The story we started

[“Oh my, this is really unexpected…”]

[Ebina pushed his glasses up again, and the left and right lenses reflected Kousaka Kyousuke's surprised expression and Zaimokuza's shocked eyes.]

[“Ebina-san? Do you know each other?”]

[As a criminal policeman, Kousaka Kyousuke has a very sharp mind. He immediately deduced from the conversation and reactions of the two that they knew each other, and looked at Zaimokuza in shock.]

[What's going on? One of these two people is a top student who graduated from MIT, and the other is an unemployed vagrant who works in a restaurant (without salary). How did these two people who normally would not have any intersection get to know each other? ]

[Could they be classmates from junior high school or high school? ]

[“You are wrong, Mr. Kousaka.”]

[Miss Ebina stood up, and with her long legs in black stockings and high heels under her black hip skirt, she walked towards Kousaka Kyosuke and Zaimokuza behind him. Every step her heels took on the ground was like stepping on Zaimokuza's heart, causing him to take a step back. Looking at the woman walking slowly towards him, he had the urge to run away immediately.]

[“The man standing behind you, Zaimokuza-san, and I are more than just acquaintances~”]

[Ebina walked and talked, with an elusive smile in his voice. ]

[“Well, that… Miss Ebina… Hello, long time… no see.”]

[Looking at Miss Ebina who was walking in front of him, Zaimokuza's mouth twitched, and a twisted smile appeared on his handsome face. This expression perfectly explained what it meant to smile uglier than crying. ]

[“Oh? You’re calling me “Miss” now?”]

[Ebina pushed up his reflective glasses and looked at Zaimokuza with a half-smile.]

[“Uh… I, that…”]

【Zaimokuza's head was covered with sweat, and his eyes moved around but he refused to look directly at Ebina.】

[“Why are you being so distant? Can’t you just call me “Hina” like before?”]

[Then, in the astonished eyes of Kousaka Kyousuke, she slowly raised her hands, wrapped them around Zaimokuza's neck, and then stood on tiptoe to look at his panicked face close to her. Zaimokuza could clearly feel the breath coming out of her open lips.]

[“It’s been a long time since we last met, my ex-boyfriend.”]

[Hina Ebina looked at her ex-boyfriend who she had not seen for many years and smiled slyly. Her beautiful face was like a blooming flower, full of charm.]

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, Service Club.

"...?"

Yuigahama Yui looked at the two people hugging each other in the video and what Ebina Hina said. Her face was full of confusion, and she tilted her head to the side as if she didn't understand what was going on. A question mark appeared between the two balls.

"That Himena is... that Zaimokuza's ex-boyfriend? Uh... ex-girlfriend?"

Sitting next to her, Yumiko Miura had an expression like an old man on the subway, as if she saw something incomprehensible and frowned in confusion.

"..."

Tobe Sho stared blankly at the contents on his mobile phone screen, then slowly turned his head to look at Himena Ebina who was standing next to him holding a mobile phone. Not only him, but everyone in the service club turned their eyes to this girl who still had a smile on her face and had a low presence at ordinary times.

Including Zaimokuza, he himself had an expression of confusion and bewilderment on his face, with rows of question marks popping up in his head like mushrooms after rain.

"Ah~ So this is the relationship between Zaimokuza-san and I. It's really surprising."

Although she said she was surprised, there was no emotion behind her glasses. Her white and tender fingers tapped her chin, and she smiled even more happily.

Boundless silence enveloped the place, and the brief silence gave birth to a ferocious volcanic eruption.

"""well!!!!!!?"""

Except for Himena Ebina, the earth-shaking screams of everyone in the Service Club resounded throughout the entire Sobu High School. All the people outside the club who were eavesdropping by leaning against the door with books rolled up as earpieces were so scared that they fell backwards.

"What the hell is going on here!? How did you become involved with that Zaimokuza???"

Yumiko Miura's mouth was trembling so much that she could hardly speak. She replicated what Hina Ebina had done to her before, grabbing her shoulders with both hands and shaking them wildly, her eyes full of disbelief and shock.

"People don't know. After all, it's a matter of the future."

"Liar! Then why are you smiling so happily!?"

Apart from the two people who were fighting, something was not right on Zaimokuza's side. Zaimokuza sat on his chair, and the remaining six people surrounded him with him as the center of the circle. Feeling the scrutiny from all sides, a drop of cold sweat slid down Zaimokuza's forehead and dripped onto the ground.

"I didn't expect that you, Zaimokuza, would be able to handle Ebina, who even I found difficult. Tsk tsk tsk."

"Indeed, this is probably what the old saying means: hidden deep within the depths."

