"Shinji... we don't need to make this part of your training, do we...?"
Zero's spectral form looked at Shinji standing on the rooftop, a trace of worry on his face.
Shinji had just found a deserted spot and leaped straight up here. This was the tenth floor...
Shinji waved a hand. "It's fine, Zero. Doesn't the fact that I jumped up here from down below prove that?"
"I checked it out yesterday. No one will see me along this route."
Shinji had noticed that when Zero first possessed him, he hadn't changed much.
But as time passed, he found his strength growing increasingly superhuman. Previously, those superhuman abilities had only surfaced when Zero took control of his body.
Now, however, he could use those abilities even without Zero taking control.
At first, he had struggled to control this power, but now it was becoming easier and easier to handle.
So now he wanted to test it.
Shinji bent his knees and crouched, then drove both legs upward with explosive force.
Boom! A crater appeared on the rooftop as Shinji shot away like a gust of wind.
Shinji watched the streets rush past below him as his body kept surging forward.
"It's so beautiful..." Shinji gazed at the city below.
Shinji had deliberately planned his route yesterday, and he finally came crashing down in front of a stretch of ruins.
Boom! Dust billowed as Shinji's landing smashed a large crater into the ground.
And he was certain no one had seen him.
These were the ruins where he had fought EX Black King...
After the EX Black King incident, quite a few more people had left Tokyo-3. These days, the streets were often deserted.
As a result, reconstruction efforts had been concentrated on the main buildings. Some less important groups of