Tendou Oto’s 17.
Haiji-san’s 13.
There’s four years age gap, and that’s huge.
Both glared at each other.
Tendou Oto ntioned that she learned martial arts from an acquaintance in her hotown dojo.
Haiji-san graduated from an academy in Europe that trains people to beco bodyguards.
「 Who’s going to give the start cue? Referee? Are you doing it? 」
Tendou Oto asks Edie while still looking at Haiji-san.
「 Do actual combat have a start signal? A referee? 」
Edie laughs.
「 Hah, so you’re going with the street rules? Fine with ! I like that better 」
Tendou Oto clenched her fist and takes a stance, facing Haiji-san.
「 I an, if you’re the judge, it would put at disadvantage. Don’t interfere until I smash down this young girl 」
She barks a lot for a weak dog.
I recall that line.
「 I see. Oto-chan thinks that actual combat is a brawl 」
Nei stirs her up.
「 For us, actual combat ans killing the opponent 」
「 So you say. But what can a decorative bodyguard of the young lady of nobility do? 」
Tendou Oto glared at Haiji-san.
「 You’re just taking it easy with your rich employer, and I don’t. We’re different. I lived through hell back at my hotown 」
Tendou Oto doesn’t know...
Haiji-san is born from a prostitution den in Europe, where she escaped by herself.
No, she doesn’t know us either.
She has no intention of knowing either.
I an, she’s a daughter of Yakuza and so she has her hardships too.
Even this ti, her father dragged her to this half-hearted plan, forcing her to co to Tokyo.
However.
It’s not just Tendou Oto who experiences hardships.
What about Nei whose parents and brother were murdered and confined her for a long ti.
What about Edie whose raised in a closed assassination cult and yet sold to Miss Cordelia.
「 I will not lose to a lass who’s just an escort of a young lady 」
Tendou Oto inspires herself.
That ans, she can sense so fear towards Haiji-san.
Therefore, she’s trying to reason with herself that she should be stronger than Haiji-san.
「 Haiji-san, keep calm 」
I said.
「 Don’t panic, she’s soone you can beat 」
「 Yes, Kuromori-sama 」
Haiji-san takes a stance.
「 D-Don’t joke with , why would I? 」
At that mont.
Haiji-san starts moving.
「 WOO!!! 」
「 Fuck off! 」
Tendou Oto tries to evade but Haiji-san’s faster.
「 Tsk!!! 」
She managed to guard Haiji-san’s kick with her arm.
「 Goddammit!! Haaa!!! 」
Tendou Oto lets out her Qi.
Haiji-san stopped moving, and she’s going to use that chance to take her down in a single attack.
However.
「 NON! 」
Haiji-san’s body slips through Tendou Oto’s Qi.
It’s the technique to ward off Qi. Kudou style martial arts.
「 W-Why do you?! 」
She knows that Michi and Edie can use that skill, but...
She never thought that the four years younger girl also knows the sa skill that can ward off Qi.
「 She evolves every mont 」
Edie said.
「 While Oto’s unconscious, Haiji already moved to the next level 」
「 That can’t be true!!! 」
Tendou Oto tries to hit Haiji-san with her fist filled with Qi.
The combat ended too soon.
「 !!!! 」
Haiji-san’s counter kick hits Tendou Oto’s flank.
「 Gueeee!!! 」
Tendou Oto’s body turned around from the montum of the kick and she lied down on the mat floor of the dojo.
「 Guuuuuuu!!! 」
Tendou Oto twists around the floor as she holds her side.
There’s tears, snot, and saliva leaking out. She’s in pain.
She’s writhing in pain.
「 Oto-chan! 」
Tokuda Sonoko-san stood up and tried to rush towards her without thinking but...
「 Don’t go over here 」
Edie stops her.
「 B-But... 」
「 It’s okay. She’s suffering but she won’t die 」
「 Yes, she will not die 」
Haiji-san tells Sonoko-san.
