The story we started

【Zaimokuza gritted his teeth and stretched out his left hand to make a fist. Dozens of water columns rushed up from the surface of the Tone River beside him, spiraling towards Biran who had stopped moving. The intersecting water columns turned into a prison that enveloped and trapped his body.】

[“I don’t have this kind of move!”]

[Biran looked at the water columns coming from all directions and spoke, his voice full of disdain.]

【"drink!"】

[Crash--]

[It bends down and crosses its arms in front of its body, with its pair of arm blades forming a crescent-shaped circular blade. Water flows from its feet along its body, completely engulfing Biran's body.]

[Biran stepped hard on the ground, using the reaction force to speed up and flash through the gap between the intersecting water columns. With his broad back extending from the water behind him, his agile figure was just like a great white shark galloping freely in the sea! ]

[This guy is too fast! ]

【At this moment, Zaimokuza finally understood how frustrated No. 22, who died at his hands before, felt when fighting the piranha Gurongi in front of him. His own defense and attack were clearly superior to the opponent, but it was useless under the terrifying speed. All his attacks were like punching in the air. He could only become a fish on the chopping board for the opponent to slaughter.】

[——Since we can’t beat it in speed, then we’ll use the largest range attack to completely destroy it and the entire area! ]

【Looking at the biran that broke out of the water column and kept approaching him, Zaimokuza no longer hesitated and put one hand on his belt. A bright red color began to spread in the center of the spirit stone swaying in the water, and a weak flame also ignited in his blue eyes. 】

[——“Zaimokuza, get out of the way!”]

[Just when Zaimokuza decided to activate the most powerful almighty element awakening mode to destroy Biran and the entire beach, a voice from above stopped him.]

【“Mr. Kosaka!”】

[He suddenly turned around and saw Kousaka Kyosuke on the river bank throwing a black spherical object towards him.]

【"drink!"】

[Out of trust in Kousaka Kyousuke, Zaimokuza immediately bent his knees and did a backflip to jump away after he warned him.]

【"Um?"】

[When Biran saw Zaimokuza retreating, he stopped his forward movement and looked up in the direction of Kousaka Kyousuke with caution.]

[What it saw was a black grenade flying towards it quickly.]

【boom--】

[Just as Biran turned around and saw it, the grenade that had been thrown in front of him exploded immediately. Turbulent smoke and sparks spread from the exploding grenade, and in an instant, the beach about ten meters away from Biran was completely covered.]

[“Hmph! Just a trifle.”]

[In the smoke, Biran put down his crossed hands in front of his face and sneered at the smoke that filled the surroundings.]

[It turned its head and looked through the smoke at the serious-looking Kousaka Kyosuke on the riverbank, and laughed.]

[“Too sweet, a warrior from Lindo, you want me to——uh!???” with just this toy]

[As a result, Biran just laughed out loud when a strong feeling of dizziness suddenly spread from his brain. His tall body swayed a few times before he knelt on one knee in astonishment.]

[“What, what’s going on!? Why is my body…”]

[Not only that, following the dizziness, a strong feeling of numbness and weakness erupted from every corner of his body. It felt like every cell was protesting, and his body was completely unable to obey orders, and soon Biran's other knee also sank into the sand on the beach.]

[“You despicable Lindo! Do you think I’ll surrender with this disgusting thing?!”]

[A strong sense of humiliation rose from his heart, and Biran gritted his teeth and tried his best to stand up from his kneeling body. ]

[But at this moment, Kousaka Kyosuke's cry again caused a drastic change in its heart, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged out from the depths of its soul. ]

[“Now, Zaimokuza!”]

【“!!!”】

[Biran suddenly raised his head and looked forward. A dazzling blue light that could not be concealed by the thick white fog bloomed on the other side of it, carrying a deadly and dangerous aura.]

【"drink--"】

[Zaimokuza squats down holding the stick in one hand, with both feet in a horse stance. ]

【Om—】

[A huge "water" totem appeared on the sand under his feet with a low roar, and then floated up together with the water cloak behind him, turning into a dazzling blue light stream that poured into the two ends of the Qinglong stick in his hand. The gems inlaid on the ends of the stick bloomed with dazzling silver light under the influx of light particles, and the totem mark in the center also flashed a warm and brilliant azure glow.]

[——Oops! ]

[This whole body trembled with fear, leaving Biran no doubt that if he was hit by this move, he would definitely die without a burial place! ]

【"hateful……!"】

[The originally powerless body actually stood up forcefully under the threat of the premonition of death, and at this moment the light stream transformed from the totem on the opposite side also completely poured into the two ends of the Blue Dragon Stick in Zaimokuza's hand. ]

[When the light stream disappeared, Zaimokuza's pair of blue compound eyes glowed with a colder light than before, and he stepped forward and rushed towards Biran who had stood up.]

