The story we started

【“#￥You#%￥are＃＃＃＃＃￥%buddy￥＃!”】

[An insect head with two pairs of horns stuck out from the hole, and a pair of red compound eyes sparkled in the falling dust as they looked at Zaimokuza, flashing as if they were very happy.]

[“Really? How did you end up in the dirt? I almost thought I was in the wrong place!”]

【Zaimokuza couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, walked to the hole in the ground, squatted down, reached out and touched the other party's big metal head, and said with a smile.】

【“＃￥Because￥%＃as＃￥#partner%￥#you＃%￥asked＃%￥#me＃@￥to hide￥#@＃@￥”】

[Graham nodded his big head and spoke in a language Zaimokuza couldn't understand.]

[“Uh… sorry, I still don’t understand what you’re saying, but I think I understand that this is my problem.”]

[“Let’s not talk about this! Here, this is the gift I brought you today.”]

[Zaimokuza sighed helplessly, took the paper box from behind him, opened it, and took out a water pipe from the scrap metal inside and handed it to the other party.]

【“#￥so#%happy#%stomach#%#%￥I’m#%very#%￥hungry##!”】

[Graham nodded happily and moved his head closer. His mouth, which was full of metallic texture and very similar to an insect, opened and closed, and he bit the water pipe in Zaimokuza's hand and started chewing it.]

【“Don’t worry, I brought a lot today?”】

[Touching Graham's head while he was eating, Zaimokuza couldn't help but feel a little emotional. 】

[He never thought that he and those life forms that had also revived from the ancient ruins would one day be able to live in harmony with each other, instead of transforming and fighting each other as soon as they met.]

[This super ancient intelligent life named Graham was the mysterious ball of light that helped Zaimokuza in the battle of the 23rd and pulled the fleeing opponent out of the river.]

[Afterwards, he learned from Yukinoshita Yukino that the true identity of this mysterious light ball came from a stone dug out from the ruins of Jiulangyue. After knowing its origin, he asked her to investigate it. ]

【And Yukinoshita Yukino, through his description and the translation of the ancient inscription, came up with a poem that might reveal the other party's true identity:】

["Come, take the beetle's form as a model, and transform into a servant of the warhorse armor."]

[This inscription is listed together with the records related to Kuga, which means that the object it refers to is related to Kuga.]

[This speculation was confirmed in the battle with No. 24.]

[No. 24 is a Gurongi that looks like a shell-less hermit crab. Its method of committing crimes is to use various stolen large motorcycles to run over the victims.]

[What's even more outrageous is that no one knows what the other party did during this process, but the appearance of all the large vehicles stolen by No. 24 has been transformed beyond recognition, and their performance has been improved to an outrageous level.]

[At least when Zaimokuza drove the Triangle Chaser 2000 to chase No. , he finally saw the other party drive the modified dump truck with a skull-like appearance vertically against the wall to the eighth floor of the building. He was parked downstairs and was stunned by the scene. The pair of metal mouthparts on his face after the transformation could not help but open wide and could not close for a long time.]

"Pfft hahaha!!!"

The people outside the screen couldn't help laughing when they saw Zaimokuza's mouth open after the transformation in the memory scene and watched the dump truck pass over the top of the building.

There is no other reason, this scene is just too funny and can be regarded as a world famous painting.

"New meme, get?daze!"

[Just when Zaimokuza was worried about how to deal with this unconfirmed life form that was different from the past, Graham, who had helped him before, lent a hand again. ]

[At that time, it flew quickly from the horizon, and after its body was split into two halves in front of Zaimokuza, who was helpless, it merged with the Triangle Pursuer 2000 under his seat in front of him, turning into a large motorcycle full of cyberpunk style. ]

[Before Zaimokuza could react to this series of shocking changes, the heavily armored motorcycle, which he later named Triangle Graham, automatically took him all the way from the outer wall to the top of the building and caught up with the fleeing No. 24 at a very fast speed. In the end, the horns in front of the motorcycle destroyed the dump truck and No. 24 inside, ending the battle.]

[Afterwards, Zaimokuza, who was entangled with the opponent who was separated from the motorcycle, learned from Yukino Yukinoshita the real name of this intelligent life form that looked like a stag beetle. It was the battle partner who accompanied the previous Kuuga in the ancient times and became one with the mount, Graham.]

[But that’s not the point. The point is that it eats a lot, and what it eats is not leaves and honey, but various metals.]

