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The Raven Dark Hero 121
🕑 Added 2021-11-28 00:02:00 +0000 UTCChapter 121 : Forgotten Warmth
TL:SummerPeanut
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December 24, 2071 A.D. New East Kyoto Central Area, National Diet Building.
“We should've just killed all the filths! What the hell is the NDF doing!”
One of the ministers raised his voice.
“But the Prime Minister said that Kuroyume's peaceful activities have been increasing lately, and if we try to destroy them, public opinion will be very loud!”
When the discussion turned to his direction, the Prime Minister grinned.
“Hmph. That's why this case is an opportunity, isn't it? Now we have a good reason to get rid of Kuroyume.”
“But, Prime Minister, there are reports that Kagerou is behind this attack, not Kuroyume.”
“Does it even matter? Kuroyume and Kagerou should be crushed together. Gifteds are nothing but a danger to us true humans. The only thing they are worth living for is to work like a dog for us in the NDF. Other than that, we don't need gifteds!”
Conference Room at the Parliament Building.
Twenty members of the Assembly mainly those who make up the Cabinet, including the Prime Minister, gathered. All of them believed themselves, those without gifts, to be true human beings, and they did not consider the filths……No, they did not consider all gifted to be human beings at all.
These people and others who consider themselves to be higher than the gifted were the ones who created Japan today. A society of disparity between those with gifts and those without.
“But......Kuroyume has Kiryu and Bright that are considered the strongest in the world right now. The current strength of the NDF is not enough……”
“Even if those two are an exception, the rest can be handled by Special Forces, can't they? We can put missiles in all their known hideouts. This time, the cause is with us.”
But the Defense Minister raised his complaints towards Prime Minister's optimism.
“Don't underestimate them. It's true that ordinary filths can be overwhelmed by Special Forces weapons, but ordinary weapons can't compete with Kiryu, Bright and some other filths. That's why we haven't been able to get rid of them until now.”
“What then? Are we, the real human race, supposed to live in fear of aliens with abilities? Don't think of them as human beings! Use this incident as an opportunity to make up all sorts of bad publicity and eliminate Kuroyume from society!”
Bright listened coolly to what could only be described as an unbearable outburst.……right next to the Prime Minister.
“Anyway, such heresy……”
In the next moment, the Prime Minister's head flew off. At the same time, Bright deactivates his Silent Stealth.
“……Sorry, all of you will die here.”
The sudden appearance of Bright caused a panic in the conference room and they all tried to leave the room but Bright didn't need more than five seconds to clear out the number of people in this room…….
Blades of wind by the World of Windham were generated in the room……. The real human beings who had been responsible for the politics of this country, including the Prime Minister, had died out while they did not even understand how they had been killed.
Bright pondered as he stared at the corpse lying on the ground.
(You have your reason, and we have ours. Your reason is a hindrance to us. That's all.)
Bright didn't think that the real humans, who had been making a lot of derogatory remarks about people with gifts, were absolutely evil. He just couldn't understand them because their values were definitely different from his own.
The original plan was to leave the room without appearing, and Kiryu would take care of it.
However, Bright was already there. And he dared to openly stare at the surveillance camera that was in operation. He wanted the world to know that he had done it all on his own.
“I am the light within darkness, Darkflash Bright. I am the one……who will destroy this world……”
(After this……I'm sure the bosses will take care of the rest. Even if I'm not there.)
Activating Silent Stealth again, Bright left the Prime Minister's residence.
(Well then……Let's go somewhere far away, somewhere where no one is around. There……)
‘I will take my life……’. If he lives, he will eventually become a madman. If that happens, he will lose his ego, and he won’t know what he'll do. The only thing he was sure of is that if he doesn’t do anything, he'll definitely turn his fang against Kiryu. That was the only thing he couldn't ignore.
Even if he decided to die, Bright's heart would not be shaken. He knew that he would just disappear from this world, that's all. In the end, even the fear of death had begun to numb away from him.
At the end of the day, he wondered if there is anything he has left undone. No matter how indifferent his emotions are, he wondered if there is anything he could have done to make his last days better.
(……Yes, I should at least say goodbye to Fuuka. Since, we would not be able to see each other anymore.)
Deciding to do so, Bright called Kuroyume's intelligence unit and asked for Fuuka's current whereabouts.
He was informed that Fuuka had engaged the Numbers, was defeated by Vendetta's gift, and was recuperating at her home in Tokyo.
(Did she suffer a psychic attack? Maybe I shouldn’t go to see her……)
That's what he thought, but he decided that he wanted to see her with his own eyes even if he didn't get to meet her and talk to her, so he headed to Fuuka's house.
Fuuka's current home is a luxurious mansion in a prime location in Tokyo, and Onijima lives there as well, but Onijima is away for a while to train Hiro.
Normally, Fuuka would have been admitted to the medical office of the NDF headquarters or one of its affiliated hospitals, but since many of the NDF were injured in the attack, Fuuka, who had few external injuries, was treated at home instead.
(Well, it’s good that I’m here but I don't know where Fuuka's room is.)
He closed his eyes and looked for her presence. It was faint, but he could feel Fuuka's presence.
(Is she really asleep? ……That’s convenient.)
On the bed in her room, Fuuka was having a nightmare. The vision that Vendetta had shown her was repeating over and over again in her dreams…….
Bright was watching from outside the window.
(What the hell kind of vision did Vendetta give her? I'd love to meet her and give her a lecture, but……I can't do that anymore. I should be on my way.)
He was concerned about Fuuka's nightmares but he decided there was nothing he could do and was about to leave when he heard her moaning.
“……I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Kouki-kun……”
Bright stopped subconsciously when he heard his own name.
(Could it be, an illusion about me? That bitch, Vendetta~)
He felt a wave of quiet anger at Vendetta, but more importantly, he thought that the fact Fuuka was suffering because of him and he should do something to help her.
(……Maybe a while longer wouldn’t hurt?)
Bright cut through the window, unlocked it, and quietly sneaked into Fuuka's room.
“Kouki-kun……I’m sorry……”
Then he held Fuuka's hand as she swooned.
“You don't have to apologize. You did nothing wrong……”
“Kouki-kun……”
In a haze, Fuuka opened her eyes.
Bright, however, was in no hurry. On the contrary, he took off his mask and smiled at Fuuka.
“I’m right here. You’re safe, so rest well.”
Fuuka opened her eyes and smiled reassuringly.
“I’m sorry. Will you always be here for me?”
“Yeah. I will always think of you. So for now, rest well……”
“Thank you……”
And with that, Fuuka fell asleep again. However, as if what she had just experienced just was nothing more than a lie, and she was breathing quietly in her sleep.
(Fuuka…… get well soon and be happy.)
He was aware that he’s losing his emotions. But right now, he was feeling a warmth that he had long since forgotten.
“Thank you……goodbye, Fuuka.”
And Bright was gone. He told himself that he had nothing left to regret…….
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