Chapter 14
Chapter 14
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Kurogami Reina
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Kurogami Reina
She felt a spark of interest for a moment, but soon waved it off.
"...Well, even so, he's probably just street brawler level."
From her perspective—who ran with genuine gangsters—that was nothing more than kids play-fighting anyway.
"Ah, seriously, that guy's no joke!!"
Kyosuke recalled those beastly eyes that had genuinely intended to crush him.
He raised his voice without even realizing it.
"...Hey, get over here."
"S-Sorry! I'm sorry!"
Realizing who he'd just yelled at, he trembled and apologized profusely, but Kurogami had no intention of taking it back.
"Shut up and come. Count of three?"
"Ugh..!"
In the end, Kyosuke meekly shuffled up to stand in front of Kurogami.
"Our Kyosuke-kun doesn't have a single piercing, despite being such a delinquent! Nice clean ears~"
"Th-Thank... you?"
Kurogami flashed a grin and pulled something from her skirt pocket. A sharply glinting object.
"My hobby's piercings, you see. I always carry needles around. Wanna give it a try?"
"Wh-What... do you mean...?"
"Ear out."
Flinch.
Only now did Kyosuke realize what sort of 'punishment' she had in mind for him. His eyes bulged wide.
The needle she'd pulled out was no piercing needle, no matter how you looked at it—it was a massive one for sewing dolls.
If she jammed that into his ear, it'd hurt like absolute hell.
"S-Sis... I-I'm sorry, please forgive me..!"
Kurogami didn't jab the needle in, despite his desperate pleas.
"One phone call from me, and some jacked-up bros who could turn punks like you into half-cripples will come running. Want those big brothers snapping your neck... or your spine...? Paralyzed for life~? Or will you take your pretty little piercing like a good boy?"
Shiver shiver shiver.
Not just Kyosuke—even Daisuke, who was stupidly standing there behind him, was trembling.
Running away or calling the cops? Useless.
Rumors swirled that the Kurogami family's influence extended not just to the local precinct, but all the way into politics.
"Gr... Guh.."
Kyosuke squeezed his eyes shut and bowed his head, unable to control the twitching muscles on his face. Kurogami wore a languid smile as she slowly brought the needle—clutched in her pale white fingers—to his ear.
"Here, little sting~"
Poke!
"Ky-Kyaaaack!!"
It pierced straight through human flesh without the slightest hesitation.
Not the soft earlobe, either—but the hard cartilage deep inside the ear's helix.
Wriggle—wriggle—
Not satisfied with that, she twisted the needle back and forth several times in the fresh hole.
"U-Uwaaak, kyaaak..!"
Thud!
The moment the needle came out, Kyosuke clutched his bleeding ear and collapsed backward onto his butt.
"I'll forgive today's rudeness with one piercing. Won't be this lenient next time, got it?"
"Y-Yes, so-sor-sor-sorry, I'm sorry!"
Kyosuke crawled backward like a bug to escape.
"Pfft, puhaha...!"
Kurogami wiped the tears leaking from her eyes—what was so hilarious? Blood from her fingers smeared across her eyelids like smoky makeup. With her stunning natural beauty, it didn't look dirty at all—instead, it gave off a decadent allure.
"Ah~ That was fun. Anyway, since you two are so desperate, I'll give you a real valuable tip. This one's separate from the one mil—listen up."
"A tip...?"
Daisuke timidly spoke up in Kyosuke's place, who was still out of it.
"Yeah. You punks only think about throwing punches like little kids... Ditch that childish revenge and think about real payback."
She paused for a beat, then locked eyes straight with the two trembling guys before continuing.
"Leak it."
"Leak... what...?"
"The hidden cam footage you shot—post it on the school intranet, you idiots."
"Wh-What!?"
"You wouldn't get it, but this is way more effective. This'll turn that boy's life into hell."
It was a dangerous stunt that could drag Yu Sanghyeon into a trap—or backfire and land them in jail if investigated. But Kurogami pressed on, as if the risk wasn't hers to bear.
