My youth story cannot be a knight war

——Yoshiteru Zaimokuza, unlike the successful characterization, his personality is three-dimensional, and his character can be developed in various directions. He can be called a Swiss Army knife type character. He is respected as the Great Sensei by many fans. Hikigaya Hachiman, who is ranked as one of the four school bullies, has a really lackluster characterization in the original novel. Not only is there very little, but every time he appears, his role is to advance the plot. Apart from being relatively perseverant, he has no other highlights.

Wataru has never made any clear revelations about the past and future of this character, as if the purpose of creating this character is to promote the development of the plot, and there is no other purpose - why does he like to write books? Will his dream come true at the end of the story? These more in-depth descriptions are not available in either the animation or the novel. The only highlight moment is that at the end, he is one of the characters who holds up the banner "The Book is Complete" behind the male and female protagonists standing in front of him, and he is also one of the characters in the most marginal corners.

He just looked at the light of the camera in front of him with a silly smile, and when he froze his last scene in the story, his own part also ended. Not only could he only be a supporting role in other people's stories, but he also put a cover on his own story with the falling curtain of other people's stories. He couldn't even become the protagonist in his own story.

There are countless people like this not only in anime and special effects dramas, but even in real life. They all have lofty ideals when they are young, but are destined to be defeated by reality in the end, becoming a person despised by their younger selves, and finally being lost in the crowd. These people do not have any of the factors and qualities to become the protagonist of a story.

Zaimokuza Yoshiteru... Can he really become a hero comparable to Godai Yusuke? After this "story" began, Xu Guoliang asked himself this question more than once, and each time he was full of doubts.

If someone else were to take his position, anyone with a normal mind would not choose an unpopular supporting character as the protagonist of the story instead of a popular protagonist with proven character and ability. This would be a joke on the lives of all the lives in this world that is about to be invaded.

But fate is so wonderful that such a character who can see the ending of life at a glance really becomes the protagonist of a story, and is destined to become the savior, although the reason for this situation is just a mistake.

"...Can you really become the hero who protects everyone's smiles in my memory? Zaimokuza Yoshiteru."

The sigh of God echoed in this endless space, and no one could hear it.

……

Kamen Rider is a term that people admire very much.

After this video started, many people who watched it thought, how great it would be if they could have a belt that can transform into Kuga like the protagonist of the video, Zaimokuza Yoshiki.

Transform in front of teachers and classmates, become a superhero who can go to heaven and earth in their shocked eyes, and be admired by countless people. Occasionally, when you are bored, you can transform and fight monsters, and finally be a hero to save the beauty and win her heart. It's simply a life like a god!

Are you willing to put on the belt and become Kamen Rider to protect world peace?

If the Kamen Rider in this world is just a special effects work, without any sense of reality, 99% of people will have only one answer:

I want to! I want to very much!!!

...But the fact is, in this world, the concept of "Kamen Rider" is presented to everyone through a mysterious video in an incredible way, and many people in the world have already speculated that the content shown in this video is probably a scene of the future.

That is, it is the real thing.

Therefore, in addition to seeing Zaimokuza's heroic deeds, everyone will also see detailed content that is not usually shown in special effects works with strict age restrictions.

That is, what will happen if the defeated party turns from a monster into a Kamen Rider?

—And now everyone knows it.

Putting the boys aside, many girls covered their mouths in horror when they saw the blood flowing all over the depression in the square, and the right hand of Zaimokuza, who was seriously injured and unconscious and covered in blood, hanging from the stretcher when he was carried into the ambulance, and the blood dripping from the fingertips of his right hand onto the soft cushion of the ambulance, and then being picked up and put back by the nurse. Some of the more emotional ones even had red eyes.

Being a hero is not always glamorous. In fact, most of the time, the pain that heroes endure far outweighs the rewards they receive, especially for a hero like Kamen Rider who cannot even show his face. The mask never protects others, but the knight himself.

Zaimokuza's miserable condition tells everyone what price one has to pay to be a hero, and the price he is paying now is definitely not the most painful one.

Knowing that you will have to pay this price, are you still willing to become a Kamen Rider? Many people have begun to think about this.

This naturally includes the party.

“唔呕！”

Looking at "himself" in the video being carried into the ambulance covered in blood, especially the amount of blood flowing from the abdomen which was so great that it almost soaked all the clothes he was wearing red, Zaimokuza, with a pale face, could no longer bear it and threw his phone on the table, grabbed the trash can next to him and began to retch violently, but found that he could not vomit anything.

"Hey! Zaimokuza! Are you okay? Do you need to go to the infirmary!?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka patted Zaimokuza's back, which was heaving violently, with a worried look on her face as she asked.

She didn't ask anything like "Are you okay?" A normal person would think something strange would happen to him or her after seeing that he or she would encounter such a thing in the future.

"...Teacher, I don't understand."

After retching for a while, Zaimokuza said in a hoarse voice. He raised his head from the trash can, with some filth left at the corners of his mouth, and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka with confused eyes.

