023 Between light and dark
At that moment, Shigeru Ikeda remembered the words of the barber shop manager: "It is very difficult for the prodigal son to turn back, and your past, the cause and effect you have done, will not let you go just because you have changed your mind."
"They'll follow you like a shadow."
Immediately afterward, Shigeru Ikeda saw that the store manager was looking at him with complicated eyes.
At this time, someone pushed the door into the store.
It's Nange's "Fanchang" Onishi, a giant man with a height of 1.9 meters - seeing his figure, you can't help but think that the nutrition policies implemented by the Japanese government to increase the height of the whole people are really effective.
Onishi, who was like a mountain, held a metal bat with blood on it.
A group of guys in Nankushi uniforms poured into the convenience store after Onishi.
"Yo, isn't this Shigeru? Ming Qinggao's trump card, how could it appear in the counter of a convenience store? "Onishi obviously knew why Shigeru Ikeda was working part-time, and he was pretending to be confused.
Suddenly, he slapped his head with a bloody bat: "Ah! I get it! You're robbing, aren't you? Definitely! Hey, clerk! Get all your money out! Don't you know who this is? This is the little overlord that is famous in the entire Ge Clan! ”
Shigeru Ikeda roared at Onishi: "Onishi! Don't fart! ”
"Really? Are you going to tell me that you work here? Onishi looked back at his brothers, "Listen, Mingqing's Shigeru said he was working!" Do you believe it? ”
"It's strange to believe!" An airplane head monster wearing a shabby "special attack suit" that he got out of nowhere smiled, "The money for part-time work is as long as you blackmail a few young masters!" No, with Ah Mao's fame, if you don't blackmail, the little master will take the initiative to send money, just to be able to show off his might and follow you! ”
"That's it, who will work!"
"It's such a funny thing as a part-time job, only people with bad heads will do it!"
Shigetetsu Ikeda blushed and anxiously pondered how to solve the matter in front of him—how to solve the matter in front of him as a "good person".
In other words, even good people can use force, right?
"Master Craftsman" - Okay, not a master craftsman, didn't that Kiryu and Ma just use force to punish evil and promote good? Just like a real Kamen Rider.
If it was a "master craftsman", he would have pulled out a wooden knife, flattened these bastards, and threw them out one by one, it must be like this!
Shigeru Ikeda came to such a conclusion, and he began to look for something that could be used as a weapon......
But at this time, Mr. Nakagawa rushed out of the staff room and shouted, "I have called the police!" The police will be there soon! ”
The store manager glanced at Mr. Nakagawa helplessly and said, "When I came in, I pressed the emergency alarm button, and the patrol should be there immediately." ”
As a large chain store in Tokyo, the store is equipped with CCTV and a one-button alarm system, which are still rare items.
Mr. Nakagawa told Shigeru Ikeda about this on his first day of employment.
But Shigeru Ikeda completely forgot.
Now, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.
- Yes, good people can call the police.
- I have been a bad boy for too long, and I have forgotten about this kind of thing.
Delinquent teenagers generally have a bad impression of the police, and basically forget that the police have the duty to protect the lives of ordinary people.
As soon as the words fell, the delinquent boy who was letting off the wind outside the convenience store rushed in: "The strip is here!" ”
Onishi was stunned, picked up a pack of tissues from the shelf, tore it, wiped the blood from the metal bat, and then threw the bloody paper in front of the injured Asano.
Then two patrolmen on bicycles with lights arrived, and as soon as they saw the stance, the patrolmen walking behind immediately began to use walkie-talkies to ask for reinforcements.
The patrolman in front got out of the car, carefully kept his distance, pulled out the baton with a guard rope at his waist with one hand, and pressed the gun on his waist with the other.
"Don't move! The police! Drop your weapon! The shouts of the police came through the slightly open door of the convenience store.
Onishi stared at Shigeru Ikeda, the smile on his face as bright as when he first came in.
But he didn't say much, as if he didn't need to say anything more about the current situation.
He turned around and raised his bat above his head, like a soldier surrendering his gun: "We will not resist!" We're coming out! ”
Then Onishi led a group of Nange's delinquent teenagers out of the store.
At this time, Miura came up to Shigeru Ikeda and said apologetically, "We just wanted to come and see how you were working, but we ran into them halfway through, so we had to do it." ”
Irie said indignantly: "This Daxi must have gotten the information, he is here to find you!" ”
Shigeru Ikeda ignored the two former friends and bowed to the store manager: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry for the trouble! ”
The store manager had a complicated expression, pursed his lips and did not speak.
At this time, a police officer came in, maintaining a posture of holding a gun in one hand and a baton in the other, and said to the delinquent teenagers in the store, "You guys go out too!" Those who participated in the brawl went to the police station to make a record! ”
Miura looked at Shigeru Ikeda, then limped towards the gate with the injured Asano in his arms.
Irie glanced meaningfully at Shigeru Ikeda and followed in the footsteps of his two companions.
The policeman stared at Ikeda and shouted, "And you! Get me out! ”
Shigeru Ikeda's state of mind was a little explosive at this time, and he almost shouted at the police officer, but the store manager said: "This is our clerk, although he knows the two sides of the fight, but he did not participate in the fight, and the surveillance over there has recorded the process and can testify." ”
The police officer looked at the surveillance and nodded: "Understood, thank you for your cooperation, depending on the situation, someone may come to extract the surveillance evidence, please be careful not to delete it." ”
"Understood." The store manager bowed to the officer, "You've done a great job. ”
The officer didn't respond, and he looked at Shigeru Ikeda again, his eyes full of distrust.
Then the officer left.
Shigeru Ikeda bowed deeply to the store manager, "I'm sorry. Also, thank you for just helping. ”
The store manager sighed, pulled out the cigarette case from his pocket and tried to get it, and then saw the no-smoking sign on the wall.
So he said to Mr. Nakagawa, "Nakagawa, come and see the counter for a while, and wipe the blood on the ground by the way." ”
"Yes." Mr. Nakagawa nodded,
The store manager walks into the staff room.
Shigeru Ikeda felt that he should follow, as the manager clearly looked like he had something to say.
He looked at Mr. Nakanaka, who gestured to him as if he wanted him to follow.
So Shigeru Ikeda entered the staff room, and he looked at the staff closet that he had only used for a day, and he didn't know why he felt a sense of reluctance.
This reluctance reminds him of what he may face in the future.
But...... Maybe the store manager......
With apprehension and anticipation, Shigeru Ikeda pushed open the staff door to the back of the store.
The store manager is crouching next to the dumpster at the back of the store in a standard Asian squatting position, the sparks on the cigarette in his mouth flickering in the dim lights of the back alley.
"When you came to apply," the store manager began, "I thought maybe that was the case." ”