They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System
Chapter 297 - 297 You Wanna Die Early

Chapter 297: You Wanna Die Early Chapter 297: You Wanna Die Early He remembered how Abuchi had asked her to stay out of the fight.

If I take her, the rest will surrender.

Maybe he could even keep her for himself.

After all, she was young and pretty, too pretty to be hanging around the slums.

And rich boys rarely fought to the end for a girl.

No, they always had a limit.

Always had an escape route.

The thug grinned darkly and approached Nnenna, swaggering with false confidence.

“Come with me,” he said, his voice low and sleazy.

“I’ll protect you.” Nnenna blinked and tilted her head slightly, as if she didn’t understand.

She looked so innocent, so naive, like a scared girl watching a real fight for the first time.

But before the man could reach her Bam!

A force shoved him hard from the side.

“Leave her alone!” Ekene’s voice rang out with fury as he stepped in, eyes blazing.

The ruffian stumbled, caught completely off guard.

He snarled, glaring at Ekene.

“You wanna die early, boy?” he growled.

But Ekene didn’t even blink.

“You touch her, and you’ll wish you were never born.” He stepped forward again, fists clenched.

He wasn’t posturing.

He meant it.

The tension surged, the crowd around them parting again like waves before a coming storm.

The battle wasn’t over, not yet.

And if the ruffians thought they could break this group by targeting their weakest link, they were about to find out how wrong they were.

Ekene quickly pulled Nnenna behind him, shielding her with his body.

“Stay back,” he said firmly.

Nnenna blinked up at him with a straight face.

Oh?

So serious.

Was he protecting her from the ruffian… or the ruffian from her?

She almost laughed.

But she would play along.

There was no way she’d pass up the opportunity to bask in that warm, furious energy radiating off him like a shield.

So she nodded, stepping back just a bit, eyes twinkling.

Ekene, focused entirely on the threat, didn’t catch the hint of mischief in her gaze.

The thug barely had time to swing.

With one smooth, powerful move, Ekene knocked the man to the ground like he was nothing more than an annoying insect.

Then he turned to Nnenna again, his voice still hard.

“Stay behind me,” he ordered.

“Uhmm… okay,” Nnenna replied calmly, hands folded neatly in front of her like she was waiting for afternoon tea.

Ekene glanced at her again, confused by how still and composed she looked.

Is she too shocked to react?

he wondered.

She wasn’t trembling, wasn’t crying, wasn’t even holding onto his arm like a scared person would.

Just… standing there.

Of course she is.

She must be frozen scared.

He told himself that had to be the case.

Someone like her, raised in the safety and comfort of castle walls, had no business in a place like this, no business witnessing street violence, or getting caught in something this dangerous.

She shouldn’t have come.

Regret gnawed at his chest as he blocked another incoming punch and delivered a sharp elbow to the attacker’s jaw.

He’d trusted Abuchi’s judgment, trusted their plan.

When John and Karen had debated whether Nnenna should join them or stay back, he hadn’t said much.

Now, watching her stand frozen like a porcelain doll in the middle of chaos, he wished he had.

Next time, I won’t stay quiet.

Next time, I’ll make sure she stays safe.

But what Ekene didn’t know… Was that Nnenna wasn’t frozen from fear.

She was just waiting to see if she should step in.

Ekene’s heart was pounding, not from the fight, but from the fear that Nnenna might get hurt.

He didn’t care how capable Abuchi said she secretly was.

She shouldn’t be here.

He gritted his teeth as he slammed another thug against a crate.

Too late for regrets now.

All he could do was protect her with everything he had.

After this madness, he was going to talk to Abuchi, no, demand, that she be sent back to Lionara.

Maybe even personally escort her onto the next plane out.

This was no place for someone like her.

Not anymore.

But despite everything, the tide of the battle began to shift.

Karen was relentless, her eyes fierce and alive with adrenaline.

John fought like a beast, using sheer strength and stubbornness to hold back two men at once.

Abuchi, still fueled by the earlier insult, was like fire itself, burning, defiant, unyielding.

Ekene, wounded but still standing strong, took on any threat that tried to get near Nnenna.

It wasn’t clean.

It wasn’t easy.

They had bruises, cuts, and sore muscles.

But bit by bit, they were pushing the ruffians back.

Just when they were about to finally celebrate the hard won turn of events, a low rumble filled the air.

Footsteps.

Heavy.

Marching.

The ground seemed to tremble slightly, and then, shouts.

Heads turned.

People started shifting, whispering.

Some stepped back.

Others straight up ran.

From the far end of the market, a group of men began walking forward in tight formation.

They weren’t like the thugs.

No.

These men were taller, bulkier, dressed in black coats, weapons holstered with casual confidence.

Their presence cut through the chaos like a knife through silk.

They didn’t run.

They didn’t yell.

They just walked.

Like wolves entering a den full of sheep.

The ruffians stopped fighting almost instantly.

Whispers rippled through the air.

“Not them…” “What are they doing here?” “I thought they only came out at night…” The atmosphere thickened.

People in the crowd moved aside without needing to be asked.

The way you move for something you know can’t be reasoned with.

Karen narrowed her eyes, her breath still heavy.

“Who the hell are these guys?” Even Ekene paused for a second, his fists clenched but his eyes wary.

“This… this might be trouble.” The market had gone from street brawl to something else entirely.

Because the ones who had just arrived?

They didn’t look like peacekeepers.

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