My youth story cannot be a knight war

Zaimokuza smiled and said softly.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you, Mr. Kosaka, and to everyone else... This may be the first and last time I lie."

"Please, Mr. Kosaka, could you please apologize to the chief and the others for me?"

"……I reject!"

Kousaka suddenly raised his head, his eyes like two pieces of ice on the verge of breaking, and the cracks were still expanding.

"If you want to say something, go ahead and say it yourself! Don't push all this onto me! I'm completely fed up with this kind of funeral-announcement job! I've had enough of it for a long time!"

"sorry."

"Don't tell me you're sorry! I don't want to hear it!"

He swung his right hand in front of him in anger, staring at his only close friend, his face trembling, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"What the hell is this??? You pulled me into your heart just to have me be a witness at your funeral? Didn't you ever consider whether I'd be willing?"

"Then you really only think about yourself, you damned liar!"

"Not."

In response to Kousaka's words, Zaimokuza shook his head and spoke softly.

"I asked you to come here, Mr. Kosaka, so that you can fulfill the promise you made to me."

"what???"

Even with his emotions running high, Kousaka couldn't help but be slightly stunned by these words.

Looking at Kousaka, Zaimokuza said with a smile:

"You promised me, didn't you, Mr. Kousaka..."

……

"When I resolve this incident and embark on another adventure... that will be the time for me to fulfill my promise."

"It's time to say goodbye to the past and embark on a new journey."

"...Really? That's good."

After hearing this answer, Kousaka Kyosuke was inexplicably silent for a while, then spoke calmly.

"Then I wish you a pleasant journey in advance. I will see you off when the time comes."

"Mr. Kosaka, your words are enough."

……

"—Is this what you call 'when the time comes'???"

Kousaka's face was no longer trembling, but was twitching violently, with an extremely distorted expression.

"I did say I would see you off on your adventure, but I never said I would see you off to your death!"

"Don't try to change my mind! I don't want to be burdened with a debt of conscience that doesn't belong to me!"

"I'm not trying to change the subject... Mr. Kousaka."

Finally, the smile on Zaimokuza's face slowly disappeared, he lowered his eyes and spoke softly.

"For me, this is a brand new adventure, different from any adventure I've had in the past."

"So before I leave, I hope that you, Mr. Kosaka, can witness this new adventure of mine."

Looking up, Zaimokuza's face was filled with a smile again, a smile so bright and warm, like the summer sunshine.

"I'm so happy... because this time, I finally fulfilled my promise to my best friend."

"..."

His mouth opened and closed, but no words came out, only his lips trembled. Kousaka lowered his head to listen to Zaimokuza's words, his shoulders shaking with his clenched fists.

Over the past year, from that encounter until their separation at this moment, everything that belonged to them was replayed rapidly in his mind. These warm memories at this moment turned into sharp blades, piercing Kousaka's heart.

It hurt so much, so much so that Kousaka couldn't even speak.

I never thought that these warm memories that once healed me could also cause me so much pain.

"Really, really happy."

Zaimokuza continued.

"It's great to meet you, Mr. Kosaka, on this adventure."

"so--"

"さようなら(Goodbye/Farewell)."

"——!!!"

When he heard these words, Kousaka's eyes suddenly widened and he immediately raised his head.

As he watched, white light began to rise from Zaimokuza's footsteps before him, and his body gradually disappeared in the dissipation of light.

Even so, Zaimokuza was still smiling, his smile flickering against the backdrop of the light, like a dream about to wake up.

With a smile, he recounted his farewell.

"and many more!"

Kousaka suddenly took a step forward, ran towards Zaimokuza, and stretched out his right hand towards him.

As he ran, Zaimokuza was completely enveloped by light, and even the smiling face disappeared in the flowing light.

Kousaka stretched out his fingers through the scattered light, but was only able to catch a tiny ray of light.

Then, a sudden and intense brilliance that could rival that of a supernova erupted, like holy light descending from the sky, enveloping this pure white inner world.

In the light that permeates everything, only the voice of one person is echoing.

"——Taimu Seat!!!!!!!!!!!!"

39. Genesis · Rebirth

When the light disappeared, a cold whistle reached my ears.

