My love index is at its maximum.

Tazaki pulled her along the corridor and ran quickly, stopping at a safe corner. Then, he raised his gun, and with a "bang," the barrel vibrated for a moment.

A burst of blood erupted from the chest of the person at the very front, and his entire body flew backward.

"Don't be afraid, he only has one gun!"

Let's charge together!

"Call another team over to flank us from both sides..."

The people on the other side of the corridor suppressed the attack with fire while charging forward in a swarm. The walls near the two men were riddled with bullet holes, and dust flew everywhere.

Tazaki Tsukasa subtly stepped in front of Hoshino Hanami, casually picked up a grenade he had found, threw it forward, and then covered his ears.

With a "bang," sparks flew.

The lights flickered, and the glass windows on the ceiling and walls of the corridor crumbled and fell off after the massive tremors.

As if he had just set off a firework, he casually reached back and pulled Hoshino Hanami up. He then fired several shots with his raised right hand, sending stone chips flying and dust billowing down the corridor ahead.

After firing a burst of bullets, Tsukasa Tazaki pulled Hanami Hoshino towards the third floor, exuding a cold and composed aura in every move.

Hoshino Hanami let him lead the way.

Her dazed and silly appearance was completely unlike the dashing older sister she had just been.

My mind was a bit muddled. One moment I was thinking about how he was so young and yet he wasn't afraid of this kind of situation at all. The next moment I thought that my little brother had finally reached his limit with how I had been beating him these past few days and wanted to take this opportunity to punish me.

That brat... how rough does he want to be treated?

Whips, handcuffs, and a rocking horse?

Or perhaps he'd make me kneel on the ground in a uniform, lift my short skirt and whip my buttocks with a leather whip, make me cry and say that Hanami-chan knows she was wrong. If the apology doesn't satisfy him, he might make me wear some strange things and restrain me from moving...

This is not Hoshino Hanami maliciously speculating about the extent of Tazaki Tsukasa's perversion!

After the incident of running and exercising in the seaside town, she had no idea how outrageous Tsukasa Tazaki could be.

Ok.

As the warmth and emotion from being rescued by a hero slowly faded, Hoshino Hanami felt a pang of regret and fear. She regretted her impulsiveness and feared the shameful punishment she would face upon returning home. The mature and composed older sister had lost all sense of normal logic, her heart filled with a mixture of self-reproach, resentment, and anticipation… her expressions were truly a fascinating mix.

Tazaki Tsukasa pulled her hand and searched the third floor room by room.

With his expression completely absorbed, he was unaware that his older sister had already imagined him as a pervert in her mind. Otherwise, he would have definitely let her know—Congratulations, you guessed right.

"Stop them quickly..."

"We're already on the third floor, that's fast... Are those two monkeys... Saito, suppress them with firepower, we're coming right away."

"Saito, Saito... Saito?"

Amidst the chaotic sounds, someone picked up the walkie-talkie and replied, "It's raining. Saito's mother is calling him home to collect the laundry."

A thick, gray smoke enveloped the entire third-floor factory. After the windows were shattered by stray bullets, the residual power of the typhoon poured into the room, howling and swirling through the corridors and rooms. Several disheveled members of the Black Dragon Group staggered around; clearly, they had failed once again.

"go!"

"boom!"

Amidst the gunshots, bullets grazed Tsukishiro's body and embedded themselves in the wall. At the same time, the katana he wielded transformed into a flash of cold light, slashing the pursuing man aside, the blade itself deeply embedded in the wall.

Suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound behind me.

"Tasaki!" Hoshino Hanami screamed.

Through his passive perception, Tazaki Tsukasa realized that a burly giant had taken advantage of the gunfire to rush up behind him. Without taking a single bite, he gathered all his strength and threw a punch at the back of his head.

With little room to dodge, Tsukasa Tazaki had no choice but to raise his arm to block.

A dull thud resounded.

Tazaki Tsukasa remained motionless, while the newcomer swayed and took two steps back to regain his balance. The burly man, over two meters tall, gaped in astonishment, clearly terrified.

How did this high school student, who looked like a tiny shrimp to him, manage to catch such a huge punch from him?

Hoshino Hanami shouted angrily, "Who gave you permission to hit him!"

After saying that, she shook off Tsukasa Tazaki's hand and charged forward to fight like a tigress protecting her food.

“Let me do it.” Tsukasa Tazaki pulled her back and said, “Onee-sama is the most amazing person in the world. I’ll take care of this little task.”

"Then I won't move tonight." Hoshino Hanami blinked, and a beautiful smile bloomed on her face, which was still lovely even though it was stained with blood. It was sweet, beautiful, and intoxicating.

"I'll do it! I'll do it!"

Tazaki Tsukasa smiled faintly, rolled up his sleeves, and stepped forward to beat someone up.

"Kisama!" The two-meter-tall burly man shouted as if giving himself a courage buff, stomped his foot heavily, rushed in front of Tsukasa Tazaki, and threw a heavy punch.

Tazaki Tsukasa tilted his head, his fist whistling past his ear as he swiftly grabbed the man's wrist from behind. The burly man's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately followed up with a powerful knee strike to the man's abdomen, only to have it deflected by the man's soft touch.

Before he could even ponder why the child's reaction was so swift, the burly man quickly withdrew his other hand. Tazaki Tsukasa's other hand instantly grabbed him, and the two locked in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle.

