The story we started

[Just as Yamanaka Sawako was frantically knocking on the small window in an attempt to wake up the unconscious police officer, Nakano Azusa's trembling voice made everyone turn their eyes in her direction, and the things they saw almost froze their blood in an instant.]

[The rear compartment was facing the broken window of the clothing store. Through the gap in the rear door that had been loosened by the impact, a figure carrying a sickle could be seen standing there.]

[Several blue blade lights flashed on the car door, and the next moment the car door was cut into pieces and collapsed in front of the girls' horrified eyes, revealing the full picture of the terrifying figure behind.]

[“Is there finally no way you can run away now?”]

[Garima outside the store looked at the light music club members in the car. His face had turned into a weirdo and no expression could be seen, but there was extreme joy in his voice.]

[It raised the sickle in its hand and walked towards them.]

【"senior!"】

[When Nakano Azusa saw the terrifying monster coming towards them, she could no longer bear it and turned around and cried into the arms of Akiyama Mio, who was closest to her. Although Akiyama Mio was also terrified, she still reached out and hugged her.]

[“Don’t be afraid! We’ll be fine, we’ll be fine…”]

[She hugged the petite girl and whispered, and felt a warm touch all around her. She looked up and saw a group of friends tightly surrounding her. As the only adult present, Yamanaka Sawako stood in front of the members of the light music club with her arms open, and spoke in a trembling voice.]

[“——Come on! If you want to hurt my students, you have to step over me first!”]

[The fear in her heart almost made her want to escape alone on the spot, but her sense of responsibility as a teacher made Yamanaka Sawako make her own turn, choosing to sacrifice herself in front of her students and use her body as a shield for them, even if it was insignificant.]

【"teacher……"】

[Through her trembling limbs, she felt the fear of death in her friends' hearts, which was the same as her own. She looked up at the back of her teacher who stood in front of her despite her fear. Akiyama Mio gently reached out and grabbed the scarf on Yamanaka Sawako, and nervously chose to close her eyes, her heart filled with despair.]

[This time, it seems that it has really been——]

【boom--! ! ! 】

[The deafening roar blew away the girl's inner haze and despair. Akiyama Mio, whose eyes were already filled with tears, opened her eyes and was stunned to see Garima, who was originally walking towards her and the others, flying backwards and crashing into a restaurant opposite the clothing store.]

[A transparent green arrow shot from the sky at lightning speed, and hit Garima's chest the moment he looked up after hearing the sound. His tall body was blown away in the storm.]

[Blue wings rolled the air, and a green figure descended from the sky and half-knelt in front of the clothing store, holding a crossbow with smoke coming out of the firing port in his right hand.]

【“——”】

[Looking at this figure, Akiyama Mio unconsciously widened her eyes, and the other party's blue compound eyes turned back and met. ]

[“Unconfirmed life form… Number 4?”]

[Sawako Yamanaka, who was suddenly saved from Garima's butcher knife, blinked dully, looking at the back, her mind still blank, she subconsciously called out the other person's name. ]

[Kuga·Pegasus Form·Elemental Awakening (Wind).]

【“Xiao Wei!”】

[The green armor flashed and turned into red reinforced muscles. Zaimokuza looked at the light music club members who were in a daze in the carriage and said worriedly.]

[“Are you all okay!?”]

[“——In this situation, it’s obvious that it can’t get any better, right?”]

【boom--】

[A blue figure carrying a great sword descended vertically from the sky like a cannonball. Unlike Zaimokuza's light landing just now, his landing was comparable to a meteorite falling to the ground. The strong impact when landing caused dense cracks and dust on the surrounding ground. The entire street seemed to shake at this moment.]

[He raised his head, and his pair of red compound eyes, identical to Zaimokuza's, stared at the figure standing in the restaurant opposite, and spoke in a low voice.]

[“Don’t just stand there, get ready for battle now.”]

【“Zaimokuzu.”】

[The people in the light music club stared blankly at the two familiar figures. When they saw them at this moment, an endless sense of relief and an urge to cry overflowed from the depths of their hearts to every corner of their bodies.]

[After coming back to her senses, Hirasawa Yui blinked her eyes, and after confirming that she was not hallucinating due to the collision just now, she said the names of the two people with a surprised expression.]

["——Brother Yihui! Officer Kosaka!"]

【Yoshiki Zaimokuza and Kyosuke Kousaka arrive at the battlefield.】

It's me

Chapter position: 187 / Chapter price: 35 / Word count: 7126 / Update time: 2023-07-20 00:22:28

7. From the Beginning (7K)

【“＃￥@%￥% partner ＃%￥”】

[A large black beetle staggered from the sky to the ground next to the two people, and uttered incomprehensible words from its big mouth.]

