Tokyo: Starting with the Gear-Conscious Male Gods!

Chapter 37 Then I can choose not to go.

Masako Takahashi: "!"

Masako Takahashi looked at Yuta Shirakawa with some nervousness, only to find that Yuta Shirakawa was looking at Tsukigen Hoshino with equal shock.

Upon sensing Masako Takahashi's gaze, Yuta Shirakawa immediately took a step back to create some distance between himself and Tsukizuru Hoshino. Ignoring whether he had stepped on Takeshi Kurosaki's foot behind him, he raised his hands in surrender.

"Holy crap, I didn't say that!"

Seeing Shirakawa Yuta's tense expression, Hoshino Tsukigen finally felt a sense of revenge and burst into laughter without caring about his image.

Seeing Hoshino Tsukigen's expression, even if Masako Takahashi was slow to react, she knew that the other party was definitely lying to her, and her face immediately turned red.

She stomped her foot angrily, called out "Hoshino Tsukizuru," and then turned away, no longer looking at the people behind her.

Yuta Shirakawa rolled his eyes at Tsukigen Hoshino, then walked to the other side of Masako Takahashi, using her to separate them.

Hoshino Tsukigen didn't seem to care at all, and only stopped laughing after a while.

The only one who was hurt in the whole affair was Kurosaki Takeshi, who silently watched the show from the sidelines.

He glanced at the large footprint on his white sneakers, mentally adding another grudge against Shirakawa Yuta, and silently walked to the other side. If he weren't so outmatched, he would probably be fighting Shirakawa Yuta to the death right now!

After everyone calmed down, the two people on the stage had already finished fighting.

The student from Mingde Private School was relentlessly suppressed by the opposing team from the very beginning of the match, but he managed to hold on until now by relying on defense and evasion.

However, you can't win by just dodging. After time ran out, the chubby guy with the more health naturally won.

Seeing the words "YOU WIN" appear on the screen, the chubby boy finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned fiercely to the Mingde student next to him and said:

"Damn it, why are you like a turtle, always hiding and afraid to fight? You might as well go home and play some adult games, instead of embarrassing yourself in public."

Then, after seeing the Mingde school uniform he was wearing, the chubby boy grinned and said sarcastically:

"Oh, so you're a student from Mingde. A top student like you should just stay in school and study! What's with all this e-sports competition? This isn't a place for students like you!"

The student stood up angrily, pointed at the chubby boy, and said, "You!"

The chubby boy nonchalantly slapped the student's hand away, stood up as well, and even nudged the student with his fat belly, making him stumble, and said aggressively:

"What did I do wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Suppressing his anger, the student said indignantly, "Let's play another round!"

The chubby boy laughed dismissively: "One more round? Let you be the tortoise again?"

"Heh, you don't even have a chance to be a tortoise anymore, this match is BO1. Who's next? Well-behaved students like Mingde shouldn't come here to die, hahahaha."

The audience below the stage started discussing when they heard his shout.

"This chubby kid is really strong, he's got three wins in a row now."

"Tch, he's only good at bullying the well-behaved students at Mingde Private School. If it were a more capable person, he would have been gone long ago."

"That's true. If it were those delinquents, there might still be hope, but for someone like Mingde, coming here would be a complete waste."

"Alright, you two, just keep being jealous. If you're so capable, why don't you go up there and teach that fat kid a lesson? Everyone knows he's the undisputed street boxing champion around here; there aren't many who can beat him."

……

Yuta Shirakawa, who had witnessed the whole thing, frowned and was about to go up and teach the other person a lesson when Masako Takahashi stepped forward first, shouting indignantly, "I'll do it!"

As she spoke, she ran straight up, catching Shirakawa Yuta, who tried to pull her back, from behind.

The surrounding audience fell silent upon hearing the shout, and were somewhat surprised to see that it was Masako Takahashi who rushed onto the stage.

"Wow, the one who went up to challenge us was a girl? She looks like she's from Mingde too."

"Seriously? While she's brave, isn't this just handing that chubby kid a four-game winning streak?"

The audience below the stage were buzzing with discussion, but most of it was skepticism.

The chubby boy on stage burst out laughing, his belly fat jiggling as he stood in front of Masako Takahashi, making no attempt to hide the sarcasm in his tone:

"Didn't you hear what I just said? Mingde students, don't come, especially not a girl. I don't want to be seen as bullying good students after I advance."

Masako Takahashi snorted coldly, knowing she couldn't possibly win an argument, so she simply sat down next to the machine.

"Stop talking nonsense, wait until you beat me before you say anything!"

The chubby boy scoffed disdainfully and sat down beside him: "Since you want to throw your life away, I'll grant your wish and let you choose first."

Masako Takahashi didn't stand on ceremony and started making her selections by pushing the joystick.

The character selection screen slid rapidly across each character's portrait. Just when Shirakawa Yuta thought she would choose a character that leaned towards control or attrition, a large, fat man wielding a meteor hammer appeared on the screen.

Yuta Shirakawa glanced at Masako Takahashi with some surprise, wondering why she had chosen this hero, when Tsukizo Hoshino suddenly spoke up, "Do you want to know why Masako chose this hero?"

Yuta Shirakawa turned to look at Tsukizo Hoshino without saying anything, because he always felt that the other party didn't seem to have anything good in mind.

Hoshino Tsukigen met his gaze without flinching, even sporting a faint smile at the corner of her lips.

In the end, Shirakawa Yuta was defeated.

Who can blame him for being so curious?

Especially since this matter is related to Masako Takahashi.

After sighing, Shirakawa Yuta said, "Tell me, what are your conditions?"

"Click."

Hoshino Tsukizuru snapped his fingers and said with satisfaction, "I love talking to smart people. The Kui Xing Banner is about to begin, and I want you to attend the Kendo Club's special training every afternoon from now on."

"impossible."

Yuta Shirakawa shook his head and refused without even thinking. Although he would have some free time after finding an assistant, he absolutely did not want to waste his time in the kendo club.

Before I learned Kendo, I could still practice it out of interest.

But now, he is the strongest in the entire kendo club, so there is absolutely no need for him to go anymore.

Hoshino Tsukigen raised her eyebrows and looked at Shirakawa Yuta with displeasure: "Don't forget, the condition we discussed before was that you would represent the school in the Kui Xing Cup."

Yuta Shirakawa retorted without backing down: "That's right, but there's no rule that I have to participate in special training."

"you!"

Hoshino Tsukizuru retorted angrily, "What if you become bad by then?"

Yuta Shirakawa's reply was also quite straightforward: "Then I can choose not to go."

These words made Hoshino Tsukizuru laugh in anger: "Fine, then you just wait and see, I'll be talking bad about you in front of Takahashi Masako every day."

Shirakawa Yuta: "...6."

Seeing Hoshino Tsukigen's unreasonable behavior, Shirakawa Yuta suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Isn't she a rich young lady? Why would she pull this kind of stunt...?

After thinking for a while, he finally said, "I definitely won't participate in the special training, but I can give you a chance to test my strength."

Hoshino Tsukizuru thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the Morning Breeze Dojo this weekend."