Chapter 24: The Warrior Carrying Destiny

10:26am.

Nagano Prefectural Police Department.

Seeing Kawahara appearing in front of him almost intact, Kaoru Ichijo's eyes moved slightly, but he was always serious, so he didn't show this little reaction at all.

"You suddenly tell me this at this time..."

Kawahara looked at Kaoru Ichijo meaningfully.

Ichijo Kaoru didn't respond immediately, but motioned for him to move forward together, whispering, "We already know what happened in Aokigahara."

Kawahara didn't know what the forest was called.

But he more or less guessed that the noise was caused by his fight with Daguba.

It was indeed a bit reckless at the time...

He lowered his head as if thinking about something, and Kaoru Ichijo didn't say anything else. The two of them came to the Kurodake Ruins Research Center established in Nagano Prefecture, where the unearthed items were displayed.

Before arriving, Kawahara looked up as if he sensed something.

The two entered a room that looked like a storage room.

There were objects in the style of the Jiulangyue ruins piled up around the room, some of which had not yet been cleared of the soil, and in the center there was a transparent display cabinet.

Kawahara stared blankly at the person in the display cabinet.

It was Rick indeed.

Just do it.

After all, no one knows how many years have passed. The young man who was thin but still good-looking has turned into a wrinkled mummy in the blink of an eye.

Kawahara moved his gaze to his waist.

After he woke up and realized that the Aguru Belt was already in Yusuke Godai's body, Kawahara realized that there was no chance of Riku being resurrected.

The Yaguru Belt connects to their nervous system and is equivalent to a second brain.

After Daguba's seal was lifted, he immediately pulled the Aguru Belt off Rick's body, cutting off the latter's chance of waking up.

So after that, Rick was completely dead.

The top cover of the display cabinet was open. After Kawahara took a look, he raised his hand and reached out to the person inside.

Xun Ichijo, who was standing next to him, had been observing his reaction. Seeing this, he just paused for a moment and didn't stop him or say anything.

Kawahara's hand landed on Riku's waist.

Then, his own Yaguru belt appeared in the blink of an eye. It was a black belt with golden patterns, and the Yaguru spirit stone in the center was still fiery red.

sizzle...

Dense streaks of golden lightning spread out and flowed along Kawahara's outstretched arm.

Xun Ichijo took two steps back in surprise. He didn't understand what this man was doing, but he had vaguely expected it.

Kawahara felt the desolation coming from his body, and had to admit that there was no chance of Riku's recovery.

The Yaguru Spirit Stone gave him strength, but also took away all his vitality after it left.

But Kawahara didn't understand. The archaeological team should have opened Riku's sarcophagus first. Why didn't he wake up before Daguba broke the seal when he had obtained the sublimated power in the ancient times?
sizzle...

The flashing electric light gradually enlarged before his eyes, and Kawahara stared at Riku's face.

And in the next moment, a burning pain suddenly came from the waist, as if a wound that had just been sutured was torn apart. The fine tingling sensation invaded every part of the body with the belt as the center!

Kawahara suddenly retracted his strength, and with a sway in his body, he grabbed the edge of the glass cabinet.

"What's wrong?!" Ichijo Xun was startled.

"without……"

Kawahara stroked the Agur spirit stone in the middle of his belt.

Before Kaoru Ichijo went to pick him up at the Nagano Prefectural Police Department, Tsubaki Shuuichi showed him something.

——"Although I'm not quite sure what this thing means to you, it should be related to the existence of life. Although it has become more complete now, its condition is obviously worse than before."

Tsubaki Hideichi handed him the examination film.

In the black and gray layer, the belt is covered with dense and fine lines, like cracks blooming on glass.

"Do you think the situation is urgent?" Chun Xiuyi asked.

"so so."

Kawahara's expression didn't show much surprise, he even smiled faintly: "Although it looks bad, the other guy must be worse than me, so in comparison, the situation is not bad at all."

He destroyed Daguba's belt again!

That's something to be excited about.

……

Kawahara took his hand away from his waist and placed it on Riku's forehead.

At this moment, Kaoru Ichijo's voice suddenly rang out: "Is Godai Yusuke the same as him? He looks like that..."

Kawahara still stares at Riku and responds, "Yeah, it's the same. Godai Yusuke's current battle is the same as his original battle. They both became Kuuga to protect something important."

"Mr. Kawahara should be the same as them?"

"..."

Kawahara didn't answer for a moment when he heard this.

He stared at Rick in front of him silently for a long while, then he withdrew his hand and looked at Xun Ichijo who was looking at him seriously.

Then he shook his head: "No, I'm not fighting to protect someone important, nor am I fighting for something in my heart. I'm just going with the flow."

Xun Ichijo was slightly stunned and looked at him.

Kawahara extended his hand to him: "Can I shake it?"

Xun Ichijo looked down, and with his keen sense he quickly realized something, but still shook hands with him without hesitation.

