World War Blue

In the continent of Consume, the Segua Kingdom and the Ninteldo Empire are at war. In the Segua Kingdom, a boy named Gear travels with his friend to the capital, seeking to join the Segua army in order to avenge the death of a loved one. Segua's vice-general, Lumses, tests Gear by pitting him against fifty of her soldiers. Gear defeats them easily with his amazing speed; and Lumses, impressed by the youth's strength, enlists Gear in the Special Forces.

Tejirov trains Gear, Opal and Nel to use their "Killer" abilities, special skills possessed by only a handful of people. Lumses and Tejirov discuss the possibility that Gear is the son of a man named General Alex, even as the group sets out to rescue the General from Hope Fortress. While on their way, they find a wounded Segua scout who asks to be "absorbed." Tejirof and Opal explain that Killers can absorb the life forces of others, gaining their strength.

Gear confirms that General Alex is his father, but cannot rescue him because of the wound Alex has suffered in his cell. Tejirov tells Gear that he must instead absorb Alex. He refuses at first, but Alex says he has no choice and forces Gear to touch him. Before he is absorbed, Alex tells Gear the story of his mother, the only killer Alex considered to be his equal, whom he had to absorb after they were so badly wounded in combat that they could only survive if one of them absorbed the other.