Hikigaya Hachiman is Kuuga?

After all, in the past, it really came to his door on its own. There was never a time when he went to look for it himself, and there was also no time when he tried to look for clues and nothing appeared.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to let his brain cool down and pray for clues to appear.

With his eyes closed, Sakaki Gami felt that the surroundings were too quiet. All he could sense was the cold rain, the chill of the wind, and some kind of sense of existence in the dark.

A special feeling of longing for something in your heart.

With his eyes closed, he followed his inner feeling and walked towards it. He did not consider the possibility of encountering any danger.

Because, from the time he could remember until now, he had never been injured.

No matter if it was a hail of bullets or someone stabbing him with a knife, even in the previous battle with Zi Qiang Mo Gu, he did not suffer any injury.

Therefore, he was not afraid of getting hurt at all.

He walked step by step towards the feeling that emerged in his mind, walked out of the police station, crossed the streets, and after half an hour he stopped, opened his eyes and found that in front of him was a church just like the one before.

He took out his cell phone from his pocket and called Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Hikigaya-kun, I found it. I'll send you the location later."

"Thank you, Officer Gami! I'll be there soon."

Listening to the voice that was no longer confused but full of determination, Sakami knew that nothing he said would stop the other party, so he hung up the phone and sent the address.

“I really don’t know if what I’m doing is right!”

Sakami sat down against the wall, looking up at the rain that had stopped at some point, and the bright full moon hanging high in the night sky after the dark clouds had dispersed.

"But now it turns out that your power is indispensable. It's really frustrating!"

"Adults actually need an underage high school student to fight or something..."

A bitter smile gathered at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes revealed an inextricable confusion, "Hey ~ Lord God, do you think this world is broken?"

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"Eh? Brother, are you going out so late?"

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was tying the laces of his sneakers, paused for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened, saying without turning his head: "Yes, Riko said she had something for me, so I have to go over there, and it will probably take a while for me to come back."

"So it was Senior Riko who asked you to come over, but does it have to be now? Outside..."

Hikigaya Hachiman turned around and tapped her forehead lightly with a knife. He said to Hikigaya Komachi, who was crying out "It hurts" and covering her forehead with both hands, puffing her cheeks angrily and staring at him with angry eyes: "Don't worry, your brother's presence is so low that he is at the level of a natural ninja, and he will definitely leave immediately if he encounters danger, so don't worry!"

Looking at his brother who was rubbing his head while talking, Hikigaya Komachi nodded and said nothing more, because he knew that his brother's decision could not be changed, especially when the resolute light in the other's rotten dead fish eyes was so strong that it made the pair of eyes that should have been annoying become bright and dazzling, and there was no room for negotiation.

So, she nodded and gave Hikigaya Hachiman a cute smile, "Then Komachi will wait for brother to come back at home. There will be delicious midnight snacks waiting for you!"

In response, Hikigaya Hachiman smiled back, "Yoshi~ I will definitely come back early for my lovely sister's midnight snack."

Standing up, with his back to his sister who was tense and trying not to let worry show on her cheeks, the boy stretched out his right hand and gave a thumbs up. Then he turned around, put away the bright smile on his face, pushed open the door with a determined look, and merged into the darkness with the closed door.

"Brother, you must come back!"

Hikigaya Komachi, who was slumped on the ground with tears in her eyes, whispered this.

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Zi Qiangmo Gu Zheng hung himself upside down on the beam of the church, and accelerated the recovery of his physical injuries by sucking human blood on the way here.

However, there was always a bad feeling lingering in his heart, and a feeling that his life was threatened.

The former is an ominous premonition, as if something bad is about to happen to him.

The latter gave him the feeling of the ancient times when he was not far from the battle site between the former Kuuga Riku and the king of their Gurongi clan, Daguba. The fear that seemed to come from the depths of his soul made him tremble uncontrollably, and he felt powerless and silently waiting for death to come.

That is the suppression from the life level.

Therefore, he could only concentrate on recovering from his injuries, praying that he could regain the strength to move and quickly leave this place that made him feel extremely dangerous.

It is always difficult to spend time in an emotion that is the opposite of happiness. Not to mention that every day feels like a year, you can even say that every second feels like a year.

