Hikigaya Hachiman is Kuuga?

What? Isn't there only one thing I can do?

After figuring it out, Hikigaya Hachiman let out a long sigh. Due to time constraints, he didn't have the chance to comfort his terrified sister in his arms.

Because he knows very well that real life is not like the anime he usually watches, where the villain quietly watches you interact with your teammates, and only attacks you after you have discussed it. This is an outrageous plot that does not conform to reality.

Perhaps as hunters, they would be playful and want to see their prey struggle, but it is obviously not in line with Hikigaya Hachiman's character to have high hopes for this.

As a loner, he never places his hopes on others. The only person he can rely on and trust is himself.

This is the experience he gained after more than ten years of loneliness.

So, his decisiveness saved him once again.

"Pfft~"

He only briefly glanced down at his sister in his arms before the spider monster in front of him launched an attack. Its branches, which were covered with green hair and made people with trypophobia shudder, stabbed towards his abdomen with a slightly terrifying sound of breaking through the air. He came to his senses in time at the critical moment and jumped to the side to avoid it.

But it is obvious that Spider-Man has a certain degree of intelligence since he can speak, so even though Hikigaya Hachiman dodged the first attack this time, he was hit by the second attack that followed.

The only thing he could do was to twist his waist as hard as he could in mid-air so that the Spider-Man's joints would hit Hikigaya Komachi instead of hitting his back.

"Crack~"

The sound of broken bones suddenly echoed in the deserted alley.

The burning pain occupied his entire brain, and the powerful force acting on his back caused Hikigaya Hachiman to be thrown far away. Barely pulling himself together, using the strong will forged from years of loneliness, he endured the severe pain and turned over again, letting his already severely injured back fall to the ground.

He fell to the ground with a thud and slid for a while. Hikigaya Hachiman could not help but spit out a mouthful of hot blood mixed with some internal organs.

"Cough cough cough~"

At this moment, it seemed as if all his internal organs were displaced, his breathing became difficult, and his whole body felt like it was falling apart. He now felt it was difficult to move a finger, let alone lead the monster away.

"Komachi, are you okay?"

However, as an older brother, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't care about the physical pain at all. The first thing he cared about when his body hit the wall and stopped sliding was the safety of his sister, Hikigaya Komachi.

What appeared in his eyes was a cracked wound on Hikigaya Komachi's forehead, with hot blood gushing out of it, causing his heart to stop.

"Machi?"

The low murmur received no response. Even if Hikigaya Hachiman had landed on his back at the first possible moment, he could not completely protect Hikigaya Komachi from harm. Not to mention at that critical moment, he was already at the end of his strength and there was no way he could take care of too much.

He has tried his best to do his best.

However, there is still a huge gap between monsters and humans, which cannot be bridged by willpower alone.

His vision began to become blurred, and Hikigaya Hachiman felt that something called vitality in his body was rapidly dissipating. His body began to twitch violently, and traces of white foam came out of his mouth.

He is not far from death!

"..."

The Spider-Man came in front of him. With blurry vision and the remaining weak consciousness, Hikigaya Hachiman found that the other party seemed very happy. He said meaningless words and pointed at Hikigaya Komachi in his arms.

Then, as he looked horrified, he extended the sharp tip of the branch and stabbed the unconscious Hikigaya Komachi in his arms.

"Asshole~"

As his most cherished sister was about to be killed by the monster, the already dying Hikigaya Hachiman gained incredible strength. He suddenly stretched out his left hand and tightly grasped the front part of the joint that cut the flesh, then clenched his right hand into a fist, carrying the powerful force gained by overdrawing his few remaining lives, and suddenly hit the Spider Monster on the chest.

Even though the power of humans was far too great compared to that of the inhuman monster, the punch that was thrown due to overdrawing everything and outburst of emotions temporarily made up for the huge distance and made it retreat several steps.

That's good, as long as we can repel them!

At least, the last scene I saw when I died was not Komachi's death!

With such thoughts, Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes, which were originally burning with rage, gradually became dim and lifeless, just like the corpse he had seen before.

That is the sign of death!

"Tap tap tap~"

The sound of steady footsteps reached the ears of Hikigaya Hachiman who was about to die. In his vision which was about to be swallowed by darkness, a pair of fiery red compound eyes appeared. For some reason, when he looked at those eyes, he felt at ease because he was afraid that he would see his sister in the afterlife. It was as if the owner of those eyes would protect her. Such a strange feeling.

