Chapter 708 - 708: Haruno Kasui’s Turn; The girl's Gratitude

Her little cousin really had turned into a sissy?

Seeing Haruno Kasui like this, Haruno Ayato frowned slightly, "Was there any ambiguity in what I said? Wasn't I clear enough? I said I've fallen for Hikari-kun too!"

"Just like you, Kasui, I admire Hikari-kun now too. Is that not allowed?"

"There's no law saying that only you can like Hikari-kun. I have the right to like him too, right?"

Seeing that Haruno Ayato clearly wasn't joking and even looked a little angry, Haruno Kasui finally realized he was serious and quickly smiled awkwardly.

"I…I understand, but…but I still don't quite understand…"

"Ayato, aren't you…a boy?"

"How could you possibly fall for Hikari-kun?"

Hearing Haruno Kasui's words, Haruno Ayato scoffed, "Who says boys can't like boys? Kasui-nee, you're being way too shallow. Big breasts and no brains, seriously."

"And I don't mind telling you that after Anjou Shuji, that damn fat bastard, tortured me and forced medicine down my throat, the femininity in my heart awakened. I now identify psychologically as a woman."

"So my feelings for Hikari-kun are the same as yours. In fact, I might even like him more than you do!"

"To be honest, considering how outstanding Hikari-kun is, I really don't think you're good enough for him, Kasui-nee."

"Of course, I'm not good enough for him either…"

After saying that, Haruno Ayato turned and left.

Haruno Kasui, meanwhile, stood there in a daze.

She didn't even notice Haruno Ayato walking toward Hikari, who had just come out of the abandoned factory.

Hikari, who had just finished disposing of the bodies and walked out, also saw Haruno Ayato jogging toward him.

Seeing Haruno Ayato running toward him with such excitement, Hikari suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

"Hikari-kun~"

Haruno Ayato's voice was unusually soft and sweet.

"Is something wrong?", Hikari looked calmly at Haruno Ayato, whose little face was flushed red.

"Th-that…", Haruno Ayato tightly gripped the hem of his miniskirt with both hands. His face was flushed with embarrassment, and he looked extremely nervous.

"Hikari-kun…I understand why Kasui-nee fell for you now. You really…deserve to be admired by everyone," After taking a deep breath, Haruno Ayato gathered his courage and continued.

"You're really, really outstanding. You're reliable and good-looking, practically perfect."

"I actually feel a little attracted to you now, too."

"So, Hikari-kun, I also want to tell you, I—"

Haruno Ayato took a deep breath, preparing to loudly confess his feelings.

"Stop!", But Hikari's back was already tingling, and he immediately cut him off, "Shut up! Don't say it. I'm not interested in men!"

Whether it was facing more than a dozen thugs just now or having a gun pointed at his head, neither had made Hikari feel as creeped out as he did at this moment.

Seeing Hikari take half a step back, Haruno Ayato couldn't help giving a bitter smile.

"I know, I know Hikari-kun won't accept me. I won't pester you either."

"You're my savior. I could never repay you for saving my life, no matter how long I lived."

"Don't worry. I won't make you feel troubled or disgusted…"

After apologizing repeatedly, Haruno Ayato bowed to Hikari, then turned and left.

Coming to his cousin Haruno Kasui, Haruno Ayato said seriously, "Kasui-nee, I've decided to leave Tokyo. From now on, you need to repay his kindness and take good care of Hikari-kun."

"Don't make Hikari-kun uncomfortable, and don't let him suffer even the slightest grievance. Otherwise, I'm not letting you off!"

After giving Haruno Kasui a long list of instructions about taking care of Hikari and sternly warning her not to treat him badly, Haruno Ayato left on his own.

After watching the Haruno cousins finish talking, Hikari, who had spent some time checking his system rewards, finally walked over.

"Hikari-kun!", Seeing him approach, Haruno Kasui quickly greeted him, "Have you finished dealing with everything? Are you all right?"

"It's mostly taken care of. I'm fine," Hikari answered casually, then asked, "What about Ayato? Isn't he coming back with us?"

