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Chapter 9 Embarking on a Distant Journey 27
update icon Updated at 2025/11/28 16:10:12

The blue-eyed man was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. The blond man, who got up after falling down, also learned his lesson and was now wary of Chongzong and dared not act recklessly. As more people gathered around to watch, Chongzong worried that a teacher might be attracted over, making things difficult. So, he grabbed the blond man and dragged him away from the scene, up the stairs to the rooftop.

Back when Chongzong first arrived in Kyoto to start his studies, he also found himself on the rooftop on his first day of high school. Now, on his first day of high school, he was once again on the rooftop. Fate seemed to be tied to the rooftop. Once they reached the rooftop, Chongzong threw the blond man on the ground, locked the rooftop door, preventing others from intervening.

"Hey, do you want to confess on your own, or do you want to suffer some more?" (Chongzong) Chongzong looked down at the blond man on the ground, his face indifferent. Though the blond man trembled in fear, there was still a hint of resistance on his face. Just as he was about to get up and say something, Chongzong didn't give him a chance—kicking his shin, knocking him down again. Quickly following up with a kick to his stomach, causing him to choke up his breakfast, his face covered in a mess.

"Speak up, why did you target me?" (Chongzong) Chongzong, maintaining his intimidating posture, questioned. At this point, the blond man completely gave up resistance, his eyes no longer showing any hint of defiance.

"…H-Hikida told us to do it." (Blond man) "Who is Hikida? How did he instruct you?" (Chongzong) Chongzong slightly eased the pressure on his foot, allowing the blond man to speak more freely. "Hikida…is the big boss around here. He just said, 'Brothers, if you encounter a guy named 'Uesugi Chongzong' today at school, give him a hard time.'" (Blond man) "Then, today…Me and Matsumoto, we…we were with me. Seeing 'Uesugi Chongzong' on the seating chart and since you hadn’t arrived yet, we tampered with your desk ahead of time." (Blond man) —It seems it was only directed at me, they didn't target anyone else. Sighing, the blond man slumped onto the ground, weak and defeated. "Why does Hikida want to come after me?" (Chongzong) Not satisfied yet, Chongzong stomped on his stomach again, making the blond man spit out saliva once more. "I-I don't know…he never gives reasons." (Blond man) "Has something similar happened before?" (Chongzong) "Yes…he often assigns tasks like this." (Blond man) "Where is Hikida now?" (Chongzong)

"I have no idea about this..." (Yellow-haired Man)

"Where does Kuroda usually hang out? Is he also from this school?" (Chongzong)

"He is from this school, but he is usually not at the school. He is often seen on the commercial street in Shijo River Town." (Yellow-haired Man)

Having interrogated up to this point, Chongzong felt that he had extracted almost all the valuable information, so he squatted down and punched the yellow-haired man, knocking him out.

Afterwards, Chongzong searched the yellow-haired man's body but did not find anything of value.

In the end, he simply took out the battery from the yellow-haired man's phone and threw it into a hidden corner of the rooftop to prevent the yellow-haired man from waking up and alerting others.

Once he had taken care of these matters, Chongzong left the rooftop. Just in case, he also messaged Usugi Yui.

— [Yui, have you settled into the new class? Is everything going smoothly?] (Chongzong)