"Please, please...help me."

The pale and dry lips were still opening and closing, but in the end they were unable to fully express the words they wanted to convey, and their owner had already lost his life.

The owner of the fiery red compound eyes came to Hachiman Hikigaya, who was still protecting his sister with one hand even in his death, and stretched out his pitch-black claws to hold the boy's hand that was begging for help.

Chapter Two: A desperate struggle to survive, Hikigaya Hachiman's desperate counterattack?

In the dim night sky, there is only a faint star trying its best to emit its own light and heat, hoping to dispel the darkness that even covers the moon, so that when people look up at the sky, they will see not the dark despair, but the dawn of hope.

Spider-Man was defeated with one punch by Hikigaya Hachiman, who had overdrawn everything he had just to prevent his beloved sister from dying in front of him. He originally wanted to let him see the last scene of Hikigaya Komachi's tragic death with her stomach ripped open before he died completely, so as to offset the humiliation of being defeated by the weak Rindo.

When it stopped and was about to put its thoughts into action, its sensitive senses captured the danger signal, which was a warning message for it to evacuate urgently when its life was threatened.

"Tap tap tap~"

Just as the Spider-Man was about to spit out spider silk from his mouth and grab the street lamp to swing away, he heard a burst of crisp footsteps.

"Buzz buzz~"

For some unknown reason, the mere sound of the footsteps of the person coming made it feel even more fearful, and it lost the ability to move. It stood there stupidly, shaking violently and unable to move.

Fiery red compound eyes like insects appeared in the Spider Monster's vision, and the dark and strong muscles were wrapped in the torso by the fiery red armor. The golden horns radiated a frightening cold light under the moonlight that penetrated the dark clouds. The silvery-white mouthparts opened and spit out white smoke visible to the naked eye. After the ferocious fangs exposed their sharpness for a moment, they were hidden again just to tear the enemy's flesh and blood next time.

Another monster. Compared with Spider-Monster, the monster that appears at this moment is more in line with the aesthetics of violence, like a monster born specifically for killing.

"Ku...uga~"

The monster called Kuuga ignored the terrified Spider Monster and staggered to the death, asking for help from Hachiman Hikigaya, who was trying not to save himself but to give his sister a chance of survival.

He stretched out his hand with sharp front claws and held the boy's hand which was about to slip away powerlessly. He placed his other hand on the huge wound on Hikigaya Komachi's forehead which was still bleeding.

The fiery red gem in the center of the metallic belt on the monster's waist flickered slightly, and then the injuries on Hikigaya Hachiman and Hikigaya Komachi healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their faces, which had been extremely pale due to excessive bleeding, also turned rosy.

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It was pitch black all around and my ears could not detect any sound, as if this was a void world.

There is nothing but darkness.

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know how long he had stayed here. He only knew that since he became conscious, he had been in this void where there was only darkness and nothing else.

Perhaps if someone else were suddenly in such a place where there was no sound except darkness, and all he could see and hear was the darkness and nothingness, he would have been unable to bear the sudden loneliness and would have started to go crazy.

Who says that most people are social creatures?

But for Hachiman Hikigaya, who is always alone, darkness is an indispensable part of his life.

And loneliness is his best friend!

So, faced with this situation, he began to use his unique skill again - daydreaming!

"I should be dead, no, no, I must be dead. No human being can survive in a situation like that."

"Those who are still alive are no longer considered human, so I am in the afterlife now?"

"Why aren't there any Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts, or the Grim Reaper? And not even a single ghost?"

"Could it be that I am just like those people in my lifetime, thinking that I am insignificant?"

"Isn't this too tragic? Even I would cry!"

"Phew~ Okay, calm down now."

After thinking about it for a while, feeling that his chaotic thoughts had calmed down, Hikigaya Hachiman began to think.

"First of all, it is certain that this is not the afterlife, because an afterlife without any ghosts is too scary. Of course, I will not admit that I might need special treatment."

"And, most importantly, where is Komachi? Was she saved?"

As soon as the thought came to his mind, it began to madly absorb his worries and continued to grow stronger, causing Hikigaya Hachiman to fall into endless negative emotions.

