"Senior, we came here for one purpose."

"To surpass you."

"And then become you."

"To become The Reaper."

"Only then can we truly-"

"Survive."

Looking up to their revered upperclassman from the past, the young men became cyborgs in order to become upperclassmen themselves. They had energy cores implanted in their chests, and evolved into similar monsters with a similar spirit. Then, on the highest peak in South America, five younger students and their upperclassman transformed into similar monsters, with their scarves flapping in the wind.

"Don't try to become me. There is already one of me. Just be yourselves." As the monster with the remaining skeletal features of a face mask spoke, he took on his usual stance. In response, the three monsters across from him accelerated and charged towards him.

The battle didn't last long, and eventually the monster pulled the hand that had pierced through his younger student's chest out of the corpse. He walked towards the imprisoned red-haired girl...

Now, the red-haired girl stood with her arms crossed, watching as the two transformed beings before her erupted into a violent metal storm. Was this guest also the cafe owner's younger student? The person facing away from her was covered entirely in a mechanized suit, or rather, their body had transformed into a machine. She couldn't understand, no matter how many times she looked at it. How did their bodies transform into machines? Though it now appeared to be made of mechanical parts, lacking any sense of flesh, when they fought each other, blood would spray out.

The monster who was just the cafe owner previously emitted a dim red light from all the cracks on his head, chest, back, arms, and legs. Even with his back turned, the girl could recall the face she had seen in the not-too-distant past, looking up at it in the darkness: the narrow, mesh-gridded eyes of a knight's helmet, now also glowing a dim red.

The cafe owner's appearance after transforming was like that of a warrior in a high-tech knight's armor, which was uncommon. The girl had worked in that café for three years and had already seen many cyborgs. They had different appearances, with some having two rows of propulsion nozzles on their backs, muscular bodies covered in black metal armor plates resembling a killer whale's face, sharp fins on both arms, and many micro-mechanical arms extending from their backs. But there were also adorable little girls who, despite having countless small mechanical arms opened on their backs, had bodies and faces no different from that of an ordinary junior high school girl. The most distinctive one was a plump man who, after transforming, resembled a magical girl wearing a strange bubble skirt and holding a magic wand.

Cyborgs with stable, knight-like appearances like the cafe owner were rare. The girl, whose name was Chiori, had only seen younger students with similar appearances. However, the guest standing in front of the cafe owner now had a similar appearance, albeit with a different facial structure. The cafe owner had always maintained a distorted, bone-like and terrifying look on his helmet, but the other cyborg that stood across from him now emitted a dazzling blue light and had a more traditional knight-like appearance.

"Drink up!" The red mecha knight unleashed a lightning-fast punch, a speed so swift that it blew the cups off a nearby table. However, the blue mecha knight countered with the same speed, throwing a punch at the same time. The fists collided, sparking violently, and blue blood mixed with the machine fluid sprayed between the fists from their bodies. Without hesitation, the red mecha knight immediately thrust his left hand like a spear.

Chiori knew that this seemingly ordinary blow was deadly, aimed deep within the chest to hit their energy core, buried within both machine and flesh. More than once, Chiori had watched the red mecha knight use this blow to pierce through the chests of other cyborgs, striking their energy cores.

The violent sparks that erupted once again betrayed Chiori's expectations. The blue mecha knight swung their right fist outward from inside, and their armored arm collided with the red mecha knight's arm that had just pierced through them. Not only did this prevent the piercing attack, but the blue mecha knight also immediately opened their right fist and used their mechanized fingers to tightly grab the red mecha knight's arm.The five fingers that grabbed the arm and the mecha that covered the arm squeezed each other, making the sound of metal crushing against metal.

"Ha!"

The blue mecha knight sneered and took a step forward, approaching the red mecha knight.

In the next moment, he lifted his head and unhesitatingly rammed his facial armor into the opposing mecha's face armor. Not only did this cause intense sparks, but the red mecha knight's face armor was also cracked open upon impact, causing blood to burst out.

Under the cracks was not the face she was accustomed to seeing, but a structure that had suffered considerable damage, like that of a machine.

The red mecha knight, whose left arm had been caught, was supposed to have been pushed back by this hit, but he had instead suffered continuous direct punches to his abdomen, delivered by the blue mecha knight.

"This isn't possible," Chiyo couldn't help but clench the tray in her hand tightly. She had witnessed the shop owner fall short in battles against cyborgs and knew that battles with them were never smooth or easy. But this current blue mecha knight, who was actually her junior, was different from the powerful cyborgs she had seen in the past. He had no extraordinary abilities or powers like Mr. Orca. Using similar capabilities and tactics, he was able to suppress the shop owner's cyborg.

