“Sis Luo, have a smoke.”

In July, leaves swirled down, blanketing the earth in a desolate yellow.

On the silent campus, a blonde girl lit a cigarette for a twin-tailed girl in a black leather jacket.

The girl took it and dragged deeply.

“Ah…”

Her eyes rolled back in bliss, shoulders trembling as she let out a deeply satisfied moan, then exhaled a slow, wispy smoke ring.

Behind her stood hundreds of girls in “Chiba City Fourth Girls’ High School” uniforms—more precisely, delinquents.

She was Luo Xiaolu, boss of the Sakou Gang, one of Sakura Province’s four most notorious factions.

She’d ranked in Sakura Province’s Top 10 Strongest Delinquent Girls (2019), been named among the Ten Campus Delinquent Icons, topped the 2018 “Search for the Most Beautiful Delinquent Girl,” graced the cover of *Delinquent Daily* eighteen times—and the underworld hailed her as—

The Dragon King!

The campus lay silent because every student still able to move or speak now writhed in pain on the ground. Teachers and administrators huddled in offices, trembling.

All signs pointed to a recent, brutal clash.

“Congrats, Sis Luo! Kuangguang Boys’ High is ours—western Chiba’s high schools are fully unified!” the blonde girl cheered.

Luo Xiaolu sat on a makeshift “chair” of two boys flattened on the pavement. Face unreadable, she fiddled with her manicure as if nothing existed around her.

“Where’s their boss?”

Two girls shoved forward a bruised, swollen-faced man.

“From today, your school answers to the Sakou Gang. Understood?” Luo Xiaolu said flatly, gazing down.

“Y-yes! Understood!” He simpered, stepping closer—then suddenly roared, “DIE!”

A gleaming butterfly knife flashed from his waist as he lunged.

“Sis Luo, look out!” the blonde cried in panic.

A cardinal sin in the delinquent world: no blades, ever. Break that rule, and you’re shunned by all.

Luo Xiaolu shot him a cold glance, caught the blade bare-handed, and kicked hard.

He flew ten meters, stomach churning, screaming in agony.

Blood streamed from her palm. Sisters rushed forward; she waved them off, wrapped the cut hastily with tissue, then lifted her gaze.

“Break his hands.”

“Understood.”

The blonde signaled. A dozen girls nodded and advanced.

“No… PLEASE!!”

Luo Xiaolu ignored his shrieks and turned to a trembling boy with an outrageous hairstyle nearby.

“You. Come here.”

The boy froze, then nearly lost control of his bladder. He kowtowed frantically.

“We surrender! Please spare us!!”

“You’ll lead Kuangguang from today,” Luo Xiaolu said.

Stunned, then overjoyed, he scrambled forward and knelt.

“With the Dragon King’s grace, Kuangguang Boys’ High will rise into Chiba City’s top ten gangs!”

He whirled toward the beaten former boss and yelled,

“Offend the Dragon King, and Sakura Province’s delinquent world has no place for you!!”

…

Suddenly, a wave of drowsiness hit Luo Xiaolu. She let out a long, slow yawn.

“Sis Luo, tired? Go home and rest!” the blonde urged gently.

“Mm… I’ll rest a bit.”