The Raven Dark Hero 72

Chapter 72 : The Grudge

TL:SummerPeanut

"Fuu…ka?”

He took off her helmet and the face there was definitely Mizutani Fuuka.

“Why...... that voice? Why is your...... voice, Kouki’s?”

Fuuka also thought that the voice she just heard definitely sounded like Kouki's voice. But the one standing in front of her was a jet-black demon. She racked her brain or tried to. The kind Kouki, who should be dead, and Bright, who had beaten her mercilessly to the ground, could not possibly be the same person.

Kouki was also puzzled by Fuuka in front of him.

Why is Fuuka here?

Why is Fuuka in the National Defense Force?

Why was Fuuka so strong?

Various thoughts whirled around in his head. And then...

“...hoh, You’re quite a beauty, aren’t you?”

He decided to pretend that he didn't know.

Suou Kouki was already dead. He had hoped to go see her someday once they, the filths, could be recognized by the world but that was still a long way off, and more importantly, they were complete enemies now. He didn't want people to think that he was living in such a situation, and more importantly, he had hurt them so badly just now. He wondered with what face could he come forward now.

“…whatever. Let’s go back, Evil.”

“Haa? What are you saying? In the end, you’re still not gonna finish them?”

“I'm going to need these guys to come back alive and tell the NDF about my terror.”

“Still so naive...sigh. Alright, I get it. I'll let you off the hook this time…”

Bright's response was not entirely satisfactory to him as Evil. But when he saw Kouki's tears, although the eyes were obscured by the helmet, spilling down to his mouth, he could not say anything.

Fuuka did not stop Bright from turning his back on her. No, she couldn't stop him. She was still too stunned to process what had just happened in her mind.

Hiro, however, was different.

“Wa-wait…. You, you know about Kouki?”

Hiro also listened to the conversation, but even so, he couldn’t see how Kouki=Bright. Because, in Hiro's mind, Kouki had dreamed of being a hero until the very end, and had literally died as a hero to save him.

He couldn't make the connection in his mind that such a Kouki was the same person as the jet-black devil, Bright.

“...hell if I know. But I'll tell you one thing. The you right now, your deceased childhood friend will just barely approve of you.

So get stronger. Enough to make me take you seriously. I'll give you a serious fight then. ...with both our lives on the line.”

After saying that, Bright turned his back again and started walking again with Evil.

“Kouki, to me? ……HAHAH……How the hell would you know?”

Hiro had mixed emotions inside him. In the end, it was the result of an overwhelming difference in ability.

However, Bright's last words made him shed tears, because he felt as if the words were really said by Kouki.

“... Wait...”

A woman's voice rang. But it wasn't Fuuka's. It was the voice of White, who had died after being pierced through in the heart by Evil.

“Eh~? I'm pretty sure I gave you a fatal wound, didn't I? Why are you still alive, woman?”

“Fufufu……I don’t know……why is that, I wonder?”

When he saw White standing up and staring at him with a bizarre atmosphere, Bright realized that, White may have also awakened.

(I mean, how can awakening happen so easily? That's not what the boss said, is it? Is it actually much easier than I heard?)

And it was affirmed by Evil, who activated the God Eye.

“『Awakened』, huh…… Well, it looks like it. What's going on with you and Hiro? This is like an awakening bargain sale. But she's a non-combatant, right? What are you going to do?”

This question, ‘What are you going to do?’ was a question to Bright, to kill or not to kill.

Would Bright be a sucker when his tension isn’t high as Evil said? He himself believed that this is not true. He can kill anyone who harms him or any scums without hesitation even when he is sober.

He told himself that he couldn't kill Fuuka nor Hiro because they were too close in their relationship with him.

So what about White? He didn’t owe her anything, and he didn’t hold a grudge towards her. However, Bright had brutally murdered her lover, Yellow, and her friends, Red and Green, right in front of her eyes. The only thing he felt was a little guilty about it. In the end, Evil was right. He was too easy.

“Nature White. It's a precious life you’ve picked up. You don't have to scatter it for nothing. Retreat. You can't beat me.”

Bright, in a high-handed manner, ordered White to retreat. But White was unfazed. It's a lie that just a few moments ago he was frightened at the slightest hint of a kill.

“White-san, let's retreat for now. And then, we'll regroup and try again.......”

Hiro called out to White, but his words were not heard at all.

“We are, the Nature Stranger. The hope of the people.... Heroes who protect people. And yet, everyone... Everyone is dead……”

Technically, Blue is still alive, but White's heart may have already broken at this point of time.

She had a dangerous air surrounding her and not even herself was aware what she was doing. Still, Bright was caught off guard due to him recognizing her as not a threat.

White stood in front of Bright.

“You……, killed everyone…… You killed Red, my hero! Green, my best friend! Yellow, who told me he even liked me! Blue, the narcissist! Everyone! Everyone!EVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEYOUKIIILLLLLEEDDDDDDEEEEVVVEEERRRYYYOONNNEEEEEE!!”

Negative emotions overflowed. A heavy curse that did not seem to come from someone who was a restorative gift and claimed to be Nature White immediately engulfed Bright in black flames.

(GUOOOOOOOH!? What the hell!? It's not just any flame!? Why can't I move!!)

Overwhelming hatred. Perhaps it changed White while she was still alive? White embraced Bright, who was enveloped in black flames and could not move as if she was a golden chain.

“WHA-!? BRIGHT!!”

Evil impatiently unleashed his Evil Laser, piercing White's temple with precision. And yet, White was smiling.

“Fufufufu…… At the very last moment I gained new power… Now let's die together! BrRIiiiiiGGHHhhttTTTOOooHOAaa!”

(No way!? My body! It's... burning... from the inside out!?)

Bright felt as if every cell in his body was boiling!

“UGUAAAAAAーーーーーーHHH!!!!!”

With a scream of sheer desperation, Bright's body was set ablaze by two flames that should never coexist, a pure white flame inside and a pure black flame outside his body!

(No way…I would...to this person…………………)

“…………no way.”

Both Hiro and Fuuka could not say anything, and only Evil's voice rang out in the silence that enveloped the space.

And later, the two of them stood there in embrace, turned into black charcoal.

Author’s Note:

※Since most awakenings occur when a person is cornered, it is likely that there have been many people in the past who have awakened but died soon after without being publicly confirmed.

And with that, we've completed the foreshadowing of White’s mental health(LOL).

Next time, the summit battle begins!

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