Knight Asylum

With his scalp tingling, Seriu pulled the screen down directly, dragged the line to the bottom of U, and raised the screen in his hand with force.

"Our expectations were wrong! That belt! There's something wrong with the Agul itself!"

【warning】

[Incomplete]

[Cannot be restricted]

[Amplify Dark Heart]

【Runaway】

[Terrible Warrior]

Ominous words flashed across U's eyes, and U's expression gradually froze.

These are not the words used to describe the hero who defeated Gurongi.

"That's why the ruins didn't seal any Gurongi! That ruins! The Dark Coffin sealed this Agul! We should contain it! Prevent anyone from wearing this belt! Prevent..."

Seleu held up the screen in his hand which had been turned off for a long time, and turned his head to look at the main screen. Under the red alarm light, there was an extremely silent black Kuuga with golden power engraved on his body.

“Such a Kuuga appeared in this world!”

The other people who were partying stopped where they were as if petrified.

"Everyone, observe and gather as much information as possible. Enbei, you will be in charge of this for the time being. Don't miss even a second of the content."

U stood up and walked to the position representing the highest commander, walked quickly into the elevator, and pressed the button for the top floor.

"Hey - wait a minute! You don't want me to carry -"

Enbe reacted suddenly and ran towards the elevator, but before he could finish his words the elevator door was heavily closed and the floor dropped rapidly.

"pot--"

The corners of Enbei's mouth twitched and he turned back. Everyone except Seleu stared at him, blinking their eyes, as if asking him what to do.

"Look, what are you looking at! Keep your hands still! Observe, observe! Register, register! Ask for help!" Embe waved his arms vigorously, and while others were busy working, he took small steps to the back of Selyu and whispered tentatively, "Is the situation so bad? Is that what..."

Eunbe gave a forced smile that was uglier than crying.

"Ancient people would think the world was going to end when a typhoon hit, so maybe you're overreacting."

"Look at Gurongi and say it again."

Embe swallowed thickly, "So, how bad is this, what, shrill warrior, going to be."

"I don't understand—but..."

After reconnecting the screen, Seleu sat down on the chair and tapped the mouse with his index finger in a very impatient manner.

"The ancient texts collected mentioned the ultimate power. Do you know why those bastards of Gurongi are playing the killing game? It's to fight to the end and challenge the top of Gurongi, Zero, to get the ultimate power!"

Number zero is just a very common number, but it brought the temperature in the entire command tower to freezing point.

This is a forbidden and terrifying existence, so terrifying that they only dare to call it by a code name.

Cold-blooded, bloodthirsty, one of the most powerful monsters in [S·L], one of the symbols that [S·L] will never belong to human beings. Fortunately, the King of Gurongi has no interest in ruling, but unfortunately, the King of Gurongi has no interest in ruling. He doesn't care how many living things are left in the world, and he doesn't have the so-called bottom line of a strong man who doesn't attack the weak.

Over the past twelve years, more than three million humans have died directly at the hands of Zero, and the number of humans who have died indirectly at the hands of Zero has reached an incalculable number.

“Zero… Number—you must be kidding, this… black Kuuga, has the… power of Zero?” Embe turned his head with disbelief on his face and looked at the main screen, which was silent, with only the black Kuuga’s eyes constantly flickering between red and black.

"Because Aguru created the belt just to defeat Gurongi! The problem is that this power is called Ultimate Darkness! It's the same power as Zero, do you understand? The worst case scenario is the appearance of a second Zero!" Seleucus growled.

"Wait a minute! Is there no way to stop it? Are those ancient people crazy?" Enbe was stunned for a moment and then started roaring.

"That's the point! This Aguru is a prototype belt! There are no restrictions! The only way..."

"The only way?!" Embe blinked and then opened his eyes wide with anticipation.

"The heart of justice," Seleu's mouth twitched, "Rely on the heart of justice to suppress the ultimate darkness."

“Ah~ um—”

Enbei suddenly realized, crossed his arms, nodded, and then held his head and shouted.

"Ruined!"

"Number One is fine, but how can an ordinary person suppress the ultimate darkness at the same level as Zero!"

"what------"

An angry roar caused by fear suddenly sounded, and Embe was startled and roared with his eyes wide open.

"Who's yelling? Stop embarrassing yourself like this!"

But after looking around, Ember didn't see anyone screaming, and even the others were looking for the screamer like him, and finally, their eyes met on the main screen.

