The story we started

[“But…luckily it’s all over.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke let out a long sigh, and looked back at the scene on the other side with a somewhat tired look. The end was also approaching there.]

[On the other side, countless tentacles slapped everything around them frantically because of the pain. The brutal violence destroyed and damaged the things created by humans with the most primitive violence. However, no matter how it struggled, it could not extinguish the flames wrapped around its body. The power of the fire element, dancing wildly like an evil dragon, spread along the direction of the tentacles and ignited them one by one.]

[“How is it possible—I—I—Ahhh!!!”]

[Ginoga's body slowly "melted" in the flames. When the flames were completely extinguished, the tall, demonic plant had been burned to pieces, and its waving tentacles fell to the ground and stopped moving.]

["Uh...ku...kuuga!"]

[At the top of the plant, a huge hole was burned in the mushroom's cap by the blow, and a low hum full of resentment came out from the hole.]

[Through the broken hole, one can see countless mycelium-like biological tissues interconnected inside, and Ginoga, who is at the center of these tissues, raises his head with difficulty to look at Zaimokuza directly below. It looks no different from before the enhanced body was activated, the only difference being that there is an additional scarlet "flame" totem on its chest.]

【"I see."】

[Kousaka Kyosuke adjusted his viewing distance through the camera in his helmet and saw the ginoga in the middle of the hole, which was entangled by countless mycelium. His eyes narrowed slightly.]

[“It seems that it did not really transform its body into such a huge size, but relied on secreting those mycelium tissues from its body, and then used the high temperature of the fire elemental power to ripen and grow these tissues, constructing this huge body with itself as the center, and then using itself as the core to control every move of this body.”]

[“But in essence, he is just a guy with nothing but a facade——huh???”]

[His voice suddenly paused, and Kousaka Kyosuke turned to stare at the roots of the plant.]

[At the root of the plant, which was also the first part hit by Zaimokuza's attack, there are countless holes, and purple gas is constantly escaping from those holes.]

[“…What is that!?”]

[The supercomputer in the control room automatically collects and analyzes the information of the escaping gases captured by the camera, and then analyzes it. In a very short time, the results of the analysis are projected on the screen in the form of data based on the electrical signal in the perspective of Kousaka Kyosuke's helmet.]

[Looking at the analysis results of these gases on the screen in the lower left corner of his field of vision, Kousaka Kyousuke's expression suddenly changed drastically. ]

……

【It's now! 】

【On the other side, Zaimokuza Ginoga showed no mercy to the miserable situation at this time. With the spirit of beating the downed dog, he lowered his body and took a stance, and the bottom of his right foot burst out with fiery red stardust. 】

【"drink!"】

[With both feet together, Zaimokuza jumped high in the air. The powerful strength granted by the awakening mode allowed him to easily surpass the original jumping limit of the almighty form and leap to a height of dozens of meters.]

[He leaned forward and turned over, kicking with his right foot towards the Ginoga who was now below him. The surging power of the fire element gathered under his feet to form a fireball as bright and blazing as the sun.]

[“Oh my god!!!”]

[As Zaimokuza roared through the sky, he dropped straight down toward the huge black plant below, like a meteorite falling from the sky, and his target was the ginoga wrapped in all the mycelium tissue in the hole.]

["——Stop it, Zaimuzao!!!!!!"]

[But just before the outcome was decided, a hoarse roar caused the roulette wheel, which was about to stop spinning, to start spinning again.]

["Mr. Kousaka!?"]

[Zaimokuza turned his head subconsciously upon hearing this familiar voice, and looked at Kousaka Kyosuke below and said in astonishment. ]

【——At this time, Zaimokuza made a huge mistake. 】

[The battlefield is always changing rapidly. Any moment of distraction or loss of attention is enough to completely change the outcome that was about to be decided.]

【“——”】

[Just as Zaimokuza tilted his head, the ginoga, who was originally lowered and was wrapped in countless hyphae, suddenly raised his head. ]

[Its originally pitch-black eyes were now flashing with two dark purple rays of light that looked like a cross. Red cracks were scattered around the cross, making it look alluring and charming, with an indescribable strange beauty.]

[But hidden beneath this beauty is an extremely terrifying murderous intent. ]

【boom--】

[The next moment, Ginoga's eyeballs suddenly "bloomed" like blooming petals, and two purple rays of light shot out from the center of the pistil——]

[——shoot straight at Zaimokuza who is turning his head!]

【“!!!”】

[A huge sense of crisis surged from the bottom of his heart like a raging wave, and Zaimokuza immediately turned back to look in the original direction. 】

[But what was reflected in his pair of red compound eyes was a seductive purple light that illuminated his entire face.]

