The story we started

It turns out that this dead fish eyed guy isn't so vicious after all, and he sometimes cares about people.

But the next moment, another sentence from the other party made the smile that had just appeared on the corner of his mouth disappear instantly, and his eyes turned into dead fish eyes.

"And to be honest, your funny face is very suitable for being a comedian, but not for being gloomy all day long. That's not like you at all, so just smile more."

"After all, I now regard the various humiliations of your future self in the light screen as an indispensable entertainment in life. To be honest, it is precisely because I see that your future self is living such a miserable life that I feel that my depressed body and mind have been relieved a lot."

"Sure enough, happiness always needs to be built on the suffering of others?"

“You kid…!”

……

Amid the two's playfulness and the crowd's laughter, unknown changes were gradually taking place at the window's location.

In the reflection of the glass window, on the other side of the mirror, a pair of eyes were quietly watching everything that was happening in the health room.

"..."

"Hikigaya Hachiman" stood on the other side of the glass, quietly watching Zaimokuza Yoshiki and "himself" who were wrestling with each other with their hands and foreheads against each other, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Different from Hikigaya Hachiman's dead fish eyes that are always tilted up and the concentration of DHA almost overflows from the eye sockets, the eyes of "Hikigaya Hachiman" are no different from those of a normal person. With the addition of this pair of eyes, although the two look exactly the same, he fully releases the handsomeness of his facial features, and it can be said that his appearance has been completely raised to a higher level out of thin air.

Hikigaya has never looked ordinary, but because his pair of dead fish eyes that are so strong in presence are so eye-catching, people often tend to overlook his own outstanding facial features.

If we really talk about handsomeness and growth potential, Hikigaya Hachiman's appearance can actually be said to be no less than Zaimokuza Yoshiki, and even his future self is comparable to him.

But at the same time, compared to Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes, which were sleepy but contained surging emotions, his eyes did not have the slightest trace of human emotion in them.

Those dark eyes were like two black dry wells, deep but without any life in them, just like the dead sea without ripples, completely swallowing up all the characteristics belonging to human beings.

"Hikigaya Hachiman" just quietly watched the two people fighting, turned silently and walked behind him, towards the door of the health room in the mirror.

He walked through the group of people gathered in the mirror, bypassed Zaimokuza Yoshiki and Hikigaya Hachiman who were fighting, went to the sliding door of the health room, opened it and walked out. Every move he made was open and unconcealed, but no one could detect his presence.

"Hikigaya Hachiman" is like a ghost, an illusion traveling between life and death, reality and illusion. He stands alone on the other side of the dead and silent realm, walking on a road that no one knows about.

pat.

The door of the health room closed with a crisp sound as he did so, echoing in the empty world.

-

In a trance, after the door closed, a sound similar to birdsong was heard in the mirror, and a huge black shadow shaped like an eagle passed through the mirror image of a group of people.

The cry brought with it a few wisps of black feathers that seemed real and illusory, floating through the reflection of the window glass and disappearing in a flash.

"Ok?"

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was smiling as she watched the two people playing, seemed to hear the sound of the door closing, and subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from.

The door of the health room remained closed as it had been since they came in, without any change, which made her a little confused and she thought she had heard it wrong.

Did anyone open that door just now?

【Tokyo City, Tokyo Bay coast, Keihin Industrial Zone.】

【09:53pm】

【boom--! ! ! 】

[At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in a delivery room in the quiet factory area, and the sound resounded throughout the entire factory complex.]

[When the initial explosion sounded, more explosions sounded one after another. The flames and shock waves completely shattered the glass of the factory. Smoke rose from the burning factory, casting a layer of haze over the sky that was obscured by the city's light pollution.]

[“Wow!!!”]

[At the same time as the explosion occurred, screams of pain were heard from the factory. A figure with flames all over his body flew out of the door of the delivery room and rolled a long distance on the concrete floor.]

[“Ugh—Damn it! Damn Lindo warriors!”]

[Me-gadora-da, who looks like a tiger, rolled on the ground in pain, trying to put out the flames wrapped around his body.]

[After rolling over to put out the flames on his body, Gadora, who was still covered in black smoke, staggered to his feet with one hand, looked up at the burning factory, and spoke with gritted teeth.]

【raging--】

[The flames burned the factory gate, and the flames soon burned the gate beams off. The iron pillars that were burned red by the high temperature collapsed to the ground, making a deafening roar.]

[In the burning fire, a pair of red compound eyes lit up, and its owner walked out of the door with the sound of footsteps, and the figure hidden by the flames gradually became clear. ]

[A pair of blue feet with flames swirling around them walked out of the door, and as they landed, they extinguished the sparks under their feet.]

[“…Are you still alive?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke looked at the unidentified life form No. 25 who stood up tenaciously in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly under the helmet, and he pulled out a data cable extending from the rear end of the machine destroyer in his hand from the side buckle of his belt, and then threw the entire weapon away without any regrets.]

