My youth story cannot be a knight war

[——"A loser like you will never be able to become a 'GO' like me."]

【Shame, unparalleled shame.】

Every time he recalled the crushing defeat and the mockery and ridicule of that "GO," the feeling of humiliation would crawl through Biran's mind like a raging venomous snake, stimulating the murderous intent and hatred within him to rise ever higher.

[And now, Biran once again experienced this feeling from Kousaka Kyosuke, the only difference being that one said and did, while the other did without saying.]

[——Obviously—Obviously, I’m no longer the same person I used to be! I’ve become stronger! I’ve become stronger after gaining the power of ‘Him’, the power that represents ‘the Ultimate’!]

[——But why, whether it’s Rindo or Gurongi, you two——why do you look down on me!? Why!!!]

The irritated Biran's heart instantly surged to its peak with his murderous intent towards Kousaka Kyousuke, surpassing even his years-long obsession with completing the game, becoming a "GO," and seeking revenge on the Gurongi who had humiliated him.

[“——I will make you pay for your arrogance, damn Linduo!!!”]

【Wow——】

A torrent of blue water surged up from beneath Biran's feet, enveloping the roaring body. Then, as Biran stomped heavily on the concrete riverbank, his body, carrying the flowing water, transformed into a cannonball amidst the crumbling rubble, hurtling towards Kousaka Kyousuke.

【"go to hell!"】

Amidst a roar that shook the entire riverbank, Biran rushed towards Kousaka Kyosuke and swung his right arm at him. The blade of his arm cut through the air and slashed towards the opponent's neck with a piercing hiss, vowing to decapitate Kousaka Kyosuke with one blow!

【“——”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke looked at the ferocious and terrifying blue "cannonball" coming towards him. The water flow flipped all the concrete tiles along the way to the sides. The face behind the mask did not change any emotion. He was still as calm as before, and there was no trace of fear in his eyes.]

He stood there motionless, watching Biran rush towards him like lightning. Just as the cold blade was about to strike him, he stepped back with his right foot and bent his body.

[The moment Kousaka Kyosuke lowered his head, the sharp blade cut through the space where his head was originally, and the air that was cut open rang out with a shrill scream like that of a demon.]

[He stood still without moving, and with the smallest movement he dodged the attack by a hair's breadth, thus avoiding a fatal disaster.]

【"What!?"】

[Biran roared in disbelief after seeing this scene, looking down in shock and anger at Kousaka Kyosuke who was half-crouching in front of him.]

[“You…are full of flaws.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke lowered his head, and a calm voice reached its ears through the loudspeaker of the helmet.]

[“You——Puwa!”]

【boom--! ! ! 】

Before Biran could finish his words, a sharp impact on his jaw forced him to turn the rest of his words into a painful whimper.

As Biran spoke, Kousaka Kyosuke, half-crouched on the ground, suddenly erupted from the armor on his right foot. The blazing flames transformed into powerful potential energy, propelling his right foot rapidly upwards, and a knee strike struck fiercely against the creature's jaw.

This attack completely distorted Biran's forward movement, and his entire body was forcibly knocked back by the knee, causing his head to tilt upwards!

[“Uh-huh——”]

【Kara.】

The violent impact went straight through his jaw and into his brain. He could clearly hear the cracking of bones in his jaw, where the impact had been sustained. Biran felt his mind go blank, as if his soul had been shaken out of his body.

Just as Biran was about to soar into the sky due to the impact on his chin, a hand wrapped in armor grasped his right foot.

Biran's gaze shifted downward in a trance. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Lindo warrior lower his right leg, his left hand at his waist, poised to strike. His armored gauntlet clenched into a fist, its metallic texture gleaming in the light.

【boom--! ! ! 】

[Blue flames also erupted from the jet nozzle at the elbow of his left arm, driving Kousaka Kyosuke's fist to hit Biran's abdomen, who was grabbed by the ankle. This blow even broke the speed of sound, creating a white sound barrier at the tip of the fist!]

This punch struck Biran's muscular abdomen hard, the terrifying force penetrating through the fist and blasting through its body in a white shockwave that exploded on its back!

