Ultraman: It turns out this is the easy mode.

Dark Zagi is now looking for an opportunity. It has been lurking in the shadows of the city, its eyes fixed on Cui Ming's every move, constantly plotting to see if it can secretly infiltrate Cui Ming's consciousness and make this powerful and desirable human its human host to help it regain its power.

However, it discovered that no matter how hard it tried, using all sorts of covert methods to probe, it could not get even half a step closer to Cui Ming's consciousness, or even exert the slightest influence. It was as if there was an invisible barrier that completely isolated its power.

Noah! You're so damn vicious! Dark Zagi roared madly in its heart, its resentment almost bursting out of its mind. It was filled with resentment and anger. It just couldn't understand how Cui Ming, this guy who was strong and ruthless, could be a good match for someone like you who was inclined towards the light!
You fucking awesome!
Waaaaah! Dark Zagi's emotions completely collapsed, its spiritual body trembling slightly, filled with an indescribable sense of grievance and despair. In all its long life, it had never seen a human host so perfectly suited to it, as if it were tailor-made for it.

Indeed, in Dark Zagi's eyes, Cui Ming was the best human host, bar none. Cui Ming was ruthless and decisive, showing no mercy to his enemies, not even a shred of compassion. He would even attack those who stood in his way without any scruples. This ruthlessness and decisiveness perfectly matched Dark Zagi's style of doing things, making him the host it had been searching for.

Of course, Cui Ming's actions were never unprovoked violence or reckless behavior. Most of the time, it was because some idiots were courting death and deliberately walked into his line of fire, thus delaying his important business.

For example, once, Cui Ming was rushing to the battlefield where the alien beasts appeared, ready to join the battle, when a clueless guy blocked his way, grabbed Cui Ming's arm tightly, and kept nagging him to help save the injured pigeons by the roadside first, completely disregarding the urgent time for battle.

Cui Ming lost his patience immediately. Without saying a word, he kicked the man in the stomach without any mercy. The kick was so powerful that the man bent over and vomited, unable to even stand up. Cui Ming showed no mercy and turned to rush to the battlefield.

Dark Zagi admired Choi Ming so much—his ruthlessness, his decisiveness, and even more so his unwavering determination to pursue his own goals regardless of societal norms. This quality only strengthened Dark Zagi's resolve to make Choi Ming his human form.

It repeatedly tried to secretly bewitch Cui Ming, using all sorts of mental methods to constantly test and entice him at the edge of his consciousness, trying to shake Cui Ming's mind, make him lower his guard, accept its possession, and coexist and win together with it.

However, every attempt to entice and test always resulted in the same word, a cold and resolute one: Get out!

"Aaaaaah! Storm One! Why! Why!!!" Dark Zagi roared madly in its heart, its howl almost tearing its spirit apart, filled with extreme incomprehension and resentment. It couldn't understand why Cui Ming, whom it valued so much and regarded as the most perfect host, would not accept it, why it would rather follow Noah than coexist with it and become stronger with its power.

The more unattainable something is, the more it haunts one's dreams and the more one yearns to possess it. This saying couldn't be more fitting to describe Dark Zagi's state of mind right now.

Dark Zagi now craves Triumph so much that it has penetrated deep into its spiritual core and is almost devouring it. Its heart and eyes are filled with Triumph, and it is doing everything it can to achieve one goal—to make Triumph its human form!
After all, in Dark Zagi's eyes, Cui Ming was truly amazing. His ruthless and decisive style of doing things, his unwavering determination and indifference to external things, all of these qualities touched its heart. He was the perfect host it had been searching for its entire life.

Of course, if Emperor Abbott knew Dark Zagi's current obsession, he would probably find common ground with it and might even hit it off immediately. After all, Emperor Abbott is in the same boat, also harboring a strong obsession with Triumph. However, his thoughts differ from Dark Zagi's. He doesn't want Triumph to be his human form, but rather hopes that Triumph can abandon his human identity, become one of his kind, and stand shoulder to shoulder with him to wield the power of darkness.

This is probably what people often mean when they say that what you can't have is always the best. The more unattainable something is, the more persistent and craving it becomes, even if that craving is destined to be futile.

Of course, Noah wasn't idle either. It had been silently watching Dark Zagi's movements, and when it finally saw Dark Zagi repeatedly run into obstacles and suffer setbacks, failing to bewitch Cui Ming as it had hoped, it immediately used its consciousness connection to talk to Cui Ming about some trivial but enjoyable things.

"Come more, come more, I love watching." Noah's tone was full of laughter, with a hint of mockery, completely lacking his usual authority, and full of the look of someone who loved watching the fun.

"You have so much skill?" Cui Ming's tone remained calm, tinged with a hint of helplessness. He was currently busy investigating the whereabouts of the alien beasts, and he hadn't expected Noah to chat with him at this time.

"It's rare to see Dark Zagi get its comeuppance." Noah said in a light tone, making no attempt to hide his joy, after all, Dark Zagi had always used some underhanded tricks to annoy it before.

“That makes sense.” Cui Ming nodded slightly, agreeing with Noah’s words. He also knew that Noah had been annoyed by Dark Zagi’s tricks.

Noah had been annoyed by Dark Zagi's underhanded tactics many times before. Although those tactics could not harm it in the slightest or pose any threat to it, they were still incredibly annoying! The feeling of being secretly harassed and having someone pull tricks on it from time to time was extremely uncomfortable.

Now, seeing Dark Zagi yearning for Triumph's life but being repeatedly rejected, unable even to get close to Triumph's consciousness, and only able to stand by anxiously and sullenly, Noah was truly happy. That long-suppressed feeling of unease was finally swept away, and he felt completely refreshed.

And in this situation
The fifth apostle, the Thunder Angel, has finally arrived.

Kaworu, who was secretly observing the situation and occasionally keeping an eye on Choi's movements, immediately sensed this familiar yet terrifying energy fluctuation. He abruptly looked up in the direction from which the energy was coming, his composure vanishing instantly. He then raised his hand and slapped his face hard, his tone filled with helplessness and frustration, muttering under his breath, "Oh no, we're doomed." (End of Chapter)