“Finally, it’s quiet…”
The Lord, who had been watching the entire battle, stood up.
“Jillian, and even my daughter, wouldn’t stand a chance. Even I in my prime couldn’t win against that.”
Zeke and Reina, who had been watching the battle on video, gasped. However, Reina had been harboring a question all along.
(It was just like Kenyya-kun… a resistance fighter… Japanese… could it be!)
That’s when Reina realized it. Having fought almost every day, Reina could somehow tell Kenyya’s habits and fighting style just by watching.
“But, he’s out of energy now. Such incredible combat skills, a shame to waste such talent… but with that fighting style, I can’t expect him to defect.”
(Also, I feel like I’ve seen that fighting style somewhere…)
The Lord wasn’t well-versed in tactics. However, with his incredible observational skills, he tried to connect the fighting habits to something. He felt like he had seen that fight somewhere, but he didn’t have enough information to connect it to Kenyya.
“Indeed, such a strong will to risk his life. He won’t be easily swayed. Those kinds of people are… !?”
“What’s wrong? Zeke.”
“No… he might already be dead. I’ve seen it many times on the battlefield.”
Zeke was imagining many strong enemies. They were proud warriors who chose suicide rather than becoming prisoners. Perhaps that KOG pilot was the same.
“No way… Lord! Please be lenient! At least spare his life!”
Reina, upon hearing that, became flustered. Reina, who was on the verge of connecting Kenyya to that pilot, was shaken.
It wasn’t confirmed that it was Kenyya yet, but she wanted to do anything to save his life.
That’s when it happened.
“Lord! Earlier, an Asgard Army transport vehicle passed by, was it for supplies?”
A communication came into the command room.
“Supplies? I haven’t heard anything about that. Are you sure it was our army?”
“Yes, there’s no doubt it was our army’s transport vehicle, so we let it through the encirclement. We also confirmed the ID… but it was heading straight to Point E, so I thought I should report it.”
(What? An ally?)
“ID? Who is it?”
“Uh, the ID is… Tanaka Issei from the Ward 13 Special District KOG Research Institute… a Second-Class Asgardian.”
“Tanaka!?”
“Do you know him? Zeke.”
“Yes, he’s a KOG researcher in this country. Hey, was that transport vehicle carrying a KOG!?”
“?… I don’t know. But the transport vehicle was the type used to carry KOGs…”
Upon hearing that report, Zeke connected all the dots. An incredibly strong resistance pilot, who was also Japanese. And Tanaka’s unit was that unit that was under research.
Zeke could only think of one person who could pilot that unit.
(Could it be!? Is that what it is? Is it you… Kenyya-kun? Are you the resistance… pilot…?)
The Lord and Zeke watched the video. A silent KOG, and a transport vehicle approaching at full speed from behind.
…
“It’s scary… even though I’m just putting in a little effort.”
Kenyya was hesitant to make a decision. He had fought with the resolve to die, but taking his own life required a different kind of courage.
Even so, if he was captured by the Empire, he didn’t know what would happen to him.
That’s why.
“Haa… okay.”
He was about to put in the effort, when it happened.
A vehicle approached at full speed from behind. From the speaker, he heard a familiar voice.
“It’s me! It’s Tanaka! I brought it! You can still fight, right!”
Kenyya, understanding everything from that voice, threw away his gun and quickly got out of the cockpit. He jumped onto the vehicle that had drifted to a stop right in front of him.
The hatch opened, and he went inside.
He didn’t understand why Tanaka had come, but he had no choice but to bet on this now.
With that unit.
With that unit that was Kenyya’s partner, he could even change this battle situation.
…
“Lord? Our army’s vehicle has arrived, is it to capture that pilot?”
“I don’t know! Zeke! What is that!”
The Lord raised his voice at the sudden irregularity.
“I, I don’t know. It’s just speculation, but I think it’s a KOG that our army was researching…”
Zeke was also confused by the sudden event. However, there was one thing he knew.
If.
If the person there was Kenyya-kun.
And if the KOG he brought was that state-of-the-art KOG.
Then the battle situation.
“Takemikazuchi, activate!”
Would change completely.
…
“Zeke! I’ll hear your explanation later!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Transmit to all units! Abandon the encirclement! Head to Point E!”
The Lord announced to the entire army. Nearly 70 remaining KOGs were all heading towards Kenyya. His voice seemed to be shaken.
(So this is it… this is the source of my unease.)
The Lord, seeing the white KOG that had appeared from the transport vehicle, shuddered. His intuition was sounding an alarm, saying that it was dangerous. If that pilot with his abnormal skills was using a custom unit, and a state-of-the-art one at that.
“With all our forces, eliminate that white KOG!”
…
“Tanaka-san. Thank you for saving me. There are many things I want to ask you, but…”
“Yeah, let’s get through this crisis first.”
Kenyya, in the KOG, communicated with Tanaka. Tanaka was communicating from inside the transport vehicle.
“The adjustments are complete. It’s the best it could be, this is its first battle. Have you decided on a name?”
Kenyya had been thinking of a name at Tanaka’s request. If so, there was only one name to give it. In the previous world, it was his partner, he had ridden it many times. It was Kenyya’s favorite unit that had even reached the world championship.
“Yes, I have the perfect name. The name of this KOG is…”
And Kenyya gripped the control stick and called out the name in a loud voice.
“Takemikazuchi! It’s the name of a god called the War God, and also the Thunder God. It’s perfect for this lightning-fast unit!”
“Takemikazuchi… from this country’s mythology, huh. It’s a good name. Thank you, Kenyya-kun.”
And Kenyya activated the KOG.
The transport vehicle opened, and the white KOG appeared.
The pure white unit raised its face and stood up, like a white, shining lightning bolt.
It stared at the black enemies.
The white lightning would confront them.
“Go, Kenyya-kun. Those invaders…”
“Let’s go! Takemikazuchi!”
“Blow them away!”