My youth story cannot be a knight war

"..."

"Uh-huh!"

“?.”

Her sharp remark made Yuigahama Yui's face turn red and she protested in panic, made Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes twitch, made Zaimokuza Yoshiteru feel like he was stabbed in the heart again, and a clear crossroads appeared on Yukinoshita Yukino's forehead.

"Your summary... is really insightful, Miura."

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at the members of the Service Club who were so upset by what they said, and quietly took a few steps away from Miura Yumiko to avoid being struck by the lightning.

"…A-choo! Who is saying bad things about me again?"

Even Kyosuke Kousaka, who was far away and was shocked and indignant by the details of his father's death, couldn't help but sneeze and looked around suspiciously.

"So this is ah……"

Daisuke Kousaka felt very complicated when he saw Saori Makishima telling the truth about her own death on the screen.

It is impossible to say that he had no complaints about those corrupt senior officials who were holding him back. After all, the most unacceptable thing in the world is betrayal. The blade that stabs you in the back is always the coldest and sharpest. Countless heroes in history who have made great achievements fell under the blades of their own people rather than died at the hands of the enemy.

But the emotion that occupies more of my heart is still relief.

Daisuke Kosaka was both grateful and distressed that his "son" was able to stick to his original heart after personally experiencing the dark side of the world, and not be swallowed up by resentment and hatred and go to extremes to become an antisocial element.

The boy who would cry loudly in pain when he fell down while learning to ride a bicycle as a child has really grown into an extraordinary person in the future. Not only has he completely surpassed himself as a father, he has even become a guardian of the people, a hero recognized by everyone.

This is the joy of having one's son become successful come true. Daisuke Kousaka felt that his heart was filled with happiness and joy, just like an empty bottle filled with warm water, and both inside and out he exuded the warmth of a winter bonfire.

Takasaka Daisuke's face, which his children always thought was as stiff as an old tree, showed a gentle smile for the first time.

And that smile is almost identical to the future "Kousaka Kyosuke".

"It seems that I don't need to worry about this kid anymore."

【Chiba Prefecture, Chiba City, City Hospital, Intensive Care Unit. 】

0:36 PM

【"……I see."】

[After listening to what Gokou Ruri said on the other side of the phone, Kousaka Kirino couldn't help but clench her slender palm into a fist, her nails digging into the muscles of her palm. ]

[“Thank you for telling me, Miss Gogen… I’m sorry to trouble you.”]

[“Um… Miss Kousaka.”]

[Gokou Ruri listened to Kousaka Kirino's calm voice on the phone, which showed no emotion, and spoke hesitantly. ]

[“Actually, it’s not that Mr. Kousaka doesn’t want to come! But he——”]

[“If there is nothing else, I will hang up.”]

[“Eh? Please wait a moment! Takasaka-chan——”]

[Beep. 】

[Without waiting for Gokuri Ruri to finish, Kousaka Kirino, who no longer wanted to hear any explanation, simply hung up the phone, leaving the policewoman's voice on the phone frozen in the moment of astonishment.]

【“…”】

[She lowered her head, biting her moist lower lip with her white teeth, and her hand hanging at her side was squeezing the phone, making it make a clicking sound.]

[“That——that bastard Kyousuke! A cold-blooded bastard!! Just like his dead dad, he’s an idiot brother who only thinks about work!!!”]

[The emotions in her heart were like surging waves. Having reached her limit and unable to endure any more, Kousaka Kirino started to curse in the ward. Her voice was so loud that even people passing by in the corridor looked at her sideways.]

[“Why, everyone is like this? Are those strangers on the street really as important as family? Ugh…”]

[Kousaka Kirino really couldn't understand why the two men in the family were the same when faced with this kind of choice, always making choices that would cause pain to herself and her mother.]

[——What does family mean to you? ]

【Is it an accessory to the job? 】

[After cursing, she covered her face with her hands, her body trembling slightly, and she couldn't help wanting to burst into tears.]

【“…Kirino.”】

【“!?”】

[A weak voice came from behind. Kousaka Kirino was startled and hurriedly wiped her slightly red eyes with her sleeves before turning her head.]

[Kousaka Yoshino, who was lying on the bed in a hospital gown, woke up from her coma at some point, focused her eyes on her daughter, and tried hard to force her exhausted body to sit up.]

