"Impossible!"
"A Yoju!"
Kafka Hibino immediately recognized this—a small kaiju that appeared alongside large kaiju. About three meters tall. Five meters long.
Large kaiju appearances always came with Yoju. Common knowledge.
But normally—Defense Force members casually cleaned up these Yoju during combat. But this Yoju clearly hid in advance. Stayed hidden until the evening of the second day after the kaiju's elimination before emerging.
"Sneaky bastard!"
"Ichikawa, run!"
The instant he saw the Yoju—he grabbed the boy. Prepared to flee.
Ordinary people like them—unlike Defense Force members with specialized anti-kaiju weapons. Even just a smaller Yoju—they couldn't handle. Right now—only choice was escape.
"Right!" Reno Ichikawa—already planning to join the Defense Force—understood the situation clearly. Both bolted.
But their escape—too slow in the Yoju's eyes.
"SKREEE!"
The spider-like Yoju leaped. Caught up to the fleeing pair instantly. Fierce face opened wide. Prepared to eat one first.
"Damn it!"
Kafka saw his shadow already covered by a larger one. Knew the next second they'd be pounced on by the Yoju. Decisively grabbed Reno. Rolled sideways.
THUD!
The Yoju landed. Missed. Slowly turned. Looked at the two who rolled several times on the ground. Eyeballs rotated. Appearance grotesque.
"We can't both escape!"
"You notify the Defense Force. I'll buy time!" Kafka quickly made a judgment. In this situation—letting the younger boy with more potential escape was the best choice.
He braced his right leg—scratched by the kaiju earlier, bleeding. Tried to stand.
He couldn't run anymore.
Only remaining use—attract the kaiju's attention.
On this abandoned street polluted by kaiju blood—he faced his first battle with a kaiju. Also his last.
"But..." Reno couldn't bear leaving the injured Kafka here.
"Go!" Kafka roared. Attitude firm.
He picked up a rock from the ground. Prepared to die.
"Damn it!"
Reno had no intention of obeying. Directly stepped forward. Shouldered Kafka. Dragged him forward.
Already injured Kafka—impossible to survive the Yoju's jaws.
"What are you doing!?"
"Dragging me will just get us both killed!" Kafka shouted anxiously.
"But!"
"If I don't do this now, I'll never deserve to join the Defense Force!" Reno's attitude equally firm.
Nearby—the Yoju's eyeballs rotated. Watched the two supporting each other. Couldn't understand their behavior.
But both would become food in its belly. That was certain.
Drool dripped from its gaping mouth. Time to eat!
"SKREEE!"
Six limbs moved. Instantly caught up to them.
"Crap!" Kafka smelled the stench from its mouth behind them. Heart already half-frozen.
Reno instinctively turned back. Saw the Yoju's fierce face. Heart jumped to his throat. But his attention was drawn to something else.
"Is that... a person?"
Directly above them—a figure falling from the sky. Extreme speed.
"SKREEE!"
BOOM!
The heaven-sent figure precisely slammed onto the Yoju's head. The falling impact directly knocked the Yoju to the ground. Half its body ruptured. Blood everywhere!
The Yoju that was about to eat them—instantly dead!
"Wha... what?"
Yoju blood splattered onto their hazmat suits. Some on their faces too. Only then did they process the Yoju's death.
Completely didn't understand what happened. Froze in place.
"Hm?"
"Arrived?"
In the Yoju's shattered corpse—a man in a green floral shirt stood up in a physics-defying posture. Legs first. Then entire body straightened.
Black tousled hair. Half-open golden eyes. Red floral shirt and shorts. Flip-flops. Miraculously not stained with any Yoju blood. Like he hadn't woken up yet.
"Yep. A kaiju." Natsuki—one eye already closed—glanced with his half-open other eye at what was under his butt.
Looked at the two who'd escaped crisis. Yawned. Greeted them casually.
"Hey there..."
"Good night..."
The man spoke incoherently. After greeting them—lay straight back down.
Can't do it... let me sleep more.
Just experienced a battle. Then a long journey. Too damn tired.
"Uh..."
Kafka and Reno watched this man who fell from the sky—full of countless questionable points—didn't know where to start complaining. Fell into silence.
What the hell is going on!?
"Am I not awake, Ichikawa?" Kafka looked at the boy beside him. Face full of disbelief.
"If senpai isn't awake, then I'm not awake either." Reno said dazedly. This scene was like a dream. "But looks like this person really isn't awake."
The man lying on the ground—chest naturally rising and falling. Snoring echoed through this abandoned street.
Made both their mouths twitch.
"Hey... Ichikawa."
"What, senpai?"
"Why can someone fall from the sky completely fine and also kill a Yoju in the process?"
"That... I don't know either."
Both hadn't recovered from this roller-coaster development.
"But... good that we survived." Kafka finally exhaled deeply.
"Ah, senpai, I need to get you to a hospital fast!" Reno saw the wound on his leg scratched by the Yoju. Snapped back to reality.
"Please." Feeling the pain from his thigh—Kafka stopped forcing himself. Sat down with a thud. Face full of exhaustion.
Now—even if he wanted to participate in the upcoming exam—impossible.
Reno took Kafka to the hospital.
Also brought the strange man who fell from the sky to the hospital. After all—their lifesaver. The force that killed the Yoju—they guessed this person was also seriously injured.
Afterward—they reported the scene to the Defense Force.
After receiving the message—the Defense Force discovered something unusual.
In their system—no record of the person they described.
In other words... this guy was undocumented.
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