My youth story cannot be a knight war

In the end, am I still just helplessly watching? Watching those familiar people struggle with all their might for something, watching those familiar people and things around me thrown into chaos by the drastic changes, while I can only go with the flow?

It's such a nasty feeling... I can't get used to it no matter how many times I do it.

"Hayato, what do you think will happen to us in the end?"

The uneasy words brought Ye Shan back to his depressed state. He turned his head and saw Miura's face full of unconcealable anxiety.

Only then did Ye Shan remember that although the other party was nicknamed "Queen of Fire" in school and had a proud personality, and her unwillingness to admit defeat and stubbornness made all the boys admit defeat, she was ultimately just an ordinary girl in high school. However, because they were too familiar with each other, he easily forgot this point.

But in this massive mutation that affected the entire world, even the entire human race was so terrified and fearful, not knowing where their future and destiny would go, let alone just a stubborn girl.

She had been suppressing her fear and uneasiness in her heart, and had kept silent in order not to cause more trouble to Ye Shan, who was already working hard to quell the student unrest, and had waited until now to speak.

Looking at the faint ripples in the depths of Miura's eyes, Ye Shan felt a faint warmth flowing through his heart. He did not consider what the future would be like for the time being, but at least now he had friends who were close to him and would consider his feelings.

Shaking off the negative emotions swirling in his heart, he put his hand on Miura's head, stroking her curly blonde hair with the same technique he used to soothe a pet, and said with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, Yumiko. I believe that we will all be safe in the end, and Zaimokuza and the others are working hard for this, both in the past and in the future."

"Wait, don't do that! Hayato..."

A faint blush appeared on Miura's cheeks because of his behavior. Ye Shan smiled indifferently and turned his head to look at the sky again while speaking.

"Now all we ordinary people can do is give them some——!!!"

Ye Shan's words stopped abruptly, and at the same time, a faint red light flashed, covering his face with a layer of light red veil whose expression changed drastically.

Above the pitch-black sky, the disappearing illusion was replaced by countless densely packed red light spots, which looked like countless small holes in the sky.

Buzz——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then the lights from these "small holes" connected together, and the blazing red light illuminated the earth below. At this time, major cities around the world were resounding with the same sound, as rapid and sharp as rubbing the side of a knife against a blackboard.

That was an air defense alarm. The military computer AIs of all countries in the world came to the same conclusion: a missile attack.

This scene really looked like a missile attack. The trail of black smoke wrapped in red flames left countless long orange lines in space. The flames burned the hot atmosphere fiercely and fell to the ground in an overwhelming manner.

But that was not a missile that was the result of human violence, but another more vicious natural destructive killer - a meteorite.

It was a group of meteorites that covered the entire sky, suddenly appearing in front of the horrified eyes of everyone in the world. At the same time, the originally still ring of fire at the end of the sky burned again, and the bright light of the fire flashed with signs of destruction.

Although Kousaka Kyosuke finally escaped from the darkness, and his "ultimate" power and realm disappeared as he became an ordinary person, the process ultimately left unavoidable impact.

Because of the brief birth of the "Ultimate", the connection between the "Ultimate Darkness" and this world has deepened again. The power from the higher dimension produced violent friction when it descended into the lower dimension, just like a high-speed car with the accelerator pressed down and suddenly stepped on the brakes, and this world is the road under the wheels.

This conceptual "friction" had a strong impact on the physical laws of the real world, manifesting itself as a sudden imbalance in gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. A powerful gravitational force, centered on "ultimate darkness," enveloped the entire solar system.

This gravitational force may not be a big deal for planetary bodies, but for countless free meteorite fragments in the universe, it is like being pulled by the iron cable of a moving train, rushing rapidly towards the direction of the gravitational field, which is the "ultimate darkness" - and the blue earth right in front of it.

The meteorite fell at a speed of at least tens of thousands of Mach, and when Ye Shan saw it with his naked eyes, the flames ignited by the meteorite rubbing against the atmosphere had already filled his eyes.

Afterwards, violent shock waves and inaudible roars enveloped the entire world. Buildings with excellent earthquake-resistant structures immediately collapsed in the shaking, and broken steel bars and concrete collapsed.