Keeping his hand outstretched, Kousaka Kyosuke fell from a high altitude. The pupils of his open eyes contracted to the extreme as he watched the white spot getting farther and farther away from him.

In the end, he stretched out his hand but still couldn't catch anything.

It was like this that day many years ago, and it is like this today many years later. The world always repeats the same sad cycle again and again.

And that ray of light rose upwards, blooming as the only light in a world completely shrouded in darkness, bringing a tiny bit of hope to this world.

It was a white new star, rushing forward without hesitation towards the despair that covered the world.

"—"

Gazing at the stars that were gradually rushing towards the darkness, Kousaka's lips opened and he felt something liquid flowing out from under the corner of his right eye, and then floated upside down under the dual effects of the strong wind and gravity.

The liquid felt both cold and hot, a feeling Kousaka had long forgotten.

He remembered.

On that day, when I witnessed my father die to save my sister and myself, this liquid flowed from my eyes, and this liquid never appeared again in the years that followed.

And today, the boy who had not cried since his father's death finally shed tears again.

The white stars leaped up and sank into the boundless darkness in the center of the huge ring of fire, and someone's call was heard in the air.

"Zaimokuza!"

--boom!!!!!!

The white meteor rushed into the surging darkness, but at the moment when light and darkness touched, an indescribable vast light exploded from the point of contact, and the blazing and magnificent light illuminated the entire world in the sense of letters.

Even in the dark and dim starry sky of the universe, the light shining from above the earth at this moment is so grand and dazzling, like the opening lights lit up on the eaves of a stage.

And the stage is this planet, this entire galaxy, and even the entire universe. The grand holy light illuminates everything. Even the light of the sun cannot match this brilliance. This small blue planet has now replaced the main star of this galaxy and become the short-lived center of the solar system.

Only the intense light from a supernova explosion could rival this radiance. People on Earth only saw an endless and extreme brilliance blooming in the sky, but within seconds, their vision was completely deprived, and all they could see was a vast expanse of pure white.

Even the other side of the earth illuminated by this light cannot be avoided. The whole world is now enveloped in light. Since the formation of stars, the phenomenon of "darkness" has temporarily disappeared from the earth for the first time. The world has become a lonely boat wandering in the ocean of light.

In this light, the only discordant color is the rotating purple ring of fire and the lingering darkness in the center.

But as the light grew brighter, the shape of the fire ring began to gradually dissolve like an ink painting dipped in water. Even the darkness, which was far darker than the starry sky, was diluted and dissipated in the light, and was gradually submerged by the light.

This dark ring that once plunged the entire world into despair was finally covered by the light of hope that blossomed from the self-sacrifice of a hero, covering up all the horror and pain left in the world.

The ancient times that were lost long ago contain countless secrets. If the Gurongi clan is the curse of the ancient times on this world and this era, then the Gulindo clan has left the world with a ray of hope that can change its destiny.

This is a self-sacrifice and a grand sacrifice. The purpose of this sacrifice is not to summon, but to seal.

Under the dual effects of the sealing spell and sacrifices developed by the Gulindo clan against the "Ultimate Darkness", the "Ultimate Darkness" in the higher dimension, after losing the unconfirmed life form No. 0, the "beacon" used to locate this world, even the descending super-space channel began to be closed layer by layer from top to bottom, and the power that spread to this world began to be forced to retreat.

However, when the "Ultimate Darkness" was sealed back to its original higher dimension, the remaining influence had an immense impact on the world.

As a force from a higher dimension, the existence of "Ultimate Darkness" is completely superior to this low-dimensional universe. The movement state of this universe can only be a linear time movement, and it cannot go backwards. This is an iron rule determined by the existence form of the universe itself.

But to the "Ultimate Darkness", this so-called "iron rule" of the universe is nothing but an absurd joke.

From the moment this world is observed and located through the "beacon", and descends upon it, the state of existence of "Ultimate Darkness" can only be described in one sentence:

Something comes from nothing and lasts forever.

From the past when the Gurongi priest sacrificed himself to summon the power, to the future when Zaimokuza Yoshiki sacrificed himself to seal it, this cycle of fate, "Ultimate Darkness" exists in every moment of this "story" from the beginning to the end, it can be said to be everywhere.

