My youth story cannot be a knight war

[A car honked as it passed by the window. After hanging up the phone, Yukinoshita Yukino looked up at Zaimokuza Yoshiki sitting opposite her. Her pretty face was expressionless.]

[“Listen, as soon as I hung up the phone, a car passed by. When a car passed by, someone honked. When people heard the horn, they wanted to say what was in their heart.”]

[“Go ahead, you have at least three things to say to me.”]

[“Uh…I shouldn’t have left you here for six hours, Minister.”]

[Zaimokuza Yoshiki, with a bruised face, tentatively said the first sentence. ]

【“Not this one.”】

[Yukinoshita Yukino was playing with the coffee spoon in her hand, glancing at him indifferently, the silver spoon leaving a butterfly-like afterimage between her nimble fingers.]

[“Well… shouldn’t I let you, Minister, pay for me?]

[“…Not this one either.”]

[Thinking back to her wallet which was almost half empty, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyelashes twitched slightly, and the soup spoon in her hand turned into a flowing silver light. ]

【Gulp.】

【Zaimokuza swallowed subconsciously, and despite the pain, he managed to force a smile on his face. His legs were shaking like a pile driver under the chair, and his voice was clearly audible with tears.】

[“If only…if only I hadn’t called you a tsundere.”]

[Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly grasped the handle of the spoon in her hand, which was rotating at a speed close to the highest speed of a fan, just like an executioner grasping the handle of the weapon he is about to use to execute someone.]

[A mysterious black aura spread from behind Yukinoshita Yukino. She slowly raised her head and looked at Zaimokuza, who was sweating profusely. A cold light flashed in her dark blue eyes. She spoke word by word with a murderous look on her face and fierce eyes.]

[“Dead·Tsundere·Jade?”]

【Looking at the scarlet glow in the beautiful eyes of the icy beauty opposite him and the cold light reflected by the spoon in her hand, Zaimokuza, who was shivering in the sudden cold, seemed to shrink like a figurine on the chair. The "click-click-click" sound of his teeth was close to that of a sewing machine. His face looked ashen, and his eyes were filled with despair.】

[Sometimes, there is no difference between men and women. They will have the same thoughts in their hearts under certain circumstances.]

Zaimokuza now somewhat understands why many women have had visions of encountering a handsome hero on a white horse, wearing knight's clothes, with a sword at his waist, to save them in times of crisis. He also hopes to meet a beautiful woman driving a Tesla, wearing light makeup, and wearing a thigh-slit cheongsam, with fair skin, a slender waist, long legs, a firm chest, and a round butt, to rescue him from the clutches of the ice witch before him.

[Even if the person who came was not a beauty but a man, and drove a police car instead of a Tesla, and came to arrest him instead of saving him, he would accept it! ]

[Beep, beep, beep—]

[As if the heavens heard Zaimokuza's prayers, dense sirens sounded outside the window, and police cars drove past the window one after another, attracting the attention of the two people. ]

[When he saw the familiar figure in the driver's seat through the glass window of the last police car, Zaimokuza felt tears well up in his eyes for a moment, as if he had seen an angel.]

[“Minister! I’ll go take a look!”]

【Zaimokuza immediately left Yukinoshita Yukino behind, rushed out the door, rode his motorcycle and chased after the exhaust gas left by the angel.】

……

[“Woooooo!”]

[With a shrill scream, a policeman holding a pistol fell from the air about three floors above the alley. Several policemen below hurriedly reached out to help their colleagues, but when they caught the pistol, they also fell to the ground due to the weight and potential energy.]

[The policeman who fell on his colleague was pale and had already stopped breathing. His head tilted, revealing his bleeding neck and two teeth marks on it.]

【"ha……"】

[A deep voice came from the rooftop opposite. A dark figure wearing a white loincloth and leggings stood on the guardrail of the rooftop. The sharp claws of his right hand gently moved the earring on his left ear.]

[This figure has black skin, wings on its arms, sharp claws on its hands, a bat-like head without eyes, and a bloody mouth full of fangs, with drops of blood dripping from its open mouth.]

[This figure is the culprit behind the recent blood-sucking incidents involving humans, the newly emerged unidentified life form - Number Three.]

[It jumped off the guardrail on the roof, flapped its wings, and flew toward the policeman who was shooting at it in fear, with its bloody mouth opened ferociously.]

[Beep——]

[A police car arrived late with sirens blaring, followed by a figure wearing a brown windbreaker and riding a motorcycle.]

[A policeman was thrown right next to where they parked their car and fell into the pile of garbage. Seeing this, Kousaka Kyosuke and Zaimokuza's pupils shrank at the same time, and they immediately ran towards No. 3 who was committing the crime.]

