When Saeko opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Ryuji's handsome face and gentle smile.
Saeko recalled the duel they had just fought. In duels with her peers, she had never displayed her true strength, but this time she had truly fought to her heart's content.
Looking at Ryuji with a somewhat dazed expression, Saeko unconsciously extended her delicate hand and gently caressed Ryuji's face.
"Kouhai-kun, from now on I am your possession, so shouldn't you tell me what kouhai-kun's name is?"
Saeko's words left Ryuji somewhat confused.
Had he not given his name?
Well, it seemed he really hadn't.
"Cough…"
With a light cough to cover his embarrassment, Ryuji immediately introduced himself:
"Busujima-senpai, my name is Ryuji Ken. I'm an international student who just transferred today to Fujimi Academy's second year."
"Hehe… From now on I'm Ryuji-kun's possession, so just call me Saeko."
Hearing Ryuji still addressing her as senpai, Saeko couldn't help but laugh softly.
Saeko rose from Ryuji's embrace and immediately noticed her school uniform soaked with sweat.
"I… I'll… go change my clothes…" Saeko's cheeks instantly flushed red as she hurried toward the kendo club's women's changing room.
Ryuji watched Saeko's departing figure, somewhat dazed.
"She really is even more beautiful than the Saeko in the anime."
Saeko's shy appearance just now had truly amazed Ryuji.
The girl who had just been dueling him in kendo with such graceful movements was now blushing shyly like a delicate maiden, which immediately made Ryuji's heart flutter.
Three minutes later, Saeko emerged wearing a fresh school uniform.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Ryuji-kun."
With her cheeks still slightly flushed, Saeko came before Ryuji and apologized.
"There's no need to apologize. Although you're now my possession, Saeko-senpai, as long as you don't cross my bottom line, my tolerance is quite high. You don't need to apologize for such a small matter."
Ryuji's words made Saeko pause slightly, then she broke into a smile.
From Ryuji's intense possessive gaze earlier, Saeko could roughly understand Ryuji's personality.
A domineering masculinity, but one that would still respect a woman's wishes as long as his bottom line wasn't crossed.
However, what Saeko didn't know was that Ryuji's tolerance would only be reserved for his own women. As for hostile women he found attractive, Ryuji would only train them into sex slaves.
As for the life and death of other enemies, that would depend on Ryuji's mood.
After obtaining Saeko's phone number and home address, Ryuji temporarily bid farewell to Saeko and left the kendo club.
Ring ring ring!!!
Just as he stepped out of the kendo club, Ryuji heard the bell for the end of class.
Walking toward the school building, the hallways were filled with young boys and girls, brimming with vitality and youthful energy, which involuntarily reminded Ryuji of his own high school life in the real world.
With a light laugh, shaking off the memories in his mind, Ryuji casually wandered through the school building.
When he arrived at the corridor leading to the second-year floor, he discovered something that piqued his interest.
…
"Oh my, if it isn't Miyamoto-san?"
From the corridor between the third and second floors came a voice that immediately made one feel uncomfortable.
At this moment, a man and woman were standing in the corridor. The older one was a male wearing a suit with fine white pinstripes—clearly a teacher. The other was wearing Fujimi Academy's girls' uniform, with long chestnut-colored hair and an ahoge on her head resembling ant antennae. Although she wasn't as tall as Saeko, her figure was no less voluptuous.
However, the girl was currently glaring at the male teacher, her chestnut eyes filled with anger, unwillingness, grievance, and fear, with a hint of guilt deep within.
After glaring for a while, the girl tried to walk around the male teacher to leave, but the male teacher blocked her way.
"How rude, don't you know to greet your teacher when you see him?" The male teacher first feigned anger, then his face twisted into a sinister smile, "No wonder you were held back a grade. You're just like your father when he knelt before me—no manners at all. Hehehe."
Hearing the male teacher's words, the girl immediately looked at him with fury and said:
"My being held back was clearly your doing! You despicable, hypocritical scoundrel!"
Hearing the girl's words, the male teacher's face instantly filled with rage, and he reached out to slap the girl across the face.
The girl's body trembled slightly in fear as she closed her eyes.
However, the pain she expected didn't come to her face. Opening her eyes timidly, the girl immediately saw the palm that was mere inches from her, now held at the wrist by another large hand.
"Who are you? Do you also lack manners and wish to interfere with a teacher instructing a student?"
Koichi Shido looked angrily at the young man beside him who was gripping his wrist.
"Ha, you call this instruction? From what I just heard in your conversation, I don't think you're qualified to instruct students."
Hearing Ryuji's words immediately sent Koichi's anger soaring, and he was about to shout a rebuke.
"Hiss!"
Ryuji's hand gripping Koichi's wrist applied a bit of pressure, immediately causing Koichi to cry out in pain.
He felt like his wrist was about to break. His anger was immediately suppressed by the pain, and he hastily tried to pull his hand back.
Ryuji also didn't want to keep holding a man's wrist, so he let go.
Koichi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to rebuke Ryuji for his disrespect toward teachers, but noticing more and more students gathering, he left with a parting threat of "I'll remember you" before hurrying away.
