Imagawa-senpai (2)
“Well then, can I go now? I didn’t bring a lunch today, so I want to buy something from the school store. If I don’t hurry, they’ll sell out of the super-popular BIG Yakisoba Bread.”
“Like hell I’ll let you go! What’s this about a BIG Yakisoba Bread? Are you mocking me, punk?!”
“I’m being completely serious.”
No, seriously, I’m dead serious—missing out on the BIG Yakisoba Bread is a big deal, okay?
It’s a total flavor bomb—massive portions, thick savory sauce that’s absolutely addictive, and the best bang for your buck around!
Even now, while I’m standing here, the stock is steadily dwindling!
On days I don’t have a bento, it’s gotta be the BIG Yakisoba Bread. It’s a rule.
If I don’t get one, I swear I’m going to hold a grudge!
“Tch, you’re as infuriating as ever, you damn first-year. But fine, I’ll let you in on something good.”
“Sigh… and what might that be?”
“That trashy little company your father works for? Compared to my family’s business, it’s a speck of dirt. Did you know its biggest client is a subsidiary of the Imagawa Group? And not even a decent one—the bottom of the bottom, a total nobody.”
“And what of it?”
Geez, could this guy be any slimier with how he talks?
Has he never heard that nearly 70% of Japan’s workforce is employed by small and mid-sized companies?
And besides, why the hell are you looking up where my father works? Do you have that much free time, or are you just that petty?
“You really are an idiot. You should try learning a thing or two from me—someone who's already secured a recommendation to Teiou University thanks to his top-tier brainpower.”
“Haa… is that so. Well, good for you then.”
I was getting seriously fed up with talking to Imagawa-senpai, so I gave him a half-hearted reply.
“Tch, playing it cool now, huh? Then let me spell it out for you! If I tell my father to cut ties with your father’s company, it’ll go belly-up in no time. Your father will be out of a job before you can blink!”
“What… did you just say…?”
His disgustingly vulgar declaration made my brow twitch with irritation.
“Haha, now you finally understand the situation you’re in. If you don’t want that to happen, then stay the hell away from Hasumi Kana. If I feel like it, I could ruin your whole family’s life. Crushing you would be easier than twisting a baby’s wrist.”
Seeing my reaction, Imagawa-senpai flashed the kind of sneer only someone who enjoys tormenting the weak would wear.
“…”
(What kind of trash flaunts their parent’s power just to stomp all over someone’s life and feelings like this…?!)
For the first time in a long while, I felt the flames of genuine anger ignite within me.
The sense of justice I’d cultivated while fighting as a hero in the other world, Orphermaus, now flared violently in the face of this vile excuse for a human being.
If it were just about me, I could let it go.
I don’t care if he calls me idiot or some low-class commoner—honestly, that stuff barely even registers anymore.
After five years on the road battling the Demon King, my steel-forged mentality isn’t going to crack from a few insults.
But dragging in my relationship with Hasumin—and threatening to destroy my whole family on top of that?
In peaceful Japan, of all places!
At a run-of-the-mill public high school, no less!
How the hell does anyone even come up with something that heartless?!
And he’s not even using his own power! Just leeching off his father’s influence like some mangy fox hiding behind a tiger’s roar!
“Hahaha! Judging by how quiet you are, I guess you finally realized your place in the world, huh?”
“…”
“Now that you get it, don’t ever go near Hasumi Kana again, you filthy commoner! Talking about performing with her at the school festival? A worthless punk like you hovering around my girl pisses me off!”
Having said everything he wanted, Imagawa-senpai turned on his heel, laughing like a cartoon villain as he strutted off with his lackeys in tow.
I stood there, fists clenched, watching him leave—my entire body trembling with a fury I could no longer contain.