“As for this question… I’m afraid you can only ask your brother and uncle later. I can’t give you an answer.”

Aragaki Ayase was immediately choked by this question. Looking at her friend’s eyes that were seeking an answer, she smiled bitterly, shook her head helplessly, and spoke softly.

“But there is one thing I can tell you… that is, your brother is right. He is a true hero. In my short life, except for Mr. Zaimokuza, no one I have met can be compared with Brother Kyousuke. He deserves the respect of everyone.”

“This is the only thing that no one can deny.”

Chiba Prefecture, Takasaka family.

“husband……”

Kousaka Yoshino tugged at her husband’s sleeve, her expression full of nervousness and pleading, obviously hoping that Kousaka Daisuke, as a father, could do something.

“…Please believe in our son, Kanao.”

But after a short silence, Kousaka Daisuke shook his head and tightened his embrace on his wife, comforting her while shifting his gaze to the “Kousaka Kyosuke” who had already taken the belt out of the suitcase on the light curtain. His eyes were as deep as a deep lake.

“Kyosuke…go and make the choice you think is right, don’t hesitate.”

【“Don’t worry… Dad.”】

[At this moment, it seemed as if he could hear a cry from the distant past. Kousaka Kyousuke opened his eyes, and there was no more hesitation in his eyes, only a determination as strong as steel and unshakable.]

[He unfolded the folded belt, reached out and pulled out the five crystal cards embedded in the cushion, stuffed the golden crystal card into a single card holder on the left, and stuffed the remaining four crystal cards into the four card holders on the right side in parallel. After completing the preparations, he stood up suddenly.]

【Looking at the two figures still fighting in front of him, Kousaka Kyosuke’s eyes were firm, and he slowly raised his belt with his right hand. The black outer shell of the belt reflected the sunlight, and the five crystal cards in the card holder flashed on the transparent surface with patterns full of mechanical beauty.】

[Now I——will no longer hesitate. ]

[The thought flashed through his mind like lightning, and Kousaka Kyosuke waved his arms without hesitation, quickly covering his waist with the belt. ]

【Om—】

[When the belt was placed on Kousaka Kyousuke’s waist, the display screen in the center of the belt lit up with a dazzling red light amid the activation sound, and it glowed like an open eye, as if it was watching the two people fighting in front of it.]

[A strange red and black substance like mist and water extended out from the unattached end of the belt, passed around Kousaka Kyousuke’s waist and connected to the buckle end on the other side, and then solidified to form a black belt. 】

[Sizzle!]

[“Hmm!?”]

[The moment the belt was formed, a scarlet electric current suddenly radiated from the belt to Kousaka Kyousuke’s entire body. The current wrapped around his body as if it had life and kept jumping, catching him off guard and making a suppressed groan. He hugged his body with his hands and trembled violently in the current.]

[“Uh! Mr. Kosaka!?”]

[Zaimokuza raised his hand to block a heavy punch and was knocked back. Just as he was about to continue attacking, the situation here attracted his attention. He turned his head and looked at Kousaka Kyousuke who looked very painful and cried out in surprise.]

【”Um?”】

[Gamego originally wanted to attack, but was also attracted by the noise and stopped his actions. ]

[“What the hell is that Linduo doing? No! This feeling——!?”]

[It stared at Kousaka Kyosuke, who was screaming in pain from the current, and its tone suddenly changed from confusion to surprise, as if it had seen something incredible.]

[“The power I felt from the decoration on him——It’s just Lin Duo, how is this possible!!!”]

……

【Kousaka Kyosuke has only one feeling now.】

【That is pain, and the pain is indescribable. 】

[Under the entanglement of this electric current, he felt that every cell in his body was wailing as if it was soaked in magma. Every piece of flesh and blood seemed to be constantly cut by a blade, and the bones were constantly broken and then reassembled, as if the bone marrow was extracted by a hand and then stuffed back again…]

[This kind of pain has completely surpassed the limits of human cognition and cannot be expressed in words.]

[Kousaka Kyousuke had heard that in ancient times, giving birth was like going through the gates of hell, but the pain he was feeling now was probably far worse than that.]

[If we must find an example to compare it to, I am afraid that the only ones that can be compared to the legendary ancient tortures of “Lingchi” or “Five Horses Dismembering a Body”. ]

[Is this the backlash that Ms. Ebina mentioned? I see… It really hurts so much that I almost fainted…]

【but–】

[“It seems that I——can’t bear it!!!”]