[Biran's body was directly punched into a "<" shape by Kousaka Kyosuke's punch, and then was sent flying far away by the powerful punch, crashing into the base under the tall bridge!]

[Its body flew backwards and crashed heavily into the bridge's pillars, embedding itself deeply in the rubble. The bridge seemed to tremble for a moment when it was hit.]

【call out.】

[The nozzles at the elbows of the armor gradually stopped emitting flames. His fists were heated by the friction with the air and a faint white mist rose up. From a distance, it looked like a steamed bun that had just been taken out of the steamer.]

【“…”】

[Under Zaimokuza's dumbfounded gaze from afar, Kousaka Kyousuke slowly retracted his punch. ]

[“That armored man who looks very similar to No. 4, he is so, so awesome…”]

【"Um……"】

[Several girls from the light music club who were standing up on the riverbank also saw this scene. Tianzhong Ritsu said with a blank expression. Akiyama Mio and Hirasawa Yui who were standing next to her could only nod in the same blank expression. It was obvious that they were all shocked by the fighting power displayed by Kousaka Kyosuke.]

[Because this scene doesn't look like a fight of the same level at all, it just looks like a boxer is torturing a naughty child, beating the naughty child so hard that he can only continue to be beaten helplessly.]

[Many people actually overlook one thing, that is, although shooting is Kousaka Kyosuke's strongest skill, it does not mean that his other skills cannot be comparable to it. ]

[His other specialty, comparable to shooting, is close combat.]

[And whether it's cold weapons or bare-handed combat, Kousaka Kyousuke has dabbled in both. ]

[According to a fanatical fan of Kosaka Kyosuke named Kameyama, Officer Kosaka has won the championship of the Kendo exchange competition held within the police station three times, and each time he knocked the opponent to the ground within ten seconds of the start of the competition. Each of his chops was so powerful that the wrists of the people sparring with him were paralyzed and they could hardly even hold the bamboo sword.]

[In addition, Kousaka Kyousuke himself has obtained the "Menkyo Kaiden" of at least two kendo schools, the "Kirishi" of three schools, and the belt certificate of the first-level belt seventh degree, that is, the black belt in karate, taekwondo, judo and other martial arts. ]

【According to the chief instructor who once taught him martial arts in the police force, aside from his ability to kill his enemy as the highest goal, in terms of martial arts alone, Kousaka Kyosuke has actually reached the highest realm that countless martial artists pursue, that is, the "state of no self."】

[So he has never been the kind of extremely biased warrior who has put all his talents into shooting. On the contrary, Kousaka Kyosuke is the kind of all-around warrior who has cultivated all his abilities to a bottleneck, and has broken through with efforts and tenacious will beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and has improved all the skills he has mastered to an equal "average" level. He is truly an existence with no weaknesses in combat! ]

[The reason why Kousaka Kyosuke had never had the opportunity to show his superb attainments in karate combat in the battles with the unconfirmed life forms before was because the gap between him and the unconfirmed life forms in terms of physical fitness, the most basic hardware, was too great, to the point where combat skills, as software, could not make up for it at all.]

[No matter how strong a mouse is, it cannot stop an elephant's kick. No matter how sharp a mantis's sickle is, it cannot cut through the body of a train. As the saying goes, a master can be defeated by a random punch. In front of these Gurongis whose punches and kicks have an average force of several tons, even if Kousaka Kyosuke completely crushes them in fighting skills and awareness, he cannot compete with them on the same stage, and naturally he has no chance to show off his skills. ]

[It's like playing a game. If a master using a primary account fights a newbie who has a full-level account with all basic qualities that completely crush him, and whose defense and attack power and other abilities have reached the highest level, in this case, no matter how skillful the master's operation is, each of his attacks can only reduce the opponent's health by a tiny amount, while each of the opponent's random attacks may clear the entire health bar, and the defense will collapse at the touch of a button in the face of overwhelming attack power.]

[This is the most essential gap between Kousaka Kyosuke and those unconfirmed life forms, an abyss that cannot be filled by skills at all. ]

[——But if the levels of the two are raised to the same level, what will the result be? ]

[Kousaka Kyosuke is a good example of this now. 】

[After relying on this armor called GO to bring their previously disparate physical qualities and output capabilities to the same level, the difference in strength no longer comes down to pure strength, but rather their honed combat awareness and skills!]

