"Ahh, help me out, bro!~ Call the police or something before that crazy woman comes back!" One of the guys on the floor reached out to me and cried out to help them out, thinking that I would take their side just because I was a man as well who would understand their situation.
"I swear to God that gorilla will break our bones if she comes back, so quickly help a brother out and take me to the car outside...I'll even pay you if I have to if you can bring me out of this wretched place!"
The man slowly got up while clutching his stomach, which looked like it was severely bruised and looked like he was asking me to support him outside.
I wanted nothing to do with the man, and I was about to kick him right back so that they could get the judgement they deserved. But before I could do anything, I heard a majestic shout from a lady who sounded like a proud lioness from the side.
"Just who are you calling a gorilla, you thieving bastard!?"
And along with the authoritative shout that couldn't really hide how melodious the voice of the person was, a heavy bath scrubber flew in out of nowhere at full speed and smacked the guy who got up right in the face.
Whack!~
"Ahhhh!!~"
The moment the scrubber that was probably used to clean the indoor baths hit the man right in the face, he toppled down from the impact and started screaming out in pain while holding his cheek that was swollen from the attack.
The other guys who were also trying to get up immediately stopped their attempts when they saw the state of their friend, fearing that they might get struck by cleaning supplies next.
"...But I've really got to give it to you. I thought for sure that you would've run away given the chance...But it seems like you're actually brave enough to come back for your friends."
"But sadly, that bravery of yours is going to end today, since I'm going to make an example of you just like what I did with your friends and show everyone what will happen if you disturb the peace of this town's hot spring." Nina gave a commendable smile and looked like she was coming to thrash me next to my shock.
"W-Wait, what did I do?...Why are you associating me with these bastards below?" I chuckled to myself about this situation and took a step back, as Nina looked a little too intimidating right now. "I have nothing to do with these guys below, so if you're going to beat anyone up, it should be them."
"Hmph! I had just praised you for your courage, and now, the moment you see danger, you don't hesitate to abandon your friends. I take all that I said about you!" Nina looked at me with even more disdain than the guys below, and it looked like she hated someone like me who looked like a backstabber in her eyes the most.
"N-No, I'm serious when I say that I know nothing about this." I said as I waved my hands and tried explaining that I really didn't know them. "Why would you even assume that I know them in the first place? It's not like we acted buddy-buddy with each other."
"But didn't he just ask you to help him out right now?" Nina stopped herself from approaching since she felt something was wrong and raised her eyebrow to ask some questions. "Would he ask some stranger to help him out when he knows that he's in the wrong?"
"Yes, he would. Shameless bastards like them would definitely ask for help no matter the situation they are in, since they have no sense of morality in their pea-sized brain." My rude comments provoked the guys below and made them glare at me in fury, which I ignored.
Nina also found it strange that I could badmouth my friends so easily and wondered if she was wrong with her assumption.
"Then why did you come here?...What's your purpose for going out of your way to come to this hot spring?" Nina folded her hands and decided to ask a few more questions in an inquisitive manner, since she was still a bit suspicious of me.
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