153 Fortune for the Wicked (1/2)

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*Diing!*

”Room service!”

”Oh thank you.” Kazuya felt a little strange answering the door to a room that didn't belong to him. ”Just leave it here.”

He was currently inside the hotel room that was located a block away from the hotel he was staying at. He was forced to help out the hungover detective who he had left and picked up at the police station.

”It's your fault if I gain a bad reputation!” were her exact words after she learned that she had been dropped off at the police station instead of being taken to someplace else.

Yuriko would have given him a beating if she didn't feel too bad at the moment so she had him take responsibility by making him help her go back to her hotel. Whilst giving him a piece of her mind on how he should have handled the situation.

Though Kazuya wanted to prove her wrong, what he learned from Miyamoto prevented him from retorting. What Miyamoto kept on reminding him of was that he wouldn't win an argument against a woman who was mad, drunk or emotional no matter how right he was.

”(I should just get away from this woman but… sigh… her identity and trust would be quite useful in clearing my name.” Kazuya shook his head. ”Room service is here Yuriko-san!” he called out.

”It's here already?” Yuriko stepped out from the bedroom whilst wearing only a bathrobe as she used a towel to dry her still dripping hair. ”I don't have much of an appetite though…”

”You'll feel much better after you eat some of this. They are good for curing hangovers.” Kazuya assured as he was relieved to see that the bruise on her neck had already healed.

In her attempt to test him, Kazuya had reacted intensely and made her fall unconscious after making sure that no one had been paying attention. To the people, another drunk who couldn't hold her liquor passed out in front of her little brother. To Kazuya, his judgement had already been clouded because of the drunk antics of Kazuno Mei in both of his lives.

Yuriko's intentions were simple, she wanted to see if Kazuya would have taken advantage of her in that situation. He would have instantly failed if he made a move on her and she would have beaten him up while deciding not to believe this person's words again. His attraction towards her would have been purely because of lust like all of the other men that tried to approach her.

”Shouldn't you finish changing before coming out?” Kazuya immediately pointed out her current attire. He couldn't believe how much this woman had let her guard down around him.

”Why? Are you going to attack me? You can go ahead and try!” Yuriko grinned. Even though she doesn't remember much about what happened last night, Kazuya had already passed with flying colors regardless of how she didn't like what happened.

Not only did the boy not make a move on her, he even took her to the safest place he could think of. She would have been fine with it if she was taken to his room or he had rented another one but that would have made her have a little suspicion towards him. Kazuya didn't even touch her stuff so she was confident that she had been treated with respect despite his chances to have gotten away with various things.

”I still have to prepare myself for the competition. Seeing that you're fine now, I shall excuse myself.” Kazuya moved quickly so that there wouldn't be a chance for her to call him back and looked as if he was fleeing.

*giggle* Yuriko immediately burst into laughter after the door was shut. Who would have thought that the monster that performed so marvelously yesterday would have a cute side to him. Honest and sincere people were hard to come by these days so she couldn't help but have a high opinion of Kazuya. She didn't know how he was able to keep such a personality that would have been deadly to anyone in his position.

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The competition was scheduled to last for 3 days. The second day was the last day for the competition and the third day was for the exhibition. The tension on the first day was greatly lessened because majority of the participants were thinking the same thing; the only way Kurogane Kazuya would lose is that if an incident occurred.

The people who understood this competition thought so as well. They were very envious towards Kurogane Tenma for having such a formidable grandson. Most of them had already dug up Kazuya's records from various other fields and couldn't believe how much the boy had accomplished.

Kurogane Tenma on the other hand had other thoughts. He received a report on what Kazuya and the female detective were up to yesterday. He silently cursed the detective for being quite the seductress and slightly praised his grandson for not giving into temptation. Though Kazuya hadn't done anything, Tenma was more worried that his grandson actually harbored serious feelings towards the female detective because of how he acted.

To make things worse, Kazuya had disappeared from his room early in the morning only to be found leaving the hotel room of the said detective. None of his guards were watching over Kazuya after he turned in for the night so they only found out about his departure from the hotel staff when they tried to check up on him when he was late for his daily routine.

”(This is not good…)” Tenma immediately assumed the worst scenario. With Shiroyuki Tomoyo out of the picture, won't his grandson be free to pursue this woman? He already knew of how Kazuya didn't have the best relations with Stockton Kurumi so if he decided to pursue the detective after suffering some grief, it would have been the perfect scenario for Yuriko.

”Kurogane-san, may I have a word?” Tenma's thoughts were interrupted when a man walked towards his table in the vip lounge of the arena. He immediately recognized this person because it was the current president of the association that handled the competition.

”Of course Kurosawa-san! How can I turn away the association president?” Tenma gave a light laugh and offered him a seat.

”You sure have a talented grandson. I can't help but be envious since my son had already been eliminated yesterday.” Kurosawa said with a bitter smile.

”Is there something on your mind president?” Tenma already sensed that this conversation would be about Kazuya. Unlike most of the participants that were much older than his grandson, Kazuya was the only one who could still join the next competition because he still met the age requirements.

”I wonder if Kazuya-kun would be participating in the next competition as well?” Temna had already anticipated the question so he wasn't surprised.

”I'm not sure If i am able to answer that, president. My grandson has a tendency to give himself a challenge every year. I'm sure you will be able to look up that aside from kendo, my grandson has not participated in the same competition after he dominates it.” Tenma gave a proud smile.

”I see…” Kurosawa contemplated. ”It looks like I would have to ask him myself.”

”What is this about?” Though Tenma couldn't force Kazuya to do anything or he would risk getting into the boy's bad side, he thought of himself in high regard when it came to the people who had authority over Kazuya.