My youth story cannot be a knight war

"Could it be... I'm dreaming now? That's why I dreamt of you, Yuuji, praising me? But why did I dream of a mere marriage slave, Yuuji, when I had a sweet dream? And not Hideyoshi—Puwaa!"

"How sorry you are to dream of a mere marriage slave like me! I will send you into a nightmare right now!"

A clear cross of meridians appeared on his forehead, and Sakamoto hit Yoshii's chin with a clean and sharp rising dragon punch. The powerful punch directly took away his consciousness.

"Really? What an idiot! His brain is as simple as a GB game console. He only sees people in black and white... But how can there be so much black and white in this world?"

Shaking his fist that was smoking, Sakamoto glanced at Yoshii who was lying headfirst on the sofa cushion next to him, and his eyes gradually became profound.

"It's completely different now, Akihisa. What we're seeing now...is no longer the kind of drama that Zaimokuza-san and his team used to have, where justice defeated evil."

"Well~ I guess it's a good thing that you don't want to understand."

Looking up at the battle scene on the curtain in front of him, his wine-red pupils reflected the fight between knights. Sakamoto narrowed his eyelids slightly and spoke to the unconscious Yoshii almost to himself.

"But what we see now is the real world and human nature..."

"The main theme of the 'story' has long ceased to be the original melody of justice."

Arisu Sakayanagi was sitting on her luxurious big bed in the dormitory. She was wearing a white nightgown that revealed her delicate arms and legs. She lay on her back on the pillow, looking at the curtain floating horizontally in front of her, squinting her eyes and said.

"This is a war of knights, and the victor in the end takes everything. What a simple rule~"

"But it's also quite cruel. In the end, there's only one winner allowed, and there's no room for anyone else on the podium. The consequence of failure seems to be death... It's infinitely more cruel than the rules of this school."

When "Hikigaya Hachiman" appeared and said those words to "Hayama Hayato", Sakayanagi had already understood the true rules of this "game" based on what the former said.

I have to admit that even though I have long been accustomed to the intrigues between people, this bloody battle royale still gave Sakayanagi a big shock at the time.

This kind of competitive game where life is at stake is a barbaric belief that has long been rejected by modern civilized society. She has been in the civilized world since she was a child and knows that there once was primitive and brutal evil and cruelty in the world, but she has never experienced it so closely.

Reaching out to brush away the bangs that had fallen and covered her right eye, Sakayanagi's eyes rarely showed any smile, but were now as calm as a lake.

"Besides myself, all other knights are rivals, destined to be eliminated sooner or later. No one can be relied upon. That's why Mr. Hikigaya said, 'Go and defeat all the knights, and then, come before me as the ultimate victor.'"

"Others have already explained the rules of this battle royale game so clearly, why are you still unwilling to understand, Mr. Ye Shan~"

【bump!

The giant pincers hit the armor on his back, and Ye Shan was knocked to the ground by the blow, a painful gasp coming from his throat.

But before he could fully recover, a chilling sense of danger made all the hairs on his back stand up. He rolled to the side without hesitation and passed by a silver flash of murderous light.

The huge silver and yellow pliers pierced into the place where Ye Shan had just been lying, and the hard concrete tiles were directly torn apart. Volcancer pulled out the pliers and stood with the knight.

"Damn it! Already..."

After rolling to another heavy pillar and standing up, Ye Shan looked at the fuzzy particles on his palm that were evaporating at an increasingly intense rate, and bit his molars hard.

His time is almost up. If he continues to stay like this, the only result will be that he will disappear here completely. It is simply impossible to take away the opponent's attack ability in such a short time.

It is impossible to say that he is not afraid of death. Even though he now possesses the power of a knight that can travel between two worlds and is far beyond that of ordinary people, Ye Shan is just an ordinary person with flesh and blood after removing the knight card box that grants him these powers. At most, his will is stronger than that of ordinary people, but he cannot completely resist the fear of death.

Continuing to fight would only lead to death. He didn't want to fight with the other party, so the only way was to escape!

Ye Shan raised his head, his gaze passing through the knight and the contracted beast walking towards him, and fell on the glass wall of the building behind them. His right hand nervously pressed on a card on the edge of the card box at his waist.

Next, we will compete to see who runs faster.