[“——What the hell!!!”]

【Zaimokuza leaps up with both feet, somersaults forward, and thrusts out the long stick in his hand, striking Biran hard.】

[“Damn it!!!”]

[Knowing that he could not escape, Biran roared at the top of his lungs, and crossed his arms in front of him again, surrounded by the blue water.]

【--boom!!!】

[“Hmm!”]

[When the shining tip of the Blue Dragon Staff pierced the huge double blades formed by the water flow that crossed its chest, a transparent shock wave spread out and blew away all the sand and dust around the two as the center. Even Kousaka Kyosuke, who was standing on a high place, covered his face with his hands to block the flying sand, and opened his eyes with difficulty to watch the fierce conflict between the two sides on the beach.]

[“Aa ...

[Biran let out a deafening roar from his open mouth, and his crossed arms gradually began to emit countless colorful bubbles under the attack of the Qinglong Stick.]

[“Drink!!!!!!!”]

【Zaimokuza, who was standing opposite, let out a louder roar than Zaimokuza, and pushed forward with both hands holding the stick.】

[The next moment, Biran's hands that were blocking the Azure Dragon stick suddenly exploded, and the end of the stick stabbed directly into the blue "water" totem on its chest. Azure ripples burst out from the contact point, knocking the tall body away! ]

[“Hum!!!!!!!”]

[The biran screamed in pain, flew backwards for a distance on the river surface, and then fell into the water, splashing water several meters high.]

[When the ripples on the water surface subsided, only a small pool of slightly spreading blood remained, and the enemy was no longer visible.]

12. The choice of one and many

[“Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…”]

[The cloak of the water gradually evaporated into water vapor, Zaimokuza retracted the Qinglong stick he had struck and propped it on the beach, and white hot mist mixed with heavy breathing came out from his slightly opened mouth, condensing in the air without dispersing. w61p.com]

【Om—】

[After Zaimokuza exited the element awakening mode, the spirit stone on his waist emitted a low humming sound, and the blue warrior figure reflected in the river water turned back into a white-haired young man wearing a brown windbreaker in the spreading ripples.]

[“It escaped.”]

[Looking at the arm debris at his feet that kept turning into colorful bubbles and rising into the sky, and then looking at the dazzling red that gradually spread from the water surface, Zaimokuza bit his lips unwillingly. ]

【“It seems so.”】

[The voice beside him made him turn his head, and with a tired face, Kousaka Kyosuke walked to Zaimokuza and looked at the calm surface of the Tone River and laughed at himself. ]

[“I didn’t expect these guys to not show up for over a month, and then they came out to commit a crime on the first day of my vacation. I’m really lucky.”]

[“I’m sorry, Mr. Kosaka, I couldn’t defeat him…”]

“It’s not your fault.”

[Faced with Zaimokuza's apology, Kousaka Kyousuke shook his head. ]

[“I saw the battle just now. It’s amazing that you can fight like this. After all, the enemy this time is extraordinary. He even has abilities similar to your elemental awakening mode. It is indeed difficult to deal with.”]

【As he spoke, Kousaka Kyosuke looked into the distance, his gaze as deep as an ancient well.】

[“These guys are getting stronger and stronger. If you continue to fight alone, you will probably be unable to hold on, unless…”]

[“By the way, Mr. Kosaka, what on earth was that thing you threw out earlier? It was able to paralyze the unidentified life form that appeared this time in an instant!”]

【Thinking of the grenade that Kousaka Kyousuke had thrown just now, which had caused heavy damage to the opponent, Zaimokuza asked with some curiosity.】

[“That is one of the latest “anti-Gurongi weapons” developed by the Science Police Department.”]

[His question interrupted Kousaka Kyosuke's thoughts. Although his train of thought was interrupted, he did not feel unhappy at all. Instead, he patiently explained to Zaimokuza.]

[“This is a weapon developed by Ms. Ebina based on the enhanced nerve characteristics of the unidentified life forms that you defeated before after dissecting them. It is a weapon specifically designed to deal with these guys.”]

[“The grenade in my hand is just one of the experimental products. Because there is a lack of a living Gurongi for clinical trials, she gave me the only three experimental products, hoping that I can use them when I encounter Gurongi and obtain experimental data through actual combat.”]

