Henchmen and Handsomeness

Reiji smacked his forehead as he heard the voice through the door. He walked out of his room and glanced at the lavish living room that was furnished with plush sofas and a massive TV.

"Truly a stupid punishment"

He opened the front door just as another knock was registered. Outside of his apartment were two burly men, one with a thick beard and a tight fitting suit while the other was bald and had a scar that started on his forehead and ended at his jaw, going over his right eye.

"Beardy, Baldy, why are you here so early," Reiji muttered as he walked away into the living room, letting the two into his house.

"Boss, the Leader told us you got into trouble again yesterday and sent us to check on you. Have you gotten hurt anywhere?" Beardy, whose name was actually Takeda Takeshi, asked in a worried tone.

"Haha, why are you scared? Boss destroyed that fool 100%! He's probably in the hospital right now hehe," Baldy, or Raiden Raizo, exclaimed with complete confidence.

'What are these two fools doing? One is worried about me when I punched someone, the other is celebrating my strength.'

There's a limit to how badly you can raise a child, alas these two along with his clueless father were experts at it.

"I'm fine Beardy, and it was only a punch. I don't think I hurt him too bad." Reiji sat on the sofa and looked at them calmly. The two men worked for his father and also partially raised him, so even though he was meeting the two of them for the first time there was a mix of affection and anger that was induced by his memories.

Since his memories were partially affecting his feelings, Reiji knew that the transmigration hadn't fully settled in yet. He needed to gain better control over his memories, especially the arrogance and anger that he could quite literally feel in his bones.

"Boss, we are all worried about you. Lately, you've been crossing the line too much and the Leader is concerned about how you will make friends at this rate," Beardy said in a sad tone.

'Oho, I guess he's not too bad after all' Reiji thought.

"Please Boss, you should understand that you still have time to make changes. You are destined to rule over the Yagami Syndicate, do not let your anger overwhelm you. I believe you ca-"

"Ok" Reiji interjected.

"...What?"

"I said ok. After the fight yesterday I realized that I was becoming worse than garbage. I've decided to live properly from now on, so I'll need your help Beardy," Reiji said in a solemn tone with what he thought was a pitiful expression.

"...Do you need me to send that student to the hospital?" Beardy asked hesitantly.

"What the fuck? No, I just said I'll live properly now?"

"Takeshi-san don't be foolish. Boss obviously means that we should beat up his entire family as well so that he can relax as a student afterwards," Baldy cut in confidently.

Reiji stared blankly at the two idiots in front of him. To be completely honest, he couldn't blame them that much since OG Reiji often made them do his dirty work for him. In order to keep Reiji's hands clean and prevent him from being in trouble with the Leader, they went along with it loyally. He didn't know what thought process made them think that would be a better option, but that had been the case till now.

"You two, listen to me. I'm being serious, I'm gonna stop causing trouble from now on. I just want to live a regular life, it's annoying to get into trouble again and again and again. I'd rather just stick to myself."

Reiji needed to make this clear to them, otherwise they'd keep bringing it up. The best way was to attribute it to being frustrated with the trouble he gets into.

What he didn't expect, however, was for the two huge bear-like entities to tear up and start sniffling.

"R-Raizo, did y-you hear? Boss has grown up! He's finally grown up," Beardy howled.

"T-Takeshi-san, what should I do, the tears won't stop. My momma told me that men shouldn't cry! I don't want to cry Takeshi-san," Baldy sputtered out in return.

Reiji had thought that his headache earlier was gone by now, but these two caused it to flare up yet again.

"Stop babbling, you're going to get snot on my sofas! Wait for me to get ready, we're going to go out soon."

"Huh? Are we going to beat that student's family up?"

"I'LL BEAT YOUR ASS INSTEAD, JUST SHUT UP!"

Reiji stormed back into his room, and shut his door.

'Geez, rein it in man. These emotions are pretty hard to control in this body. Slow and steady, there's no need to rush.'