Ryuji watched Koichi's departing back, pulled a tissue from his uniform pocket to wipe the hand that had just touched Koichi, then crumpled the tissue into a ball and flicked it with one finger at Koichi.
"Ah!"
Koichi immediately dropped to one knee, crying out in pain.
Looking at the crumpled tissue that had fallen beside him, Koichi's rage surged once more. He turned to glare at Ryuji, but when he saw Ryuji's black eyes looking at him as if he were a dead man, he was so frightened that he immediately got up and fled from the second-year hallway.
The girl stood there in a daze, not expecting someone would help her without fearing a teacher's authority. She watched Koichi's pathetic retreat with a mocking expression, but then looked at the boy who had helped her with some concern.
But once she saw the boy properly, she couldn't take her eyes off him. However, thinking of Koichi's connections, she began to worry again.
"Thank you for your help, but will you be alright? No matter what, he's still a school teacher, and he has people backing him."
The girl approached Ryuji, and as she drew closer, she became even more certain that the boy before her was the most handsome she had ever seen.
"Don't worry, he doesn't have many days left to cause trouble."
Ryuji's tone was relaxed, completely dismissing Koichi.
Tomorrow would be the end of the world—no matter how powerful his backing, it would be useless.
Hearing Ryuji's nonchalant tone, and looking at his handsome profile and tall figure, remembering how he had blocked Koichi's strike for her, the girl immediately felt completely secure, her affection rising rapidly.
Just then, two sets of hurried footsteps came from the hallway, and two male students appeared before the girl.
"Miyamoto-san, I heard you were stopped by Shido-sensei. Are you alright?"
The dark gray short-haired boy spoke first, his tone full of concern.
Meanwhile, the black-haired boy on the other side, after seeing his best friend speak, looked as if he wanted to say something but couldn't, though he still gazed at the girl with worried eyes.
With a brief glance, Ryuji already knew who these two were.
Takashi Komuro and Hisashi Igou—one was a hothead who was usually nothing special but relied on passion at critical moments; the other was a man who appeared gentle on the surface but would still pursue the girl his best friend liked, even knowing his friend's feelings.
Someone who could confess to his best friend's crush—how could he possibly be truly kind?
When it comes to romance, it's first come, first served. Ryuji didn't feel much animosity about that.
But since they were both male, Ryuji wouldn't get close to any males, and certainly wouldn't become some protagonist's lackey like in certain novels.
If possible, Ryuji would even maliciously toy with the fate of anime protagonists, letting them experience living hell.
As for why he had such thoughts, it was naturally because those male protagonists' occasional ridiculous actions were truly disgusting.
"Igou-san, Komuro-san, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern." Rei first thanked them politely, then looked at Ryuji with gentle eyes and said softly, "Thanks to this…"
Seeming to not yet know Ryuji's name, she stopped awkwardly mid-sentence.
Seeing Rei's embarrassment, Ryuji naturally wouldn't ignore it and immediately introduced himself, "My name is Ryuji Ken. I'm an exchange student, currently in Class A of the second year."
"Eh?! Ryuji-kun is also in second year?"
Ryuji's words first stunned Rei, then she looked at Ryuji in surprise with both hands covering her mouth, an adorable surprised expression on her face.
"Ryuji-kun was so brave just now, I thought you were a third-year senpai…"
Learning that Ryuji was in the same year as her, the previously somewhat reserved Rei relaxed a bit, her bright eyes narrowing into crescents.
Watching the two chat as if no one else was there, Hisashi and Takashi immediately felt threatened.
However, Hisashi knew that interrupting them now would only lower his standing in Rei's heart, so he planned to ask Rei out alone later to confess to her.
Although Ryuji was an unpredictable variable, Hisashi felt that after more than a week of showing care and concern for Rei, she surely wouldn't be stolen away by Ryuji, someone she had just met.
As for Takashi, Hisashi didn't believe he had the courage to confess to Rei, so he had never considered Takashi a rival, and instead got along with him better and better.
Just then, another set of hurried footsteps came from behind Hisashi and Takashi.
Then everyone saw a pink-haired girl with twin tails and frameless glasses rushing over.
As soon as the pink-haired girl arrived, she rushed to Rei. Though petite in stature, her chest was magnificently impressive.
As she ran, the bouncing amplitude was no less than Saeko's when she swung her sword.
The pink-haired girl grabbed Rei's hands and asked with concern, "I heard that bastard Shido stopped you. Are you okay? You weren't bullied, were you?"
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Saya."
Facing her dear friend Saya Takagi's concern, Rei smiled, feeling very happy inside.
Hearing that Rei was fine, Saya breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a slightly flushed, tsundere expression, "Who… who… who's concerned about you? Don't flatter yourself…"
After her tsundere remark, seeing Rei's suppressed smile, Saya looked away, and then her gaze fell on Ryuji, who was standing very close to Rei.
The moment Saya saw Ryuji, she instantly thought he was incredibly handsome and very tall.
Honestly, Saya was a bit superficial about looks, though not to the point of liking every handsome guy she saw.
Ryuji was the first boy she felt she somewhat liked at first sight.