My youth story cannot be a knight war

"What!? Gurongi and Kousaka-san are simply evil! Heterosexuality is pure self-destruction! Zaimokuza-san and Kousaka-san are clearly the right path! Didn't you see that they're officially a couple in the video? If they're not, then it's pure fraud! The biggest and worst fraud in human history! Absolutely unacceptable!"

Upon hearing this, Hina Ebina immediately let go of Miura Yumiko, who was in dishevel and tearful eyes, and excitedly grabbed the collar of Tobe Sho and shook him, with "I don't believe it!" written all over her face, almost shaking him out of sight.

"I, I, I know! I understand! Hime, you're right! Zaimokuza-san and Kousaka-san are a couple, you're absolutely right! Stop, stop shaking!"

Tobe Sho, who was dizzy, was talking without thinking. At this time, Hayama Hayato coughed lightly a few times, indicating that the person they were talking about was here.

"Zaimokuza and Kousaka-san... they seem to be a perfect match for each other."

After hearing what Ebina Hina said, Yuigahama Yui had strange imaginations in her mind, and her face couldn't help but turn red. She secretly looked back and forth with curious eyes at the profile of Kousaka Kyosuke who was lying on the ground in the video and Zaimokuza who was sitting not far away.

"..."

Feeling the strange gazes of several girls around him, including Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Yukino, as well as Hikigaya Hachiman, who kept his expression but was unknowingly a little distant from him, Zaimokuza's fat face twitched, and he held his breath but didn't know what to say.

[Kwandong Medical University Hospital, intensive care unit on the third floor. ]

【10:24 PM 】

[At the entrance of the intensive care unit on the third floor of the hospital, there are two names written on the doorplate. ]

[The upper part is Kousaka Kyosuke, the lower part is Zaimokuza Yoshiteru. 】

[“Hey, that’s fine!”]

[“Hmm——!?”]

【With a bright smile, Makishima Saori slapped Kousaka Kyosuke's thigh, which was in a cast and hung up by a rope. A strong dull pain came from the leg wrapped in the cast, which made Kousaka Kyosuke, who was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, with an IV in his left hand, a bandage on his forehead, and a plaster cast on his right shoulder hanging around his neck, blush for a moment and let out a muffled groan from his tightly closed mouth.】

[“It hurts, right? This is the result of not taking care of your body, Kousaka-kun.”]

[Saori Makishima sat beside the hospital bed and watched Kousaka Kyosuke's facial muscles twitching. She stretched out her finger and shook it in front of her mouth, smiling mischievously.]

[“When I saw you and Mr. Zaimokuza being carried out of the ambulance, covered in blood, I thought you were both going to die. I was so scared that I almost cried. This is your punishment!”]

[“I think… you are seeking revenge… for not accompanying you to the cinema last time.”]

[The muscles on Kousaka Kyosuke's face twitched, and he looked at the woman sitting next to him with a distorted expression. Makishima Saori raised her eyebrows after hearing his words, and a pair of delicate hands directly pinched Kousaka Kyosuke's face, pulling his cheeks apart.]

[“Isn’t this natural? Last time, we agreed that as a reward for providing you with clues to the murder case, you would accompany me to watch the latest movie. I am really looking forward to that day!”]

[“But what happened? You actually stood me up! You know, when I was watching a movie by myself that day, the seats around me were full, and they were all couples, except for me, who was left empty! Kosaka-kun, do you know how people around me looked at me at that time? I almost walked out of the theater in shame!”]

[“At this time… there was a robbery… I was nearby… so I had to go… to help!”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke's voice became unclear because Makishima Saori pulled his cheek. The righteous but seriously injured police officer Kosaka could only endure the other party's "playing" with grief and anger, and looked at the unethical female doctor who was playing more and more vigorously with humiliating eyes. ]

[Makishima Saori snorted coldly, and with a snap, she let go of Kousaka Kyosuke's cheek, which had turned red from being pulled by her.]