***

The trio stepped out of the apartment building, and Reiji's mouth twitched as he pulled on the clothes he was wearing. The most 'normal' set of clothing he had was a white t-shirt that said "Rock Ya Mom" and a pair of tight ripped jeans paired with snake skin loafers.

He wasn't lying when he said he needed to go shopping.

"Boss, you forgot to style your hair! Should we go back?" Baldy asked.

"No, we're going to get my hair cut and dyed so it's ok" Reiji replied flatly. No way he was going to stick with that greasy look.

"Eh? Boss are you going to change the color? Maybe red this time, it could look cool!"

"Nope, just regular black. I don't want to wait until it grows back out again."

The two were clearly confused by the reply, as they just looked at each other. He had no energy to explain further, as they would definitely make up their own stories afterwards regardless of what Reiji said. He decided to show his changes through actions, rather than words.

Though, it's not like red was that odd of a color. This was a game world after all, there were many changes in common sense, laws, and even physical attributes to make the setting more fluid. This meant that vibrant hair and eye-colors weren't out of the norm.

Take Reiji's blue eyes for example. If you're thinking of the regular shade that most blue-eyed people have in the regular world, you're sorely mistaken. His blue was deeper and much more vibrant, and in some lighting even sparkled.

The three walked to a salon that Reiji had checked online and made an appointment for before leaving since it had great reviews. It wasn't too far, so after a quiet 6 minute walk, the three intimidating men walked in.

Intimidating was an understatement, as all 3 were scary in their own ways. Baldy and Beardy were 6'2 and 6'4 respectively, whilst Reiji himself was already 6'1 despite being only 16 years old. Combined with the scars, piercings, dyed hair, and bushy beard, it wouldn't be surprising if they caused some children to cry.

Which is why Reiji's eyebrows only twitched when the receptionist yelped when she looked at them walking in.

"Hey lady, our Boss here has an appointment, don't make him wai- OUCH"

Reiji smacked Baldy's shiny head and gave the receptionist a kind smile.

"I'm sorry about my Uncle here, I have an appointment for 10:30 under the name Reiji. Could you please check for us...Hanabira-san?" Reiji asked softly as he glanced at her name tag.

Hanabira-san blushed slightly as she turned her attention to Reiji and checked quickly.

"O-Of course, Reiji-san, we're ready for you. Amami-san will cut you hair today"

"Thank you," Reiji smiled again and walked in, leaving the bewildered duo behind as they stared in astonishment at their Boss.

As he settled into his chair, he showed his hairdresser what he wanted. Reiji had decided to get something that he had always wanted but previously didn't have the look or the hair type for. A stylishly messy haircut that was about medium-length, and he believed it would suit his new body very well so he took the plunge.

***

2 hours later, both the cut and the dye was completed and Amami-san settled his hair with wide eyes.

"Wow Reiji-san, this look really suits you. It's both stylish and cool!" She exclaimed.

"Umm, thanks Amami-san. You did a great job!"

"Haha, how could I not when the raw material was so high quality," she replied with a sly smile.

Reiji just smiled awkwardly. He wasn't used to compliments, since he kept to himself in his previous life and only had an average face.

As he walked to the waiting area after paying. The two henchmen stood up, equally as shocked as the hairdresser was.

"Holy sh- Boss! You look cool!"

"Yes yes, I agree! Very dashing, Boss!"

Hearing the reaction of these two, Reiji had second thoughts about his decision. He couldn't trust their sense of style at all! Well, Amami-san said it was good so he'll just go with it for now.

"Thanks, I guess. Let's go to the mall now. I want to buy some clothes," Reiji decided. He had his hair done first so that he could tell what would suit him a little better.

They stepped out waited for a taxi since the mall was pretty far from here.

'I should get a car pretty soon. The legal driving age here is 16 for some reason, even though it's Japan. Guess it's because there were some events where the protagonist took the heroines on trips in his dad's car.'

As they waited, Reiji noticed there were more people glancing at him as they walked past, especially women. One even stopped and thought about walking towards them, but decided against it when she saw the two burly bears next to him.

'Hmmm. Yeah this isn't so bad after all.'