Chapter 180: The Road of No Return

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: The Road of No Return

At the entrance of Kyushu University, three tall and sturdy men in plain clothes stood under a willow tree, enduring the cold wind, ready for action.

The man in the lead had a simple appearance but sharp eyes. He said to the other two, "You must remember, according to the Young Master’s instructions, if Miss Chi gets into a conflict with someone later, you must protect her immediately to prevent the conflict from escalating, understood?"

His name was Gao Han, one of Shin’s capable subordinates.

The Young Master had specifically instructed them for this mission; they must take Haruko’s matter seriously. If anything unexpected happened that they couldn’t resolve, he could go feed the fish in the river.

The two subordinates were clearly not as astute as Gao Han. Although they were strong, they were a bit slow.

One of them raised his hand and asked, "Boss, with the three of us following Miss Chi, no one would dare touch her, right? Aren’t you making a mountain out of a molehill?"

"Who asked you to butt in?" Gao Han glared at his subordinate. "Just listen to me, you can’t go wrong. The Young Master’s instructions are..."

Before he finished speaking, the sharp-eyed Gao Han caught sight of a petite figure walking towards them from across the road.

He immediately shut his mouth and whispered to the two, "In short, show professionalism, understood? Watch my cues later."

As the group met, Gao Han noticed that Haruko’s expression wasn’t good, so he also became much more serious.

"Miss Chi, I was sent by the Young Master to help you handle things. You can just call me Little Gao."

Haruko nodded lightly, "Did Shin tell you what it’s about?"

"No, the Young Master just told us it’s about handling a conflict and to listen to you. If anything happens, we’re to deal with it for you."

"Alright, come with me."

Haruko had already realized that she might be a bit yandere. Perhaps she had acted the part so much that she couldn’t take off the mask anymore.

Or perhaps she was inherently more extreme, but just hadn’t noticed it.

Now that the Blackening Skill was continuously active, the yandere state was maintained as normal, but that didn’t mean Haruko had lost her reason.

In an era of peace, even with Shin backing her.

She couldn’t just kill someone in the street.

But teaching this person named Long Mian, the manager, a lesson and getting some revenge for Ichiko was still possible.

On a winter weekend, there were few people. With temperatures below zero, college students naturally didn’t go out much.

The snack supermarket was deserted.

As soon as Haruko entered, the young shop assistant at the counter said, "Welcome."

But after speaking, as Gao Han entered, her expression slowly turned a little worried.

A young girl with three imposing, tall, and sturdy men, looking grim-faced, didn’t look like they were there to buy snacks, did they?

She cautiously asked an extra question, "Excuse me, are you here to buy snacks?"

Haruko showed a smile, indicating to the Miss not to be nervous, "Is your manager, Long Mian, here?"

The Miss pointed towards the second floor, "Sister Long is on the second floor. May I ask why you’re looking for her..."

Upon hearing this, Haruko walked towards the second floor without looking back.

Gao Han immediately followed. One of the subordinates smiled gently at the Miss, "No matter what you hear, don’t come up. It’s best to close the door, understood?"

It was obvious they were here to cause trouble.

The group went up to the second floor and saw a woman in her 40s, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, watching a drama, enjoying the air conditioning, and holding a large bag of beef jerky.

She was clearly enjoying herself.

Seeing Haruko come up, she frowned in dissatisfaction, "Who are you? The snack buying area is downstairs. Don’t you know the second floor is off-limits?"

"You are Long Mian?"

Long Mian glanced at Gao Han who had followed, her tone becoming less aggressive, "I am Long Mian. What do you want?"

"I am Ichiko’s friend."

As soon as the name Ichiko came out, Long Mian’s eyes suddenly filled with disdain, "What? Ichiko isn’t coming back to work, so she sent you to do what?"

Haruko asked, "As the manager here, why did you target Ichiko?"

Long Mian scoffed, "I see, you’re here to stand up for Ichiko, huh? When did I ever target her? She came here to work part-time, and she didn’t do well. Is there a problem with me, her superior, scolding her?"

"Besides, you’re an outsider, do you think you can interfere with our internal store matters?"

Haruko smiled after listening.

She truly deserved to be the most brainless villain designed in the original novel.

Low IQ, completely illogical, and after being interfered with by the world will, she desperately targeted the protagonist.

She wouldn’t survive more than two Chapters after her official appearance, destined to be slapped in the face by the protagonist.

Haruko looked sideways at Gao Han, "Teach her a lesson, then remove her from this position, throw her out, and contact the Mister of this store to replace her with someone else as the manager, can you do that?"

Haruko had originally intended to do it herself.

Now it seemed she was too lazy to bother with this person.

Since leaving the residential area, her Perception Skill had been giving her faint warnings.

Haruko knew this meant someone was following her and observing in secret.

After dealing with her, she planned to go back to avoid further complications.

But upon hearing Haruko’s words, Long Mian burst into a crazy laugh, "Teach me a lesson? Fire me? Who the hell do you think you are, you think you’re worthy?!"

"Do you know that the Mister of this snack supermarket branch is my uncle? Do you think bringing someone can scare me? Believe it or not, I’ll call the police!"

"Call the police?" Haruko raised an eyebrow.

Long Mian thought she was scared and said mockingly, "I see you’re here looking for trouble just like that bitch Ichiko, huh? How I treat her is none of your business!"

"With a face like Ichiko’s, you’ve probably seduced quite a few men, haven’t you?"

She continued to mock and then shouted loudly. A muscular man walked out from the room behind her.

With the muscular man backing her, she was even less afraid of Gao Han.

Her mouth was still chattering non-stop, but she didn’t notice Haruko’s increasingly dark expression.

A fruit knife was clutched in her hand at some point.

"Slap!"

The small hand not holding the knife slapped Long Mian’s face with great force.

A front tooth was actually knocked out directly by the immense force, and half of her face quickly swelled up.

In her blackened state, Haruko’s strength was even greater than Ichiko’s!

Furthermore, the few words just spoken had caused her blackening multiplier to increase sharply.

Long Mian froze for a moment, then furiously reached out a hand.

"You little bitch, how dare you hit me!"

She reached out to grab Haruko’s hair.

However, a cold glint flashed. Before her outstretched hand could even get close, the fruit knife in Haruko’s hand moved with terrifying precision, deeply piercing through the back of Long Mian’s hand and pinning it ruthlessly onto the wooden coffee table.

Blood welled up instantly, staining the table. The cut was exceptionally neat and precise, bypassing the bone but completely severing the tendons.

Haruko’s movements were not only swift but also precise and elegant.

Her cat-like vertical pupils were emitting a red glow, staring intently at Long Mian, "Who... were you just insulting?"

My Ichiko is someone you can insult?

"Ah—" accompanied by a piercing scream, before Long Mian could even process the pain, another cold flash swept by. The knife was pulled out and slashed across her other wrist with lightning speed, rendering her entire arm completely useless and limp.

Such a sudden change, faster than the blink of an eye, caught even Gao Han completely off guard.

He said in a panic, "Quick, quick, protect the target!"

"Huh?" The subordinate looked at Gao Han in confusion, "Boss, Miss Chi doesn’t need our protection, right?"

"Idiot, the Young Master told us to protect the person who conflicts with Miss Chi!"

The scene instantly descended into chaos.

To outsiders, this was just a farce.

But Haruko, after venting, felt incredibly refreshed.

I think, I might really be a little abnormal, right?

She said this to the System in her heart.

At the same time, a phone call was made to Ichiko’s mobile phone.

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