[“Of course I know! The news that “The Metropolitan Police Department’s ace police officer encountered a bank robbery while on vacation, and fought the armed gangsters with bare hands to save the people” was on the headlines that day. Otherwise, do you think I will only do this to you now? If I don’t take this opportunity to teach you a lesson, I will be sorry for the girlish heart that you have let down!”]

【“…”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke remained silent. He really wanted to say, "How can you, a medical leftover who is almost 20 years old and likes to dissect corpses all day, have such a girlish heart? You should be secretly happy if a man is willing to sacrifice himself to accompany you to the movies!"

【But for the sake of his own personal safety, he chose to keep his mouth shut. 】

"Oh~ So this is how you look at people, Mr. Kosaka? Interesting~"

Saori Bajina took off the funny round glasses on her face, revealing her pure and beautiful face without any makeup. She smiled softly as she watched Kyosuke Kousaka speaking his inner thoughts on the TV in front of her, but there was no smile in her eyes.

"Anatomy? Hmm, I think I know why I want to choose this major in the future."

Chiba Prefectural Chiba Benben High School.

For some reason, Kyosuke Kousaka, who was sitting on the bed in the infirmary, suddenly felt a chill and shivered involuntarily.

“How is he?”

【Kousaka Kyosuke did not answer her, but turned his head to look to his left. Zaimokuza was also lying on another bed in hospital clothes, still in a coma.】

[“Don’t change the subject! And you always only care about others. It’s about time you learn to care about yourself.”]

[Makishima Saori wanted to give him a slap on the head, but when she saw the bandage on Kousaka Kyousuke's head, she gave up the idea, put down her raised hand in dismay, and spoke unhappily. ]

[“Zaimokuza-san is fine, he just has a serious overdrawn stamina. He just needs to rest for a day or two. Was his battle with No. 6 really that intense? He actually exhausted his stamina to this extent. His physical examination report is just like an ordinary person who stayed up all night for two days and slept for less than two hours before getting up to participate in a marathon. It was a 50-kilometer marathon.”]

[When Kousaka Kyosuke heard what Makishima Saori said, he instantly remembered the new form Zaimokuza transformed into in the previous battle, wearing a flowing cloak, and his eyes flickered slightly. ]

[It seems that form is not without cost. ]

[“Well~ It seems that you don’t plan to tell me. I guess you know the answer yourself, so I won’t say anything more.”]

【Looking at the silent Kousaka Kyosuke, Makishima Saori, who was familiar with him, pursed her lips, her eyeballs rolled around in her eyes, and a sweet smile slowly appeared on her face. The beautiful and charming lady smiled like a fox that stole a chick in front of a hound.】

[Kousaka Kyosuke looked at the smile on her face, and suddenly a bad feeling welled up in his heart.]

["Taka~Saka~kun!"]

Makishima Saori spoke in a delicate voice, her hands supporting the bed sheet as she bent over. Her perfect figure, even her white coat couldn't hide, formed an S-shaped curve as she leaned forward. With a half-smile, she squinted her eyes as she looked at Kousaka Kyosuke, whose face was gradually stiffening.

【“…What’s wrong, Makishima?”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes twitched unconsciously, and he felt very uneasy when he saw the beautiful woman's face so close to him.]

[“You haven’t been home for a long time, right? After all, Kirino called me yesterday to ask when you would come home.”]

【“…”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke's heart has sunk to the bottom, this situation is not right! ]

[“Then, Kirino probably doesn’t know that you’re seriously injured, right?”]

[The female doctor's mouth curled up in a strange arc, and she finally revealed her purpose. ]

【"……ah."】

[“It’s like this, I have a small matter for you to help—”]

[“——Kousaka-kun, you probably don’t want your family to know that you’re seriously injured and hospitalized, right?”]

[“…How can I help you?”]

[“Hehehe~”]

[Makishima Saori said nothing, but the smile on her face became brighter. Then, in Kousaka Kyousuke's gradually dilating pupils, that soft and charming face gradually approached, getting closer and closer——]

"What the hell is going on here!?"