[“But it seems that this experiment was very successful. I should be able to give Miss Ebina a perfect answer.”]

[“Hey~ Himena is really amazing to have invented something like this… huh?”]

[Zaimokuza was amazed at this, but he suddenly found something wrong in Kousaka Kyousuke's words and asked with a puzzled expression.]

[“Although you said that there are no test subjects for the experiment, don’t you still have me? I remember that when Ms. Makishima gave me a physical examination report, she said that the nerve distribution in my body is very similar to those of the Gurongi. So, it stands to reason that I should be able to serve as a test subject for Himena’s weapon test, right?”]

【Kousaka Kyosuke was choked by Zaimokuza's words, then rolled his eyes helplessly and said.】

[“…Are you underestimating your position in others’ hearts? It is precisely because you are the only experimental subject that Ms. Ebina refuses to conduct the weapon test because she is afraid of hurting you.”]

[“In fact, I have been very curious before. Were you and Miss Ebina really a couple? Logically, you should be one of the people in the world who knows her best, both inside and outside. Why do you seem to know her nothing at all?”]

"Gu...!"

Outside the video, when Sho Tobe heard "Kyosuke Kosaka" say "You are one of the people in the world who knows her best both inside and outside", he felt as if his already scarred heart was stabbed again.

As he was heartbroken and having difficulty breathing, his whole waist suddenly hunched over and he looked as if he had aged dozens of years and entered old age prematurely.

"Uh……"

Zaimokuza was also very embarrassed when he heard this. Feeling the strange or meaningful looks from all around him, his face turned red like a monkey's butt.

The reason why he has been avoiding Ebina Hime is because of this reason.

If, as mentioned on the light screen in the past, present and near future, I really become a couple with Ebina Hina, does it mean that I and she really did certain things that couples would do?

Not to mention the track of holding hands, third base of hugging, and second base of kissing, even directly stepping onto the ladder of becoming a god is possible!

As a pure virgin who has been solo since birth, and an apprentice magician who has just embarked on the path of a magician, Zaimokuza has no confidence in his self-control in this area.

It's true that he is a die-hard member of the FFF group, but everyone in the group knows that if there is an opportunity to leave the organization, all members will betray it faster than each other, and even the group leader will probably lead the charge.

"—!"

Zaimokuza thought of this and looked sideways furtively, but happened to bump into Ebina Hime's unchanged smiling face, and turned back hurriedly in embarrassment.

And Ebina Hina still smiled and quietly stared at Zaimokuza's back. Her pair of dark golden eyes blocked by the reflective lenses reflected his back.

At a certain moment, Zaimokuza's fat back overlapped with the back of another thin boy.

The boy's body and even his hair were covered with dust and grass, and there were many footprints on his clothes, but he still stood up firmly with his arms open. When the light passed in front of him, the shadow cast on the ground was like a black cross with gold edges.

"..."

Ebina Hime narrowed her eyes slightly, and the smile on her lips became even gentler and brighter. The beauty in that moment was like the white violet flowers blooming at the junction of morning light and day and night.

It's really... nostalgic.

[“Ahem! Mr. Kosaka, please don’t say such ambiguous words!”]

[Hearing Kousaka Kyousuke's suggestive words, Zaimokuza couldn't help but cough violently, and retorted in a somewhat frustrated tone.]

[“It’s true that Himena and I were a couple in the past! But that was, that was——”]

【Zaimokuza held his words in for a long time, and finally, under Kousaka Kyousuke's amused gaze, he could only helplessly give a stiff explanation.】

[“In short! She and I really didn’t do anything we shouldn’t have done. At most, we just held hands! We really didn’t do anything else. I swear on my dignity!”]

[“Wow~ It seems that there are many interesting secrets in your relationship? But the most urgent thing is…”]

【Seeing Zaimokuza's shabby face, Kousaka Kyosuke felt that his depressed heart, which was a little depressed because of the end of his vacation, suddenly became relieved, and then he suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of Zaimokuza's clothes and lifted it up, exposing his abdomen.】

[Two straight scars were clearly visible on the bulging abdomen with eight abdominal muscles and the side of the waist. The blood that had stopped flowing had coagulated into a thin layer of blood scab around the wound, and tiny drops of blood were still oozing out of the wound.]

[“Let’s take care of your wounds first. Although the recovery is fast, the process must be uncomfortable, right?”]

【Kousaka Kyousuke said calmly as he looked at Zaimokuza's expression, who gasped at his actions, and took out a roll of bandage from his back and shook it.】

【“Uh… it’s troublesome.”】

……

[“Hello, is this Gogen?”]