Haruno Kasui gave a bitter smile, "Well…Ayato said he wanted to go back on his own first, and he doesn't plan on going home anymore."

"Then where is he going?", Hikari asked.

"He said…his parents are both overseas, so he'll probably go abroad too. I heard people there might be a little more accepting of him and other diverse sexual orientations…", Recalling what Haruno Ayato had told her, Haruno Kasui wore a complicated expression and didn't know what to say for a while.

Going from having a admirer to suddenly having a romantic rival was truly impossible to make sense of.

After sending Haruno Ayato away, Hikari returned to the abandoned factory.

Haruno Kasui curiously wanted to follow him in, and Hikari didn't stop her.

After Hikari used his corpse-incineration technique to clean things up, the abandoned factory was much cleaner, and most of the aftermath had already been dealt with.

However, some areas were still a mess, showing that a fierce struggle had taken place.

Unlike Anjou Takaya and his gang of delinquent blondies, Anjou Shuji was, after all, a police superintendent.

His sudden disappearance for no apparent reason could still cause some trouble.

But Hikari wasn't incapable of handling it.

However, Hikari had thought of an even better solution.

Not only could it solve the problem of Anjou Shuji's unexplained disappearance and erase the trouble caused by his status as a police superintendent, it could even turn the whole thing into a benefit.

"Hikari-kun, what should we do about this mess? Do we need to clean it up? If you need help, please let me know. I'll definitely help!"

Although Haruno Kasui had also noticed that Anjou Shuji, his uncle, and that whole group of thugs had mysteriously disappeared, she obediently ignored it and simply said that she would help Hikari with anything he needed.

Hikari waved his hand. He couldn't be bothered to clean this up himself, "Just rest over there. It'll be fine in a moment."

As he spoke, Hikari took out his phone and called his step sister, Ikazuchi Rika.

["Hikari-kun?"], Ikazuchi Rika quickly answered the phone.

"It's me, Rika-nee. I have information about an illegal-drug factory and its distributors. I even have concrete information on the people acting as their protectors from behind the scenes. Do you need it?", Hikari asked.

["Huh? Really? Of course I need it!",] Ikazuchi Rika said in great excitement.

"Then come over here. I've sent you my location," As he spoke, Hikari sent her his location.

Ikazuchi Rika quickly replied that she would be there right away.

Before using his corpse-incineration technique to dispose of Anjou Shuji, Hikari had checked his phone and other information.

Someone like Anjou Shuji, a corrupt cop who casually silenced people and had committed countless crimes, had definitely done far more than protect his nephew and force boys into submission.

Hikari had looked into it a little, and sure enough, he discovered countless bad things Anjou Shuji had done.

For example, there was a certain illegal-drug manufacturing plant and its sales network. Anjou Shuji had been the one pushing it forward and acting as its protector behind the scenes, making huge profits from it.

Ikazuchi Rika, who belonged to the Illegal Drugs Control Division, would definitely be interested in this information.

So Hikari didn't need to explain the complicated relationship between the Haruno cousins and the Anjou uncle and nephew.

Just one of Anjou Shuji's crimes was enough to draw Ikazuchi Rika over.

It would also give Ikazuchi Rika something to show the police department.

After all, Ikazuchi Rika held a fairly high position in the police department and was also Anjou Shuji's colleague.

Most importantly, Ikazuchi Rika's father was a deputy commissioner general of the police.

So as long as Ikazuchi Rika came over to help, Anjou Shuji's matter could be resolved easily without leaving any future trouble.

Less than half an hour later, Ikazuchi Rika drove to the abandoned factory where Hikari was.

"Hikari-kun!"

As soon as the car came to a stop, she pushed open the door and jogged toward him, waving as a bright smile spread across her face.

"Rika-nee, this is the information about the illegal-drug factory and the people protecting it from behind the scenes," Knowing what Ikazuchi Rika wanted, Hikari directly handed Anjou Shuji's phone to her.

Ikazuchi Rika hurriedly took it. Her fingers quickly swiped across the screen as her eyes scanned line after line of text.

