Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Although it was difficult to figure out what had happened due to the simplicity of the equipment, Lan Ke knew Lucy well enough to know that she would not be aimless.

In that case——

"Senior, I'm a little tired. How about we go back to the store first?"

"Tired? Of course no problem! Let's go!"

Although Tokita Shinji was a little puzzled as to why Lan Ke didn't seem to be able to hold out as long as yesterday, but considering that diving was a very serious matter, and since he felt a little tired, whether it was because he was too excited yesterday and caused excessive secretion of adrenaline, or simply because he consumed more physical energy today, in short, it was the right judgment to remain cautious when he noticed something was wrong.

When Suzuki Sonoko, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, saw Lan Ke and Tokita Shinji, she greeted Lan Ke as usual.

Lan Ke also pretended to know nothing and talked to the other party.

"Sonoko, don't you want to go diving too? Although I haven't been to the places you mentioned, the sea here is also very beautiful~"

"Dive? Of course I have to! But I have to wait for Xiaolan to come with me~ I don't feel comfortable letting that idiot Kudo go down with Xiaolan. When that guy encounters something interesting, he always thinks too much about the consequences..."

Although Suzuki Sonoko sometimes gives people a weird feeling, it has to be said that she is really amazing as a friend.

Because of her carefree personality, she quickly gained Xu Lun's favor. After all, although she was not as rebellious as Xu Lun, as a person with similar status, she could understand some of Xu Lun's behaviors, which was rare for Xu Lun, who had always lacked recognition.

But just as a few people were chatting, the boat stopped near the 'diving shop'.

"Boss, let's come back... huh?"

Shouryujiro shouted excitedly towards the store, but stopped midway.

Because he noticed that the noise in the store seemed a little 'noisy'?

Lan Ke, who had been prepared, rushed into the store immediately and narrowed his eyes.

I saw a lot of "strangers" gathered in the originally spacious store. Most of these people were in tattered clothes and looked like hooligans.

Nanaka Furutagawa, the only woman in the store, was being protected by Toshio Furutagawa behind her, while Iori Kitahara, who was usually a bit unremarkable, and Kohei Imamura were standing at the outermost edge behind Polnareff and Noriaki Kakyoin.

Although the two looked quite tough, they were still a little nervous when facing more than a dozen "dynamic social elements".

After all, although Polnareff looked very powerful yesterday, in their eyes, no matter how good Polnareff is, how many people can he stop?

Not to mention there was a 'weak-looking painter' standing next to him.

It's a pity that he had no idea that the so-called "weak painter" had actually been at the hands of death more than once. Just the wound on his stomach was enough to scare countless people.

As for the other one, he was a ruthless guy who dared to chase a group of gunmen with a sword in hand. For him, cutting bullets with a knife was not a dream at all.

But at least they knew how reliable their predecessors were, so with the arrival of Juryūjiro and Tokita Shinji, it also gave them courage.

But this is Toshio Furukawa's shop after all, and like Polnareff, they naturally cannot take direct action.

"what happens?"

"Senior! These guys said the diving equipment they rented from the boss had problems and caused the other guy to get injured..."

Having problems with your rental diving equipment?

When hearing this, Shou Longjiro's first reaction was that it was impossible. After all, although the equipment of 'Grand Blue' was not very new, both the boss and Nanaka and Chisa Furutagawa loved the sea and diving very much, so all the equipment was well maintained. This was why 'Grand Blue' was not big, but had a very stable customer base.

Anyone who has been here once can feel the difference between this store and ordinary stores. After all, the store manager and his family’s love for diving and the sea cannot be faked.

And more importantly, if there is a problem, just handle it normally. Anyway, the store has insurance, so as long as it is not their fault, they can compensate for part of the problem even if there is a problem...

Compared to Shou Longjiro who wanted to say something, Tokita Shinji directly reached out to stop him.

Although Tokita Shinji is the president of the 'Diving Club', due to his calmer personality, it is usually Shou Ryujiro who is in charge of external communications. However, it is also because of this that Tokita Shinji is better at observation.

He had already noticed that this group of people had bad intentions and they kept saying they wanted to 'avenge big brother', but many of them were just smiling and didn't seem to be worried about big brother at all. After all, even if they didn't really care, they would still pretend to care if big brother was injured.

Considering their tough stance yesterday when facing the 'Eighth Generation British', there's no need to guess what this group of people's purpose is.

Even though he was not at the scene yesterday, the observant Kudo Shinichi had already noticed the anomaly, but he was unable to make a judgment due to the lack of "clues".

