The story we started

["——————Snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring~"]

[It still makes me wonder if someone is pressing the toilet flush button. The sound is still so continuous throughout the room.]

【Kousaka Kyousuke opened his bloodshot eyes again and turned his head to look. Zaimokuza, who was lying on the other bed like last time, kicked the quilt under the bed again, with his hands and legs spread out in a "big" shape, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, and the bubbles on his nose expanded and shrank with every deafening snoring sound - the cycle repeated endlessly.】

[“Ahem…”]

[Even this blood pressure-raising giggle is the same as last time.]

[Kousaka Kyosuke no longer doubted whether this guy could find a girlfriend - he had already determined that this guy would probably have to spend the rest of his life with only his right hand. ]

【“……!”】

[The five fingers of his only intact left hand twitched and twisted irregularly. Kousaka Kyosuke tried his best to suppress his impulse as a policeman to break the law. He pulled the quilt over his whole body and continued to endure the snoring that was comparable to the mooing of a cow. His spirit, which was already somewhat overwhelmed by staying up late and working, continued to weaken.]

["——————Snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring, snoring~"]

[The second night spent in this intensive care unit was still very long, just like Zaimokuza's snoring and the murderous intent rising in Kousaka Kyousuke's heart. It was estimated that there would never be an end in sight. ]

38. The Awakening of the Earth

【Tokyo, Shibuya District. 158txt.com】

【04;56p.m】

[“Wow!!!”]

[With a painful scream, a tall figure fell from the roof of a building more than ten stories high. His body, which was more flexible than steel, did not have blood and flesh flying everywhere like an ordinary person would after falling from such a height. Instead, he smashed a clear human-shaped dent on the asphalt road.]

[“Hmm…”]

[A black hand with sharp claws stretched out from the depression and pressed on the ground. The figure stood up from the ground, shaking his head. It was obvious from the swaying figure that he had fallen heavily.]

[This is a cockroach-like Gurongi. It has killed nearly 40 people since it appeared yesterday. Its killing method is to tie the neck of the person with the long whiskers on its face and then perform a German back throw to break the victim's neck. All the people it kills are athletes who are engaged in wrestling activities or competitions. The official code name given to it by the police is Unconfirmed Life Form No. 20.]

[And today, when it was hunting its fiftieth target, it was ambushed by the police who had been waiting here for a long time. A fierce conflict broke out between the two sides. Fortunately, the police had evacuated the citizens in this area. Otherwise, with this battle trajectory that almost spanned the entire area, many innocent people would have been killed and injured.]

[“Damn it…”]

[Me-gorigi-ba covered his head and cursed in the language of Gurongi. He didn't expect that these Lindo warriors would react so quickly and surround him just when he succeeded. Moreover, the weapons they used this time were even more powerful, forcing him to run for his life.]

【"drink!"】

[With a light shout, a blue figure jumped down from the rooftop where Gorigi had just fallen, landing not far in front of it as light as a feather. When it turned around, a pair of blue compound eyes and golden horns on its head shone brightly.]

[“…Kuuga!”]

[Gorigi gnashed his teeth and read out the name of the person, raised his right arm, and the wrist armor on his arm was inlaid with a jet-black arm blade, which flashed a fierce and cold light in the sun. He raised his arm and rushed towards Zaimokuza. 】

[Zaimokuza transformed into a blue dragon and held the blue dragon stick in both hands, facing the enemy who was rushing towards him with full vigilance. He pushed his feet forward and did a somersault to avoid Gorigi's knife that was cutting towards his face. After landing, he turned around and stabbed the enemy's back with the stick! ]

[“Hmm!?”]

[Zaimokuza made a surprised sound from his mouth, and watched as the end of the Blue Dragon Stick that was about to hit Gorigi was tied up by several black tentacles, unable to move forward.]

[“This trick is useless to me!”]

[Gorigi sneered and turned his head. The tentacles on his head seemed to have life and wrapped around the Qinglong stick, getting tighter and tighter. He raised his right hand and turned around to cut off the back!]

[Clang! 】

【At the critical moment, Zaimokuza held the Blue Dragon Stick with one hand and dodged the knife with a single move. The sharp arm blade almost passed by his face, so close that he could hear the sound of the air being cut. However, the Blue Dragon Stick was not as lucky as him. The arm blade directly cut it in half. The moment the stick was cut, sparks burst out and it broke into two pieces, one long and one short.】

[“That was a close call! I almost lost my life.”]

