My youth story cannot be a knight war

[On the contrary, the fireball that Giiga condensed at this moment was its most terrifying attack ever!]

[As we all know, the temperature of the flame determines the color of the flame. When it is low temperature, it is infrared, but as the temperature rises, the color of the flame will continue to change. ]

[The color of the flame is generally graded as red and orange at around 3000 degrees, yellow and white at 4000 degrees, and cyan at 5000 degrees.]

[The blue flame is a sign of a transition from 5000 degrees to 6000 degrees, which means that the temperature of the fireball is about 6000 degrees at this moment. Judging from the purity of the color, the fireball has definitely reached the limit of this value.]

[You know, the surface temperature of the sun is only about 6000 degrees, which means that the temperature of this blue fireball is comparable to the high temperature of the sun's surface! ]

[What a terrifying power this is! In the history of this country, the temperature has only exceeded this value twice! ]

【“——”】

[When Zaimokuza saw the blue fireball, his breathing stopped for a moment, and he felt a chill all over his body, as if he was naked in the middle of the Arctic Circle, and even his blood and bone marrow were frozen by the bone-chilling cold.]

[And all living things' sixth sense of danger was frantically alerting him, the intensity of which was unprecedented.]

[Will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die, will die Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die Die, die, die, die, die——】

[If I don’t run away or block this attack, I will definitely die without a burial place!!!]

[“Aa ...

[Under the fear of death and the desire to survive, Zaimokuza let out an unprecedented high-pitched roar from his throat, like a lion forced into a cliff. ]

Seconds before Giiga was about to unleash the fireball, Zaimokuza suddenly raised his hands and slapped the spirit stone at his waist. The red spirit stone quickly transformed into a deep blue with ripples like the surface of the ocean, like a blue gem condensed from the ocean itself.

[“——Super Transformation!!!”]

【Om—】

[Amidst the intense buzzing sound, Zaimokuza's red compound eyes seemed to be washed by the waves, and all the red colors on his body turned into the same deep blue as the spirit stone on his waist. The water of the river behind him suddenly reversed and surged towards him, condensing behind him into a transparent cloak made of water that refracted countless blurred colored lights and shadows.]

[Kuga·Blue Dragon Form·Elemental Awakening (Water).]

【"drink!!!"】

[As Zaimokuza completes his transformation, Giiga lets out a high-pitched roar, and the small blue fireball in front of him shifts from being extremely still to extremely dynamic, rapidly shooting towards Zaimokuza!]

【Crash.】

[Zaimokuza quickly reached out and grasped the cloak behind him and placed it in front of him. The river behind him once again raised countless water columns that gathered in front of his cloak, transforming into layers of water curtains that blocked the path of the fireball.]

[In a split second before they could even blink, the fireball had already touched the shield formed by the water curtain in the front, under the gaze of the two.]

[The next second, the blue fireball suddenly burst into a dazzling white light, illuminating everything in the quarry——]

【------boom!!!!!!!!!!!!】

[After a while, a shocking explosion suddenly sounded, and the raging fire swept across the entire quarry, even spraying outward, like a volcano erupting against the trend on the ground, burning everything in its path.]

[On the other side of the flames, you can see blue light and surging water blocking the flames, forcing the flames that were supposed to explode in all directions to only spray in one direction.]

[But as time passed and the flames eroded, the blue light and tide gradually reduced their scope until only a thin layer that was insignificant compared to the flames remained, and was finally completely annihilated...]

……

[In the sky filled with high-temperature steam that was enough to burn ordinary humans, a sturdy figure slowly walked out, with white smoke rising from the surface of his dark red body.]

"Escaped? Kuuga..."

Giiga looked at the intact ground ahead and spoke thoughtfully.

[At this moment, the water vapor slowly dissipated, completely exposing the surrounding scene.]

[——At this moment, except for the area where Giiga was standing, everything around him was burned to a pitch black. The quarry had long since disappeared under its terrifying attack, and only a few beams and pillars of the original delivery room remained standing on the ground, engulfed in flames.]

[Almost everything visible within 500 meters of the field of vision was either burned to ashes or engulfed by the flames, and only one in ten things remained.]

Judging from this desolate and devastated scene, Giiga truly lives up to his self-proclaimed name of "Destroyer." Wherever he goes, everything is engulfed in flames and destroyed, becoming a forbidden zone for life.

[And right in front of it, there is a piece of ground that is completely different from the surrounding ruins. Looking down from above, it is like someone used a piece of white chalk to paint a vivid stroke on this painting with a black background. That is exactly where Zaimokuza transformed into a blue dragon and activated the element awakening, and then used the cloak condensed from water to defend himself.]

【"Um?"】

【Wow——】

[Giiga, pondering this, looked down and saw white, hot air suddenly emanating from the muscular abdomen. Upon closer inspection, he saw numerous small slits similar to exhaust vents.]

