Finally

'Not good enough..'

That was Peter's thought in the face of Yuriko's ferocious attack.

Yuriko's leg went quick for a quick low kick at Peter's feet.

Seeing this, Peter easily dodges the kick only for moments later, Yuriko's fist is directed at his face.

'Oh? Nothing bad…'

The average person would not have had time to react to such a blow and would surely have been defeated. However, Peter didn't even need to use his spider-sense to block Yuriko's ferocious blow with his forearm.

However, Yuriko quickly shifted out of position before the crash and with both of her hands went for Peter's upper clothes.

"I have you!"

Yuriko forcefully grabbed Peter's garments, and positioning herself behind him, forcefully and technically yanked Peter to the ground.

"Oh, she has it!"

"Poor guy, his back will hurt for days."

"Hmph! As expected, that boy wouldn't stand a chance."

The spectators were already celebrating Yuriko's victory thinking about Peter's terrible fate.

Unfortunately for them, while Peter was in the air about to hit the ground. Peter's body spun nimbly in the air landing on his feet.

However, now it was Peter who had a firm grip on Yuriko from behind.

*BAM!*

With a loud sound, Yuriko's body hit the ground as a mouthful of saliva came out of her mouth.

*yuck*

Yuriko's body remained motionless as she seemed to have lost consciousness. Or at least that's what it seemed.

"Th-that's..."

"Impossible…"

Peter straightened up slightly, adjusting his clothes.

"Aikido, huh? It had been a long time since he had seen a technique like that. Performing that feint to distract the opponent and then performing an Aikido technique was pretty cool if I may say so. That is probably why you had chosen from the beginning that it was necessary to immobilize the opponent to win. You really wanted to finish as soon as possible, didn't you?"

"Ugh~"

Yuriko writhed in pain for a few moments before slowly trying to get up.

"…I lost."

Peter just stared at her in silence for a few seconds before sighing and helping the woman to her feet. After all, Peter wasn't a heartless soul or would act like a jerk around a girl he'd just knocked over. Even if it's not his fault...

"Are you okay?"

Peter asked as he held out his hand to a surprised Yuriko.

"Hmph! I don't need your mercy…"

However, even though Yuriko said that, she still held Peter's hand with a helpless expression on her face.

"Ugh, hell! I should have known you were so strong… You really had it there."

Yuriko rubbed her butt wincing as she glared at Peter resentfully.

*Sigh*

"It's ok, you win!" The tyrannosaurus admitted to her as she walked over to Peter. "Know that 'for now' I will leave you alone and with your things."

Peter finally felt immediately relieved. But suddenly, when he was about to say goodbye and leave the place, the woman's voice resounded with ferocity again.

"However! I want you to know that I'm not going to give up on you yet and yet-"

*pam*

"…"

They all watched helplessly as they saw Yuriko stumble and fall to the ground as she walked away proudly proclaiming.

"Ugh~"

Rubbing her nose, Yuriko looked at everyone around her, before stomping out of the room with great embarrassment on her face.

"…"

"Oh god, the tyrannosaurus took an interest in someone!"

*punch*

"Do not be an idiot! What will happen if she listens to you, huh!?"

"W-what's the problem? If that happens, I'll just say it was you…"

"Don't drag me with you, idiot! I don't want to die yet…"

Peter just watched all of this with a dead tired expression on his face.

'What a disgrace…'

It took an insistent apology from Dominguez for all the inconvenience caused to the teenager…. Peter just snatched his coffee out of his hand.

After that, Peter was finally able to speak alone with Dominguez. It was concluded that Peter would not be charged, as it was a self-defense case. And apparently Peter also made a good name for himself among the neighbors who were close to the restaurant area and who were friends of Cindy's grandmother. You could say that Peter was a little hero in that sector.

"I have one last question, Peter." Dominguez settled into his seat to watch an impatient Peter across the table. "Uhm... actually you can choose between answering it or not."

Peter narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"What is it?"

With a genuinely curious look, Dominguez asked.

"You… are truly an extraordinary young man, Peter. And don't get me wrong, it's just that in every aspect that I've managed to observe in you, it's not at all what a 'normal' teenager of your age would be like."

"…"

Peter remained silent. He did not know the reason for such a comment and actually did not like the direction inwhich the conversation was progressing.

Seeing this, Dominguz immediately apologized.

"Haha, don't worry, really." Coughing a couple of times to clear himself, the officer continued. "Actually, I'd like to ask you a favor."

"Huh, a favor?"

Seeing Peter's confused expression, the officer continued.

"Yes… actually I would like you to keep quiet about everything that has happened up until now." Taking a sip of his (another) coffee, Dominguez with a frustrated expression warned. "The thing is, those guys you had trouble with seemed to have some kind of deep backing behind them, if you could call it that."

Hearing this, Peter finally took his words into account, and seriously questioned.

"What do you mean exactly?"

"Hmm…"

As if he was thinking of his words, Dominguez explained.

"Actually, we don't know. I know, it sounds stupid. But I'm being totally serious about all of this. You see, one of the five men that we arrested today, thanks to you of course, from the beginning this guy started threatening us and yelling at us. He would say things like we didn't know what we were getting into, or that soon 'The King' would come for our heads. Whatever it was, this guy definitely didn't know how to keep his mouth shut."

Both people took a few moments to think. Peter, although somewhat confused, still didn't know where there really was a problem in all of this. However, considering the number of upsetting events seen in a single day, it wouldn't surprise Peter that this 'King' would soon come to his door looking for trouble.

"Do you have a name?"

Shaking his head, Dominguez shook his head.

"No, not really. However, we were able to find out that it is the underworld." Changing to a look of concern and severity, the officer warned. "Peter, nothing ever goes right when it comes to the underworld. Whatever you do, please just forget about everything that happened and don't mention it to anyone, for your own good and that of your family..."

'…So the underworld, huh?'

*laughter*

With a low sarcastic laugh, Peter scoffed.

Honestly, to Peter it was ridiculous. He himself in his old world was part of the underworld. He was pretty clear about how things worked in that kind of place and environment, so to hear someone warning him of such a thing seemed somewhat ironic to him.

The officer who witnessed Peter's attitude frowned, thinking that the teenager was not taking things seriously. Just as he was going to lecture him, Peter beat him to it.

"No need to remind me, officer. I am not naive, ignorant, or will act recklessly. Do I seem like the kind of guy who would go around bragging about his accomplishments all over the place?"

Facing Peter's statement, Dominguez blinked a few times before laughing in relief.

"Yeah… you don't seem like that kind of person. Somewhat arrogant, but with his head on straight at least."

Peter just shrugged and exchanged words with the officer one last time before saying goodbye and finally leaving the suffocating place.

Feeling the nice wind on his face, Peter took out his phone and checked Cindy's message showing directions to her place.

'Here we go…'

The place wasn't that far, but it wasn't too close either. Apparently if Peter wanted to get to Cindy's house fast, he would have to take the bus or a taxi.

'Fortunately I have some money'

*ding*

However, to Peter's surprise, before he could even hail a cab, something suddenly took him by surprise.

"¡...!"

'Could be…?'

Hearing the familiar sound, Peter excitedly took the phone from him and began to verify his doubts.

"Just as I thought, the system mission has finally been updated!"

[Task completed! Rewards: +200 xp – Web Shooter (Lv 1)]

[LEVEL UP!]

"T-this is…"