two days have passed since ken saved tomoko chan . he is hitting the sandbag inside ito boxing gym and trying to vent his frustrations now ..
well apparently he is angry at himself as he didnt hide his face when saving tomoko chan . he knew that kidnappers were going to kill her so even if he knew that it will happen the next day , he couldn't control his emotions well and raided their hideout without thinking much . ken chan is just an honest and hot blooded young adult after all ..
so when he came back to his apartment , nothing happened and he slept peacefully . but the next morning, he found his apartment building surrounded by media reporters and 2 policemen in their uniform.. he was assaulted with questions immediately after he opened the door and couldn't even comprehend the situation at first . he was just going outside for his usual roadwork in the morning after all and didnt except that this commotion was waiting for him.
fortunately , when he was going to puch the reporters away with his trained fists the two policemen succeeded in literally rescuing him and thus his career as a pro boxer was saved . he hates the media already so his patience for them is really low . after that the policemen politely confirmed his identity first . well ken had told his name to the dojo members already so he got found quickly inevitably.
then ken knew that roadwork had to wait so he accompanied the policemen to the police station and gave his statement to them properly. after that an hour long press conference was held which felt way more long to ken chan . mom arrived after hearing that her son is on tv after the conference was over . well at least she was happy as she got a chance to make an appearance on tv ..
well it's not like there were no benefits .
1. the wrong accusation of dad was cleared quickly and truth was broadcasted on media .
2. our little family restaurant got famous even before opening ..
3. many people apologised to mom and dad for their rude behaviour before ..
it's not like the hatd time our family has gone through can rewind but at least dad and mom are happy with the apologies from public . even though all of them are just saving their face and there is no heart present in their apologies. well they didnt have a choice as media pressured them by visiting them with cameras so they had to apologize if they want to live in the society ..
so that's how , ken became a little celebrity but he is not happy at all . media is following him everywhere and he cant even shoo them away now . his parents and gym is benefiting a lot from the popularity spike so he has to bear with them even though he hates media .
now when is hitting the sandbag , his senpai and bonda San are chatting happily with media reporters . ken is feeling more and more annoyed as those media channels have nothing to do with boxing at all ..
bonda san is thinking about the gym that he can get but those two senpai of his are just feeling happy by bragging . kou san is sitting in a corner depressed after being lectured by bonda san. he tried to stop the media from entering the gym because he doesn't want them to distract the practice of boxers but bonda san gave him a harsh lecture about importance of popularity instead..
" ne kou San . dont just sit there and help me with the Mitt training already " ken begs kou San..
kou san calms himself down by taking long breaths and says " yosh . then let's go to the basement then . I dont care about these attention seekers anymore " kou San saying with an annoyed tone ..
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the basement of ito boxing gym is just a single room . a boxing ring is built there by chief ito for the secret spars of the former champion ito ren . well it isn't used much now so it's a perfect place for serious training for ken now ...
while ken is hitting the mitts with a serious face , in contrast his parents are looking at the line of customers who have come to their restaurant with huge grins on their faces . it's the opening day of yamamoto family restaurant today and they are too happy with this successful opening . they are thanking ken inwardly whereas ken is annoyed with the sudden spike in popularity .. what a contradiction it is ..
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