[Not just from its abdomen, but from its entire body, fiery gas emanated. As the gas surged, the dark silver belt with red stripes around Giiga's waist glowed red. In the light, the red stripes disappeared, and its dark red skin gradually returned to its original silver-white color. Finally, the "flame" totem in the center of its chest transformed into red light particles and dissipated.]

[“Have you reached your limit? I can’t last long.”]

Giiga said with some regret, feeling the powerful force that had once filled his body gradually dissipate.

[It raised its head again, looked forward, and at the river not far away, smacked its lips, and said.]

"You've saved your life...KUUGA."

Giiga finished speaking and turned to leave. His figure, still emitting white steam, drifted further and further away as his footsteps drifted away, until he disappeared into the ruins of the quarry.

【Crash.】

[Soon after it left, a human hand suddenly stretched out from the water in the river, with five fingers spread out and tightly grasping the concrete steps on the river bank, and then a head with white hair emerged from the water.]

【“Huh—Huh—Huh—Ugh!”】

[Zaimokuza, who has transformed into a human form, holds onto a rock on the shore with his left hand and gasps heavily. His white hair is soaked by water and spreads out, even covering his eyes.]

[Just as he was trying to climb ashore with his hands, he suddenly uttered a quick groan, and his face with distinct features was full of pain.]

[After a long while, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, exerted force with one hand again, stepped onto the shore with his left foot, and tried his best to flip his body out of the water and onto the shore.]

[Zaimokuza finally climbed ashore and lay on the ground, his chest rising and falling violently with the rhythm of his breathing, and his face twitching from time to time due to the pain coming from his right hand.]

【“…”】

[He raised his right hand tremblingly and suspended it in front of his eyes to examine it.]

[The skin on his entire right hand turned extremely black, like a piece of charcoal that had been carbonized in a fire, and there were countless cracks spreading across his arm, through which the bright red flesh could be vaguely seen.]

[And Zaimokuza just used this hand to pick up his cloak and block the enemy's attack. ]

[However, judging from the current situation, even the elemental awakening of the Azure Dragon form may not be able to completely block the attack. The injury on this arm is horrifying just from the appearance.

[If an ordinary person received this kind of injury and was sent to the hospital for treatment, the only way the doctor could deal with it would be amputation, because if they didn’t do that, they probably wouldn’t even be able to save their life.]

[But fortunately, Zaimokuza is not an ordinary person. In fact, his injured arm has begun to heal rapidly, and the necrotic flesh and blood tissues due to the burns are rapidly regenerating and replacing. ]

[So now he felt that his arm was in unbearable pain and it was also very itchy, so itchy that Zaimokuza almost wanted to cut off this arm. ]

【Tick.】

[A drop of blood dripped from the burnt wound on his right arm and landed on Zaimokuza's lips.]

【“…”】

【Feeling the bloody taste on his lips, Zaimokuza recalled how he retreated out of fear during the battle just now, and was forced to exit the Titan form, and how he couldn't save the situation even with the use of Elemental Awakening. He clenched his teeth tightly, almost breaking his molars.】

[The last thing he thought of was the policeman he failed to save, and a strong sense of regret welled up from the depths of his heart.]

[The five fingers of the uninjured left hand were bent, and a handful of sand was picked up from the ground, which was then tightly held in the palm of the hand.]

[——He lost. He had never suffered such a crushing defeat since the battle with Gurongi, nor had he lost so thoroughly. Both his body and soul were trampled under the feet of the enemy.]

【Zaimokuza put his right hand over his face, raised his clenched left hand, and slammed it hard on the ground.】

【boom. 】

[A dull voice sounded. In contrast, the defeated warriors' hearts were filled with intense emotions and unwillingness to be defeated.]

50. Eyes in the Mirror (Two in One)

A junior high school in Chiba Prefecture.

"elder brother……?"

Hikigaya Komachi stared blankly at the video on her phone showing Yuigahama Yui crying while holding a photo of the Service Club. An extremely ominous premonition quietly sprouted from the bottom of her heart, and her breathing began to become rapid.

Could it be that... No, that's not possible! Don't scare yourself. How could my brother die in the future? This is definitely not true. Sister Yui must be crying for another reason. Yes! It must be like this, no doubt about it——

She kept comforting herself in her heart, but she took a few steps back unnaturally. Her waist accidentally hit the table of a classmate behind her, and the glass water cup placed on the table by the other person was unstable and fell to the ground.

Clap!

The sound of the cup breaking echoed clearly in the classroom, attracting the attention of all students.

"Yes, I'm sorry! Are you okay, classmate?!"

Realizing that she had gotten into trouble, Hikigaya Komachi asked the boy behind her in a panic. The liquid that flowed out after the glass water cup broke soaked his trouser legs. Anxiously, she pulled out some toilet paper from the drawer and swept away the glass at the boy's feet.

"Hikigaya-san, I, I'm fine! This cup is nothing, don't mind it."

When the boy saw that his secret crush, Hikigaya Komachi, actually cared about him so much, his fat face suddenly turned red and he said.

