CHAPTER 5

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Bold=yandere mode

[ Bold =basic system

"He did say to meet here right," I say to myself

"Hey, Ryan sorry I kept you waiting," Kazuki says while running at a light sprint

"Oh boy Yasaka kept piling in more work even though she knew I had to meet up with you." He says short of breath

"It's fine you could have sent me a text. I could have waited. You could have taken your time" I say

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time," Kazuki says catching his breath

"So I know you asked me to meet you here in this shopping center but how does one hide their workshop here?" I ask

"It's 6 blocks down, this was just a good area to meet up. also I assumed you needed to go clothes washing unless you ironically wear different pairs of the same clothes," he says with a smirk

"Yeah yeah yeah laugh it up jackass. I know I wear the same plain white t-shirt and jeans every day but you don't need to hate on my wardrobe filled with hundreds of the same shirts, pants, underwear, and socks. basic is king" I say

a worried mark forms on kazuki's forehead

"It's fine though I know what you mean, I should at least change my style a bit but I'll get to that when I get to that." I say with a smile

"Well at " Kazuki says chuckling

"Oy fuck you I know you're trying to call me basic with my clothing but now I feel insulted that you compared me to a cartoon character do you think I have no personality as well," I say while pointing a middle finger at him

"I mean you aren't too far off the mark" Kazuki replies with a chuckle

"You know you can be real mean sometimes you even hurt me right here" I point to my heart with fake tears in my eyes

"Your heart? You know I don't swing that way right?" Kazuki says with disgust on his face

"No you moron my feelings and I'm not interested in you I'm interested in women" I say a little to loud

Everybody in the shopping area look over in our direction

"Great now look at what you did, you attracted attention," Kazuki says in a low voice while pinching his nose

"Let's go I don't want people to continue staring at us," Kazuki says with irritation in his voice

He starts walking off before I can respond back

"Hey man wait up sorry if I irritated you," I say with a sorry tone

"No it's not you, I just hate getting attention," he says with a sigh

"Sorry I'll make sure to only make you look like a clown around me," I say to try to cheer him up

Looking over at him I see a smile on his face as we proceed to walk the next couple of blocks in silence.

Kazuki points at an alleyway "the shop is in that alleyway. it should be little less than halfway through the alleyway"

Walking into the alleyway we see 2 thugs leaning against the wall.

I don't think too much about it after all it's an alleyway but glancing over at Kazuki I can see an expression I have yet to see on his face …anger

Kazuki starts fast walking to where the thugs are. I start walking at a faster pace trying to catch up to him.

Kazuki tries to open the door to the workshop but gets pushed back by one of the thugs

"Scram you aren't allowed inside till our boss is done having his chat," one of the thugs says to kazuki in a threatening voice

Kazuki grabs the thug's hand that pushed him and pulls it down towards himself making the thug lose his balance and receive a brutal knee to the face from Kazuki, breaking his nose and teeth, knocking him out immediately while leaving blood on Kazuki's pants and teeth on the floor

The other thug looks over at Kazuki in shock before speaking

"Hey man I don't get paid nearly enough to deal with this shit, I'll just be on my way. I didn't see shit" the second thug says while walking away

Kazuki breathes deeply and walks in

I follow Kazuki in and see a large thug holding up a short old man by his shirt. The old man has a swollen face and looks to be on the verge of passing out.

"Where's my money old man it's been 2 weeks you said you would have my million yen by now, The yoshinobu don't like waiting on their money " the buff thing says in a threatening voice

The Yoshinobu clan I suddenly get a painful headache

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Who's voice was that? It almost sounded like it was begging but I couldn't make out what they were saying.

I look over at Kazuki he looks like a vain is going to burst from his forehead

"Leave the old man alone" Kazuki says in a threatening low voice with his teeth clenched

The buff thug turns around with an annoyed look on his face

"Hey scram I got some business here"

"Yo—" Kazuki tries to say I place my hand on his shoulder and walk a bit past him

"I actually have some business with that old man myself. If you let me do my business I promise that within 10 minutes you'll get your money and a little extra for the wait" I say to the thug trying to avoid bloodshed

"How much of a bonus are we talking about?" the buff thug asks

"How about 10% of whatever that old man owes you."

