Gunha's defeat

#7, Sogiita Gunha, lay collapsed on the ground with obvious wounds all over his body.
He was lying face-up, staring at the starry sky.

The intense fighting had left its mark on the area. One side of the mountain of
containers had collapsed, the asphalt had been ripped up, and in some places, the
ground itself had split and was rising up like a cliff.

Even after doing all that, he hadn’t been able to win.

During that fight, the man who should have become a magic god had been above Sogiita
Gunha.

(Wow…)

He had been beaten down with an overwhelming power, yet his eyes were filled with a
pure light. It was the light of hope. The world was still overflowing with ridiculous
monsters, and there were plenty of things he didn’t know about. The world was vast.
That was the honest feeling wrapped around #7. It was obvious, but the world was vast.

(The world is filled with amazing people.)

#7 hadn’t been up to it this time. And most likely, that man who should have become a
Magic God had been holding back. It had felt like he was playing around. #7 had faced
him with all his might, but the man had easily dealt with it, and then spared his life to
boot.

It had been overwhelming.

Sogiita Gunha understood that truth as he stared up at the starry sky, and then he slowly
stood up.

It was much like the action of someone waking from a midday nap.

He spoke as he raised his hands and slowly stretched.

“Now then. I need to renew my guts and train myself all over again.”
- To Aru Majutsu no Index OT SS2