Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 2 [Zyriot War]

Chapter 6: Dreaded Siege

"Stupid."

All around me, I could only hear that word being repeated.

I wasn't sure where I was. I was lying down, floating along what felt like the ocean.

But what my hand was gripping at wasn't water. It was a chasm of darkness.

"Stupid."

It really did irritate me.

I don't get bothered by a lot of things, but Kaido's deep cutting words rang out in my head like an echo.

I could see him now.

The brooding figure of Kaido as he lurched over me.

I wanted to squeeze my eyes shut, but I couldn't look away.

The moment he forced me to look into his empty white eyes, I was captivated.

"Stupid."

Yeah, I was pretty stupid to get so caught up in his insults.

I was even more frustrated by the fact that I punched him in the first place.

I didn't care that he stopped me. If anything, I felt relieved that he did.

At the very least, now I knew there someone stronger than me.

Someone who could stop me if I ever went too far.

But then I wondered, was that really the true "me"?

It's a question I've asked myself before.

It was after I punched Ritaka that I came to the conclusion that...

One day, I'd have to face the real me.

"Stupid."

During that encounter with Kaido, I faced him for a split second.

I saw the real "Yuuto".

I was the real "Yuuto" when I punched him.

Everything I hid my glass heart spilled out in that moment.

I felt an intense emotion well up in my heart.

It was hatred.

That scared me.

Was I a person who could only solve things with violence?

Was that my real nature?

"Stupid."

I truly lost all my composure in that moment. And it wasn't even Kaido's fault.

It was his.

Kaido isn't him. I know he isn't.

Yet in that moment, they were the exact same person to me.

In front of me wasn't Kaido anymore.