The mad tsar

The man gazed up and smiled as he spotted Okisato on the roof. "Oni-tiger, it seems you are a far more formidable foe than we give you credit for. However, this will not end in your victory, as I can still achieve stalemate even in this state."

Even though he couldn't hear the words he was speaking all the way from the roof, Okisato knew exactly what this man was thinking, as he was a foe he had crossed paths with many times, Tsar Grigori Ivan Vasilyevich I of Russia. In addition to being the tsar of Russia, Grigori was also one of the head honchos within the Desperado league, as well as Svetlana's father. Though like Peter, he did not possess a DESPER of his own, however, Svetlana did, and would frequently act as his DESPER proxy.

The policewoman began scowling as Grigori approached her. "Who the hell are you, beardy? You can't just plow your motorcade onto school grounds!"

"I believe I can, for you see I'm doing this to prevent a diplomatic incident between our two countries."

"'Countries'!? Who the hell are you!?"

"Tsar Grigori Ivan Vasilyevich I of Russia. Grigori the terrible for short."

"Never heard of ya."

"But your prime minister and government certainly have. As for those two you have pinned down, one is my daughter, Svetlana, while the other is her lover Kazuya. You are to release custody of them as they both have diplomatic immunity."

"Huh!? This kid's clearly a student here!"

"An exchange student, for you see he's the adopted son of the Russian ambassador," Grigori stated as one of his guards presented some paperwork to the policewoman.

The policewoman stared at it for a second before swatting it away. "Yeah, both their asses are going to jail."

However, a senior police officer picked up the papers and immediately went pale. "Takaoji, release those two immediately and apologize this second."

"Huh?"

"THEY HAVE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY YOU DOLT! This man before us is also Russia's leader! This also means the woman you've pinned down is technically a princess!"

"Then it'll make the news that we arrested a-"

"WE CANNOT AFFORD A DIPLOMATIC SPAT WITH RUSSIA! Men! Restrain officer Otona Takaoji and free the two she imprisoned!"

"Hey, think maybe that girl cop's got the right idea. Those two are clearly the crooks here," a voice rang out.

Everyone turned to notice Iori standing before them holding the note Kigyoku had given Mimoko along with her phone.

"You ever hear of some crooks called the Desperado league? Well, those two are both Desperados, and guilty of kidnapping."

Before anyone could protest, Otona quickly frisked Svetlana, and pulled out her DESPER. Many in the crowd stared in confusion as they did not know what the DESPERs were, however, Grigori began to scowl as he realized what was going on.

"So now we can't try and pin everything on the oni-tiger's club. This policewoman must be one of his allies. Still, they will not be going to prison," he thought as he slammed his staff down on the ground.

Two of his guards immediately threw Otona away and helped stand up Svetlana and Kazuya. Some of the officers began to tense up, however, the senior officer quickly ordered them to stand down and allow the Russians to leave.

Grigori thanked the senior officer for his understanding, and escorted Kazuya and Svetlana to the limousine, without even bothering to have their handcuffs removed. Once the three were in the limousine, the guards returned to their SUVs and the caravan left just as quickly as it had arrived.

Once they had gained some distance from the school, Grigori began interrogating Svetlana and Kazuya as to why the plan ended in failure.

"Мой царь, мои извинения, но появился они-тигр, и он вызвал нас вместо Мимоко Иноуэ [My tsar, my apologies, but the oni-tiger showed up, and he challenged us instead of Mimoko Inoue]," Svetlana trembled.

"И ПОЧЕМУ вы приняли его вызов и не дождались приезда Мимоко Иноуэ [And WHY did you accept his challenge and not wait for Mimoko Inoue's arrival]!?"

"Они-тигр должен был умереть [The oni-tiger had to die]!"

SMASH!

Kazuya stared in horror as Grigori slugged Svetlana in the face, shattering her nose and jaw in a single blow. Svetlana began howling in pain, however due to still being handcuffed, she couldn't even clutch her shattered jaw in her hands, making the pain even more unbearable.

"And why did you fail to stop her!?" Grigori glared as he turned to face Kazuya.

"I- I thought him playing wouldn't change a thing so-"

SMASH!

"ИДИОТ [IDIOT]! The oni-tiger is the last person you should underestimate, and look at what happened, he even saw through your plan for martyrdom!"

"UT OW [BUT HOW]!?"

"He is a smart man, one I must acknowledge as a deadly foe. Perhaps, due to your short time within the league, you know not of his infamy. In that case, some proper training is in order."

Kazuya trembled in terror as he realized the "training" Grigori had planned was likely going to be worse than the hell he was currently in from the pain of his broken nose and jaw.