Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

Gen Subaru didn't know what he had provoked, but there was no doubt that if he could defeat this guy, many people might be spared. So, no matter how powerful the enemy was, Gen Subaru was willing to take on the challenge.

"Thump—!"

At this moment, dense crimson beams shot out from the black mist and kept moving, weaving a net that stretched across the sky and earth. The surging energy caused the earth to tremble slightly.

Mitsuhiko Ishibori has already discovered that this second host is still very inexperienced, and seems to have not even mastered much of the light skills. Since that's the case, then let's just push him into a corner. Although it's a bit different from the plan, if we can make this second host fall into despair and then accept his light, then it can be considered a partial recovery.

Thinking of this, Mitsuhiko Ishibori was furious. He had been infiltrating the Night Raid Team for so long for his ultimate goal, and his plan had been meticulously arranged step by step. But just when things were about to begin, his identity was exposed for no reason. Are the sensory abilities of these compatible individuals really this outrageous? I've never heard of such a thing before!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angrier he became, the more he thought about it. With a casual wave of his hand, more beams of light accompanied by lightning shot towards Gen Subaru. He had already decided to torture the second host to death bit by bit.

At that moment, Mitsuhiko Ishibori saw a dazzling light emanating from Subaru Minamoto's body, and he scoffed disdainfully in his heart, "This little bit of light... huh?!"

Seeing the giant that suddenly became as dazzling as the sun, Mitsuhiko Ishibori silently mobilized some of his power to protect himself. Then, abandoning his playful thoughts, he began to attack with all his might. The black mist instantly turned into a vortex, and a black and red beam of light wrapped in lightning shot out from the center of the vortex, distorting space and attacking directly.

Gen Subaru took a deep breath, crossed his arms in front of him, and continuously mobilized light energy from within his body to counteract the enemy's attacks and advance towards the center of the vortex. However, as Ishibori Mitsuhiko exerted his strength again, Gen Subaru's speed suddenly decreased, and the impact of their clash turned the remaining half of the mountain peak next to him into ashes.

What terrifying light energy this is!

Ishibori Mitsuhiko stared in awe at the still unyielding giant. If this were a game, the host's mana bar would probably have overflowed the screen. This made Ishibori Mitsuhiko lick his lips with excitement. It seemed that if he could devour it, and with that thing inside the TLT, he might become even stronger. Heh heh heh heh~~~~

Imagining the possible future, Mitsuhiko Ishibori chuckled contentedly. Suddenly, he noticed a change on the other side—that guy was dissipating his light energy... Oh no! That madman!

Seeing the giant instantly engulfed by dark energy, Mitsuhiko Ishibori immediately realized something. The reason the giant withdrew its protective energy was to concentrate all the light energy on its left arm. It stretched its arm out of the dark beam and then automatically broke off, using the impact of the explosion to throw it into the vortex like a bomb.

In response, Mitsuhiko Ishibori instinctively tried to dodge, but he was too late. He could only watch helplessly as the terrifying light energy hurtled straight in, and then...

"Boom!!!"

With a deafening roar, the dark clouds that had blotted out the sky were completely dispersed, and even the sky seemed to tremble. Ishibori Mitsuhiko, whose face had been blasted so close, was blasted back to his original form. His Night Raid uniform was stained with blood, and the crimson markings on his face had faded considerably. Such injuries would have been enough to kill an ordinary person ten times over. Ishibori Mitsuhiko coughed up blood and angrily slammed his fist into the ground. This wrecked body was now useless; he would have to find a suitable human to possess...

and many more.

Mitsuhiko Ishibori slowly looked to the left and saw the boy with the missing arm lying there quietly, probably unconscious. Although he was missing an arm and had suffered serious injuries, Mitsuhiko Ishibori could sense that his vitality was still very strong.

This...this shouldn't be happening! How did he survive?!

Mitsuhiko Ishibori was well aware of the characteristics of the "fitter." It was a human host that was highly integrated with Ultraman. The influence between Ultraman and humans was very close. If Ultraman was seriously injured in battle, it could lead to serious injury or even death to the human host. But this boy had just taken his attack head-on. He should not have survived, and his body should not even be intact. Something's not right. Something's not right about this kid!

