The Raven Dark Hero 54

Chapter 54 : Twin-Eyed Evil God

TL:SummerPeanut

Next day.

After that, Takahiko and I had dinner at Kuroyume's restaurant, joking around after a while, and made plans for the future. ...Kouki was wearing sunglasses and a scarf, just in case.

So, they decided to confirm each other's abilities through missions. Bright(Kouki), along with Evil(Takahiko), had come to the restricted area where Kiryu had brought him before.

In case you're wondering, they had decided to use the same name to address each other, Kouki and Takahiko for day-to-day and Bright and Evil during missions.

"Now, to get to know each other's gifts, we're going to kill phenoms. A pretty cool date, isn’t it? Buddy.”

"Why should I date you? Besides, you know all my gifts anyway, don't you?”

“Well, yeah. Revived Hunter, Speed Star, Invisible Slash, Lonsdaleite, Silent Stealth... and since you were killed by Nature Green the other day, you've probably learned the new gift of Elemental Windr.

...I mean, that's really awesome. Every single one of them is a super-powerful gift... you cheater!”

“I agree with you. But the price for them is to die five times, you know? Dying is painful, you know~? You'll understand when you die once too.”

“No, because once I'm killed, I'm dead.”

“And when the Revived Hunter activates and revives you, ...... actually nevermind.”

“What the hell? When Revived Hunter activates, what is it going to happen...?”

"Hmm~ ...no, I'll tell you when it's clear.”

That when he came back to life, for a period of time, he would have a great desire to kill any enemies in front of him. ...He decided to keep that to himself.

Even though he had been so determined not to kill unless necessary last time, he couldn't suppress his urge to kill at all after the Revived Hunter was activated.

Of course, he knew that what happened last time was unavoidable, but he still didn't want his best friend to realize that he might just be a murderer.

“............ Well, if you feel like saying it, feel free to tell me. It'll make you feel better. Anyway, let's get started~.”

Like before, baits were scattered in advance, and while they were talking, the phenoms were gathering in droves.

"Let me first show you my gift is what I'd like to say, but my gift is a bit difficult to handle. Bright, you fight first.”

“Is that so? I'll go first then. Actually, there was a reason why I chose the Elemental Windr gift.”

Bright was killed by Nature Green on the premise that Revived Hunter would be triggered, but as it turned out, he suddenly had a very strong urge to kill Green.

In the hindsight, he regretted a little over the fact that he could have at least chosen another male member instead of the female Green….

Bright spread his cloak. He looked like a jet-black birdman with wings spread.

“I used to be able to use Speed Star to accelerate and leap, and then flap my cloak(wings) in the air to fly, but it was tiring and I wasn't very fast nor able to maintain flight. So…”

As he activated his Elemental Windr gift, he leapt high into the air with the power of the wind, and while flying at high speed, he kicked and shoot down the phenoms with his legs hardened by Lonsdaleite.

Furthermore, hitherto he could not use his arms while flying, but now that he can fly with the power of the wind, he can wave his arms to activate Invisible Slash. In other words, the cloak's wings have become a decoration.

“That's fucking cool! You're flying for real!”

“I know right!? It's a man's romance!”

"Getting killed to achieve your romance.... You're a challenger too.”

"No... don't say that…”

Kouki didn't obtain the Elemental Windr to increase solve his medium to long range attacks, he chose it because he wanted to fly….

After that, he weaponized both his arms and legs with Lonsdaleite and succeeded in eradicating almost all the phenoms in no time with Invisible Slash and his unarmed techniques utilizing Speed Star.

“Phew. And a month ago I was struggling quite a bit with these lots. ......ah, did I overdo it a bit?”

By the time he stopped his rampage, only a three-meter-long ape-man phenom and the Lesser Dragon that Kouki defeated previously were left.

“No, it's just nice. Because my gift isn't really suited to dealing with a large number of enemies.”

Evil stood in front of the ape-man phenom. Then, as Evil's left eye glowed in vermillion, the iris part opened and closed, and a drill-like laser beam shot out from the pupil and pierced the heart of the Phenom.

“!?”

