Chapter 4 The villain Kurosawa is lying online.
The doorknob was turned, and the apartment door slowly opened.
"Thud!" A wet hand casually tossed a shoe onto the ground.
Kurosawa Jin's clothes were originally light gray, but after being drenched by the torrential rain, they turned dark gray.
His silver, shoulder-length hair hung messily in front of Kurosawa Jin, making him look like a drowned ghost, especially with his dark and gloomy face.
"Welcome home, young master." A man in a black suit and glasses stood there respectfully.
"Tanaka, wait until I've finished showering, then I'll report back on the task I gave you yesterday." Kurosawa Jin dragged himself towards the bathroom.
"Yes, young master," Tanaka Hitomi replied, then went to clean up the rainwater that Kurosawa Jin had dripped onto the floor.
The water in the shower was running loudly. Kurosawa Jin lifted the strands of hair hanging in front of his face, revealing his smooth, fair forehead.
Hot water steamed, creating a misty white vapor. Water flowed down Kurosawa Jin's forehead, along his high nose bridge, and dripped from his chin.
Kurosawa Jin took a deep breath, his mind filled with thoughts.
He had been in this world for about seven or eight days, and everything was normal during those days. After he got used to it, he gradually forgot Gu Gu's warning to him.
As it turns out, the world's consciousness punishes everyone who underestimates it, as evidenced by the tragic fate that befell Kurosawa Jin along the way.
He needed to quickly raise the average level of approval to 10 to escape the current situation of being targeted by the world's consciousness. He thought to himself, adding another entry to Kudo Yusaku's mental account.
The sound of running water gradually subsided, and Kurosawa Jin emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.
He rubbed his hair with a towel in one hand, released the doorknob with the other, and stepped out...
"Clang!"
The sound of his knee hitting the ground was crisp and loud, and Kurosawa Jin made intimate contact with the floor.
Kurosawa Jin: Even the kindest person can slip and fall flat on their face when they step out of the bathroom! Ugh, world consciousness, I'm your sworn enemy!
This fall further solidified Kurosawa Jinkuku's idea of farming points.
Upon hearing the loud noise, Tanaka Hitomi rushed over, bent down, and reached out to help Kurosawa Jin up.
As the warm hand touched the slightly cool skin, Tanaka Hitomi couldn't help but say something.
"Young master, you should go and put on some clothes. You've just been caught in the rain; be careful not to catch a cold."
Tanaka Hitomi, as Kurosawa Jin's personal butler, is an excellent worker who is considerate and thoughtful. It is said that he used to have connections in the gray area.
"No need, my body... never mind, I'll go put on some clothes." Kurosawa Jin originally thought that his constitution wouldn't be so fragile that he would catch a cold from just a little rain, but then he thought about the targeting of the world consciousness, so he compromised.
A few minutes later, Kurosawa Jin changed into his pajamas, sat down on the sofa, picked up the calico cat that was dozing off next to him, and started petting it.
"Young Master, this is the information we've gathered." As soon as Kurosawa Jin sat down, Tanaka handed him a thick folder.
The documents contained a photo of a member of the Red Team on each page, along with detailed information about them, including Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji...
After doing all that, Tanaka walked behind the sofa, picked up the hairdryer, and began to dry Kurosawa Jin's hair.
Her medium-length silver hair was smooth and thick, but upon closer inspection, the tips of her hair were charred black, as if they had been burned.
"Sir, your hair..."
"Struck by lightning." Kurosawa Jin said, looking at the data without looking up, as if it were a trivial matter.
However, Tanaka's hands visibly paused. "Young master, please take me with you when you go out in the future."
"Stop talking nonsense. Just do your own thing," Kurosawa Jin warned while flipping through the documents.
Hearing this, Tanaka had no choice but to keep quiet.
Gu Gu arranged for him to be the young master of the Kurosawa Group, a company that rivals the Suzuki Group.
Kurosawa Jin now has money, status, and power; he could simply lie low without any problem.
However, Kurosawa Jin needed to complete a mission, so he ran away with his butler.
Today's interactions with the Kudo family were all part of Kurosawa Jin's plan.
"Tanaka, you don't need to come over starting tomorrow. I'll let you know if anything comes up."
For the sake of future missions, it's better for Tanaka to remain in the shadows.
"Yes, young master."
After giving his instructions, Kurosawa Jin focused his gaze on the document, specifically on the large characters "Beika High School".
The next targets to pursue are Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji.
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"Ding-dong~"
The sound of the high school dismissal bell echoed from inside the campus to outside.
"Yesterday after school, I saw a handsome guy loitering around the school," one girl said to another.
"Is it that tall person with silver hair who's wearing a mask?"
"Yes, I saw him take off his mask, and he's very handsome!" the girl said, her eyes sparkling.
"Really?"
Just as the two girls were having a lively conversation, Kenji Hagiwara joined them.
"Murakami-kun, what are you talking about?"
"Oh, it's Hagiwara-san. We were just talking about..."
Hagiwara used his unique social charm to easily obtain information from the two girls.
"Silver hair, an unusual hair color." Hagiwara and Matsuda walked out of the school gate one after the other.
"What silver hair? You're not thinking of dyeing your hair, are you, second-year graduate student!" Matsuda Jinpei said nonchalantly, wearing his school uniform jacket, with his left hand carrying his bag on his shoulder and his right hand in his pocket.
