Japanese Terrorist: What? I'll fight Hellstar!

Hinako Fukami's voice echoed in the main hall, lingering for a long time.

For a moment, only Hinako Fukami's voice echoed in the spacious main hall.

Apart from her, everyone else seemed like wooden figures, staring blankly at the giant of light that had suddenly barged in.

The faces wearing white fox masks were stiffly tilted upwards, their eyes behind the eye sockets daring not to move or even blink.

It was as if the silver giant would crush them like ants if they moved even slightly.

Tokiyuki stood at the very front of the crowd, no more than twenty meters away from the silver giant.

He looked up at those golden eyes, at that unfamiliar giant of light, his lips opening and closing repeatedly, but he couldn't utter a single word.

He could sense Hinako's presence.

The girl he wrote letters to for ten years before finally mustering the courage to propose.

But she appeared before him looking like this.

A giant of light, twenty meters tall, with a silver and red steel body, and a pair of golden eyes that looked down at him, devoid of any warmth.

Currently, the relative power and the dynamics of initiative and passivity between the two sides have been completely reversed.

Tsuneki Toshiyuki struggled to adapt to the change; his mouth hung open, like a fish thrown ashore.

Aren't you going to answer?

Hinako Fukami looked down at Tokiyuki, her golden eyes hardening, like two invisible knives piercing straight at the man frozen in place.

"Or is it that, Toshiyuki, you deceived me? Or rather, you lied to me?"

She questioned him coldly.

The sound echoed in the main hall, making everyone feel suffocated.

Tsuneki no Toshiyuki was unable to answer; he didn't know how to answer.

To say I didn't lie to you? But it's all true. To say I didn't know? But he knew from the beginning. To say he was forced into it? But he's still standing here.

In order to marry Hinako, to make Hinako a bride, and to bring Hinako happiness.

The fox spirit's requirements, the ritual process, and the chick's sacrifices are all secondary details.

"That's enough!"

A sharp shout came from the direction of the altar.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a priest dressed in a black and white Shinto robe, surrounded by an evil aura, stepping forward. He wore an eboshi hat and held a Kagura bell wrapped with incantations in his hand. Each step he took was extremely heavy, as if he wanted to use the sound of his footsteps to suppress the fear in the hall, or as if he was bolstering his own courage.

Looking up at the silver giant, he straightened his back and spoke with a stern voice.

"The daughter of the Fukami family!"

The head of the Changxi family deliberately raised his voice. His eyes beneath the fox mask were as cold and sharp as knives. Although he was panicking inside because of the pressure from the giant of light, he put on a show of the dignity of the clan leader and gripped the Kagura Bell tightly, trying to suppress the situation with seniority and family rules.

"Now that you are a daughter-in-law of the Changxi family, how dare you barge into our family's sacred grounds and be so disrespectful to your husband's family?! Is this how the Shenshui family raises daughters who know no manners and disobey their elders?! What kind of behavior is this?!"

After saying that, he paused for a moment, then continued in a hurried tone.

"Ultraman Seven, right? Ultraman's power is meant to protect humanity and fight monsters and aliens. What? Now you're going to use that power on human affairs, on the domestic matters of our Changxi family? That's really strange. The warrior of light is going to use his power on marital disputes. It's ridiculous."

He narrowed his eyes, a forced, insincere smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

He deliberately twisted the matter into a domestic dispute, attempting to stand on the moral and ethical high ground and leave Hinako Sakami with no way to refute him.

After all, Ultraman is a reasonable person.

A gentleman can be deceived by reason, but a good person should be held at gunpoint.

The masked tribesmen exchanged glances discreetly; some breathed a slight sigh of relief, while others even straightened their backs.

The patriarch's words make sense. No matter how powerful Ultraman is, he can't interfere in other people's marriage plans, can he?

"What utter nonsense are you spouting?!"

Sakiko Igarashi stood up straight from Hinako Fukami's palm, put her hands on her hips, and angrily shouted at the people below.

"Family disputes?! Don't be ridiculous. What about those girls you manipulated, those you vanished into oblivion, those you offered to the fox spirit? Are they also part of a family dispute? Do you guys think I don't exist?"