"—!"

Without even having time to say anything, Ye Shan subconsciously hugged Miura, and then his entire consciousness faded away with the strong impact on his back...

……

"Well……"

When I regained consciousness and opened my eyes, everything in front of me was in tatters.

Half of the classroom was now exposed to the light from the outside world. Flames were burning in the cracks between the stones, broken glass shards covered the messy ground, and the faint wailing of people could be heard faintly.

"...!!!"

Half of his vision turned blood red, and after blinking hard several times, it gradually became clear. Looking at the devastated scene, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Komachi!!!"

Without bothering to think about what happened, he stood up with his hands on the ground, and his palms pressed on the glass shards on the ground, and were immediately cut into a bloody mess.

But Hikigaya seemed to feel no pain at all. He shook his head wildly and looked around. His almost crazy gaze froze instantly when it came into contact with a hint of white.

She was a petite girl, lying on her side under the blackboard in the classroom, next to her was a broken wooden podium, blood was flowing from a gash on her forehead, staining most of her pretty face red.

She just lay there quietly without a sound, like a dusty doll. Looking at this scene, Hikigaya felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

"Komachi!"

He looked more frightened than ever before. He stretched out his hands to push away the fallen fan and light strip in front of him, and stumbled towards his sister.

With trembling hands, he held the motionless Hikigaya Komachi in his arms, stretched out two fingers from his blood-soaked right hand, and slowly touched them under her nose.

The weak, almost insignificant breath hitting his fingertips made Hikigaya breathe a sigh of relief and gasp for breath.

"Great! Komachi! You have to hold on! Brother, I'll take you to the hospital right away---ah!"

He hugged his unconscious sister tightly, and just as he was about to stand up, his legs lost strength and he fell to the ground with Hikigaya.

A strong pain came from his right leg. Hikigaya took a glance and found that a piece of broken glass had pierced his calf, and blood was still flowing along the glass.

He hadn't noticed this before because the strong secretion of adrenaline masked the pain, but after confirming that his sister was still alive, the pain subsided as the adrenaline subsided.

"hateful……"

Just by taking a look at the injury, Hikigaya knew that his mobility was completely useless at the moment, and he could only grit his teeth unwillingly.

But he soon realized that it was too early for him to be unwilling.

The red light illuminated the devastated scene before him, and the air suddenly became hotter, but Hikigaya didn't feel any warmth at all, only an icy cold that froze him to the bone.

"!!!"

He turned his head suddenly, and the flaming meteors occupied every corner of Hikigaya's pupils.

There were countless falling meteorites, and the friction with the atmosphere ignited a fierce and violent fire. The flaming meteor showers appeared again from the end of the sky, giving no chance to breathe.

At least three of the fireballs were falling towards this side in Hikigaya's field of vision, and he instantly presumed that this was the impact site.

It’s over, this was his first thought when he saw this scene.

What followed was endless despair emerging from the depths of his heart, but Hikigaya was not doing it for himself, but for his sister.

“Damn it! Why…!”

He hugged the unconscious girl tightly, the whites of his eyes were filled with his own blood, and blood flowed down from the edges of his eye sockets, making his eyes literally bloodshot.

Why? Why did they have to kill my sister? Whether it was those inexplicable ghosts or this damn meteorite...why did they harbor such strong malice towards us?

What did we do wrong???

Hikigaya's question remained unanswered. Only the increasingly sharp whistling sound in his ears and the increasingly dazzling flames before his eyes told him a cruel fact: in a few seconds, he and his sister would be buried by these disasters that fell from the sky.

His lips were bitten so hard that they were bleeding. At the last moment, Hikigaya hugged his sister tightly and prayed hopelessly in his heart.

Please, no matter if it's a god or a devil, please save my sister...

No matter what I become, I will always be Komachi, my sister...

Please save her!!!

"……it is good."

Clang——

A golden light shot up into the sky, tearing the sky and the atmosphere apart—and at the same time, tearing apart the flaming meteors falling from the sky.

Silently, the three meteorites that were falling towards this place separated along their own midsection, then fell far away in another direction...

