You will surrender to me.

"By the way, why do you call Katase that guy 'big brother'? It seems like he has always been just a substitute."

Naoto asked casually. When he and Haruno Kasumi were secretly observing that guy Tou Gang threatening Nanao Akane, he heard him say that Katase Shouno was just a person with average talent, and he was able to become a substitute because he practiced hard and barely beat others.

Therefore, Dong Gang could have found all kinds of legitimate reasons to directly eliminate his name, or he could have kept him, since the other people's levels were not much different, and used this to threaten Nanao Akane.

"It's mainly because he brought everyone that energy drink that seems to be very effective, and also because he won't hide his strength anymore. That shot just now was the first shot that Katase-sama made to prove himself."

He looked at Katase Shouno with a surprised expression. He really didn't expect Katase Shouno to hide so deeply, and he had no doubt at all about Katase Shouno's words.

"Okay, I'm done asking questions, thank you for your answers."

Naoto nonchalantly pushed the "strong man" and asked him to leave, then walked to the practice ground of Katase Shouno and looked at the group of people who were practicing actual combat.

Naoto doesn't know much about baseball, mainly because he has no interest in it. Moreover, it is a sport that is only popular in the island country. People from other countries are basically not interested in it. Most people are interested in sports like football or basketball, or table tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc., but not baseball.

It’s just that most people are not interested in it only relatively speaking. After all, there are still many people who like baseball, so baseball also has its corresponding world championships, but it is less popular in other countries than other ball games.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the rules, you can just take out your phone and check it out to see how this thing is played.

After taking a quick look, Naoto had a general idea of ​​some of the rules.

First of all, the person swinging the bat and all the other people wearing gloves, including the person squatting behind the batter and the person throwing the ball, are not on the same team. The goal of the people wearing gloves is to coordinate with each other to get the batter off the field.

The batter's goal is to hit the ball to a place where people with gloves cannot pick it up, so the farther the better. These people would definitely not be able to catch the ball hit by Katase Shouno. In baseball, even if the ball flies directly out of the field, it is not considered a foul for the batter and it is still a good ball. This is different from most other ball sports.

So the pitcher needs to do everything he can to prevent the batter from hitting the ball or hitting it far.

During the time between the ball being hit and the ball being retrieved by the person who retrieves it, the batter can pass through the four bases one by one in a counterclockwise order, still running back to home base from first base, second base, and third base, which counts as one point. If the ball is passed back during the pass, it may be killed. But it is safe to stay on the base (any part of the body is in contact with the base) at any time, even if you only have one foot on the base, you are considered safe.

In addition, only one batter can stand on each base.

If the batter fails to run a full circle after hitting the ball, but is not eliminated and stays on a base, he can start from there and continue running next time.

If the batter misses the ball three times, he is out, which is called a "strikeout". If the pitcher throws a bad ball four times, that is, a ball that is too far to hit for the batter to hit, the batter goes to first base, and if there is someone on base, that person is also sent to the next base. Even if the ball is a bad ball, it does not count if the batter swings, which means it is equivalent to not throwing it.

After each successful hit, the batsman must run faster and then another batsman comes up.

If the ball is hit so far that the glove wearer cannot find it, it is considered a home run, or a strike.

A baseball field is a right-angled sector, and the boundary in the rules is the infinite extension of the two right-angled white lines behind the batter. That is to say, the boundary of a baseball field is actually an angle, and all areas within this angle, even if extended infinitely, are considered within the boundary.

There are three people who will come on the field to bat. The game is over when all of them are taken out by the man with the glove. Then the teams will switch sides and the above actions will be repeated.

In short, the rules are quite complicated, but they can be roughly summarized in two sentences: you can't catch what I hit, and you can't hit what I throw.

These two sentences are the ways of victory for each team, and now Katase Shouno's performance cannot be said to be amazing. It can only be said that only that layer of skin belongs to Katase Shouno. The overall quality can be described in two words: outrageous.

Katase Shouno could hit every ball out of the court with one hit. The guy with the gloves saw that the ball was so far away and just grabbed a strong man to pick up the ball. He then went straight back to his original position and praised Katase Shouno's strong strength with other colleagues.

"This guy has changed a bit too much, hasn't he?"

Naoto didn't even turn his head and spoke directly to the person next to him.

"Uh, well, it's a little strange."

After a moment of silence, a female voice responded to Naoto's question. The person who came over quietly was Akane Nanao, who had an ambiguous relationship with Katase Shouno.

"Don't you hate me? Why are you here again?"

Naoto remembered that Nanao Akane had previously thought of him as someone like Tou Gang, and he saw the disgust in her eyes clearly at that time. Now she was approaching him again. He couldn't possibly want to launch a sneak attack and hit him in public, right?

"Well...I've heard that you are a young master."

