Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

"Zoffy, Ultraman, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Taro, Ultraman Ace, become my power and destroy my enemies! Hahahaha!"

Just like before, the Baltan alien threw the Ultra Fusion Card into the ominous pulp. With a cracking sound, the black and gray Ultraman body appeared in front of Jugglus Juggler. The cosmic swordsman looked solemn and thrust his sword straight at him, hoping to finish one off in advance with the most ferocious swordsmanship. However, the power and coordination of these five bodies exceeded his expectations. In just two rounds, Jugglus Juggler was kicked away and crashed heavily into Subaru Gen.

"Is light...driven by darkness?"

Ok?

Jugglus Juggler, wincing in pain, heard Subaru's whisper. He instinctively looked at the boy, only to find a resolute expression completely opposite to the boy's bewildered tone. This startled Jugglus, who couldn't help but speak aloud:

"What are you going to do?"

"If light is destined to fall into darkness..."

However, Subaru seemed not to hear Jugglus Juggler's words, setting him aside and drawing his Evolution Truster, speaking in an extremely calm tone:

"Then burn away the darkness before you fall, Nexus!"

Seeing the giant radiating light, Jugglus Juggler sighed in exasperation, propped himself up with his sword, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said helplessly:

"That's why kids shouldn't go to the battlefield, especially stubborn little guys like you should get lost!"

Subaru was no longer hearing Jugglus Juggler's words. The giant, who was completely focused on fighting the five Ultraman bodies, was so enraged that even the Baltan alien couldn't help but take two steps back.

Seeing the battle so intense that figures were almost blurred into mosaics, Jugglus Juggler had given up on participating. The previous flesh-smeared monsters had also been wiped out by the aftershocks of the six-person battle. Therefore, he gripped the Serpent Heart Sword and charged towards the Baltan alien. He remembered this little lobster alien; he had been beaten up by Gai Kurenai two or three times in space before. He didn't expect this guy to be so vengeful, even chasing him all the way to Earth. In that case, Gai, I'll take this enemy for you.

"Wow!!!"

On the other side, these five original bodies were actually created from the remaining power of the Ultramen. Their combined fighting power was beyond imagination, and Nexus's Meta Domain did not even have a chance to be released.

After enduring three to five rounds, Gen Subaru was completely suppressed and put on the defensive. He was eventually broken by a flying kick from Ultraman Jack's body. Before Gen Subaru could get back into position, he was hit into the air by the five people working together, like a sandbag. If Gen Subaru hadn't gritted his teeth, accumulated a wave of energy, and forcibly broken the formation of the five people, he would have been hit to death in the air.

"Retreat. This is not an enemy you can handle. Go back and find Kai to come with you."

Jugglus Juggler, having dealt with the Baltan aliens, teleported to Subaru's side, frowning as he called out, but Subaru still didn't respond. He tapped the energy core on his chest with [Armed Nexus], and then, with a roar, endless light energy surged from it. In an instant, the silver-black giant transformed into a burning 'torch,' and even his body began to become transparent. Jugglus Juggler could even see the 'Nexus Fusion Card,' which served as the core, disintegrating.

"Why are you getting so hung up on this? Is it really that serious?!"

Jugglus Juggler, rubbing his forehead in exasperation, wanted to leave on his own, but he couldn't bear to leave Subaru behind. So he could only hide in what he considered a relatively safe corner, yelling and shouting:

"As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. Subaru, stop and come with me!"

"I... will never succumb to darkness!"

What on earth triggered this kid's anger...?

Jugglus sighed deeply, giving up on persuasion. There was nothing more to say. After taking him back today, he'd leave the problem child to Kai to deal with. He refused to take him with him anymore; it was too much trouble... Hmm?!

Suddenly realizing something, Jugglus Juggler poked his head out from behind the barrier. Just now, he sensed a light different from Nexus's, but what he saw was a light responding to Subaru from among the five filthy bodies, which then broke through the writhing flesh and flew out.

It's a replica of the power of light from the cards...

Jugglus's eyes were illuminated by the five bright rays of light as he watched them merge into Nexus's body.

So that's how it is. They chose you too...

Looking at Nexus, whose entire body was radiating a seven-colored glow, Jugglus Juggler smiled slightly, spread his hands into a megaphone, and shouted towards Subaru:

"Kick him one more time to avenge me!"

"Sa!"

Yuan Mao responded, and then, with a flicker of light and shadow, the five filthy bodies vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.

"Ha~~ Finally finished, let's go, little guy, you..."

"I see, I see..."

Seeing that the crisis was over, Jugglus Juggler walked towards Subaru Genji, who had de-transformed, while talking. But as he got closer, he heard Subaru Genji's relieved whisper. Then, the boy looked up, his face full of smiles, and grabbed Jugglus Juggler's arm. Before the cosmic swordsman could understand what was going on, a soft light merged into Jugglus Juggler's body.

"you?!"

"Light will never disappear. No matter how strong the darkness is, there will always be a faint glimmer of light shining through."

Gen Subaru pointed to his chest, where the Ultra Fusion Card was still disintegrating. The boy's desperate attack had ultimately led it to its self-destruction.

However, Subaru smiled nonchalantly, looking at the somewhat bewildered Jugglus Juggler in front of him, and continued:

"I'm leaving now, and I don't know when we'll meet again, so Mr. Jugglus, please accept my light."