【“￥＃@so￥￥＃tired＃＃￥＃hungry￥＃￥to death＃￥＃”】

[Crack, crack—]

[After saying this, Graham began to show signs of petrification from his head, and soon the entire huge mechanical beetle turned into a stone statue, and then it cracked into more than a dozen stones of different sizes with a puff.]

[“Thank you for your hard work, Graham! This time when we go back, I’ll let you eat as much iron ore as you can.”]

[Zaimokuza squatted down and touched the petrified jade fragment at his feet. After hearing his words, the fragment shook a few times, as if expressing happiness.]

[This time they were able to get here so quickly, Graham played a huge role. 】

[Kousaka Kyosuke is right. Given the distance between Tokyo and Niigata, unless they apply for a supersonic fighter, it would be a dream to arrive in just half an hour. But Zaimokuza has another way.]

[Although they don't have supersonic fighters, they have technological beetles left over from ancient times. ]

[Zaimokuza actually used Graham as a transport plane, letting it hook itself and the armored Kousaka Kyosuke with its claws, and flew the two of them at full power all the way from Tokyo to Niigata like a bomber loaded with artillery shells. It arrived here in just half an hour, and brought justice to Garima who was about to commit a crime, saving the light music club members who were about to be killed at the critical moment.]

[But even for Graham, it was extremely difficult to fly at full speed over such a distance in a short period of time, so after sending the two here, he exhausted all his energy, triggered the protection program built into his body, and fell into hibernation.]

[“Are you all okay?!”]

[The remaining door fragments of the prisoner transport vehicle were easily removed by the wooden seat as if tearing paper. He anxiously asked the group of people huddled together in the carriage and stretched out his palm to them.]

[“Don’t come over here—wait! Wei!”]

【“Yihui-nii!”】

[Sawako Yamanaka was originally looking at the news in front of her with fear. Even among all the unconfirmed life forms, the number four was considered to be the most notorious. She saw the palm of the other party stretched out to her and others, thinking that he was going to attack her. When she subconsciously put on the karate defense posture she had learned, a figure who was as happy as a rabbit out of a cage flashed past her with cheers.]

[Hirasawa Yui rushed towards No. 4 with a happy smile on her face. The female teacher who saw this scene was instantly scared to death. Just as she was about to reach out and grab the other person, what happened next made her completely dazed. ]

[The ferocious-looking No. 4 did not attack his student as expected, but instead opened his arms to hug Hirasawa Yui who rushed over, like the old hen protecting the chicks in the eagle catching the chicks, and the girl rubbed the other's chest with a genuine smile on her face. ]

[“Long time no see, Brother Yihui, I missed you so much!”]

[This scene instantly shattered the brutal and terrifying impression that Yamanaka Sawako had of unconfirmed life forms, which she had formed from newspapers and news, and fixed after seeing the massacre in Garima. Then, her three views began to be reshaped.]

[Where am I? Who am I? What am I doing? These three questions popped up in her mind unconsciously.]

[“I also want to - No! Now is not the time to talk about this!”]

[Zaimokuza subconsciously reached out and touched Hirasawa Yui's head. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been led astray, and quickly put the girl down in his arms.]

[“Hurry up, leave here and hide far away. We may not be able to protect you from now on!”]

[“But Mr. Zaimokuza, the police officer hasn’t…”]

[Akiyama Mio hesitantly pointed at the police officer who was still unconscious in the driver's seat. Seeing the other's injuries, Zaimokuza couldn't help smacking his lips and said.]

[“Then you stay here. Mr. Kosaka and I will lead No. 26 to another place. Remember, don’t run around!”]

[After saying this, he turned and walked out of the store. Before leaving, he removed the only remaining clothes rack around, and the red figure changed accordingly.]

[“Have you finished catching up? How is the police officer doing?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke said to Zaimokuza who was walking behind him, still keeping his eyes fixed on the situation in the restaurant across the street.]

[“He is too badly injured to move. Next we must lure No. 26 away from here. Mr. Kosaka, your gun.”]

[Zaimokuza, who has transformed into a Titan, walks to him with the Titan Sword in hand, and hands the short gun that has been transformed from the Pegasus Crossbow to Kousaka Kyosuke.]

[“That’s the only way. After all, if we start the fight here…”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke took his service pistol and hung it on the belt buckle at his waist. He looked at the figure standing up in the restaurant opposite, and his voice became more and more solemn.]

