Lifting the broken body of the only person who saw him for who he was, he chocked down on the sob that was threatening to escape his throat.

That idiot. Jumping in front of him to protect him. Why did she have to take that shot for him. It was his fault that he could not protect her. If he had used his powers, used his knowledge of medicine, used his tentacles for medical purposes, none of this would have happened.

Because of him, she was dying. Never going to open her eyes, never going to be able to fulfill her dreams of helping her dear students.

Aguri Yukimura was dead.

And it was all his fault.