The junior high school girl is none other than Akiho Sakura, the third daughter of the Sakura family. Seeing Kazuya, she recalled her elder sister Haruka's swollen eyes and weakened figure from last night. She glanced at Kazuya and changed her tone, "Please have a seat and wait. I'll ask the others."
Kazuya thanked her and took a chair to sit down.
Akiho went to the kitchen and brought a cup of tea for Kazuya, "Please enjoy!"
Kazuya had a good impression of this young girl. Being offered a cup of tea while job hunting was a gesture he appreciated. He thanked her again and felt a bit thirsty after having walked quite a distance. He took a big sip.
As the tea touched his lips, he sensed something was off. It tasted bitter with a hint of astringency, and a sourness that made him want to spit it out. Unwilling to show his discomfort, he carefully examined the tea cup, suspecting it might be overnight tea. However, next to the cup appeared the words: [Item: Tea with Medicine].
Suddenly he alarmed and wondered what was going on. In the 21st century, was he really encountering a black house?
He dared not swallow it and reveal his unease. Quietly, he spat the tea into his sleeve. Looking at Akiho again, he saw her discreetly closing the shop door, preparing to confront him.
Kazuya immediately became vigilant, looking around. He said to her, "If you're unsure, I'll go check somewhere else." With that, he tried to stand up.
What a unlucky day! Why was he encountering such trouble while looking for a job? It was a story that no one would believe if he told it.
Akiho turned back, seeing that his tea cup was almost empty but he still had a nonchalant expression. She whispered, "Please finish the tea and take a break. I'll make a call right now."
Blocking the door, she didn't allow Kazuya to leave. She took out her phone, buying time while observing his expression.
Kazuya immediately understood that things might not end well today. Without stopping his steps, he insisted on leaving. But Akiho swiftly grabbed a broom from beside the door, "I told you to wait!"
In the kitchen, there was also some commotion. Kazuya slightly tilted his head, using his peripheral vision. Two identical little girls were coming out, wielding sticks and smiling mischievously.
This was indeed a black house!
Kazuya reached out to grab the broom from Akiho's hands. He had no intention of hurting anyone, he just wanted to leave. This was their shop, and who knew how many people might appear later? What if they were attempting some new form of scam?
Akiho didn't let him leave easily. While she remained composed, the broom in her hand was incredibly nimble. She swing it to open his grip and thrust it towards his chest, forcing him to step back.
Kazuya was genuinely surprised. Since coming to Japan, it seemed like all the girls knew how to use various weapons. He rubbed his wrist, unable to activate the [Ancient Swordsmanship] without a weapon. His combat abilities were not strong. Seeing the two smaller girls behind him also wielding sticks and approaching menacingly, he felt a idealess.
He voluntarily stepped aside, preparing to find a handy weapon first. Akiho didn't pursue but blocked the door. The lobby had two exits: she blocked one, and her two younger sisters blocked the other. The scum who bullied their elder sister had absolutely nowhere to escape.
She said calmly, "Ayaka, Chika, don't get too close. Just block the door. He took a powerful laxative and won't last a few minutes."
Ayaka and Chika obediently stepped back a few paces. One of them giggled, "Akiho sis, this time we're being good. We helped out, so remember to give us extra allowance later!"
The other nodded in agreement, "Give each of us an additional 500 yen per week. If you trick us, we'll turn the tables directly next time."
Ignoring them, Akiho kept her eyes on Kazuya, preventing him from going berserk in a cornered-animal situation. She didn't want a direct confrontation with Kazuya. After all, the three sisters hadn't fully grown, and they didn't have much strength. Moreover, she had witnessed the power of the potent laxative. Haruna took it and experienced its effects within five minutes, having loose bowels for many times in one day. It was impossible for an average person to resist.
Kazuya had found a soft wooden stick probably used for carrying buckets of water leaning against the kitchen. He took it and asked, "What are you trying to do?"
Akiho remained calm, "You don't need to know." She didn't say much, only this sentence and nothing more. Meanwhile, Ayaka and Chika beside her curiously asked, "Akiho sis, how should we deal with him?"
"Give him a beating and throw him into the garbage dump at the back street!" Akiho, having grown up in this neighborhood, appeared refined, but when it came to fighting, she didn't hesitate. Fights and brawls were common here. If he claimed to be beaten, who would believe him with no eyewitnesses? Even if things went bad, all three of them were not yet adults. What could they be punished?
The dignity of the Sakura family must not be trampled on! No one could harm their most respected elder sister and get away with it!
Her orders were clear-cut. Ayaka and Chika were not exactly good kids either. They immediately became eager, excitement visible on their little faces. They probably engaged in fights with their peers outside often.
Seeing that words were futile and the other party was too arrogant, Kazuya held the stick and approached the doorway. With a weapon in hand, his confidence soared, ready to take on one after another, hitting anyone who came at him!
Akiho calculated the time and found that his steps remained steady, slightly strange. Considering he only drank half a cup, suspecting that the dosage might not be enough, she continued to block the door, thinking of dragging it out. She pointed the long-handled broom forward, assuming a mid-level stance.
Kazuya placed his stick against her broom. Akiho reacted quickly, intending to knock his stick away. However, she was not as strong as Haruna, and Kazuya easily lifted his stick to parry. Following that, he launched a horizontal strike, forcing her to step back.
Seeing that the action had already begun, and the thire sister was suddenly at a disadvantage, Ayaka and Chika approached in unison without a word. Silent as shadows, they thrust their long sticks at the back of Kazuya's head and buttocks, extremely treacherous.
However, Kazuya's back seemed to have eyes. With a quick pull and a turn of his body, he switched positions with Akiho, using her as a shield.
Both Ayaka and Chika had some training clearly. Seeing that they were about to stab their sister, they retracted their movements at the same time. One aimed at Kazuya's head and face, disrupting his line of sight, while the other targeted his wrist to rescue their sister first.
Akiho also exerted all her strength. Although Kazuya lifted her off the ground to make it difficult for her to exert force, she desperately clamped his wooden stick under her ribcage, creating an opportunity for her two younger sisters.
The three sisters acted in harmony. Despite their insufficient strength, they displayed certain skills and perfect cooperation. If it were an ordinary adult, they might have been able to beat him without resorting to drugging.
However, Kazuya had honed his skills in real battles, combined with overall physical advantages, and the outcome was decided in an instant. With a skillful move, Kazuya lifted Akiho onto his head, causing the two sisters to give up attacking and tumble like a gourd.
Akiho was unable to execute her plan and knocked down. Panic appeared in her eyes for the first time. She questioned, "Did you not drink the tea?"
This deviated from her script. It was supposed to be a slight delay, and Kazuya would completely defeated under the influence of the medicine, as if the Yellow River had burst its banks.
Kazuya replied, "Before drugging someone next time, try it yourself first. That tea tasted awful. Enough with the nonsense. Why did you plot against me? Call out your parents!"
With his back against the shop's entrance, Kazuya was in a position to defend or retreat. He wasn't in a hurry anymore and intended to settle the score with this questionable shop.
Akiho remained silent but regret filled in her heart. Meanwhile, Ayaka and Chika, huddled together, expressed their displeasure. "I told you we couldn't handle it. Akiho sis insisted on doing it herself. What do we do now?"
"That's right, both big sis and second sis couldn't beat him. How are we supposed to manage? Sis really messed things up! I said we should have informed big sis and second sis first!"
They shifted the blame, and Kazuya realized something was amiss, he pointed his stick towards Ayaka and Chika, "You two wouldn't happen to be surnamed Sakura, would you?"
Big sister and second sister couldn't possibly refer to Haruka and Haruna, right?