【“Mom!? Don’t move!”】

[Kousaka Kirino hurried over, held her mother's shoulders and pushed her back to the bed.]

[“Ahem… Sorry for causing you so much trouble. You should have been on the bus back to Hokkaido by now, right?”]

[Kousaka Yoshino coughed several times, smiled palely, and reached out the hand that was not on the IV to touch Kousaka Kirino's cheek. ]

[“Stop talking, Mom.”]

[Kousaka Kirino grabbed her mother's hand that was caressing her cheek, and after feeling the wrinkles on the skin and the fragility of the bones underneath, her eyes became even redder, and she spoke with a choked voice.]

[In my impression, are my mother's hands so thin? ]

[“…Kirito, how is Kyousuke?”]

[Kousaka Yoshino looked at her daughter's red eyes. Although she already knew what was going on, she still couldn't help asking her.]

[After hearing her mother's question, Kousaka Kirino's body stiffened and her hands that were holding her mother's hands slowly loosened.]

[“——Stop mentioning that bastard Kyousuke, Mom!”]

[She lowered her head, and when she raised it again, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried out in a thick sobbing voice.]

[“That bastard! He is just like my dad! He only cares about his damn work and responsibilities! He doesn’t have any room for us as a family!”]

[“He won’t come! That guy chose to be a hero who protects the citizens! He abandoned me and you, mom!!!”]

[“Why? Why do those two bastards only care about being responsible for citizens they don’t even know!? But why do they always leave us behind! Aren’t we their family? Aren’t family members the most important thing in the world? Then why don’t they care at all when something happens to them?”]

[“Even though you were in the hospital, Kyousuke didn’t come. He even pushed the matter of explaining the reason to someone else! Is it such a waste of his precious time as a hero to make a phone call to explain the reason? Is that bastard so heartless!?”]

[“Why? Why are both father and son like this? They don’t even care about their family. What kind of a hero are they!!!?”]

[“——Ua ...

[At the end, Kousaka Kirino couldn't help but hug her mother and buried her face in her arms and cried bitterly. The cry went through the closed door of the ward and was heard far away in the hospital.]

[Kousaka Kirino's resentment and hatred towards her brother and father that had accumulated over the years completely burst out at her mother's question, rushing out like a flood, and her rational valve was completely washed away by the surging and violent emotions.]

[At this moment, she cried so hard that her voice was so infectious that even those who didn’t know the whole story felt uncomfortable after hearing it, and couldn’t help but shed tears with her.]

[“Kirino…”]

[Kousaka Yoshino reached out and stroked the back of her daughter's head, which was buried in her arms. Her eyes were full of pity and helplessness, as well as a hint of imperceptible sadness.]

[“…I know you don’t listen to your mother anymore, but I still want to ask you for a favor.”]

[“Kirito… please don’t blame your brother.”]

……

【Tokyo City, a tributary of Tokyo Bay. 】

[“Hmph, I’ve decided it’s you guys!”]

Biran stood on the riverbank, looking gloomily at a small boat passing slowly on the river.

[With its eyesight, it can clearly see that there are people in various clothes in the boats looking around through the open windows. Some of them are holding cameras and taking pictures, capturing the grandeur of Tokyo, Asia's largest city, from the river.]

This was clearly a sightseeing boat carrying tourists. The people on the boat looked around curiously, and some even waved happily at Biran, who was standing on the shore, through the window.

In Biran's eyes, the sightseeing boat has become a luxuriously decorated dinner plate, and the tourists on board are its feast.

【"hehe……"】

Looking at the male Linduo waving at him through the window, Biran's lips curled up into a sinister arc, and he also extended his hand to greet him.

[——As a final greeting before sending the other person to hell.]

In just over an hour, Biran's arm, which had been damaged by the Azure Dragon's elemental awakening attack, had fully recovered. If it weren't for the noticeable difference in skin color at the elbow, it would be impossible to tell it had ever been seriously injured.

"Wait, KUUGA!"

[“And that Linduo warrior, I have memorized your face and smell! Don’t even think about escaping from me!”]

[“After I complete other goals, you two will be my final goals in the game!”]

Biran lowered his hand, his eyes gleaming with ferocity. His body rapidly twisted and transformed under the suddenly stiff smile and terrified gaze of the tourist across from him, transforming into a monstrous piranha-like Gurongi in a matter of seconds.