[If Zaimokuza Yoshiki and these Gurongi were good at pure hard-hitting style in previous battles, adhering to the belief of fighting with "strength", then Kousaka Kyousuke did the opposite, walking in the way of fighting with "softness" to overcome "hardness", and "skill" to stop "strength". ]

[And when Kousaka Kyosuke, who possesses a high level of 'skills', obtains 'power' comparable to Zaimokuza's, what kind of chemical changes will occur? ]

【Ebina Hime knew this, so she chose Kousaka Kyosuke to be the one to wear this GO set.】

[This weapon is a blade of civilization created by human technology. Since it is a sword, there must be someone who can pull it out.]

[A powerful, calm and rational "hero" who is capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting humanity, the strongest warrior. ]

[This is Kousaka Kyosuke, a warrior who has gone through countless hard training over the years and has become extremely strong, and finally reached the realm of "superman" with his mortal body! ]

27.Whose Calling? ( in )

【Tokyo City, Metropolitan Police Department, Scientific Police Research Institute.】

[“This is truly… a performance that completely exceeded my expectations.”]

[Looking at the battle record on the screen in front of her, which was transmitted back from the helmet's built-in camera and played from a first-person perspective, which could only be described as devastating, Ebina Hina reached out and pushed the glasses on her face. ]

[Although she was still smiling, her eyes behind the glasses could hardly hide her surprise and even shock.]

[“Although I asked him to show his ability, this level of combat capability has completely exceeded my initial expectations.”]

[As the chief designer of the first G-series weapon, no one knows the extent of its capabilities better than Ebina Hina.]

[According to the initial calculations and simulations, even if the wearer's personal factors are taken into account, even if this armor is used to its maximum extent, it can only be on par with the unconfirmed life forms that can change their own forms in the previous records. ]

[This is already the best simulation result, and this "50-50" capacity limit still contains a lot of water. ]

Because the targets of the simulated battle are the Gurongi that appeared before the ME Group started the game, that is, the unidentified life forms of the ZU Group. Considering the factor of being able to change their own form, it is basically just referring to the Sixth who once severely injured Zaimokuza in battle.

[By the time the ME Group's game phase arrived, the unidentified life forms that appeared later, capable of changing their forms, had their strength significantly increased, far surpassing the initial simulation target of this weapon, No. 6.]

[Using No. 14 and No. 22 as examples, Ebina Hime once conducted combat calculations simulating these two powerful enemies, and the final result was that even if the suiter could perform at an extraordinary level in combat, he would only have a 30% chance of winning in a one-on-one situation.]

[This undoubtedly frustrated her, and the unidentified life form No. 23 that appeared this time was an enemy with this level of threat.]

So when Ebina Hime first had Kousaka Kyosuke wear this GO and head to the battlefield, she didn't expect him to be able to defeat the enemy that appeared this time. Instead, she believed he could help Zaimokuza, who was the main fighter, while also delivering some good assists. She would use the recorded combat data as evidence in a subsequent meeting to ask for more research funding.

[The funding for the Gulkiller was originally approved by Ebina Hina after she applied for it repeatedly and used her connections to gain the reluctant approval of her superiors. It was approved with the intention of experimenting.]

Even so, after actually starting production, Ebina Hime discovered that the approved budget was still insufficient to fully manufacture the GO. To fill this gap, she had no choice but to secretly divert funds from other research projects, even using the food allowance allocated to the institute.

[Thanks to this, all researchers in the institute, including her, have been eating instant noodles for almost two months, and have basically developed a psychological trauma from eating instant noodles.]

[The research funds were misappropriated for research without authorization, and the food expenses were deducted. Not to mention that the researchers below have a lot of complaints about this, if even this first attack fails, then even if Ebina Hime is not replaced, she will inevitably have to bear some trouble. ]

[But from this moment on, these worries disappeared under Kousaka Kyousuke's superb actual combat performance. Ebina Hime was able to foresee that a lot of research funds were flapping their wings and flying towards her, and she was simply overjoyed! ]

"While I'm a little reluctant, being able to unleash a GO's combat power that completely surpasses the best values ​​during the simulation can no longer be explained by the wearer's exceptional performance... Choosing you was indeed the right decision, Kousaka-kun?"

