Chapter 11
"This bastard blew up my phone?!"
The four bullies stared in utter disbelief.
Someone tell me what the hell just happened?
What did this monster do to my precious phone?
They looked up at the sky in stunned silence.
The ashes of their devices drifted away on the wind.
"You… you animal! Do you have any idea how important that phone was to me?!"
The ringleader pointed at Ye Yu with a trembling finger.
She couldn't stop shaking. She'd worked so hard to save up for the latest model—and it hadn't even lasted two days.
The others wore similar expressions.
Phones were practically a sixth organ these days.
In their rage, none of them registered that what Ye Yu had just done was physically impossible for a normal person.
"Compensate me! You have to pay for my phone!"
"You bastard—I'm calling the police! You're going to jail!"
The last girl, too furious to think, charged forward to grab his collar.
Slap!
A crisp smack rang out.
She froze mid-step.
Ye Yu smiled at her calmly.
Am I dreaming? Did he just slap me?
But the stinging quickly proved it was real.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
One after another, the blows landed so fast the others could only gape.
"Stop! Let her go!"
The leader, seeing her friend treated like this, felt a mix of shock and fury.
As the group's boss, she had to step up.
But as she approached, Ye Yu turned into a subway vigilante once more.
Slap!
He backhanded her with controlled force.
If he hadn't held back, a Level 5 ability user could have killed her with a casual swing—even without powers.
The leader crumpled, clutching her burning cheek.
Blood trickled from her mouth as she glared at him with venom.
The girl who'd charged first was worse off—both cheeks swollen like a pig's head.
She sobbed and begged between hits.
"I was wrong! Please stop—sob—please, no more…"
The two who hadn't been slapped yet tried to flee in terror.
But thanks to their own choice of a dead-end corner, the only exit was past Ye Yu.
"Are you even a man? Hitting women? I'm definitely posting you online!"
The leader spat hatefully.
"Women?"
Ye Yu sneered.
"In my world, there are only three types of people: strangers, allies, and enemies."
He drove his foot into her stomach.
The massive force slammed her against the wall.
"So which are you?"
She curled up, clutching her abdomen in agony, overwhelmed by fear.
"Strangers! We're just strangers—please stop!"
The others immediately echoed her.
"Yes, strangers! Please let us go!"
"Big bro, calm down. We have no grudge—there's no need to do this. Assault is illegal. You really don't want to go down that road!"
One of the untouched girls pleaded desperately, terrified this seemingly unhinged hottie would slap her next.
"Oh, right—assault is illegal. I almost forgot," Ye Yu said with a smile, as if convinced.
The two girls relaxed slightly, hopeful smiles forming.
But his next words froze them solid.
"Then you two slap each other. I'll tell you when to stop."
Make us hit each other?
Are you insane?
We're best friends!
"Not hitting? Waiting for me to do it for you?"
Ye Yu's voice boomed, laced with mental pressure that jolted their minds.
"S-Sorry! Just a light one!"
One girl, unable to bear the fear, slapped her friend softly.
"It's okay, Aiko—I understand!"
The friend slapped back.
But Aiko felt it was a little harder than hers.
Instinctively, she hit back with more force.
Her friend, unaware, felt the increase and grew angry.
She slapped even harder.
Soon, under the shocked eyes of the others, the slaps grew heavier.
They were fighting for real.
"You bitch! I treated you like a friend and you hit me that hard?!"
"You're the one who started it—I'll slap you to death, you little slut!"
…
As the two brawled wildly—too entangled for the others to separate—Ye Yu's lips curved upward.
He subtly twisted his right hand downward.
A green magic array flickered briefly.
Tiny insects glowing with green energy emerged from his palm and scattered, landing evenly on the four girls.
"You can get lost now."
His cold, emotionless words sounded like heaven to them.
They scrambled away in a panicked crawl.
As they fled, raw hatred burned in their eyes.
Ye Yu noticed, of course—and only smiled.
If not for Karuizawa watching, he wouldn't have let them off this easily.
No matter. They'd meet again soon.
He turned to Karuizawa, who was still frozen in shock.
"What, deep in thought?"
She snapped back to reality.
Seeing him approach, she instinctively stepped back.
Everything he'd just done had saved her… but his unhinged brutality terrified her more than the bullies ever had.
She retreated once—then again—but her back hit the wall.
"Are you afraid of me?"
"I-I'm not…"
"That hurts. I just saved you, you know."
"S-Sorry… I didn't mean to…"
Ye Yu placed a hand on the wall beside her ear, smiling down at her.
He had to admit—Karuizawa Kei was breathtaking.
Compared to Ichika's gentle warmth or Kurumi's elegant nobility, her current helpless panic carried a fragile, broken beauty that stirred something in him.
"I can protect you."
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