Chapter 134: A Few More Beatings

Nakajima Atsushi slept soundly that time. Since there was no alarm clock and no one woke him up, he slept until almost noon.

After experiencing the confusion when he first woke up, his brain slowly helped him recall what happened yesterday.

He met two nice people who seemed to be nice people but were not good people by profession but would treat him to a meal. Although it was a bit confusing to say this, Nakajima Atsushi felt that this was the most realistic and accurate description of the two people he met yesterday.

After dinner, he asked the other party for a job that could probably support him. After hearing that he was hunted by a tiger, the other party actually helped him catch the tiger that was going to eat him!

...Oh right! Tiger!

Nakajima Atsushi suddenly sat up from the bed.

He remembered that he was sitting in the yard last night as bait to attract the tiger, but he had no recollection of what happened afterwards, and now he was still lying in the room... Perhaps the owner of the house sent him here.

He hurriedly got out of bed, but then he noticed that he was still wearing the same ragged and dirty clothes. Apparently, the owners of the house simply threw him on the bed and did nothing else except cover him with a quilt.

But since they sent him back, Tiger shouldn’t have come yesterday… Wait, did he faint in the yard last night?! He ate a lot last night! He shouldn’t have fainted from hunger, right?!

He looked back at the bed he had slept in with some uneasiness, but before he saw the condition of the bed, he first saw the neatly stacked new clothes on the bedside table.

Nakajima paused, looked down at his dirty self, and instead of putting on clean clothes, he looked at the bed again. Sure enough, there was some black dirt on the sheets and quilt.

His fingers trembled, and he found a tissue to wipe his hands, took off the sheets and quilt covers, and planned to put them in the washing machine to wash them, take a shower at the same time, and put on new clothes after washing them clean.

The new Akutagawa residence was rebuilt from three houses, and not all rooms were equipped with bathrooms. The total number of bathrooms was a little less than half of the number of people living there. At least there was no bathroom in Nakajima Atsushi's room.

There were even fewer washing machines. The three original houses were all two-story buildings, and two of the buildings were occupied by other people, so there was one washing machine, which was enough for one family. The original Akutagawa residence had more people, so they bought three washing machines, because everyone's clothes could be washed together, which was enough.

Now there are five washing machines in total. They simply bought another one and put two in each house, one on each floor, for everyone to use.

Nakajima Atsushi walked out of the room carrying the bedsheets and quilts. He was about to quietly put them into the washing machine when he passed by the hall and saw everyone gathered in the living room. When they noticed him coming out, everyone looked over at him.

"Hey, Nakajima, wake up."

"Ah, yes..." He paused awkwardly and reported, "Well, the quilt is dirty. I'll go wash it."

Yukawahiko looked at him and asked, "You didn't change into new clothes?"

He looked away and said awkwardly, "...I don't want to dirty my new clothes, so I want to take a shower before putting them on."

"Oh, then go quickly, take a shower and come over quickly, we have something to tell you."

Nakajima Atsushi immediately became nervous, but was too embarrassed to ask right away, so he just quickly replied "OK", put the sheets and quilt covers into the washing machine, then went back to the room to get his clothes and take a shower.

He didn't know what they wanted to tell him, but everyone was waiting for him in the living room, and it was so serious that he was also very nervous.

After taking a bath with his mind wandering, Nakajima Atsushi came to the living room wearing new clothes, with his head slightly lowered and his fingers nervously fiddling with the corners of his clothes.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke acted like a captain and said straight to the point: "We caught the tiger yesterday."

Nakajima Atsushi: “???”

Nakajima Atsushi was confused for a moment, and then his face was filled with shock, "A tiger came yesterday!? Then, where is the tiger?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked at him steadily: "You are the tiger."

Nakajima Atsushi was overwhelmed by question marks.

"Wait, wait!" He looked confused and anxious, as if he had been wronged. "How could I be that tiger? That tiger wants to eat me!"

Reina supported her face and said, "But we all saw it yesterday. After Akutagawa knocked the tiger unconscious, the tiger turned into you."

Ace took a sip of Coke and gave him a thumbs up. "You are very agile after turning into a tiger, and your claws are very sharp. Ryunosuke almost failed to catch you with Rashomon. You are amazing!"

Nakajima Atsushi was stunned by his exaggeration, but soon he noticed the dark gaze from Akutagawa Ryunosuke staring at him. His scalp suddenly went numb and he quickly said humbly: "No, no! I don't know anything at all!"

"Nakajima."

"Yes!" Hearing Akutagawa Ryunosuke's slightly serious voice, Nakajima Atsushi was startled and immediately stood up straight.

"Your abilities have great potential, but you're too weak!"

