Picking a Fight

And the guys approached me in a familiar manner.

The front guy said, “Hey, brother. There are rules in this town. Don’t complain afterward. Let alone resort to violence. I’m sorry you have been duped by this thot, but take it as a tuition fee and give up.”

I replied, “AH? What the hell, you guys.”

The same front guy said, “That’s the way it is. If you don’t properly follow the rules, dudes like us show up.”

Saying that, the men stood shoulder to shoulder me and tapped on my head. It was irritating. But at the same time, somehow I understood these guys.

Vin spoke up, " This big boob bimbo is a thief, and-" 

I interrupted her by putting my hand on her shoulder. 

I asked trying to fish for information, “You guys? You’re the underworld in this town? Just when you think the Bockmati family was ruined, there are still people like you guys?”

I was familiar with the name Bockmati. It was an underworld organization which managed the town that my father should have already destroyed. Back in my memories I recalled my father went away for a Mafia Expulsion Initiative.

 However, even if you think that it’s gone, a new alternative organization would be established again. Though not as refined

The front guy laughed, “Hahaha… Hey, don’t go lumping us with those Bockmati shits.”

He didn’t like what I said, and the guy’s eyebrows twitched a little.

Vin spoke again, “Ah! Why would anyone be defending that woman who robbed a poor innocent boy of what little money he had? That is quite the bad reputation for such organization that protects the town.”

I was honestly irritated by the encounter, so I went tit-for-tat with provocative words at the guys who showed up.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t the guys who responded first, but the merchants in the city. Everyone looked offended at me and VIn. 

Then they tried to argue back. The front guy said, “That’s right! I don’t know who the kid is, I don’t even know what’s going on, they are being rude to the Kamikaze gang.”

A merchant shouted, "It may be quite ignorant to pick a fight with us in this town, but it’s ballsy of this pompous brat, the nerve on this kid.”

Vin bite her lip, and said, "If I was elder brother and the group were here, they would not be picking on us a newbies." 

The guys took control of the crowd, The front guy stepped forward and snapped his fist, and faced me. “It’s okay. We don’t just work over those who break the rules. It is also the team’s rule to judge by a one versus one fight. So, come on!”

If I come this far, even I, who is said to be dull, knew where this was going. 

They’re much simpler and easier to understand than those merchants who try to sell products you don’t know whether they are fake or genuine or strange women that forced their bosom on you.

Vin said, "I can distract them with smoke and we could run to safety."

The front guy mocked me, “Then come on, brat! We’ll engrave the Kamikaze Gang on your body, mind, and heart!”

Saying so, the man with the baguette head raised both fists and held it. At the same time, the crowd gathered round and cheers rose up.

Enuma just remained silent and chuckled. 

Front guy was still running his mouth. “Remember it! I’m the Third Suicide Fighter of the Kamikaze Gang, the name is –“

I blurted out, “I don’t care.”

The crowd was shocked, “Eh!?”

I made my move before the cheers rose, and before anyone gave their name, I jumped into the opponent’s side with a momentary step-in and smashed with the left. Completely decking the front guy to the ground in one hit.

Vin was astonished, “Ah, eh, What?”

Crowd was shocked, ”Eh??”

From that moment, while the merchants, who expected to see a fight of the organization they seemed to adore for some reason, were frozen with their mouths wide open. The other two as well just as shocked. 

I nimble went by the knocked down guy and ran towards the other two men.

One said, “Hey, hold on. What the fuck is ――― eh !?”

In a rush, the guy threw a right fist counterattack but I crossed that right fist and threw a counter to the man’s face. Flattening him to the ground.

The last guy said, “Hey, ah, ah… th-this guy.”

I immediately turned to the last one and before he had finished talking. I threw a screw-like punch on the chin and the right temple.

The next moment, everyone was speechless, and the three men who appeared were all layed out on the ground. 

Well, I guess that’s it.