「 Although, hitting a vital spot would really hurt. Amazingly, you didn’t pee yourself, Oto 」
「 Guaaaaa!!!! 」
Tendou Oto’s groaning in pain.
「 That’s disgraceful of you. After all that bragging you’ve done 」
Edie laughed at Tendou Oto who’s lying down on the floor.
「 Yomi, ease the pain with your power. She can’t talk like that 」
「 Yes, Sensei 」
Yomi uses her Miko power.
「 Hey, I’ll ease up the pain 」
「 Aah, gugu, aguguguuuu, uuugh, aaaa, fuuu, aaa, fuu, fuu 」
Tendou Oto’s breathing cald down.
She still holds her side but she no longer writhes from pain.
「 Just because the pain decreased doesn’t an you can move. The damage still remains in your body 」
Edie tells her.
「 If you force yourself now, it will be dangerous for you 」
「 Haaaa, haaaa, haaaa 」
She’s cald down but her tears and snot still flowing.
「 Oto, you’re a hopeless frog in a well 」
Edie said.
「 Compared to ordinary people, you’re sowhat strong. But, your martial arts aren’t great. You haven’t learned seriously 」
「 Uuuuu 」
She wants to retort but Tendou Oto can do nothing but groan.
「 Oh right, you also learned martial arts at least. But, Oto, you weren’t serious in learning. The school of techniques you have is all plastered together from the best parts, you don’t know the foundation at all. That’s why you can’t gather up the right experience 」
She thinks that the martial arts flair is nothing and so she only learned the flashy techniques.
She uses Qi skills.
But, her foundation is overwhelmingly lacking.
「 Furthermore, you’re naive to think that your skill is good enough to get through this world and so you lack daily training. That’s why you are useless 」
Then, Edie looked at Haiji-san.
「 Haiji learned the foundation from the Academy. Don’t look down on academic training. It’s multiple people taking a long ti to build all the theories. Each of the high-level techniques is different but the foundation isn’t. Human bodies have an identical frawork. Haiji only received the training from the academy but she continues to train everything that she learned there. Therefore, she can master a new skill in such a short ti. Her body is sharp and flexible.
Haiji-san’s proud that she graduated from the Academy.
And it has also beco her insecurity.
Haiji-san has no connections with the elites nor any first-class bodyguard companies.
Therefore, she had no place to learn but the Academy.
「 During your exhibition match at the party Haiji, that “German Ninja Arts” that you used was sothing you made, right? 」
Edie asks Haiji-san.
Oh right, that one.
That strange technique where she takes out a blade on her toe and fights with kicks.
「 Yes, I’m sorry 」
Haiji-san apologized.
「 Don’t. You thought that you have to show your appeal by learning a special technique you can use, right? 」
「 Yes, I’m half Japanese and European after all. I thought that saying that I mastered ninja arts from Japan would increase my chances in getting hired in Europe but I grew up in Europe so I don’t know any ninja arts 」
Thus, she called it German ninja arts.
In the end, Haiji-san couldn’t find an employer in Europe.
That she beca a bodyguard of Torii-san in Japan instead.
I see. She wrote that she can use German ninja arts in her resu, and so...
She had to show off that skill during her fight with Anjou Kinuka-san as Torii-san’s watching.
「 Haiji’s German ninja arts were ill-prepared. It’s not a skill where you thought every corner, and so none of it makes sense 」
Yeah, during her fight with Kinuka-san, there was that strange atmosphere.
Kinuka-san’s cat claws also looked sowhat stumped.
Although, Anjou arts is an old-fashioned martial art passed down to generations of the bodyguards of Kurama house.
The sisters don’t cooperate with other bodyguards either.
「 Oto saw Haiji’s German ninja arts and thought that the ill-prepared skill ans that she’s not skilled 」
Therefore, she had confidence that she’s stronger.