Thinking of this, the dark aura attached to Ishibori Mitsuhiko decisively broke away and flew towards Gen Subaru, carefully attaching itself to him. However, the attachment process was quite smooth. The dark aura controlled the body, got up from the ground, and pervertedly touched him from bottom to top. Then, an expression of disbelief appeared on its face.

There wasn't even any internal injury?! Impossible, absolutely impossible!

The dark aura frowned, carefully observing the structure of the body. Although it resembled a human, there was no doubt that this body was the product of some kind of alien biochemical experiment. But it was only stronger; it shouldn't have survived!

The bewildered dark aura immediately began to try to trace the origin of Gen Subaru's soul, but just as it made a move, a dazzling light shone forth. It was a power far stronger and brighter than Gen Subaru's, and even though the dark aura was on guard, it still suffered a severe blow.

The dark aura couldn't help but spit out a curse, about to hurl a few more insults, when it saw the light grow even brighter, seemingly poised to pursue it. Without a word, it swiftly turned and fled. But what it didn't see was that as the light shone, darkness also arose, eventually engulfing the light. Only then did this body, like a stage with its curtains drawn, reveal its true form to the world—

In the endless darkness, a pair of grotesque, slender, orange-red eyes looked down upon everything, fierce, evil, cruel, and domineering. If evil had to have a form, then these eyes would undoubtedly be the best answer. The dazzling light flickered precisely to suppress its existence.

On the other side, after escaping from Subaru's body, the Dark Aura subconsciously patted its chest and exhaled a long breath. But at that moment, a life-sized silver-black giant, which had awakened at some unknown time, suddenly appeared, wielding its single arm and gathering light energy to slash down with all its might. The Dark Aura, which had just been injured and was unable to dodge in time, immediately let out a shrill wail. The injured Dark Aura tried its best to blast the giant away, and then disappeared without a trace as if by teleportation. The giant, which wanted to pursue, could not find any trace of it and could only regretfully deactivate its transformation.

It hurts so much.....

Swaying unsteadily, Subaru clutched his throbbing head, banging it a few times. It was this intense headache that jolted him awake from his unconscious state. He took a few deep breaths, his gaze sweeping over the barely breathing Mitsuhiko Ishibori beside him. Then, he pulled out a new gadget from his pocket, called the 'Energy Explosion Gun,' and fired a signal flare into the sky—

When the gun barrel of this new item is extended straight, it is in attack mode and can fire a "vacuum shock wave" that can destroy the vibration waves of alien beasts. The power is enough to shatter small alien beasts. Just now in the forest, Gen Subaru used this to eliminate the remaining alien beasts.

However, when the gun handle is bent down into a pistol position, it enters summoning mode and can fire a flare to summon the airship "Stone Wing".

The 'Stone Wing' is the spaceship statue that Gen Subaru touched before. It can not only serve as a high-speed means of transportation, but its interior is a subspace that can accommodate a human body, providing protection and healing.

Seeing the stone statue flying rapidly towards him, Subaru gritted his teeth, picked up Mitsuhiko Ishibori, and threw him inside with all his might. Seeing the Stone Wings begin to operate, the young man chuckled and collapsed to the ground.

...Well, I'm actually pretty accurate at throwing them.

As his consciousness faded, Yuan Mao fell into a deep coma, but his body underwent a strange transformation. Twisted, splitting, writhing, and crawling black light spots gradually spread across his entire body, absorbing the remaining power of the dark aura and turning it into his own. Only after absorbing it all did the black spots fade away, and Yuan Mao's injuries were completely healed, even his severed arm was as good as new. All of this was so incredible.

"Captain, here! Here!!!"

A moment later, Shiori Hiraki's voice rang out in the ruins. After realizing that the battle was over, the three members of the Night Raid Team rushed here. Seeing the unconscious Subaru Minamoto and Mitsuhiko Ishibori, who had just been spat out by Ishi no Tsubasa, they carried the boy on their backs, while Nagi Saijo and Shiori Hiraki tied the other one up tightly and took him back to the fighter jet, which then took off towards the Night Raid Team's headquarters.

You're back again.