Akane Nanao was a little hesitant. It was true that she had just asked around about Naoto, but she had only asked a friend temporarily, so she had no idea which ones were rumors and which ones were true. She just assumed that Naoto was a pretty good person to communicate with.

"Young Master? Well, I guess so. You want to borrow money?"

Naoto didn't think much about it. After all, because of the [Golden Rule], he didn't care much about his daily consumption. He bought everything, whether cheap or expensive. He didn't know how much he spent, but it was definitely not a small amount. Nanao Akane asked this, could it be that she was short of money? That would be great. Naoto could try to make her pay with her body.

"No, no, I want to ask you a favor."

Nanao Akane shook her head to deny Naoto's question.

"Can I ask you for a favor? Sure, but I'll make it clear that I'm not helping you for free."

Naoto turned his head and looked at Akane Nanao with a meaningful smile.

"So what do you want? I just have some money."

Akane Nanao felt Naoto's burning gaze, and a feeling welled up in her heart, not sure whether it was uncomfortable or comfortable.

"Money? The last thing I lack is money."

Naoto's eyes narrowed slightly.

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Author's Note: There would be another chapter if I had enough time.

Also ask for a monthly ticket.

Chapter 155 I want you to clamp it with papaya

"So what do you want? Let me make it clear first, I only have money to pay you."

Akane Nanao covered her chest with a defensive look and looked at Naoto warily.

"Heh, since you know a little bit about me, you should also know that I am a person who likes to appreciate the beauty of women. You already know my personality, but you still come to me for help. Then you should have been mentally prepared, right? And you come directly to me for help, which means that ordinary friends probably can't really help you. In other words, I am the only one who can help you."

Naoto crossed his arms and looked at Akane Nanao with a playful look, wanting to see what Nanao would plan.

"…So, what do you want me to do?"

Akane Nanao was silent for a while, frowning slightly. After weighing the pros and cons, she still did not give up, but turned to ask Naoto what she needed to pay.

"Tell me what you want me to do first, so that I can decide what I want you to give me."

Naoto raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and leisurely "appreciated" Nanao Akane's uneasy expression, feeling very happy.

Anyway, it feels good to threaten others to submit to me. The smile didn't disappear, it just moved to my face~

"I want to know what happened to Sho...Sho Katase, why he changed so much, and...he seems to have become a little irritable."

Nanao Akane paused, looked towards Katase Shouno, and told Naoto her commission with a worried look on her face.

"Oh~ Katase, isn't he just hiding his strength? Everyone knows it, and he said so himself, right? There shouldn't be anything to investigate about this, right?"

Naoto said this casually, looking like he didn't care.

"No, of course not. Xiangye would definitely not be like this. At least, he would never be so ostentatious..."

Akane Nanao shook her head and rejected Naoto's question in a firm tone. She firmly believed that the Katase Shouno she knew would not have such a personality.

"Oh~ Okay, I can promise you that, but Katase Shouno is already a 'celebrity' from today on, which means he will always be surrounded by a bunch of flatterers, which makes it very difficult for me to deal with it."

Naoto rubbed his fingers together, the implication of which was extremely obvious.

"Humph, I just asked you to investigate his previous affairs. You don't have to deal with the subsequent matters."

Nanao Akane felt that investigating what happened to Katase Shouno would only require a little more manpower and some "privileges" to get certain people to speak out, and it shouldn't be too much.

It's not like she didn't think about asking other people for help, but many people have nothing to do with her, so why would they go through so much trouble for her? And even if she asked other people for help, some people who knew the truth probably wouldn't want to pay attention to them at all. If she paid them, they would probably sell them fake news just to make money, so she still preferred to find powerful people like Naoto.

Naoto shrugged and said nothing. Naoto felt that Nanao Akane might have spoken without thinking because she was in a hurry. Katase Shouno's ability could be enhanced to this extent, and the physical strength of the creator behind him was no less than Katase Shouno. Are you going to solve it yourself or just offer yourself to be someone else's fluff ball?

"...Okay, now I just want to know why Katase Shouno became like this, and I'll deal with the rest later."

Feeling Naoto's strange gaze, Nanao Akane also realized her own problem and had to add a sentence with a guilty conscience.

"Okay, that's it. Chenghui, one night."

Naoto said with a happy look on his face while holding a finger in front of Nanao Akane.

"What...one night?"

Nanao Akane's expression was a little stiff. Although she guessed it, she still didn't want to admit her thoughts.

"That's what you think it means, no doubt about it."

Naoto said something akin to encouragement with a supportive look on his face, as if what he was expressing was something that should be taken for granted.

"Impossible... I just asked you to investigate Katase Shouno's affairs. How could you possibly want me to accompany you for a whole night?!"

Akane Nanao screamed, her voice a little louder, which immediately attracted the attention of some people. Only then did she notice that her voice was a little louder, and she hurriedly bowed her head to apologize to the people around her, then lowered her voice and spoke to Naoto.

