45 Dangerous Situation (1/2)

Noodle Store (Kanae's Workplace)

”You come early today, Kanae,” the Old Man greeted the girl with a smile on his face.

Kanae smiled back. ”Good morning Old Man. There's no class today, so I can come here today.”

”The store is more likely to be empty. There's a lot of fight on the street lately,” the Old Man said with a sigh.

”It doesn't matter. I'll still work hard,” Kanae grinned.

Taking her equipment, she started her work and move around the store energetically. Before long, customers started to come and ordered dishes. Kanae continued to move around the store and delivered each of the dishes that they ordered. Most of them are the same: noodle.

”You work much more today,” the Old Man commented when the customers started to reduce.

Kanae nodded her head. ”I don't feel like going home now.”

She had just clashed with Sakura not long before this, so she didn't feel like staying at home. Sakura continued to create a ruckus and she might not be able to hold herself if she were to saw Sakura again. After all, the threat from yesterday was still clear in her head.

When they are talking, the door opened and a customer-no a gangster came in. It was easy to guess that he was a gangster because he wore a torn shirt with jeans. In addition, he came in with a huge pipe on his hand.

”Welcome, what do you want to order?” Kanae tried to keep a polite smile as she greeted the man who came in.

The gangster looked towards the Old Man with a glint on his eyes. ”I finally see you again. I never thought that you were going to be a simple seller.”

The Old Man watched the gangster in front of him carefully. Truthfully, he didn't remember this man at all. However, it seemed that this man was hell-bent to give a lesson to him.

”Old Man,” Kanae called softly when she saw the Old Man was in a trance.

”Move back, Kanae. Don't get involved in this. A little girl like you shouldn't bother herself with matters about gangs,” the old man waved his hand as he walked to the front. Despite his old age, he still walked straight and looked towards the man before him calmly.

Kanae did as the old man says and moved to the side. Her eyes were watching the movement of the old man calmly. Although the old man said that she shouldn't involve herself, she couldn't let the old man get hurt in front of her.

”Who are you?” the Old Man asked the gangster.

The gangster's eyes glinted with fury. ”So you really don't remember about us? Very good, I guess I just need to remind you of what you do to me and my gang!”

With that, he started to swing his huge pipe towards the Old Man with the intention of knocking the Old Man. Unfortunately, the Old Man walked one step to the back, avoiding the attack cleanly.

When Kanae saw that, she moved to the side and kicked the nearby chair towards the light switch. When the gangster saw his attack didn't connect, he tried to swing it once more, but the switch was off at the very moment. Because the sky outside has darkened, he couldn't see anything inside the store.

His attack once again didn't connect and he couldn't even see the Old Man in front of him. When he was trying to adjust his eyes to the darkness, he heard the sirens from outside. He was stunned.