"You're lying... Himena is meeting Zaimokuza..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka stroked her chin with a playful look in her eyes, Yukinoshita Yukino nodded in agreement, Yuigahama Yui looked back and forth between the two of them in disbelief, and although Hikigaya Hachiman and Hayama Hayato didn't say anything, their looks, as if they saw aliens eating pizza, showed their inner surprise.

Only Tobe Sho was staring at Zaimokuza with a look of loss and disbelief on his face, his bloodless lips trembling and he kept muttering to himself.

"How is it possible... Himekina is with this guy... I must be too tired... How could she be attracted to this fat guy... No, that's in the future, that should also happen in the future... The future Zaimokuza is indeed... I still have a chance... Yes, I still have a chance... Don't panic... Yes! I can do it..."

Zaimokuza almost wanted to bury his head under the chair when listening to his mumbling. Brother, can you speak softly when you are crazy? You said everything in your heart! Is this something you can say in front of others now? What will people think of you and me if the video later reveals that I did something that I shouldn’t do when I became a boyfriend and girlfriend with that Ebina! ? And you wanted to say fat boy just now, right! I admit that I am very fat now, but my appearance after losing weight can be verified by this video! And what is going on? Why did I and that Ebina classmate...

"It sucks!"

The whispers of the people around him and the tangled thoughts in his mind made Zaimokuza's CPU completely freeze. He slapped his hands on his face, gave up thinking, and said something in a dull voice.

【Tokyo City, Metropolitan Police Department, Research Laboratory. 】

[Kousaka Kyousuke and Zaimokuza sat on a sofa together, and across from them sat the smiling and talking Ebina Hime. ]

[“You…really opened my eyes.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke looked at Zaimokuza who was sitting next to him, and his eyes were as if he saw a rabbit eating a whale alive, and it was a Basilosaur.]

[“This, this, this is due to many special reasons.”]

【Zaimokuza coughed a few times, his eyes looking around and talking about irrelevant things, but he didn't look at Himena Ebina who was smiling with one hand on her chin.】

[“Well, since Yoshiteru-kun doesn’t want to talk to my ex-girlfriend, let’s talk business.”]

[“I think this is why you guys came here, Mr. Kousaka?”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke ignored Zaimokuza's red face and nodded at the silver needle in the transparent bag in the hand of Ebina Hime.]

[“After analysis, the thing that killed the victims was very similar to the sting of a wasp. All the victims died of instant anaphylactic shock, so I believe that the unconfirmed life form that appeared this time should be a creature with the ability of a wasp.”]

[“And this inference also leads to a difficult problem.”]

[“Uh… what’s the problem, Ebina-san?”]

[Zaimokuza looked at the palm-length silver needle in front of him and asked curiously, but after he finished speaking, he saw Ebina Hime looking at him with a half-smile, and he suddenly became a little depressed, and stammered a few times before continuing.]

[“Hime, Himena, please tell me.”]

[“Hmm~ That’s more like it.”]

[Without looking at the strange-looking Kousaka Kyosuke next to her, Ebina Hina smiled and reached out to touch Zaimokuza's hair, who looked embarrassed. Feeling the smooth touch between her palms, she finally gave the answer.]

[“As we all know, wasps are insects, and they are the kind of insects that have wings.”]

[“That is to say…”]

【Thinking of the previous testimonies that none of the witnesses had seen the murderer, Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes changed. 】

[“Well, this unconfirmed life form is different from the previous ones. It may be able to fly.”]

[“An unidentified life form that can fly… This is troublesome.”]

[Hearing Ebina Hime's guess, Kousaka Kyosuke narrowed his eyes solemnly. If this Gurongi really has the ability to fly, it means that many of the previous methods of dealing with its kind have lost their effectiveness. ]

[Beep, beep, beep——]

[Just then, Zaimokuza's cell phone rang again. He took out his cell phone and saw a message and the sender's name on it, and his expression became a little strange.]

[“Minister? Why at this time?”]

【Zaimokuza didn't notice that when he called her that, the Ebina Hime sitting opposite him narrowed her eyes slightly, and after opening the message, a paragraph of text appeared in her black pupils.】

[“This is…”]

……

【Twenty-five minutes later.】

【A park in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. 】

【"Well!?"】

[Accompanied by the sudden rise of dust under his feet, a man's eyes widened, and his body suddenly fell to the side. ]

[Badjisu fluttered his four wings and descended from the sky. He looked at the man lying at his feet and kicked him. After confirming that there was no reaction, he nodded and turned the bracelet on his left hand to the left again. ]

[“It seems to be going well.”]

[A gloomy voice came from the side. Gooma, who was wearing black clothes and a black hat, hid under a pillar and squinted his eyes. His tone was as gloomy as a bat hanging upside down.]

