The Absolute Godspeed of Infinite Worlds

Kurogane Ouma.

He is the eldest son of the current head of the Kurogane family, and the older brother of Ikki and Shizuku.

Unlike his completely talentless younger brother, Kurogane Ouma was born with unparalleled extraordinary talent.

During his elementary school days, he participated in the league's elementary school tournament and effortlessly won the championship, already becoming a renowned A-rank Knight at that time.

He is the only Blazer Knight in Japanese history to have earned an A-rank evaluation during elementary school.

Shinguuji Kurono and Saikyo Nene only obtained their A-rank ratings in high school.

But after winning the league championship, he disappeared from the public eye.

Though he is still nominally registered at Akatsuki Academy, barely counted as a student of the Seven Star Academy, it seems he never actually attended school nor appeared in public.

It has been five years since then.

"In these five years, there's been absolutely no news of our eldest brother. The family doesn't even know if he's alive or dead. At one point, some thought he was dead and were preparing to name Shizuku as the next head of the family,"

Ikki explained in detail.

He ran away from home four years ago, so he still knows some of what happened back then, and Shizuku often complains to him.

Among the three siblings of the Kurogane family, Ouma is unquestionably the strongest, followed by Shizuku, while Ikki is practically invisible.

At least within the Kurogane family, that's how it is.

There are even many in the Kurogane clan who regard Ikki's existence as a disgrace, a thorn in their side, and want to get rid of him by any means.

Last year, Ikki couldn't even take the internal tests because members of the Kurogane clan bribed the former chairman to suppress Ikki's path as a Blazer, which led to him repeating a year.

In their eyes, if Ikki became a professional knight, it would disgrace the Kurogane family.

So Ikki's situation last year was very harsh. Even when the former chairman ordered Kirihara Shizuya to fire magic arrows at him in public, Ikki could not resist or show any hostility, because any sign of resistance would be used as an excuse to expel him.

Fortunately, this year Shinguuji Kurono took office and swiftly cleansed the remnants of the former chairman's influence, giving Ikki a chance.

This is a side note.

"Why has Ouma, who disappeared for five years, suddenly reappeared and is now conspiring with a clearly malicious puppeteer?"

Eiji couldn't understand.

The faint memories he had of the original story didn't include these details, so he was completely unable to analyze the background.

"I don't know,"

Ikki gave a bitter smile.

He still respected his eldest brother very much, and calling it conspiring made him feel uncomfortable.

But Eiji was right. If it weren't for that puppeteer, they wouldn't have been attacked one after another, and even Renren wouldn't have ended up like this.

No one knew what Ouma's true intentions were while staying with that puppeteer.

"I say, Ikki, why do you still call him your brother? Does that guy even care about you?"

Stella saw his painful expression and couldn't help but speak up for him.

"That guy never cared about you from the start. He said he had already cut ties and that he had no younger siblings. Do you still treat such a person as your brother?"

"What did he say?"

"Well..."

Ikki helplessly explained.

Through the speakers on the stone puppet controlled by the puppeteer, Ouma appeared and immediately declared his identity.

He had no intention of hiding it and acted openly.

Ikki was shocked by the news from his older brother and couldn't help but greet him.

"I have already cut ties with the Kurogane family. I have no parents, no younger siblings."

That's what Ouma said at the time.

"Pfft!"

Eiji couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Isn't that just classic chuunibyou?"

Uh.

Everyone at the scene fell silent, and Ikki was speechless.

No matter how bad the family relationship was, or how much he had cut ties, he shouldn't say things like "I have no parents," which basically denies the blood relationship.

How disrespectful.

"Thinking about it like that, yeah, it's a bit of that."

The rich lady at the side nodded in agreement.

"Ahem..."

Ikki awkwardly cleared his throat and continued explaining.

Ouma completely ignored Ikki.

He didn't see him as a brother at all. His words immediately targeted Stella.

"You'd better get stronger with three times the effort you have now, or you'll regret it when you die."

His words were as cold as a blade.

His tone was filled with resolute killing intent.

Stella had no idea why Kurogane Ouma was targeting her. Confused but strong-willed by nature, she immediately snapped back, saying she would make him regret it.

And that was the end of it.

The communication cut off right after.

No one had any clue about his intentions.

Nor did they know who that ruthless puppeteer really was.

Their goals and motives were completely unknown.

"Everywhere feels like the calm before the storm,"

Eiji muttered to himself.

In short, the only thing to do was to keep getting stronger!

As long as I become stronger than I am now, I won't have to worry — all problems can be thrown back to the opponent!

Not long after, a private jet from the Totokubara Consortium arrived, taking the unconscious Renren to a hospital affiliated with them, where specialized Blazer doctors would treat her.

The rest of the group boarded a bus back to Hagun Academy, since they still needed to report the situation to the chairman.

"At the end of the day, there was no 'tokusatsu' romance at all!"

At the school gate of Hagun Academy,

Stella got off the bus, stretched lazily, and complained with a look of disappointment.

"Isn't being a Blazer kind of romantic too?"

Eiji, getting off after her, couldn't help but retort.

"That's different! Tokusatsu has this feeling like something from a TV show is coming to life!"

Stella rolled her eyes unladylike, clearly disagreeing with Eiji's point.

Under the sunset glow,

The earth and school grounds were bathed in golden light, and pink cherry blossoms drifted gracefully along the slopes on both sides, adding an extraordinary beauty to the scene.

"Excuse me, is the school's worst student, Ikki, here?"

A very unpleasant voice came from near the school gate.

Everyone stopped and looked toward the source of the voice.

A black car was parked on the road beside the school gate.

After the driver respectfully bent down and opened the rear door, a short and plump middle-aged man stepped out.

He wore a deep red suit, a bowler hat on his head, and held a cane. His round figure looked comical.

"I am Akaza from the Ethics Committee of the League's Japanese Branch. I have orders to bring back Hagun Academy's top 'worst student' Kurogane Ikki to the branch for interrogation. I hope he knows his place!"

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