It was Gumumu who was roaring.

Facing the silent oppression from Black Kuuga, Gumum lost his patience and swung the blade in his hand towards Black Kuuga's neck. The blade collided with the shoulder armor and produced dazzling sparks, but Black Kuuga only lowered his shoulders slightly and then straightened up again.

“Heh—hum! That’s right! As long as I can defeat you, ah—”

Before Gummu's arrogant shouting died down, Black Kuuga uppercut Gummu on the chin from bottom to top, and swung upwards. A visible white sound barrier swept out, and the accumulated water on the ground along with the falling water droplets were swept away by the strong wind. Gummu then spun like a windmill and crashed into the ceiling of the subway, with his body completely embedded in the steel bars and concrete.

Number One, who was blown over by the strong wind, stared blankly at the black Kuuga who had put down his fist.

A world of difference.

Kuga, who had just been wantonly abused by Gumumu, now swung Gumumu, who was qualified to join the Ge Group, into the ceiling as if he were slapping a mosquito.

The strong wind died down, and tiny drops of water sprinkled by the fire-fighting equipment fell again. Gumum also slowly squeezed out and fell into the water in a very embarrassed manner.

"Enough, enough——"

Gummu staggered to his feet, swaying left and right in front of Black Kuuga like a drunk, and raised his right hand to point at Black Kuuga.

"Ku, Kuga! Times have changed! Even I have killed more than 30,000 people. Now even the lowest-level Gurongi have the strength of the former Kuznetsuo Group! I, our killing game is no longer a small fight! Even if you crawl out of the coffin, you can't stop-"

Before Gummu could finish her words, Black Kuuga had already stretched out his right hand and grabbed the metal decoration of the spider limbs on Gummu's head. He twisted his body, and silently but violently swung Gummu's body and smashed it into the wall on the side. A huge crack like a spider web opened up in an instant, but Black Kuuga did not stop attacking. He threw his right hand back, and Gummu flew out of the wall like a puppet with a broken string. However, halfway through his flight, Black Kuuga grabbed his right leg and threw him down and smashed him heavily into the ground.

Blow after blow.

The black Kuuga repeatedly swung Gumumu and smashed him to the ground like an emotionless fighting machine.

“Very good…”

The young man on the screen who was watching the battle had a more and more innocent and brilliant smile, just like a child who had received a Christmas present and turned around with a smile.

"That's the way it has to be."

The curtain was drawn again, and all the screens went dark and switched back to their original channels.

Inside the command tower of the Servi Turia headquarters, everyone stared blankly at the main screen, where the black Kuuga was silently wreaking violence.

"That... the heart of justice you mentioned..." Embe's eyes twitched.

"Maybe..." Seleu covered his face.

"that--"

The communicator hesitated for a moment, then stood up and raised his hand.

"There's something..."

"What's wrong? You don't want to resign, do you?" Enbei looked at the communicator in despair. "Haven't you heard that the responsibility of the boss is the responsibility of the subordinate?"

"No, no! U has arrived at the containment area!" The communicator's mouth twitched and he chose to report the situation first, "U just called up B-01-Rick's containment chamber!"

"Huh? He's... No, we can only rely on Rick now," Embe scratched his hair angrily, looked at the black Kuuga who was still smashing Gummu on the main screen, and smiled bitterly.

Selvi Turia, minus 20th floor.

Looking at the dark void in front of him, U put his hands behind his back and glanced at the black Kuuga who was performing [meaningless] violence on Gumum in the holographic projection on the side.

"2689."

"Om-"

Amidst the flickering blue light, a huge metal cabin rose from the void and stopped in front of the U. The metal in the center slowly moved away to both sides, revealing a transparent observation glass. Inside the glass was an ancient coffin, in which lay a shriveled mummy, with a Yaguru on the mummy's waist. Several electric cables passed through the coffin and connected to the mummy's head. At the same time, a display screen rose.

"Rick, how do you feel? How long will it take to recover?"

The lines on the display began to jump.

[I don’t know. It’s been too long and the damage is too severe.]

The mummy called Rick turned his head slightly and faced U.

[If you need the power of Agur, you can take off the Agur from me]

U's shoulders slumped slightly.

B—02—Rick.