"No, if I dared to dye it, my sister would probably beat me to death." Kenji Hagiwara felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of his older sister's righteous iron fist.
"What were you muttering about just now?" Matsuda Jinpei glanced at Hagiwara.
"It's nothing, I just heard that there's a suspicious man with silver hair and a mask loitering near the school."
"Could he be some kind of pervert?" Matsuda wondered silently.
Suddenly, he stopped and stared straight ahead at the other side of the road to his left, slowly lowering his left hand that was holding the bag.
"Huh? Why did you stop?"
As they walked, one of his companions suddenly fell behind. Kenji Hagiwara quickly stopped, turned around, and asked in confusion.
"Hey, silver hair, could it be that guy?" Matsuda looked up and gestured for Hagiwara to look in that direction.
A man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and beige casual pants was seen across the street. He was wearing a mask and holding a cylindrical object in his hand, seemingly looking for something.
The man walked along the green belt beside the sidewalk, occasionally bending down to part the grass and take a look.
There was a fork in the road ahead, and the person turned left.
"Hagiwara." Matsuda turned and met Hagiwara's gaze. Without a word, they tacitly decided to follow this suspicious man.
The two ran to the other side of the road, almost always looking for cover, but with their untrained tracking skills, they were no match for Kurosawa Jin.
Just as there was the ancient story of waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump, there is now the story of Kurosawa waiting for Hagimus.
Seeing these two walking approval machines, Kurosawa Jin's mood, which had been bothering him because of his cold, improved considerably.
Yes, Kurosawa Jin caught a cold because he was soaked in the rain all day, which can be said to be 100% the result of the World Consciousness targeting him.
"Hey, Hagiwara, what exactly is he looking for?" Matsuda whispered to Hagiwara.
Kenji Hagiwara shook his head, squinting at the cylinder in Jin Kurosawa's hand. "I don't know, but what he's holding looks like... a can?"
The two high school students hid behind two trash cans, exuding an even stronger sense of thievery than Kurosawa Jin.
A meow came from the grass in the green belt.
As if receiving a command, the silver-haired man suddenly squatted down, placed the can on the ground, and then quietly moved away.
"Rustle-rustle—" The grass rustled slightly, and after a while, a small white cat's head peeked out, followed by its front legs, and then its body.
Surprisingly, the kitten's hind legs were limply pressed against the ground, and its lower body seemed powerless, but it still tried its best to reach the can of food.
"Kitten... come here... hurt me..." The intermittent voice came from under the mask and entered Hagiwara and Matsuda's ears with the wind.
"He's not going to abuse the cat, is he?!" Matsuda exclaimed.
As if to confirm Matsuda's words, Kurosawa Jin quickly pounced on the cat.
"Meow—" The kitten howled pitifully, struggling desperately to escape the clutches of humans.
With his suspicions confirmed by the cat's cries, Matsuda was convinced that the man in front of him might abuse the cat, and he was determined not to let him succeed.
Without thinking twice, he darted out from behind Hagiwara.
"Jinpei, don't..." Hagiwara reached out to stop him, but he didn't even have time to grab a piece of Matsuda's clothes.
The two were not far from the Kurosawa Formation. The young men, full of vigor, sprinted at a hundred-meter speed and reached the Kurosawa Formation in just a few steps.
Matsuda grabbed Kurosawa Jin's hand, trying to pry his arm off, while simultaneously pressing Kurosawa Jin down with his body.
This attack was quite fierce, and Kurosawa Jin took the opportunity to withdraw his strength, releasing the cat and falling backward to the ground.
"Jinpei, calm down!" Kenji Hagiwara ran over and hurriedly went to check on Jin Kurosawa.
"Are you alright?" He reached out and pulled Kurosawa Jin up.
"Cough cough, it's nothing." Kurosawa cleared the phlegm from his throat and then questioned Matsuda, "I don't know why this student bumped into me?"
"Huh? I should be asking you, what were you trying to do to that cat?" Matsuda said through gritted teeth.
"Matsuda, calm down, this could be a misunderstanding," Hagiwara advised.
Kurosawa Jin frowned, as if he understood something. "You don't think I'm going to do something bad to that cat, do you?"
Isn't that so?
"No, you've misunderstood." Kurosawa Jin sighed, then explained the whole story to the two of them.
A dozen minutes later, Matsuda opened his eyes wide and looked at Kurosawa Jin, "So you caught that cat just to take it to the vet."
"Yes, I found it a few days ago when I passed by here. I wanted to take it to the vet, but I still haven't caught it." Kurosawa Jin said with some helplessness.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, Jinpei, apologize to them right now!" Hagiwara punched Matsuda in the head.
Matsuda turned his head and said to the air, "Sorry."
"You bastard, apologize properly!"
Another punch.
The proud Matsuda cat bowed its head in apology, which was strangely cute.
"Puhahaha—it's okay, hahaha—cough cough—" Kurosawa Jin laughed heartily, then cleared his throat and said, "Sorry, I had a cold a few days ago."
"Hey, what's there to apologize for?" Matsuda retorted precisely.
“I’m sorry, that’s just how Jinpei is.” Hagiwara extended his hand. “Hello, my name is Kenji Hagiwara, and this is Jinpei Matsuda.”
Kurosawa Jin grasped his hand: "I am Kurosawa Jin. It's a pleasure to meet you."
We'll be seeing each other often in the future, please take good care of me, you two...
Kurosawa Jin's lips, hidden behind his mask, slowly curled into a smile.
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