Ning was a little surprised by the speed of Ikeno.

Though wearing state-of-the-art armor thrusters, their acceleration is human away and a few steps faster than expected.

Assuming the Nings had not become transformed, they would have been cut short without even being able to react.

But I was convinced that Ikeno would never attack himself without transformation.

He's not just strong, he can cut his head off, and he strikes a cure.

But it's not the kind of thing that cuts the opponent's power, it's the kind of thing that tries to put itself in a favorable position.

I won't let down the strength of my opponent, I just win with more power than that. That's what this guy is all about.

That's the way the strong fight. It's the opposite of how the Nings fight.

So I get it. This guy's got no big deal against me.

It jumped in an instant to a height of about 3 meters above the ground, from which a sharp descent and swinging down was thought to be enough for even the Rocks opponent.

But.

"Huh!"

A dull metal noise rings.

Ning had concentrated his energy on his right arm and had received its slaughter in a part earlier than his black luminescent elbow.

I have been diving the training ground with Ning people. It is not Dada who has defeated so many righteousness.

Blake Gunblade has a fine vibration of the blade itself, a metallic-specific sword gear that also cleaves rocks, but it's equipped by Ikeno. That's its newest type.

But still, Ning's, Evil Silhouette's arm will not be severed.

Silhouette series modified humans can increase their strength and energy by mental power.

And the Komori Ning have grown beyond many battles.

Rigiri, and two people pressing each other's blades and arms. If we pinch steel in the meantime, it's so much pressure that it crumbles instantly, but the Nings, and Ikeno, don't pull either.

"... you said cowardice wasn't the only thing you could do, right? Outer roads"

"Doesn't it look like we can fight a little? Oh boy."

Taunt each other with disdain.

"Ha!"

Ikeno let go of one hand holding the blade and punched Ning with an empty fist. A blow that accelerated the hard knuckle guard with an elbow thruster. Not so much as a fatal wound, but for a moment Ning's sight is taken away

Amazingly, it is controlled by the force and brainwave that establishes the push with the Ning people, the modified human

v handling of thrusters, and an immediate move to hold and beat the blade in one hand.

"Shit!"

The opposing Ning people will not be damaged just like that. At the same time as he was beaten, he shredded and skipped the armor on Ikeno's shoulder area with his left hand nail.

A flash of collision, and again the distance between the two.

"What's up? Weren't you supposed to beat me?

Ikeno has switched the blade to gun mode and fired continuously.

Metallic-made super-strengthened steel bullets are powerful enough to detach the archer's shoulder joints, but Ikeno doesn't make them microscopic.

It was a unique Ikeno move with an unparalleled shooting posture and untrained muscle strength.

"Oh, you can win."

Ning Man covers the front of his body with one blade, preventing bullets.

For a moment, but I see a surprise in Ikeno's face.

I know why. I couldn't have done this to Evil Silhouette before.

But not now. Red and black feathers, which have become more disastrously huge, have different strengths and kettles.

Grow little by little by workout, and fight in the US. In other words, there was also a change in shape in the transformation after the burial of Mr. Big.

"What's up? You can make me sweat cold, right?

Ning man waves his nails and emits a shock wave without further hair. Five shocks fly to Ikeno, scraping the floor of the training room.

"Cold sweat? Don't make me laugh."

Skillfully manipulating thrusters, Ikeno sends all of them.

Bullets and shockwaves, repeated ranged attacks on each other, and preventing and avoiding each other from doing so.

Those attacks last about three times, but no fatal blows.

Ning was starting to disturb his mind slightly.

It could be read that Ikeno would not easily ride the invitation to Slayer.

In that case, I was going to hold onto the fight.

That's as far as I expected.

But Ikeno is much stronger than Ning expected.

We are still fighting each other to the extent that we see each other.

From the Ning people, because Ikeno's strength was unknown, he thought he could kill him with a single blow.

And maybe Ikeno is wary that the Nings have some sort of measure.

But what about Ikeno, against the Ning people, who are about 60% powerful?

Originally, I wasn't sure I could beat Ikeno. And I'm not even going to settle with Ikeno here in the first place.

Yes, the important thing is not to defeat Ikeno.

So there are no despicable measures available on this occasion.

Can you do that? You want me to deal with this guy for a purpose?

I was lost for a moment. Quickly dispel the stray.

You don't have to win. I don't even have to make you think you lost. I just need to make Ikeno think this way.

"Isn't Reiji Ikeno inferior to Ninja Komori?