「 But I saw through her poor skills and understood that Haiji habitually trains her body with the basics. I thought that she could grow stronger as she has an honest personality, all she needed is a senior figure. That’s why 」
I see. So that’s why Edie...
That’s why she wants Haiji-san in our family.
Haiji-san’s arrogant on the outside because she’s impatient due to her having no connections.
She saw that the real Haiji-san is an honest and earnest girl.
No.
「 I also got it sohow. Haiji-san’s speaks harshly with Torii-san but she makes sure to stand behind her Master 」
She’s enthusiastic about her appeal but she’s not desperate.
She wanted to get a higher class employer among the daughters of nobility at the party.
That’s because Torii-san is in that weird position where she’s not actually a daughter of nobility.
「 Yeah, I sensed that she’s not a bad girl. It’s just that she’s ignorant of the ways of the world. 」
Despite Shou-neechan, who graduated from the regular course in the academy, being present.
She started a business of referring graduates of the academy’s short-term course to the nobility.
「 But, I didn’t sense any displeasure with Haiji-san. She’s a troubleso girl, but I saw her as an interesting and cute girl 」
Torii-san, Kanou-san, and Kaan Momoko-neechan.
Also, Anjou Mitama and Kinuka.
「 T-Thank you 」
Haiji-san blushed as she thanked .
「 Then, what did you feel with Oto-chan? 」
Nei?
I look at Tendou Oto who’s still lying down and unable to speak yet.
「 Tendou-san has nothing but unpleasant emotions 」
I speak honestly.
「 When she ca with us to rescue Sonoko-san and others in the Karaoke bar, I thought that she sees them as friends, but it’s different. 」
I...
「 Tendou-san’s kindness is imposed on the other party. She doesn’t care what the other party wants nor what they think. She only forces them to do what she tells them to do 」
「 I thought so too 」
Nei said.
「 Therefore, Oto-chan thinks that all of the daughters of Yakuza are her followers and that she has to protect all of them 」
「 Yeah and those girls are using that attitude of Tendou-san back at her 」
Especially the blonde, red-haired, and perm-haired girls.
「 Or, it becos an unwelco favor, just like Sonoko-chan 」
Nei looked at Sonoko-san.
「 Sonoko-san, you should be clear with her. Tell Oto-chan that you can’t be together with her 」
Sonoko-san.
「 Yes, you’re right 」
She speaks to Tendou Oto who’s lying down on the tatami mat floor.
「 Oto-chan, you see... 」
She speaks calmly, yet serious.
「 I don’t know if it’s the right choice to beco a prostitute or not. I’m still 17, and so I don’t know a lot in this world. Maybe I’m just going with the flow since I’m told that I have no other way but to beco a prostitute, and I might accept this fate. I’m just a weak girl. I don’t have a strong will. I know that my life will not go as how I expect it to be. I’ll always succumb. Maybe they’re people different from Tendou-san. I might still be a girl that is dominated, but... 」
Tendou Oto gives Sonoko-san an intense look from the floor.
Her voice is faint, but her eyes show light through Sonoko-san who has weak vitality.
Even so.
「 I can’t go with Oto-chan. After all, to , it ans that I yield to Oto-chan, that Oto-chan will control my life. Nothing’s changed. Not for Oto-chan, not for . After all, Oto-chan ignores my feelings 」
Oh.
Yomi’s using her Miko power.
It’s not that Sonoko-san’s saying whatever Yomi wants her to say.
These are the thoughts Sonoko-san’s been keeping in her mind.
The emotions she couldn’t tell Tendou Oto, her friend.
She can speak honestly now...
It’s all thanks to the assistance of Miko power.
She learned this from Tsukiko earlier.
The technique to skillfully press the other party’s mind without hurting them nor putting too much pressure.
「 Besides, no matter where we go, we can’t live with just the two of us. Oto-chan and I can’t do it. After all, Oto-chan’s body is strong but your heart is weak. I can’t support the weak Oto-chan. It will only be painful to 」
「 So...no...ko... 」
Tendou Oto finally speaks.
