Between the falling sakura petals, the sliding sound of the paper door and the thud of the sturdy Teng Tarō hitting the ground, there was a brief silence.
Yellow-green tatami, light brown low wooden table, wall covered with faint patterns, dishes and utensils scattered on the floor due to the fight.
One lying horizontally, one vertically, the two Kuroda group thugs.
In this scene, stood a cool and beautiful young girl, her eyes icy.
In this scene, there was also Kuroda Kohero, the second in command of the Kuroda group, who appeared tough on the outside but was clueless inside.
——Ah, what should I do?
Kuroda Kohero was in a dilemma.
On one side was the unfamiliar girl who made his heart race and tumble like a startled deer.
On the other side was his fallen brother.
Publicly, he should deal with the enemies of the faction.
Privately, he wanted to leave a good impression on this girl for possible future development.
But these two things contradicted each other, leaving him at a loss.
As Kuroda Kohero struggled with his inner conflicts, he suddenly remembered the primary reason he had rushed back here from the toilet...
—Wait, where's Sōichiro?
Only now did Kuroda Kohero recall this issue, carefully scanning the room but not seeing his brother, Kuroda Sōichiro.
What's going on?
—Did Sōichiro take the opportunity to escape?
—Or did this girl knock him out and hide him?
Recalling the time frame, from leaving to coming back here, was roughly ten minutes.
In these ten minutes, it was unlikely for this girl alone to accomplish so much.
—Could there be an accomplice?
Thinking of this, Kuroda Kohero suddenly saw the light.
—Right, there must be someone hiding somewhere; otherwise, how could this cute girl defeat the Kuroda group thugs? Especially the carefully selected Teng Tarō and Satō by Sōichiro!
Kuroda Kohero was very confident in his brother Soichiro's fighting skills.
As for the highly skilled girl in front of him, not to mention any girl off the street, Sōichiro might not have been able to defeat her either.
But Teng Tarō and Satō were a different story; they were both formidable fighters.
Thinking this, Kuroda Kohero concluded that the girl must have an accomplice, and Soichiro may have been kidnapped. In an instant, Kuroda Kohero's infatuation subsided temporarily as concern for his brother took over.
"… Who sent you?" (Kuroda Kohero)
With a calm demeanour, Kuroda Kohero asked in a low voice, pulling the paper door shut behind him with his hand. This was to prevent anyone from attacking him from behind and to prevent the girl from escaping.
The young girl completely ignored Kuroda's question, just glanced up and down at Kuroda, and then suddenly leaned forward and rushed towards him.
No need for words, just straight into action.
The speed of this girl's movements far exceeded Kuroda Hiroshi's expectations.
With just a blink of an eye, the girl flashed from a distance of two to three meters away to stand in front of Kuroda.
Kuroda didn't expect the fight to start like this, caught off guard, he couldn't even get into position to defend himself.
But he had extreme confidence in his skills and physical strength, after all, he was one of the best fighters in the Kuroda group.
Can just a skinny girl really knock him out if he couldn't defend himself?
—This is not a joke, I am Kuroda Hiroshi, a man who has been in the underworld of Kyoto for nearly ten years!
Just as Kuroda Hiroshi was thinking this, the girl's pink fist was only a few centimeters away from his chest...
Kuroda gave up on defense, held his breath, tensed his chest muscles, prepared to take the punch head-on, and then planned to seize the girl while taking advantage of the situation.
—If I block this move, then I'll grab you and—
But unexpectedly.
The girl suddenly stopped her fist, bent her knees, shifted her weight, tightened her right fist at her abdomen, and then suddenly delivered an uppercut from below, a powerful Dragon Fist straight to Kuroda Hiroshi's chin!
Kuroda Hiroshi only heard a loud "click" from his teeth closing together, followed by a strong dizzy sensation instantly reaching his head, feeling like he was floating and about to ascend to the heavens...
Then he lost consciousness, collapsing and becoming unresponsive.
