Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

"Knock knock——"

A crisp knock on the door sounded in the bathroom, and some nervous inquiries came from the cubicle.

"...who?"

The young man didn't answer and just continued to knock on the door.

"Knock knock——"

"...Put it away quickly, idiot! (whisper)"

There was a commotion inside, and it sounded like there was more than one person.

After more than ten seconds, an impatient face poked out from the crack in the open door, and said viciously: "Which bastard has been... uh--?"

After taking in the young man's face, the second half of his words came to an abrupt end.

replaced by--

"K-Brother Kato?!"

When he saw the other party's appearance clearly, Kato Yusuke's eyes also moved slightly.

It's both unexpected and reasonable.

The person who appeared before him was one of the three members of the baseball club.

"What did you say?!"

"The person outside is Brother Kato——?"

With a burst of noise, the door of the compartment was completely opened.

At the same time, the smell of cigarettes became stronger.

There were still a few wisps of misty smoke rising from behind a few people.

They ran out of it all at once, and the three of them subconsciously wanted to bow and salute.

However, he was interrupted by a soft word from the other party.

"Don't do weird things."

The young man said this, and then asked the three people standing in a row: "Did you just hide inside and smoke?"

"Eh, ah, no...so that..."

The leading boy hesitated and said: "Just, a little... I smoked one."

The other two people were puzzled at first, but then they realized that their "Big Brother Kato" was already the student council president, and given his status, the usual reaction when encountering this kind of situation is...

"I'm really, really sorry——!!" x3

As if they had been caught by the teacher, the three of them immediately bowed their heads and apologized.

Facing this scene, Kato Yusuke did not say anything, but just stretched out a hand to the boy on the left.

And the other party was the person who invited him in front of the school gate last time.

Without any hesitation, the boy took something out of his pocket and handed it over with both hands.

"Marlboro Black Ice Burst Beads..."

Kato Yusuke said to himself, and opened the cigarette box in front of the three people, and took out a cigarette from the remaining cigarettes with more than half the number.

Gently pick it up with your index and middle fingers, and rotate the cigarette smoothly around your fingertips until the tobacco leaves face outward.

The boy who stared at the thing in his hand was slightly silent.

Looking at his skillful movements, the three people all opened their eyes in surprise, and then nodded as if they suddenly understood, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

"Ding--!"

The crisp sound of opening the lid suddenly sounded in my ears.

"Crack, crack—"

With the friction of the pulley, the boy who gave him the cigarette before stepped forward.

"K-Brother Kato...?"

With some kind of temptation, the other party carefully handed over the lighter that was burning with flames.

The orange fire not only illuminated Kato Yusuke's eyes, but also restored the focus in his eyes.

Feeling the temperature coming from the air, a trace of hesitation flashed in Kato Yusuke's eyes, but in the end he moved his hand away.

"No, I'm smoking..."

The young man murmured, then opened the cigarette case and put the cigarette in it.

Looking at the face of the boy in front of him, Kato Yusuke chuckled and said: "You are still using this kind of lighter. You are quite willing to give it up. Just put it away."

The other party did as he was told at first, and then he couldn't help but ask: "Well, Brother Kato, don't you...don't smoke?"

Even the other two people couldn't help but look over, their eyes full of confusion.

In response, Kato Yusuke shook his head.

"No, after all, someone told me not to smoke."

His eyes looked at the three of them for a while, and he continued: "Speaking of which, I don't know the names of the three of you. Please introduce yourself."

Even though they felt a little confused, the three of them introduced their names one by one.

From left to right are Sato, Ito, and Saito.

Among them, Sato is the boy holding the cigarette, and Ito is the leading boy. As for the remaining Yusuke Kato, he doesn’t have much impression.

But what he said next shocked the three of them.

"I have always had a clear sense of grudges. Just like what you did to my friend before, now that I know about it, I will retaliate in the same way. Have you three never thought of retaliating against me?"

Study his face for a moment.

Perhaps he didn't feel any danger from Kato Yusuke's tone, but the boy named Saito touched his head in confusion and responded.

"To be honest... Ever since I was beaten by Brother Kato, I was actually a little bit hateful, and I did have thoughts of revenge. But later, I saw that Brother Ito and Sato both respected you so much, so I didn't hate you. ”

Ignoring the winks from his friends, the boy continued: "And when I calm down and think about it, we were originally at fault for attacking Brother Yamaguchi and Brother Takei. Even if we get beaten, there is nothing we can do..."

At this point, Saito paused briefly.

After seeing that there was no bad reaction from Kato Yusuke, he continued: "In addition, brother Kato, you are not only powerful, but you are also very handsome when you take action to protect your friends... I was impressed without knowing it. After I come to my senses, I really want to follow you."

"I always wonder if I can become like Brother Kato in the future... I'm just kidding."

I don’t know if any of the words touched the other two people. After Saito finished speaking, Sato and Ito fell silent.

The "Santo Group" all looked at the young man in front of them in unison.

After a moment of silence.

Just listen to Kato Yusuke suddenly say: "I personally think that there is no future if you want to develop on the path of the Yakuza. Maybe some things look cool, but when you really take that step, there is no turning back... So , if you don’t have no choice, you should study hard, so that at least you won’t become a burden to society in the future.”

A hint of scarlet appeared in front of his eyes, and the depression in his chest gradually began to rise.

Looking at the blank expressions of the three of them, the young man continued to ask: "Although I don't know what you want from me, but I can't teach others what I know. Even so, do you still want to follow me?"

The words fell with the sound.

Visible to the naked eye, the expressions of the three people changed from confused to ecstatic, and they shouted yes in unison.

Seeing this, Kato Yusuke nodded thoughtfully: "I understand, I will come to you when needed."

Throwing the cigarette in his hand back to Sato, he was about to turn around and leave. As for the three of them, they bowed and watched his back with excited expressions.

Just a second before walking out of the bathroom.

As if remembering something, the young man suddenly stopped walking.

"besides--"

Kato Yusuke turned around and said to several people: "Don't do those behaviors like bullying anymore, try to learn to be a good person."

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(Complete yesterday’s chapter)