This was the first time Chiyo had seen this in the past three years.

She didn't have much time to hesitate, and turned around decisively to rush into the basement.

The red mecha knight was enduring continuous punches to his abdomen by his opponent's left fist and had grabbed onto the blue mecha knight's shoulder. He immediately used his heel as the fulcrum and pulled on the blue knight's shoulders to make him fall backwards.

The opposing mecha was also immediately dragged down, using mechanical hands to attempt to regain its own balance by propping up on the chest of the red mecha knight.

But things weren't that simple!

The red mecha knight fell to the ground, kicked the blue mecha knight in the stomach, shooting him into the air, where he made a half circle before falling to the ground, his back hitting it hard.

The wooden floor that the blue mecha knight had crashed into immediately sank, making a cracking sound of broken wooden items.

This is going to cost money to repair again!

Despite being a mecha, the red mecha knight still had the heart of a coffee shop owner and let out a roar of anger. He used his hand to prop himself up and stood.

He flipped over and used his knee to top the blue mecha knight's chest and his two fists to pound the armor on the knight's face.

The fully mechanized head was thrown off balance, first moving to the right and then to the left, leaving two visible dents on the face armor. The floors on either side of the head were both covered in light blue, glowing fluid that had been splattered out due to the heavy blows.

It wasn't over yet!

The red mecha knight clenched his hands together like a heavy hammer and swung them down towards the blue mecha knight's face armor, like a decisive blow!

"Die!"

The red mecha knight roared.

"Senior!"

The blue mecha knight raised his hands and grabbed the double arms that were striking him.

[Y Survival!]

Suddenly, the blue mecha knight's face armor emitted a yellow light, revealing patterns reminiscent of medieval knights.

At the same time, the hands that were tightly holding the red mecha knight's arms suddenly became even stronger, breaking and crushing his arms instead of just holding them tightly.

Not only did sparks fly, but metal fragments also exploded everywhere. The red mecha knight immediately used his foot to kick the blue knight's chest before stepping back, breaking free from the mechanical fingers that had clung onto his arms.

"You, you're just like me..."

His arms hung down weakly as he watched the slowly rising blue mecha knight.

No, he wasn't blue anymore. The light emanating from the mecha's seams was yellow.

At the same time, yellow hexagonal metal fragments began to fly slowly around his body. These fragments weren't just repairing the dents in his face armor, but were also covering new armor plating all over his body.

Not only did he have multiple forms like me, but his different energy forms were also similar to mine?

As expected he had turned into the most troublesome enemy, this damn kid!

Thinking this, the red mecha knight's face armor also changed, transitioning from a skull-like visor to a wolf-like visor with a sense of speed.Following the shattered arm armor, leg armor, and chest armor, the pieces of the armor covering the body exploded, turning into blue transparent hexagonal metal fragments in the air before returning to the body of the now-blue mecha knight that used to be red.

【B·infighter】

Unlike the thick armor in its previous red form, the current form's armor became much thinner but in turn...

The B·infighter charged forward, throwing an even faster straight punch that bypassed the yellow mecha knight's arm that was attempting to block the punch.

It hit the yellow mecha knight's chest directly, creating a fierce spark. The yellow mecha knight staggered back a few steps after receiving the heavy blow and glanced down at his chest, finding only minor damage before looking up to locate his opponent.

However, he could not find him, and a direct punch landed near his flank.

Then, the experienced B·infighter, who had taken control of the attack, tugged at the blue light trail, making it disappear again, only to reappear on the other side of the yellow mecha knight.

He raised his elbow and attacked the yellow mecha knight's neck with his sharp-armored elbow.

By the time the yellow mecha knight reacted, the elbow had hit his neck hard, followed by a forceful push against his neck and body, throwing him to the ground.

So, this is the form that enhances speed?

The yellow mecha knight thought this as he lay on the ground while hearing the sound of steam being released from above.

He looked up and saw rows of exhaust ports opened on the veteran's arms and shoulders, releasing hot steam.

I need to summon up more energy too...

Thinking this, he got up, leaning on the ground while the veteran was busy releasing hot steam and did not immediately chase after him.

When Senko returned with usable weapons from the basement, she found that the blue mecha knight had already left the store.

In the wrecked shop, only one person lay on the ground, with a large hole in his chest: the shop owner.