Chapter 88: It's hard to buy gratitude

Since I got to prison early, it was close to lunchtime.

Just like in the movies, there is a general dining room where inmates are monitored as they eat.

I am a preferential treatment prisoner so I should have the benefit of staying in my cell and eating in private, but for some unknown reason, a guard told me to go to the general dining room.

I sighed and got ready to go to the dining room.

"Mr. Yamada, this could be a trap" – Honda approached me with her usual monotonous voice.

Apparently, she was transferred as one of the guards at this prison with the help of the Tachibana family. Although she is formally a guard who supervises the prisoners, the reality is that she has the role of being my bodyguard and assistant.

"Well, at most someone will try to kill me, it's not such a bad thing, the important thing is that I'm hungry" - I smiled wryly.

Honda agreed. – "I will guarantee the safety of Mr. Yamada, you can eat without worries"

What a reliable woman, I like her.

I was escorted by Honda to the dining room.

Once I got to the dining room I saw several men and women since this is a mixed prison.

Why? Who knows, hentai logic…

I took a tray and lined up for food, but a guard told me that it was not necessary to line up since I have preferential treatment so they directly gave me my food which was luxury food and not the garbage they give to other prisoners.

In fact, I saw one of the food attendants spit on a prisoner's plate before handing him his food… I want to throw up.

I arrived at a lonely table, I think this is the first time I'm going to eat alone since I came to this world... This brings back bad memories.

I sighed and sat down, at least I have Medb and Beni with me, even though they can't eat because they're in spirit form.

When I sat down, Honda took out a spoon and tasted my food.

"If you're hungry, just say so" - I looked blankly.

Honda was silent for a moment, then nodded. – "The food is clean, it is safe to eat it"

Due to my abnormal talent in cooking, I can tell if food has poison in it, which makes no sense but hey, anime logic.

This caused me to doubt. – "What would happen if the food had poison? Wouldn't you be in danger?"

Honda remained expressionless. – "I have a high tolerance to poison and if necessary I have several antidotes"

… It worries me how little importance she gives to her own life.

I sighed and started to eat, but suddenly Honda waved her hand in front of my face.

Honda's hand was in front of my face holding a plastic knife an inch from my eyes. The knife was sharpened in such a way that it could be used as a weapon.

I sighed, I can't even eat in peace.

Honda had caught the knife that was thrown at my eyes, she looked in one direction and threw the knife at the person who threw it at me.

The man was muscular, tall, bald, and heavily tattooed, the stereotype of a bald criminal in a prison.

The man caught the knife easily and smiled like an idiot. – "The pig has a good bodyguard… Hey woman, why don't you come here to show you what it is like to be with a real man?"

Several inmates stood up with vicious expressions while looking at me like some kind of appetizing lamb.

Oh god… Is this the famous prison gang rape?

I shuddered with fear, I'd rather die than let a man abuse my ass.

"Looks like the assassination attempts have already started" – Medb muttered with amusement. – "Fufufu, things will become fun"

Oh, they're not going to rape me, they just want to kill me, so no problem.

I looked at the guards who should be supervising us, but only now did I notice a problem, all the guards seem just as distracted as a romantic comedy lead who doesn't notice the girls' feelings...

Come to think of it, it's still early for lunch...

"I'm sorry Mr. Yamada, I was careless" – Honda took out a police baton used to beat up unruly inmates and stood in front of me in a defensive position.

Being protected by a beautiful woman in a police uniform is strangely trustworthy.

What was worrying me is that the group of criminals was looking at Honda unpleasantly like animals in heat.

"Can you deal with all of them?" – I asked with concern for her safety.

Honda nodded as her attention was on the prisoners who were looking at us like hungry wolves, it seems that the bounty on my head is quite attractive.

I took a couple of steps back so as not to be an obstacle. – "Prioritize your own safety, I am very resistant so I will be fine"

Although my body is comparable to a Nokia 3310, the truth is that I don't know how to fight and I may become an obstacle and I don't want to be part of the cliché where I am captured and the strong woman is threatened to surrender or I will be killed...

The bald man moved toward Honda with a cruel expression, his hand reaching out to grasp the woman's breasts, but the man suddenly recoiled as Honda's foot slammed into her abdomen.

Honda's speed was such that I didn't even see her move which was very surprising.

"Damn bitch! I'm going to break your fucking legs to make you an obedient bitch!" – The man shouted furiously and ran to attack Honda, but he again backed away when his face was kicked by Honda.

This time the man had a broken nose and was knocked down, but instead of driving the criminals back they just started laughing.

"You piece of shit, you can't even wrestle a woman, your stupid muscles are just for show off, fucking worthless" – A skinny man approached the man as he sighed in disappointment.

The man seemed to be sick with anemia since he looked like a corpse, but judging the logic of the anime this guy will either be extremely strong or he will be an evil genius of medicine that he can kill with acupuncture...

The anemic man moved his hand as if he were brushing away a fly and in an instant, the muscular man fell on his back as his body convulsed.

Honda stood in front of me with a defensive posture.

