Durarara!! Light Novel Volume 07/Ordinary C

Ordinary C: Collection Rhapsody is the fourth chapter of the seventh Durarara!! light novel.

Synopsis
Numerous rumors about Shizuo Heiwajima fly around Ikebukuro that make his desperate past enemies believe they have a chance to get even with him.

After Vorona is defeated by Mizuki Akabayashi and her partner Slon is taken from her, she is angry, frustrated, and confused. In the days that follow, she wonders if her own uselessness invalidates her lifelong search for the meaning of strength. Simon Brezhnev and Denis bring her back to Russia Sushi and put her to work, and in the course of her first day, Akabayashi comes to check on her, and she meets Seiji Yagiri, Mika Harima, Tom Tanaka, and sees Shizuo again, though he does not recognize her.

Tom tries unsuccessfully to flirt with her, and wanting to give Vorona something better to do, Denis asks him to take her with him to work. While they are collecting debt money, Vorona knocks the argumentative men out and takes their wallets, and Shizuo is amazed by her strength and skill.

True to his word, Akabayashi brings Akane Awakusu to self-defense training at Rakuei Gym, and she makes fast friends with Mairu Orihara, who does not treat her with the usual fake politeness her classmates use. After their training, they and Kururi Orihara run into Tom and his group, who are taking a work break. Tom and Shizuo finish up the work day with their last client while the girls are left alone, unwittingly becoming targets of men who have been following Shizuo. As the thugs attempt to abduct the four girls, they are met with three martial artists and Akane's taser.

The thugs have been driven off by the girls by the time Tom and Shizuo return. During the fight, Vorona decides that her strength can only be determined by defeating Shizuo, and she and Akane argue over him. While Tom mistakes this as two girls affectionate toward him, both girls seek to someday destroy him. As the thugs hurry to flee, the Awakusu-kai bodyguards charged with discreetly watching Akane round them up, putting an end to the minor street gang, and the rumors spreading across the city guess at a link between Shizuo and the Awakusu.