My youth story cannot be a knight war

After all, even the animal orders are different, how can we compare them?

“…It’s so painful.”

Fujiwara Chika, who had already recovered from the tragic scene of Shuchiin in the light curtain, spoke hesitantly, her pair of still slightly red pink eyes staring at the scene in the light curtain in front of her.

"What's wrong, Fujiwara-san?"

Hearing her friend's weak voice, Kaguya Shinomiya lowered her head and asked in a slow voice to the girl who was hugging her waist with both hands.

"From Mr. Kosaka, I can feel that although he looks calm, he is..."

"He was in great pain and confusion."

【not long ago. 】

【Tokyo City, a tributary of Tokyo Bay. 】

In the main hall of the sightseeing boat, a wall-mounted television was playing the final scene of "Nameless Sky," the second-highest-rated fantasy militaristic film of the year. The protagonist, Raiden Wuming, was flying towards the other end of the sky in his own Vector J32 fighter jet. The white trail left by the plane on the sky faintly outlined the shape of a vicious dog.

[As the jet of the fighter jet once again spurted out blue flames, the entire fighter jet broke through the sound barrier in an instant and entered a completely new realm. The surrounding scenery changed from the previous blue sky and white clouds to a stream of light flowing with a variety of colors.]

Lei Dian Wuming covered the wound on his chest from the bird strike, gasping for breath and pressing a button to open the fighter's shield. He let the blood splatter backwards under the G-force and potential energy, leaving a long red thread. He stared at the stream of light passing around the fighter with a dazed look.

[Although he dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school and went out to work, his literary accomplishment can only be described as half-full, a typical dilettante, but when he saw this beautiful and gorgeous scene in front of him, he still understood that the words "The waterfall drops three thousand feet straight down, it seems like the Milky Way falls from the sky" written in the high school textbook were not adjectives, but declarative words.]

[My guess is correct. When the flying angle exceeds 99 and reaches 100, you will be able to see a whole new realm that no one has ever seen. It's ridiculous that the boss who jumped later than me in the last experiment and died was stubborn and always believed that soldiers must obey orders. But how can the human desire to explore a whole new world be restrained by the orders of the military?]

[The limit is achieved by flying! Not by calculation! ]

[He is always right! He is the son of destiny chosen by God! The problems that scientists with degrees far superior to his could not solve were solved one by one after his divine arrival, and this unparalleled miracle was created! ]

[My name will become a symbol of honor after today, and will be recorded in the monument of air force history and scientific history, for future generations to worship forever! Just like the cry of countless American soldiers before parachuting out of a plane crash: "Geronimo!!!", it will live forever in the faith of others! ]

[Thinking of this, Lei Dian Wuming's face, which had been frozen like a mask since birth, couldn't help but draw a tiny arc upward from the corner of his mouth. 】

[He looked at the surrounding scene with a lofty expression, his eyes were extremely deep, and then he spoke.]

[“You’ve always been here, right?”]

"MOSS, the cybergod created by humans!"

[“Aa ...

[What responded to him was not the mechanical voice "Yes, I'm always here" that should have been spoken on the TV screen, but a shrill scream from the reality outside the screen.]

【“Mio, everyone!”】

[“Ugh!?”]

[Akiyama Mio hugged her childhood sweetheart and stood at the end of the sightseeing boat deck with the light music club, watching everything happening in front of them with horror.]

[Patter. 】

[The crew member's bloody body fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then died. Then a foot stepped on his back, leaving a bright red footprint on his uniform.]

[“Sizzle~ What a wonderful taste.”]

Biran raised the blood-stained arm blade in front of him, and his long tongue extended from between his two rows of fangs to lick it into his mouth, emitting an intoxicated moan.

[After being intoxicated, it turned its head to look at the survivors crowded at the end of the deck, and the corners of its shark-like mouth pulled up into a terrifying smile.]

[“Please let me enjoy myself for a while longer. I’ve been patient for a long time!”]

[“But, damn it!”]

As Biran approached, all the survivors cried out in terror. The girls from the light music club, huddled in front of the crowd, panicked. As the club leader, Ritsu Tainaka, suppressed her fear, stretched out her arms to shield her friends behind her, and cursed in a trembling voice.

[“Why? These unidentified life forms have been missing for so long. Why did they appear again just when we arrived? This is too much! Damn it!!!”]

[“Xiao Lu, what are you doing!? Come back quickly!”]

[Being blocked by her best friend, Akiyama Mio hurriedly reached out to hug her, trying to drag Tianzhong Ritsu back to the crowd, but she struggled to break free. ]

[“Don’t pull me! Mio, I I I I——”]

Watching Biran approaching, she could even see blood streaking down his raised arm, the twisted, deformed blade pattern. The girl standing in front of him trembled uncontrollably, tears welling in her eyes, and her voice began to crack.