Kousaka Kirino, who woke up in the health room, didn't expect to see such an explosive scene as soon as she woke up. Her face flushed as she held both ends of the phone with her hands. Her fingers pressed too hard and the phone screen made a mournful cry as if it was about to break.

"Stupid Kyousuke! Who is that woman? What are you doing!!!"

“Eh? Aaaaaah! I, I, I, what do you want to do!?”

Saori Makishima looked at "her own face" getting closer and closer in Kyosuke Kousaka's pupils on TV, and her face turned red. She could faintly hear the sound of steam.

[Kanto Medical University Hospital, Kousaka Kyousuke and Zaimokuza's ward. ]

【02:34 AM 】

[It was late at night, when many people were out and about.]

[Kousaka Kyosuke just lay on the bed, his face haggard, his eyes open and bloodshot.]

[“Then I’ll ask you to pretend to be my boyfriend at my social gathering next week! If you’re late this time—hehe~”]

【Thinking of the smile that Makishima Saori gave him when she closed the door and left, as well as the implicit or obvious threat, Kousaka Kyosuke felt extremely tired. He had already consumed a lot of energy, so he just wanted to have a good sleep to replenish his energy and think about these troubles tomorrow.】

【But……】

[“Huh————～]

[It makes you wonder if someone is pressing the toilet flush button. The sound is heard throughout the room.]

【Kousaka Kyousuke turned his head with bloodshot eyes and looked. Zaimokuza, who was lying on the other bed, kicked the quilt under the bed, with his hands and legs spread out in a "big" shape, saliva left at the corners of his mouth, and the bubbles on his nose expanded and shrank with every deafening snoring sound - the cycle repeated endlessly.】

【"whee--"】

【Zaimokuza had no idea what good dream he had, he smiled foolishly and scratched his belly, he was sleeping soundly and didn't feel the death gaze from the bed next to him.】

[…Will this guy really be able to find a girlfriend in the future? ]

[Listening to the snoring that had been ringing in his ears for at least two hours, Kousaka Kyosuke wondered if this guy had really overdrawn his physical strength? This quality of sleep was simply envied by countless office workers, including him! Or are idiots such carefree creatures? He could sleep so well after just experiencing a life-and-death battle. ]

[He turned his head and looked at his windbreaker hanging on the hanger at the door of the ward. There was a pistol hidden in the lining of the windbreaker.]

【"call--"】

[The fingers of his hand with the IV drip twitched unconsciously a few times. Kousaka Kyosuke took a deep breath and forced down the murderous intent that was rising in his heart for the first time towards a human being. He only felt that the feeling of "friendship" he felt at the end of the battle in the afternoon must be an illusion caused by his brain being crushed by a police car and having a concussion.]

[He turned his head, pulled up the quilt to cover his face, and tried to fall asleep while enduring the snoring in his ears.]

[“Huh————～]

[The night is still long, just like Zaimokuza's snoring and the murderous intent rising in Kousaka Kyousuke's heart, there is no end in sight. ]

……

[In Tokyo, an abandoned aquarium. ]

"Baduu was killed by KUUGA. His game failed."

Baruba's calm voice echoed. A man wearing sunglasses expressionlessly used a pen to draw a bright red cross on a locust totem on a piece of parchment. None of the Gurongi around him who heard the news showed any sadness. Some looked discontented, some indifferent, and some sneered in disdain. Among them, Gooma's smile was the most ferocious.

"What a loser! He even has the power of Kuuga, yet he still fails! He's truly a piece of trash!"

Gooma said this with disdain, but his eyes were filled with jealousy, because unlike Baduu, who gained new power from the previous KUUGA, he gained nothing at all.

[“It doesn’t matter. Let’s start the next one.”]

[The man in sunglasses said without even raising his head, and his gloved hands lit and extinguished a silver lighter repeatedly, over and over again.]

"Then, the snacks that joined the game later, this KUUGA... seems to be different from before."

[“Wow!”]

Baruba, expressionless, casually slapped the sneering Gooma back into the trash can. She looked at another Gurongi standing up in front of her and raised her hand with the ring.