【Clang.】

[The large shoulder-fired rocket launcher, which had run out of ammunition, rolled over on the ground for a few rounds, and as the smoke rose, Kousaka Kyosuke made another move.]

[He stretched out his hands and grasped the hilt of the greatsword that was fixed on his back, twisted the hilt and slowly pulled it forward.]

[The blade of the great sword named Machine Exorcist flashed a cold and fierce light under the illumination of the flames behind it, and also illuminated the armor worn by Kousaka Kyousuke. ]

[Compared to the Generation Zero he wore last time, this set of armor looks a lot more "bulky". The heavy armor has many similarities with Kuuga's Titan form. It can be said that the only thing that has not changed is the style of the helmet and the inscriptions and codes engraved on the left and right breastplates, which are shining with dark golden light in the flames.]

【generation·zero·a.】

[This is the name of the armor that Kousaka Kyousuke is wearing now. It was upgraded and modified by Ebina Hime based on the GO. In addition to lowering the physical quality requirements that are too high for an outstanding wearer like him, it also added various equipment and functions that the original GO could not allocate due to funding issues. This big sword and the rocket launcher just discarded are two of them. ]

[‘a’ is the Greek symbol for alpha in English, which represents the beginning of everything in Greek culture.]

[“Hey, hey, hey! Kousaka-kun, you’re being too reckless!”]

[Hina Ebina, who was far away in the control room, saw Kousaka Kyosuke's violence through the built-in camera of her helmet. She couldn't help but put her hand over the left chest of her white coat, which was propped up by the towering human heart. She felt her heart throbbing slightly, and her vision went black.]

【“——Factory! You actually blew up the factory!?”】

[“Do you know how much it will cost to clean up after this? My superiors will scold me. And don’t throw the equipment away! That’s all money! It’s money!”]

[“Although we have sufficient funds now, you can’t——”]

[“Okay, let’s go back and listen to your complaints… Number 25 stood up again.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke interrupted her endless complaints, looked at the fully stood Gadora, held the sword in both hands and pointed it at its forehead, and calmly told the command.]

【“——Full load mode, activated.”】

[“——Demon Slayer, extreme power drive!”]

【Om—】

[As soon as he finished speaking, tiny blue flames began to spurt out from the jets on his armor, gradually becoming larger and larger, and the red light from the compound eyes on his helmet almost illuminated everything in front of him.]

[And the Machine Exorcist that was tightly held in both hands also began to change. The entire sword began to emit a dazzling yellow electric current from the hilt to the blade, and began to turn blue as time passed. The crackling sound of the electric current almost drowned out the sound of the delivery room collapsing behind him, like a thousand birds chirping non-stop, making Gadora feel irritated and angry.]

[“But, it’s just a fake imitation of Kuuga! Do you think you can make me retreat?!”]

【"--wishful thinking!!!"】

[Looking at Kousaka Kyosuke, whose body was entangled in lightning and fire, and whose voice was as fierce and majestic as the arrival of the god of thunder, Gadora forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart that he was unwilling to admit, and roared fiercely. ]

【“Go to hell!!! Go!”】

[It slammed its feet against the ground, and its body dived toward Kousaka Kyosuke amid the rising gravel. Its fists were clenched into fists, and the brass knuckles shone with a cold metallic luster.]

【Seeing the enemy rushing towards him first, Kousaka Kyosuke did not lose his composure. He calmly held the sword with both hands and placed the greatsword at his right side, ready to slash. His eyes calmly watched the Gadora rushing towards him.】

[Until the distance between the two of them was rapidly shortened, and a pair of mechanical compound eyes reflected its right fist raised high in front of him, he suddenly drew his sword out of its "sheath"! ]

【boom--】

[A dazzling blue light suddenly lit up, illuminating the entire dark sky at night, and then dimmed again. ]

【“…”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke maintained the posture of swinging the sword forward to the left, his body not moving at all.]

[Not far behind him, Gadora also maintained the posture of swinging his right fist. The two bodies moved synchronously without any movement, and no sound was heard. There was only the dead silence and the sound of burning fire.]

[Click——]

[A crisp cracking sound broke the tacit silence. At this moment, the dark silver devil belt on Gadora's waist suddenly spread from the middle downwards, with a crack permeated with golden light, and then spread to both ends, splitting the belt into two halves.]

【boom--! ! ! 】

[The next moment, while standing and punching, Gadora's body exploded from the inside, and the spreading flames engulfed Kousaka Kyosuke behind him and everything around him.]

[When the flames dissipated, Kousaka Kyosuke, who was surrounded by white mist, slowly retracted the sword he had swung and thrust it into the ground. The sharp blade pierced into the hard road surface like cutting tofu.]

