This afternoon, Ikeda spent in complete chaos. When he walked out of the school gate, he felt like a lonely ghost.
He had no goals, nothing he wanted to do, so he let his inertia push him on the way to the game center.
He didn't realize until he got to the game center that he didn't have much money to play pachinko at all.
In the past, he, Miura and the others bought a basket of steel balls all at once, and sitting in front of pachinko could consume an afternoon.
Shigeru Ikeda could only turn to the nearby park. After spending money on pachinko with Miura and the others, they would go to this park to share the remaining cigarettes, brag and talk about girls.
Sometimes there will be a violinist practicing piano in the park, which is one of the few opportunities for Shigeru Ikeda to get close to "art" in his life.
Miura and the others would stare at the violinist's chest and discuss how many men she had.
And Shigeru Ikeda would only lean on the back of the bench at this time, looking at the blue sky and white clouds along with the sound of the piano.
The violinist didn't come today, and there were fewer people in the park than usual, probably because the golden week just ended and everyone plunged into work accumulated over a holiday.
Shigeru Ikeda sat on the usual bench and looked up at the sky.
Clear blue skies, as always.
He suddenly remembered the lines in Takakura Ken's "Hunting": "Go forward, don't look to both sides, you will melt into the blue sky."
Now, he suddenly wanted to try to melt into the blue sky.
He remembered the boss's advice when he got a haircut.
"You were a delinquent in school, then you became a bosozoku, and finally you joined the Yakuza as a bottom-level hit boy. Although you are a heinous bastard, although you may die at any time, and after you die, everyone will applaud and celebrate. But you'll be happy until you die."
Shigeru Ikeda couldn't help but wonder, did he choose the wrong one
Could it be that in this life, I can only live like garbage
At this time, Ikeda suddenly found himself surrounded.
The leader is Nange's Daxi who met yesterday.
He was still holding the metal bat from yesterday, with a mocking smile on his mouth: "Yo, look who this is! It's our prodigal son! Someone told me today that I can beat someone who won't resist here. Man, I still don't believe it."
"Onishi!" Ikeda stood up and clenched his fists, "You did something good yesterday, which caused me to lose my job!"
"You can't blame me." Daxi snickered, "Recall what you have done and how many records you have left in the police station! If you want me to say, the convenience store will hire you, it is all blind Eye!
"We are helping the store manager to make up for his mistakes."
"Damn you!"
"Hey, hey, how can good citizens talk like this? This is the way we bad boys talk! You bastard, don't just imitate us!" Da Xi swung the bat directly, hitting Shigeru Ikeda on the left cheek superior.
Ikeda Shigeru was furious, and he swung his fist to fight back, but Onishi's people rushed up from behind and restrained his hands.
"You're trying to hit me? Huh? Is that what you're doing as a good citizen?"
Using the bat as a ram, Onishi hit Shigeru Ikeda's stomach directly.
Shigeru Ikeda almost vomited out the overnight meal.
At this moment, he recalled the scene of being beaten by his father after drinking when he was a child.
Dad always hit the stomach, because if there are easy-to-find injuries on the face and arms, the teacher will notify the NGO and child protection agencies.
Dad is very experienced, he can beat Shigeru Ikeda so hard every time that he spits out his internal organs without leaving too obvious scars.
Childhood memories flashed away, and what Ikeda faced was the cold reality.
Onishi swung the bat again and hit it on the chest, this time Ikeda almost lost his breath.
Onishi laughed loudly: "Aren't you very good at fighting? Isn't it Megatron Geshi? I heard that you are still attracted by that Tsuda-gumi? You will soon become an official Ruozho? I think you are bragging! "
Ikeda Shigeru tried his best to raise his head, and stared at Onishi with vicious eyes, which contained pure killing intent.
"Hey, who told you to look at me like this? This is not the look a law-abiding citizen should have!"
Following the words, the bat hit Shigeru Ikeda hard on the forehead.
He was directly beaten into a faint, and it took a few seconds for him to wake up, but his brain was functioning drowsily, and the vision of both eyes was completely blurred—then he discovered that what blurred his vision was the blood flowing from his forehead.
In the red-stained field of vision, he saw his mother put on a coat, carefully covering the scars left by his father's beating, and then turned to face him with an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, Maojun, I'm sorry, mom can't take it anymore, if she doesn't run away, mom will be killed by that person. I'm sorry, Maojun, promise mom, a man will not cry easily, and no matter what happens, he will Hold on."
Then the blurred woman called "Mom" just turned around and left, walking further and further away.
"Mom..." Shigeru Ikeda called out subconsciously.
This made the unscrupulous teenagers around him burst into laughter.
Some people learned from his appearance and shouted heartbreakingly: "Mom~"
Onishi spit on Shigeru Ikeda, and said contemptuously: "What is the invincible chief of the Ge family, but he is just a brat who has never weaned! You said that the prodigal son turned back, I think you were scared to death in the Tsuda group that day Courage! I'm afraid, I'm going to retreat!
"Just wait and see, after I cripple you here, I'll go and beat the guy who dismantled the Tsuda group to the ground! I heard that he is a high school student like us, and he doesn't kill people, hehe , such a guy is most suitable to be the stepping stone of my Onishi legend!"
Shigeru Ikeda struggled to raise his head, staring at Onishi: "You are not allowed..."
Onishi hit another bat on Ikeda's head.
"How about it, this is a gift for the prodigal son, do you still like it?" Daxi shouted, "It's so ridiculous, if you are afraid, you are afraid! Cowards should be trampled underfoot! Go ask, Who would believe that a rotten person like you will turn his prodigal son back?"
At this moment, a voice passed through the booing of the delinquents, and said loudly: "I believe it."
The bad boys turned their heads together.
Ikeda Shigeru turned his head to the direction of the sound with the last of his strength.
The speaker was against the light and couldn't see his face clearly, but Ikeda Shigeru knew that it was his guide, his teacher, and the white moonlight guiding him.
That's his hero.
Kiryu and Ma repeated what they just said loudly: "I believe he really intends to change his mind and become a good person."
The moment I heard those words, Ikeda Shigeru burst into tears.