[“Let’s start the next game.”]

31. Into a New Darkness/A Visit from an Old Friend (Two-in-One)

【Tokyo City, Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters, Conference Room.】

【08:17 AM 】

[Kousaka Kyosuke, with a bandage on his face, crossed his hands over his mouth and calmly watched the scene on the projection screen in front of him.]

[The familiar screams and the frame-dropping images were reflected in his black pupils. These were the images recorded by the only camera left at the scene of the Jiulangyue Ruins accident.]

"KU——UGA!!!"

[A roar filled with hatred came from the black shadow holding the belt high, it dropped the belt and walked towards the screen, getting closer and closer——]

[Kousaka Kyosuke used the remote control to freeze this frame of the picture, staring solemnly at the unconfirmed life form on the screen in front of him, which should be the first to appear, code-named No. 0, but has not been found until now, thinking about the clues left by this video. ]

[“Are you watching the videotape of No. 0 again, Kosaka?”]

[The door was pushed open, and the light from outside illuminated the dim conference room door. Officer Sugita, who was saved by Zaimokuza in the incident with No. 5, walked in.]

[“I want to go back to the origin of all this and see if I can find any useful clues.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke said softly, and Officer Sugita smiled and placed the thick stack of newspapers in his hand on the table in front of him.]

[“Since the establishment of this investigation headquarters, a total of seven unidentified life forms have appeared in the past three weeks. No. 4 solved the five that appeared in front, and our police solved the remaining two. Fortunately, you are here, Takasaka, otherwise our police would really be drowned in the saliva of the people and the media.”]

[Officer Sugita pointed to the front page of the stacked newspapers. The first photo on it was of Kousaka Kyosuke. He was wearing a windbreaker, looking tired but determined, sitting by the stairs, leaning on a sniper rifle. The corner of his windbreaker was stained with blood, and his face had a trace of gunpowder. His bangs were blown gently by the wind. The photographer's superb photography skills completely captured the image of a soldier who had just returned from the battlefield. This photo could be used directly as a photo album. The headline above read "Sharpshooter Officer No. 13's life is taken! The police station's office in the office of the sniper!" ] 4

[“How does it feel to be chased for an autograph? The sharpshooter officer of the Metropolitan Police Department’s ace of aces?”]

【Officer Sugita teased him sarcastically.】

[Kousaka Kyosuke turned over the newspaper with his heroic figure in silence and sighed helplessly.]

[“This is just an empty reputation. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to use everyone’s cover to shoot the bullet that pierced No. 13’s brain before he could attack, I would have been the one to die.”]

[“You can’t say that, Kosaka. Strictly speaking, maybe luck played a role in No. 13’s defeat, but No. 12 was completely defeated by you. It was only because the police needed to restore their reputation that they claimed that the other party was killed with the cooperation of all the police officers. But you and I know the truth. When you defeated No. 12 alone, it took those police officers almost ten minutes to arrive at the scene. Everyone was shocked by you!”]

[“This is your credit, but the credit is due to someone different.”]

【Kousuke Kosaka didn't know how to refute what Officer Sugita said, because it was indeed the truth.】

【Since defeating No. 6, the Metropolitan Police Department has also established a headquarters to investigate unidentified life forms because of the serious harm and economic losses caused by these monsters to the lives of citizens. As if responding to the Metropolitan Police Department's countermeasures, new unidentified life forms have appeared in front of the public one after another and committed murders one after another. Seven of them appeared in just three weeks. In the carnage caused by these ruthless monsters, not to mention the sacrifices of the police, the number of citizens who died in the cases of unidentified life forms quickly climbed to three digits.】

[Although none of the unconfirmed life forms that appeared later were as strong as the previous No. 2000, it does not mean that these guys are easy to deal with. The Unconfirmed Life Form Search Headquarters lost in every battle with these monsters. Basically, when they were beaten to a pulp, the unconfirmed life form No. , who was confirmed by the police as a collaborator, arrived in a Triangle Tracker to stop the decline and successfully counterattack.]