"Why am I...why would he encounter this kind of thing in the future? Why was I the one chosen by that belt?"

"But even if this happens, even if I get hurt so badly... I can still feel why he, my future self..."

"…Why doesn't he have any regrets in his heart? Is that 'Zaimokuza Yoshiki' really me? I already feel very—"

"Zaimokuza!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka slapped his shoulders heavily with both hands, interrupting the next words he was about to say, and looked at him seriously.

"Don't think too much. I can tell you that the person in the video is indeed you. There may be many differences, but this one thing is absolutely correct!"

"As a teacher, there is no way I can't recognize my own students."

"..."

Zaimokuza stared in amazement at the face in front of him, which was still beautiful even though she was over thirty years old. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. He felt that something deep in his heart loosened a little because of these words.

Another hand patted his left shoulder. Turning his head, he saw Hikigaya Hachiman, who had his hand on his shoulder, also looking at him silently. Although he said nothing, his DHA-rich dead fish eyes were rarely filled with affirmation.

"Hachiman..."

Another slender white hand held a pack of tissues and handed it to Zaimokuza, and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at him calmly.

"Wipe your mouth. As a member of the Service Club, you must not let down your appearance. Future Zaimokuza-san, aren't you proud to be a member of the Service Club? Then don't embarrass your future self."

"minister……"

Zaimokuza said softly, gently taking the packet of tissues.

My heart, which had been filled with anxiety and fear about the future because of the video, felt strangely at ease at this moment.

The atmosphere among them is now extremely harmonious and warm, just like a family with different fathers, mothers and surnames.

……Um?

Do they feel like they have forgotten something?

27. Mutual Will (Two in One)

Not to mention the entire Service Club who were crying because they didn't take Yuigahama Yui out to play, the content of the video continued to play.

【Saori Makishima, wearing a mask and surgical cap, pushed open the door of the operating room and walked towards Kyosuke Kousaka who was sitting on a chair. 】

“How is he?”

[Kousaka Kyousuke rested his elbows on his knees, crossed his palms at his mouth, and looked through the glass at Zaimokuza lying in the intensive care unit. His calm tone did not reveal any emotion.]

[“Still optimistic…right?”]

[Makishima Saori took off her mask and sat down next to Kousaka Kyosuke. Seeing the blood-stained corner of his windbreaker, she frowned and asked worriedly.]

[“Kousaka-kun, are you okay? Do you need a checkup?”]

[“…Don’t mind. The blood on my clothes is not mine. It belongs to the guy lying inside.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke put down his raised hands, turned his head to look at the woman sitting next to him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and spoke in a low voice.]

[“Makishima, from what I know about you, you never used metaphors and vague terms like “not bad” when explaining your condition, so tell me the truth, how is Zaimokuza doing?”]

[“Ah, hey, don’t look at girls so seriously. They will misunderstand you, Kousaka-kun.”]

[Makishima Saori touched her face shyly, wanting to make a joke to improve the solemn atmosphere, but Kousaka Kyosuke still watched her performance motionlessly, and his serious eyes did not change at all because of her joke. ]

[“Haha… Actually, Mr. Zaimokuza’s condition is not that good.”]

【Seeing that the tense expression on Kousaka Kyosuke's face didn't relax at all because of her joke, Makishima Saori sighed helplessly and spoke seriously.】

[“His muscles were bruised and bruised all over his body, and most of his muscle tissue was torn. He had five broken ribs, three on the right and two on the left. There were even broken bones inserted into his internal organs. In addition, he had multiple complex fractures all over his body, a severe concussion of the brain, signs of internal bleeding, and a very serious penetrating wound in his abdomen. We don’t know much about the weapon used by No. 6, so we cannot rule out the possibility of poisoning and infection. His blood loss was also extremely serious…”]

[“To be honest, if an ordinary person had this kind of injury, maybe they could just take him to the crematorium and save the time of queuing up to burn the body.”]

[“You told me this kind of injury is ‘not so good’?”]

【Listening to Makishima Saori's words, Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes twitched fiercely a few times, and his right hand clenched into a fist. 】

【Snapped! 】

[Makishima Saori pointed and bounced her head on Kousaka Kyousuke's forehead, breaking up his frown, and she spoke with a dissatisfied expression.]

[“Don’t act like Zaimokuza-san is dead. Didn’t I tell you before? That’s the result if it happened to an ordinary person.”]

[“As for Mr. Zaimokuza, this is indeed not a good thing. At the current rate, um—I estimate that he will be fully recovered in about a day!”]

[“One day??? Are you sure you didn’t say it wrong?”]