……

[Countless high-rise buildings together make up Tokyo, Japan's number one city, where the buildings are intertwined and the buildings are distributed in an orderly manner. ]

[If you stand on the top of Tokyo Tower and look down, you can see densely packed buildings starting from your feet and spreading to the end of your vision until you reach the end of the horizon. ]

[This is enough to show how vast the city of Tokyo is. The title of Asia's first city is not just a unilateral boast from Japan, but an international consensus on this city.]

【But at this moment, no matter where people are in Tokyo, as long as they look up, they can see a small but conspicuous purple "line" flying towards the sky from the direction of Shinjuku District. Its trajectory as it passes across the sky looks like a wound torn through the sky itself.】

[Finally, this purple light sank vertically into the depths of the clouds and disappeared without a trace.]

【Shocking, yet short-lived, this is the impression this ray of light leaves on people.】

[But slowly, the clouds in that area began to spread out in all directions, with the location hit by the light as the center, leaving an irreparable hole.]

[Finally, the cloud dissipated under the sky with the hole as its center.]

9. Two tragic defeats in one

[Patter! 】

[A red meteor fell to the ground, and the flames spread in all directions along with the shock wave. The solid asphalt road surface cracked and gradually melted due to the high temperature and impact. you-pin.com]

[The flame scarf dancing in the wind slowly dissipates from the tail end, turning into stardust that shatters in the air, along with a layer of flames burning on the surface of Zaimokuza.]

[…Uh…Hmm…]

[Zaimokuza bent over and half-knelt, his movements were stiff, and his palms that supported the ground slowly moved towards his neck and stroked his neck.]

[The black palm spread out before my eyes, and the palm was covered with a moist black liquid that was even more turbid than the pitch black.]

[——There were two transparent wounds piercing Zaimokuza’s neck, and the scenery on the other side could be clearly seen through the wounds.]

[Not only that, black blood, different from the normal red blood, was constantly flowing out from the two wounds, staining the red muscles of his chest with a layer of black turbidity, and dripping onto the ground under his feet.]

[Zizzizi——]

[When the blood dripped onto the ground, a white mist mixed with heat and stench floated upwards, obscuring the red outline of Zaimokuza's body. His shape and color also changed in the mist.]

[The red reinforced muscles turned pure white like a faded ink painting, and the sharp golden horns became short and tender. Zaimokuza spread his hands in front of himself with trembling movements.]

[Looking at the black blood on the palms of his hands, the metal mouthparts moved slightly as if they wanted to say something.]

【"--puff."】

[What eventually replaced the language was the hot blood that spurted out of the mouth.]

【Plop.】

[Dense, foamy black blood spurted out from his open mouth, and Zaimokuza fell forward helplessly, clutching his neck. He curled up in his newborn form, trembling and convulsing violently.]

[Pitch-black blood spread out beneath him, flowing across the asphalt road at an extremely fast speed.]

【“——”】

[Hina Ebina, who was far away in the control room, looked at the scene displayed on the screen, and her mind suddenly went blank. Her moist lips also quickly faded and became extremely pale, just like Zaimokuza who had returned to his newborn form.]

【"righteous--"】

[Her lips trembled slightly, and before she could say Zaimokuza's name, another urgent voice from the speaker interrupted Ebina Hime's words.]

【"——Taimu Seat!!!!!!"】

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, health room.

"I see. The reason why Zaimokuza became like that at the beginning was because he was ambushed by No. 25 during this battle..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the white Kuuga who fell to the ground helplessly in the light curtain, and after a moment of silence, she sighed.

"Hey, hey, hey, was it because No. 25 seized the opportunity to successfully launch a sneak attack that his attention was drawn by Kousaka Kyousuke's shouting?"

"Zaimokuza has been completely dragged down by his teammates this time! What the hell is that Kousaka guy doing!?"

Miura Yumiko frowned and spoke in an unhappy tone, obviously very dissatisfied with the result that "Kousuke Kousaka" spoke out to divert "Zaimokuza"'s attention, which led to him being seriously injured by the enemy.

"We were almost able to deal with No. 25, why did that guy suddenly call a halt? He has to take full responsibility for this result!"

"…Please don't blame Kousaka-san like that, Miura-san."

Unexpectedly, Zaimokuza, the biggest "victim" of this incident, spoke after a short silence.

"Based on my understanding of Mr. Kosaka, I believe he had a reason to stop my future self. As for the current result, no one expected it, and..."

He shook his head and looked at "Kousaka Kyosuke" who ran quickly to the fallen "Zaimokuza Yoshiteru" and picked him up in the light curtain, his tone was complicated and indescribable.

"…The one who feels the most guilty and painful about this situation is Mr. Kosaka himself."

[“Hey! Zaimokuza! Are you okay!?”]

[“Ugh…Puwaaa!”]

[“Zaimokuza! Ugh——!?”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke looked at Zaimokuza struggling in pain in his arms, and his heart was filled with great guilt and anger. He was always calm and rational, but for the first time he felt at a loss on the battlefield, and even felt a deep fear welling up from the depths of his heart.]

