"Yeah, but those groups..."  Aika thought about it.  This seemed like a random event; who was to say that such an event couldn't be an ambush by the area's enemy faction?  "But no mind now," as they turned to the store owning couple.  They were all ushered inside the convenience store and the obviously fretful wife sat her husband down, giving him a cup of something hot to drink while they talked.  She began to speak.  "His name is-"<br/><br/>"Miyo!  Do you know what happened to the last guy who talked?"<br/><br/>"Eishun, I don't care!  They're terrorizing everyone and<em>someone</em>has to stop them!  Do you want our daughter to grow up harassed by those hooligans?  Or worse, be one of their girls?"  The husband - Eishun - looked at her.  "Our...daughter?"  The wife was not obviously pregnant, and she nodded, seemingly a little embarrassed.  "The doctor told me.  Two weeks ago."  Interrupting the little personal moment, Aika waved her hand.  "Uhm, excuse me?  Gang leader?"  That seemed to snap the couple out of their private moment.  "His name is Tamatsuki Tobei.  He and I went to the same middle school together - but I went to high school and he dropped out of education entirely to be part of that gang."<br/><br/>"The Riders were always a nuisance in Hisashiro, causing problems and hassling people on the street...but when he took over year before last, everything changed.  They're not just punks with a flashy bike anymore," the husband followed up.<br/><br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt">RUMOR ACQUIRED: TAMATSUKI TOBEI</tt></div><br/>"There was someone, recently...a young man, dressed in traditional clothes.  I heard about him from some of the customers; he rescued them from harassing Riders.  They say he hits hard enough to shatter stones; they're calling him the Shattering Protector."<br/><br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt">RUMOR ACQUIRED: SHATTERING PROTECTOR</tt></div>