[“Mr. Police! I’m here to help!”]

【Zaimokuza ran forward while waving and shouting at Kousaka Kyosuke who was running with a gun in hand. Hearing this voice, Kousaka Kyosuke couldn't help but look back at the white-haired young man behind him with his eyes wide open.】

[“What are you doing here!?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke was so focused that he didn't notice that there was a tail behind him. He was full of shock and anger. He was about to say something, but when he heard the screams coming from the front again, his face turned grim. He ran faster and left Zaimokuza behind.]

[“Everyone! Retreat immediately! Take the wounded and retreat!”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke shouted loudly and ran to the front of all the police officers, facing No. 3. He aimed the gun at No. 3 and pulled the trigger without hesitation. Dazzling sparks flew from the gun muzzle, and several bullets accurately hit No. 3's abdomen as he pounced down.]

【“Mr. Police! I——”】

[“Get back here! This is the police’s job!”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke roared and refuted what Zaimokuza wanted to say without turning his head, and quickly emptied the bullets in the gun chamber amid the sparks from the muzzle. All the bullets hit the whole body of No. 3 without missing a single shot, showing his superb shooting skills.]

[No. 3 landed gently on the ground, and its muscles squirmed, squeezing all the bullets out of its body one by one. The sound of the bullets hitting the ground was crisp and harsh.]

【"Damn!"】

Seeing this, Kousaka Kyosuke clenched his teeth and immediately removed the empty magazine. As he pulled a new one out of his pocket and loaded it, Zaimokuza passed by him and rushed towards No. 1.

[“Idiot! What are you doing!?”]

[“Hey!”]

【Amid Kousaka Kyousuke's exclamation, Zaimokuza roared and kicked No. 3 in the abdomen. The moment he kicked the opponent, black skin and wrist armor covered the leg. Zaimokuza punched again fiercely, and white gauntlets also appeared on his hands. The belt appeared at his waist with a buzzing sound. Finally, with a spinning punch, golden horns and a helmet replaced the last head.】

[“Changed!?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke, who saw Zaimokuza's transformation for the first time, looked at the scene in disbelief. A normal person just transformed into a warrior wearing mysterious armor in a few seconds in front of him.]

【"drink!"】

[Amid Zaimokuza's roar, he punched No.3's abdomen fiercely. A faint white air wave appeared at the end of his fist. No.3, who was hit by this punch, staggered back several steps while holding his abdomen.]

[“Hmm…”]

[No. 3 groaned from his bloodstained mouth, then released his hands from covering his abdomen, stood up, tilted his head slightly, and the sound of bones rubbing against each other could be heard.]

[It looked completely unharmed. Zaimokuza's attack did not cause any effective damage to it. ]

【"Varied……?"】

[Zaimokuza was stunned when he saw No.3's reaction. He couldn't help but look at his fist, wondering if his attack really repelled No.1, who was also an unconfirmed life form like No.3, yesterday?]

[No. 3 gently stretched his body, walked slowly towards the Zaimoku seat, opened his mouth and spoke a mysterious language, his tone full of disdain and contempt. ]

[“This is how beating someone up should be.”]

【Zaimokuza, who didn't understand what the other party was saying, felt a little uneasy as he watched No.3 approaching. He rushed forward again and punched No.3 in the face.】

【"snort!"】

[This was the first time that Zaimokuza understood the meaning of the monsters' voices. The heavy fist that was enough to punch through the steel plate was easily caught by No. 3, who raised his hand and could not move forward any further.]

[“Ah!”]

[Before Zaimokuza could react, No. 3 slapped him hard on the face, causing his head to tilt. At that moment, Zaimokuza seemed to hear the sound of his neck vertebrae making a wail.]

[This is not over yet. Number 3 pulled back Zaimokuza's head, which was tilted by the blow, and then clenched his fists and punched him in the chest and abdomen with standard straight punches one after another. The heavy force made Zaimokuza unable to resist. It even grabbed Zaimokuza's neck with both hands and hit him in the abdomen with a standard knee strike. This blow made Zaimokuza groan and bend his waist.]

[At the end, No. 3 grabbed Zaimokuza's shoulder with his left hand, raised his right hand, and clenched his sharp claws into a fist, punching Zaimokuza in the face, sending him flying backwards! ]

【"Woo..."】

[Zaimokuza flew backwards and even knocked Kousaka Kyosuke, who opened his arms to catch him, away. He fell flat on the cold concrete floor, supporting his body with his hands and trembling as he tried to stand up, but the severe pain in his body eventually made him lie down helplessly.]

【Om—】

[Amidst the humming sound of his belt, the armor covering Zaimokuza's body gradually dissipated in a twisting manner, returning to his original attire. The white-haired young man in a brown windbreaker closed his eyes tightly, his face full of pain, and lay motionless on the ground.]