It was a little different from Enuma’s quest for authenticity, but before the fight, I knew that the three would not be the match for me by their manners, their muscles and their form.

I said, “This is a merchant town. Then you guys must learn to discern the true power of the opponent you’re fighting.”

I said, as if I were looking down on them.

Vin was swooning with eyes gleaming with shiny stars over my combat movements. 

Enuma then mocked me, "Huh, authenticity… However, it is better to not get too carried away by overwhelming the small fry. If you overdo it, others will find your weakness."

Enuma threw a retort at my remark, but he seemed to be in a slightly good mood.

These guys aren’t a threat to me. Enuma's words to me weren’t don’t let your guard down but rather don’t get too carried away with weaklings.

Thinking that it’s typical of Enuma, I looked down on the three guys who stayed down due to shock then nimbly hopped on the spot and stepped back.

I asked, “So, are we done?”

When I asked, the three guys stood up in unison. ”Eh!!??”

The front guy tried to play it off, “Tch, we were caught off guard. Heh, you’re not an amateur. You learned that somewhere, right?”

I retorted, “But for you to stop, what a softy.”

The guy replied, “By any chance, an Imperial Pushover?”

The three of them smiled and took a stance, and regained their battle spirit.

Vin just laughed, "You guys want to meet the ground again?" 

The front guy said, “Oh, if you think that’s the measure of the Kamikaze Gang’s strength, you’re so wrong!”

It might have fired these guys up apparently. Well, I’d like to hit you anyway.

I mocked them, “This strength of yours, you’ll have to accept what I am about to return! Come on, I’ll take all three of you!”

Enuma said, "This is why you should not get carried away. Well, not that I care."

I announced, “But I’m really going to hit you this time.”

Even though I was told not to get carried away, I was still in a bad mood because the encounter irritated me.

I challenged the three of them to come all at once, and with a snap, the guys shouted and raised their voices.

“Bastard! Don’t look down at us!”

“Let’s do it! We mastered the underworld’s strongest martial art, Arcane Zenith Style in 3 days!”

“You’re gonna regret getting cocky with us!”

Saying that, the three guys nodded to each other, lined up, ran straight at me.

The assault of the three guys wearing black coats: ”We’ll show you, hooligan pride of the Kamikaze Gang, Black Three Prong Star of the Arcane True Ze–“

I channeled a special attack, but not using breakthrough, shouting “Great Demon Body Blow!”

I slammed it into the body of the guy at the front and the momentum of the blow hit the other guys behind him.

The merchants in the city was still stunned with silence. 

A merchant finally did speak up, “That guy, so absurd! Those three in an instant!”

This time, the merchants around me raised their voices in astonishment at the sight of three guys who fell down and couldn’t immediately stand up.

At the time, Enuma who was beside me seemed worried about something else, as he stared at the three guys on the floor.

I asked, "I wonder what got you bothered."

And then, the guys got up. However, it seems they won’t be able to stand up easily this time. one of them said, “Gaha, ba, bastard… You dare. Yo-you getting all smug just because you’ve beaten us? We have some allies on our side, you see. “

Vin retorted, “Hey, it sounds like a pathetic throwaway line that appears in a story.”

However, bothering with every nuisance anymore would be particularly troublesome.

The fallen guy said, “Bastard, you’re gonna regret this! You’ve turned the most dangerous man in the empire, the one person you shouldn’t, into an enemy!”

I replied, “Ah, yes, yes. I’m so scared, so I’ll be going now.”

Vin said, "Let's go, there is a place we can freshen up and get something to eat."

At first, I was thinking about buying and selling treasure on the cheap in this town, but, in the first place, it doesn’t seem that treasures are easily mixed in.

However, simple daily necessities and food and money of course. As I thank Vin for handing back the money in my coin purse.

The fallen guy said, “Hey, hey! Really, don’t go! The boss, our Big Bro, he’ll be here soon! And when Bro arrives, he’ll-”

We had already walked away.