Unable to make sense of the suddenness of the situation, Bright lost his voice in surprise.

"That’s the first one. Next one is you…”

"Grrrrrr!!”

Perhaps sensing the danger, the Lesser Dragon barked and tried to fly away.

“Ah! Don't run!”

Again, a laser beam shot out from Evil's left eye and pierced the Lesser Dragon's brain.

“!?!?”

Bright lost his voice again in surprise as Evil defeated the Lesser Dragon in a matter of seconds.

"Yes, I'm done! What do you think? How's my gift, ‘Evil Eye’?"

"...... It's totally foul to be able to shoot something like that powerful laser with almost no time lag. ...And I'm wondering what kind of ability God Eye has too, is it a different gift than Evil's?”

“Yeah. I actually have two gifts. And both of them have a gift rank of “X”."

There is a custom in the gift ranks to rate X for gifts that are unmeasurable or unknown, and are classified as very rare gifts.

But the X-ranked gifts that existed in the past ranged from useless to surprisingly powerful.

And perhaps, if the Revived Hunter's abilities were officially revealed, the rank will be certified as X. After all, the strength of a person changes drastically depending on the abilities they have acquired.

"X, huh... It's kind of a cheat ability.”

"So what I just used was one of Evil Eye's abilities, the Evil Laser, which as you can see is a spiralling laser beam that can penetrate almost anything. And there is another ability of Evil Eye.”

“I feel like what you have now is more than enough though…”

“Evil Eye's second ability is "Death 13 Thirteen", which allows the user to stare into the eyes of a target for 13 seconds after activating the ability, causing the target to die instantly.

...But...it's 13 seconds, so it's not exactly suitable for use in battle. And you can't use it if the target knows about the type of gift.”

"...... scary. I'm going to stop looking you in the eye in everyday conversations and stuff.”

“I wouldn't use it on my friends duh. Now, for the ‘God's Eye ability’ …you, what did you eat this morning?"

"This morning? This morning…”

"You don't have to say. The answer is, 'I haven't eaten'... right?”

"...well, yes, but...how did you know?”

“One of the abilities of the God's Eye is that it can look into the 'deep psyche' of the person it is looking at.”

"Deep psyche? ...You mean like the mind-reading kind?”

“That's right. It's a strange thing about human beings, even if we try not to think about it, we can't fake our deepest thoughts. It includes information that we are not conscious of too.

So, well, I’ll say this as a friend, it certainly doesn't make sense that you would have an uncontrollable killing intent after activating Revived Hunter, but don't worry about it too much.”

"What? ...ah! In the conversation we just had!?”

“Yeah... I'm sorry to tell you this now, but I've been using it a lot while I was at school. That's why I knew about what happened the day after you manifested your gift.”

"Eh~? Ugh on top of possibility of being killed and now getting mind-read... I'm never going to look you in the eye again.”

“Don't say that. There are some conditions for activating the ability. There's no answer to a question that the target doesn't understand or has no idea at all, and as long as you know the type of gift, I can't read your mind.

So let's try it again. The triggering of the activation is simple, first we activate the God Eye…”

Evil's right eye began to glow in gold colour. He wasn’t able to recognize Takahiko using his gift in school because of coloured contacts.

“Then, just make eye contact with the person and ask them the question you want to know. For example, “Tell me about your gift and how skilled you are at it.”

...Like that, I will ask a question, and an information plate appears in front of me that only I can see. And it says…”

“『...Revived Hunter lv-, Speed Star lv3, Invisible Slash lv3, Lonsdaleite lv3, Silent Stealth lv2, Elemental Windr lv2』...I can read it like that.”

"...Amazing! The gift, the level... oh, the proficiency!?”

The answer to the previous question, of course, was not the information that he could have known, it's not that he didn't know about it, it's just that he couldn't be aware of it. In practice, the numbers regarding the proficiency were based on how the body of the target felt.

“Yes, yes. ...But I don't know exactly how to set the value because, in the end, I have nothing else to compare it to. I think it's probably value from my point of view. I've always loved games after all.

And finally... ‘Do you have anyone you like?’”

“What!? Stop it!!”