Zi Qiangmo Gu had never felt that time passed so slowly before, to the point that his spirit was about to collapse under the pressure of possible death at any time.

"Huh? Why did that feeling disappear?"

The feeling of extreme uneasiness and terror that brought him suddenly disappeared.

"Never mind, the important thing is to get out of here as soon as possible."

Zi Qiangmo Gu, whose spirit was on the verge of collapse, couldn't use his brain to think about the reason. He just wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible, recover from his injuries, and then continue his killing game.

"Da da da da~"

Before he could spread his wings, the familiar sound of footsteps rang in his ears again, and this time he no longer felt any danger.

But it is extremely dangerous!!!

A big and bloody word "Danger" was deeply engraved in his brain!

"I consider myself a very despicable person. I don't have any lofty ideals or ambitions. Even my ideal job in the future is to be a full-time househusband."

The familiar voice once again rang in Zizi Qiangmo Gu's ears.

"The only person I care about is my sister, so..."

The tightly closed door was violently pushed open and crashed to the ground. Amid the dust, a fiery red light shone brightly.

Hikigaya Hachiman stepped out from the dust step by step. Compared to the first time he faced Zi·Jiangma·Gu, the expression on his face was even more resolute, and his dark pupils burned with awareness like flames.

"Whoever makes my sister sad, whether it's a god or a devil, I will make them pay the price!"

He slowly raised his right hand and pointed at Zi Qiang Mo Gu, "You..."

The boy's thin body was replaced by solid muscles like rocks, and above it was wrapped with a layer of pitch-black reinforced skin. A fiery red, hard and flexible armor condensed on the chest, and armor of the same nature emerged at the joints.

"get ready……"

A huge golden horn like a stag beetle drilled through the head, the dark hard skin wrapped the fragile brain, the fiery red crystals covered the boy's determined eyes, and the sharp golden fangs jumped out of the mouth, exuding a cold light under the cold moonlight.

The childish voice gradually became hoarse, filled with a certain terrifying rhythm.

“Did you pay the price?”

The fiery red compound eyes emitted a small but bright light in the dim church.

The boy who transformed from a human into a monster spoke in a deep voice to the bat monster opposite him.

The surging enlightenment in his heart turned into astonishing momentum and spread in all directions. An invisible breeze blew around his body, and for a moment, Zi Qiangmo Gu did not dare to act rashly.

Because he really couldn't compare the current Hikigaya Hachiman with the one who was arbitrarily ravaged by him not long ago and who could have been killed in just a few blows if it wasn't for the purpose of venting the fear from the previous generation of Kuuga.

Now, there is really a world of difference between them.

"Humph~ You are just a defeated general, but you are so arrogant!"

As he finished speaking, Zi Qiang Mo Gu, who felt that this place was increasingly incompatible with him, spread his wings without a second thought and attacked Hikigaya Hachiman.

Even though they felt that the opponent was not easy to deal with, as members of the Gurongi clan who loved war, they had no intention of avoiding the battle.

They have only one belief.

Or, they beat their opponents to death!

Or, their opponents beat them to death!

It's that simple.

[I can see clearly now, and...]

The figure of Shigeki no Kanma Kou in Hikigaya Hachiman's vision was much clearer than the last time he fought him.

You can gradually catch up with the combat experience of the ancient warrior Rick left in the Yamdam Spirit Stone.

"too slow!"

Hikigaya Hachiman dodged the flying attack of Zi·Jiangma·Gu by slightly turning sideways, and at the same time, his left and right hands turned into hand hammers and smashed down hard on his back.

His entire body began to fall under the huge force, and what was waiting for him was a powerful knee strike.

"Ugh~"

The intense pain spread to his front, centered on his abdomen. The same force spreading to the back collided at the center of his body. The pain was difficult to describe in words, and Zi Qiangmo Gu, who had just recovered, couldn't help but vomit bitterly.

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't care about his pain at all. At the same time when he was hit by his knee and flew upwards, he was hit by his elbow and knocked away.

The heavy force measured in tons caused Zi Qiang Mo Gu to slide on the ground, leaving a long bloody mark.

