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[Gamego untied his tie, revealing the totem shaped like a turtle engraved on his chest, with a cruel smile on his lips. ]

[After the words fell, its brown eyes changed instantly, one turned blue, the other turned purple. With its back to the sun and its eyes glowing with evil, Gamego's words sounded like the cry of a demon, full of blood and coldness.]

[“Let me teach KUUGA and Rindo what real power is!”]

Chapter position: 197 / Chapter price: 30 / Word count: 6053 / Update time: 2023-08-02 15:42:19

17. Blood Falls from the Sky (6K)

"Damn it! I'm so envious!"

After the people outside the screen watched the whole process from a God's perspective, many male viewers were so envious of "Kousuke Kousaka" that they wished they could take his place.

"I gave you a chance but you didn't use it! Kousaka Kyousuke!"

Sato Kazuma was so envious and jealous that tears of blood flowed out of his eyes. He bit his quilt and tore it hard like a shrew.

"This is a natural beauty and a rich woman! So what if she's a useless person who's been kept by someone and is just waiting to die? If you don't want it, just give it to me! The doctor said that I have a stomachache and can only eat soft rice. I like eating soft rice the most!"

Chiba Prefecture, Takasaka family.

"... Kyousuke."

Daisuke Kousaka silently dialed his son's number on his mobile phone, and when the call was connected, he put it to his ear and spoke calmly.

"After we come back this time, we need to find some time to have a good talk. As a police officer, you attacked a female student. I think it is necessary for me, as a father and a senior police officer, to enforce the family rules and correct your mistake."

"You must pay for your mistakes, stand firm when you are beaten, and you must go too far to correct a wrong... You understand."

Kyosuke Kosaka on the other end of the phone: "..."

Is it too late for me to make a righteous separation between myself now and in the future? Didn’t the sophist Eubride once say to a friend who came to collect a debt: “Everything flows, everything changes. The me who borrows money is the me of the past. The me of the past is not the me of the present. If you want to collect the debt, ask the me of the past!”

But at least I did borrow money from my friends, but why should I take the blame for my future mistakes when I haven’t done anything yet?! ?

【Tokyo, Jonan University, Research Laboratory. 】

【 09:23 AM 】

[Yukino Yukinoshita, wearing a white coat, sat on a chair by the window and typed on the keyboard. Her eyes behind her glasses were fixed on the computer screen without any distraction. She had been in this state for more than an hour.]

[So when a dark figure quietly climbed in from the window behind her, she continued to do her work as if she hadn't noticed.]

[Until a pair of evil hands were about to touch her shoulders from behind, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke without turning her head. ]

[“I have reiterated many times before that if you need to visit someone, you can just knock on the door and walk in. Invading someone’s workspace by climbing through the window is a behavior that only uncivilized primitive intelligent beings have in my impression.”]

[“Or Zaimokuza-san, do you want to know how the United States dealt with the Indians who appeared in its sight when it carried out genocide in America? I happen to have a pair of unpainted leather shoes here, and I think your smile must be very suitable for them.”]

[The extreme brutality and cold-bloodedness were hidden in those few casual words, causing the hands to instantly freeze in mid-air, and then quickly retracted at a speed that left only a residual image.]

[“Ah~ Minister, today is such a nice day, perfect for working in the office.”]

[Zaimokuza rubbed his hands with a sullen expression and walked out from behind Yukinoshita, smiling politely but awkwardly, a drop of cold sweat sliding down his forehead toward his face.]

[Just now, he really felt that his life was under a terrible threat. The other party didn't seem to be joking at all.]

[“The weather was indeed nice, but it was a pity that I didn’t have the chance to buy a new pair of leather shoes. I felt a little disappointed.”]

【"Alas!!!"】

[This sentence made Zaimokuza move at least ten meters away from her. He huddled in a corner, trembling, and looked at Yukinoshita with fear, whose glasses reflected a strange white light.]

[“Okay, let’s put this thought aside for now. What do you want to talk to me about?”]

[Her fair fingers stopped tapping the keyboard, Yukinoshita took off her glasses, turned around and smiled at Zaimokuza, who was almost shrinking into an ostrich in the corner of the room.]

[“Don’t be afraid. I won’t do anything to you right now.”]

[“Now? No! Minister, have you really thought about turning my face into a pair of shoes!?”]