[If it weren't for his shouting, Zaimokuza wouldn't have been distracted, and the 25th wouldn't have taken the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, leading to the current situation.]

[Even if there are reasons, Kousaka Kyousuke still cannot ignore the fact that he is the main cause of the current situation. ]

[But just as he was anxiously holding Zaimokuza and wanted to check on his injuries, he suddenly felt a burning pain in his right palm, which startled Kousaka Kyousuke and he let go of his hand and raised it in front of his eyes.]

【"This is……"】

[The blue palm of the hand armor has now turned completely black, with a white mist emanating from it. It is obvious that it has been burned by high temperatures. ]

[“What the hell is going on!?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke immediately lowered his head to look at Zaimokuza, who was in his arms, and the pupils of his eyes under the helmet shrank rapidly in shock.]

[At this moment, Zaimokuza, who was held in his arms, was undergoing incredible changes.]

[His white body, which had originally regressed to its nascent form due to severe injuries, was constantly changing. The left arm twisted and turned into the green shoulder armor unique to the Pegasus form, but changed back to its original state the next moment. Then, his shoulders and arms were covered with silver armor and round shoulder armor, while his torso began to turn into the sturdy armor of the Azure Dragon form, and halfway through the change, it transformed into the red muscles of the almighty form...]

【Along with these changes, the different elemental powers also began to riot around Zaimokuza's body. Rocks like stone pillars pierced the ground around the two of them, and the air around them also spun faster with them as the center. From time to time, small burning flames rose from the surface of Zaimokuza's body, but in the next second they turned into steam and dissipated under the condensed moisture.】

[Kousaka Kyousuke recognized these changing appearance characteristics and the different elements of the riot. They were all the unique appearance characteristics and corresponding elemental powers of each form of Zaimokuza.]

[But the different elements and powers in Zaimokuza's body, which were originally docile and easy to control, now began to riot, wantonly fighting for control over his body. ]

[The external characteristic is that his appearance continues to transform into various forms, but due to the interference of other elemental forces, he is unable to fully transform. He can only transform part of his body and then stop, allowing other parts to be occupied by other forms.]

[——Ginoga's sneak attack is different from Gurongi's previous attacks. Its principle is to squeeze out high-pressure liquid from the eyeball to kill the enemy.]

[That is to say, the true form of that purple beam was actually its body fluids, and when it pierced through Zaimokuza's neck, the remaining body fluids also entered Zaimokuza's body through the wound.]

[This is extremely deadly, because as a plant-type Gurongi, Ginoga's main method of killing is to secrete a highly toxic toxin from its body to the outside of the body, and kill its prey with the highly toxic toxicity through physical contact.]

[The toxin of ginoga is extremely toxic, far surpassing any natural or artificial toxin known to mankind today. ]

[For example, the black mamba snake, known as the African god of death and feared by the locals, can secrete 100-120 mg of pain from its body at a time, and it only needs 10-15 mg to kill a person, which means that it can kill at least people with one bite. Its toxicity is among the top ten of all venomous snakes.]

[Then the venom secreted by the ginoga is not only much more toxic than the black mamba snake, but also dozens of times more toxic than the black mamba venom! ]

[It is easy to imagine how destructive such a horrible toxin is to the human body, not to mention that the toxin of ginoga is of a type that has never been discovered by humans. Once injected into the body, it can basically be said to be incurable. ]

[When these toxins entered Zaimokuza's body, they immediately began to spread wildly throughout his body along the flowing blood, relying on the blood vessels throughout his body to erode various important organs inside his body. Even the strengthened nerves in his body that extended from the Yamadam Spiritual Stone on his waist could not avoid it.]

[Under the erosion of the poison, all of Zaimokuza's organs, including the enhanced nerves, began to lose their original functions. The power contained in the body began to run wild in the body after losing the restraint and control of the enhanced nerves, destroying Zaimokuza's body together with the spreading toxins.]

[The current situation is caused by the double attack of out-of-control elements and the poison that invaded the body. ]

[“Hooooooooa ...

[The raging elements and the poison spreading in his body brought Zaimokuza indescribable pain. Even though his vocal cords had been completely destroyed by Ginoga's previous attack, he still couldn't help but let out a hoarse and shrill scream driven by the pain.]

【“Zaimokuza!”】

[Kousaka Kyousuke looked at Zaimokuza struggling violently in his arms in horror, and could only hug his struggling body tightly, shouting his name in vain.]

[A huge feeling of powerlessness filled Kousaka Kyosuke's heart. He knew clearly that his best friend was in pain, but he had no way to relieve the pain for him, and he couldn't even bear it for him. ]

[The only thing he could do was to hold onto Zaimokuza tightly to prevent him from hurting himself due to his crazy struggle, and hoped that this abnormal process would end soon.]

[Please! Stop right now!]