Hikigaya-san cares about me! The goddess actually cares about me! She has me in her heart!

Brother Bei, thank you for providing me with drinking water all the time! Thank you for your final sacrifice for me!!!

The slight sadness in his heart was immediately filled with a strong sense of happiness, and in a blink of an eye he forgot about the sacrifice of the water cup that had accompanied him from the third grade of elementary school to now.

Hikigaya Komachi obviously could not imagine how imaginative the classmate behind her was. Apologizing and compensating for making a mistake was a matter of course for her as she had received a good education.

Just as she was concentrating on using paper towels to sweep away the broken glass on the ground and to soak up the water stains, the hand holding the toilet paper suddenly stopped.

"……well?"

Hikigaya Komachi looked at the small puddle of water on the ground with a puzzled expression. The spread transparent liquid formed a small mirror made of water on the ground, reflecting her cute and delicate face. The puzzled expression on her face fluctuated with the waves of the water.

She didn’t know if it was Hikigaya Komachi’s illusion, but she felt that this “mirror” gave her an indescribable sense of discomfort, but she couldn’t tell what the problem was.

And the next moment after she had this thought, the pool of water suddenly underwent a strange change.

Transparent ripples brushed across the surface of the water, and Hikigaya Komachi's face suddenly twisted.

The next moment, a pair of huge yellow eyes suddenly occupied the entire "mirror", staring straight at Hikigaya Komachi who was squatting down and looking at the water!

"Yeah!"

Hikigaya Komachi was frightened by the sudden appearance of the yellow eyes. She let out a scream, loosened her hands holding the tissue, and sat back on the ground, waving her hands.

The whole class's attention was attracted to her again, and at this moment, the falling tissue gently landed on the water stain, being quickly soaked by the water while also covering the pair of yellow eyes.

The falling paper towel formed a ripple on the surface of the water. The huge, strange eyes twisted after the ripple passed by, and then disappeared, and the puddle of water returned to its original state.

Roar--

Faintly, Hikigaya Komachi, who was sitting on the floor with a look of fear on her face, heard the roar of some wild beast.

But the strange thing was that this voice did not make her feel afraid, but gave her a strange sense of security. Hikigaya Komachi also inexplicably felt that this roar was somewhat familiar.

There seemed to be a strange joy in the roar of the beast, as if meeting an old friend after a long separation.

Then the voice faded away from my ears at a very fast speed, replaced by the worried screams of other classmates.

"Hikigaya-san, what's wrong with you?"

A girl with a worried expression helped her up when she fell to the ground. Unlike her brother who was hated by everyone, the outgoing, considerate and kind girl was very popular in school. Therefore, when everyone saw Hikigaya Komachi screaming inexplicably, their first reaction was not to laugh at her, but to care and worry.

"I, I'm fine. Sorry! I've caused trouble for everyone."

Hikigaya Komachi came to her senses only after being helped up. She smiled apologetically to the girl and classmates who helped her up, with a hint of embarrassment on her fair face.

After comforting everyone who gathered around her, the smile on her face gradually faded, and she became worried and confused.

The worry was for his brother, and the confusion was about what he had just seen.

Those eyes I just saw... were they an illusion?

【Tokyo, Shinagawa-ku, in the warehouse district. 】

A black vine unwound itself from Zain's neck, who had fallen back into a human form and was covered in blood. It then slowly retracted onto the back of a white hand with five fingers spread out. The figure on the wall, with countless tentacle-like vines extending from her waist and back, distorted hazily before returning to the original slender figure of the woman.

Baruba calmly pulled a white handkerchief embroidered with the same totem as the one on her forehead from the pocket of her gauze dress and wiped the blood from her hands. Her every move was elegant and natural, like a lady from a scholarly family. However, all the Gurongi who had witnessed the scene dared not underestimate her anymore, knowing that if they dared to offend, the "ZU" group leader, Zu-Zain-Da, lying gravely injured on the ground, would be a warning to them.

[The Gurongi clan has always been a group that believes in strength. The strong are respected is their belief. Regardless of his personality and intelligence, the fact that he can become the leader of a group at least shows Zain's strength.]

[But even such a strong man who could be ranked among the top among the Gurongi, was like a newborn baby in the hands of Baruba in Gurongi form, unable to fight back, and was pinned to the ground and ravaged the entire time.]

[After witnessing this terrifying power, all the Gurongi who had previously held her in contempt gave up their thoughts and listed Baruba as one of the most untouchable beings before advancing to the final game.]

【"Um?"】

Wiping the blood from his hands, Baruba suddenly uttered a soft "huh!" and raised his calm eyes to look at the warehouse door that had been pulled down earlier, his eyelids drooping slightly.

[After a few seconds, she, who had always been indifferent in front of all the Gurongis, slowly smiled, like an iceberg in the Arctic suddenly collapsing and melting, and the curve at the corner of her lips was so beautiful that it made people feel unreal. ]