My youth story cannot be a knight war

[In addition to the religious prayer poem engraved on the right chest, two lines of exquisite dark gold English are engraved on the left chest armor, introducing the name of this set of equipment to everyone who sees it.]

[It reads: Gulkiller.]

[Next: Generation Zero.]

[Generation can be translated as "generation," and Zero represents the Arabic numeral "0."]

['0', the number before 1, is a number in mathematics that exceeds the minimum and represents nothing. If applied to a specific man-made thing, it means the first work, the beginning of everything, etc.]

[『Gulkiller·Generation·Zero』——Can be translated as 『Gulkiller·Generation·Zero』.

[It can also be simply called "GO".]

[This is the full name of the weapon that Kousaka Kyosuke wears. The reason why the chief designer, Himena Ebina, named it the Zero code is to express the hope that humans will take the first step from nothing to something into the unknown.]

[This is one of the highest achievements of human weapon technology in this generation. It is a blade of civilization that protects mankind and strikes against the gods who bring down natural disasters! ]

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, health room.

"COOL!!!"

Tobe Sho, who was originally sitting dejectedly on the chair, immediately jumped up when he saw "Kousaka Kyosuke" appearing on the light screen wearing GO, his eyes shining as he looked at the first set of G series equipment on him that completely hit his G-spot.

As a new generation bombarded with ACG culture, what boy didn't have childhood fantasies of driving a giant robot or donning armor to fight for humanity? This technological gem, truly slated for the future, perfectly fulfills those early, chuunibyou fantasies.

The texture full of mechanical beauty and the majestic original shape, the design style that perfectly blends futurism and brutalism, and the exclusive weapons that combine beauty and practical functions, in their eyes, every line on this armor far surpasses the catwalk champion that appeared on the annual fashion magazine. It is enough to make all the model geeks and kids unable to stop, and it can be called the dream armor!

"Hina Himena! You are amazing! You can actually design this kind of armor in the future. When you really make it in the future, can you let me wear it and try it out!?"

Tobe Sho, whose eyes were red with envy, suddenly felt a flash of lightning passing through his mind. He immediately remembered that the chief designer who designed this cool armor in the future was here now.

Then wouldn't it be possible to try to use connections to get in through the back door?

Thinking of this, he immediately turned to look at Ebina Hime who was not far away, and asked with the most sincere expression in his life and with little stars in his eyes.

So, men are a bunch of dead kids who pretend to have graduated from their chuunibyou until they die. The moment they see the mecha of their childhood fantasies appear, they completely forget the fact that they just broke up (had a secret crush) and become radiant.

"Ah? You're putting me in a difficult position, Xiang-kun. After all, I haven't even graduated from high school yet, and I don't even have a doctorate degree. I can't be as good as my future self, right? And... "

With an expression of =ω=, Ebina Hina glanced innocently at her former secret admirer, pushed her reflective glasses on her face, and seemed to be hesitant to say something at the end.

"Could you please be a little more self-aware, Tobe-san?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the light curtain without turning her head once and spoke in a neutral voice.

"Huh? What do you mean, Yukinoshita!"

"Yukinoshita, please don't speak too harshly."

Even someone as simple-minded as Tobe Sho could hear the sarcasm in Yukinoshita Yukino's tone. His expression changed from yearning to displeasure, and Miura Yumiko, his boss, couldn't help but frown and look over at him.

"Need I explain this more clearly? That's you—"

"You can't wear this armor, Hubu."

Before Yukinoshita Yukino could continue her sarcasm, Hikigaya Hachiman took the initiative to state the truth, defusing a possible conflict.

"What do you mean? Hikio?"

"literal meaning."

Hikigaya didn't care that he called his name wrong again. He tilted his head and pointed at the scene on the screen with his chin.

"If you take a closer look at the design of this armor, you should be able to understand it. What was the model used for this weapon? What kind of expectations did the designer Ebina place on this GO?"

