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"Greetings, esteemed guests! Today I, Homare Arisugawa, shall take you along a new road!
As you can see, Veludo Way is laden with roads and alleys with numerous forks. Wherever they will take me, I will never know for the first time. However, that is part of the fun. Exploring the town, discovering new things… Is that not wonderful?
I cannot wait to see what awaits us at the end of the journey!
Let us see… First I shall take this road… Then a turn and another… Aha! I spotted a stall in the distance! What could it be selling?
Oh? Well, if you would excuse me… Young lady, could you please hold this camera for a moment? An old friend wishes to perform a street act with me."
It was a lie, but Homare couldn't afford to cause panic. Especially not in his VLOGging session.
As soon as the lady picked up the camera, Homare sidesteppped to dodge a knife thrust from a furious man.
"You!" the man shouted. "It was your fault my girlfriend left me!"
"My apologies. I do not have the faintest idea about it."
"Don't play dumb! She keeps singing you praises and comparing me with you! I… I…"
The man roared, his knife aimed at Homare's face. Homare sidestepped and grabbed the man's wrist, twisting it.
"Wha-"
With the man's arm as a leverage, Homare hurled him down and knocked the knife off him. After picking up the knife, he pointed it at the man. "Surrender now. I do not wish to hurt you further."
"Why you…" The man clenched his fists. "Dammit!"
"I suppose I understand why your girlfriend left you. You are inferior to me-"
The man screamed and rose to his feet in a fit of rage. Fists flew at Homare, which he danced around and away from while twirling the knife in his hand. Slowly but surely, he led the man to the wall.
"I got you!"
Homare sidestepped in time to dodge the monstrous straight. The man's knuckles slammed into the wall, and he howled in pain while grasping his swollen hand.
"I have not finished my speech, Sir. You may be inferior to me, but it is not the end. A good man should train harder to compete with his rival, not be petty and resort to murder."
"You…"
Homare returned the knife while smiling.
"Then I'll do what you say! The next time we meet, I'll show you how much I've grown!" Although he sounded angry, before leaving the scene, he muttered, "Thanks by the way."
"And that concludes the encounter! Oh? It seems like I have gathered quite the crowd." Homare approached the lady with his VLOG camera. "May I have it back?"
"Of course! You're the famous Homare Arisugawa, right? You're as cool as everyone says!"
Homare chuckled. "Glad you think so." He bowed. "Thank you for shooting the encounter for me."
"And you're such a gentleman too."
"It is because I am one, young lady! Anyway…" Homare continued his journey to the stall.
"Let us see what this place has in store… Ice cream? Hold up! Carrot sorbet?
What a wonderful find! Now, my esteemed guests, please look forward to my review of the carrot sorbet!"