"Do you mean I've been chosen by you?"

As Jugglus Juggler felt the light flowing through his body, he couldn't help but say, with a mixture of mockery and self-mockery:

"How pathetic that I've been chosen by a little guy like you."

“It’s not about being chosen. I just hope... that when Mr. Jugglus feels lonely or in the dark, you can see that your own existence is radiating amazing light.”

Gen Subaru shook his head and said softly:

"I finally figured out this principle after a lot of effort. Mr. Jugglus might think it's naive, but I still want to share it with you."

"You little rascal..."

Looking at Subaru's increasingly fading body, Jugglus Juggler sighed and said:

"Have you ever considered that this knife of mine may be stained with the blood of countless people on Earth?"

"Ah... I really overlooked that," Gen Subaru paused for a moment, scratching his head somewhat awkwardly, and said, "I was only thinking about whether I could help Mr. Jugglus Juggler, um... well... later... I'll also take responsibility for Mr. Jugglus Juggler's sins, no, no, that won't work, then I should..."

"Alright, alright, stop obsessing over trivial matters."

Jugglus Juggler, exasperated, flicked Subaru on the forehead and said helplessly:

"I haven't attacked any Earthlings yet, so don't worry about those non-existent problems."

"That's great."

Subaru smiled and shook Jugglus's arm, expressing his joy. In these final moments before fading away, the boy looked at the swordsman before him and said earnestly:

"Mr. Jugglus Juggler, the stronger evil becomes, the stronger good becomes..."

"What a troublesome brat, he's about to leave and he still can't stop nagging me."

Watching Subaru vanish completely before he could finish speaking, Jugglus Juggler stood up with mixed feelings, raised his hand, looked at the light emanating from it, and said with a cold smile:

"Just because of some so-called 'first impression,' just because of one collaboration, you're willing to hand over your light. A naive kid is still a naive kid. You get scammed and still have to help count the money. How ridiculous! Hahahaha!!!"

In the empty, other-dimensional space, Jugglus Juggler laughed hysterically. Suddenly, he abruptly stopped laughing, and with a swift slash of his Serpent Heart Sword, a crescent-shaped sword aura filled with light flew out, shattering the Baltan alien's control panel. He looked at his weapon, at his reflection in the blade, and muttered viciously:

"Being chosen by the light... no, being trusted by the light feels awful, Minamoto no Subaru, right? I'll find you and return your light to you, so don't you dare die before that happens, you bastard!"

017 Ultraman: No!!

"Level 1 alert! Level 1 alert! Level 1 alert!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The sudden alarm of TLT-J startled everyone. Shiori Hiraki, wearing cute pink cat and bunny pajamas, rolled out of the house with a pistol in hand, taking up the nearest corner. Then, looking sleepy, she looked at Nagi Saijo, who had rushed over, and asked in confusion:

"Have alien beasts invaded?"

"do not know."

Saijo Nagi, holding a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other, stood back-to-back with Hiraki Shiori, warily surveying their surroundings, and said:

"Go get your equipment and meet up with the captain."

"Yes!"

The cause of this chaos was being rushed to the medical room. Matsunaga Yoichiro, Mizuta Ichiro, and Wakura Eisuke, along with the guards they could summon immediately, were all there, escorting the pale-faced boy on the stretcher toward the medical room. All bystanders avoided this route, otherwise they would be mistaken for spies and traitors and killed on the spot.

"What happened? Wasn't he resting? Why did his vital signs suddenly drop so rapidly?"

While keeping an eye on the instrument readings on the stretcher, Mizuta Ichinō instructed his assistant to prepare the medication in advance via communicator. In his spare time, he also kept asking Matsunaga Yōichirō, but the manager had no idea how to answer that. If it weren't for the vital signs monitoring devices in every room working, he wouldn't even know that Gen Subaru was in critical condition.

“It shouldn’t be an enemy infiltrating,” Matsunaga Yoichiro adjusted his glasses, exhaled, and calmly analyzed, “You and I both know Minamoto Subaru’s intuition. The enemy couldn’t have taken him down without a sound. It must be a problem with him. Mizuta, check his physical condition again.”

"That's too late."

Kira Sawa's projection appeared beside the stretcher. Judging from the marks on his face, he had just fallen asleep lying down. The operations officer examined Gen Subaru's complexion and said in a low voice:

“Take him to the laboratory and expose him to the No. 7 shockwave.”

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Ichino Mizuta's eyes widened in shock. The Seventh Shockwave was the recorded wave from Nexus's 'Cross Ray Storm,' and also the prototype for the Night Raid's 'Ultimate Ray' weapon. Using something like this on Subaru's body...

“The rapid loss of ‘light’ seemed to have disrupted some kind of balance in his body. The only way to save him was to replenish his ‘light’.”

While contacting the lab, Kira Sawa Yu said earnestly:

"Ordinary medical methods were not enough to save him."

"To the lab!"

Faced with this choice, Matsunaga Yoichiro stepped forward without hesitation and made the decision. Kirasawa Yu, at the same time, looked at Mizuta Ichinō and said:

"Go and bring the equipment; perhaps this time we can find the truth about Gen Subaru's body."

"it is good!"