Her breathing gradually became quicker, and her full chest rose and fell with it.

"This detailed… It really is information about an illegal-drug factory! This is enough to earn major credit! Hikari-kun, thank you so much!"

Looking at the important pieces of information that could each earn major credit, Ikazuchi Rika was so excited that her voice trembled.

"Rika-nee, it's not just information about the illegal-drug factory. Look at the name of the person acting as their protector."

Perhaps she had subconsciously overlooked it because she was focused on the major achievement, or perhaps she simply thought it was someone with the same name. Ikazuchi Rika hadn't noticed anything wrong at all, so Hikari reminded her.

"Anjou Shuji…Huh? Him? Police Superintendent Anjou? How could it be him?", Seeing the name of the person acting as their protector, Ikazuchi Rika's beautiful eyes widened in shock, and her little mouth opened wide enough to fit two eggs.

Hikari stared at her cherry-like little mouth, which could practically accommodate his whole self, and sighed inside at how every woman in the Underworld seemed to have extraordinary talents.

He then confirmed with her, "Rika-nee, it really is Superintendent Anjou. I met him once before. I came into contact with him this time because of some things too."

"But after I discovered his secret, he ran away. He's probably trying to flee because he's afraid of punishment."

Hearing Hikari's words, Ikazuchi Rika didn't ask any further questions.

She merely frowned, "Sigh! I never thought he would be involved…Superintendent Anjou is my direct superior. That guy actually did something like this. What a headache."

Seeing Ikazuchi Rika's conflicted expression, Hikari smiled instead, "Rika-nee, what's there to be troubled about? This is a good thing."

"Think about it. You're the one who exposes his crimes. That makes you look righteous and selfless."

"Didn't you say before that all the superintendent positions at the precincts were already filled, so even earning merit wouldn't make it easy for you to get promoted?"

"Now Superintendent Anjou has fled because of his crimes, while you're holding major credit in your hands. Isn't this the perfect opportunity for you to get promoted?"

Hearing Hikari, a light suddenly appeared in Ikazuchi Rika's beautiful eyes.

"Oh, right!"

Ikazuchi Rika cared a lot about getting promoted.

Ever since she became an investigator, too many people had said she was a nepotism hire, that she was a second-generation officer who had gotten in by riding on her father's coattails.

So Ikazuchi Rika had always worked hard, wanting to prove that she wasn't relying on her father.

But she had been stuck at the superintendent rank for a long time.

Now that she suddenly had a chance to get promoted, how could she not be happy?

"Hikari-kun, you really are my lucky star!"

Overcome with excitement, Ikazuchi Rika grabbed Hikari and planted several kisses on his cheek.

"Calm down, Rika-nee, calm down…"

Only after hearing Hikari did Ikazuchi Rika realize what she was doing and let go.

"Sorry, Hikari-kun. I was just too happy," Looking at the several bright-red lipstick marks on Hikari's face, Ikazuchi Rika's pretty face flushed, and she stuck out her tongue apologetically.

"It's fine. I'm just glad I could help you," Hikari raised his hand and wiped the fragrant lipstick marks off his cheek, waving it off.

"You helped your big sister with another huge, huge favor this time. I definitely have to repay you properly. Are you free sometime this week? Big sister will treat you to dinner!", Ikazuchi Rika said happily.

"Sure, if I have time," Hikari nodded in agreement.

After thanking Hikari a few more times, Ikazuchi Rika couldn't wait to return to the police department.

She needed to submit the evidence as quickly as possible and firmly secure the superintendent position for herself.

———

Hikari, meanwhile, took Haruno Kasui with him and caught a ride back into the city.

After dropping Hikari and Haruno Kasui off, Ikazuchi Rika hurriedly drove away.

Because she had already transmitted some of the information to her subordinates on the way, her colleagues all knew that she was about to earn another major achievement by the time she returned to the police department.

"Good evening, Superintendent Ikazuchi!"

"Chief! Good work!"

"Superintendent Ikazuchi is amazing. You managed to uncover such a deeply hidden pest. That's truly impressive!"

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