"drink!"

The yellow knight seemed to see through Ye Shan's thoughts, and his pace immediately quickened. He swung the giant pincer blade on his right arm and smashed it down at him on the head!

Ye Shan also immediately tensed up, quickly pulled out the card, and stuffed it into the card slot of the "Dragon Summoning Machine" without even looking at it.

『Sword Vent』

The black and yellow weapons collided with each other in the air, and the splashing fire fell on Ye Shan's armor, which also stopped him from closing the "Dragon Summoning Machine" in his left hand.

"You're still as messed up as ever."

"you--!?"

The Western-style black knight stood in front of Ye Shan with a spear in his hand, blocking the fierce slash for him with both hands, and mocked Ye Shan without turning his head.

Looking at the figure that appeared before him, Ye Shan spoke subconsciously:

"Aqua!"

"Don't call me that. I don't know you well."

Hoshino Aikuaikai spoke in a cold tone. Through the two weapons that were against each other, he stared closely at the knight opposite him who paused because of his appearance. His voice turned solemn and words sounded from his throat.

"But you and I are quite familiar with each other."

The six compound eyes on the visor stared at Hoshino who blocked the attack for Ye Shan. A voice that was indistinguishable between male and female was heard again, and this time anyone could hear the gnashing resentment in the tone.

"You again—Knight!"

"long time no see."

Amidst the other party's angry words, Hoshino replied with a sneer.

"Why do you still like taking advantage of others, Kaman rider Scissors?"

The muscles in the hands that were gripping the "Winged Spearman" trembled and contracted, and a huge force burst out from the spear blade, shaking off the opposing "sharp claws" and also pushing the knight named Scissors back.

"Gululu~!"

Volcancer, the contracted beast, jumped out from behind the opponent and stood in front of them, with its pincers opened in a threatening gesture and its mouth opened to let out a threatening hiss at Hoshino and Hayama.

"Hmm? This contracted beast seems to be stronger than before?"

Holding the spear in front of him in a defensive posture, looking at the familiar contracted beast in front of him and the other party's even more powerful aura than before, Hoshino raised his eyebrows behind his helmet in slight surprise.

"Do you think you are the only one who can become stronger?"

Reaching out and pushing away Volcancer who was blocking his way, Scissors came out, his tone difficult to distinguish between male and female and extremely gloomy.

"Don't underestimate me, I'm not the same me you first met!"

In response, Hoshino said:

"Did you get it wrong? I've never underestimated you. I've always underestimated your contracted beast. After all, your contracted beast is really weak. So weak that it makes me wonder if you signed the contract with your toes covered in stinky socks. Did you sign the contract card with it? Otherwise, how could it be so weak?"

"How do you feel? You're quite skilled, but you're being held back by your contracted beast. Unfortunately, I've never had this kind of trouble, so I don't know what it's like."

"you……!"

Hoshino retorted directly with a smiling tone, and his extremely sarcastic words obviously touched the other party's sore spot. This time, the yellow knight began to tremble slightly all over, and the six compound eyes on his face shot out real green fierce light.

"Do you...know this knight?"

Ye Shan stood up after covering his chest. He listened to the conversation between Hoshino and the person opposite and couldn't help asking.

"Ah, we've fought a few times before, and I always won, but this guy always ran away."

Hoshino said calmly, turning his head to glance at Ye Shan.

"Why don't you leave now? If you continue to stay in the mirror world, you will really die."

"Even though I'd open champagne to celebrate if you died here as a competitor, I don't want to be lectured by Komachi. For the sake of my ears, you'd better run away."

"...Please, I owe you a favor!"

Silently glancing back and forth between the two and himself, Ye Shan judged that if he continued to stay he would only be a hindrance. He did not say the classic words "Aren't we partners? I will never let you stay alone and fight!" like the protagonist of some passionate Taiga drama. Instead, he simply thanked them and ran out.

"No thanks, I don't need your favor."

Hoshino's eyes were fixed on Scissors, and he spoke softly as Hayama ran past him.

"Don't even think about leaving!"

Scissors also saw Ye Shan's current predicament, and immediately roared and swung his giant claws to stab him, trying to stop him from escaping.

