Chapter 5: Bazz-B And Jugo

Half a year after I met Jugo, the small castle my clan lived in burned down. Yhwach burned it down.

We're gonna kill Yhwach, Jugo.

Neither of us ever said it, but we decided we'd join Yhwach's forces and then kill him.

And five years went by...

I was a natural, as usual. And Jugo...had no talent as a Quincy.

Even after five years, not only could he not collect Reishi, he couldn't even build a bow.

I was beginning to feel like partnering with Jugo wouldn't bring me any closer to killing Yhwach.

But, he trained harder at the sword and the bow than me to make up for his lack of talent. I just couldn't leave him behind.

Eventually that day finally came.

His Majesty Yhwach has declared the formation of a new combat unit! Its name is the Stern Ritter!

I'm Bazz! This is Jugo! We wanna enlist in that Stern Ritter thing!

I only came to pick up something I've been looking for. To pick up the one who is to become my right arm.

(Right here! I'm who you're looking for! I'll be your right arm!)

(And...you'll be killed by me, Yhwach!!!)

It's you.

I know your name, Jugram Haschwalth. Together we are whole.

You still haven't realized what your power is. You are the same as me. You are a Quincy with the power to share power.

Uh... Uh... Wh-What should I do, Bazz?

(Why? The both of us were supposed to get close to Yhwach and then kill him.)

(Even if both of us couldn't make it, if it had to be just one of us, it should've been me. So why is it you, Jugo?!)

(Stop that Bazz. Don't look at me like that. Aren't you happy for me?)

Let's go, Haschwalth. I need you.

Aaaaaaa!!! Die, Yhwach!!!

............!

Stop it, Bazz. The two of us fighting doesn't benefit His Majesty at all.

Doesn't benefit His Majesty...? Of course not. I came to kill him.

............

What's the matter?! Come and get me! Running away again?!

You that scared of losing to me?! Jugo!!!

Three years since you began serving Yhwach. By the time I was able to join after trying for three years,

you were already the commander of the Stern Ritter.

Maybe you were the commander from the beginning. I wasn't there then, so I wouldn't know.

In any case, you kept ignoring my challenges. Over and over. No matter how many times I taunted you, you would never fight me.

(You son of a bitch. Fight me.)

(I still haven't lost to you. Not yet...)

Burning Full Fingers!!!

Jugo. Damn it... You win...

Things don't always go the way you want them to, do they?

I thought losing to you...would sting a lot more.

............

Jugo.

From today, you're my minion.

Let's become the ultimate Quincies, Jugo.