[He used his backbend to do a backflip to distance himself. Zaimokuza looked at the half of the Blue Dragon Staff left in his hand and was thankful. If he hadn't dodged quickly, the knife would have cut his head off from his neck.]

[“Come and die! Kuuga!”]

[Gorigi flicked his tentacles, discarding the half of the Blue Dragon Staff that was entangled, and this time he raised both hands together and rushed towards Zaimokuza who was holding the other broken staff. Zaimokuza looked at the cockroach Gurongi rushing towards him, gritted his teeth and slapped his waist with one hand, ready to transform into an all-around form that is more suitable for bare-handed combat to meet the attack. ”]

【Bang bang bang——】

[Several bullets were fired past Zaimokuza's ears with the sound of gunfire. All of them passed over his body and accurately hit Gorigi who was rushing towards him. Not a single bullet missed. The bullets immediately exploded and released white gas after hitting him.]

[“Ahem——is this damn thing again!?”]

[Gorigi, who was running, felt like drinking poison after inhaling the white smoke. He felt dizzy and nauseous. He couldn't help but stagger back several steps with his hands covering his face, coughing painfully from time to time.]

【“Zaimokuza!”】

【“Mr. Kosaka!”】

[Zaimokuza turned around in surprise, only to see Kousaka Kyosuke wearing a helmet, driving the Triangle Chaser 2000 in his right hand and holding a sniper rifle in his left hand, driving towards here. The white smoke from the muzzle floated backwards at the speed of the gun, indicating that it was he who fired the gun just now.]

[Zi——]

[The motorcycle's tires deviated in direction, and Kyosuke Kosaka drove the Triangle Chaser 2000 with one hand to make a smooth deviation, and the rear wheel scraped a clear track on the ground. ]

[“Now, solve it!”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke picked up the sniper rifle with both hands and shot at the gorigi again, the smoke gradually dissipating from its body. He spoke coldly as he watched it struggle in pain, without any trace of sympathy or emotion for these Grongis in his eyes.]

【“OK!”】

[Zaimokuza gave a thumbs-up cheerfully, then immediately turned to face the enemy with a serious expression, raised his hands high and slapped them down at his belt! ]

[The blue spirit stone on the belt flashes again with a buzzing sound, and the three colors of red, blue, and green change alternately, and finally a brand new color appears——]

【Purple!】

[“Super Transformation!”]

[Zaimokuza raised his right hand forward, and after concentrating on saying this self-suggestion that would increase his concentration, he tapped it on his left belt buckle, and spread his hands to both sides. A purple light immediately shone brightly from his waist, and his form began to change!]

[As the purple light bloomed, a set of silver armor with purple stripes covered the blue armor in the shape of a blue dragon. The pearls and jade inlaid between the armor on the hands and feet turned purple like pure purple agate. Two round silver shoulder armors with purple edges extended from the shoulders, and the blue compound eyes also turned purple.]

【"drink!"】

[The silver-armored hand grasps the starter handle of the Triangle Chaser 2000, twists and pulls it to remove it and holds it in his hand. Zaimokuza slowly places the handlebar at his side as if holding a sword, and turns his wrist.]

【Om—】

[The short handlebars become transparent with a buzzing sound, and their shape stretches and changes. After the transparent color disappears, a large sword with a purple base and golden edges appears in Zaimokuza's hand.]

[This is the new form? ]

【Kousaka Kyosuke, who was sitting on the Triangle Chaser 2000, stopped shooting and turned to look at Zaimokuza standing beside him with flickering eyes. Zaimokuza, who had transformed into this new form, was wearing armor and holding a large sword, like a general about to go to war on the battlefield in ancient times, and he was surrounded by a sense of tenacity that was as unshakable as a rock.】

[“When an evil creature appears, a warrior wearing steel armor and slashing the evil with earth-shattering force… His final form is a warrior with a sword?”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke murmured the translation of the inscription that Yukinoshita Yukino had sent them via mobile phone. His voice was like a poet reciting a memory engraved in the world itself. A sense of wildness swept over from the inscription and words.]