Sakiko Igarashi's forehead veins bulged, her emotions were unusually volatile.

She's still here, the victim, and these bastards dare to lie through their teeth! Do they really think she's dead?

"Ultraman's power must not be used to harm humans! I don't need you to remind me of that!"

Hinako Fukasui also spoke, and the light in her golden eyes suddenly intensified, while the light particles emanating from her body became restless, like lightning before a storm.

She hadn't done anything yet, but the oppressive feeling she brought to everyone was like an earthquake. Several fox-masked people standing in the front row subconsciously took a half step back, and some even fell to the ground.

"But! You use the power of fox spirits to abduct innocent women and offer them as sacrifices to your so-called gods. How is this any different from harming humans?!"

Her voice echoed in the main hall, causing the hanging imperial curtains to rustle.

"Therefore, using this power to annihilate you is by no means a wrong use!!"

The muscles on the Changxi family head's face twitched slightly.

But he quickly composed himself, took a deep breath, and straightened his back again.

"hehe……"

The laughter carried a deliberate air of composure, as if mocking an ignorant junior.

"Offerings? Disappearance?"

He shook his head, tapping the cypress fan gently in his palm.

"She's just a country girl after all; she doesn't even understand the basic principles of Shinto."

He raised his head and stared directly at the silver giant through the mask.

"I ask you, do you know that every inch of this land has a guardian spirit? Mountains have mountain gods, rivers have water gods, villages have soil gods, and homes have clan gods. People offer their faith to these spirits, praying for the abundance of the land and the protection of their lives."

His voice gradually rose, carrying a solemnity akin to a sermon.

"And this faith can empower the gods. With power, the gods can offer people more protection. The bond between humans and gods is indispensable for the prosperity of both. This is a principle passed down from ancient times, the foundation upon which this land exists."

He paused, a glint of light flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"For the lowly human side, to be able to form a bond with such a deity, to be chosen as the wife of a deity, what an honor! What a blessing! To say that one is fortunate beyond measure is an understatement. All women who marry into the Changxi clan should be grateful for their good fortune. Such a miracle is something they could not have originally been able to bear."

His voice echoed in the main hall, carrying an undeniable certainty.

Those wearing white fox masks straightened their backs once more. The patriarch's words seemed to have given them confidence.

What do you mean by harming people? For ordinary women to marry into the Changxi clan is clearly a blessing for them.

Sakiko Igarashi couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

She knew a little about it; similar myths existed all over the world, with humans marrying gods or spirits. Such stories were common everywhere, symbolizing the bond between gods and humans.

"Do you look down on humans?"

At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

The voice did not come from the mouth of the silver giant, but from the depths of the giant's body, from some far more distant place; it was deep and majestic, more sacred than any god.

That voice did not belong to Hinako Fukami.

The expression on Changxi's face froze.

The silver giant leaned down slightly, its golden eyes gazing down at him with an expression of utter calm, devoid of anger or murderous intent.

But that calm was more chilling than any threat.

Are you looking down on the humanity I love?

The voice rang out again, each word like a mountain pressing down on the heart of the Changxi family head.

The pupils of the Changxi family head suddenly contracted.

"You, you are...?"

His voice began to tremble.

"Ultraman Seven..."

He murmured, his voice completely losing the confidence it had just held.

It's him!It's really him!

Everyone realized that the legendary giant of light had indeed become one with Hinako Fukami and was communicating with them through her body!

The head of the Chang family felt his legs go weak and almost knelt down.

But he dared not kneel. Under the watchful eyes of all the clansmen in the hall, he was the head of the clan and a servant of the gods; he could not kneel.

He gritted his teeth, forced himself to stand firm, took a few deep breaths, and managed to squeeze out a sound.

"Seven, Ultraman, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding..."

He forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace, and managed to pull at the corners of his mouth.

"I didn't mean to look down on humanity... absolutely not... What I just said was the symbiosis between humans and gods, a mutual prosperity through the bond between them..."

His voice grew lower and lower, trembling more and more, until the last few words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

The main hall was deathly silent.