[Zaimokuza later learned from the hospitalized Kosaka Kyosuke that before Graham came here, he had already eaten up all the steel in three steel mills, and even the iron warehouses where the steel was stored were not spared. The economic losses were enough to bankrupt him.]

[Zaimokuza, who was originally excited about getting a partner, was stunned for a moment, and then he had a headache. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​taking Graham back to hide near the restaurant. ]

[Otherwise, I'm afraid that when I wake up one day, I will see the surrounding buildings being eaten away and only the empty frames are left. ]

[——Then I guess by then, he will be skinned and tortured by the extremely angry Miss Saki, and he will probably be hung up and burned to death.]

[When Zaimokuza thought of that scene, he felt cold all over. He had no choice but to hide Graham in this remote place where no one was around, and he was responsible for bringing some metal materials to feed it regularly.]

[It feels like I have a large stag beetle as a pet. Zaimokuza sighed as he watched Graham chewing the water pipe like candy.]

[“Ah… I wish those Gurongi could be as well-behaved and sensible as you, Graham.”]

[“If that happens… people won’t need Kuuga anymore, and I won’t need to fight anymore, and I can continue traveling.”]

[“I really want to continue to go to Nepal, continue to walk barefoot on the world’s largest and most beautiful salt lake, and watch the earth and sky merge into one at the end of my vision… It’s so beautiful there, it seems to be able to wash away all the darkness and pain in my heart.”]

[Touching Graham's big head, feeling the cold and hard metal texture in his palm, Zaimokuza's gentle eyes briefly flashed with a few traces of loneliness and disgust, which disappeared in an instant.]

[When will this fight of fist-waving and violence end? ]

【"Um?"】

[Just then, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, instantly bringing Zaimokuza back to reality from his daydreaming state.]

【“Mr. Kosaka?”】

[Taking out his cell phone, when he saw the name "Kousaka Kyousuke" displayed on the phone, Zaimokuza's pupils shrank instantly. ]

[In his impression, Kousaka Kyousuke always sent his daily greetings in the form of text messages, and there was almost only one case where he directly communicated by calling the mobile phone.]

[An ominous premonition immediately rose in his heart, and Zaimokuza immediately answered the call, put the phone to his ear and said in a deep voice. 】

[“Hello? Mr. Kosaka.”]

[“Zaimokuza, number 25 has appeared! The location is in Shinjuku district!”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke's hurried voice confirmed his guess, and Zaimokuza's heart immediately sank.]

[One after another——Can’t you just let people live a good life?! ? ]

【Zaimokuza, feeling annoyed, could not help but grit his teeth and clench his hands into fists.】

[At this moment, his deep hatred for fighting deepened even more.]

[“I’m driving there now. How long will it take you?”]

[“Understood, I’ll be there right away!”]

[Zaimokuza immediately hung up the phone, looked at Graham who raised his head in front of him, sighed deeply, and spoke softly.]

[“The area where No. 25 appeared is a bit far from here. We can’t get there in a short time by motorcycle… so I can only ask you, Graham.”]

【Om—】

[Zaimokuza half-crouched and clasped his hands around his waist. A silver belt appeared around his waist with a humming sound, and the spirit stone in the center flashed a scarlet red color.]

[“hen——”]

【Zaimokuza's voice suddenly paused, and his left hand, which was about to buckle the side buckle of his belt, also stopped moving.】

[His eyes flickered fiercely at this moment, with determination, resoluteness, hatred, disgust... various emotions flashed through his eyes one after another, so complex and intense that it was difficult to describe.]

【Zaimokuza Yoshiteru never liked fighting, no matter how many times. 】

[But he also knows that some things need to be done by someone... just like what Kousaka Kyousuke once said.]

[——It is difficult to have the best of both worlds in this world. Sometimes we have to make a choice, whether we like it or not. That day will always come... It is the same for everyone.]

【“——”】

[But in the end, he still closed his eyes after hesitating, and then opened them without hesitation.]

【“henshin!!!”】

7. The Devil's True Appearance -in-

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"My future self..."

Zaimokuza looked at himself struggling fiercely in the light curtain, determination and disgust alternating in his eyes, and murmured with a complicated expression.

Perhaps because they are essentially the same person, the only difference is the time difference. He can now clearly feel how intense the inner ideological struggle of the future "Zaimokuza Yoshiki" is, and his disgust for fighting is almost impossible to suppress.

"Why are you in so much pain?"

But empathy is one thing, but this is perhaps the only thing that Zaimokuza doesn't understand.