"Damn it~ How come he suddenly became so much stronger?"

[Of course. Although I haven't fought in person, as a proud loner, how do you think I managed to clear a multiplayer dungeon by myself?]

He quickly caught up with Zi Qiangmo Gu, who had just stopped and had no time to adjust his posture, and blasted out with his right fist like a heavy artillery. The brutal force acted on his cheek. With a loud bang, he spun around and flew to the other side.

[That's all thanks to my superb operating skills and strong combat awareness!]

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was faster than his enemy, caught up with Shigeki no Kanma Gu, who had not yet fallen to the ground and recovered from a series of combos, and gave him another powerful spinning kick.

[This time, I will not hesitate or be confused. For the sake of Komachi's smile, I will never let you Gurongi stay in this world!]

[I'm not Rick!]

Hikigaya Hachiman began to concentrate the sealed energy on his right foot like last time, releasing the maximum amount of energy through the control ring on his ankle.

[So, die!]

Then he started running for a certain distance, then jumped high and stretched out his right foot wrapped in energy flames, kicking at Zi Qiangmo Gu who was struggling to get up.

"Julia~"

There was no room for escape. Zi Qiang Mo Gu, who had just had time to stand up from the ground and whose mind and body were not in peak condition, could only watch the flying kick land on his chest. At the moment he was kicked to the ground, he felt the energy running wildly in his body and let out an unwilling roar.

"Damn Kuuga~"

The sealed energy that poured into his body destroyed the Kidru Belt around his waist, and violent energy exploded from his body.

At the same time, Hikigaya Hachiman turned his back to Shigeki no Kanma. The orange explosion light took away the color on his body and cast a hazy black shadow on his body. Combined with his hideous appearance full of violent aesthetics, he looked quite handsome.

Hikigaya Hachiman walked slowly with his back to the fire and passed by Sakaki Gami who rushed in because he noticed the explosion and was worried about him. After leaving a few words, he disappeared before Sakaki Gami turned around.

"Hikigaya-kun..."

With worry in his eyes, Sakami looked at the place where the boy was just a moment ago, then turned his head to look at the church that was slightly on fire due to the explosion of Zi·Jiangmo·Gu, and murmured in a depressed mood.

"We, sir...are really useless!"

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The rain is still falling.

Hikigaya Hachiman walked slowly in the rainy night without an umbrella. He didn't know why he didn't go home earlier so that his sister, who was worried about him coming out so late, could feel at ease.

He just wanted to be alone for a while, just like he used to be lonely.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, feeling somewhat tired, Hikigaya Hachiman found a patch of grass. He ignored the wet and dark mud and simply lay down on it, letting the mud make his originally clean sportswear dirty.

Hikigaya Hachiman lay on his back in the mud, staring blankly at the cold moon obscured by dark clouds above.

[It’s really bad, this feeling!]

He stretched out his hands and stared at the muddy water slowly sliding down his hands, but in his eyes it automatically turned into a blood-red liquid.

A liquid called blood.

Even though he knew that there was nothing wrong with what he did in the battle for survival of the race, he had fantasized about everything related to it during his chuunibyou period and indulged in the beautiful fantasy of protecting everything alone.

However, rational understanding is one thing, and emotional denial is another.

In any case, not counting the time it took for him to build up his basic understanding of the world from birth to now, in his more than ten years of life, this was the first time he had taken away two intelligent creatures.

Moreover, to some extent, these creatures can also be seen to have human characteristics.

This gave him a very bad feeling, the kind that destroyed his self-awareness and killed his previous self, making him doubt his own existence.

Hikigaya Hachiman understood that his current condition was not good. If he could not adjust in time, not to mention the Ultimate Darkness that Riku had mentioned to him, just the next battle with Gurongi would become the opportunity for his death.

Therefore, based on his previous experience as a lonely person, he gave up talking to Sakami and seeking help. Instead, he relied on himself to adjust his mentality and solve this problem that would harm both himself and others.

It has become his habit to solve difficult problems by himself.

Relying on others has never been something he considered.

Lonely people don't need help from others!

Unless, there is no other choice!

It is now clear that we have not yet reached the point where we have no choice.