[“Don’t lump me in with your bunch of bastards. It just makes me sick.”]

[badjisu looked at the bracelet on his wrist with fascination, not even glancing at it, his voice full of indifference and contempt. ]

【“……!”】

【Gooma saw the other party's attitude of not even looking at him and showing contempt, and his face suddenly twisted, and his pair of black-gloved hands clenched tightly.】

["What? You want to fight? You idiot zu!"]

[After being angered, Badji finally turned around and looked at the other party, shaking the bracelet in his hand with a sneer, admiring the eager but fearful look in Gooma's eyes. He just liked the other party's attitude of wanting to kill him but unable to do so, which made him feel happy every time.]

【“…”】

[Gooma stared at Badjisu intently, his eyes were so vicious that they made one's scalp shiver, but under the gaze of those blue compound eyes, he slowly loosened his clenched hands.]

【"snort!"】

【Badjisu sneered a few times when he saw this, and wanted to mock again.】

【boom! 】

[Accompanied by a gunshot, the bracelet on its wrist flew out in the explosion of sparks and landed not far from Gooma, causing Gooma to open his eyes wide.]

【"Um!?"】

[badjisu didn't have time to pick up the bracelet. He turned around and saw a Linduo holding the "bow and arrow" of this era towards him with a cold look in his eyes.]

【“henshin!”】

[Zaimokuza ran past Kousaka Kyosuke who was firing a gun, and shouted with a stern look in his eyes as he slapped his hands on the belt that appeared at his waist. The red armor completely replaced the clothes he was wearing in an instant. After completing the transformation, he jumped high and rushed towards Badjisu! ]

[“Kuu——!”]

[“Hey!”]

[Badjisu was surprised and had yet to finish his words of joy, when Zaimokuza roared and punched it hard in the face, sending it flying with such a powerful punch.]

【“!?”】

【Gooma looked at the surprise that fell from the sky in front of him with surprise, and looked up at Zaimokuza who was running away after Badjisu who was shot away. When he was about to pick up the bracelet, the quick-eyed and quick-handed Kosaka Kyosuke had already pulled the bolt to eject the bullet and reloaded it. He pointed the gun at the man who looked suspicious in his eyes and pulled the trigger without hesitation. The bullet shot accurately and flew off the hat on Gooma's head.】

[“Wow!!!”]

[Without his hat, Gooma faced the sun and screamed miserably. He quickly covered his face with his hands and turned to run away. His figure twisted and turned back into the original Bat Gurongi.]

【“Number three!”】

【Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes changed when he saw Gooma's true face, and he immediately chased after him with a gun.】

【boom! 】

[Badjisu was once again knocked away by a punch and crashed into a trash can. It stood up and shook off the trash on its body while enduring the stench around it. It shook its dizzy head and looked at Zaimokuza, who was posing with his hands in front of his body and his feet sinking, and then he smiled and said.]

[“Your punch is pretty good, Kuuga, but it’s a pity that it’s not as powerful as before.”]

【"drink!"】

【Zaimokuza did not refute the words that Gurongi said in his own language. He raised his right foot halfway while shouting, and flames flashed under his foot.】

[He crossed his hands in front of his chest and immediately rushed towards Badjisu who had stood up. The flame on his right foot left a dark footprint and a flashing spark on the concrete floor with every run. When he ran to a very close distance from the enemy in front of him, he jumped up with both feet, rolled in the air and stretched out his right foot.]

【“What the hell!”】

[With a loud roar, Zaimokuza kicks out with his right foot, the bottom of the foot glowing with fire, and kicks towards Badjisu in front of him! ]

【Sure-kill, all-powerful kick.】

The name of this move was written again in white font on the video.

[This move was developed by Zaimokuza after much thought during his battle with Gurongi. In the dead of night, he quietly used a wire mesh to pry open the lock of the park's side door and slipped in. He practiced his flying kick under a century-old tree, hoping to increase its power.]

[Because as the battle progressed, Zaimokuza felt that the power of his red form gradually began to fail to keep up with the intensity of the battle. Compared with the Azure Dragon form, which could turn various long objects into weapons, move quickly, and awaken elements as a trump card, the red form had almost no advantages except for its strong fist power. The evidence is that after the sixth, in the battles with several unconfirmed life forms, Zaimokuza always used the Azure Dragon form to end the battle. ]

[But Zaimokuza feels that the potential of the red form should be more than that. Although the Azure Dragon form is indeed very useful, before the elemental awakening form is activated, it can only be said that it has its own advantages compared to the red form. The elemental awakening that surpasses the red form in almost all aspects is too physically demanding. After the last use, it took Zaimokuza about ten hours before he could transform again.