"too strong!"

Seeing this scene that could not be called a fight at all but a one-sided beating, Hikigaya frowned tightly and looked at Zaimokuza lying on the ground in the video with a rare worried look in his dead fish eyes.

"This unidentified life form number 3 is much stronger than the previous number 1. With the current Zaimokuza, there is no way he can defeat it."

"No, Bipenguin-san, you are wrong."

Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head slightly to reject Hikigaya's statement, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

"You—never mind, why did you say that?"

Hearing Yukinoshita Yukino mispronounce his name, Hikigaya's mouth twitched, and he turned to ask what she meant.

"Why do you think I'm wrong?"

"because--"

"——The Minister is right, Hachiman."

Before Yukinoshita could answer, Zaimokuza answered Hikigaya's doubts. His square-framed glasses reflected "himself" lying on the ground in the video with a painful look on his face. The lenses reflecting white light made it impossible to see his eyes, and his voice was so dull that it made people feel heartbroken.

"It's not that Number Three is too strong, but that my future self... is too weak."

"The form I have transformed into now is not the form I saw. This form cannot truly exert the power of the belt."

[No. 3 walked behind the fallen Zaimokuza and spread his ferocious hands and wings. His sharp claws flashed a cold light in the night.]

[“Goodbye—”]

[It raised its claws high, aimed at the back of the confused Zaimokuza, and was about to swing down to pierce the flesh of the human in front of it.]

【boom! 】

[A gunshot stopped the No. 3 from taking Zaimokuza's life. Its ferocious head tilted slightly, and then slowly turned to the direction where the gunshot came from.]

[“Hoo…Hoo…”]

[Holding the pistol with smoke billowing from the muzzle in his trembling right hand, Kousaka Kyousuke, who had been knocked away by Zaimokuza earlier, lay on the ground beside him, breathing heavily. A drop of sweat flowed down the curve of his resolute face from his forehead and dripped onto the ground.]

【Ding Dong.】

[A brass-colored bullet falls from the face of No. 3 and falls to the ground.]

[A sunken wound on the third person's face was emitting smoke, and then it slowly healed under the twitching facial muscles.]

[“You… Linduo——”]

[No. 3 gently wiped his face, his low voice full of strong hostility, he swung his huge claws violently, and hit Kousaka Kyousuke on the shoulder.]

【"ah!!!"】

[The huge force of this claw directly whipped Kousaka Kyosuke, who was lying on the ground, into the air, and he fell into a pile of empty wooden boxes with a scream. He curled up in a ball with his hands on his shoulders and a face full of pain in the broken and scattered wooden box fragments, and a painful groan came out of his mouth. ]

【"police officer……!"】

[Zaimokuza, who was lying on the ground, turned his head with difficulty to look at Kousaka Kyosuke who was lying in the woodpile. He clenched his teeth tightly and clenched his fingers on the ground into fists.]

Chiba Prefecture, Sakura Gakuen Junior High School.

"That idiot, why are you so impulsive!"

Kousaka Kirino cursed loudly, ignoring the stunned looks of all her classmates. Her slender fingers with blue nail polish were trembling as she held the phone. She looked at Kousaka Kyosuke who was knocked to the ground in the video with extremely worried eyes.

"——Why would you disregard your own safety for the sake of others, idiot brother!"

“Kirito…”

Aragaki Ayase, who is also a classmate and a good friend of Kousaka Kirino, looked at her friend with concern at this expression she had never seen before, and gently embraced her trembling shoulders with her open arms.

"Man, I believe that Brother Kosaka will be fine."

"Ayase..."

Chiba Prefecture, Police Department.

"a……"

Looking at the "son" in the video, whose face showed pain due to the injury, but there was no sign of retreat and fear in the face of the horrible monster, Kousaka Daisuke, whose face was often regarded as a gangster rather than a policeman, couldn't help but pull up the corners of his mouth and reveal a smile. There was worry but also relief in his eyes.

"As expected of my son."

【"Well!?"】

[No. 3 slowly raised his claws and walked towards the fallen Kousaka Kyosuke, but the sudden strong light from a distance made him groan uncomfortably, and he quickly raised his wings in front of his face to block the strong light.]

[A police car with high beams on appears at the entrance of the alley and drives towards here quickly. As it gets closer, the lights become clearer, which makes No. 3 feel even more distressed.]

[“You saved your life! Linduo!”]

It couldn't be seen because it had no eyes, but it seemed to glare fiercely at the fallen Zaimokuza Yoshiki and Kousaka Kyosuke, and after saying something harsh that the two of them couldn't understand, it flapped its wings and flew into the dark sky in the distance before the police car arrived.