Kawahara raised his lips and said, "Mr. Police Officer is fighting for the justice in his heart. You want to do your best to protect the people like your father, so you took the initiative to become a policeman and work hard for it - but I am not."

Hearing this, Xun Ichijo paused, looked at the two people's clasped hands, and finally felt uncomfortable and took the initiative to pull his hands back.

He understood what Kawahara meant by "no", but since it was rare for someone to see through his thoughts, the introverted Kaoru Ichijo had no idea what to say. - Maybe he should call Godai Yusuke over.

Kawahara continued, "Rik and I both became Kuuga by accident because of the threat of Gurongi to the village. But Riku's battle consciousness was higher than mine, so he used this power to seal all the Gurongi, but I failed because I couldn't control the power in my body."

"Is that the price?"

Hearing this, Kaoru Ichijo suddenly said.

The way Yusuke Godai fights after becoming "Kuga" is completely different from this resurrected super ancient man.

The first time, this man blew up half of the factory square.

I don’t know about the second time.

But now the third and fourth times have caused even greater damage.

If the battle takes place in a densely populated urban area, the price humans will have to pay at that time will probably be almost the same as the price of being hunted by Gurongi.

Kawahara was silent for a moment: "This time is an exception. After all, it is an unconfirmed life form you call 'Zero'. I have already intentionally controlled the battle area."

"Zero?!" Xun Ichijo's eyes suddenly widened.

Zero, who massacred the entire archaeological team, has been wanted by the police.

However, apart from a blurry and mysterious video recording, they knew nothing about the enemy and had no clue what to look for.

"His name is Daguba, and he is the current king of the Gurongi. The tombs that you later discovered in Nagano Prefecture were all filled with Gurongis that were resurrected by him," Kawahara said.

"This……"

Kaoru Ichijo seemed a little shocked.

There are at least several hundred tombs, which means that the terrible enemy has resurrected hundreds of powerful and bloodthirsty monsters by himself!

However, there are only a dozen or so "unconfirmed life forms" recorded by humans today.

Ichijo Xun looked at him with a complicated expression: "Your fight caused that situation, so... did you defeat him?"

Kawahara stroked his chin and said, "I went there right after he woke up, so I managed to gain the upper hand this time. He will definitely not have the chance to pose a threat again in the short term."

Hearing this, Xun Ichijo breathed a sigh of relief.

"correct--"

Kawahara suddenly remembered something: "I want to go back to the place called Aokigahara you mentioned to take a look. Has the police blocked it off?"

Ichijo Xun nodded: "It has been blocked for a long time. Is there something wrong?"

"Maybe something was left behind."

……

11:03am.

Wait until Xun Ichijo goes to arrange his itinerary.

Kawahara looked at Riku who was lying there again.

The power of the Yaguru Spirit Stone can preserve a person's body from ancient times to the present. Even if the belt is suddenly lost, the power that has penetrated into and transformed the body will not disappear immediately.

It just slowly drains away from the body like an aging human being.

If you regain the Agur belt, you can replenish your energy.

Maybe there will be a chance.

but……

Kawahara looked at Rick with a complicated expression.

The scene read from the incomplete body memory was exactly as Daguba said. He punched the belt hard, trying hard to completely eliminate the enemy.

But Rick ultimately failed to kill any life.

Beneath the red warrior's weird face is Rick's crying face. Even though his power is enough to deal with all the Gurongis, Rick is still a boy who has just grown up.

A boy who was forced to shoulder a responsibility that did not belong to him and fought desperately to protect the village and his sister.

He finally chose to accept this fate.

And seal all the Gurongi.

But because the power of the seal will weaken over time, in the distant future, the Gurongi may revive again - especially the Gurongi King Daguba.

So Rick planned to sleep in it as well.

In this way, he can also wake up after Gurongi is resurrected and seal them again.

For the sake of Linduo's future and to protect his sister's place, Rick accepted this fate.

At the same time, he also hopes to see familiar people again in the future.

The one who can still teach him soberly.

Therefore, after Kawahara fell asleep, Riku sealed up the dark Kuuga and placed the sarcophagus in the square where the village once held sacrifices - although it had been buried by the mountains due to the destruction of the battle.

The former village fell into desolate ruins, and Rick was the only one standing in the dim ruins.

"Teacher, I hope we can meet again in the future."

After taking a final look at the sarcophagus hidden in the darkness, Rick turned and left.

Then he also fell into a sealed sleep.

But now he no longer wakes up.

……

　　If you see any book friends have doubts, here is a friendly reminder:

　　[This chapter is used together with the plot in the middle of Chapter 23, "Ichijo Kaoru's Psychological Activities". ]

　　In general, it can be seen as [Kaoru Ichijo discovered that Kawahara's power was too destructive, so he brought up Riku, who was also a "Kuga", as an introduction. He wanted to know why "Kuga" had to fight in the ancient times, and was testing whether Kawahara could be trusted and whether he was the type of person like Yusuke Godai.]

　　The final result has been revealed...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)

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