Chapter 35 The Real Goal
Chapter 35 The Real Goal
Lin Xiuyi didn't use too much force because he needed this man to stay sober.
However, they cannot be allowed to have the ability to resist, because that would threaten him and Eri Hasegawa.
Taking these two points into account, he controlled his power so that the first punch would make the person bleed from the nose, the second punch would cause blackouts, and the third punch would cause dizziness.
After three punches, the man in the suit collapsed to the ground, his limbs weak and his vision temporarily blurred.
When Eri Hasegawa saw this, she instinctively took a step back and sat down on the ground.
Her sunglasses fell to the ground, revealing a shocked and horrified expression on her face. Suddenly, she started repeatedly calling out "Mom."
"Mamamama...Master!"
Who would have thought that a teenager could so easily defeat a burly adult in just 3 seconds? At least in Eri Hasegawa's opinion, it was completely against her common sense.
She was both surprised and delighted. She was delighted that Lin Xiuyi had saved her in her time of crisis, but she was surprised that he had rescued her so easily, as if it had been planned in advance.
"You go home first, and please tell Jin that I'll be back late."
As soon as Lin Xiu closed the door, a pair of handcuffs suddenly appeared in his hand. He handcuffed the man in the suit and then dragged him deeper into the alley.
"What are you going to do?"
Hasegawa Eri hurriedly stood up from the ground and followed, anxiously asking.
"Is there even a question?" Lin Xiuyi said matter-of-factly, "Of course it was to kill him to cover it up. He saw our faces, and just in case, we had no choice but to get rid of him."
Murder?
Hasegawa's legs trembled upon hearing this, and he stammered, "But...but murder is illegal, isn't it, Mamaster?"
Lin Xiu sighed, temporarily stopping the dragging, and looked at the naive woman as he spoke the cruel truth: "This is a necessary evil, Eri, don't you understand?"
Eri Hasegawa glanced back and forth hesitantly, her face gradually turning red, looking like she was about to be pushed to the limit.
"If you don't want to go back, then come and help me kill this person." Lin Xiuyi decided to add fuel to the fire.
These words completely shattered Hasegawa's last hesitation.
"Master," she suddenly stood up straight, bowed, "I wish you all the best, I'll take my leave now."
Then he fled in a flash, shouting as he ran, "I won't tell anyone!"
Lin Xiuyi shook her head and continued dragging the helpless man in the suit to the alley behind the building, where empty cardboard boxes were piled up.
He had prepared a bottle of mineral water beforehand, unscrewed the cap, and poured it over the other person's head.
"Ugh—"
The man was instantly sobered up by the drenching, but before he could even lift his head, Lin Xiuyi pressed him firmly down. He could only look into the boy's cruel eyes.
He had seen this person before and had a vague impression of him... and since the other party had already made a move against Hasegawa, Lin Xiuyi didn't need to be polite anymore.
"Next, I'm the only one allowed to ask questions, and you have to answer them honestly, or there will be a punishment. I actually really hate violence, and I tend to use a lot of force when I do things I hate. If you understand, just nod."
The man nodded with difficulty.
Lin Xiuyi took out her phone; the screen showed a picture of Maeda Kenpei. "Do you recognize this person? Do you know his current situation?"
"Of course I know him. This person is Kenpei Maeda, a teacher at the school. He used to work here too. As for his situation... he's already dead."
Having received the expected answer, Lin Xiu nodded and then asked, "Do you know how he died?"
"..."
The man remained silent, not uttering a single word.
"say."
Lin Xiu stomped her foot on his knee, forcefully.
"Hiss—it was suicide, suicide at school..."
"If it was just suicide, why won't you answer? Say it again."
Lin Xiuyi twisted her feet left and right, and exerted more force.
"What kind of demon are you?!" The man's face was contorted from being stomped on, his eyes bulging and his teeth clenched. He endured the pain for more than ten seconds before finally blurting out, "That person was forced! They had no choice but to commit suicide!"
"How did you force me?"
"It's debt! He owes us too much. The principal took part of the debt from our leader to threaten him!"
Lin Xiuyi loosened her legs.
The man, finally able to catch his breath, glared at Lin Xiuyi, sweating profusely. "You bastard, are you crazy?! I've never done anything to you, why are you so ruthless? Hey, which group are you from?"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just an ordinary, sunny young man..."
Lin Xiuyi paused for a moment, then took a step, steadied herself on one foot, and quickly raised the other foot toward the man's face.
The man only saw the shadowy figure move before his face was slapped, sending him flying off the ground. His mouth split open, blood splattering in mid-air. The boy's words echoed in his ears: "Idiot, who would be driven to suicide by a debt collector's words? You've collected so many debts from Maeda Keizaburo, even beating him to the point of near incapacity, and he's still alive and well, isn't he?"
The man spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with his teeth onto the ground, still shocked by what he had just heard.
"How do you know about Maeda Keizaburo?"
"This has nothing to do with you, does it?" Lin Xiu raised her foot again. "I told you, I'm the only one allowed to ask questions and you can answer them, or there will be punishment."
The man was so frightened that he immediately pressed his face against the wall, hurriedly saying, "I really don't know what happened. I only heard these things from our boss. Please let me go!"
"Is your boss also in charge of Maeda Kenpei's debt ledgers?"
"Yes, yes, even if the principal took over the debt, the account books weren't transferred!"
"Tell me your boss's name."
"Imai, Imai Yuno."
"Location."
"Are you crazy? You still dare to go looking for—" The man felt his head being stepped on, and immediately stopped talking, changing the subject to: "It's in Koganecho, under the Keihin Kyuko Railway viaduct, that short, three-story office building!"
Lin Xiuyi opened the map on her phone, checked the location below, and found that there was indeed such a place, so she moved her feet.
"Then we can say that our cooperation has been successful."
This man is no longer of any value. Besides collecting evidence of bribery, Lin Xiuyi's initial plan was to use Hasegawa Eri to distract the people inside the club so he could sneak in and investigate. However, he didn't expect to run into this debt collector he had met once before as soon as he opened the door. So he changed his plan on the spot and used Hasegawa as bait to lure out this big fish for questioning. It was an unexpectedly fruitful outcome.
Having achieved his first objective, he had just turned his back when he heard the man suddenly realize something.
"I remember now, you're that student, you live in that old man's doya in Kotobuki-cho!"
Lin Xiu turned around and looked at his suddenly excited expression.
"Why? You clearly didn't care about him at all back then, but now you're worrying about him!"
"You're such a strange guy. I never said I came because of him."
Lin Xiuyi walked up to the man, her eyes cold, looking down at him condescendingly.
"I just can't stand how some people can blatantly do bad things and then have the audacity to question others about why they're interfering."
The man's face was stepped into the sewage from the sewer opening.
"This is clearly just a just punishment."
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