Chapter 624 - A Reputation I Did Not Ask For (1/2)

(MC POV)

After Tsuki's outburst, things went back to normal for the next few lessons until it was time for lunch.

”Hey, Onii-san.”

I turned towards the distinctly not-Tsuki and also masculine voice to realise that it was one of Tsuki's friends grinning at me.

Taiyo Nishimura, ace of the school's baseball team. His parents run a florist chain that was quite famous in this area and he used to be teased by the other boys during his first year for it. That was until Valentine's day came about that year and his bullies realised they could not get flowers for their girlfriends anywhere because he had his parents blacklist them from their stores.

Tsuki was especially descriptive of the scene of several boys performing a dogeza in front of Nishimura-san just to get him to lift the ban on them.

He also has a massive crush on Tsuki but he knows she does not feel the same way for him.

Normally one might expect him to resent me since it's obvious I was the target of Tsuki's affections but it seems like he wholeheartedly respects me as her brother instead.

The other me never found out why but a quick check with my powers revealed that Hiroto had helped his parents out with the local yakuza and brought them under our protection. So he was one of the few who knew about my involvement with the underworld without me revealing it to them.

And before you ask, yes, I did background checks on everyone around Tsuki like a good brother should. I may even know more about them than they do themselves.

I raised an eyebrow at him, ”Why 'Onii-san'?”

He scratched his cheek, ”Umm… Even though you're our classmate now… It still feels weird to call you anything other than that… If you don't mind, of course?”

I shook my head, ”Of course not, just call me whatever you're comfortable with. So what's up, Nishimura-kun?”

”I was wondering if Onii-san is alright being here? I mean… You do have your businesses to run…”

”Oh, don't worry about it. I have capable people under me to take care of things. So capable in fact that I actually have nothing to do.”

That's also not me being lazy. It reached a point where Hiroto and Yumi took so much pride in their work that if I were to step in, they would take it as a sign that they were doing their work inadequately and forced me to step in.

Those two can be quite inconsolable when that happens so I decided to just take a step back.

I don't really want to say it, but a lot of my people started seeing me as some god-like being after the subjugation of the Kashima Family.

I feel like this is becoming a pattern.

He chuckled, ”Ahahaha! I see, I see. I do have to warn Onii-san though, you're quite famous in our school so be prepared.”

”Eh? What do you mean?” I muttered, surprised.

I never bothered to check my own reputation after all, so of course I would be surprised by this news. Though I can just check it now, I can just ask him about it since he brought it up.

”Eh? Does Onii-san not know? Oh… Umm… I don't know if I should tell you then…” He muttered, glancing towards Tsuki's direction.

”Why? What does it have anything to do with Tsuki?”

”Everything~” A feminine voice perked up from behind me.