"The thin man used a needle to pierce the tall man's forehead, chirp" – Beni-sensei kindly explained to me what happened.

I'm a lousy storyteller in fights as I don't understand what's going on so help from lovely Beni-chan is appreciated.

The thin man looked at Honda while ignoring my existence. – "Miss, even if you are very strong you will not be able to fight against 100 elite assassins, I politely ask you to hand over that man behind you to us"

100 murderers, the Gentlemen's Club holds me in high esteem...

Honda didn't respond, standing firm like an unbreakable wall.

It is the first time that someone has stood in front of me to protect me.

No moving speeches, no cruel tactics, no doing things behind the scenes, no feelings of affection… Just a protective stance.

It was a strange feeling.

From the women in my life I have felt the love of a family and the affection of a lover, but this time I feel something similar to the feeling of security that only a father's back can give...

I shook my head and pushed my weird thoughts away, later I'll need therapy.

"Honda, back off" – I didn't want her to risk her life so she wanted to ask her to get away since I won't die easily anyway, but Honda didn't even answer me, she just stayed still.

I was about to insist that she back off, but in an instant, Honda made multiple moves as she stood in front of me.

I heard the sound of things falling to the ground and noticed several needles falling to the ground in front of Honda.

I remembered an action anime where the protagonist used a sword to intercept hundreds of bullets.

"This woman is good" – Medb sounded interested in Honda. – "With adequate weapons, she could be at the level of the Taimanin, although she is a normal human so she would need special equipment to compensate for the lack of special abilities…"

Honda is amazing.

"The miss is making things complicated" - The anemic man sighed.

Without warning, Honda moved again to intercept more needles with her police baton.

This man attacks every time he speaks to distract the enemy, which is expected of an assassin...

I wish everything was like in the novels and anime where the assassins shout the name of their attacks and explain their plans so that dumb people like me can understand what is going on.

Three men seemed to get a signal from the anemic man and ran to attack Honda as she continued to intercept the needles.

I felt anxious for her to be hurt so I wanted to use my body as a shield, but before the three men could hurt Honda, two of them fell to the ground for no reason and the third man's head exploded.

I looked at the ground where there was a stone covered with blood and pieces of brain...

The color of the stone was the same as the dining room walls so someone must have ripped out a piece of concrete and used it as a weapon... That's a bit scary.

"Who did it?!" – One of the criminals around us screamed in panic while all the criminals became alert.

Before the criminals could regain their composure, a stream of blood was seen rising into the air like a dolphin's stream of water.

I looked in the direction of the blood and saw a headless body slump as his blood gushed out of his neck like a geyser.

Screams began to be heard among the criminals as everything became confused.

"Mr. Yamada, we must find a safe place" - Honda took my arm.

I was so distracted by the sudden deaths that I didn't notice when the anemic man was killed.

The man was lying on the ground while a police baton went through his chest like a stake, it seems that Honda could play baseball professionally, although that would kill the catchers….

Honda led me to a corner of the dining room as the cops finally reacted to stop the chaos inside the dining room.

Since the policemen were corrupt they pretended they didn't notice anything and only reacted when the blood had painted the ground red.

Prisoners were contained with sleeping gas bombs while some were beaten to calm down, it was total chaos as I watched from a corner not knowing what to do.

"Mr. Yamada, here is your food" – Honda handed me a metal tray with a beef fillet with a side of fresh vegetables.

"Where did you get this from?" – I asked curiously, noticing that the food was hot and smelled good without traces of human blood despite the chaos.

Honda pointed to a boy who was looking at me complacently like a bootlicker. – "I have already checked that the food is clean, Mr. Yamada can eat while things are resolved"

The boy was about 20 years old...

Wait, do I consider someone in their 20s to be a boy even though I'm technically 18?

My mentality is getting old, how depressing…

I accepted the food as I am hungry.

"Boss here you have a chair" – The boy brought me a chair with a flattering attitude.

I looked at the boy with confusion not understanding why he is acting like this, but since Honda allows it I just nodded and took a seat to eat calmly.

Medb seemed to notice my confusion so she kindly gave me an explanation. – "Satou, you are not only a fat man, but you are also a big shot in society so there will be countless people who will try to flatter you to make a profit"

"Seriously?" – I asked telepathically with some disbelief.

It is true that I have a lot of money, but it has been kept secret that I am one of the richest men in Asia and publicly I am only slightly successful.

"Since the news that you are collaborating with the police to discover a fraud with the income of your academy became known, people will begin to investigate you to find out if you are the culprit" - Medb began to explain it to me calmly. – "From what I have seen of the internet world, people love to gossip, whether they are mistakes, crimes or accidents, people like to see the misfortunes of others to feel that their own lives are a little less miserable"

I understand that, that's why cruel memes have the most impact, what I don't understand is why that has something to do with me.

Medb let out a light laugh. – "Satou, you are the director of the most prestigious academy in Japan, if it is discovered that you are a criminal then people will rush to attack you since it is always nice to insult someone with a more successful life"

"That's true, chirp" – Beni sighed. – "Humans are happy when another human is miserable, chirp, so you must take care of your public image or people will not hesitate to attack you even if you are innocent, chirp"

"I understand" - I sighed internally. – "But I don't understand why this guy looks like a stray dog that was fed a steak"

The boy's fawning gaze is making me uncomfortable...