He found [hope] in the unsealed Gurongi ruins. In the past, he defeated more than two hundred Gurongis in one breath and sealed all the Gurongis. It seems that because of Aguru, the legendary warrior has not died even now and is recovering at an extremely slow pace.

As a trump card against Gurongi and other [S·L] monsters, he is kept in Servius Turria. Although Riku has mentioned more than once that he doesn't know how long it will take to fully recover, if you really need Kuuga's power, don't worry about him and take Aguru away directly.

But, to put it nicely, this is not the ending that a hero who defeated Gurongi deserves.

To put it bluntly, humans are reluctant to give up the combat power of Rick, a super warrior who can seal more than two hundred Gurongi in one breath, but humans are also envious of Agur's power.

"We found the Dark Coffin, dug out the second Agul, and transported it to [S·L]."

After a brief silence, the lines on the screen began to shake rapidly.

[Why! I warned you not to look for the Coffin of Darkness!]

The mummy's body in the coffin began to twist, as if trying to sit up.

After a mental evaluation by experts, it was found that unlike the brutal Gurongi, Rick was extremely kind and gentle, a typical good man, so with a little inducement, they were able to draw out the existence of the Dark Coffin and the second belt from Rick's mouth. It was precisely because of Rick's thoughts that they chose to translate the ancient characters in the Dark Coffin themselves instead of letting Rick translate it.

"The current situation is that the person we predicted to be the most suitable to wear the belt seems to have not activated Agur because he is a cyborg."

【Very good】

"But an ordinary person who was caught up in an accident put on the belt and activated Yaguru, and became what he is now."

U raised his hand and turned the holographic projection screen to Rick's front. In the screen, the black sky was still hammering Gumum.

“It’s 5879 now.”

The jumping lines straightened in an instant, and after a brief shake, they began to move.

[I chose to seal myself and fall into a deep sleep just to avoid becoming like this]

"In other words, is this a situation that cannot be reversed now?"

[I'm not sure. His eyes haven't completely turned into a black color that indicates insanity. Does that mean... he's still resisting?]

Riku finally left a question mark. If Kuuga becomes a killing machine driven by the Ultimate Darkness, his eyes will turn completely black, which is the so-called black eyes. But now the eyes of Black Kuuga are constantly flickering between red and black. That is a symbol that the transformer has not yet become a killing machine. But now from Black Kuuga's behavior, he does not show any resistance.

"Humanity can't withstand the emergence of a second Zero. Fortunately, the people in that subway station have been evacuated and it can be abandoned," U put his hands behind his back.

This is something that only a small number of humans and weirdos know. Under [S·L] is a dark void. No one knows where the end is. All they know is that people or objects that fall into that void will never appear in this world again. The containment area of ​​​​Selvi Turia is above this dark void. If a containment object goes berserk, it will be thrown into this dark void immediately.

In order to prevent the incidents caused by the slightly contained objects from expanding to an uncontrollable level, any area of ​​[S·L] can be cut and released after certain steps.

The degree of harm caused by this incident is enough to make those bigwigs nod their heads to cut off the damage, and all they will lose is a person on the ground who will not notice that an identical subway station can be built after a few days of blockade, a cyborg who is close to being scrapped but can be replicated, a belt that seems unusable, and... the contact of the Daughter of Origin.

If this black Kuuga was allowed to escape, the damage caused would definitely be far greater than that of Zero. Thinking in this way, it can also explain the appearance of the Daughter of Origin.

"15789, but I personally would like to wait and see," U paced back and forth in front of Rick's containment chamber with his hands behind his back, "Like you said, he hasn't given up yet."

[If you really need my power, you can take my belt.]

"That's impossible." U paused and raised his finger. "How about we make a bet? If I win, you don't mention taking off your belt anymore. You have to fight for the human race after you revive. If I lose, I will immediately give up the belt of the Dark Coffin. Even if you ask me to take off your belt right now, I will do it."

What do you want to bet on?

"21894, of course, the one who wears this belt, Reed Leonardo, can escape the influence of the Ultimate Darkness," U crossed his arms across his chest, his smile gradually becoming more confident.

[This is impossible. The longer you delay, the deeper you will sink.]

"That's what gambling means," U nodded, looking down at the watch on his wrist, "At this rate, we'll probably have to wait a few more minutes."

[A few minutes...]

Rick was left speechless by U. In a situation where every minute and every second was crucial, U actually said calmly to wait for a few minutes.

"22005."

U put his hands behind his back and raised his head.