"Hmm? Didn't Himena design this armor just for..."

Tobe Sho looked at his own light screen again in confusion. The more he looked, the quieter his voice became. Finally, he understood Hikigaya's meaning completely and fell silent.

[“The armor you are wearing looks like…”]

[But what surprised Zaimokuza was not why Kousaka Kyousuke was wearing this GO. He already knew the origin of this weapon when he saw the five-petal chrysanthemum emblem pinned on the shoulder of this armor.]

What really surprised him was the design of this GO. It looked exactly like—

"You are——KUUGA!?"

[A question of doubt came from behind Kousaka Kyousuke, his voice full of disbelief.]

"How is this possible!? How could there be two Kuuga??? Isn't the other one already—Who the hell are you?!"

The two looked in the direction of the sound. Biran, still covered in smoke, had already stood up from the ground and was staring at them intently. To be more precise, his gaze was completely focused on Kousaka Kyousuke.

【And what it said was what surprised Zaimokuza, because this armor was too similar to his transformed Kuuga. Even though the color was different and the artificial mechanical texture was very obvious, it looked very similar to the red all-mighty form.】

[The facial features of the helmet are completely copied from Kuuga's, especially the pair of red compound eyes that also have insect characteristics, which are almost indistinguishable from Zaimokuza himself.]

"This is a weapon that Miss Ebina created based on your previous battle data. It's called the Gulkiller, or you can call it a GO."

Kousaka Kyosuke watched Biran standing up, his eyes narrowed slightly beneath his helmet. He lifted his G-series composite weapon Hunter with both hands, grasped the handle under the thick barrel, and twisted it forcefully.

[After the mechanism made a click, the sniper rifle was separated into a barrel and a pistol.]

【"Hina?"】

[“We’ll explain the details later. There’s only one thing we need to do now.”]

As Kousaka Kyosuke spoke calmly, he fastened the disassembled gun barrel to the left buckle of the mechanical belt around his waist. He then raised the pistol called the Machine Chaser in his right hand, aiming it at Biran.

[The detector on the helmet automatically starts transmitting information when it detects the Piranha Gurongi in front of it. The computer in the main control room far away at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters calculates the data, and then displays the calculated data in simple and easy-to-understand numbers through radio waves in the built-in field of view of Kousaka Kyosuke's helmet.]

[Looking at the enemy information displayed in front of him, a cold light flashed in Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes, and his voice was as sharp as a blade being unsheathed. ]

【“——that is to send this damn invasive fish back to where it belongs.”】

[“I understand. Then let me——”]

[“No, this is not your mission.”]

【"well?"】

[When Zaimokuza was about to suggest the usual "I shield, you stab" fighting method, Kousaka Kyousuke interrupted him.]

As GO raised his eyes, he looked towards the girls on the riverbank nearby, who were helping each other to their feet. The expanded field of view within his helmet allowed Kousaka Kyousuke to clearly see the light music club members, their faces covered in dust and dirt, their clothes tattered from being caught in the explosion.

[“Oh wow? I didn’t expect that girl with long black hair is so sexy at such a young age? She’s even prettier than snow——Hey hey hey!? Kousaka-kun, don’t turn your head! I want to admire her for a while longer!”]

【“——”】

[When the naked eye was about to see some indecent beauty through the high-definition camera, Kousaka Kyosuke consciously shifted his sight back to the ferocious piranha Gurongi in front of him, ignored the teasing of Ebina Hime in the communicator beside his ear, and spoke to the stunned Zaimokuza without turning his head. ]

[“Your mission is to go over there and protect those girls. Then pay attention to my signals at any time and accumulate strength to prepare for the fatal attack.”]

[“As for number 23, leave it to me alone.”]

[“What—are you kidding me? Mr. Kousaka!”]

Before Zaimokuza could finish his surprised words, Kousaka Kyousuke had already drawn his weapon and walked towards Biran. His footsteps were steady and quiet.