He thought that although he did not like violence, when faced with a life form like the Gurongi that hunted humans for fun, if he could have the power of his future self now, he would definitely swing his fists without hesitation and drive out all those inhumane demons without mercy.

Zaimokuza would not have any psychological burden about using violence for this, because he knew very well that what he did was to eliminate harm for the people, and since justice and fairness were on his side, what had he done wrong?

I believe that the future "Zaimokuza Yoshiki" also absolutely understands this, but he still hates fighting so much, which is really a bit incomprehensible to Zaimokuza.

...No, in the final analysis, the future "Zaimokuza Yoshiki" is extremely averse to the use of violence, and his obsession and aversion to it is so abnormal that it can be called abnormal.

There must be some reason behind this abnormal paranoia, but Zaimokuza is still clueless about it.

【Tokyo, Shinjuku, a square under a bridge.】

[“Uhhhhhhh!!!!!!”]

[A man cried miserably, covered his neck with his hands in pain and fell to the ground, his feet kept kicking, his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets, bloodshot covered the whites of his eyes.]

[On his throbbing neck, countless tiny black lines gradually climbed upwards. As the lines spread, the man's expression became more and more painful, and his originally high-pitched screams of pain gradually subsided until they became silent.]

【"--Well……"】

[Patter. 】

[The man's outstretched hand fell to the ground limply, his head tilted to one side, his pupils completely dilated, black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto the ground while white smoke rose up, accompanied by a strong stench.]

【“Rest in peace, number twenty-third?”】

[On the wall, the ferocious figure of the monster changed into a human form in the black and white light and shadow, and walked briskly in front of the man who died with his eyes open in white high heels.]

[Looking at the tragically dead man, Ginoga's mouth curled up in a happy arc, and he gently moved a magatama on the first row of the bracelet on his right hand. ]

[“In this case, what’s left is——”]

[“Hey!”]

[Before he finished speaking, an angry roar came quickly from far away. Just as Ginoga turned around, a fist wrapped in red armor came into view.]

【boom! 】

[Zaimokuza's punch directly knocked Ginoga, who was standing there and had no time to react, flying away. The figure in the white dress crashed into the security booth in the distance and was buried under it in the loud noise of the collapse.]

[“Hey! Are you okay? Wake up!”]

[With Graham’s arrival, Zaimokuza, who had leaped from the sky and thrown the punch, quickly retracted his fist without even looking at the collapsed pavilion in the distance, picked up the fallen man, and shook him anxiously, asking.]

[But no matter how he shook him, the man didn't react at all. His empty eyes reflected Zaimokuza's face, and his eyes without any spirit pierced his heart.]

[He arrived too late. The innocent man had already died, and died in extreme pain.]

【“……!”】

【Zaimokuza gritted his teeth, stretched out his fingers to cover the upper half of the man's face, and brushed down to close his eyes.】

【boom--】

[The roar of a motorcycle came from behind, and a blue figure riding a large motorcycle came quickly from afar. The motorcycle drew a graceful arc and stopped beside Zaimokuza who turned back.]

[“Zaimokuza——”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke stopped the car and was about to speak when he saw the dead man with his eyes closed in Zaimokuza's arms, and he swallowed the words he was about to say.]

[Seeing the victim, he also knew that he was late, and after a long silence, he changed the subject. ]

[“…Um, is this the enemy this time?”]

[The compound eyes on Kousaka Kyosuke's helmet stared at the figure that was slowly rising from the collapsed ruins and dust not far away, and his calm voice showed no emotion.]

【“Ah… Mr. Kousaka.”】

【Zaimokuza gently placed the man's body on the ground, stepped over the bones and walked to Kousaka Kyosuke who got off the motorcycle and fought alongside him, speaking in a dull voice.】

[“Do you know what its ability is?”]

[“I don’t know… I just arrived, so I’m a step late.”]

【"……Yeah?"】

【"Oh, oh, oh, you guys are finally here?"】

[While speaking joyfully, the dark soles of his feet crushed the debris on the ground, and Ginoga, who had transformed into a Gurongi, looked at the two standing side by side in front of him and laughed happily.]

【"kuuga, and...go."】

[It turned its head and stared at Kousaka Kyosuke who had pulled out the greatsword from his back, and spoke meaningfully in Gurongi's language, while gently reaching out to wipe the purple blood that flowed from the corner of its mouth after being severely hit by Zaimokuza's fist.]