"Post the changing room vid on the school community boards. In the description, slap that Korean guy's name on it. Mosaic the girl's face, and write it up like you're the victim. 'Stumbled on a hidden cam vid while browsing sites. Wanna die. Seller was Yu Sanghyeon.' Something like that."
"B-But if the girl steps forward, we're screwed, right?"
"Nah? She won't. That's why you mosaic the face. You think a girl whose bare tits and pussy got leaked is gonna play hero and out herself from behind the blur? Heh, as a woman myself, I know—no girl would do that."
Kyosuke and Daisuke gaped, forgetting even their fear.
It was pure evil, something street thugs who only swung fists and spat couldn't even dream of.
A plan to socially annihilate one man and plunge a woman's heart into hell.
But to Kurogami, it was just a bit of idle amusement—her face utterly nonchalant.
"Up to you if you release the vid or not. Now, time to pay for the tip? That's an extra ten mil."
Utterly outrageous.
"T-T-Ten... mil!? What the hell are you saying!? You just said it was separate from the one mil!"
"Yup. Separate payment. If you leak it on the school net, I lose my vid to sell. And you think my precious advice is free? Can't get it through your heads? Need another ear hole~?"
"Hik..! S-Sor..ry..."
"Tch. Fine, I'll let it slide?"
The moment they heard that, the two dropped to their knees and nodded like mad.
"Yeah. Do me one little favor instead."
"A favor...?"
Thoroughly cowed, Kyosuke and Daisuke clasped their hands together and listened intently.
"By next weekend, bring me one decent-looking girl. Someone cute I can train up nice and milk vids from long-term."
A scheme to rope them into straight-up crime, making them full accomplices. No normal person would accept.
"N-No way!? That's... kidnapping...?"
"Ehey~ Kidnapping? Don't use such ugly words. I'm launching an 'entertainment business'—giving her a proper 'acting debut.' Watch your mouth."
"E-Even so..."
"Yeah, yeah~ I get it. So don't grab just anyone—scout one living far from family. Dorm life, solo apartment, whatever."
Thoroughly shady proposal.
"Or bring 11 mil. Remember you handed over your address and bank copy for the sales payout~?"
Blackmail.
She knew all their personal info—refuse if you dare.
The two thugs had hooked the wrong fish, bad.
"Un...derstood."
"Good. Of course you do. Unless your wallets are fat."
"Damn."
For things to twist up like this.
The moment Ren turned her back and walked away from me, I had a gut feeling something had gone seriously wrong.
And sure enough, she shot me a cold glare over her shoulder and headed straight back to the dorms...
She must've mistaken me for some pervert filming the locker room. Snorting steam and shoving a camera in there—yeah, it probably looked that way. But damn, I'm innocent.
Agh, seriously.
Still, chasing after her to explain was a tricky spot.
The instant I revealed the thugs were the ones filming hidden cams, Ren would rush off to report them to the school or the cops.
"Haa... From Ren's perspective, that's totally natural."
The longer I delayed in catching the real black-market culprit, the more other female students would suffer from those hidden cameras in the meantime.
For me, protecting my heroines was the top priority—I didn’t give a damn if other girls took the hit.
But with her upright personality, there was no way she’d accept sacrificing a few for the greater good.
And if Ren filed that report, we’d never reach the true mastermind behind it all—Kurogami.
She'd cut the tail 100% for sure...
"My thinking's solid."
I'm certain. I can feel it.
At the very least, that Kurogami woman is deeply tangled in Ren's A-route bad ending.
Times like this, frontal assault is the answer.
Go straight to Ren and persuade her somehow.
She's a girl who seems cold, but she won't ignore real sincerity.
Of course, she'll push back with 'absolutely not'—but that's... something I'll make work.
That's exactly why I got isekai'd into this situation—to pull off the impossible.
You can't improvise from behind a monitor.
"Tch... But why the chills crawling over me since earlier?"
Something feels off. Real bad.
Weird...
Besides Ren's misunderstanding, what's else could there be?