[Zaimokuza keenly grasped the key words in Yukinoshita's words and asked in fear.]

[“That’s just your illusion, Zaimokuza-san.”]

[“Then why did you turn your head away when you said this, Minister? Can you just look at me and finish my sentence?”]

[“…Okay, no more jokes.”]

[Yukinoshita decisively stopped the topic, rubbed her brows which were a little sore from working for a long time, and said helplessly. ]

[“Tell me, Zaimokuza-san, how come you have time to come here today? Isn’t today the store’s business day?”]

[“Hehehe~ I asked Miss Saki for leave today, and I wanted to take this opportunity to come and see you, the boss.”]

[Zaimokuza reached out and took a book from the table next to him and brushed it across his face. His originally horrified expression turned into a genuine smile in the short moment the book brushed across his face, and he said with a grin.]

[“How is it? This is the 108th skill among my 2,000 skills, Sichuan Opera face-changing! I learned it from a local opera troupe master when I was traveling in China.”]

[“That’s quite interesting. I remember that they attach great importance to the inheritance of this ancient craft. How did you convince them to teach you?”]

[Seeing him display this unique skill, Yukinoshita raised her eyebrows and asked with interest.]

[“No way, my master is very easy to talk to.”]

【Zaimokuza patted his chest with pride.】

[“After I gave the novel I wrote based on my travel experiences as a gift, the next day my master generously told me all the key points of this move. However, before I left, he asked me to practice more, saying that I could only come back to him after I had surpassed him. Otherwise, he would not see me.”]

[“…You seem to have a little misunderstanding about your master. I don’t think he’s easy to talk to. He just doesn’t want to see you, Zaimokuza-san, again.”]

[Silently mourning for the poor troupe master in her heart, Yukinoshita said unhappily. ]

[“Also, Zaimokuza-san, you never come to my house without a reason. Although you said you came to visit me, you actually just wanted to ask about the matter you asked me to do before, right?”]

[“Hey~ As expected, you understand me, Buchou.”]

[Zaimokuza playfully tapped his head with one hand, closed his single eye and stuck out his tongue and said this. This artificial and girlish gesture made Yukinoshita feel a chill all over her body, and he said this with a slightly disdainful look in his eyes.]

[“…Although Zaimokuza-san was originally a naughty kid who never grew up, why do I feel like you’ve been turning back to the weird person you were in high school after the incident on the 25th? Can evolution also go in reverse?”]

[“Well, as long as you are happy, my smile looks very sincere, right?”]

[“…Forget it, let’s get straight to the point.”]

[Reaching out his hand and pushing away the smiling face that Zaimokuza had brought close to him, Yukinoshita ignored his antics and spoke.]

[“Regarding the matter you asked me to investigate about the golden power that appeared in you, I have searched through all the records about ‘Kuga’ in the inscriptions so far, but I have not found any corresponding part, so I speculate that this power has never appeared in Kuuga in the ancient times, but first appeared in you, Zaimokuza-san, in the modern times.”]

[“Huh? In that case, even you, the Minister, don’t know the true nature of the golden power?”]

[Zaimokuza, who had started talking about serious matters, also put away his funny expression, and after listening to Yukinoshita's summary, he scratched his hair in annoyance.]

[“This is really a headache. If I don’t even know the nature of this power, how can I name Kuuga’s new form? I can’t just call it ‘Kuga Titan Form Golden Power Version’? That sounds too tacky!”]

[“…Is it such a boring thing that you care about?”]

[Even though he was a calm person like Xue, he was speechless after hearing what Zaimokuza said. He felt that his heart suddenly became very tired, as if he had entered menopause early.]

[“But Zaimokuza-san, you underestimate your own captain. Since there is no record in the past inscriptions, we can just look for clues from you to verify it.”]

[“For example, based on the battle record of No. 26 that Officer Kosaka intercepted last time, I found the golden totem that appeared under your feet when you used your power for the first time. I have already compared it with the ancient Lindo texts and know what it roughly means.”]

【Click.】

[Yukinoshita reached out and hit the enter key on the keyboard, and two comparison videos popped up on the computer screen. On the left was a video of Zaimokuza using the golden power for the first time, and on the right was a Gulindo font full of pictographic features.]

[That font is very abstract, like two people facing each other, connected by a chain in the middle. Yukinoshita pointed at the font and said.]