[A roar that seemed to break one’s teeth sounded from his throat. The next moment, Kousaka Kyosuke suddenly raised his head with a roar, and the dark pupils in his eyes suddenly turned scarlet! ]

【Om—】

[Under this hoarse roar, the eye-like red light in the center of the belt suddenly bloomed more vigorously, and strange transparent waves were instantly generated by it, spreading throughout Kousaka Kyousuke’s body. ]

[Under the entanglement of the electric current, strange and mysterious red lines continued to climb up from the exposed skin on his neck. When the lines covered his face, the jumping and entangled electric current gradually weakened until it disappeared.]

[——Kousaka Kyosuke, with his human body, survived the backlash of G1 and became one of the 3% miracles that are infinitely close to zero mentioned by Ebina Hime! ]

[“What on earth is that…”]

【Looking at the belt that Kousaka Kyousuke wore around his waist, Zaimokuza suddenly felt a strange throbbing sensation in his heart, and subconsciously reached out to cover his left chest.】

[What’s going on? Why is that belt…?]

【”call–“】

【Kousaka Kyosuke, who survived the backlash of the belt, exhaled a long breath. His eyes flashed red as he stared at the two people in front of him. He recalled the usage steps he had learned from reading the G1 manual before, raised his right hand, and pressed his thumb hard on the button on the belt shell that looked like a fingerprint input device.】

[“Gulkiller one, log on.”]

[A pure English sentence different from Japanese English sounded from the belt in a cold mechanical tone, and the red eye pattern on the central display screen suddenly fluctuated. At the same time, a strange piece of music replaced the mechanical sound.]

[“Ode to Joy???”]

[When Zaimokuza heard the music, his entire brain went blank. He stared at the belt around Kousaka Kyousuke’s waist that kept playing music, and said the name of the music as if dumbfounded.]

[What the hell? Why did this belt suddenly play the world-famous song Ode to Joy? Is this a new type of music player? Or is it some kind of pre-war BGM?]

【“——”】

[Kousaka Kyosuke obviously didn’t expect that this belt would suddenly do this to him. His eyes twitched unnaturally, but he still suppressed the desire to complain about the maker’s bad taste. With a tense face, he pulled out the red crystal card that was the first in the left card holder.]

[He held the card tightly in his right palm, opened his left hand and placed it at his waist, stretched his right hand forward, then slowly passed it in front of his body, and moved his left hand toward the other side of his waist.]

[——This opening move cannot be said to be very similar to Zaimokuza’s move before his transformation. It can only be said that they are completely identical.]

[This action is actually meaningless, but under the guidance of some psychological motivation hidden in his heart for many years, Kousaka Kyosuke wanted to try this way of transformation, but he couldn’t think of any good posture, so he suddenly had an idea and simply chose to copy Zaimokuza’s transformation posture. ]

[But he did make some innovations. When his right hand swung to his side, he suddenly raised it upwards, covering his right face, leaving only half of his left face exposed.]

[Kousaka Kyousuke stared at the two people looking at him and spoke in a cold and resolute voice.]

[“Transform!”]

[After he finished speaking, he turned his raised right palm over, and the red crystal card was clamped between two fingers, and then he quickly slid it down, passing through the gap on the right side of the belt that was just right for the crystal card to be inserted into.]

“Omnipotent, Awakening.”

[Accompanied by the sound of the belt sliding across the crystal card, the pattern on the display screen changed rapidly and then became fixed.]

[——And that electronic pattern composed of countless matrices is the ancient Lindo totem representing “Flame”.]

[Swish——]

[The brisk and rapid music of Ode to Joy suddenly changed its key, and beautiful and gorgeous ode-like phrases followed. The black energy like a tide spread out from the belt, wrapping Kousaka Kyousuke’s body inside, and rotating like a whirlwind and changing its posture.]

“Innovation, casting, and warrior formation.”

[“——Gulkiller·one, completed.”]

[When the ode was introduced, the black mist also dissipated, revealing the figure underneath. He raised his head, and his narrow red eyes reflected Zaimokuza’s compound eyes of the same color, emitting a faint red light.]

[This is a warrior whose base is completely black, with black reinforced muscles bulging, and his limbs are equipped with silver armor similar to Zaimokuza, but in the opposite color. Fine red stripes extend from the belt to the body like blood vessels, and the red pearls inlaid on the armor are shining with a blood-red light.]

[The structure of the face is also very similar to Zaimokuza, with two mouthparts closed together, and the two golden horns on the helmet are as sharp as knives, reflecting the golden color under the sun. The warrior has his back to the sun, and this star becomes his background. Under extreme exposure, only the horns and red eyes can be seen flashing in the shadows, exuding a breathtaking aura.]

