that was barely away from private land, Buddha statues, and passersby.

The vehicle stopped beside a hillside, finally finding the ideal place to eliminate the [error].

"Men, get off the vehicle and get to work!"

Kiyoshi Baba shouted loudly.

A group of gangsters, their faces contorted with rage once more, got out of their vehicles, grabbed shovels and flashlights, and followed Baba Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi Baba opened the back of the truck again, and the smell of blood from the sacks was no longer so strong.

"Speaking of which, young master, you seem quite wary of Buddha statues. I didn't realize you were a Buddhist."

A younger man in his thirties started digging a hole, he said.

Baba Kiyoshi glared at his underling, who immediately turned pale with fright. He said, "What do you know? Even if you don't believe me, you can't be disrespectful. I'm just asking you to do something, why are you being so long-winded?"

Li Xuan looked at the sack and asked, "Young Master, why don't you just pay compensation? Wouldn't that save you a lot of trouble?"

"I originally intended to pursue a compensation claim..."

Baba Kiyoshi's obese body trembled as he dug the hole, and he recalled his past experiences in a low voice.

Because he was in a hurry to celebrate his team leader's birthday, he accidentally hit a Shiba Inu on the mountain road. The Shiba Inu was on the verge of death, so he planned to find the owner of this adult Shiba Inu. However, when he put the dog in his car and waited by the roadside for people looking for the dog, he overheard the following conversation next to the car.

—【Pochi! Pochi! Where have you gone?】

—【Feina, don't run onto the road!】 (The child's mother)

--【yes.】

—【That's strange, I didn't see it for a moment, where did it go?】

—【Mom, Pochi won't run away. I'm afraid someone might take it away.】

—【No way, no one would just randomly grab someone else's dog.】

—【Pochi is so smart and obedient; it's my best friend. Whenever I was bullied, it would rush out of the house and chase them away as soon as it heard the noise. Someone must be after it! No, I absolutely cannot let Pochi disappear!】

......

“I ran over and killed a seven-year-old girl’s best friend,” Kiyoshi Baba said.

"Young Master, it seems you also keep a dog."

"That's what one of the officials said."

"So I can feel that feeling of having done something wrong. It's not about the money, it's that I just can't get out of the car and tell that kid, 'Your best friend was just hit by me,' and that this isn't something that money can settle."

Kiyoshi Baba said to them.

Li Xuan was stunned, staring at Maba Kiyoshi.

This is a young master of a yakuza gang who has killed people in gang conflicts, yet he is surprisingly quite principled in certain aspects.

"I think it's better for it to run away than to find out it was hit by a car. I'll send the compensation to its family anonymously after a while," Kiyoshi Maba said, explaining his plan.

Li Xuan sighed. He and Ma Changqing lifted the sack containing the puppy. It was none of his business, and he wouldn't comment on whether this was appropriate or not.

There are all sorts of yakuza groups, and all kinds of people, but the Ashikawa Group is considered the neutral and lawful type, the oldest and most fundamental type of yakuza.

......

the other side.

The Chiba Soubu High School soccer team finally arrived at the entrance to the test of courage tournament.

"We've arrived! This is it!"

"This is what Hubu Xiang said to everyone."

This is a mountain path surrounded by trees. The streetlights at the entrance of the path can only roughly illuminate a small area. The dense grass, the rough moss-covered stone steps, and the deep, dark path make the desolate mountain path seem so eerie and terrifying.

The faces of the group of high school students turned pale.

"Wait, isn't it dangerous here?" Miura Yumiko couldn't help but swallow, and she questioned Tobe Sho.

"No, it's easy to find the way. The woods aren't very big either. It only takes about 20 or 30 minutes to walk through and reach the residential area. And don't worry, this route is a straight path. If you shout, almost everyone around you can hear you clearly, which makes it sound less scary. But this is a classic venue for a test of courage."

Tobu Sho explained, "If you keep walking along this forest path, you'll reach an abandoned elementary school. Hmph, I went there this afternoon, and it was really scary. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. The rules are like this: you'll be paired up by drawing lots, one boy and one girl. The destination is the center of the elementary school's auditorium. You'll put the number you drew there to prove you've been there."

Everyone responded that they understood.

"So, after counting the number of people, besides the extra boys and the scary group, it's just the few of us."

Hobe Sho and several members of the soccer club stepped forward, along with Ebina Hina, who was also part of the "Scare Team" for this "Test of Courage" competition, and introduced themselves.

Yumiko Miura's expression changed drastically. She looked at Ebina and asked, "Why are you from that side too?"

"Because I'd much rather see the expressions on people's faces when they're scared than when I'm scared myself," Hina Ebina replied with a smile.

Isshiki Iroha paused for a moment, then raised her hand and asked Tobe Sho, "Wait, Tobe-senpai, did you include Hina in the list?"

Hobe Sho paused for a moment, glanced at the junior high school student who had joined temporarily, slapped his forehead, and said, "Oh right, I forgot."

"Senior Minister of Revenue, please don't bully the juniors."

Isshiki Iroha showed a displeased expression and said.

"Sorry, sorry... but taking a first-year high school kid to such a scary place to test her courage... is a bit too much. How about we hand her over to the scare squad?"

Hubu Xiang asked with a smile.

The Scary Group?

Iroha Isshiki hesitated for a moment, feeling that that particular group wasn't very interesting.

"What is the Scare Group?" Nitta Hina asked Iroha.

Iroha Isshiki smiled and explained to her, "The Scare Squad is people who specialize in turning into ghosts and monsters and creating a scary atmosphere when others are testing their courage. The scarier the better."

Upon hearing this, Nitta Hina's eyes lit up, and she excitedly asked, "Is it the kind of job you read about in books, where you make scary movies like ghost stories?"

"Hmm... I guess so, it's roughly the same idea."

Issei Iroha raised her head slightly, pondered for a moment as if in a daze, then leaned down again to look at Nitta Hina and answered.