The flood of negative emotions was like a huge wave, constantly impacting his spirit, making him vaguely feel that something bad was about to happen.

"No, Komachi will definitely be fine, because her not being here is the best answer. The person who appeared at the end must be a hero."

"Heroes always appear at the end, so there will definitely be sacrifices. Since I have become the one who was sacrificed, then Komachi must have been saved."

Self-comfort is one of the unique skills that lonely people use to balance their inner emotions.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who had maxed out this skill, easily and temporarily stabilized the negative emotions that were about to run wild.

"If she is still in danger, what will you do?"

For no reason, a hoarse voice sounded in my ears.

"what?"

In response to Hikigaya Hachiman's question, the owner of the voice repeated it again.

"If the hero you mentioned can't save your sister, and she is still in danger. She may even die in the next moment, what will you do?"

Hikigaya Hachiman did not say anything. He already had some guesses about what was happening at the moment, and what he would do next was simply to prove whether his guess was correct.

"Hey~ what's the price?"

"You might turn into a monster, a monster that will kill your sister yourself if you lose control!"

Hearing this, Hikigaya Hachiman's heart trembled, and an image of him turning into a monster and killing Hikigaya Komachi emerged in his mind. However, before he could fully determine what he was thinking, the image shattered into pieces of nothingness.

"I don't know if I will become a monster or not, but I know very well that I will definitely kill myself before hurting Komachi."

"So confident?"

In response, Hikigaya Hachiman smiled confidently, his rotten dead fish eyes gleaming with an unprecedentedly dazzling light. He gave a thumbs up to the increasingly conspicuous figure in the gradually receding darkness and said with a smile: "Of course, I'm very good at sacrificing myself."

"So, do you want to gain the power to save your sister?"

Facing the sunny young man who appeared in front of him wearing what seemed to be some ancient tribal clothes and gave people a simple and honest feeling, Hikigaya Hachiman put away his thumbs and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, I have made up my mind. Even if the price is to sell my soul and dirty my heart and hands, I must get the power to save Komachi."

The young man looked at the fire of enlightenment burning in the boy's dark pupils and smiled with relief. The moment he made a gesture to extend his hands, a metallic belt engraved with unknown runes and with a red gem in the middle appeared in his hands.

Handing the belt to Hikigaya Hachiman, the young man nodded with a smile as warm as the sun on his face, "Then, the rest is up to you. I hope you can save your sister!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely protect Komachi!"

"You're a little like me, but I don't want you to be like me."

"Everyone is independent, so I won't become the same as you, so don't worry!"

"Really? Come on then!"

"Yes, I will!"

The young man smiled and turned into a fiery red light and disappeared in front of Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Beware the Ultimate Darkness!"

The young man's last words rang in my ears.

"Ah~ I will."

The darkness was torn apart by the fiery red light emitted by the young man for the last time. Hikigaya Hachiman could not help but squint his eyes at the sudden flash of light. When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was the fiery red compound eyes that he saw for the last time before he died, and the owner of these eyes.

A monster that is even more hideous and terrifying than the previous spider monster.

"Well, I was frightened."

His body subconsciously retreated and his legs unconsciously made movements to escape, but Hikigaya Hachiman stopped these movements.

"I will do everything you said, so..."

He gently broke free from the monster's grip and reached for his belt, which was emitting a faint fiery red light at the other's waist, calling out, "You can go find your sister now, Rixon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the monster also turned into a fiery red light and dissipated in the wind, and the belt automatically fell into Hikigaya Hachiman's hands.

He did not put on the belt immediately, but carefully leaned against the wall of the street, looking no different from before he met Spider-Man.

He reached out and rubbed her head, and said softly: "Xiaomachi, wait for your brother, I will take you home soon!"

After saying this, Hikigaya Hachiman stood up and walked towards the Spider Monster, who had been swallowed by fear after the Kuuga Monster appeared.

"Actually, strictly speaking, I am a pushover. No matter how others slander me or exclude me, I will never resent them. At most, I will complain a few words and write their names in a little notebook."

Hikigaya Hachiman wore the belt around his waist, and the fiery red gem in the center emitted a bright red light.

"But the only thing I can't stand is my sister getting hurt!"

The light gradually became brighter, just like the burning faith in the boy's eyes.

"I am a useless person who is about to rot, so if I can save my sister by turning into a monster..."