"You got yourself a deal" he says while dropping the old man and walking outside

Kazuki was about to run at the thug but I put my hand on Kazuki shoulder stopping him

"Oh yeah sorry about the one guy he tried to get in our way and threw the first punch. I'll give you the 100 thousand yen for the time plus another 100 thousand yen for hurting your men outside how does that sound" I say with what little courage I can muster up

"Money is king In this world as long as you pay it's water under the bridge," he says as he opens the door and leaves to wait outside

Kazuki looks over at me with rage in his eyes

"Why did you stop me he had no right to do what hat he did to my old man" Kazuki says

"Look Kazuki well talk about it later right now you need to calm down and I need to heal this old man before anything worse happens to him" I said in a calm voice

Walking over to the man I give him a lvl 5 healing potion and the swelling and bruises from his face where healed

He suddenly wakes up and grabs his face with his hands

"The pain is all gone" the old man says in shock

"Hey old man, I heard from my good friend here, Kazuki, my name is Ryan and I'm looking for high quality gear." I say to the old man

The old man gets up and walks past me to kazuki then gives kazuki a hug. Kazuki responds with a hug back

I look over to kazuki and mouth off to him silently "does the old man know of the supernatural?"

kazuki nods and mouths back "he knows of it but doesn't want to be a part of it"

The old man suddenly stops hugging kazuki and punches him in the stomach making kazuki crunch to the floor with pain written on his face

"That's for not coming to visit in these last 3 years" the old man says with anger in his voice

He then suddenly turns around to look at me

"My name is Tatsuki, the fact that you know my son means you're part of the supernatural. Am I wrong?" The old man asks

"Yes I know about the supernatural it's the reason I seek a weapon to replace my old one" I say

"You should look elsewhere I don't deal with supernatural weapons" he says while asking his hand in a shoo motion

"I'm not looking for anything crazy I just need base weapons of good quality I can enchante the weapons on my own I'm just not able to make them" I say to tatsuki

"What is it that you're looking for?" Tatsuki asks

"I'm looking for a tool belt, a longbow, light armor, and some accessories such as rings and necklaces. If possible I would also like to place a custom order" I say

"First things first I can take care of everything except that longbow situation. I am a blacksmith not a bowyer. Although I say that I think I might have a failure around here I just have to look for it. Let me look for them and bring them out for you." He walks around the store collecting multiple pieces of equipment. walking to the counter he places the equipment on the table

"Come on over, this is the best equipment I got for a longbow user. This is a leather belt that has 2 small pockets and 1 large pocket on the left and right side of it used to store small items, the pockets are out of the way so it doesn't hinder movement. I have two sets of light armor one is a leather jacket with metal bracers the other is chainmail chestplate with metal bracers, and shoulder pads. I personally recommend the chainmail set. It'll be the best protection while not hindering your movement. Last but not least this is the longbow you asked for. It is not my finest or proudest work but it should suffice as a temporary bow." Tatsuki says

Looking at the equipment with the eyes that God gave me, everything except the bow and leather armor is of epic quality and even the the bow is uncommon and the leather armor being rare, both still able to hold a good amount of enchantments

"Can I get the chainmail set and the longbow. How much will it be" I say after about a minute of thinking

"Alright it'll be 700 thousand yen" Tatsuki says while looking under the desk for a bag

"Oh if it's that much can you throw the leather set in as well and I would like to ask for a commission from you" I ask while getting my phone out to transfer the money

"Sure I can do custom work as long as you can pay the cost. adding the other set of armor will increase the price to 1 million and 50 thousand yen. Is that fine?" Tatsuki asks

"Sounds good. I'm looking for a quality bow that will get me through for the next couple of years. Do you know how to make a compact bow?" I ask Kazuki

"I'm not familiar with this compact bow you speak of but if you give me the time and money I'm sure I can make you a good quality compact bow" Tatsuki says confidently

"How does a million sound for the custom order" I ask

"That's more than enough if you can give me 6 months I'll prepare a compact bow that will be able to stop an elephant" Tatsuki says with confidence

"Can you also add another 1.3 million, 1.1 million for the tip. With the other 200 thousand can you forward it to the person who was in here before us. I owe him 200 thousand." I ask the old man

"That'll be a total of 2 million 350 thousand yen" Tatsuki says

"K should be done sending" I say

"Yep just received confirmation stop by whenever you need me to repair your armor or need me to make you new ones" Tatsuki says

"Tnx ill keep that in mind. is it fine if I stop by every couple of weeks to check up on the progress and chat" I ask tatsuki

"Yeah of course," Tatsuki says enthusiastically "If only I had a son that would visit me every now and then" Tatsuki says sarcastically

I see Kazuki flinch "gramps I'm sorry I'll tr—"

Tatsuki throws kazuki out of the store "if you ain't buying anything then stop taking up space inside my store" Tatsuki shuts the door then turns around

"Thank you" I pull out a set of potions from my bag and a couple of enchantment coins "take these as a form of thanks and my continued patronage here." I say as I leave them on a counter

Tatsuki "I can't accept them especially not from a customer that just essentially revived my shop"

"I won't take no for an answer. You and kazuki have helped me out tremendously. They could end up saving a loved one's life if the time ever arises. As for the coins, if you ever wish to give a piece of equipment to someone important just place these coins above the equipment piece and say enchant; they'll increase the durability, defense and attack of a weapon or armor piece." I say while making my way out

"Come back anytime Ryan I'll invite you to eat" kazuki says

With that I walk out of the shop