221 – Coming Out

Click! Click! Click! Click!

The sound of camera shutters coming from all directions.

It seemed like someone was already filming a video.

Honestly, even for people who don’t know anything, I felt like something huge was happening.

Because only the air around those two was incredibly heavy.

To an ordinary person who cannot see the ki, it will look as if the space is distorted.

“Long time no see, Ivan. Almost 10 years?”

“Yes, it’s been a while. Fuma Kotaro. While I couldn’t see it, the divine beast became very clear.”

It was blatantly sarcastic at his filthy demeanor, but Fuma Kotaro nodded and said, probably thinking that Ivan had sincerely praised him.

“I have lived as a natural person for 10 years in a place with good mountains and good water, so I have no choice but to be like that.”

“…Why did it suddenly appear after living hidden for the past 10 years?”

Then Kotaro Fuma glanced at me who was next to him and said meaningfully.

“For personal reasons. I’ll go back to the mountains after my errands, so don’t worry too much about it.”

No, wait a minute. Then aggro is attracted to me.

But it was like spilled water.

Ivan’s gaze was directed at me standing behind him.

“Kim Yuseong…? Why are you here?”

“Uh, as for how that happened…”

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“This is my heir.”

As if he wouldn’t allow excuses, Kotaro Fuma said that and pointed at me with his index finger.

“Heir?”

Ivan blinked his eyes as if he had heard an interesting story.

“You used to go out with Fuma’s daughter when we met before, so we became like that while we couldn’t see each other?”

“Uh, I’d say that’s complicated…”

I was about to open my mouth to clear up the misunderstanding, but then Fuma Kotaro interrupted.

“Rather than that, wouldn’t it be better to move slowly? It seems that there are quite a lot of eyes to see.”

“Huh? Ah, sure.”

Only then did the onlookers gathered around him come into view, so Ivan took out his cell phone from his arms and made a call somewhere.

Soon after that, sighs erupted from all directions.

“Ah! What! Why did my phone suddenly break!”

“It’s crazy! I’ve only had it for two months!”

Perhaps, like the last time, EMP was fired around them.

What a quick turnaround.

“Follow me, Fuma Kotaro. I won’t allow you to run away.”

“Hmm. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, and you’re still coercive. Ivan.”

“Bullsh*t.”

Ivan dismissed Kotaro Fuma, who had a relatively flirtatious personality, with one word, put Kotaro Fuma in the passenger seat of the sports car he was riding in and disappeared.

After the two of them left, the people who lost interest began to disperse, and Rika, who had watched the whole fight with a nervous expression, came up to me and asked cautiously.

“Ryu-chan, what the hell happened?”

… It seemed that it would be late to return home today.

***

Instead of going to the subway station, we changed our destination and entered a nearby fast food restaurant.

Rika and I ordered French fries and sat in a corner seat on the second floor.

I hesitated before opening my mouth.

“Rika, do you know that there is an afterlife?”

“…The other world?”

I nodded and said.

“It’s literally a place completely separated from the world where ordinary people live. It’s a world where people who only exist in cartoons, such as hitmen, ninjas, samurai, and fighters, actually exist.”

Rika listened to my words and laughed as if it was absurd.

“Ryu-chan, aren’t you serious? No matter how much I like manga, I won’t be fooled by such lies.”

“…….”

I stared at Rika with a serious expression without saying anything, and Rika, who had a half-doubtful expression, swallowed her saliva and asked back.

“Really?”

“It’s real.”

Actually, if Fuma-senpai’s father, Fuma Kotaro, hadn’t suddenly attacked, there wouldn’t have been an explanation like this.

But since I had already fought him and couldn’t come up with an excuse, I had no choice but to reveal the truth in this way.

Rika, who looked like she was probably in denial of her reality, wiped her face with her palms after hearing her confirmation from me.

Well, since a close friend asked me if I knew anything about the underworld, it was understandable that I felt tired.

I’m considerate of Rika, so I told her to go home today…

“Awesome!”

I was going to say it, but the reaction was different from what I expected.

“Huh?”

“It means that the world people have only imagined actually exists! So, do ghosts and monsters exist?!”

“Huh? Uh uh.”

I couldn’t keep up with the flow of the story, and I unknowingly got rid of it.