……

A warm feeling surrounded my whole body. This feeling was very familiar, just like the feeling when I threw myself into my brother's arms when I was a child. Even the smell was exactly the same.

Subconsciously, Hikigaya Komachi spoke in a hazy state, her voice as if still lingering in a dream.

"elder brother……"

"it's me."

It was a voice that was familiar yet strangely steady, but Hikigaya Komachi still confirmed it immediately.

That was his brother's voice.

"Sleep peacefully, Komachi."

The voice continued, and at the same time, a soft warmth covered her vision. Under this warmth, Hikigaya Komachi's last bit of clear consciousness fell into a haze.

At the end of her consciousness, she heard a sentence.

……

"..."

Looking at the girl who was completely asleep with her face resting against his chest, Hikigaya Hachiman, who was holding her, remained silent.

He half-knelt on the ground with his head lowered. Behind him was the fiery red sky and the three meteorite fragments that broke apart and fell in other directions.

A golden blade was stuck upside down in the ruins beside him. The blade's curve was as elegant as the end of a bird's feather, and the whole thing was filled with a primitive and wild beauty. The gleaming blade reflected the expressionless lower half of Hikigaya's face.

Suddenly, a golden flame ignited on his shoulder, and the flame quickly spread throughout Hikigaya's body, making him look like a burning golden torch.

But even though he was surrounded by flames, Hikigaya seemed to feel no pain. He even ignored his bleeding right leg and stood up holding his sister.

Broken glass stained with blood fell to the ground, and then the bloody wound on his calf not only did not worsen under the burn of the flame, but healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, except for a torn trouser leg and the blood staining his skin red, there was no trace of his injury.

And then, in the flames, Hikigaya's entire body began to change.

His figure began to rise silently, and at the same time, the tattered Sobu High School uniform on his body began to be covered by a layer of hazy phantom, and finally a long black windbreaker was worn on his body...

The golden flames dissipated silently at the floating hem of the windbreaker, and the original boy disappeared.

Instead, there was a slender figure in a black windbreaker, holding the sleeping Hikigaya Komachi in his arms, standing quietly in the ruined classroom.

"……It's fine."

The man slowly lowered his head, and the black bangs covering his eyes spread out, revealing a pair of pitch-black eyes.

These eyes were so deep and dark, as if they were painted entirely from ink, and inside was a void and darkness as deep as a black hole.

But at this moment, these eyes were looking at the unconscious face of a girl, and a warm glow was emerging in the endless darkness.

"Brother, I'm always by your side."

Hikigaya Hachiman said this to the unconscious Hikigaya Komachi in his arms.

"……let's go."

"唳——!!!!!!"

Following Hikigaya's cold order, sharp bird calls resounded throughout the world behind him, and overwhelming golden flames erupted from outside the ruined classroom, burning every inch of the field of vision.

In the flames, a huge black shadow slowly emerged, and a pair of huge wings spread out, and the black shadow spread out and enveloped the Hikigaya siblings.

With his back to the flames and shadows, Hikigaya held his sister in one hand and pulled out the golden blade that was stuck in the ground with the other.

He said softly:

"Burn all of this."

17. Visitors from the Past (7K)

"Wake up!"

While his consciousness was hazy, an anxious female voice knocked on his ear, gradually bringing Hayato Hayama back to his confused mind.

"Wake up! Hayato!"

A cold touch came from his cheek, and sour liquid flowed into his mouth. Ye Shan opened his eyes with difficulty, and his cheeks and eyes covered with tear marks gradually became clear from blurry.

"Yumiko?"

He spoke vaguely, and then a warm embrace came towards him. For the first time, Ye Shan understood the term "facial cleanser" in the Internet legend. The softness that came over him covered his entire face. The other person's great heart almost made him faint again due to lack of oxygen after he just woke up.

"Great! You're okay! Woohoo—"

Holding Hayama's head tightly in her arms, Miura Yumiko, contrary to her usual strong and arrogant queen style, cried like a little girl whose beloved doll was taken away.

And "Ahem! What's going on? Why am I——!?"

Ye Shan patted Miura's slender shoulders with his hands and quickly broke free from her arms. Just as he was about to ask what happened, the scene he saw made him swallow his words and questions.