『Guard vent』

The black cloak was lifted up, and the seemingly fragile and translucent silk material easily blocked the swinging giant pincers. A Western-style visor was revealed under the lifted cloak, and Hoshino said with a smile.

"Don't be impatient, I am your opponent, right?"

He watched from the corner of his eye as the red figure disappeared into the glass wall amidst the ripples. Turning his gaze back, Hoshino spoke provocatively.

"Come on, let's continue the battle we left unfinished."

"Knight!!!"]

14. Chasing the Blade (5K)

"Isn't this great~ Aqua!"

"..."

Arima Kana covered her mouth with one hand and stood behind Aqua with an extremely exaggerated smile. She stretched out her palm and patted his bright and soft golden hair, looking like an adult praising a child.

"I thought you'd become a complete scumbag after growing up, but it turns out you were just pretending to be tsundere. Well, you're worthy of being the child I've watched grow up. I knew you'd stand up when the time comes!"

So who was it that said before that I was a born evil kid?

It was obvious that she was taking revenge for the skull-splitting iron hand that Aqua had used on her before. Aqua just glanced at Arima's childish act of revenge, then chose to ignore her with a pair of dead fish eyes, allowing her to continue rubbing her hair.

To others, this scene looked like a girl rubbing her own golden retriever. Facing its owner's teasing, the golden retriever's drooping face was filled with disgust.

"Woo~!"

Akane Kurokawa looked at her boyfriend (?) being toyed with and interacted with so intimately by another woman right in front of her. Her cheeks flushed red and puffed up. She stared at Arima with eyes spewing out materialized flames, like a pufferfish holding its breath.

Watching the subtle atmosphere between the three people, Akizumi Raita turned off the screen of his mobile phone, which displayed an unknown number of cooperation messages, and pushed his sunglasses, his eyes showing a very subtle look.

"Well, I shouldn't have any problems with the amount of work coming in from now on. I think I should try to avoid having them appear in the same place together."

"Hmm? I thought you'd like this kind of element. After all, love triangles between real-life actors are a very good selling point these days."

After hearing this, Kaneda Toshiichiro next to him raised his eyebrows and said calmly.

"By hyping up their popularity and then deliberately exaggerating the scandal, they can become a hot topic. Many entertainers make a living from this now."

"Hahaha~ Xiao Jin, don't think I'm as snobbish as other industry leaders. I wouldn't dare do something that would shorten my life. Let young people solve their own problems~"

Lei Tian rubbed the back of his head with a wry smile, raised his head, and said with a sigh:

"I've always felt that the reality of youth is the best story for acting. No matter what kind of literary and artistic masters there are, they can't create works that can replace them, so let them continue to write this story themselves~"

"Is youth the best story? Haha..."

The image of the purple-haired girl with a bright smile surfaced in his mind. She waved goodbye to him, turned around and caught up with the blond boy who was waiting on a bicycle at the intersection ahead...

Recalling the memory that now made him extremely regretful, Toshiichiro Kaneda lowered his gaze tiredly, using his eyelids to hide the guilt and loneliness in his eyes.

He glanced at Aqua, whose hair was being rubbed by Arima with an expressionless face, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and twitched the corners of his mouth tiredly.

"...I hope you are right."

[Buzz——

"Well!"

Amidst the ripples on the glass exterior of the building, a blond man in a black windbreaker jumped out and rolled several times on the ground before he was able to get rid of the inertia and stop.

"hateful……"

Hoshino Aiku Aikai's eyes were gloomy. He smoothed his bangs that were messy due to rolling. Before he stood up, a hand came from the side.

"how is the situation?"

Hayato Hayama half-knelt beside him, his eyes fixed on the outer wall of the building while speaking, never relaxing his vigilance.

"What else could I do? Of course that guy got away."

Hoshino expressionlessly slapped away Ye Shan's outstretched hand, stood up, and shook off his dusty coat. There was solemnity and gloom in the depths of his eyes.

"That Scissors guy... this time he's incredibly stronger than the last time we met. The power of that contracted beast is literally several times greater than before. What on earth did he do?"

"Is he also... a knight?"

Listening to Hoshino's words silently, Ye Shan asked.

"Huh? Isn't this kind of thing obvious? What kind of rubbish question are you asking?"

"No, I mean, is he also the Kamen Rider who chooses to fight?"