With a ‘jakin’ sound, the monster extends its retracted claws even further and moves.
That’s all I saw before the monster vanished before my eyes, and in the next instant, an impact runs through my back.
“Gah!?”
“Hahaa!! Can’t react, can you!?”
Was I attacked!?
I immediately swing the dagger behind me, but he avoids the attack with even greater speed and lands another claw strike on my chest.
“Ugh……!! Shiro!! Change to the red form!!”
[CHANGE!! SWORD RED!!]
In an instant, I change into the red form that manipulates flame and sword, swinging the sword gripped in my right hand.
“Slow, slow, slooow!!”
“As I thought, it’s not effective…!!”
But this form only increases power, not speed.
I could use flames to restrict its movement, but if I unleashed flames strong enough to work on this guy in the middle of town, it would be a disaster.
“There!!”
But if I keep watching its movements, I can respond.
While taking hits, I observe the monster’s movements and release flames enveloping my sword towards where it’s moving to… but it still doesn’t catch him, and this time I take a powerful kick to the chest that sends me flying.
“Uwaaaa!?”
I roll on the ground and try to stand up and take a stance, but already the monster is in front of me, about to thrust its claws.
I hurriedly try to defend and—,
“I won’t let you!”
“Huh?”
With that voice, a large axe-like object flew between me and the monster from the side.
Stunned by the sudden event, I looked in the direction the axe came from. There stood a yellow warrior wearing a suit similar to the monster I first encountered.
“Who are you?”
“An ally of justice.”
The yellow warrior, answering the monster’s question briefly, lightly raised her palm. As if pulled by a magnet, the large axe that had been stuck in the ground returned to her hand.
“You are…”
“…I’m Justice Yellow. I’m on your side. There’s a lot I want to talk about, but for now, let’s deal with that guy.”
“…Okay!”
I don’t know who this person is.
But I don’t sense the same evil as the first monster I encountered.
Instead, there’s a sense of reassurance and dependability.
“Even if there are two of you now!!”
The monster kicks the ground again, vanishing from sight.
In contrast to me instantly taking a stance with my sword, Yellow-san doesn’t even attempt to move from her spot.
“…Looks like an invader specialized in speed, huh.”
“Yellow-san, watch out!”
I notice a faint shadow appearing at Yellow-san’s side.
Realizing it’s the monster’s claw, I call out instinctively, but the claw is deflected by the handle of Yellow-san’s axe, which she slightly raised.
“Just speed without any special abilities, huh.”
“Don’t mock me!!”
Enraged by Yellow-san’s words that could be taken as provocation, the monster launches attacks at Yellow-san as if I don’t even exist.
Swinging claws, kicks – I’m left speechless as I watch Yellow-san respond to all of these attacks with her axe, barely moving from her spot.
“She’s reading those movements…?”
I can barely follow them with my eyes, yet…
She responds with minimal and precise movements.
“Hah!”
“Gagyaa!?”
Yellow-san strikes the approaching monster from behind with a backhand, sending it flying.
The monster gets up, writhing in pain from what seems to be a shallow hit, but I can only marvel at her way of fighting.
“If only I had the accuracy to respond to that person… to her…”
[OK!]
“Huh, Shiro!? …Don’t tell me, you’re going to do it again!?”
Is this like evolving, like when I was in the red form?
As if responding to my words, Shiro’s yellow eyes start flashing red, blue, and yellow in succession.
[SALVAGE…→SALVAGE…→SALVAGE…]
What I’m seeking is eyes that can capture any movement and accuracy.
As I focus on this thought, the flashing light settles on blue.
[COMPLETE!!]
A voice echoes, and the decoration on the buckle changes from red to blue.
[RE:BUILD!! SHOT BLUE!! → OK?]
“Let’s do this!!”
I hit the buckle in response to the voice.
At that moment, the monster, turning its attention from Yellow-san to me, lunges.
“What are you mumbling about!?”
“White Knight-kun!!”
Claws rush towards me, about to pierce my torso.
I couldn’t see this speed before, but now it’s different.
Having transformed into the blue form, I grab the lightning-fast claws with my left hand.
As the monster’s eyes widen in shock, I strike its face with my right fist.
[CHANGE!! SHOT BLUE!!]
“Now I won’t lose sight of you anymore!!”
The blue form has eyes that can respond to precise movements and speed.
Then, I raise my right hand and summon a weapon, just like in the red form!
[LIQUID SHOOTER!!]
I grip the blue pistol that appears and aim it.
Seeing the gun barrel pointed at it, the monster grins mockingly.
“Ha! As if a gun could hit me!!”
