Yuto plummeted from his window, the wind screaming in his ears. The ground rushed up to meet him, and for a moment, he thought it was the end. But then—light exploded across the night sky. A figure burst through the air at lightning speed, catching Yuto just before he hit the ground.When Yuto opened his eyes, he saw his savior—his best friend, Sousuke Kaminari, the warrior of thunder.
"Are you alright, Yuto?" Sousuke asked, smiling lightly.
Yuto nodded shakily. "Yeah… thanks to you."Before they could speak further, a dark presence emerged. A devil, its eyes glowing crimson, leapt down from Yuto's house.
"I will take both of your hearts!" the devil roared.Sousuke's expression turned fierce. He gripped his thunderbolt weapon and shouted,
"Thunder Power — Third Technique: Storm Breaker!"
With blinding speed, he lunged forward, striking the devil in the chest. But before he could tear out its heart, the devil used a dark spell—Devil Art: Escape Veins—vanishing into shadows.The devil reappeared, raising one clawed hand.
"Devil Art — Sixth Technique: Blood Needles!"
Thousands of crimson spikes shot forward. Sousuke deflected most of them with flashes of electricity, but several pierced his body, leaving him bleeding and staggering.Clenching his teeth, Sousuke roared,
"Thunder Power — Seventh Technique: Flashstorm Barrage!"
He unleashed a furious storm of lightning strikes. The devil tried to evade, but one strike cut deep across its torso. It screamed—only to regenerate its torn flesh in seconds."How annoying," Sousuke growled. The devil grinned wickedly and formed a blade of black fire.
"Devil Art — Ninth Technique: Devil Sword!"
It charged with terrifying force. Sousuke countered,
"Thunder Power — Fifth Technique: Heaven's Rumble!"
Lightning clashed with shadow, shaking the air—but the devil narrowly avoided most of the attack.Suddenly, the devil drove its sword into Sousuke, slamming him into a building. He fell, blood dripping from his wounds. Yuto cried out as the devil approached, ready to steal his heart.But Sousuke's lightning-filled eyes snapped open. His aura blazed with divine fury.
"Thunder Power — Final Technique: Wrath of Raijin!"
In a burst of pure light-speed force, he pierced through the devil's chest, tearing out its heart and shattering it to dust. The devil screamed as its body dissolved into darkness.Far away, deep in the underworld, the Devil King Akuma Ikari sat atop a throne of bones. His subordinate devils returned with stolen hearts from the human world. Those who failed faced instant execution beneath his hand. Akuma cast all the hearts into the Tree of Damnation, absorbing half their power himself and commanding his followers to take the rest.
"Bring me more hearts," he thundered, "until the human world collapses in despair!"Meanwhile, Japan's military launched an assault against the devils occupying the cities—but their bullets and tanks were useless. The entire army was wiped out overnight.Sousuke carried the injured Yuto to a hidden fortress in the mountains. There, dozens of warriors trained under glowing lanterns and holy seals.
"This," Sousuke said, "is the Devil Hunter Corps—the ones who fight to protect humanity."A tall man stepped forward, his presence commanding silence.
"I am Master Masaru Yuudai," he declared. "The Devil King Akuma Ikari has escaped his prison. Every Devil Hunter must now prepare—to destroy him once and for all!"Drums thundered across the base as new trainees lined up for battle. The war between lightning and shadows had begun.