Just a few. If I can make you think so, I can serve my purpose.

Because this man, Ikeno...

"That's all you got!

Ikeno raised the thruster's output and came again at high speed to pack the distance, and just before the collision he forcefully re-orbited into the side of the Ning people, swinging the blade sideways.

No more Ning people will avoid it.

Fast, but the movement is not as good as Sonic Youth.

Heavy, but the attack is not as good as Justine Hammer's.

So. About this.

"WOOOOOOOOO!!!

"Become!?

Ning Man hit the palm bottom hard on Ikeno's chest while receiving a decent blade and bounced off. If you're ready to hit it off, you can do this extent.

"... cum"

Ning suffered a cut to his left arm and bled.

"Guuuuuuu...!

Ikeno was knocked on his knees by a wall a few meters away, toughened glass with a transparent locker room.

Perhaps the damage is almost mutual.

Ning's transformation was solved once by damage.

"… you……"

Ikeno couldn't move either. Armor Thruster is Stopped by Damage. It will take a little while to reboot.

"... the chief said Fujiro Blackmore was expecting to die."

Holding the cut on his left arm with his right hand, Ning begins to speak.

"... oh. I wasn't expecting you. You're just a jerk."

Ikeno's eyes are not dead. Whether the reboot is first or the transformation is first, it measures its timing.

"So you know what that means? What's the point of hiding the chief's death and Metallica moving as the chief's will with a top conference. How far are you going to get up there?

You can't possibly not know.

This man can't possibly understand what it means to hide a throne vacancy and its proximity is moving the organization.

Metallica's path to the top is broken.

"... oh, I guess so"

Ikeno seemed to have guessed that too.

Those who were the heavy ministers of the late king do not want the birth of a new king. So structurally, it can't be born.

And now, the position of the Ning people is at its limit.

To be at the top of Metallica, not in the normal way. I just have to make him admit it after having tremendous power.

Confirming that perception is important in bringing Ikeno in.

Because this man...

"Well, the elite and handsome Ikeno"

The Ning gave a sarcastic look and went on even further.

"You, I knew you couldn't beat me. It's over."

Of course, I don't really think so. I'm not sure even simple combat power can win.

My arm still hurts and I can't help it, but I dare say that and Ning laughed.

It doesn't look like Ikeno with the reinforced glass on his back that the locker room can foresee, but Ning people can see what the locker room looks like.

It was just the right time.

"I will kill you here and now"

Ikeno received the words of the Ning people and stood up. Armor Thruster seems to have rebooted as well.

"I told you. You can't do this."

The Nings also transform again and the two confront each other again.

I also find it ridiculous that the two of us who are executives of each other should wear black and white in direct combat.

But there's still something I can't give away.

So.

"Haaaaaa!!

"Wow wow!!

Ikeno unfolds the wings of the armor and advances with the thrusters fully open.

Ning Man turns all of his mental energy into a thrust force and kicks the floor hard.

Two shadows approaching the speed of sound if you think about it at high speeds, relative speeds.

Just before that collision it happened.

"Become!?

Unexpected, it was Ikeno alone who raised his voice.

Ning expected it to come, rather than expecting it, and he had set it up to do so, so there is no rush.

Suddenly a reinforced bulletproof crow shutter for shock absorption descended between the two of them trying to clash around the center of the training floor.

"Fuck!!

……

Ninja and Ikeno braked each other and stopped during the shutter.

Of course, we can destroy the shutters, but if we do that, we create a gap against the enemies on the other side of each other. So if it's something that can make a right and accurate decision, then we just have to stop here.

Ikeno was a man who could do it, and the Nings stopped because they knew it.

"... what is this all about!? Komori!"

"I didn't do it, did I? It's an external operation."

Bulletproof shutters made of reinforced glass.

This is a must have facility for training and laboratories in Metallica, ready for accidental incidents.

but now that there's no fire or confirmed remodeled human runoff, and two of the executives are doing their personal 'training', that's not going to activate automatically.

So why did that come down at this time now?

The answer to that is immediately apparent.

Please don't! Why do you two have to do that!?

A voice heard from a speaker in the training room. It was adjacent and audio from the locker room that could be seen over the glass.

Ikeno looks back and confirms the figure in the locker room.

Well, you really don't have to do that to find out. The sound of this somewhere gentle voice, who is its owner?

"... Maki? Why are you here..."

De Maki, an employee of Ning and Ikeno's synchronized company, was the girl who is now in charge of the development room.