In the blink of an eye, the burly man and the boy exchanged dozens of moves of breaking free and capturing each other, the boy's movements as nimble as a swimming dragon.

Frustrating...

The stronger the man became, the more frustrated he felt.

It felt like I wasn't fighting a person, but rather a piece of soft, sticky clay—I couldn't break free, and I couldn't fight back. Just as I tried to exert force, he easily deflected it, and when I didn't want to fight anymore, he lightly slapped me, making me feel pain and numbness all over my body.

High school students these days are really bullying people...

Don't you have any manners?

I'm an adult, would it kill you to give way to me?

The moment a resentful thought arose in his mind, his collar was suddenly grabbed by the other person, and the next second, the burly man felt what it meant to feel dizzy.

With a loud bang, Tsukasa Tazaki flipped him over and slammed him heavily against the wall. The tiles, already damaged by stray bullets, crumbled and fell off in pieces.

“I’m a civilized person…” Tazaki Tsukasa spun half a circle in mid-air, then delivered a swift whip kick to his lower abdomen.

"I don't want to fight..."

His fists slammed down like drumsticks, followed by a barrage of frenzied whip kicks, knee strikes, and elbow strikes.

"We want peace, not war..."

"Harmony is the foundation of development, don't you understand..."

He kept muttering about peace, but he showed no mercy when he struck.

Facing a giant who was nearly thirty centimeters taller than him, Tazaki Tsukasa unleashed his full power in an instant. It was as easy as practicing boxing with a helpless punching bag. The sound of his punches and kicks cutting through the air, which brought the punching bag to its knees in less than half a minute.

Hoshino Hanami: "..."

My little brother is so scary! What if he hits me like that too?

Tsukasa Tazaki turned around and looked at her, a charming and affectionate smile on his face.

"Tonight's all set..." Hoshino Hanami thought happily. No matter how powerful he was, he was still just a younger brother in front of his older sister. Apart from being able to clash with her, he had to obediently listen to her in everything else.

"Om~"

A faint buzzing sound came from the side, the sharp chirping of a samurai sword slicing through its scabbard.

Tsukasa Tazaki turned his head to look.

A man around fifty years old, dressed in a sword robe, leaped high into the air, raising his sword and bringing it down directly on his own head.

From drawing the knife to jumping, and then to the upward and downward slashes he made, his movements were swift, fluid, powerful, and precise, demonstrating the wielder's rigorous and solid basic skills.

Even if he can't be called a master swordsman, he's still a top-notch expert.

Unfortunately... his opponent is not someone to be trifled with.

Tsukasa Tazaki didn't even move his feet; he merely shifted his body slightly as the sharp blade grazed his body, narrowly missing his forehead, the tip of his nose, and his chest...

Before he could chop with his hand, Tsukasa Tazaki lightly touched the ground with his toes.

The body instantly went from stillness to motion, the clothes billowed by the airflow, and the "whoosh" sound of the wind breaking was like an umbrella suddenly opened in a strong wind and rain.

The swordsman was like a taut bowstring, his murderous gaze fixed intently on his enemy. The young man's clothes fluttered, but his smile remained unchanged.

The next moment, he rushed forward, gripped the knife with both hands, and thrust it fiercely into his opponent's chest.

Tsukasa Tazaki raised his right hand, his fingers spread and then clenched.

He gripped the katana that had pinned the man to the wall in his hand again, and a crescent-shaped blade of light shot into the sky in front of him.

"Clang!"

Sparks flew everywhere.

The opponent staggered back several steps, his hands gripping the knife hilt numb from the shock, and blood trickled from the base of his thumbs.

“kisama…”

In what sounded like a murmur, he abruptly withdrew the blade in his hand, and then charged forward once again with the resolve to die.

"Clang!"

Another clang of steel against steel. Tazaki Tsukasa deflected his opponent's attack with a swift stroke, the blade then slashing back from left to right toward his chest.

The sharp blade was aimed at his chest, and it seemed there was no way to avoid it. He gritted his teeth, dropped his sword with both hands, and used the falling katana to slow down Tazaki Tsukasa's attack. At the same time, he pushed off with his feet, and his whole body retreated backward like a willow branch swaying in the wind.

Then... his pupils suddenly shrank.

Tazaki Tsukasa's blade made direct contact with his katana, but instead of knocking it away, he spun his own sword twice, causing his opponent's sword to spin in the air as well.

After two beautiful spins, the boy swung his hands forward.

Following its momentum, the katana flew forward in circles, its speed, power, and accuracy reaching unbelievable levels. A scene that defied the laws of physics, enhanced by extraordinary swordsmanship, was vividly staged at this moment.

Time froze for a moment.

Like slicing a watermelon, the spinning samurai sword cleaved down from above, cutting into its master's head.

The lights inside the factory flickered on and off, and more than ten members of the Black Dragon Group who witnessed this scene stumbled and ran downstairs.

They simply couldn't understand how Tsukasa Tazaki managed to do it.

Based on the available information, he is just a slightly more outstanding teenager.

Orphaned at a young age, he survived only by relying on the Kikawa family, which fostered his aloof and unassuming personality. His life story was thoroughly investigated; the only difference was that he became much smarter and stronger after moving away from the Kikawa family. It's truly unimaginable that this is just an ordinary high school student; how could he possess such astonishing marksmanship, swordsmanship, and ridiculously immense strength…

"Tazaki is awesome~!"