【Kousaka Kyousuke was stunned. You know, when he called an ambulance to bring Zaimokuza here, the stretcher he was lying on was completely stained red with blood when he got off the car. And after cutting open his clothes, you can almost see the clothes he was wearing on his back through the wound on his abdomen. How could such a horrible injury that an outsider could see with the naked eye be healed in just one day?】

[“Yeah, it’ll probably only take another day. It’s incredible, right? The human body~”]

[Speaking of this, Makishima Saori playfully winked at Kousaka Kyosuke with her right eye. No one can resist the teasing of a naughty lady, except for the straight men. ]

[And it just so happened that Kousaka Kyosuke was such a straight man, so seeing his unchanged expression, she puffed up her cheeks in anger, like a 200-pound child who was bullied.]

[“Kousaka-kun, why are you still as boring as before? It will be hard to find a girlfriend if you continue like this. You might end up having to spend your whole life with only men!”]

[“What on earth is going on? This speed is a bit too outrageous.”]

【Kousaka Kyosuke was not moved at all by her interruption, and his brows were still furrowed.】

[It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, not to mention Zaimokuza who was stabbed through by an unidentified life form and suffered all kinds of miscellaneous injuries. Even if an ordinary person survived, he would probably have to lie in bed for at least a year, and it would not be surprising if he turned into a vegetable. Although Kousaka Kyousuke knew that Zaimokuza, who could transform into Kuuga, could not be calculated by common sense, this speed was really beyond common sense.]

[In response, Makishima Saori shrugged innocently. ]

[“To be honest, I don’t know either. I’m just as surprised as you are. But I guess the reason for this phenomenon should be the stone on Mr. Zaimokuza’s waist. After all, we know very little about that stone now. It’s not surprising to assume that it has the effect of making people heal quickly.”]

【“…”】

【Kousaka Kyosuke remained silent after hearing her words, and no one knew what he was thinking.】

[“…Anyway, thank you for your hard work. Makishima, please continue to monitor Zaimokuza’s situation. I’m going to go out and make a phone call first.”]

[He stood up, turned around and took one last look at Zaimokuza, who was lying unconscious on the bed wearing a breathing mask, and walked out without looking back. As he walked, he reached out from his waist and took out a cell phone with a blood-stained surface.]

[Kousaka Kyosuke walked to the hospital entrance and turned on the phone icon on his phone. What caught his eye was the address book with only a few numbers recorded.]

【“…”】

[After hesitating for a moment, he entered the number with the name "Kousaka Kyousuke" in the address book, and then clicked on the number "Director: Yukinoshita Yukino" at the front of the address book. ]

……

【In Tokyo, an abandoned aquarium. 】

Baduu had shed his handsome form and walked into the Gurongi gathering place with a ruthless gait. When he walked out of the dark tunnel, he had transformed back into the man in the jacket and jeans, a smile on his face, a tear-stained face.

[“It was a great kill today, a total of forty-nine people!”]

【"snort!"】

[Looking at its happy face, Gooma, with bruises still on his face, snorted coldly and shook the glass of red wine in his hand, with unconcealable jealousy and resentment in his eyes.]

[“Be happy for me, drink!”]

Baduu, beaming, snatched the red wine from Gooma's wide-eyed hands and downed it in one gulp. He then thrust the empty glass back into his hand. A gloomy, pale face twisted as he looked at him, and his black-gloved hand crushed the empty glass.

"...When you fought Kuuga today, did you use Kuuga's power?"

Baruba asked without looking up from the seated position, playing with a ring in her hand. Baduu turned back to look at her, a wicked smile playing on his face.

"So you've been observing all this time, Baruba? You're right, I'm using the gift that Kuuga left me—but not this Kuuga, but the one from the previous one."

[“What’s wrong? Does this violate the rules?”]

[It pulled open the clothes on its chest, and a blue totem representing "water" was printed on its chest. It looked at Baruba provocatively.

Several of the remaining Gurongi's eyes flickered slightly when they saw the pattern on Baduu's chest. Without a word, they looked at Baruba with cryptic eyes as he raised his head, revealing the white rose totem on his forehead.

Baruba stood up from his chair expressionlessly, glanced at Baduu, and raised his hand slightly.

[“Since this power can already be used by you, it means that it has become your power, so it is not a violation of the rules.”]

[“Hmph, if that’s the case, then——!?”]

Baduu nodded in satisfaction, but his expression suddenly froze as he was about to say something.

【"Well……"】

[It slowly lowered its head and looked at the white and tender palm that pierced its abdomen, then raised its head and looked at the beautiful face of the woman in front of it with disbelief. Her eyes were still indifferent, and her face as quiet and beautiful as a snow lotus was completely incoherent with the brutal action of her hand.]

[Without even noticing what was happening, the other party had already dealt him a heavy blow. ]

"While you haven't broken the rules, using this power should raise your strength to 'Me' and close to 'Go', right? Your strength is seriously out of sync with the difficulty of the game you're playing."

【“Why didn’t you inform me in advance?”】

[“Also, you should maintain the most basic respect for the referee... Do you understand?”]

As she spoke lightly, her slender hand pierced through Baduu's body with a "whoosh," just as it had done to Zaimokuza before.

[“Puwa! Yes, I’m sorry, I was wrong… Please forgive me!”]