She speaks in pain, in loneliness.
「 Oto, you were misunderstanding that you were protecting her 」
Edie said.
「 You thought that you’re protecting Sonoko and the other girls, but in fact, it’s your way to keep your own heart stable. In fact, you don’t protect them, and you don’t have any bond with them 」
Tendou Oto looked up at Sonoko-san in surprise.
「 Yes, you didn’t protect us. After all, Tendou Sadao’s comrades still raped . Earlier, when Oto-chan said “I lived through hell,” I thought “Huh?” It’s Shigeyo-chan and who lived through hell. Oto-chan doesn’t get it 」
Sonoko-san said.
「 I can’t forgive the girls who watched us in silence as the n raped us. I hate them all. Eri-chan and Rie-chan are still young so I can forgive them...I an, those girls will beco sex slaves, right? Then they’re forgiven. Naoko-chan will beco a prostitute together with so I forgive her. But, I won’t forgive the others. Those who raped us, those who watched, and father. I’ll never forgive him. They all got loose screws in their head and will die soon? Good. They all should just die! 」
Sonoko-san’s dark thoughts inside her blow out.
「 Ah....what...about...? 」
Tendou Oto asks in desperation.
「 I’ll never forgive you either, Oto-chan. I hate you! I hated you all this ti Oto-chan!!! 」
Saying that...
Hearing that would be harsh for Tendou Oto as she holds homosexual love towards Sonoko-san.
「 I hate everyone. Nobody ca to save ! I hate everyone! 」
「 But, saying that you hate everything won’t let you survive for the future 」
I said.
「 Even so, Sonoko-san. Tendou Oto’s one-sided kindness is so unwelco favor but you still survived because she’s there, right? 」
Tendou Oto’s actions weren’t all in vain.
「 Tendou-san, whatever she does are all fruitless effort, but... She didn’t want you to get involved, and that’s why she invaded the Kouzuki house’s party alone 」
The first plan is for the daughters of Yakuza to attack the young ladies of nobility.
「 I don’t care about that 」
Sonoko-san turned her face away.
「 Oh, I see. Then, we’re going to put Tendou Oto now, you don’t mind it, do you? 」
I said.
「 Right now, she’s just a noisy girl with no use. She can’t even beco a bodyguard since she lost to Haiji-san. Should we erase her mories and throw her out? 」
I looked at Yomi.
「 But, Sensei, if we erase Tendou Oto-san’s mories about Kouzuki house and us, then we will need to erase all her mories with Tokuda Sonoko-san. The reason why she is hostile to Kouzuki house is that she wants to save Tokuda-san 」
She replies.
「 This incident and Sonoko-san has carved deep in her mind. Therefore... 」
「 If we’re erasing her mories of us, we need to erase her mories of Sonoko-san as well. Sonoko-san will beco our prostitute. If Tendou Oto has so mories of Sonoko-san remaining inside her, she will desperately search for her, and that’s a problem 」
I said. Sonoko-san.
「 I don’t care if Oto-chan forgets . It doesn’t matter to 」
「 So...no...ko 」
Tendou Oto makes a face similar to a person who received a death sentence.
「 It’s okay. We can make it so that we never t each other. It’s better if nothing happened between us 」
Sonoko-san whose mind is freed is quite extre.
「 That’s not it 」
Edie?
「 Yes, mories of Tokuda-san in Tendou-san’s heart is carved deep inside, and it takes a big chunk 」
Yomi said.
「 If we remove all mories of Tokuda-san, Tendou-san’s ego will crumble 」
「 It ans that her mind will have a seismic shift and it will collapse in itself 」
That ans, she’ll turn crazy?!
「 You sure you want Oto to beco like that? Do you mind? 」
Edie said. Sonoko-san...
「 I-I... 」
She looks at Tendou Oto with a pale expression.
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