[“The meaning of that totem in the ancient Lindo language is - ‘soul’.”]

【"soul?"】

[Zaimokuza was stunned when he heard this word, and then he immediately came closer with a curious look on his face. 僖]

[“Is this true? Does the soul really exist in this world?”]

[“It’s not clear. With the current level of technology, there is no way to prove whether the soul really exists. But if it is the ancient times when the technological capabilities are still unclear... maybe they have really confirmed the existence of the soul.”]

[“But the information we know now is still too little. Based on this discovery alone, we cannot infer whether the entity of Zaimokuza-san’s golden power is the legendary soul. The only thing that can be confirmed is that it can be strengthened again based on Kuuga’s original form representing the four elements, raising your power to an unprecedented level.”]

[Yukinoshita pondered for a while, then shook her head and said.]

[“Come to think of it, Zaimokuza-san, you have already used the power of gold to activate several forms.”]

[“Hmm… There are the blue form representing water, the green form representing wind, and the purple form representing earth. These are the only three forms that have been driven using the golden power.”]

[Zaimokuza said this while counting his fingers, and Yukinoshita said something strange after hearing this. ]

[“Are there only these three types now? What about the red form? Haven’t you ever used the golden power to drive it?”]

[“Red form… that…”]

[For some reason, Zaimokuza's expression became a little strange after hearing this, and his eyes wandered around the room, and he spoke inexplicably hesitantly.]

[“Although I have never used it in combat, I have tried to do so before, but…”]

[“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the red form?”]

[“It’s not a problem, how can I put it?”]

[Zaimokuza placed his hands on his waist, feeling the Yamadam spirit stone hidden in his body, and after hesitating for a while, he finally told Yukinoshita the reason in her inquiring eyes. ]

[“I have always had a hunch that the red form driven by golden power is fundamentally different from the other forms. Once used... that power will probably affect everything around it.”]

[“Besides, if I really do this…I always feel like something terrible will happen.”]

[“Terrible things? What exactly do you mean?”]

[Yukinoshita frowned when she heard this and asked. ]

[“Um, I will—”]

[Beep, beep, beep——]

[Just then, Zaimokuza was interrupted by the vibration of his cell phone in his pocket. He looked worried and subconsciously took out his cell phone without even looking at it, pressed the answer button and put it to his ear.]

[“Hello, may I ask——Mr. Kosaka?”]

【"--What!?"】

[Before he could finish, the words spoken by Kousaka Kyousuke on the other end of the phone made his face change drastically. ]

……

【not long ago. 】

[A building in Nerima-ku, Tokyo. ]

[The white ball rolls on the turntable, and the red and black grids below keep flowing as it rolls, until it finally stops on a certain number.]

[“Red 16～”]

[Zazaru looked at the position where the ball stopped on the turntable, waved the paper fan in his hand and said in a nonchalant tone.]

[“Found it. It’s in this place.”]

[Jaraji spread out the Tokyo map in front of him, pointed with his pen at a small area in Koto Ward with "Kameido" written on it, and looked up at Gamego who was sitting on the chair on the other side and said. ]

[“…This area is a bit small.”]

[Gamego glanced at the area number written on the map and frowned.]

[“It seems there aren’t many prey here. What should we do? Should we change to another place? If you don’t mind breaking the rules?”]

[Jaraji suggested with a smile, not hiding his ill intentions at all.]

[Although they are companions belonging to the same group, they are now opponents in the same game. The more players are eliminated, the happier it is. ]

[“Hmph~ Thank you for thinking of me, but I don’t need it.”]

[Gamego snorted coldly, straightened his suit, stood up, opened the door next to him, and walked out without stopping.]

[“Waiting time is so boring~ You should be killed by KUUGA and GO as soon as possible, so that it will be my turn in the game sooner.”]

[Jaraji didn't care about its indifference. After Gamego left, he took the white ball from the Russian roulette and kept tossing it up and down. There was a hint of red flowing in the depths of his eyes.]

[“I really want to hear it soon…”]

[I don't know what it was thinking as it looked up at the ceiling chandelier, and the corners of its mouth slowly drew a happy and strange arc. ]

[“The prey were filled with pain in the face of death, but they were unable to resist, and were ultimately completely swallowed up by despair.”]