Those wearing white fox masks were completely dumbfounded. Looking at their patriarch's disheveled appearance and the silent silver giant, they felt a chill run down their spines, as if they had been doused with ice water.

The head of the family, who had just been questioning the man in a stern voice, was now bowing and scraping like a mouse before a cat.

Is this still their high and mighty patriarch?

However, why do they also feel that this is perfectly reasonable?

After all, that's Ultraman! And Ultraman Seven, who would do anything for humanity!

Amamiya Rin's voice rang out again.

The voice was still deep, but it carried an undeniable resolve.

"Even so, it doesn't mean that gods can use their power to force women into marriage with them. I don't condone such behavior."

The Chang family head's face turned even paler.

"If the fox spirit did indeed commit evil deeds against humans, and if the Changxi clan did indeed offer human women as sacrifices to the fox spirit through marriage."

The voice paused.

"So, Ultraman's power is used in this situation."

Each word struck like a hammer blow to everyone's heart.

Chang Xijia opened his mouth, wanting to say something, wanting to defend himself, but all those words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word.

"Congratulations and longevity."

Just then, Hinako Fukami's voice rang out again.

The voice was much calmer than before, but beneath that calm lay something even more terrifying.

That was a resolute decision made without any further hesitation.

Her golden eyes stared directly at Toki Hisayuki.

Please answer my question directly.

she says.

Did the fox spirit actually abduct innocent women? Did the Changxi clan actually use wives as sacrifices?

Please answer directly.

Those golden eyes shone brightly, illuminating Chang Xishouxing so thoroughly that he had nowhere to hide.

Tokihisa remained silent and did not speak.

The others hesitated to speak, but ultimately no one answered.

Under that gaze, any explanation seemed pale and laughable.

Their silence is the best answer.

"It seems there's no need to ask anymore."

The silver giant slowly straightened up, his golden eyes sweeping over everyone in the hall.

Those trembling clansmen, the priest standing frozen in place, and Tokihisa Suke, who stood at the very front and never uttered a word.

Her right arm was slightly raised, and her silver palm gleamed coldly in the candlelight.

Light began to gather in the palm of his hand.

Faced with this scene, the legs of those tribesmen began to go weak.

Some finally couldn't hold on any longer, staggering backward and crashing into a pillar. Others clung tightly to the sleeves of those around them, pleading for courage. Some, behind their masks, silently moved their lips, whether in prayer or pleas for mercy, remained unreadable.

The head of the Changxi family gripped the Kagura bell tightly in his hand. The incantation moved automatically without wind, emitting a soft rustling sound.

Behind him, the fox-shaped spirit tablet began to tremble slightly, as if something was awakening.

The moment when the air became extremely still.

"Hinako..."

A hoarse voice rang out.

Tokiyuki finally spoke, tilting his head back and looking at the silver giant before him, his eyes filled with a multitude of emotions.

His lips moved, as if he wanted to say something.

But the next second, his expression suddenly twisted.

"Touyuki?!"

Hinako's pupils contracted, and she instinctively felt worried.

Suddenly, Tokihisa's body arched upwards, as if gripped tightly from the inside by an invisible hand. His hands clenched tightly against his chest, and a suppressed, mournful cry escaped his throat.

"Uh... Ah...!"

That wasn't a human groan!

The sound contained a kind of inhuman sharpness, like the hiss of a fox, like the howl of a wild beast, yet it also retained a trace of painful trembling.

His arms were twisted at an impossible angle, with bones piercing through the skin at the elbows, exposing flesh, blood, and white bone fragments to the air. But what was piercing out was not a human arm, but a fox claw covered in red fur!

"Ugh... Ah!!"

His back arched violently, his spine convulsing beneath his skin as if something was desperately trying to break free. His clothes were torn, revealing his expanding and deforming body beneath.

Red fur, like burning flames, grew wildly from under his skin.

His face began to contort, his jaw protruded forward, his nose collapsed and then bulged, and his ears stretched upward and became pointed. Those once gentle eyes were now being slowly eroded by the vertical pupils of a wild beast.

That's a fox, a red fox!