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In your pocket is a stainless steel business card holder with some old Sumi Brotherly Association business cards. They're relics of the past, useful for the situation at hand when combined with your experience and intimidating aura. It's like the bad old times.
Other types prey upon the vulnerable teen girls too.
One particular type is the yakuza. They have recruiters and procuresses who entice girls with jobs at various entertainment 'water trades'. It could be something like a hostess pouring drinks and flirting with men or doing pornography or just straight-up prostitution.
In the past, the best procuress of the Sumi gang requested you to accompany her on recruitment runs as a bodyguard. Too many horny men kept on bothering her during recruitment, spoiling many potential contracts or even trying something with her. An intimidating male gangster would make things harder for recruiting girls.
But another girl around the same age as the 'birds' she's seeking to catch? You didn't just protect her; you made things much easier by just hanging around that woman. It put potential girls at ease and fooled many of them into thinking that maybe the job offer wasn't so bad.
That woman even tried to convince you to try out being a hostess. Perhaps she thought there was a big bonus if she succeeded. You've been told you have a pretty face, but each attempt to train you in the soft art of seduction failed. It turns out becoming a bodyguard to ward off perverts and men looking for an easy lay had completely spoiled any potential in you for playing with the feelings of men.
Intimidation starts with speaking with the eyes, making them cold and sharp.
Seduction also starts with speaking with the eyes, making them warm and welcoming.
The two are polar opposites.
Then there's the fact that men who go to hostess bars want someone to honor them, to appreciate them, and to basically make them feel admired. If there's something great about someone, you can wholeheartedly praise them and forthrightly celebrate their achievements. But the stroking of someone's ego over nonexistent qualities is beyond your abilities.
That procuress gave up trying to teach those soft skills and sarcastically commented that in Japanese, the only difference between a yakuza gangster and a yakusha actor is one hiragana character. All yakuza have to be actors to survive.
You are not much of an actor. You can only play one role very well, and that role is yourself.
Speak with the eyes, calmly assess the situation, have an attitude of 'if you're fine, then I'm fine,' but be prepared if things aren't fine, and remember that competence and confidence are the best things to ward off the weak and bullies.