[“Are you a monster?!”]

[Amid the tourists' screams of fear, it plunged into the water of Tokyo Bay and rapidly approached the sightseeing boat.]

【A few minutes later.】

[The sightseeing boat, which was originally full of laughter and joy, was replaced by tragic shouts and wails, and then gradually returned to calm as time passed.]

[After the sound of water entering the water and the splashing of waves, no sound could be heard from the entire sightseeing boat anymore. It was as dead silent as a ghost ship sailing out of hell.]

[On the second floor of the sightseeing boat, blood flowed along the deck and spread over a young arm that was tightly holding onto a little bear.]

[The entire interior of the ship seemed to be painted with "blood" as the theme, and bloody handprints were everywhere, which was horrifying and terrifying. ]

[With the blood and corpses of innocent people as sacrifice, the game of Me-Biran-Gi officially begins above Tokyo Bay.]

First-time massacre: 52

18. If the story started before the beginning (two in one)

Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Prefectural Chiba Benzun High School, Health Room.

"..."

Hearing the tearful accusations of his "sister" on the light curtain, even though he knew that the person she was targeting was not actually "him", Kyosuke Kousaka still felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart, heavy and blocking.

Even my current self feels so uncomfortable after hearing the accusations of the future "Kousaka Kirino". It is hard to imagine what the future "Kousaka Kyousuke" would think and feel after hearing these words from his sister.

"My future self..."

Kyosuke Kousaka murmured, recalling the face of his future "self" with lines as hard as steel, and his heart was slightly touched.

At the same time, he began to doubt the actions and choices of "Kousuke Kosaka" in the future.

Is the choice you made really worth it?

Kyosuke Kousaka is not sure whether his future self has ever had the same thoughts as his present self at some point, and he is unwilling to think about it.

But he wanted to keep watching.

Kyosuke Kousaka wants to know what kind of story Kyosuke Kousaka will eventually write in the future.

Chiba Prefecture, Sakura Gakuen Junior High School.

"No matter how angry I am, it's a bit too much to say that... my future self."

Kousaka Kirino looked at her future self, who lost control of her emotions after her mother's words suddenly revealed her long-standing dissatisfaction with her father and brother. She wanted to speak out in retort, but suddenly found that she couldn't say anything.

Because what she said was exactly the thoughts buried deep in her heart.

Putting aside the fact that Kyosuke Kousaka has not yet become a policeman like in the future, Kirino Kousaka actually has some resentment deep in her heart towards her father who has been a policeman for many years.

Apart from the fact that he and his brother did not attend their birthday parties in previous years, there were actually many similar examples that had occurred.

For example, in this country, every child has a school entrance ceremony at different stages in their life, which happens only once in their life.

At the two entrance ceremonies of elementary school and junior high school, his father was busy with official duties and did not attend the entrance ceremonies of his brother and sister. He missed both elementary school and junior high school. He only attended one of them when Kousaka Kyosuke was promoted to high school. The rest of the entrance ceremony photos were all photoshopped by the photo studio with the absent Kousaka Daisuke added in afterwards.

Those were truly unlucky memories, and in every sense they had overshadowed them, making Kousaka Kirino and Kousaka Kyosuke feel uncomfortable every time they recalled them.

When taking photos at the entrance ceremony, all the other children of the same age had both parents behind them, but my brother and I were the only ones with only our mother in formal attire.

When they were taking pictures, they had to endure strange looks from families all around, turning the photo-taking process into torture. It was clearly an important once-in-a-lifetime memory, but they felt as if the days were long and difficult to endure. Unlike other families around them who hoped time would pass more slowly, the brother and sister wished that every time they took pictures, they could finish it quickly so that they could be free.

That’s not all. After they entered school, all kinds of rumors began to circulate because of what happened that day. Some said that the brother and sister from the Takasaka family had lost their father at an early age, so they could only be accompanied by their mother. Some also said that their biological parents had actually died a long time ago, and that they were actually adopted by relatives, and so on.

The most outrageous version that Kousaka Kirino had ever heard was that her family was a remarriage family, and the partners of each marriage were her own brother and mother, and she, as the younger sister, was the burden brought along by her mother's second marriage.

...Except for the word "淦", the well-educated girl really couldn't think of a more vicious curse word to curse those rumor mongers who wanted to kill their entire family and those who just wanted to watch the show and have fun.