Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! (The Eminence in Shadow)

(1) Being Human Means You Will Be Evaporated By Nuclear

Author: Aizawa Daisuke

　I don't remember what triggered it. However, by the time I was able to remember, I already longed for The Eminence in The Shadows. Whether it is anime or manga or movies or whatever. If it's the power behind the scenes, I'm fine with whatever it is.

　He wasn't the main character or the final boss, but an existence that intervened behind the scenes and showed off his abilities. I miss such powerful people behind the scenes, and I want to be like that.

　Like the hero everyone admired when they were kids, to me, he was an influential person behind the scenes. No more than that. However, unlike children who yearn to be heroes, my fever never lasts for a moment.

　Karate, boxing, kendo, mixed martial arts... He did everything in his power to learn what he needed to become stronger, and continued to hide his abilities. For that day to come.

　I was mediocre at school. A harmless mob A that never stands out.

　However, behind the scenes of everyday life, he devotes all his time to training. That's my youth and student life. But as time went on, then my anxiety began to creep in. It's time to face reality.

　Yes, even doing this is useless.

　No matter how many martial arts you learn in the streets, you can't get overwhelming power like the power behind the scenes in the world of stories.

　All I can do is beat up some thugs. It's hard when the projectiles come out, and ends when you were surrounded by "heavily armed soldiers". A strong man in the shadows being beaten by a soldier... laughable. laughable.

　Even if I train for decades, even if I become the strongest fighter in the world, I believe I will be beaten if I'm surrounded by soldiers. No, maybe something will work. If humans were trained, it was possible that even if they were surrounded by soldiers, they would only hit back.

　However, even if you overthrow a soldier, if a nuke falls on your head, it will evaporate, that is the human limit.

　This is the only thing I can confirm. The power behind the shadows that I longed for would not evaporate in the nucleus. That's why I, too, have to become a person who doesn't evaporate in a nuclear blast.

　What do we need to keep from evaporating by the nuclear?

　　 ◆ Punch power?

　　 ◆ A body of steel?

　　 ◆ Inexhaustible stamina?

　It's not like that.... We need different and different powers. Yes, magic power, mana, qi, aura, whatever. It was necessary to take on "unknown" power. That's the answer I got after facing reality.

　For example, let's say someone is looking for magical power.

　I'm sure everyone will question their sanity.

　So am I. I would question your sanity as well.

　But what do you think?

　No one in this world has yet proven the existence of magic. But, no one has ever proven that magic does not exist. In my sanity, I can't get the power I'm aiming for. It must be on the verge of madness.

　Training after that was extremely difficult.

　No one knew how to get magical power, mana, ki, aura, anything like that. I sat meditating, hit by the waterfall, meditated, fasted, practiced yoga, repented, sought the spirit, prayed to God, crucified myself.

　There is no correct answer. In the darkness, just push through the path you believed in. And time passes, and I reach the last summer of high school.

　Magic power, mana, energy, and aura have yet to be found...

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　When I finished my usual training, the area was completely dark.

　I put on the underwear I had thrown away beside me and put on my school uniform. I haven't obtained the unknown power yet... However, he felt that the training he had done recently gave a good response.

　I still do.

　After completing my training, my head is flickering and my vision is shaky. Is it magical power... or is it an aura? You can definitely feel the impact. I can say that today's training was really fulfilling.

　By stripping off your clothes and getting naked in the forest, you can feel the universe, and by constantly hitting your head on a big tree, you physically eliminate distractions and stimulate your brain to awaken an unknown power.

　It is a very logical training method.

　Oh my vision is blurry.

　It's like having a concussion.

　Fluffy, as if I were flying in the sky, I descended the forest.

　At that moment, I suddenly saw a flickering light. Two lights cross each other as if swimming in the air. It's a strange light. It's strangely leading me as if to invite me.

"M-Magic power?..."

　I approach with unsteady steps.

　I'm sure... it's definitely magic!

　At last I have found an unknown power!.... Before I knew it, my steps turned into sprints, and even if his legs got caught in the roots of a tree, he would roll over and run like a beast.

"Magic! Magic! Magic! Magic! Magic! Magic! Magic! Magic!!!"

　I jumped out in front of the two lights and caught them...

"Ah?......"

　The headlights dyed the world white.

　A loud squeak of brakes echoed in my head.

　The impact pierced through my body, and my... magical power....

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　As a result, I was able to find magic.

　When I woke up, my surroundings were filled with magic.

　It feels a little different than the last two lights I've seen, but that's a minor issue. Even more trivial things are coincidentally reincarnated. I believe he discovered magic and opened the door of reincarnation. It doesn't matter.

　For now, I'm a few months old boy.  Recently my consciousness has become clearer, and my sense of time is still blurry... and I don't know exactly where it is. And above all, I didn't know the language..... and it was enough to know that it was like a civilization like medieval Europe.

　After all, I got my magical power. That's all there is to it, and I'm not interested in the process or the extras.

　As soon as I woke up, I noticed this magical power.  The appearance of the glowing particles... drifting about was just like the feeling I had in my previous life when I ran around naked in a field of flowers to search for spirits.

　The training was not in vain.  The proof is that I can immediately feel magical power, and now I can manipulate it like limbs. I felt this feeling when I was attached to the cross naked while referring to Christ..... No,  but when I repeatedly convert to religion and dance and pray naked.... Maybe all my training is alive.

　I have already confirmed that I can strengthen my body.

　I'll use the baby's extra time for training, and this time I'll become a powerful person in the shadows.

　Come to think of it, birds seem to excrete feces, but human babies are almost like that too. No matter how much I tried to resist with excuses, I whispered that my instincts would come out. However, I devoted myself to training, bought time, and tightening my anal sphincter muscles with physical strengthening, in the meantime...

"Ogiyaaaaaaaaaa!!"

　I call for help.