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Chapter 30: Junpei's Night

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"What good stuff do you have in your hand, kid?"

Junpei, who was buying hangover medicine for his mother the night before, was ruthlessly blocked at the door of the convenience store by several drunken hooligans who had just walked out of a 24-hour convenience store.

"It has nothing to do with you, please get out of the way."

Junpei was wearing a snow-white sweater and had a medical cotton bandage on the right side of his forehead because of a wound. He frowned and looked at the few young men in front of him who smell of alcohol and spoke cautiously.

"Don't be so disappointing, brother. Everyone who comes out to play so late must be on the same path. Be friendly~"

The leading hooligans winked at Junpei and spoke, spit flew between words, and he waved his arms while talking.

"Hahaha!!!"

The other hooligans dressed in hip-hop style started laughing in an ambiguous way when they heard the big hooligans talking, and they didn't know what the big hooligans said touched their funny points.

"I have something to do here, please get out of the way."

What Junpei wanted to say more than this was that he would never be the same kind of person as this bunch of trash until his death.

Looking at the unconscious thugs, Junpei raised his arm in disgust to block the saliva flying from the thugs' mouths and frowned.

He even suspected that he had a scum-attracting physique. From childhood to adulthood, this group of uneducated thugs always picked him out of the crowd and bullied him alone.

"Don't be so cold, how about singing with us?"

The thugs smiled disdainfully, and one of them went up to pull Junpei's arm while talking.

It must be said that Junpei, who was thin and short and herbivorous, was the favorite of this group of "street fighters" on weekdays.

Not only was he a student, he must have pocket money on him. And no matter how stubborn he was before, he would immediately behave if he was slapped or kicked. He would do whatever he was told to do next.

And this kid, a weak and frail young man, dared to appear on this street in the early morning. He was asking for trouble.

*slap*

"What are you doing? Don't touch me! There's a convenience store behind me! There are cameras here!"

Junpei glared, shook off the cannon fodder gangsters with one hand, pointed at the infrared camera hanging in front of the convenience store, and shouted at the gangsters.

"What are you excited about? We are friends. We just met by chance and wanted to invite you to play together. What does it have to do with the camera?"

When the gangster heard this, he put on an ugly face that said "this was bad".

He shouted exaggeratedly, and turned his head to look around his companions with an innocent look.

"That's right! That's right!"

"Don't be so ignorant of the atmosphere."

Several other "Rainbow Team" hooligans picked their noses and laughed and echoed the big hooligans. This shameless attitude almost made Junpei explode.

"You...!"

Junpei stared at the hooligans in front of him with flaming eyes, holding the plastic bag of hangover medicine tightly in his palms, and a rage that had nowhere to vent kept hitting his chest.

Compared with the fear of this group of hooligans, he was more angry and unwilling. Every time such an encounter formed an obscure emotion that was difficult to suppress, constantly accumulating in his spirit and heart.

This was why Junpei always rushed forward when he was bullied by the school bully, and finally got himself bruised and battered.

'Don't care whether it's embarrassing or not, as long as it's to protect yourself, it's not shameful to defeat them in any form.'

Just at the last moment when Junpei was about to be burned out of his reason by his anger and pain.

A voice with holy light suddenly pierced through the dark night, mixed with endless holy water, it poured all over Junpei's head.

"..."

Under the strange gaze of several gangsters, the boy suddenly raised his head and stared blankly at the ethereal black sky above.

It couldn't be said to be a pure black sky.

The sky was faintly revealed with a hint of star blue, and the red light of dawn hidden in the deepest part.

Yes.

Junpei suddenly understood something and let go of something.

That night, a woman with long gray hair taught him a lot of things. Not only that, she said he was a smart child and a promising child.

He confessed to his mother when he returned home.

He also promised his mother that he would take good care of himself in the future and tell her everything that happened in school, he would never let himself get hurt again.

'If you can't live tough, why not live smart?'

'Use your advantages to hide your weaknesses.'

The words of that person seemed to still echoed in his ears, lingering for a long time.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

Several gangsters looked at Junpei who was dumbfounded.

The boy in front of him seemed to have suddenly entered the juvenile dementia mode, his eyes were open like fish eyes, the corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and he was about to drool.

In that chaotic look.

Something seemed to disappear.

Only a very "wise" look remained.

"Woof!"

Just when several gangsters were puzzled.

Junpei moved his stiff and dark eyes, looked at everyone sinisterly, and suddenly barked without any defense.

