Starting a Night Shift Part-time Job at a Convenience Store-Chapter 8.4: Hirais Secret IV
“You
i
bastardssssssss―!! What are you
i
doing in front of the
i
store, you
i
damn kids aaaaaaaaah!!”
An
i
unfamiliar, high-pitched voice assaulted from
i
the side. Not merely me, but
i
the guy who was
i
clutching my chest
i
was taken aback
i
by it as
i
well, and momentarily
i
froze.
What…Not shared on lightnovelreader.me
When
i
I stretched
i
my neck out
i
from the man’s shadow
i
and checked, it turned
i
out that Aoyama
i
was the one yelling
i
with a threatening attitude at the entrance of the
i
store.
“You
i
know
i
the consequences if you don’t get your hands
i
off of him at
i
once, don’t you, you
i
greenhorn!?”
I mean, it
i
was
i
Aoyama…?
As
i
he glared
i
up at the
i
bikers with the ferocity
i
of a
i
beast, his
i
tone, no, not
i
simply the
i
quality of his
i
voice, but even
i
he sounded incredibly masculine, threatening, or
i
spirited. Even
i
I had to
i
admit that
i
Aoyama was giving me
i
goosebumps.
Who
i
was
i
this
i
person?
Not
i
only was I astounded
i
by
i
the transformation of Aoyama, but
i
so were all the
i
other delinquents.
The
i
leader of the group
i
suddenly jumped
i
out at Aoyama, his facial muscles twitching, and
i
he, likewise, exclaimed in a tremendous
i
voice.
“What! Baldy! You
i
got a problem
i
with me huh!!”
It was
i
a scream imbued with ferocity. Even so, Aoyama
i
yelled back, unperturbed, which
i
was remarkable.
“Didn’t you
i
hear me when I told you
i
to let go of my staff, you
i
moron?!!”
“Are you
i
picking a fight
i
with me!!”
“You
i
want me to call the police
i
via Secom! Aah!?”
When
i
I saw him agitating with
i
the delinquents, thinking
i
that this was absolutely a
i
bloodbath, it
i
made me wish
i
I could cover
i
my eyes, but apparently that was the
i
deciding factor.
“Do
i
you
i
want me to press the Secom!!”
At
i
the mention
i
of, “Secom,” the delinquents were so
i
perturbed that rustle
i
started to spread.
“Oi… Isn’t this
i
bad?”
“If he
i
calls the
i
cops…”
The
i
cronies began to clamor
i
and the leader
i
of the group
i
clicked his tongue
i
sharply and flung
i
me to the
i
ground before leaving.
“Let’s
i
go.”Translator: MadHatter
With
i
that low, distinctly
i
enraged remark, all the
i
guys sprang into movement, straddled their bikes, and
i
rode off one after the other. For a
i
while, sounds
i
of engines rumbled over
i
the road, but gradually
i
silence descended, followed
i
by the return
i
of the ever-present peace in front of the
i
convenience store, despite the scattered cans
i
of alcohol and
i
cigarette butts.
“Clean
i
up the trash! You
i
scum of
i
society! Next
i
time you try
i
anything, I’ll turn
i
you in to
i
the police, every
i
last one
i
of you!”
Aoyama
i
spat loudly
i
at them as they
i
sped away, but
i
none of them ever came
i
back.
O-Or
i
rather…enhcweg
What
i
should I
i
do? My
i
shaking wouldn’t
i
cease. My
i
hips
i
went limp.
To
i
top it all
i
off, my heart throbbed so
i
much that
i
it hurt.
Aoyama
i
was… too
i
terrifying.
Garbage
i
cans that bikers
i
had left
i
behind were laying
i
on the ground
i
as warm winds swept
i
in.
“Hakamada…! Are
i
you
i
okay?! Did
i
you get
i
hurt?!”
Aoyama, who
i
had been
i
raging like
i
a wild
i
bull earlier, regained
i
his usual expression and carefully helped
i
me up with
i
both hands while
i
I was still on my
i
buttocks.
“Oh… no, I-I am
i
fine.”
“You
i
must have
i
been shocked. I should
i
have told you because sometimes those guys
i
get things complicated.”
“Hah… Hie.”gewniojswqr32
“Oh
i
my, can you
i
stand?”3dd
My
i
feet were unsteady, and even
i
my voice had
i
turned unintelligible, leaving
i
me in a state
i
where I could hardly
i
say I was fine.
Furthermore, it
i
was not only
i
the hordes of delinquents
i
that were giving me the fright, but Aoyama himself as
i
well.
Although
i
his tone of voice and mannerisms had returned to normal, I had
i
never imagined that Aoyama would
i
be so bold
i
as to stand up
i
to the delinquents and
i
even drive them away. The impact
i
was so overwhelming that even
i
now my facial muscles twitched.
To
i
think that he
i
had this
i
aspect of him… This
i
person… he was not
i
ordinary.