But there was a 'straightforward' person present.

"Huh? If there's a problem, call the police! What are you trying to do by blocking the store?"

Suzuki Sonoko is a typical example of someone who will give you a foot and you will get a yard back. She gets along well with everyone in the store and naturally doesn't believe that there is something wrong with the store. However, based on a realistic attitude, she did not take sides too much with 'GrandBlue' and only suggested calling the police.

But what she didn't expect was that she just made a very normal suggestion, and the group of people gathered in the store exploded instantly like a barrel of explosives that had been lit.

“KI—SAMA!!”

"You mean we're lying?!"

"Let them see how powerful we are!!"

……

Several of the thugs immediately rushed towards Suzuki Sonoko with great momentum, and one of them even raised his fist as if he was going to beat someone up.

This undoubtedly scared Suzuki Sonoko. After all, although she didn't act like a spoiled brat, she wouldn't take the initiative to go to those chaotic places. After all, her parents had taught her more than once that "staying away from danger is the best way to protect yourself."

But just as she was panicking, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, and then she felt her body suddenly lose control and stepped back unconsciously to stop herself, but was blocked by a figure in front of her, completely isolated from everything.

Then she heard a voice ringing in her ear.

"Mori-san! Please take care of Suzuki-san and Kudo!!"

Perhaps only Suzuki Sonoko herself knows what she is thinking at this moment, but Kudo Shinichi has an expression as if he wants to say something but stops. When did he sit at the same table with Suzuki Sonoko?

But when he looked at Lan Ke, who had single-handedly taken down a dozen thugs to save him, and his childhood sweetheart, whose full-strength attack could destroy a telephone pole...

Kudo Shinichi's originally restless heart calmed down a lot in an instant.

Doesn't that seem unacceptable?

But Lan Ke didn't care about that. He just showed a "smile that was very characteristic of the diving club."

"You actually tried to attack the 'Second Miss of the Suzuki Group'. It seems you are no ordinary Yakuza. We must strike hard!"

After saying that, Lan Ke rushed straight forward.

As for the hooligans, they looked confused and seemed to have no idea what was going on.

After all, as low-level thugs, they had no idea of ​​the significance of the 'Second Daughter of the Suzuki Group' or why such a person would appear in such a place.

But they knew at least one thing, that was Lan Ke's fist was already coming...

Chapter 25: Every Failure is a Learning Experience

Although Lan Ke's values ​​are very normal, some villain bosses are very charming even from Lan Ke's perspective. However, although there are charming villains, there are also lack of guys who are specifically designed to disgust people... such as the previous "Eito Yadai".

Lan Ke’s first impression of the other party was that he was a villain who had succeeded.

It's as if he couldn't wait to have 'I am the heir to the eighth generation consortium' stamped on his face.

If someone didn't know him, they probably wouldn't have thought that he was actually marrying into the family?

As the saying goes, three times the truth never works. The first time he went out to dinner with the Kujo family, he was disgusted. The second time, when he was relaxing with new friends, he showed up to annoy him. The third time, when he was hanging out with old friends, he showed up again...

Lan Ke will never let the other party go!

I had originally planned to send out a 'warning letter' in the evening, but it seems I have to give the other party a 'warning' first!

However, compared to the 'hot-blooded Ming Shanglan in the past', Lan Ke was much more mature. He did not attack directly, but used his momentum to oppress his opponents and force them to take action first.

As expected, faced with the aggressive Lan Ke, these gangsters took action before their minds could react.

"Whoo~"

A straight punch grazed Lan Ke's cheek. Lan Ke slightly turned sideways and suddenly stepped back to avoid another swinging punch.

Seeing Lan Ke retreating again and again, Kudo Shinichi was instinctively nervous at first. After all, in his impression, Lan Ke seemed to be the most powerful fighter he had ever seen except for Xiaolan... yes, and that group of Phantom Thieves. Could it be that these little thugs were so powerful that they forced him to retreat?

But after watching for a while, Kudo Shinichi also found something wrong. Why was he always dodging and not fighting back?

But at this moment Lan Ke suddenly turned around and looked at him.

"Narukami is looking at... your phone?"

Suddenly, Kudo Shinichi reacted and quickly took out his cell phone and pointed it at Lan Ke.

Seeing that Kudo Shinichi finally reacted, Lan Ke sighed that the two sides seemed to still lack tacit understanding. He changed his previous retreating trend and first dodged a few punches to give Kudo Shinichi time to react, then suddenly ducked to avoid the punch of one of the gangsters.