"... I don't know. Didn't your secretary call you?

The Ning people pinch their mouths so much to Ikeno's doubts. I raised my voice a little bit because it was over the toughened glass.

And that's true.

But it was the other Nings themselves who asked the secretary woman to call Maki.

There is one incident on Purgatory Island, and the Development Office is back at headquarters again. It doesn't take that long to call her.

And if she sees this place, she must stop.

I was so sure.

Mr. Ikeno, please don't...

Maki's tears echo. That's too much for the spirit of a man who was getting hot to the limit until just now. But as a result, I feel a loss of momentum.

Ning felt such air, while palming at the shutter that descended between him and Ikeno. To convey your voice well.

"... Shit. Fine. Good for you, Ikeno. Don't let me take you down."

I say that sarcastically. I am sorry for Maki, but I will totally ignore him on this occasion.

"... that would be you"

I know just fine. Strength was amicable. It was no surprise at all that one of them was dead.

But that's enough.

I won, you don't think so, do you?

"The battle is coming. Call me."

Ikeno still seemed to intend to continue the battle. But the Ning people are not.

"Unfortunately, I'm busy. I don't have time to hang out with you any more."

The Ning said so while disarming the transformation and continued.

"That's it with you. I will join the Tsurugi and crush Anthrax by the end of the day. And as a slayer, you name the world."

With cults as the philosophy of the organization, the evil organization anthrax that summons the warcraft, the "major" on Metallica, but now there is an inviolable treaty.

But there is a winning chance if you close the gap and attack once and for all. Crush the top with an ambush by a few elites.

"What...?

Ikeno also purges the armor and approaches the glass shutter.

Two people staring at the transparent walls.

"It means exactly what you say. I'm taking a new road today. I could die like you said. That's when it happened."

"... are you insane?

"Oh, you bet. Didn't I just say that? I can't climb any more in Metallica if I stay that way. My aim is only the pinnacle. I'm not an executive."

Ikeno's gaze gets steeper. I know exactly what you're thinking.

And maybe Ikeno already knows what I'm after.

"Oh, yeah. If I'm gone, maybe you'll be the one instead. Congratulations. You've come a long way, haven't you? Sit in the executive chair and wait when you get muddy at safe headquarters. General Lars is retiring when I lose to another organization.... like a child waiting for Santa to deliver a gift that was"

sarcastically against Ikeno.

I was going to take it in this direction from the start. That's why I had to show strength in battle.

There are two important things.

That you can't beat Ikeno. And letting them know they'll never have a chance to fight again.

Reiji Ikeno is strong, and a man who keeps fighting to be a strong self. To be who you want regardless of the way the world is.

Above, win. That's the kind of guy.

There's no way this man is going to let the Nings go like this.

You can't beat someone you feel equal to for the first time.

I can see that also from the fact that I responded to the last direct confrontation.

If you stay in Metallica, you will never stand above the Ning people of today.

If the Nings die somewhere, there will be no more time to settle with the Nings forever.

When I was at HQ and I heard about Ning's death, do you think I won?

Of course some races think so. But Ikeno is different.

If Ikeno wants victory, I have no choice but to complete the path of battle as a slayer. And for that, he said, we need Ikeno.

This guy is bound to answer.

Because this man, Ryoji Ikeno...

- Because he's a man who's never lost a single time in his life.

"... Shit, he's a frustrating bastard..."

Ikeno had a bad temper.

I guess you can see that Ning people were reading their personalities and being created scenarios. But still, Ikeno can't stay out of Ninja's scenario.

"You knew that, right? I'm a jerk."

Ning tried to make me laugh.

"Slayer, or... okay. But don't forget. Today's battle is settled…"

"If I crush everything else, I'll go out with you. It's an honor. I'm telling you I'm gonna fight square and one-on-one. I've never done that before."

Two evils crush the world, and at that dawn they settle.

The winner of that battle will be the one who stands at the top of evil.

Even without putting it to words, it was a common perception of each other, a sort of contract.

"... when is the start time of the operation for the Tsurgi F. Gardners?

Don't gaze at each other, put your palms on a glass shutter to convey the words.

"You're almost there in four hours. Suppress the top once and for all with an ambush at a few elite. Don't you wanna be a part of this?

"Naturally. Don't leave me alone."

I don't need many words.

What we do instead is economize. Let's make a big, flashy noise at best.

Instead of artillery.