Kouki immediately looked away, but it was already too late….

“『…I have.』”

"What!? You asshole…”

"Okay. Now, ‘Tell me their names and how much you like them.’”

He was so shaken that he ended up making eye contact with Takahiko again….

"Takahiko, you bastard! ......”

“It's Evil right now. ... 『Mizutani Fuuka lv5, Teaser lv3, Azusa Asakura lv2, Haruka Ijuin lv1.』”

“ …Eehh!?”

“Hey hey partner, don't you think you are being a little overzealous?”

Rather than being angry at the answers to his questions, Kouki was surprised at the results that came out. Aside from Fuuka, why did Teaser and even Azusa and Haruka came out?

"This is the deep psychological information. It draws out information that you're not even aware of.”

"Kuh... why are you peeking into people's private lives! Or rather, is it even possible to resist your questioning!?”

“Yup. Even though you try not to think about it in your head, your deep mind always has the answer to my question. But this ability also requires me to make eye contact with the target person after I ask the question. Well, this one only takes a moment, so it's not a problem, but... well, I'll reveal the caveat.

If you don't want me to put God's Eye on you, be conscious of that. Just that alone will resist this gift.”

"What? I just need to be conscious of ‘not letting you read’?"

“That's right. In other words, as long as they know that I can read their minds with my God's Eye, they can prevent it by simply being conscious of not letting me read them.

On the other hand, anyone who doesn't know about the God's Eye ability beforehand will never be able to resist it once their eyes meet mine.”

“...I see. Then I'll always be conscious of not being read…”

"Hehehe, that's harder than it sounds for your information. You can't be conscious of it all the time.”

It would certainly be difficult to keep thinking to not let Takahiko read his mind at all times. Besides, when it comes to God's Eye, all Takahiko needs to do is make eye contact for a moment and it’s already his loss.

"......sigh. Now I know why you were the god of love in school.... Your gifts are amazing by the way. You can emit powerful beams, kill people with your gaze, read minds...... aren’t you breaking the balance too much? You cheater!”

“Hahaha. But that's why it's an X rank gift. But the level of fatigue when using it is unbelievable, so it's hard to use too much. I just want to go home and sleep now.

And since I'm basically a monkey with body armor, it's hard for me to engage in CQC. So make sure you protect me in battle!

Besides, you're the cheater, right? Mine has a lot of restrictions, but you can genuinely use various types of gift.

Like the boss said, if the NDF found out about it, they would have used you as experimental material, killed you endlessly, force you to learn gifts, and then sent you to the war zone with guns blazing.”

“………That's scary, doubly so because it really looks plausible.”

"Now, about the future, what if you have to fight Hiro in the future? Can you kill him?”

“Huh......? Hmmm~ I don't know. After killing someone, I always feel a little regret about going overboard, but I don't have any remorse about killing him. I've already decided to kill him eventually. But my anger towards him has subsided considerably lately~.”

“Is that so? Well, he's rotten to the core, but he’s actually ......well, whatever. I don't really care.

Then, how about a friend who is closer to you …for example, can you kill Mizutani Fuuka?”

“...Fuuka? Why?”

“I'm just asking how prepared you are to be a member of Kuroyume, as Darkflash Bright.”

“…kill Fuuka? …………”

“『I can’t kill her』…huh.”

"Ugh... Then, can you kill her?”

“Hmm? As long as the conditions are right, I can. For me, Takahiko Matoba is my temporary identity, and Evil is my true core. Although it won’t feel great, I wouldn't hesitate to kill someone I know if I had a reason.

If you're in a situation where you have to kill Mizutani Fuuka, would you like me to deal with her? ...Ultimately just an example by the way.”

“......even if the situation is as you say, I will probably bear a grudge against you.”

“Then you'd better prepare yourself. You're no longer Suou Kouki, you're Bright now.”

He fully understood what Evil was saying. However, even if it was just a hypothetical question, he returned to the headquarters with a complicated feeling.

Author’s Note:

The explanation sessions inevitably get long. (^_^;)

TL: (ﾉ °益°)ﾉ 彡 ┻━┻

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