Starting a Night Shift Part-time Job at a Convenience Store-Chapter 8.3: Hirais Secret III
“Na-oh.” Translator: MadHatter
That
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mottled patterned
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cat was there.
My
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thoughts became
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downright disorganized at
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that moment.
How
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could that
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cat be in a place like
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this―
Seated
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before the garbage
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dumpster, its eyes glinting amidst the
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darkness, its
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tail wagging slowly
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in a steady rhythm, it
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was without a doubt
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the cat that had
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been stood in front
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of the white cat
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carcass last night, staring
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at me with
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a grudging look embedded in
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its eyes.
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Its
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voice was
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uncanny to the
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point that goosebumps
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rose on my
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skin.
It
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was far from a normal meow. Could
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a cat purr like
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this?
“Naaaah.”fubeiow
Like
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yesterday, it opened
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its mouth wide
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and meowed in
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alarm, which was evidently peculiar. What
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was this
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cat trying to convey to
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me?
However, it
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was beyond
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my capacity to
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grasp what
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the cat was saying to
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me, and
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why did it
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appear in front of me
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again after yesterday’s occurrence? I mean, this
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was
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strange.
The
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thought that something
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sinister was about to
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ensue naturally sent
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tremors through my
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body, and I
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threw the garbage
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bag I was carrying into the dumpster and left the
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place.
I
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returned to the front
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of the
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store, feigning composure as though nothing had
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happened, but perspiration drenched my
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hands, my pulse was
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racing, and by all accounts, I was not calm.
The
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25-year-old freeter was pathetically reassured
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by the brightness of the store.
What
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an
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embarrassment.fweg4
I heaved
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a small sigh that
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couldn’t be heard.
The delinquents
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were still hanging out
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in front of the
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store. They
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were too much
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of a nuisance… for heaven’s sake, hurry
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up and disappear.
While experiencing a strange
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sense of fatigue, I
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took a big detour around
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the delinquents’ hangout
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and walked to the
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entrance of the
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store.
“―Oh, that
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reminds me. The
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cat I ran over is
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still there, right?”
The
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voice I accidentally
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heard from behind me brought me
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to an involuntary halt.
“Ah… that
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white
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cat, right?”fwe
“It’s decomposing quickly, isn’t it? The flies
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were swarming all over
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it.”
“It was
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pretty gross, huh!! Haha! Plus, it
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stunk!”
Hold
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on…fegqw
That
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conversation. It couldn’t be…fewq
“Haha, it was
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wrong of it to leap out in front of us, that was like
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asking us to run over it!”
“Kahaha! Cats
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nowadays are dumb, they are too carefree! Aha!”
One
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of them laughed and several others caught on and began to laugh as
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well.
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These
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guys ran over it… They ran
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over that cat that was at the
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tunnel exit…
These
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guys were the
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ones who ran over
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that cat.
How could they be laughing after having
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run over that cat? These
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people were
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insane.
“It’s not like I ran
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over anybody. Who
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cares about that?” the man
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with the flashy-colored head spat
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out.
Hearing
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that, my face heated
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up as if my blood was rushing to my
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head.
These guys…iqd3uw
I
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wasn’t a cat lover, nor was I a
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member of any animal rights
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group. I didn’t
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have any
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interest in what these
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guys were talking about
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but…
As
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long as it
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was not a
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person they
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ran over, they wouldn’t care
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about it…?
I couldn’t bear to ignore
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that with them laughing this
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way. That white cat
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was reduced to a miserable mess.
Besides… the
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thought that because of these people, I
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was being haunted by that creepy cat
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with the mottled pattern and getting embroiled in another nefarious situation made me irrationally… aggravated.
I had no
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clue why the cat was showing up
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before me, nevertheless, it was these
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guys that the cat
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should be resenting, not me. What was unquestionable was that
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these delinquents ran
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over that white cat, incurring the wrath
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of the mottled patterned cat. The fact that they
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were laughing it off oblivious to all of this
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sparked a silent fit of indignation
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in my chest.
“Oi, you, what
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are
i
you listening to?”gr3
A
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slight pain
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was felt in the
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back of my
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head, and then
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an aluminum can
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struck the concrete ground and tumbled
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down. That aluminum can was
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hurled at the
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back of my head.
“No, you―”Translator: MadHatter
You
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bastard! What the hell were
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you doing! I intended
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to yell at him
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but I lost that inclination immediately after turning
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around.
Because
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each of the dozen or
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so delinquents was staring at me, their eyes glaring. Even
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more so, they were all wearing an
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aura as if they were ready to start
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a fight with
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me.
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As I
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retreated, a man who seemed to be the leader of the
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group approached me, swaying his body and shoved me on the shoulder vigorously.
Anyone would be stunned by such an abrupt action, and I
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instantly forgot my rage and let my heart skip a beat.
This guy may be younger than me but
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his height was insanely tall…!
“Oi, you were just
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eavesdropping on us, weren’t you? Right?”
I couldn’t say
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yes, so I clenched my teeth and held
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one of my arms to protect the shoulder that had
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been pushed away. Perhaps this action
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was interpreted as defiance, the leader
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of the group furrowed his
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brow deeply and came
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at me forcefully. It was agonizing to be seized by the chest
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with all his force, and I unconsciously turned my face away
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in discomfort when he blew
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his rough breath, which reeked of alcohol, at close
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range.
Good
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grief… such people who have been drinking were truly
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awful.
“What? Do
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you have something to
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complain about, hah?”
“You’re nothing but a
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store staff, don’t you
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dare listen to our conversation!”
“If you
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have something to say, why don’t you try
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saying it!?”
Not
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only did the man who
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grasped me by the chest raise a ruckus but the cronies behind
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him did as well.
These
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guys…fwe4th
Without
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companions behind them, they couldn’t even drink or get violent. Disgraceful
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bunch.
I detested these people, I absolutely
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abhorred them.
Without
i
even having a job, they gathered like-minded individuals and incited uproar
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without even being aware of the
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trouble they were wreaking on
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others.
“Hea… ven…”rwqf
“Aah?”fwegh
“Face
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heaven’s judgement.”
The
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expression in the eyes of the man in front of me shifted as I said these words while
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he gripped me by the chest.
I was convinced
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that I was going to be
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beaten.
No, I was prepared
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to be beaten up, and I said
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that bombshell remark that
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would rub the delinquents
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the wrong way. Under
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normal circumstances, I would have just let
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it drift by, and prioritized my
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own safety, even if the
i
result was hard to swallow.
Tonight, though, I
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was in a foul
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mood.
Therefore, even
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though I would
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suffer a little pain, I decided to be a bit more honest
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with myself.
A
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solid fist flew at me from diagonally
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across me.
Oi… What
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was with that lumpy, pointed silver
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ring?
If I… took
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a serious hit from that
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thing.
Blood
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would
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pour out from me, right?
I
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reflexively
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shut my
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eyes.
Chapter 8.3: Hirais Secret III
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