Bento brawls are big, all-out, free-for-all battles for half-priced bento boxes, where the victors are decided by those who claim the bento first. The brawls are governed by a set of unspoken rules among the brawlers, mainly to keep each brawl fair and even.[Every brawler must wait until the G.o.d of Discounts, the ones who put the half-price sticker on the bento boxes, put the sticker on the bento boxes and leave to the break room before beginning to battle. To take one beforehand and to hara.s.s the G.o.d of Discounts is disrespectful, as the last thing they need at the end of their shift is people hara.s.sing them for their discount.]
[If another brawler manages to get a bento for themselves, they cannot be attacked. If two or more brawlers get their hands on the same bento, then they fight among themselves until the other lets go of the bento.]
[A brawler can only take one bento, to take another would be greedy and would spoil the victory for another.]
[Brawlers should never do anything to cause a bento to spill, doing that would mean one less bento for someone to get.]
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Yuuki listened to this blue haired girl who suddenly came to them.
"That"s the rule, do you understand?" The girl said to them.
"Onee-san, do we really have to fight?" Yuzuru was quite scared.
The girl nodded at her, "Yes, we the wolf need to fight to get this half-priced bento."
"Let"s not fight, it"s dangerous," Shouko said with sign language.
The girl looked curious with what Shouko told them. She didn"t understand sign language after all.
"Let"s not fight, it"s dangerous, that"s what she said," Yuuki said to them.
The girl looked at two girls in front of her and nodded, "It"s quite dangerous, but..." She looked at Yuuki.
"What?" Yuuki asked.
"You can open the path for them and they can take the bento," the girl said.
"Well, I can do that," Yuuki believed that he could beat all the people here alone.
The girl nodded and felt that this guy could help these two girls to get their half-priced bento. She wanted to fight this guy because she felt strong pressure around him. It was like her instinct that she could tell strong people in a glance.
"You"re really kind Onee-san," Yuzuru asked.
"Thaankk yuuu," Shouko bowed her head.
The girl waved her hand and said, "Nothing, this store is my territory, I feel like I need to do something good for you." She said while looking at Shouko. She didn"t know why but when she saw this girl. She wanted to help her to get the half-priced bento.
"My name is Yuuki, this is Yuzuru, and this is Shouko," Yuuki introduced.
The girl nodded, "My name is Sen Yarizui, people often call me "The Ice Witch", please remember." She said then left them.
"The Ice Witch? I wonder if she has an eighth-grade syndrome," Yuzuru said while raising her eyebrow.
"Don"t say something rude, she is very kind to introduce us to the rules of this battle," Yuuki said.
"But it"s really exaggerated!! Why the h.e.l.l people should fight to get a bento!" Yuzuru said.
"For us it may be exaggerated, but for some people it is their way of life," Yuuki said while posing at a 45-degree angle.
Shouko laughed when she saw him. It was funny.
Yuzuru sighed, "Can we really eat the bento?"
"Don"t worry, wait for me in a safe place, when it"s safe, you can go and take it," Yuuki said.
"It"s dangerous, you know, we can just cook something," Shouko said with sign language, but suddenly her stomach growled. She blushed and placed both of her hands on her stomach. Her act was really cute.
"We"ve got to get the bento," Yuuki said with determination.
Yuzur also agreed, her big sister was hungry and she needed to get the bento.
Shouko was just too embarra.s.sed and hid her face with both of her hands.
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BGM Ben-To OST - Sakana Tengoku.
Yuuki looked at the staff who placed the half-priced sticker on the bento.
"Fish, fish, fish, if you eat a lot of fish, body, body, body, that"s good for your body."
"Come on everyone, let"s eat some fish!"
"The fishes are waiting for us!"
The BGM kept playing every second the staff placed the sticker.
Yuzuru and Shouko gulped and became nervous. They noticed a lot of people targeting the bento in front of them. They were wondering if they could really get their bento. They looked at Yuuki who looked very calm.
Yuuki noticed their gaze and smiled warmly at them. He turned his head to look around. Many people kept glancing at him all the time from the people who hunt the bento and even the staff kept glancing at him. He frowned he was wondering whether they would gang him up. He cracked his neck and waited for the staff to finish place the sticker on the bento.
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BGM Ben-To OST - 14. (M20) I Gotta Turn It On
The staff finished placing all the stickers and walked slowly toward the storage room. He opened the door and looked at the wolves for the last time. He looked at the tall guy with two cute girls beside him. He gave him a last glance and turned his head. He entered the storage room and smiled.
"Hmph, I guess I can see an exciting war today," the staff thought.
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Yuuki turned his head toward both Shouko and Yuzuru, "Wait, me here." He waved his hand and walked toward the bento corner.
Yuzuru and Shouko wanted to stop him but their voices were drowned by the scream of a pack of wolves.
"AAAAAAA!!!!!"
"AAAAAHHHHH!!"
Many guys kept running toward the bento, no, toward Yuuki.
"YUUKI!!!"
"YOUKI!!"
They didn"t see what was happening but suddenly all the people who attacked him were defeated suddenly. They saw one by one, the guys kept falling on the ground while Yuuki looked very calm walking toward the bento corner.
"YUUKI, AWESOME!!" Yuzuru was excited.
Shouko sighed in relief.
"Get the bento, Yuuki!!" Yuzuru screamed then suddenly three people attacked Yuuki at the same time. These three people were different from the guys he had fought earlier.
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"I won"t let you get the bento!"
"I will stop you!"
"I won"t lose!!"
But as expected, the three of them were instantly defeated.
"ARGGG!!!"
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Yuuki looked around and noticed no one was able to stop him. He wanted to tell both Yuzuru and Shouko to take their bento.
"Shouko, Yuzuru, come he-," Yuuki stopped and blocked the attack from his side. He wanted to catch her leg but he saw her escape.
"Yuzurui, no, The Ice Witch, what are you doing?" His expression was ugly.
"You can tell both Shouko and Yuzuru to get their bento," Yuzurui said.
Yuuki nodded and told both of them to get their bento. Yuzuru was excited but Shouko was scared. They took four bento for their family and waited in the side. They wanted to see the fight between him and Yuzurui.
"I"m going to get that Karaage Bento," Yuzurui said while looking at the last bento.
"Come get it," Yuuki said, but he didn"t want to fight her any longer and decided to take the bento.
BAMM
As expected, Yuzurui suddenly attacked him. Yuuki caught her feet and threw her away.
"ORA!!" Yuuki didn"t use all his strength but it was enough to throw her quite far.
Yuzurui wanted to fight back but she couldn"t because of the strength difference. She was being thrown far away luckily her body was quite flexible and she could do a flip on the air. She wanted to fight him again but it was too late. She saw him take the last bento. She clenched her hand and looked very unwilling.
"The weak perish," Yuzurui needed to get stronger. That was in her mind.
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Everyone who still had their conscious look at the battle between The Ice Witch and Yuuki was dumbfounded. They would never expect him to be this strong. They saw him take the last bento and walk away with two girls. They looked at his dignified back and his figure who helped those two girls.
"King.." No one knew who said these words but it was very suitable for this man who could control this war perfectly while helping his subjects to win the war.
Today was the birth of legendary bento brawler, "The King".
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Yuuki paid the bento and walked back together with Yuzuru and Shouko.
"Let"s not go there again," Shouko suddenly said with sign language.
Both Yuuki and Yuzuru nodded at the same time. It was too troublesome to fight for a bento every night after all.