The
i
consternation apparently manifested
i
itself in my face, and
i
when Aoyama
i
peeked into my face, for
i
some reason he
i
held his cheeks with
i
his hands and
i
flushed.
“Oh my. Did I perhaps
i
scare you…?”
R-Right… Indeed
i
so. But why
i
were you blushing? Not shared on aggregator website
“I
i
mean, If I
i
am not here, you
i
would have been
i
in a risky position, you
i
know.” ew
That
i
was
i
definite. Translator: MadHatter
“T-Thank… you
i
very much.”
After
i
all, I would have
i
been beaten up
i
if it weren’t for him. I
i
gave
i
a bow.
“Even
i
so, that was amazing…”wqef
“Huh?”gernbdr33
“I
i
was genuinely flabbergasted that
i
you reacted that way toward the
i
delinquents, Aoyama.”
“Oh, heh, heh. I
i
couldn’t help but let off some momentum from
i
my days in
i
the Self-defense Forces.”
“Heh… Self-Defense Forces…”
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Self-Defense
i
Forces…
S-Self… Self-Defense
i
Forces―!?
“Self-Defense
i
Forces, you mean
i
that Self-Defense Forces?!”
“That’s
i
right.”ewg
“Aoyama, you
i
entered the
i
Self-Defense Forces!?”
You
i
were joking, right, oi…
Hmm, no, wait… if that
i
was true, then this muscular body of
i
Aoyama would make sense…
“How
i
nostalgic, it’s been ten years, though… I
i
was called the
i
devil squad leader, and
i
back then I
i
used to treat my underlings harshly…”
“Woah～…”
For
i
real?greb4
“I was so
i
relentless that they
i
called me
i
the ‘blue demon’… and
i
terrified them.”
Blue
i
demon. few35
Apparently, he was
i
being earnest, and Aoyama reminisced about the
i
old days. Really, the
i
night shift here had such strong characters that it stifled me, or
i
rather…
“Well, rather
i
than saying it’s unexpected… but if it weren’t
i
for you, I would have
i
been really wounded, thank
i
you very much.”
“No problem. It’s the veteran’s role
i
to protect the
i
newcomer.”
“…Aoyama.”Not shared on lightnovelreader.me
“Besides, Hakamada, you
i
kind of look
i
alike.”
“Yes?”gew32q
“That
i
pair of slanty eyes… with
i
that person… I was captivated by
i
that person when
i
I was in the Self-Defense Forces… After meeting them, my heart
i
turned all maiden…”
“…”ewg42
“It
i
was a love
i
beyond forgiveness…”
I
i
had no idea
i
why but for
i
a second, I felt a
i
tingle down my spine, and
i
for some reason, I thought
i
I detected
i
a dubious aura that I wasn’t supposed to
i
perceive…
Yeah, I
i
should forget about it. It
i
would be wise
i
to forget it.
Even
i
if it was only
i
for a few moments and I
i
was almost moved
i
by the words this person said, I shall
i
absolutely forget it.
For my
i
own sake.
“Come
i
to think of it, why did they
i
try to lay their hands on you? Did something
i
happen?”
“That’s…”t433
I explained to
i
Aoyama what
i
had occurred and
i
the bombshell remark I had
i
declared on the delinquents.
“Oh
i
my, you
i
said that? You
i
are quite a challenger, Hakamada.”
“Under
i
normal circumstances, I would
i
never have said such
i
a thing! I just
i
didn’t like
i
it…”
“You
i
didn’t
i
like
i
it?”
I
i
muttered, glaring at the dimly
i
lit road, “Those guys
i
ran over… the cat and killed it, yet
i
they were laughing about it.”
Such a
i
thing was not something a normal human being
i
would do.
Even if for any
i
reason, the life you killed over, you should
i
feel at least a little bad, that was
i
what I thought…
Right, that
i
was what I really
i
wanted to tell them. Translator: MadHatter
How
i
many times
i
had I witnessed this
i
cat, which
i
had been mutilated and
i
was run over, while I cast
i
a sidelong glance
i
at it and turned
i
back the way I had
i
come? With
i
its entrails protruding
i
out of its mouth, the
i
cat was still stuck in
i
the middle
i
of a road. The scene was
i
too gruesome, and
i
the bikers’ despicable remarks
i
eventually pushed me
i
over the brink, or rather, I
i
couldn’t stand to watch…qwr
I
i
had decided
i
to bury the
i
cat in the surrounding bushes before
i
I started my
i
next part-time work. If I
i
was going to
i
watch it rot away in silence anyway, I might
i
as well bury it.buyqw
Though
i
I wasn’t certain
i
if that would make the… cat happy. Although
i
a proper burial in
i
the ground and
i
even incense wouldn’t be necessary, I should
i
clasp my hands together
i
and pray for
i
the soul of the
i
cat. wqf
I
i
reasoned it
i
would be preferable to be
i
forced to feel horrible
i
each time I passed
i
by and
i
not having
i
grieved by
i
anyone.
.
!
Chapter 8.4: Hirais Secret IV
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