[The first battle of generation zero a, and also the first battle of Kousaka Kyosuke after he was discharged from the hospital——]

[Battle result: complete victory.]

[Click——]

[Kousaka Kyosuke reached out and pressed the button on the side of the helmet neck. The metal plate on the back of his head rolled up with the sound of the mechanism, revealing his short hair which was a little too long.]

【"--call."】

[After taking off his helmet, Kousaka Kyosuke felt the cold wind and the temperature of the flames blowing in from the outside world without any shelter, exhaled a deep breath of burning white air, and placed the helmet on the hilt of the upright greatsword.]

【boom--】

[The roar of a motorcycle engine came from far away, and Kousaka Kyousuke looked up at the motorcycle with its headlights on coming from the road in the distance, and rolled his eyes speechlessly.]

[“…You’re so slow, that idiot.”]

3. The Past Coming in from the Tide Two-in-One

Tokyo, Shuchiin College, Student Union Room. 2023txt.com

"No matter how many times I watch it, it still seems outrageous... Is this really something a human can possess?"

Looking at "Zaimokuza Yoshiki" who got off the car with a wry smile and apologized for being late, and "Kousaka Kyosuke" who complained to him with a sullen expression on the screen, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but speak.

The performance of "Kousaka Kyosuke" this time is still as shocking as last time, especially after putting on this A armor strengthened by GO. As long as the opponent does not have the ability to transform into a strengthened body, even the Gurongi of the "ME" Group is no match in front of him, and it can be said that he is vulnerable.

They all saw the battle between "Kousaka Kyosuke" and the unconfirmed life form No. 25. It can be said that it was not a battle of the same order of magnitude at all, but more like a one-sided devastation, comparable to the White Elephant's War of Resistance against the Rabbit. The two sides were completely incapable of competing on the same stage.

Because the battle was so one-sided, people couldn't even tell who the real monster was for a moment. The power of armor A was so strong that even though people knew that he was actually a warrior on their side, they still couldn't help but feel genuine fear from the bottom of their hearts.

“But to be honest, it does make people feel very reassured to know that such a being belongs to the human side.”

"Indeed, Shigong, you are right, but..."

Shirogane Miyuki agreed with Kaguya Shinomiya's words, but his words became a little hesitant at the end, which also caught her attention.

"What's wrong, President? Do you have any other questions about what I just said?"

"No, there is nothing wrong with your opinion, Shigong. What I am really worried about is something else."

Baiyin Yuxing shook his head and spoke in a low voice.

"Although Mr. Zaimokuza is no longer alone in the battle against these unidentified life forms after Mr. Kousaka joined, and the combined combat power of the two is already able to ensure victory in most battles against Gurongi, I still have a bad feeling in my heart."

"Shinomiya, Fujiwara, do you remember what the woman from the 'RA' group said when Mr. Zaimokuza and his men defeated No. 24?"

"Eh? Number 24... I remember she seemed to say -"

Fujiwara Chika, who had fully recovered, held her plump and firm breasts with one hand and her chin with the other, her pink eyes thinking with a look of reminiscence.

"Yes."

With his rough hands covered with calluses from long-term part-time work clenched together, Shirogane Miyuki responded with a serious look as he listened to what Fujiwara Chika was about to say next.

"She said at that time - 'Although the combination of Kuuga and Go is undoubtedly an invincible opponent for 'Me', if their strength is only as good as it is now, then it is just right for 'Go' players... No, maybe the difficulty is still too low.' ... I remember it very clearly. That Rose Girl said that."

"This... could it be that the other party is just exaggerating? After all, right now, Future Kousaka-san alone has the power to defeat all Gurongi except for the enhanced ones. With his fighting skills, he can be guaranteed to have the upper hand even in a battle with the enhanced ones, not to mention Zaimokuza-san."

"Such a powerful combination can be said to be invincible in the face of the unconfirmed life forms that have appeared now. No matter how powerful the mysterious "GO" group mentioned by Gurongi is, the combined power of the two of them should not be able to match it... right?"

The more she spoke, the more inexplicably unsure Shinomiya Kaguya felt. Even her voice gradually became smaller, and her tone changed from her original firm belief to one of doubt and uneasiness.

"I hope so... But is what the referee said really just exaggerating? I don't think so, and there is no need for her to do so when she is talking to herself. If it weren't for the God's Perspective, we wouldn't even know the existence of this "GO" group."

"Shigong, I wonder if you have noticed another thing?"

"Ok?"

"Among the Gurongi that have appeared now, even the enhanced ones are different."

Shinomiya Kaguya was stunned by the topic raised by Shirogane Miyuki. This was indeed something she had not thought about.

"It seems that you really haven't thought about this aspect. That's right, this is indeed easy to be overlooked. Then I will use the example of No. 6 who first demonstrated this ability as an example."