[“Then this street block may not be saved anymore.”]

[Garima, lying on his back, slowly stood up with the help of the table. A red seal totem appeared on his chest after he stood up.]

[“KUUGA, GO… Tsk, you guys really know how to pick the right time to ruin my good deeds.”]

[It didn't care about the totem that appeared on its chest, and just spoke to the two people in front of it in a gloomy voice. As its scarlet eyes turned purple, the totem on its chest faded away.]

[“The attack from the green awakening mode didn’t cause any damage to it?”]

[Zaimokuza was shocked when he saw this scene. Although the Pegasus form was the form he used the least due to its ability, it did not mean that the ability of this form was weak. If we only talk about attack power, the Pegasus form after activating the awakening mode is almost on par with the Titan form after activating the elemental power.]

[But this attack only caused minimal damage to No. 26 in front of him, which immediately made him realize that this enemy might not be simple, and he tightened the hilt of the Titan Sword with some anxiety.]

[At this moment, something strange happened. ]

【Om—】

[“Hmm!”]

[Golden light flashed again in the spirit stone on his waist. Zaimokuza felt as if his whole body was paralyzed for a moment. He inserted the Titan Sword into the ground with a somewhat unstable movement to maintain balance. He looked down at the Yamadam spirit stone on his waist in astonishment and said.]

[“No way! At this time?”]

【“Zaimokuza, you——!”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke also noticed the changes in him, and his expression under the helmet could not help but change. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a violent breath like a rainstorm rising from the store opposite, causing him to suddenly shift his sight back to the front.]

[“Very good, since both of you have come to my door, let’s deal with you first.”]

[“Originally, I was wondering who to find to test this new power. The warriors from Lindo were too weak. But if it’s you two…”]

[Garima stepped on the glass one after another, making a series of shattering sounds. He lowered his head and walked out the door. When he stepped out of the restaurant door, he slowly raised his head towards the two people.]

[“Then, I’m just qualified.”]

[At this time, Garima's right eye turned pure purple, and his left eye emitted a green glow like a green shadow. Lines of different colors spread along his face and all over his body.]

[“That’s…!?”]

【Seeing the changes in Garima's eyes, Zaimokuza was startled, and instantly recalled the turtle-like Gurongi who attacked him not long ago. At that time, the opponent also showed the same changes when facing his strongest attack. 】

[That was the most inexplicable battle that Zaimokuza lost. Every time he reviewed the battle situation at that time, he was confused and had no idea what happened at that time. ]

[But the pair of huge eyes that appeared in the thick fog at that time were deeply engraved in his mind. Zaimokuza intuitively believed that something must have changed in the other party at that time, but he could not see clearly because the thick fog obscured his vision. ]

【And now, Garima will show Zaimokuza a scene that he was unable to see then. 】

【"This is……"】

【Wow——】

[Wind, a green whirlwind swept towards Garima like a stream, the surrounding trees rustled, and the direction it was in seemed to become the center of the eye of the storm, and the sky inexplicably became dark at this moment.]

[The blue storm gathered around Garima and formed a huge wind ball, covering its body while increasing its suction force. The suction force was so strong that even Kousaka Kyousuke and Zaimokuza began to be absorbed. They had to insert their swords into the ground to stabilize their bodies.]

[“What the hell is going on!?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke's voice was somewhat distorted in the countercurrent of air, but the shock in it was still clearly expressed.]

[“This thing, is it activating its enhanced form? But this scale——”]

[“No, this is not a strengthened body!”]

[Zaimokuza held on to his weapon tightly and shouted, his eyes fixed on the gradually expanding wind ball, and he could vaguely see the figure of Garima in it.]

[“This is probably even more powerful—”]

【boom--! ! ! 】

[When the wind ball spread to a height of two stories, the originally solid sphere exploded, and the spreading whirlwind swept away everything around it. The fierce hurricane even shaved off a layer of the asphalt road surface.]

[Zaimokuza and Kousaka Kyosuke immediately blocked the store entrance behind them, using their bodies as shields to prevent the storm from harming the members of the light music club who had not yet evacuated.]

【“——”】

[In the gradually dissipating gusts and howls, Zaimokuza's eyes reflected the huge figure slowly spreading out a pair of sickle-like forelimbs.]

……

【Tokyo, Jonan University, Research Laboratory. 】

[After Zaimokuza and Kousaka Kyosuke left, Yukinoshita Yukino remained here, doing her own translation work. ]