"Tsk! I don't know what you are, but it looks like you want to fight me, right? Then I'll grant your suicidal wish!"

Seeing the mysterious warrior, who bore a striking resemblance to the clan's archenemy, Kuuga, approaching at a leisurely pace, Biran, his thoughts in a tangle, simply gave up on thinking. Following the Gurongi's bellicosity, he sneered and raised his right arm, aiming it at Kousaka Kyousuke's neck. The blade gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

"Becoming my enemy is your biggest mistake! O unknown warrior!"

[As soon as he finished speaking, Biran rushed towards Kousaka Kyosuke, dragging the fierce blade with a flash of blade left in its place.]

[“This is too much! That guy is very strong! You, Mr. Kousaka, are alone…”]

[Seeing that Kousaka Kyousuke really intended to fight the powerful and ferocious No. 23 alone, Zaimokuza immediately wanted to stand up and rush over to help with the Titan Sword in hand. ]

[But he stopped right after taking a step, and stood there motionless as if petrified.]

[“…You must be kidding, right?”]

[He muttered to himself, his voice filled with dullness and trance.]

[——Everything that happened before his eyes completely shattered his long-held impression of Kousaka Kyousuke.]

26. Powerful through countless trials and tribulations (5-in- K)

[How strong is Kousaka Kyosuke? ]

[If this question is too general and abstract, then let's change it to a more detailed question - what is Kousaka Kyousuke's best skill? ]

[Almost 99% of people who know him will give a common answer without hesitation after hearing this question:]

【"shooting!"】

[Only in terms of firearms skills is Kousaka Kyosuke recognized by everyone as a strong person.]

[Apart from his experience in the police academy, since the first day he got his own gun after joining the job, Kosaka Kyosuke has been honing his use of firearms. From the initial awkwardness of not even being able to pull the safety button to the current maturity of being able to use it with ease, Kosaka Kyosuke's shooting skills have been rigorously honed and practiced as he handles cases.]

[But within just a few years, Kousaka Kyosuke's marksmanship became recognized as the best among all the police officers in Nagano Prefecture. Even other prefectures have heard of his accurate marksmanship. They all heard that a potential new star with superb marksmanship has appeared in the Nagano Prefecture Police Headquarters.]

[According to rumors circulating among fans, every time when training for shooting, Kousaka Kyosuke never made any bullet holes on the target except the tenth ring. He could draw his gun so fast that when investigating a case, just before the criminal was about to pull the trigger, he could pull out the pistol from his waist holster at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye and accurately shoot away the opponent's tightly held pistol ten meters away, completely eliminating the criminal's weapons and abilities to commit crimes before anyone could react.]

[The fastest shooting record left by Kyosuke Kosaka during the pre-war training of the anti-terrorism exercise conducted by the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters and other prefectural police stations is:]

【0.0167 seconds. 】

[Before this, the world record for the fastest gun draw was set by an American policeman named Bob Monden. He was able to fire two shots before an ordinary person could blink. Because the speed of the gunshot was so fast, the sound of the gunshot heard by human ears was often the overlapping sound of two shots. He was called "the fastest gunman in history" and his extreme shooting record was 0.0175 seconds.]

[——Kousaka Kyosuke's shooting speed is 0.0008 seconds faster than his! ]

[That is to say, if that was not a drill but a Guinness World Records event, then Bob Munden's title of "the fastest shooter in history" would have been transferred to Kousaka Kyosuke. The new record he set was enough to make all the later comers look up to him, and the calculator who saw the data recorded by the instrument at that time almost suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes. In the end, he could only ignore it as an error caused by the long-term disrepair of the instrument.]

[After that day, Kousaka Kyosuke became the nightmare of all the police officers who played the gangsters in the opposite police station.]