The only difference from before was that this time he dodged while swinging his right fist straight out.

“Bang~!!”

With an extremely exaggerated sound, the gangster instantly threw his body backward and flew out.

This sudden counterattack made the other gangsters unable to react for a while. They just followed their instinct and pounced on Lan Ke again, but this was enough for Lan Ke.

Because almost at the same time, several more people flew out.

Although Lan Ke mainly studied "Kendo", he had just learned the basics of "fencing" this morning and had never learned any fighting skills.

But facing this group of thugs who looked scary but couldn't even stand steadily didn't require much skill. There was only one thing he needed to do - dodge and then punch!

So for Lan Ke, he only needs to "dodge ten times and then throw punches more than ten times" to deal with the dozen or so thugs in front of him.

Compared to dealing with these thugs, Lan Ke is more exhausted by figuring out how to control his own strength to ensure that it is within a certain threshold and not too exaggerated while being consistent with his usual image.

He was clearly being chased and losing ground before, but everything was reversed in just a few seconds.

These guys all lay flat on the ground.

It was only then that Lan Ke looked at Kudo Shinichi seriously.

"Call the police!"

The members of the diving club, who encountered this situation for the first time, reacted suddenly.

Just as they were frantically looking for their phones, Mao Lilan's clear voice was heard.

"I've already called the police, and the officer said they'll be here in five minutes at most."

If it was said that Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment before realizing that Lan Ke seemed to have his own ideas for not fighting back, it was not until Lan Ke signaled him with his eyes to use his mobile phone that he finally reacted.

When Mao Lilan saw the two sides fighting, she realized that both sides had noticed each other and directly called the police for help.

After all, although it's not as outrageous as "Conan", she has seen many cases while following Kudo Shinichi, and calling the police when encountering unexpected situations has almost become an instinct.

This is probably what is called "professionalism", right?

In contrast, Shou Longjiro and his men stepped over the "corpses" on the ground and surrounded Lan Ke.

"Narukami-san, are you okay?"

"Don't worry, I won't do anything beyond my capabilities. These guys may look a little scary, but their true threat is no more difficult than training with the seniors in the 'Dojo'."

Lan Ke acted quite calm, but he kept stealing glances at Kakyoin Noriaki and Polnareff out of the corner of his eyes.

It was obvious that Lan Ke cared more about the reactions of these two people than this group of small fry.

Polnareff, as usual, loved to watch the fun and walked up to Kakyoin Noriaki with his arms folded and a smile on his face, whispering, "After being with Jotaro for a few days, he seems to be a bit like him."

Kakyoin Noriaki had a smile on his face as usual, but he was still staring at Lan Ke, as if he wanted to find out what Lan Ke was going to do.

Seeing this, Lan Ke walked straight towards Kudo Shinichi.

"Kudo, how was the shoot?"

Kudo Shinichi skillfully made an 'OK' gesture to Lan Ke and turned the phone towards him.

"It was filmed very thoroughly, from the verbal threats from the thugs to their active knife attacks while you passively dodged, and finally the defensive counterattack. Of course, the fact that you handled everything in one move without any 'finishing blows' definitely meets the standards of 'legitimate self-defense'."

Looking at the serious Kudo Shinichi, Mao Lilan seemed a little incredible, as if she couldn't figure out the logic of it all for a while.

Fortunately, Lan Ke took the initiative to explain.

"At least it's a lesson learned."

Lan Ke's seemingly incoherent explanation sounded puzzling to everyone in 'Grand Blue', but Mao Lilan, who already knew that Lan Ke was carrying out a 'case', understood it immediately.

She covered her mouth with her hands as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. But in the end, she felt that some things were not suitable to be said in public, so she nodded.

After Lan Ke finished speaking, he glanced at Kakyoin Noriaki and found that the other party had shifted his gaze and was chatting and laughing with Polnareff. Lan Ke knew that he had "passed the test" this time.

Only then did Lan Ke breathe a sigh of relief.

Not bad~ Not bad~

The population density of 'Izu' is naturally not as high as that of Tokyo, but as a popular tourist city in the summer, a serious case caused by the Yakuza also forced the local police to perform beyond their capabilities.

Almost immediately after Lan Ke finished his conversation with Kudo Shinichi, they rushed to the scene with police lights on.

However, a group of policemen armed with police weapons were stunned when they saw the "Yadao" lying on the ground, and a big question mark popped up in their heads.