[She sighed as she watched the blue-white fist gradually retract on the screen, with a hint of reluctance in her voice, already showing admiration.]

[“As expected, the real power is not the weapon, but the person who uses it, Kousaka Kyousuke himself.”]

"The GO used by others is just GO, a more powerful weapon. Only the GO used by Kousaka Kyousuke can be truly called a 'Gulkiller'."

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, health room.

"Kousaka Kyosuke——is this guy really still human? He's too strong!"

Seeing on the screen that No. 23, who had previously dominated "Yoshiki Zaimokuza" who had transformed into Kuuga, was being crushed by "Kousaka Kyosuke" who was wearing GO with absolutely overwhelming combat power, as well as the various skills he mastered and the evaluation of "Hina Ebina", Tobe Sho felt that his jaw was about to dislocate due to shock and he couldn't close his mouth at all.

"That's why I said you can't wear this armor."

Hikigaya on the side said this with a calm expression, but his constantly flickering eyes also showed that his heart was not as calm as his appearance. The terrifying fighting power of "Kousaka Kyosuke" that completely exceeded the limits of human beings obviously shocked Hikigaya and everyone here.

"If fate truly exists in this world... then perhaps this armor was created for Kousaka Kyousuke. Only the GO wielded by him is truly GO. It is the sword of civilization that protects humanity, the scepter bestowed by God upon mankind, possessing the power to vanquish all evil."

"For others, this is a more powerful riot control weapon, which may not be as useful as an ordinary shotgun."

"This statement really has a sense of religious fatalism. When did you become a Christian, Mr. Penguin?"

When Yukinoshita Yukino heard Hikigaya's speech, which sounded like a hymn from a church priest, she couldn't help but raise her slender and beautiful eyelashes and asked.

"…This is just what I feel, you don't have to care about it."

Unexpectedly, this time, Hikigaya Hachiman did not react to Yukinoshita Yukino deliberately calling his name wrong. Instead, he remained silent for a while and then spoke.

But his brows were inexplicably furrowed, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

What did I just say?

I said that the reason Kousaka Kyousuke got this armor was because of - fate?

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

Kyosuke Kousaka was also looking at "himself" displaying divine power in the light curtain, but he was not surprised and dazed like the others. Instead, he seemed very calm, even silent.

After untying the knot in his heart for a long time and figuring out certain things, he can now see certain things that he had previously ignored.

When others only saw the powerful fighting ability of "Kousaka Kyosuke" and enthusiastically discussed the amazing performance of GO, Kyosaka Kyosuke saw something else.

He saw a boy of the same age as himself, doing horse stance in a large dojo, repeating the basic martial arts movements of kicking and punching over and over again. The clumsy movements gradually became more proficient through repetition, until even punching and kicking were accompanied by a whistling sound. He saw a young man standing silently in front of a table, reassembling a disassembled pistol on the table over and over again, then aiming at a target in the distance, repeating this process over and over again. The bullet holes on the target also gradually moved from the outer ring to the center, and finally fixed at the ten rings in the center and no longer moved...

Repeating again and again, practicing day after day, the boy treated all his skills as seeds, watering them day and night like a hardworking farmer, and finally they bore plump fruits.

"..."

The corners of Kyosuke Kousaka's mouth curled up in a smile, the arc carrying a mixture of relief and bitterness.

"...So I have to go such a long way to become you."

""I"."

【Plop.】

[Biran fell helplessly from the dent in the pillar, supporting himself on the ground with trembling hands, and looked up shakily at Kousaka Kyosuke in the distance.]

[“How can a mere Linduo be so strong!?”]

It couldn't understand why this KUUGA fake was so strong, even so much stronger than the original one it had previously beaten.

Biran had already identified the being from the close-range encounter using his excellent sense of smell. This being was the Lindo warrior who had previously fished him out of the river like a fish. He had already been one of his pre-determined targets in the game.

[But how could he be so powerful? He is totally different from before.]

[This sense of oppression and fighting power are comparable to those powerful players of the "GO" group! ]