【According to many police officers who played the gangsters at the time, when they raised their guns to shoot at Kousaka Kyosuke who appeared in their field of vision, they seemed to see a flash of light like a meteor before their eyes, and then a cloud of white mist burst out from the heart area and other parts of the left chest of their bulletproof vests. Then, they fell backwards to the ground in the subsequent gunshot and impact, staring at the blue sky in front of them with confused eyes, and had no reaction to what happened.】

[Because this experience was so bizarre and outrageous, many police officers even suspected that in addition to Kosaka Kyosuke, they were actually shot by a sniper. Therefore, after the exercise, they strongly petitioned their superiors to let them check the surveillance video of the section of the road where they encountered Kosaka Kyosuke, in order to find the person who shot them and settle the score with him. ]

[But it would have been better if they hadn't seen it. After seeing it, all the police officers felt a chill run through their bodies, and every hair on their bodies stood up.]

[The assassin, Lao Liu, was not found, but the police officers finally understood that Kousaka Kyosuke was an out-and-out monster.]

[After slowing down the speed of one of the encounter videos to the maximum speed that the machine can reach, all the police saw that in the video screen, everything seemed to be still. In the world, Kousaka Kyosuke raised his revolver at a speed that was almost the same as usual. He did not even fully focus his eyes on the "gangster" and fired three shots with a calm expression, and each shot hit the exercise personnel standing in the right direction.]

[Two shots hit the heart, and one shot hit the thigh, but the policeman heard only one gunshot at the time - because the three shots were fired at the same time.]

[Since that day, Kousaka Kyousuke has been included in the blacklist of all police stations for anti-terrorism exercises, and the Nagano Prefectural Police Department has been forced to agree that unless it is a large-scale anti-terrorism special training, they will never be the first to deploy Kousaka Kyousuke. ]

[But it is precisely because Kousaka Kyosuke's achievements in shooting are so outstanding that when people mention him, they think of the term "sharpshooter". People will subconsciously ignore Kousaka Kyosuke's other achievements because they only see his shooting skills. ]

[That is——hand-to-hand combat. ]

[“Wow… so amazing.”]

[Looking at everything that happened in front of him, although Zaimokuza's transformed face could not show any emotions, just by listening to his voice, others could tell how shocked he was at the moment. ]

[“Puff!”]

Biran lay face down on the ground, his whole body moving like a dog chewing mud, paddling a long distance on the river bank.

【“Damn it!?”】

Biran stood up and turned around in frustration, only to see Kousaka Kyousuke standing there, retracting his right leg that had just kicked out.

Kousaka Kyousuke hadn't moved from his position at all. He simply moved to the right, his body shifting sideways as he dodged Biran's blade. He then kicked Biran in the waist, sending him flying.

[“…Just a mere KUUGA fake! How dare you look down on me like that!?”]

Watching the sidelong glance that Kousaka Kyosuke gave him after retracting his foot, Biran felt as if he could see through those red mechanical compound eyes into a pair of eyes filled with indifference and disdain.

[Crack--]

Biran suddenly felt as if a nerve in the depths of his brain had snapped, and then an incomparable sense of shame and anger surged through his heart, causing his sturdy body to tremble slightly.

[Because this was not the first time. In the short battle just now, none of its attacks could hit Kousaka Kyosuke. Every time, he dodged sideways and kicked it in the waist, and even the position of the kick did not change.]

[Contempt, this behavior is undoubtedly naked contempt. ]

This familiar feeling of contempt even reminded Biran of what happened a long time ago when he first met the players from the GO Group after being promoted from ZU to ME.

[At that time, I felt the disdain and contempt in those guys' eyes, so I challenged them out of my inner indignation and anger.]

[…and what happened next will be something Biran will never forget.]

[——"It's too weak. Your blade can't even cut my skin."]

The pitch-black meteor hammer transformed back into its original ornament in the opponent's hand. A GO Group member, Gurongi, who resembled a turtle, watched Biran, who was being hammered into the wall and was dying, and mocked him mercilessly.