I can't remember when I was going to have an opportunity, or maybe everything I've experienced so far is an opportunity.

So far, I've been looking forward to [Shadow Strength] for a long time - it's neither the protagonist nor the final boss, but simply intervenes in the story with its own power and shows its own strength.

Just as most people want to be heroes when they are children, it is my dream to become a shadow powerhouse.

But unlike ordinary children, my thoughts are not three minutes of heat, but constantly, constantly burning like a flame in the depths of my heart, burning me all the time.

Karate, boxing, kendo, mixed martial arts...... Acquire everything necessary to become stronger, and then silently hide your strength.

Just for the day that will come or will come, for the day when it is time to show strength.

Living every day in school and then spending everything on becoming stronger when others are not paying attention, this is my daily life, my youth, my everything.

Becoming a Shadow Strength has become everything to me before I know it.

However, I knew that there was no point in doing so - no matter how much I learned the fighting techniques that were ubiquitous on the roadside, practiced all kinds of techniques desperately, and even used the time after I physically eliminated distractions by hitting my head against the tree, I still couldn't get the most important thing as a Shadow Strengther.

Overwhelming power.

At present, the most I can do is to teach a few armed thugs a lesson, and it will be very difficult to face a trained opponent with a weapon in hand, and if I am surrounded by soldiers who are heavily armed and armed with guns, then this is the end of my life.

The [Shadow Strength] who was beaten by ordinary humans, what are you kidding?

But that's my limit, no matter how hard I work, the end of my strength is here.

No, if I continue, continuously, and constantly train and absorb all kinds of techniques, it is possible for me to fight my way out of the army on the basis of using the terrain as a thoroughly mature martial artist.

But there's one thing I definitely can't beat – a nuclear bomb.

Only this is the only thing I can completely guarantee, no matter how far I train my body, if I drop a nuclear bomb on my head, I will also be directly vaporized, this is the limit of human beings.

You have to have enough power to resist a nuclear bomb, and the so-called [Shadow Strength] must do this, and you must have an overwhelming force that won't be afraid of anything.

But how?

What do I have to do to get such abilities?

Is it fist power?

Is it flesh of steel?

Or is it a trick that has been honed a thousand times?

None of the answers are true - there has to be something heterogeneous, like the kind of energy that is shown in anime and movies.

Qi, Mana, magic, aura, anything, anything.

Gotta get that kind of thing.

I know a lot of people think my brain isn't normal, but while no one can prove that these things exist, no one can prove that these things don't exist, can they?

If my sanity doesn't allow me to get what I want, then I'm going crazy.

Sitting meditation, meditating under a waterfall, meditating, going on a hunger strike, yoga, proselytizing, finding a jinn, praying to God, crucifying myself, I don't know how many things I've tried over the years.

But it doesn't work, it doesn't work, it doesn't work at all!

No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn't find an answer.

But I will never give up, becoming a Shadow Strength is everything to me, and even if there is complete darkness ahead, I will continue to move forward.

Of course, at the same time, as a newborn powerhouse who has stepped into the darkness, I am also going to start my activity.

It's not about eradicating rape and eliminating evil, intervening in one incident after another, pushing for different endings with one's own will, beating the mobs so much that all the rampers wear helmets.

But I didn't expect that I would be able to rescue the one called Nishimura in my daily activities? It's still Nishinomura, forget it, no matter what it's called, anyway, with her identity background, she should be able to appear as an important role.

And I, in the routine of rescuing such a guy, met a guy with the ability he dreamed of.

It was a boy who looked like I was ordinary-looking, but the moment I saw him, I knew that this strong man was not the kind of NPC that could be found everywhere on the side of the road, but the final boss who had to go through countless levels, or even clear several levels, before he could find some clues in the background.

Standing before me, like the overwhelming black curtain, swept in, mysterious, vast, unpredictable, no, more like a black hole than the black curtain, exuding a compelling force.

It's not that he doesn't deliberately hide himself, but people who don't have enough strength and wisdom may not even be aware of his existence.

He asked me if I needed strength?

Isn't that certain?

I'm sure, very, totally wanted, more power, enough to counter the power of a nuclear bomb!

However, this strong man who did not hide himself at all and let his appearance be exposed said to me - "Hold this hand, become my subordinate, become a member of the Eight Masterpieces, and I will take you to witness the truth of the world." But you have to remember that the loyalty I ask for is absolute, and once you join, you will die a creative death if you betray. ”

To be honest, I don't think it matters if I die—after all, not being able to become a Shadow Strength is worse for me than dying.

But the Eight Masterpieces set sounds like some kind of organization that is acting in the dark and wants to dominate the world, maybe I bumped into the big boss behind the scenes and started recruiting his subordinates.

Originally, theoretically I wanted to make a fool of myself and run away as soon as I got the power, but those eyes looked at me, and I knew one thing without doubt - if I wanted to betray, then I would really die very creatively, and even my soul could not escape.

The feeling was so intense, so strong that I saw scenes that I had never seen before, just like the apocalypse in religious legends, and the feeling was so intense, as if it were completely real.

So I hesitated, probably for a few seconds, but when I asked him if he could have the power to resist a nuclear bomb, all the hesitation seemed so unnecessary as he nodded.

Join us!

If I can't become a Shadow Strength at all, then it would be nice to become a Shadow Boss like Aizen Sosuke!

That's right, pledge my loyalty and become a member of the final boss of the shadow, and from today onwards, I will be a member of the final boss's eight masters!

Swish!

Kageno opened his eyes with reluctance, the morning sun shining directly on his face, he shook his head, and muttered, "Is it a dream?" ”

The mirror in front of the window reflected the sturdy body and the countless scars crisscrossing it, and at the heart, a quaint word 'wind' was slowly spinning and disappearing.

"It's not a dream, okay, in order to become a competent Shadow Boss, from today, start fighting!"