"yes!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke said this in a very stern voice, and Nakajima Atsushi was as nervous as when he was scolded by the dean before, and he didn't dare to say another word.

"Now, as the captain, I invite you to join the Vermillion Pirates. In return, I will use the most severe means to allow you to control your own abilities. You can now consider it carefully. Once you choose to join, there will be no room for regret."

This was what they had discussed during the time when Nakajima Atsushi was unconscious. Although they were optimistic about this person with special abilities, it would be meaningless if he did not join voluntarily.

Nakajima Atsushi was stunned.

He had never expected that Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who had rejected him yesterday, would actually invite him to join today. But it was not surprising when he thought about it, they probably saw his special ability.

However, he still has no sense of reality. To him, it is like waking up and thinking that the tiger that was chasing him and wanted to eat him has turned into a superpower, but he has no idea how to use this superpower, it is as if he is still an ordinary person.

It was as if he was exchanging something he didn't have with others, a feeling of getting something for nothing, which made Nakajima Atsushi very frustrated.

Not only that, even now, he still feels scared when he thinks of the tiger he saw in the wide-angle lens at the intersection.

But he said that he could control the tiger's special ability! If he could really control this special ability, he would have a special skill that he could show off. At least he wouldn't starve to death, right?

"It's actually not that bad," Ace gave his student a helping hand, "As long as you don't betray your companions, you can get off the ship anytime you want, right Ryunosuke?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded calmly.

Nakajima Atsushi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If there was a way out, he would like to give it a try.

"Haha, if you can control your special ability well, maybe you can be on the wanted list next time."

Nakajima Atsushi's anger suddenly rose again: "Wanted, wanted order!?"

"Yes, Ryunosuke has been on the wanted list of other countries two years ago, and other mafia groups are putting a bounty on him on the black market. But there's nothing we can do about it. For a pirate, the higher the bounty, the more prestigious it is!" Ace gave him a thumbs up.

The corners of Nakajima Atsushi's mouth twitched.

Thank you, I don't want this kind of face at all_(:зゝ∠)_

"But then again, if the tiger is Tun, then the NT$7 billion bounty is also Tun, right?"

Nakajima Atsushi: “…” His scalp suddenly felt numb.

Facts proved that he was right, because after Ace said this, everyone's eyes were fixed on him, with inexplicable expressions, with some excitement, some regret, and some resentment.

"Oh, if Nakajima is the bountiful tiger, then we won't be able to get the 7 billion, right? Nakajima is really worth the money." Yukikawa sighed.

Fei Niao said faintly: "That's not necessarily the case. If Atsu-kun joins our pirate group, then he is a companion, and we certainly cannot attack our companions. But if he doesn't join our pirate group, then we can exchange him for a bounty, right?"

Nakajima Atsushi's hair stood on end when he heard this.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if he joins. We can exchange him for money first, and then rescue him!" Ace proposed his pirate thinking routine operation, "When I first went to sea, the ship was often short of money. We also thought about finding a crew member who had never shown his face in the navy to pretend to be a bounty hunter and send me to exchange for the bounty, and then run away after getting the bounty..."

Nakajima Atsushi: “…”

This operation is too noisy!

He turned to look at the others and found that they all had looks of sudden enlightenment, with expressions like "So this is how it can be done" and "I've learned something".

It's true, he really doesn't fit in here.

He couldn't help but look at Ace, "Um, Mr. Ace, are you a pirate too?"

"Oh, not now."

Nakajima Atsushi, whose mood fluctuated greatly, did not immediately feel relieved. As expected, he immediately heard the second half of Ace's sentence: "I am now considered... um, a member of the mafia."

Sure enough, it’s not a clean profession.

At this moment, he was not afraid at all.

If pirates and the mafia are all like this, then he doesn't seem to mind it, which seems to be a good thing.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "So, that tiger... I mean, supernatural power, can I really control it?"

Akutagawa Gin silently turned his eyes away, unable to bear to watch.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke slowly revealed a reserved smile, "Of course, when you join us, I will personally help you train."

Nakajima Atsushi believed the lies and officially joined the pirate group with everyone's welcome.

Then starting from the next day, he fell into a life of hell.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke has learned a lot from Ace in this regard. He doesn't waste time talking and just takes action.

Under strong pressure, I believe that Nakajima Atsushi will be able to stimulate his special ability; if he gets beaten a few more times, he will always be able to control his special ability :)

Nakajima Atsushi, who gets beaten every day but has only discovered that he can heal very quickly, said: "..."

"By the way, A-Dun, it looks like it's going to rain soon, remember to put away your clothes."

"……OK."

Woo.