I track the movements of the accelerating monster with my eyes and fire an energy bullet into the seemingly empty space.
A sound of explosion in mid-air.
The next moment, I see the invader on the ground, clutching its shoulder and writhing in pain.
“White Knight-kun, this is…”
“Precision shooting. In this form, it seems my eyes and hands become more skillful.”
“…Not yellow?”
“Huh?”
“Ah, nevermind… yeah.”
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I thought I heard a really emotionless voice from Yellow-san just now, and it was scary.
B-but I should focus on the monster now.
“I won’t miss my target anymore.”
“Don’t think your lucky shots will keep happening!”
It’s not luck.
As the monster moves at high speed again, I aim and pull the trigger repeatedly. Something collides in mid-air multiple times, followed by the monster’s painful screams.
“Damn it!!”
Unable to bear the pain, the monster curses and points its right arm’s claws at us, firing them like missiles.
So this is its trump card… But!!
“I told you!! I won’t miss!!”
I capture the incoming missiles and shoot them all down.
The monster, having its trump card shot down, tries to escape, looking behind. But I won’t let it get away at this point.
[LUPUS DAGGER!!]
I summon the Lupus Dagger and connect it with the Liquid Shooter in my hand.
[CONNECT! LUPUS POWER!!]
I pull the trigger of the gun-sword-like weapon, aiming at the monster turning its back to us.
Instantly, the Lupus Dagger, connected by a chain made of blue energy, is fired and pierces the monster, pulling its body towards us.
“Gyaaaaa!?”
“I can’t let a dangerous guy like you run loose!!”
If I let this one go, it would surely target children next.
I can’t overlook someone who would deliberately target easy prey!!
I hit the buckle three times to activate the finishing move.
Energy flowing from the belt is gathered into the Liquid Shooter held in both hands.
[DEADLY!! SHOT BLUE!!]
“S-Stop!!”
[AQUA!! FULLPOWER BREAK!!]
The large energy bullet fired strikes the monster chained by the dagger, and after a moment of silence, causes an explosion.
Confirming that the monster has vanished without a trace, I turn towards Yellow-san who helped me, letting out a deep sigh.
“Um, I don’t know who you are, but thank you very much. You saved me from a dangerous situation.”
“You don’t know about us?”
“…I’m sorry, I don’t.”
Maybe they’re famous heroes?
I watch the news with my sister, but strangely, I don’t know them.
But with weird existences like me and the Black Knight around, it’s not strange that heroes like Yellow-san exist.
“Um, White Knight-kun! After this, how about coming to our headquarters-“
“Ah! Oh no! I forgot somewhere the snacks my sister asked for!!”
“…Huh? Sister?”
Did I throw them away somewhere before getting to the scene!?
The coffee beans from Master can wait, but upsetting my sister is bad news!!
“I’m sorry, Yellow-san! If we fight together again, please take care of me!”
“Wait! Sister… you have an older sister!?”
As I’m in a hurry, I straddle the summoned Lupus Striker. Yellow-san, looking flustered, asks me such a thing.
…Well, it’s not about my true identity, so I guess it’s okay to say this much.
“Yes, I do. She’s my real sister and an important family member!”
After saying just that, I take off into the sky, leaving Yellow-san who had frozen in place.
“…I can’t believe there was someone else who fights like me.”
–She’s a stronger warrior than you.
“Yeah, she was amazing.”
I nod at Shiro’s voice in my mind.
Yellow-san was stronger than me.
She could fight an opponent I could only deal with after becoming the blue form, and she probably would have won even if I hadn’t delivered the final blow.
–We can’t afford to fall behind.
“That’s right. I need to get stronger too.”
I can tell the monsters are getting tougher and tougher.
I wonder why I can sense when these monsters appear in the form of ringing in my ears, but it’s undoubtedly a good thing that I can prevent damage from the monsters before it happens.
“I need to get stronger.”
Muttering this, I land the now-invisible Lupus Striker in an alley away from the scene and cancel my transformation.
“…Alright, I’ll give up on the beans and go buy the snacks again.”
It’s a waste, but even if I go back now, I probably won’t find the snack bag.
It’s really a waste of money, but it can’t be helped.
“…Hm?”
I feel a chill down my neck and turn around.
Behind me is just a dark, deserted alley with nothing there.
“…Was it my imagination?”
[Woof!]
“If Shiro isn’t concerned, I guess it’s fine…”
What was that? It felt like someone was watching me.
But I don’t feel that sensation anymore, so maybe it was just my imagination?
With an uneasy feeling, I walk from the alley to a busier street.
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