[At this moment, the G1, which was evaluated by Himena Ebina as an armament that surpasses the science of the current era, appeared on the battlefield between humans and Gurongi for the first time. ]

[“Mr. Kosaka, what on earth is this…”]

【Looking at Kousaka Kyosuke’s changed appearance at this moment, Zaimokuza was completely stunned. 】

【Click! 】

[On the contrary, Gamego was completely shocked. Looking at the transformed Kousaka Kyousuke, he even took a few steps back, and the last few steps he stepped on so hard that the cement tiles under his feet cracked.]

[“How is it possible…”]

……

【Metropolitan Police Department, Scientific Police Research Institute. 】

[“What’s going on!”]

[At this time, Ebina was sitting in a chair in front of the operating table. She looked at the G1 model data chart displayed on the big screen in front of her, especially the line of data displayed in the lower right corner. She took off her glasses in disbelief and wiped her eyes with her sleeves, thinking that there might be something wrong with her eyes.]

[But when she put on the glasses again and the values ​​she saw did not change at all, Ebina finally confirmed that it was not her illusion, and then murmured in disbelief. ]

[“Kousaka-kun, his synchronization rate with G1 is actually——79%???”]

[“How is this possible! How can it be so high!?”]

[Only Ebina, the designer of G1, could know how outrageous this data is. ]

[There are huge differences between the G1 and G0 systems, and the biggest difference lies in the synchronization rate. It can be said that the higher the synchronization rate is, the more power the G1 can produce.]

[For example, the AI ​​robot used in the previous experiment only showed a synchronization rate of around 1 when using the G10, but even so, the combat power it exerted was enough to completely destroy the GO loaded with Kousaka Kyousuke’s combat data within a minute. You can imagine how huge the performance gap between the two is.]

[More importantly, the greater the output of the G1, the higher the energy it radiates. In other words, the energy wave that Kousaka Kyousuke is enduring at this moment, judging from the data on paper alone, is about seven times the energy wave that the robot that has been burned to dust has endured at that time!]

[What an incredible thing this is. Under the irradiation of this level of energy wave, the human body should have turned into a pool of blood like a melted cake. How could it be possible to successfully transform like Kousaka Kyosuke at this moment? ]

[“Even if Kousaka-kun really is one of those rare humans with a special physique that can withstand the side effects of G1, this data is really too outrageous. This…”]

[“…Kousaka-kun, who are you?”]

[Ebina looked at the displayed data and his body began to tremble uncontrollably, but it was not because of joy or excitement.]

[It was because of the horror, because of the horror that I felt towards Kyosuke Kousaka.]

[For the first time, Ebina Hina sincerely felt the emotion of ‘fear’ towards a human being, and that person was an old friend she had known for many years.]

[For the first time, she realized that she didn’t seem to understand Kousaka Kyosuke at all. This didn’t refer to other aspects of his personality or experience, but to knowing nothing about him as a person.]

[In fact, Ebina has already put it very tactfully. ]

[Because to put it bluntly, being able to achieve this level of synchronization with G1, to some extent… can no longer be called a human, but an alien creature in human skin. ]

[Besides this, there is another point that she is very concerned about. ]

[“This G1 looks… wrong!”]

[She stared at the G1 model displayed on the screen, her eyes gradually widened due to the vibration, but her pupils kept shrinking.]

[“This is not the G1 I designed! It is completely different from the last time I tested it with a robot. I have never designed armor like this!”]

……

[Gamego didn’t know how many times Lin Duo in front of him had caused him to have such a big change of mood today. ]

[But unlike the previous times when it was filled with pure anger or hatred, the feeling that Kousaka Kyousuke gave it now was only complete shock… and even fear.]

[It stared intently at Kousaka Kyosuke, who had just completed his transformation, and its body began to tremble unconsciously. Its mouth, which was full of fangs, opened so wide that it even made people wonder if it would be dislocated.]

[“…How is this possible! You are like this! You are—”]

[Gamego pointed his finger at Kousaka Kyousuke, and spoke in a voice that used to give people a cold and deep feeling, mixed with disbelief and horror.]

【”——D.Daguba!???”】

……

[In the deepest part of the dark cave, a pair of eyes opened. ]

It’s me

Author’s message:

PS: After watching the latest episode of Polar Fox…I was completely broken.

I have only one thing to say about this:

Takahashi, you’re okay.