[“——I’m sorry! Everyone! I’m so sorry!”]

[“I suggested that everyone come to Tokyo just to help you heal the psychological trauma left by your last stay here, Mio! But why? Why is it so difficult? Why did we run into these guys again!”]

[“I’m sorry, everyone! I’ve caused you all harm! I really didn’t expect this to happen, I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! Wuwuwu——”]

[“Xiao Lu…”]

[“Ritsu-chan, come back soon! This isn’t your fault!”]

[“Ritsu-senpai, come back soon!”]

[“Come on, big monster! I, I, I am not afraid of you!”]

Kotobuki Tsumugi and Nakano Azusa from the light music club both frantically reached behind Tainaka Ritsu, trying to drag her back with Akiyama Mio. Hirasawa Yui, usually the most innocent, untied the electric guitar she always carried with her from behind her back, raised it tremblingly to Biran, and shouted, tears threatening to well up in her large eyes.

[Looking at the approaching deadly demon in front of them, the girls in the light music club were terrified from the bottom of their hearts, but they still rushed to use their slender and thin bodies to block the front in order to protect their friends. This was in stark contrast to the other tourists behind them who were almost in a trance and wanted to push others out to use as shields.]

The good and evil of human nature were vividly displayed at this moment. Biran, who took in the scene completely, found it extremely amusing and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

[“Interesting! It’s really interesting. The Linduo of this era is really different from the Linduo of the past. Hahaha~”]

[Then, its laughter suddenly changed its tone, becoming cruel and playful, with a chill like a razor scraping across the skin.]

[“Since you guys are so brave, I will fulfill your wish and start with you!”]

Looking at the girls standing in the front of the crowd, Biran, who hadn't stopped moving forward, raised his right hand to the level of his mouth. The stench of blood-stained mouth opening and closing nearly suffocated the light music section.

[Why... is this happening? ]

[Akiyama Mio and the others hugged Tian Zhongli, who was crying and blocking the way. The group looked at the terrifying monster that was less than five meters away from them, and the colors of despair and fear could not help but welled up in their eyes. ]

[Three minutes ago, they were still immersed in laughter and joy, but now, three minutes later, the entire sightseeing boat is completely engulfed in blood and terror, and the survivors are filled with despair.]

[The change between heaven and hell was too fast, so fast that people could not react at all. Akiyama Mio still felt a little unreal, as if she was having a horrible nightmare from which she could not wake up.]

[But all this is not a dream, but a reality that is more terrifying and bloody than a nightmare. ]

[When the monster in front of her walked out of the bloody captain's room and swung the blade at the passenger sitting at the front of the hall, Akiyama Mio looked at the splattered blood and her mind went blank. With a dull look in her eyes, she allowed herself to be dragged to the deck by her panicked friends.]

[She came back to her senses as the sea breeze blew across her skin, and she realized a fact again. ]

[——I have encountered these unidentified life forms that kill without blinking an eye again. Today, after several months, I have encountered these horrific nightmares again.]

[Before fear and despair could even emerge, the threat of death was already approaching. ]

[“——Ugh!”]

[When the devil stopped with his black eyes and raised the fierce blade in his hand high, Akiyama Mio, like the other girls in the light music club, couldn't help but close her eyes tightly with tears in her eyes and hugged her most cherished friends tightly. ]

[——If I’m with everyone, even death, which has always been the ultimate source of fear for mankind, shouldn’t be so scary? ]

[At the last moment, this thought came to the girl's mind, and she once again tightened her grip on her friend's clothes.]

【“Then, goodbye forever.”】

[“Brave and timid cute Lindos?”]

[Looking at the trembling girls in front of him, Biran raised his right arm with a sinister smile, then swung it down suddenly!]

[The sharp arm blade cuts through the air as it chops down, making a sharp hissing sound, and the blade with a cold glow slashes towards Tian Zhongli, who has his eyes closed at the front.]

[With its sharpness that can easily break Zaimokuza's elemental awakening defense, if this knife hits, it will be enough to cut the Light Music Club members who are hugging each other in half! ]

[——Only if you can hit it. ]

【Pusha! 】

[clang——]

[In a world that was completely dark due to her closed eyes, Akiyama Mio could only hear a sound similar to a dolphin breaking through the water, followed by the dull sound of steel colliding.]

【But the pain that was originally expected has not come for a long time. 】

【“……?”】

[In doubt, she quietly opened her tearful eyes and looked forward.]

[——The black eyes reflected a familiar blue tall figure standing in front of them, casting a shadow that completely covered everyone in the light music department.]

[Fiery sparks continued to splash from the front, further accentuating the dark side of the figure's back.]