【"It's coming!"】

[clang——]

[After Zaimokuza's chilling voice fell, the sword in his hand once again extended a hollowed-out blade from the middle, and the sword made a loud and clear sound as it turned with his movements.]

[Kuga·Titan Form·Titan Sword. ]

High-level Training Academy, student dormitory.

"This should be Kuuga's final form...but its potential, or Zaimokuza Yoshiki's potential, should be more than this."

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka wrote a few neat regular script characters of "Titan Form" on the notebook in his hand with a pen. His calm eyes were fixed on the screen of a mobile phone that was propped up on the table in front of him. There was only a thin screen on it, and there were no other parts that a mobile phone should have.

No matter how many times Ayanokouji Kiyotaka thought it was amazing that a mobile phone screen without any electronic components could display clear images without the support of other devices. This really made people curious and they couldn't help but wonder what the principle was.

39. Titan Sword

"Almighty, Azure Dragon, Pegasus, Titan, Kuga's four consecutive forms all have their own characteristics. Their fighting styles are different and their weapons are also different. Almighty's balance, Azure Dragon's agility, Pegasus's perception, and this Titan, according to its form and weapon, has a 400% chance of being the kind of form that strengthens defense and focuses on frontal wrestling. txt.com"

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was drawing the image of Kuuga in Titan form in the video under the title in his notebook with a pen as he spoke. His drawing skills were excellent and he never stopped even though his eyes were fixed on the screen of his mobile phone. In less than a minute, a sketch of the Titan form with extremely clear outlines had already appeared on the paper. The arrangement of each line showed a kind of long-honed proficiency and beauty, and it was obvious that he had worked hard in this area.

"But these are not the main abilities of these forms... Elemental awakening, through this special method, the power of these forms can be truly displayed. The Azure Dragon form controls water, the Pegasus form controls wind, and according to the inscription translated by Yukinoshita Yukino, the elemental power that this Titan form controls should be... Earth?"

"and many more--"

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka suddenly stopped drawing on the paper. He flipped the page with the Titan form forward and came to the first page of the book. It depicted the scarlet figure of Kuuga in his almighty form. Various ability annotations were written on the blank space next to it, all of which were analyses of Kuuga.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka stared at the scarlet almighty form, his eyes thoughtful.

"Water, wind, and earth. If the element controlled by this omnipotent form of Kuga is something like controlling heat, then doesn't this just fit the four elements of 'earth, wind, water, and fire' in ancient Indian Buddhist culture?"

"According to the viewpoints and concepts of ancient Indian Buddhism, the harmony of the four elements, earth, wind, water and fire, will give rise to various physical forms, which are called "color". If the four elements are out of balance, it will lead to "disease". If any one of them is missing, it will lead to "death".

"And in the end, due to the dispersion of the four elements, everything will eventually return to - "emptiness"? "

“Empty? Empty self???”

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's expression suddenly froze, his expressionless face froze for a moment, and the pen in his hand slipped from his hand because of his pause, fell to the floor, and then turned under the chair with a gurgling sound.

He did not bend down to pick up the pen. Instead, he rested his chin on his hand and thought intently, with a wise gleam in his eyes from time to time.

"Kuga is not the name of the warrior transformed by Zaimokuza Yoshiki. The Gurongis have always called Zaimokuza's transformed form Kuuga. The name "Kuga" is just a name Zaimokuza gave based on the homophony of the Gurongis' language, but..."

"According to the ability that Zaimokuza Yoshiki has shown to manipulate the four elements in accordance with the true meaning of Buddhism, and according to the definition of ancient Indian Buddhism, these elements will eventually return to the "emptiness" of nothingness... Is it really just a coincidence that he chose this name?"

“But if my conjecture is correct, then I’m afraid that the elemental power that Zaimokuza has shown now is not the manifestation of Kuuga’s true power, or it can only be regarded as a part of his true ability. What is his true power…”

No matter what he was thinking about, the scene on the mobile phone screen continued to develop.