Looking at the familiar deep blue space, Gen Subaru sat cross-legged on the ground, his right hand supporting his cheek, quietly pondering. The last time he came here, the holy giant responded to him, allowing him to save his grandmother and the others. Since that was the case, dying now would be quite worthwhile. The only regret was that he hadn't had time to figure out why his grandmother and the others had forgotten him. But just like in the dramas, life is always full of regrets. But speaking of which, where is that silver giant from last time? Where did he go? Did he go out?

'BiuBiu'

At that moment, Gen Subaru felt something poking his back, so he turned around curiously and saw the sacred two-winged giant again.

"...I'm sorry, I really can't find my way around here."

Gen Subaru quickly turned around honestly, explaining as he watched a halo fall from the bow-shaped energy core on the giant's chest, transforming into the silver-black giant that Gen Subaru had just become.

To be honest, I was so busy fighting that I didn’t really have a chance to see what the giant looked like. The giant’s head looked like a combination of a samurai helmet and a shark’s dorsal fin, with a brim-like decoration extending from the back of its head.

The chest features a bow-shaped red energy lamp, slightly bulging, making it appear as if the chest is clad in armor; the black parts of the body have muscle-like lines, giving it an exceptionally strong and powerful look; the arms have two gauntlets with blades, which, if Subaru remembers correctly, are called "Armed Nexus." Come to think of it, the name Nexus sounds familiar... I feel like I've heard it somewhere before...

'Senior Nexus, please lend me your power!'

Ah yes, that's it!

Yuan Mao suddenly realized and slapped his palm, then rubbed his hands together with an awkward smile.

So they didn't come to the wrong person after all; they came looking for me. So that's why I became 'Ultraman Nexus'. Oh, I see. And this time they're even calling me 'senpai' (senior). In that case, then... eh?

Just as Gen Subaru was rubbing his hands together, ready to respond to the call, he saw the winged giant's eyes flicker slightly, and then the call grew fainter and fainter, as if it had been kicked away. The boy looked at the giant in confusion. The giant did not make any other movements, but the projection of Nexus took two steps forward and assumed a fighting stance.

In an instant, a thought flashed through Gen Subaru's mind. The boy glanced at the two-winged giant, then at the projection of Nexus, and immediately understood. He took out the Evolution Truster from his pocket, gripped the handle, and pulled it outward. In the soft light, another Nexus appeared in the deep blue space.

At that very moment, the projection launched an energy flying kick. Without saying a word, Gen Subaru gathered energy in his hand, grabbed the projection's ankle, and, enduring the pain, slammed it to the ground before striking it down with his elbow.

The projection, on the other hand, pressed one palm against the [Armed Nexus] on the other wrist, extracted energy, and then swung its wrist to emit a crescent-shaped cutting beam of light particle energy from its fingertips. This beam, launched at ultra-high speed, cleaved through Subaru's defenses and repelled him.

'Particle Feather?'

After experiencing this move, the corresponding name appeared in Gen Subaru's mind. Looking at the projection that stood up, he raised his hand and threw a particle feather in imitation. The projection immediately released light energy from its two arms, which transformed into a blue, water-wave-shaped circular light shield to block it. Then, it began a tense special training session with Gen Subaru who was closing in.

Just as Gen Subaru felt he had almost mastered the projection's moves, the projection suddenly retreated, creating distance. Its left hand was placed in front of its chest, and the gem on [Armed Nexus] emitted a dazzling light. As its arm lowered, the silver-black giant transformed into a form dominated by red with silver-black stripes as secondary.

Compared to the previous form, this form features flat, wide shoulder armor that flares outward from both shoulders, and other parts of the body have developed armor-like plates, making it look similar to the traditional Japanese clothing 'ki'. In addition, a prismatic core gauge has been added to the recessed area above the red bow-shaped energy core.

After the transformation ended, the projector crossed his arms to gather energy, drew an arc horizontally in front of his body with his right hand, guided the energy to his fist, and then fired a phase shift wave beam at the sky. After the beam reached a certain height, it fell like golden rain, causing phase distortion and creating a discontinuous spacetime barrier, which transferred the battlefield to an alternate dimension called 'Meta Field'.

