The Raven Dark Hero 15

Chapter 15 : The Man in the Shining Dark Armor

TL:SummerPeanut

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Author’s note:

Finally, number one in the low-fantasy days category! Thank you so much for reading, giving the ratings, bookmarks, and also the reviews!

I'll try my best to keep updating this story every day so that you can enjoy it too!

※Added description because it’s hard to picture Kouki’s appearance when he loitered around the city

※Added the conversation with his mother.

Since then, Kouki has been acting as a passing ally of justice, going out on the streets at night and checking on things via the police station... but there are not many incidents…

Technically, he did help a woman who was being hit on the street, and a man who was being blackmailed by others, but when the perpetrators saw him, all of them ran away to avoid getting involved with a pervert...by the way, the victims ran away from him as well.

This is why a week has passed without him encountering the trouble he was looking for.

Inside his room. Kouki was wondering if he should go out on the town again tonight.

(...Hmmm~ moving here and there as the ally of justice is fun and all, but...the opponents are too easy and that doesn’t help me practice my gift at all. If I'm going to do something like this, I might as well go back to the forest and do my own training...)

Did I get stronger this week? When he thinks about it, he doesn't really feel like he has gotten any stronger. Even if he was alone, he could feel his growth every day when he trained.

(Okay! There's no point in thinking about it. If I don't get anything at the end of the day, I’ll just go back to the usual independent training tomorrow.)

After deciding to do so, he immediately decided to change into his usual gear. Before that though, he hurried to the toilet to relieve his nature’s call but he ran into his mother.

"Oh, Kouki. What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"What? Isn’t it obvious in a glance? I need the toilet, duh."

"Well, that’s true. ...By the way, did something happen recently?"

Suddenly being asked, he pondered how to skillfully explain his way out.

"Why the sudden question"

"Hmm? How do I say this...I just feel like you've been more lively lately, that's all."

"That's it? ~I’m gonna leak soon, so later."

Looking at Kouki who tried to forcibly end the conversation, his mother called out to him.

"It’s fine if something good happened. But you have always had the tendency to get carried away, so be careful, okay?"

"I know!"

Not wanting to continue the talk any longer, he quickly went into the bathroom.

(...I’m pretty confident that I don’t appear any different at home but...I guess that’s just how a mother is)

And after returning from the toilet, he changed into his usual gear and jumped out the window.

Wandering around the city.... He is currently wearing a scarf around his neck normally because of the cringe when he wears it ninja-style.

Even though he walked for quite a while, there’s not a single sign of troubles coming to him.

And right at that moment......

"Kouki?"

...A disgusting voice stopped him and he turned around. There, stood the hypocrite bastard, Sanada Hiro.

"...hey. On your way back from cram school?"

"No, I quit cram school when I joined the NDF. Only Kouki knows this, but I'm already in a position where there are things that are more important than studying."

Hiro smiled a little as he said that. Kouki used to think his smile was humble, but now he can't help but be annoyed when he thinks about what's actually in his heart.

"...I see. If so, it's unusual for you to be wandering the streets at this hour. Anything going on?"

Suppressing his emotions, he approached him as a friend. Then...

"...Actually, there’s a dispatch order. I'm on my way to the base now."

"A dispatch order? But considering your age, you should still be a recruit...or more like a trainee, right?"

"Well, for regular new recruits that might be so. My gift is special so I was told to gain some field experience. I can't tell you the details of this dispatch, but it seems that there is a problem nearby.

So, you'd better go home soon, Kouki. ...Oh, it's already this late! Oh no! See ya later!"

Noticing the tidbits of Hiro’s pride mixed in every corner of his sentences, Kouki thought this might be a nice opportunity to gain combat experience by using him as stepping stone but he changed his mind. He is more concerned about the dispatch order from the NDF.

(The NDF only moves in a situation where the problem is more than what the police can handle. ...... grins)

...With his heart pounding in anticipation, Kouki came to the police station. And as Hiro had said, some sort of problem or incident must have occurred. There were many police officers rushing about hurriedly.

(Must be quite the big deal.... What the hell is going on?)

Kouki hid in the shadows and listened carefully.

"This is the Filths Task Force! We're on our way to the scene now! Prisoner number 1031 has just been confirmed to have escaped from the New Tokyo Prison! We need the NDF to assist us immediately!"

(A prison escape? Huh? Wasn’t The New Tokyo Prison, thanks to the incorporation of various gifts, mentioned in TV to be absolutely impossible to escape from? Hmm, I see. Must be TV’s exaggeration...)

Then, Kouki ponders. The long-awaited encounter with a stray Filth. Now that he's wearing a disguise, he doesn't have to worry about being spotted by the police when he goes ahead, and defeats the enemy right? Or so he thought.

Thinking carefully, there’s no way that’s the case, but camouflaging himself made him feel a little too confident, and the fact that he'd been bored lately made him think twice about letting this opportunity pass him by.

(It seems that the NDF hasn't arrived yet, so I might as well go for it.)

With such a light resolve, he decided to follow the police car.

The location is at an abandoned building not far from the forest where Kouki was always training.

He hid in the shadows and listened carefully to what was going on inside the building....

A few police cars were already parked in front of the old western-style building, which had not been inhabited for several years.

(It's really quiet now. Doesn’t this...mean that the police have probably been wiped out? ...If that's the case, that means there is a pretty strong stray filth inside...)

A smile naturally appeared on his face. If the police have been wiped out, there will be no one to interfere now. He would have the opportunity to test his strength to the fullest.

He was convinced that the gifts he had awakened were definitely strong. Combined with various martial arts he had learned before, he was overconfident in his own power. Kouki was soon reminded of this sore point...

When he entered the building, he found the dead bodies of police officers lying everywhere in the spacious first floor lobby.

"Ugh..."

Some of the corpses had their heads crushed, holes in their abdomens, and various other states that were unfamiliar to Kouki, and the smell of blood filled the air, making him feel a little nauseous.

"Who are you? You don’t look like a police..."

Then he heard a voice from the top of the stairs in the middle of the lobby.

...The man was wrapped in shining dark armor. And no matter how you look at it, his appearance gave off the presence of someone strong.

"...Yeah, I'm not a cop. I heard there is an escapee stray filth here, so I came to check him out..."

From the moment he saw the man, Kouki regretted the shallow action he had taken. He realized that he would never be able to win against the man in front of him.

Now that he thinks about it, that Kurosaki was a pretty dangerous opponent, and Saejima that’s more dangerous than Kurosaki also exuded the aura of someone strong. But the guy in front of him right now is giving off an overwhelming presence that made Saejima and the others look like children.

“Stray filth? This me? What nonsense... So that’s why there are only small fries chasing me. Hahah...seems like I’m being severely underestimated."

In fact, the NDF would probably be coming soon, but Kouki kept quiet. Anyway, he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

"Hahaha... so... that’s that~, I'm going home now, alright?"

He wants to go home. He really wanted to, but apparently the other guy didn’t feel the same way.

"Wait, kid. Do you think I will let you go after you have seen me?"

"Hahaha, ...I-I know right~"

He'll never win against this guy. Instead of this monstrous of an opponent, he would rather fight Saejima that he at least had a chance to win against according to his sixth sense.

And yet, even though he understood that... When it comes down to it, wouldn’t he be able to get away if he activates his Speed Star? Or so he thought.

(Should I... fight for a bit?)

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TL: Roses are red, violets are blue. Do not pursue Lu Bu.