41 Invitation

A short while earlier.

"Why did you come here as well?" Kaede Juumonji furrowed her brows at the red-haired man.

The red-haired man held a cigar in his fingers, which he intermittently took long drags from. He had fierce, bushy eyebrows, a hardened face, and his eyes gleamed with a savage light. His name was Zankita Juumonji, and he was her half-brother from a different mother as well as one of the top-notch fighters in their mafia gang. He was a true battle maniac.

"Is that how you should be talking to your older brother? Hmph, I even saved you recently!"

"Big Brother Hisashi was the one who saved me, not you."

"What!? It was clearly me..."

"Big Brother Hisashi was the one who convinced father to not punish me, or did you really think that you could convince father with your fists?"

"Er..." Zankita Juumonji scratched his head with a trace of embarrassment, "Well, at the very least, I was on your side!"

"Fine then. Thank you, Big Brother. But… why are you here?"