[Zaimokuza held up the Titan Sword in his hand, and walked towards Gorigi with steady and even slow steps, unlike the fierce and violent battle in the past. However, a strong sense of oppression different from before began to emanate from his whole body, and in the eyes of the world, he was like a slowly moving mountain! ]

[Faced with this oppression, Gorigi took a step back subconsciously, but he immediately reacted. The belligerence and bloodthirstiness in his blood made him feel extremely humiliated and angry. As a member of the elite "me" group among the Gurongi clan, he actually felt afraid? ]

[This is simply unforgivable, and it feels more humiliating than the death that would come after losing the game! Gurongi only has warriors who embrace the glory of dying in battle, and there are no cowards who shrink back because of the enemy's strength! ! ! ]

[Gorigi roared in anger at the humiliation, and rushed towards Zaimokuza with his tall body.]

[“So what if it’s purple power!? Don’t underestimate me! I’m a me-gorigi-ba who breaks the neck of my prey with my death tentacles!!!”]

[It roared! Howled! Just like the Japanese devils on Guam who faced the overwhelming artillery fire of the US military and still shouted "Board!" and fearlessly charged with explosive packs! Their whole bodies are filled with the Bushido spirit and masculinity that the younger generation of Japan today will never have! ]

[“Feel the feeling of having your neck broken! Kuuga!”]

[Gorigi rushed to Zaimokuza and shook his head violently. The tentacles on the top of his head quickly wrapped around Zaimokuza's neck and tied him up. He immediately turned around and threw Zaimokuza to the ground with his head down, breaking his neck! ]

[But nothing happened. No matter how hard it tried, no matter how tightly the tentacles tied it, Zaimokuza still stood there motionless, not moving at all. Gorigi looked like a weak mortal trying to lift a mountain with a rope, pathetic and ridiculous.]

【"What!?"】

[Gorigi was startled, but before he could react, Zaimokuza grabbed the tentacles wrapped around his neck with one hand, raised the Titan Sword in his right hand, and cut off the tentacles with the sharp sword in the midst of black blood! ]

[When the tentacle was cut off, Gorigi felt an incomparable pain and immediately staggered back with a scream. The broken end of the tentacle left a clear black bloodstain on the ground as he stepped back.]

[The tentacles on its head are not only the most flexible and powerful part of its body, but also the most vulnerable part. The pain Gorigi feels at this moment is like the excruciating pain a man feels when his vitals are cut off, and it is even more severe! ]

[“Taku!”]

【But Zaimokuza had no sympathy for the pain Gorigi was showing. He took advantage of the situation and raised his left hand to punch it on the right cheek. The punch was no less powerful than the almighty form, causing blood to spurt out of its face. Then he kicked it in the abdomen and sent it flying.】

[Zaimokuza tore off the remaining tentacles on his neck, raised the Titan Sword and walked towards Gorigi who was struggling to stand up on the ground. He turned his wrist with his right hand and stabbed the Titan Sword at the dark silver belt on its abdomen! ]

[“Oh my god!!!”]

[“Ugh!!!”]

【puff! 】

[Amid Zaimokuza's roar and Gorigi's scream that rose and then suddenly stopped, the tip of the Titan Sword pierced its abdomen and came out from behind.]

「Ku——ugaaaaaaaaaah!!!」

[Zi——]

[The scarlet word "Earth" appeared at the place where it was pierced by the Titan Sword, and the words spread out from the cracked eye that was flashing with light. At the last moment of his life, Gorigi tightly grasped Zaimokuza's neck with both hands, stared at the purple compound eyes, and shouted the last words in this world with a voice full of hatred. The words turned into an extremely shrill scream in the end.]

【boom! 】

[Its strong body suddenly exploded, and the flames from the explosion engulfed Zaimokuza right in front of him. Kousaka Kyousuke covered his face with his hands to block the heat and impact from the explosion.]

【“…”】

[When he put his hand down, the figure of Unidentified Lifeform No. 20 was no longer visible on the opposite road, except for Zaimokuza, who was holding the Titan Sword and maintaining a thrusting posture. The road was blackened by the flames of the explosion, and some cardboard and garbage bags piled at the nearest alley were burning with flames.]

[Zaimokuza slowly retracts the Titan Sword he thrust out and stands still.]

【Om—】

[After a twist and flicker of the armored warrior's body, the tall figure that gave people a sense of majesty and stability once again turned back into the white-haired young man that Kousaka Kyousuke was familiar with. Zaimokuza stood with his back to him on the road with several small flames burning, and his right hand was holding the handlebar that had been transformed from the Titan Sword back to its original state.]

【“…”】