She thought Rika would be confused, because she never thought she would like it this much.

“Awesome! Do I have to show it next time?”

“No, it’s not something you can see without wanting to see it…”

“So, are the long-haired old man and Sasha’s father who we saw earlier related to the underworld? Hurry up and tell them!”

When I heard Rika’s words pouring down like a rapid-fire cannon, I laughed involuntarily.

Even though he was clearly talking about something serious, seeing Rika like him so much made me feel somewhat discouraged.

‘Well, good is good.’

I decided to think positively and started to explain to Rika about the world behind her.

***

Ivan, who drove a sports car and went out for a while, took Kotaro Fuma to the Tojokai mansion.

“I used tea well. Tojo.”

“I’m glad it was helpful.”

After returning the car key he had borrowed, Ivan sat down on the cushion with Kotaro Fuma, and Naoto Tojo politely bowed his head and greeted the two.

Ivan Romanov and Fuma Kotaro.

It can be said that there is no one in the underworld who does not know the names of the two.

Seven Fists.

Because it was the pinnacle with only 7 people in the world.

Originally a fan of GOF, Naoto Tojo felt his heart swell when he met the two legends who were the protagonists of the 1st to 4th GOFs, which are said to be GOF’s greatest heyday.

No matter how much he is the head of the yakuza with the greatest power in East Japan, it is because the reputation of the two was inferior to them.

Fuma Kotaro visited the Tojokai mansion as if he had been caught by Ivan and was halfway led, and asked as he sat down on a cushion.

“So what brought me here? Ivan.”

Then Ivan wrinkled his nose and said.

“You’re asking something obvious, Fuma Kotaro. Of course it’s for revenge.”

“What? Why are you doing that?”

“Because you defeated me and disappeared.”

Then Kotaro Fuma waved his hand and said.

“Don’t be scary. My prime has long since passed. If I fight now, I won’t be able to fight you 100 points and lose?”

“For that kind of thing, it seems like you had a good fight with Yuseong Kim.”

“Hmm? How did you know I fought him?”

“When I arrived, Kim Yu-seong’s energy was disturbed.”

Unlike you, who is fine as if nothing had happened.

“Hmm- Well, it can’t be helped if that’s the reason.”

After meekly admitting the charges, Kotaro Huma asked Ivan with his eyes half-opened.

“Why do you want to fight me? It’s just a fluke that I won against you anyway.”

“Don’t dismiss the skills you’ve created as flukes. Or do you think I’m a loser by flukes?”

“That’s… no.”

As much as Ivan recognized Fuma Kotaro as a rival, Fuma Kotaro also recognized Ivan’s ability.

“Then fight me once more. Fuma Kotaro. And I will wash away the humiliation of the past by defeating you.”

Hearing Ivan’s words, Fuma Kotaro scratched his chin with his finger and said.

“Well, it’s not that I don’t understand your feelings…”

Even now I don’t really want to fight, do I?

“So why don’t we do this? Fight my successor Kim Yu-seong instead of me.”

“What…?”

“I did a test earlier, and it’s hard to believe that he was self-taught. He handled Hayate so perfectly. With just a little bit of tweaking, he’ll easily catch up to my skills in his prime. Rather than me, who has weakened over the years, he’s that kind of guy. Wouldn’t it be more rewarding to win?”

“Do you intend to avoid the fight? Kotaro Fuma.”

“Because I’m not the type to risk my life to fight like you, Ivan. The reason why I consistently went to GOF was to raise my ransom after all.”

“…It’s disappointing. I once thought of a guy like you as my rival.”

“I am honored that you thought so of me.”

Ivan, who was glaring at Fuma Kotaro, who didn’t say a word, with narrow eyes, let out a small sigh and stood up.

“Well, that’s good. I was going to fight Kim Yu-seong again anyway. I’ll show you how the Hayate you were proud of is broken mercilessly.”

One of Yuseong Kim’s strengths was that he was strong.

His unconventional defensive power was sufficiently felt in the last fight, so Ivan implanted nanomachines into his body in preparation for it.

To fight on the same line as Kim Yu-seong.

Kidduck!

When he tightened his grip, the nanomachines inside his body reacted and hardened his skin.

“With the hand of this God of Destruction.”

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