In this alternate dimension, the sky was filled with a mysterious light, and the ground was made of hollowed-out, glowing red clay rocks. Gen Subaru reached out and touched the ground to sense his surroundings, discovering that this space was like a cloud, and inside the cloud was a battle arena like an arena.

Furthermore, this Meta Domain seems to be made from Nexus's body, expanding a part of his own body into the entire space. However, because of this, if this domain is used for too long, it will cause fatal damage to the user's body. However, although the suggested time in his mind is three minutes, Gen Subaru feels that he can last longer.

Subaru was extremely envious of this skill. If he had known it during the previous battle, the ecological environment around Mikami Town wouldn't have suffered such damage. He had to learn it!

Without a word, Gen Subaru imitated the cat and raised his left hand, but...

Why isn't Armed Nexus responding?!

002 Ultraman Nexus

Not to mention Subaru, even the projection next to him came over without understanding, reached out and tapped [Armed Nexus], then withdrew its Meta Domain and let Subaru try again, but it was still dumbfounded.

But this matter can't be left like this. This is a domain skill! Once you learn it, you won't have to worry about innocent people being affected. This kind of divine skill, even if it means toughing it out, Minamoto no Subaru has to master it!

"do it again!"

Gen Subaru looked at the projection and said seriously:

"Try it again, I didn't see it clearly just now."

The projection didn't react much and immediately re-enacted the Meta Domain as requested by Gen Subaru. Gen Subaru stared intently at every detail, but just looking wasn't enough!

Thinking of this, Gen Subaru didn't hesitate to crash headfirst into the edge of the slowly unfolding Meta Domain. The immense power that distorted the spatial phase folds instantly blasted the boy away. Gen Subaru was like a stone skipping across water, rising and falling, flying a long way before the projection finally intervened and caught him with gentle force.

"Cough cough... I think I've learned it."

Subaru, who had been forced back into human form, coughed up blood and smiled gleamingly, saying:

"I see, I see, watch me."

Seeing Genji leap up, the projection instinctively reached out to help him. But by then, Genji had already transformed, his left hand transforming into a claw. He gripped the energy core from top to bottom, then clenched it tightly. A flash of light appeared, and he tossed the processed, activated energy onto it like a baseball. Then, golden rain began to fall, leaving the projection momentarily silent.

Ultraman Nexus has three forms: a silver-black baby form, a red-black youth form, and a blue youth form. Generally speaking, the baby form has very few skills available, especially the Meta Field. However, now, this...

A projection is ultimately just a projection; it doesn't possess much intelligence. If you can't understand it, then don't think about it anymore. Since Genjo has learned it, then continue to train Genjo. This child's physique is rather special. Nexus's original inheritance was unexpectedly interfered with and failed to be passed on. Therefore, teach him as much as you can now, so that he won't suffer losses in the upcoming battles.

While Gen Subaru was sparring with the projection, Eisuke Kura and the others returned to base in their fighter jets. There, TLT personnel, who had been notified in advance, quickly completed the docking. Heavily armed personnel escorted Mitsuhiko Ishibori into the most heavily guarded cell, but as for Gen Subaru...

"Captain Hecang, take him to the Night Raid team's meeting room."

A lean, middle-aged man in a suit, wearing small round glasses, exuding a cold and stern aura, calmly looked at the still unconscious Minamoto no Subaru and gave instructions to Wakura Eisuke:

"Xianli, if we can't reach an agreement, we'll talk about it again. Captain Cang, I hope that when it comes to taking action, you won't show mercy just because you saved my life."

"No, Manager Matsunaga."

Eisuke Wakura said earnestly:

"I will never forget the Night Raid Team's duty."

“Very good, go ahead. After I finish dealing with Mitsuhiko Ishibori, I will go and see this Mr. Minamoto no Subaru.”

After saying that, the manager and his staff quickly left. Because of the matter involving Gen Subaru and Ishibori Mitsuhiko, the entire TLT-J was in a state of chaos. Although the manager's tone was very harsh, when the conversation actually started, he would probably be the one with the gentlest tone.

"Captain, he's not a monster, right?"

"You've asked this question five times already."