"Woof! Woof!"

Junpei's saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth.

He stared at the gangster unconsciously and barked twice. The white fangs were exposed to the air in the open lips of the boy, dragging two long saliva.

"..."

"...?"

Several gangsters were completely dumbfounded.

They looked at the boy who made inexplicable actions in front of them, and no one could react first. They all stared at Junpei in amazement.

They have been rampant here for so many years, but this was the first time they have seen someone who was not forced to learn to bark like a dog.

What was going on?

The next second, to everyone's surprise—

"Woof woof woof woof!!! Woof woof woof woof!! Awooo!!!"

Junpei's eyes suddenly turned red.

He threw away the plastic bag in his hand and took off his snow-white sweater at a speed that was faster than lightning.

Then, in front of everyone's dumbfounded eyes, Junpei rolled on the ground like a madman.

While rolling, he was barking like a vicious dog, his hands and feet twitching, and his saliva was all over the ground.

"..."

The gangsters had never seen such a scene before.

They stood there with stiff hands and feet, their faces pale, and they opened their mouths, unable to say anything. They were almost awakened by the beer they drank.

"Woof woof woof!"

Junpei rolled over from the ground, waving his hands with his teeth and claws, and pounced on the gangster closest to him with a ferocious face.

"Ahhh!!! Rabies! This kid has rabies! Run! It's contagious if you get bit!"

The gangster finally reacted. He yelled with a pale face, his throat was worn out from shouting.

"!!!"

"Run!"

The other hooligans looked at Junpei's appearance, and their legs were filled with adrenaline. They all ran away with their feet greased.

The hooligans who were about to be pounced by Junpei even lost one of their shoes.

No wonder this kid was so strange. It turned out that he was sick! D*mn, so unlucky!

If he got bitten, his life would be over!

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"Ha... ha... ha..."

Junpei's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He held his knees with one hand and picked up the sweater on the ground. His eyes were fixed on the backs of the hooligans running away.

At that moment, he couldn't describe his feelings.

Unexpectedly, he didn't feel any shame or embarrassment.

Instead, he was very happy and proud of himself.

Yoshino Junpei did it, without any help from anyone, he was not beaten like a ball by the gangsters, and he was not covered with bruises, he protected himself and drove the gangsters away!

"Sister... did you see? I did it..."

The boy's voice was trembling, and his eyes were filled with tears.

He hugged his sweater tightly and raised his head, looking at the sky that was slightly dawning.

Above that vast and ancient sky.

A girl with gray and blue eyes seemed to show a mouthful of white teeth like a toothpaste advertisement, and gave him a thumbs up in a friendly manner.

'Junpei, you can, hang on.'

The kind, strange, somewhat different from the Japanese greeting, but extremely gentle words, seemed to be gently passed to Junpei's ears.

"I will inherit your will and live a good life... I will prove to you that I am a good child with unlimited prospects..."

Tears slid down Junpei's cheeks.

The boy looked at the sky with emotion and murmured to himself.

Even though Sister Liu could not walk in the world like a normal person, her strong spirit passed through the physical barrier and was transmitted to Junpei's brain.

Junpei believed and was grateful.

Maybe one day, she would appear in front of him again as a healthy person. They would sit in the set meal restaurant like that night, chatting and sharing their thoughts.

It didn't matter if all this didn't happen.

He would become her healthy brain, and take her place to see the beautiful rivers and mountains of the world, to feel the warmth and coldness of all things in the world.

"You... you..."

A terrified call interrupted Junpei's thoughts of indulging in infinite fantasy and touching.

"..."

Junpei turned around and saw the clerk lady holding an explosion-proof fork in her hand, looking at him in fear, her voice trembled.

Junpei: "..."

If Junpei guessed correctly, this explosion-proof fork pointed at him... was it used against him?

Thinking of this, Junpei's tears dried on his face. He stared at the terrified lady in a daze, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"You... you didn't call the police, right?"

Junpei asked in a daze.

"..."

The clerk lady held the explosion-proof fork and looked at him in a daze, moving her lips and saying nothing.

"Ryoko!"

Just then, a loud shout came from the store. Junpei turned around and saw that the male clerk walked out of the convenience store holding a transparent explosion-proof shield.

"Ryoko! Don't be afraid, I've called the mental hospital and the police station! They'll be here soon!"

The male clerk looked determined and comforted the female clerk with righteous words.

Junpei: "..."

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