"You can just ask for a higher price and pay it back when you land. You can always lower the price. There's no need to get so excited."

Naoto looked very casual, as if he didn't care at all whether Nanao Akane would refuse to ask him for help.

To be honest, if Naoto really just wanted to play with Akane Nanao, he could have called out Nanao's other consciousness. That 'Akane Nanao' would be much more obedient and would do whatever he told her to do. She would never raise her butt if he asked her to. Now he was just enjoying the process of threatening her. Moreover, they had already played with her in the past few days. Naoto had developed the deepest part of Akane Nanao, so there was no need to rush for secondary development.

"So...how about a kiss?"

Nanao Akane hesitated for a moment, then also stretched out a finger and said with a bit of guilt.

"No, your 'repaying the money' is too cruel. Do you think I care about your kiss? I'm not your pursuer. Now you are begging me. You have to understand your role clearly."

Naoto rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

"So what do you want?"

Nanao Akane's face was a little red, which meant that she didn't know that she had already been developed by Naoto, otherwise she would probably have agreed to Naoto's request.

"If one night doesn't work, how about a quickie?"

Naoto asked with a grin, wagging an outstretched finger.

"No, at least my first time has to be with Shouye."

Nanao Akane bit her lower lip but still flatly refused.

"Oh, can you use your seductive papaya to help me with it?"

Naoto responded nonchalantly and continued to make his request. Anyway, the first time he took it away a few days ago, so she didn't care what Nanao Akane said. Even if she wanted to sacrifice herself, 'Nanao Akane' would stop her directly. You have to know that in terms of priority of body control, 'Nanao Akane' is the biggest, and she can only be considered second.

"What...what papaya, you guy..."

Akane Nanao gritted her teeth in shame and anger, her face flushed, and she wanted to scold Naoto.

"Stop talking nonsense. You need to understand that what I'm doing for you involves the privacy of Katase Shouye's family. It might involve someone getting into your vagina. You can't do this or that. Are you just planning to help me masturbate? I can find a lot of people this way. If you didn't have that astringent body, do you think I would be here whining with you?"

Naoto interrupted Nanao Akane directly and spoke bluntly, his face darkening and a bit of impatience in his expression, as if he was going to directly reject her commission.

"Well, I'll use my breasts to help you this time."

Nanao Akane gritted her teeth and finally decided to exchange it in a less confrontational way.

"Okay, it's decided. Well then, happy cooperation~"

Naoto's expression suddenly turned from stormy to sunny, and he spoke to Nanao Akane in a slightly happy tone.

"......"

Naoto's sudden change in expression froze Nanao Akane's expression. She was so angry that she wanted to scold Naoto, but when she thought about how she still had to rely on Naoto to do things, she swallowed her words.

"By the way, Nanao-senpai, are you really not going to consider the passage behind?"

Naoto asked again with interest on his face.

"The passage behind? What passage behind? Wait, you... humph!"

Akane Nanao looked confused and didn't quite understand what Naoto meant. Then she thought about what they were talking about just now, and suddenly remembered what Naoto said. She was ashamed and angry, and wanted to say something, but she held it back and turned away depressed.

Looking at Nanao Akane's back as she left angrily, Naoto didn't care. Katase Shouno's investigation was not just this once, and there would definitely be times in the future when she would need him to solve problems, and there would still be fun to do then.

"Hey, Hisa, I have something for you to do."

Naoto turned on his cell phone and called the person who became his secretary after only meeting him once.

"Okay, Master Zian, I have plenty of time now."

Hisa on the other end of the phone immediately sat up straight and listened carefully to Naoto's instructions.

"I want to investigate a person's recent life. You should have a way, right? That person is Katase Shouno, a sophomore at Sakura Public Academy. He has changed a lot recently. Try to find someone to investigate what happened to him recently. If you can't find someone, then you are incompetent. Incompetent people will be replaced by competent people. This is normal, right?"

Naoto spoke casually, but he did not forget to threaten her at the end. He did not know the details of this woman, and at most he guessed that she might be the heroine of a Minotaur plot. However, he had not contacted her much in the past few days. Naoto was afraid that she would slack off, so he simply threatened her clearly.

"Okay, Master Zian, I'll find a way, but it may take some time."

When Hisa heard Naoto's words, his body trembled and he immediately assured Naoto.

"It's okay to take some time, just try not to be too long."

It's normal to take some time to investigate a person. It's not like looking up information. It can be found out by searching on the phone. Naoto doesn't mind waiting a little longer. It's just a pity that he can't let Akane Nanao use her pair of papayas to pinch him right away. Naoto had planned to have a good time with Akane Nanao tonight. He has already made an appointment with Akane Nanao. It seems that he should just let her go back directly when the time comes.

Sometimes, a good dish needs to be eaten slowly to appreciate its taste. It’s okay to just swallow it whole the first time, but you must take your time to savor the delicious flavor of the dish the second time.