Ikeno was slaughtered by a breakblade, and Ning Man was nail shot after only partial transformation of his right arm with reference to Tsurugi yesterday.

The two made a blow to each other's toughened glass, shattered and scattered.

I had no idea what was going on in the middle of the century.

A woman from Ikeno's secretary, who joined the company at the same time, told him that Ning wanted him to come, and if he rushed to the training room, Ning was fighting Ikeno after transforming.

Evil Silhouette is either for the growth of the Ning people of the Transformers, or they are changing specs and shapes, and the opposing Ikeno has used the Armor Thruster Pack to its full potential, developing a high-level offensive that the Rocks also seem to be willing to take.

Is this training? I was just a little confused by that thought, but the two of them trying to clash from the front looked like they were seriously trying to take each other down.

If you two clash, one of you, or both of you, is not safe.

Maki has special feelings for Ning people, and he is an important colleague even for Ikeno, and he thinks he is a respectable person.

So I wanted to stop it somehow, but I didn't think I'd get my voice.

Desperately manipulating the control panel in the locker room, he managed to lower the toughened glass shutter and stop the two of them.

I didn't know what was going on, and I called out to both of them as I almost cried.

They're talking about something with each other's serious faces, and they can't hear it from here.

I knew they weren't close, but they were grown-ups to each other and couldn't possibly kill each other about that.

I didn't know why, and I wanted to know why that was, so Maki opened the lock in the training room and entered the room.

"Ning ren-kun!

I spoke that way at the same time as I went in, but I was erased by the sound of the breaking of the toughened glass that resonated indoors.

Ning and Ikeno took a blow to each other, destroying the shutters that separated them.

But he doesn't seem to intend to keep fighting, and they both look in the direction of the day after tomorrow, standing. A fragmented piece of glass sparkled around the two of us.

"... Ninja... Kun, Ikeno..."

The sight looks kind of strange and beautiful, and Maki stands up with her hands on her chest.

The two begin to walk silently towards the exit of the training room at the middle of the century, that is. The distance between the three of them narrowed.

"Um... me..."

I had no regrets about stopping the two of them, but I also felt like a draw to doing it without knowing what was going on.

"Thank you, Maki. I'm glad you're here."

Seeing such a serious moment, Ning smiled.

"Maki, take this"

Ikeno took off the Metallica company chapter, which he had to wear all the time when he was within headquarters, and played it with his thumb to fly to Makoto.

"What...? Oh, this..."

Catch it in a hurry not to drop it.

Wings of steel, it is a metallic motif and pride. Give it to someone?

"Well, so am I."

Ning similarly removed the company chapter he had on his suit flower pocket and carefully handed it to him.

Wings of steel, testimony of metallica (testimony). They took it off.

They're leaving Metallica, heading somewhere.

that a man in as many positions as they do it for some serious reason, the decision

I'm going down Shura's path, ready to die.

That's about a technical job, and I can tell myself that it's far from the center of the organization compared to them.

"... why, why...?

Maki endured as a teardrop and was so full of questions with his resultant trembling voice.

"Keep it. I'll be back. I told you. Fight with me, change the world. I still haven't forgotten.... so I'll definitely be back. Wait."

The Ning did not answer the question, but they are not lost in its tone.

"Fool. No. You can't come back. I'm the one who wins."

Ikeno is also looking straight ahead.

The two turned their backs straight to the exit in the middle of nowhere.

There's something on that back that I can't tell you if it's there or not.

Somehow, I felt as if they were going to go very far.

The word to come back, is echoed very sincerely in the heart of Mitsuki, but this thought of tightening his chest could not be stopped.

"... where, are you going...?

Maki asked to squeeze it out.

I want you to take me, that's what I thought.

But there must be a reason why they, no, he decided he shouldn't take him, and he would never bend what he decided.

"To the wilderness"

Ikeno answered Maki's query. I just looked back a little and answered briefly.

"Wilderness, hey. That's handsome. You're a poet."

The Ning sarcastically said it. I've seen a lot of exchanges like this, and I didn't hang up.

"Oh, Ma, maybe even the wilderness. Then I'll go, Maki."

The Nings were already back to normal. There was no sadness, it was like I was going to a convenience store for a bit, in a calm and light tone, and I kept going.

"Hey, to conquer the world"

It sounds like a joke. But I'm sure that word he kept really aiming for.

Maki grabbed the company chapter he kept in front of his chest, wiped his tears, and managed to make a smile.

Yes, come on in. I'll be waiting.

That's how I dropped off my back.