The linear forward-flowing time was bound by the ultra-high magnitude of the higher dimension, which far exceeded the black hole, the moment the "ultimate darkness" descended upon this world. It was like the planetary rings that rotate endlessly around Saturn. From the moment it was first observed to the present moment, time has been repeating a rotation cycle in this ring, and the past, future and present are all intertwined.

This is a miracle that can only be achieved under the influence of the power of "Ultimate Darkness", but from the moment "Ultimate Darkness" was sealed, the link that bound time was broken.

The predetermined destiny observed by higher dimensions was completely destroyed the moment the time loop broke, and the world ushered in a brand new future after breaking free from its constraints.

The timeline that was closely connected from the past to the present also began to return to its original state. When the influence of the "Ultimate Darkness" power was lost, all the entangled time began to break apart, starting from the initial past and moving all the way to the future at this moment. Time became a broken rope.

After losing traction, the ends of these "ropes" scattered one by one in completely different directions. Countless new futures were created during this period of time and will never go in the original direction again.

This is a rupture and drastic change in the space-time level of the entire universe. Perhaps since the birth of the universe, such a phenomenon has never happened, which is too shallow to describe as a miracle.

Although time is just a concept, it is closely connected to the material world, so this huge change is also reflected in the real world.

So when the surging darkness was submerged in the light, the light not only did not dissipate, but an even more surging and fierce light erupted from where the darkness disappeared, truly engulfing the entire world, that is, the universe.

This ray of light swept across the entire solar system in an instant, then the entire Milky Way, and continued to extend outward without stopping. The violent energy generated by the rupture of space and time was far-reaching, covering everything in the universe, and even extending beyond the universe that could not be measured or understood.

Everything is gradually illuminated by the light.

"...It seems that the time has come."

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was leaning against the wall, looked up at the brilliant light that illuminated all the darkness in the world and spoke softly.

The golden flames burning on his body and the corrosive dark energy both faded away at the same time. On the contrary, the trend of fuzzy particles emanating from all parts of his body became more intense, and Hikigaya's entire form was rapidly becoming blurred.

Hikigaya, whose body was entangled in the particle flow, was not surprised by this phenomenon. As the distorted space-time returned to normal, all foreign matter existing in this space-time would be expelled, just like the cells in the body activated at full power to eliminate the invading virus.

And he is one of those alien creatures, an alien that should not exist in the current timeline, and even an undead wandering in the cracks of time.

Thanks to the completely chaotic timeline when the "Ultimate Darkness" came, Hikigaya was able to take advantage of this change and use his power to possess his own body from the distant other side of time in this timeline. Now he just wants to go back to where he should go.

"It's time to return this body to you... the former Hikigaya Hachiman."

Lifting his right hand, which had revealed its true form after his form had dissipated, Hikigaya's eyelids drooped, and his tone and expression were as calm as the surface of the Dead Sea.

With his back to the increasingly dazzling light in the sky, he turned around, and his dark eyes were once again lit up with a faint light because of the things reflected in his eyes. Even the bright light from the outside world could not cover up this light.

Hikigaya Komachi, leaning against the wall, was still sleeping. She did not wake up even though the black windbreaker she was wearing dissipated in the steaming particles. However, perhaps because her skin felt the cold wind after losing the protection of the clothes, her delicate eyebrows and eyelashes trembled slightly.

Looking at his sister who looked exactly like in his memory, Hikigaya wanted to stay for the first time, but the thought was suppressed in an instant.

Because he can't do it, and it's impossible for him to do it.

If Hikigaya stubbornly insists on staying here, he will be swallowed up by the space-time shock whose energy level is comparable to the Big Bang, and disappear from the world forever.

Moreover, Hikigaya also has things that need to be accomplished in his own era. All these reasons make it impossible for him to choose to stay in this time line.

But despite this, Hikigaya hoped that this period of time could be extended, even for just one second.

"Komachi..."

Hikigaya, whose body had become completely blurred, stretched out the hand that did not belong to his sister, and his open lips deformed as his vocal cords vibrated as he uttered syllables.