"Small fish are eaten, so to survive they look for big fish to protect them from predators" - Medb shrugged in her spirit form. – "In this prison, there are two types of big fish, strong fighters and people with money… You fall into the second category so even strong people will seek to flatter you because in a chaotic society strength is everything, but in a civilized society the greatest power is money"

… - "How did you learn all this?"

Medb smirked. – "The internet is the best source of knowledge, instead of wasting time watching nonsense I prefer to study… Although I admit that porn is great~ Hey, did you know that there are people who get horny on by bestiality? In my day I had women I didn't like taken to the stables to be raped by horses, but it seems that these days there are people who enjoy it…"

… Too much information… Internet terrifies me…

"Satou…" - Beni sighed. – "You are prohibited from watching that kind of videos, chirp, according to research the consumption of certain types of pornography has a negative impact on sexual perspective, chirp, so it is possible for a normal person to become a sexual criminal by watching too much rape pornography, chirp, don't watch incest either, it's clear why I say this, chirp"

…

This is as awkward as being lectured by a mother...

Somehow it's a little nice as well as embarrassing.

I sighed and continued eating while the security guards took the criminals to their cells.

As the criminals were handcuffed and dragged away, I saw a group of people that caught my attention.

I put down my tray of food and hurried over to that group.

"Try to get your hands on me and I'm going to break them!" – A wild-looking man yelled with a crazed grin at the security guards trying to catch him.

The man's body was covered in blood and there were even pieces of human skin stuck to his fingers.

"Raian, calm down" – A tall man with a serene appearance spoke to the crazy man to calm him down.

I approached the group of guards while Honda was at my side.

"You caused a riot so you must be punished" – One of the guards spoke in a monotone.

This is one of the men who just watched while the chaos was going on so he's corrupt which can be a good thing in this situation.

I approached the group while Honda walked behind me.

"Yamada-sama" – One of the guards noticed me and greeted me politely.

The chief of the guards looked at me blankly. – "Why aren't you back in your cell?"

Honda seemed to be about to say something about the guard's attitude to which I waved a hand to calm her down.

I sighed. – "These people helped me deal with some insects that bothered me so it is not necessary to punish them"

The guard remained silent as he looked at me blankly.

Gan'an gave me some tips to deal with problems in prison so I smiled and held up 2 fingers.

The man was silent so I stopped smiling and held up four fingers.

The man nodded and gestured for the other guards to leave.

Now I realized that apart from the crazy man and the serene man there were 4 other people.

"Yamada-sama" – The serene man bowed respectfully while the crazy man ignored me to clean the human flesh left under his fingernails.

I sighed and smiled wryly as I watched the corpses being removed from the ground by the cleaning staff as if this was normal. – "What was expected from the Kure Clan… Good job"

To think that my first encounter with the famous Kure Clan would be after a bloodbath in a prison...

Why can't my life be like other fanfic protagonists who can meet them after an epic match?

What depress…

The serene man spoke to me politely. – "We are sorry for not introducing ourselves before, but we wanted to eliminate the most troublesome enemies before meeting Yamada-sama"

"It's fine, it was a somewhat... Well, striking method" - I sighed.

Should I worry about how little discomfort I feel after witnessing several murders?

Maybe I'm just adjusting to this kind of life...

"We appreciate that Yamada-sama helped us avoid a troublesome incident" – The man lowered his head slightly.

He is much taller than me so he maintains a low posture so as not to look down on me, he is very professional.

With the support of the president of the Kengan Association, it is certain that they would not be punished for this incident, but I do not want to cause inconvenience to the people who protect me, in addition, I will only have to pay 4 thousand dollars to protect each member of the Kure Clan that participated in this matter so there is no problem.

Capitalism is wonderful when it's on your side.

"I thank you for helping me, if your clan needs something, don't hesitate to say so" - I smiled with genuine gratitude. – "Even though you are here on orders from Metsudo, I still want to thank you for protecting me"

The man bowed respectfully again. – "Thank you Yamada-sama, we will take into account his words"

"Too honest…" – Medb spoke sarcastically. – "Satou, don't be so nice to these idiots, they only see you as an object to be protected, they don't care about your feelings so don't waste words with them"

I held back the urge to sigh, I already want to go back home to my family, all this superficiality is bad for my heart...

Now I understand why there are rich and successful people who immerse themselves in drugs or commit suicide, it is difficult to make sincere friendships when your greatest characteristic is money...

Whether it's the life of the rich or the life of the poor, life is depressing… But hey, at least in six months Half-Life 3 will come out thanks to my financing so the life of the rich is better.

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Author's Note:

I am sorry for the delay with the chapters of this novel, the truth is that sometimes it is very heavy to write the chapters since my imagination exceeds my own mental tolerance and I end up writing things that are too cloudy that make me feel sick.

Anyway, a hug, and I hope you continue to enjoy my work <3