Chapter 1: The Failure Called Sigma
[…Good evening everyone. I’m Blue Blossom Nao, the official PR Vtuber for Justice Crusader from KANEZAKI Corporation and the image improvement PR representative for Black Knight…]
[Nao Nao doesn’t look energetic]
[She’s completely depressed]
[It’s scary how her eyes have no light at all]
[Three months have passed since Black Knight went missing]
[Black Knight…]
[He still hasn’t been found?]
[Isn’t it peaceful now? Maybe it’s fine as is?]
[To drive away that extremely troublesome outsider and inferior invader, Black Knight disappeared somewhere without regard for his own safety]
[I never thought Black Knight would just vanish…]
[Our hero…]
[He’s definitely alive! This is Black Knight we’re talking about!!]
[Since then, our company president and all the Justice Crusader members have been searching, but there’s still no information about Black Knight]
[Is it possible he’s not on Earth…?]
[If he hasn’t been found after searching this much, where could he be…?]
[I’m laughing at how harsh she is towards the invader]
[I might be done for]
[She’s seriously mentally ill, lol]
[Is this person not just pretending to be a Black Knight fan, but actually serious?]
[She really looks like she’s suffering]
[So I’ll be taking a break from my activities]
[Huh?]
[What?]
[Huh?]
That’s where the video announcing the hiatus of Blue Blossom Nao, KANEZAKI Corporation’s official Vtuber, ends.
I skim through the chaotic chat comments and put my smartphone on the table, sighing alone in the living room.
“It’s been three months, huh?”
Black Knight, aka Homura Katsumi, sacrificed himself to repel the invaders from space.
After the incident, KANEZAKI Corporation’s president and Justice Crusader’s commander, Kanezaki Reima, searched for Homura Katsumi with all his might, but couldn’t find him.
Even with his scientific prowess, unrivaled on Earth or in space, Homura Katsumi… Kat-chan, won’t be coming back.
The moment I realized this, an immense sense of loss struck my chest.
I was just a doctor in charge of his mental care.
Maybe I was influenced by him, who tried to look forward and live on despite carrying an unusual and dark past.
“…Haa”
I sigh for who knows how many times and hold my head in my hands.
Every time I’ve thought about it these past three months, I’ve been dismayed by how much I’ve messed up.
Maybe I should just go to that president and—
“Sis. Hakua sis!”
“Ah!”
A black-haired boy enters the living room, calling my name.
Him being called Homura Katsumi is already a thing of the past.
Now, he lives together with me, Shirakawa Hakua, as my brother, Shirakawa Katsuki, in the same apartment.
As his sister, I’m now living with him.
“W-What is it, Kat-chan?”
How did it end up like this?
Why am I now Kat-chan’s sister?
“It’s all my own fault…”
three months ago, when I, having quit my job in despair and about to go home, found a badly injured Kat-chan.
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I, Shirakawa Hakua, am a life created by the monster leader Omega.
I wasn’t born from a mother.
Moreover, I didn’t grow up by aging; I was an anomaly that couldn’t become either human or monster.
From the moment I was born, my existence was denied.
[You are not Alpha]
[You can’t become Alpha]
[You’re a useless failure who can’t become anything]
[Never show your face again]
I, created by my father, was a failure.
The “daughter” who follows Kat-chan, created as Alpha.
“I” am a life created by Omega, modeled after Alpha.
Her ability, who called herself Alpha like my mother, was terrifying, capable of changing the perception of any living being. If she wanted, she could easily destroy humanity.
That’s what my father was trying to create with his [control life] ability.
As a result, only I was born, but my abilities were vastly inferior to the real thing.
[Sigma, a failure inferior to Alpha. That’s the name befitting you]
I was created just before the final battle.
Without being utilized or relied upon, all I could do was watch the scene of my father, Omega, being defeated by Justice Crusader and Black Knight.
My father, Omega, was supposed to be an invincible monster originally.
The monster of life.
He was an extraordinary monster who could manipulate not only monsters’ souls but even the souls of the living.
If he wanted to, he could instantly kill his opponents by extracting the souls within his sight. The reason he was defeated was because of an invisible ally among them, Alpha.
My father feared Alpha’s existence.
He knew that child was his weakness.
If he couldn’t recognize them, he couldn’t grasp their souls.
If he couldn’t see them, he couldn’t use his ability.
And so, my father was defeated by Black Knight and Justice Crusader without being able to use his true power.
Although I was a life created by his ability, he was still my parent, so I felt sad.
But whether I wanted revenge for my father’s death… honestly, I was never sure.
Do I hate Justice Crusader? Do I hate Black Knight? Do I hate Alpha… my sister?
I couldn’t understand it myself.
After my father died and I became free, I was taken in by a cafe master and lived temporarily as a freeloader. After that, I accumulated knowledge using libraries and the internet.
[I’m Shirakawa Hakua. Um, I’m a doctor]
As I had monster elements, I was smart and could quickly acquire necessary knowledge.
By the way, I had a tiny bit of Alpha’s perception-altering ability, so I used it to unconsciously manipulate likability and credibility, making it possible to infiltrate Justice Crusader’s headquarters.
The days that followed were fulfilling for me.
Daily life while learning about the human world.
The Justice Crusader members who were students appropriate for their age.
Black Knight, Homura Katsumi, who carried a heavy past but still worked to protect people.
The self-proclaimed alien… or rather, the perverted president who really seemed like an alien, who didn’t show any signs of doubting me at all.
As I interacted with them, I even felt like I was naturally changing myself.
“Hey, Kat-chan”
Despite going through such a process, I, who had impulsively quit my meaningful workplace in despair, now have Homura Katsumi sleeping in front of me on a bed.
“I can’t take you to a hospital, can I…”
For some reason thinking that, I used my ability to borrow medical tools and treated him.
“I ended up renting a room too. It’s all because of you”
In a room of an apartment building.
I sigh at him, who is breathing regularly in his sleep, in this still bare room.
I haven’t informed headquarters about him yet.
I should have told them, but for some reason, I didn’t want to.
Well, I’m not related to that place anymore, so I guess I don’t have an obligation to tell them…
[Gao]
As I’m poking his cheek with my chin resting on my hand by the bed, the mechanical wolf next to Kat-chan barks at me.
“Hm? Ah, owowow!? O-Okay, I got it. It’s time to change the bandages… geez, you’re so rough”
The palm-sized mecha wolf that jumped onto my head digs its claws in, and I can’t help but scream.
This dog that only takes to Kat-chan is really too rude in how it treats me…!!
Grumbling, I remove the bandages wrapped around his body and check the state of his wounds.
“Huh, they’re starting to heal? …Is this your power?”
[Gao!]
Apparently so.
I guess it’s because it occasionally bites him and flows some kind of energy?
“What in the world did you fight against…?”
Three days have passed since I found him in that grove.
Now he’s healing at an abnormal speed, but when I brought him here, it was terrible.
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