【“——”】

[Akiyama Mio stared blankly at the figure in front of her, her eyes gradually widening.]

[At this moment, the other party also turned his head, and the scattered stardust reflected his blue compound eyes and the golden horns on his head.]

【"Who are you--"】

[The girl's voice was lost in the sea breeze, and another furious voice completely drowned it out.]

"KUUGA!!!"

[“Why are you here again? Do you really have to get in my way?!”]

Looking at the lingering enemy in front of him, Biran roared in fury and increased the force of his arm blade, causing the blade and the blue-gold shaft of the Azure Dragon Staff to rub against each other, producing fiery sparks.

[Akiyama Mio finally recognized who the figure in front of her was, and slowly let go of her friend's wrinkled clothes.]

[A few months later, the girl encountered her nightmare again, but it was not just terror that came with it.]

[——She also once again reunited with the "hero" who had saved her life in times of danger.]

[“Isn’t that natural—”]

[The five fingers of his hands covered with blue gauntlets tightly grasped the Qinglong Staff one by one, and Zaimokuza stared at the unidentified life form No. 23 who spoke in human language in front of him, and the voice that came out of his mouth was low and full of anger.]

He gave a powerful shake of his arm, deflecting the blade that had already sunk into the Azure Dragon Staff. He then raised his foot and kicked Biran in the chest, sending him backward.

[“——With me here, you can’t take away anyone’s smile again!!!”]

22. Distorted History (Three-in-One)

[“Hmm!”]

[Biran stumbled back more than ten meters after being kicked by Zaimokuza without any respite. He stopped and looked up at him fiercely.]

[“Are you all right?”]

[Zaimokuza, who had repelled the enemy, spun the Qinglong stick to shake off the water drops on the stick from jumping out of the river, and turned his head to ask the group of survivors who were staring at him blankly.]

[“You, you are——”]

[Except for Azusa Nakano who did not come to Tokyo last time due to studying, all the members of the light music club standing in the front of the survivors have met Zaimokuza once before. Although his appearance is quite different from his all-powerful form when they last met, they still recognized him immediately.]

[Taizhong Ritsu, who had just escaped death, fell to the ground in the arms of his friends. He looked up at the familiar figure in front of him with a dull expression and spoke haltingly.]

[“The one who saved Mio last time… the stag beetle monster!?”]

【"puff--"】

Zaimokuza, who was originally concentrating on guarding against Biran's actions, immediately spit out saliva from the mouthpiece on his face when he heard her address him. The name was so irritating that he lost his composure for a second and almost fell.

[After reacting, he quickly used the Qinglong stick to pierce the deck under his feet, grabbed the stick to steady his body, and then tilted his head and complained loudly. ]

[“What the hell is a stag beetle monster!? My name is Zai——Kuuga! I’m called Kuuga, okay!”]

[“——Yes, it’s number 4!? It’s the unconfirmed life form number 4!”]

[“——I remember that No. 4 would never kill humans! We are saved! We are saved! Wuwuwu!!!”]

[Some of the tourists hiding behind the girls from the Light Music Club immediately recognized Zaimokuza's identity after they came to their senses from their shock, and their expressions immediately became excited and joyful. Some even collapsed in excitement and cried bitterly while hugging strangers around them because of the extreme emotional change from despair to hope too quickly.]

[Among all the unconfirmed life forms that have appeared so far, the only one that can make ordinary citizens feel joy instead of pure fear when seeing him is probably Zaimokuza, because he has always only hunted his own kind and never attacked humans, and his style of even helping others has made many people feel a mixture of awe and curiosity about him, instead of being as afraid of him as they are of other Gurongi.]

[Akiyama Mio could clearly feel that the despair and terror that had been shrouding this place before began to dissipate at an extremely fast speed after the arrival of No. 4. Looking at the people, their tear-stained faces burst into excited laughter.]

[He is like the golden sun shining down from the other side of the sky after a rainstorm. The dazzling and warm light dispels all the coldness and darkness in the world, and regains the pulse and temperature that the world lost in the rainstorm.]

[Just like her, when she saw this back, all the panic and fear in her heart melted away, just like every night in the past few months when she was shrouded in nightmares, that red figure would always wake Akiyama Mio from the abyss of panic. ]

[And when she once again looked into Zaimokuza's huge compound eyes that were tilted to the side and had a texture similar to that of an insect, and felt the warmth and even perseverance contained in the depths of these eyes, which was different from the cold darkness of the previous No. 6 and the current No. 23, and had no trace of human nature, Akiyama Mio finally became completely certain of one thing.]

[Unconfirmed life form No. 4, he is completely different from his own kind, a "weird guy" with a human heart. ]

[If you take away his alien appearance that is very different from humans, deep down he is actually a "human" just like them. 】