-Vol 5: A New Life-

-Face Off!!-

“Big brother Shin, quick save mommy. Some baddy was bullying her down in the shop. I am so afraid. He looked very scary, with an ugly scar running all over his face.” The girl instantly jumped into Kenshin’s embrace and cried hysterically. At the same time, she explained the situation downstairs to him as clearly as a child in hysteria could do. But Kenshin nonetheless caught on to what's happening, turns out some pervert fancied Mrs Yui and wanted to marry her. When she rejected, he couldn’t take it and bullied her.

Placing her down, he said, “You wait here okay! I will send mommy here soon. Don’t go down, you hear me!”

“Mmmm!” the girl nodded obediently. Although very naughty usually, she was now quite subdued due to fear, something Kenshin didn’t like at all. It reminded him of the day when he got the news of their parent’s death. That day, his sister was also like this. From then on, she was never able to live like a carefree child, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t fill that void left behind by their parents in her heart.

After leaving the room, his face turned ugly as his eyes turned red in anger. An invisible pressure emanated from his body that even partially affected his surroundings, the wooden door frames near him cracked from it.

As he walked below step by step, bits and pieces what's happening below entered his ear. Although he couldn’t listen to what they were saying; due to his Heart of Rhythm skill, from the vibrations alone in the air, he could understand that someone being aggressive below. He hurried along and reached below in an instant.

What he saw made him extremely angry.

In the middle of her shop, the chairs and tables were all broken to pieces. The patrons were all driven out of the shop and now making a huge crowd on the outside. Many suit-wearing men are standing all around, guarding the place. In the middle, a man with a huge sword in his back, and a hideous scar on his face, was holding Mrs Yui in a vice grip while his other hand was fondling her generously sized breasts like theirs no tomorrow. Mrs Yui was someone he highly respected and also felt indebted to, how can he watch when some thug sexually harassed her?

With a single step, he grabbed the hand that was holding her in a tight grip, while the other hand grabbed the other one, that was holding her neck.

“Hmm!?” before the man could realize what happened, a large amount of vibrating energy entered his hand through Kenshin’s palm, nearly shattering his bones into fine dust. It was harrowing, so very much.

“Ah!” with a groan of discomfort and pain, he let go of Mrs Yui and pulled back at the same time cradling his hands. He also felt a mild case of nausea hit him, and nearly puked on the spot. But he was indeed a hunter; it took him a fraction of seconds to recover from that nauseous state. After that, he strained his back and looked at his assailant.

“Mrs Yui are you okay?” Kenshin asked gently to the furiously coughing woman, the chokehold by the man was a little too tight for her to endure.

“Kenshin? When did you return? Thank you for the rescue!!” she was surprised at first but quickly thanked her saviour. She was pleased seeing a familiar face in this situation; it made her afraid for a second there. She was worried that this man would kill her or beat her daughter.

“Who are you?” the scarred man asked angrily when he saw another man was cradling his 'woman'. He couldn’t endure the humiliation, in his mind, this lady was already his wife, she was only playing hard to get. But now, he was standing in front of her, and she was talking and embracing another man!? it made him feel like he was being cheated.

But neither Kenshin or Mrs Yui cared about him, seeing that there was not an injury on her body, Kenshin sighed in relief. He then massaged her neck, the place where that man chocked her and filled with anger once more.

“Mrs Yui, please go upstairs. Ellie is becoming increasingly worried, and I am afraid she will go hysteric. Please console her.” Kenshin said, his eyes were shadowed, and his true emotions couldn’t be fathomed that easily at this moment.

Seeing such a Kenshin, Mrs Yui nodded and went upstairs. She knew better than to refuse in a situation like this. Not only her daughter needs her, but Kenshin was also here for her sake, standing here would only make the situation worse.

“Who said that you could return, huh!?” seeing that his ‘Wife’ was retreating to the back of the shop, the man bellowed in anger. But Mrs Yui didn’t care about that and continued her walking. Just as she was about to take another step, the scarred man appeared in front of her in a flash and proceeded to grab her neck again.

“I asked, who gave you the permission to leave here?” the man was very arrogant, he fully disregarded Kenshin’s presence. In his eyes, he was just a little-white-faced hunter, what can he do to him? After taking care of this woman, he would teach him a lesson.

But at that time a strong hand came out of nowhere and grabbed onto the advancing hand of the scarred hunter, stopping it in its midcourse. 500+ ATK which translated to the equal amount of STR exploded and ready to crush the baldy's arms to dust.

“It's me who gave her permission. What can you do about it?” the calm tone of Kenshin gave him the chills. The bald hunter, at that time, under the influence of inhuman strength that was grabbing his arm, was forced to re-evaluate this young man standing in front of him.

His aggressive disposition cooled down a lot, he forced down his humiliation and aggressiveness caused by the woman and faced the new arrival in wary. He was someone who was a strength-based hunter, with many fights under his belt. He had more than five skills, although none of them was magical, by using them, he had never lost a fight.

When he appeared in front of the woman in a flash, he had used one of the skills, but unexpectedly the man was able to come to her rescue in time. Not only that, after grabbing his arm, he completely immobilized him. He was someone who could lift a truck with ease, but unexpectedly he was rendered helpless in that man’s grip.

What the hell was going on here? How can be there be such a strong hunter living here?

He had already made an in-depth background check on this woman, except for a young man who was a weak hunter living as one of her tenants, she had no relations to any of the hunters. Let alone a strong one like this!

Although this man was aggressive, he wasn’t an idiot. Before coming here to force her to marry him, he had made an extensive background check for any hunters in the area. A hunter could crush anyone under their feet, except for another one. Although he had a huge background, if he finds trouble with a formidable one, even his backer would refuse to help him. He had made everything sure that no one in this area could threaten him and his backer, so he came here brazenly and started threatening everyone to leave the shop. After that, he harassed his target. He had all planned, by the end of tonight, he would have this woman in his bed.

But…God has thrown a monkey wrench in his plans. Unexpectedly, he met a formidable hunter who knew his target on a personal level. The scarred man now began to suspect that the bitch might be this hunter’s lover.

‘Shit! It looks like I have stepped on a landmine.’ although he lamented, it was too late for that.