We asked you to make tokusatsu films, and you actually became Ultraman?

"Uncle, did you just transform into that giant?"

"Uncle, uncle! What was that giant's name? He was so cool!"

"Uncle, if I eat well from now on, can I become a giant too?"

"..."

Yunyu was surrounded by a group of children, three layers deep, like a scarecrow surrounded by a flock of sparrows.

The children were short, so they looked up at him, stretching their necks out and their eyes sparkling like a group of little hamsters surrounding a candy jar, chattering on and on with questions, giving him no chance to breathe.

He had just finished a fight, and his breathing hadn't completely calmed down. His legs were even a little weak, as his energy hadn't fully recovered.

Faced with this group of children looking up at her with eyes full of admiration and curiosity, Yunyu still mustered her spirits, squatted down, and answered their questions one by one.

Just as Yunyu was about to answer the question, she suddenly realized something: these brats were calling her "uncle" all the time.

He's only in his early twenties! He hasn't even graduated from university yet! He hasn't even gotten a girlfriend! How did he become an uncle?! Who taught them this?!

No, this must be corrected.

Yun Yu bent down and picked up the smallest little girl, whose face was round and chubby like a little dumpling, and carried her on her arm, correcting her in the gentlest tone:

"Come on, kids, repeat after me: Big brother, don't let the uncle hear us, okay?"

The little girl in his arms blinked her big eyes, tilted her head and thought seriously for two seconds, then opened her mouth and recited earnestly in her childish voice:

"Uncle?"

Yun Yu: "..."

Fine.

This "battle to correct the way people address each other" lasted for nearly three minutes.

Yunyu used a combination of coaxing, cajoling, and gesturing, even promising that "children who call me 'big brother' will get priority to watch the transformation scenes," and finally managed to correct the way the children addressed her.

"Listen carefully." Yun Yu cleared her throat, put on a serious and mysterious expression, held up a finger and waved it in front of the children, deliberately lowering her voice:

"That giant's name isn't 'Giant,' it's Ultraman Sirius!"

"Wow--!"

The children all exclaimed in surprise, their eyes sparkling.

"And," Yun Yu paused, deliberately keeping the children in suspense, and seeing their eager little eyes, slowly continued:

"If you eat well and don't pick at your food, you can all become Ultraman as powerful as your big brother in the future!"

The children got even more excited when these words were spoken.

Yun Yu appeared calm on the surface, but inside she was overjoyed. It was so satisfying to show off in front of this kid.

The fatigue from the battle just now vanished in an instant, and I felt lightheaded, almost transforming myself again to show them.

Just as Yunyu was having a great time in front of the children, a voice came from outside the crowd.

"Are you the giant from before?"

Yun Yu looked up and saw a woman in combat uniform walking towards her.

She was panting heavily, her forehead covered in sweat, clearly having rushed all the way from the battlefield. Her hair was disheveled, and her combat uniform was covered in dust and had several scratches, but her eyes were sharp as she stared straight at Yun Yu, as if confirming something.

It's Captain Ozaki.

She had actually been standing there for a while.

As soon as the battle ended, she instructed Nonoko to check the equipment, while she herself followed the sound of the children's noise to find her way here.

She hid behind a broken wall, listening to Yun Yu's conversation with the children. The more she listened, the more certain she became that this young man was the giant from before.

Upon hearing her words, Yun Yu gently put down the little dumpling she was holding, patted her head to let her play somewhere else, then stood up, dusted off her pants, looked at Captain Ozaki, and nodded frankly:

"That's right, but his name isn't Giant, it's Ultraman Sirius."

Captain Ozaki was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting the other party to admit it so readily, without even the slightest hesitation or attempt to conceal it.

She opened her mouth, having prepared a whole host of questions, but the other person shut them all down with a single sentence. Moreover, the answer was so frank that she didn't know how to respond.

Captain Ozaki paused for a moment, then looked at Risa and nodded.

Risa immediately understood what Captain Ozaki meant, and said gently:

"Alright, alright, kids! It's lunchtime now, okay? Come eat with me, okay?"

Risa Ozaki walked over from behind, clapping her hands to greet the children, intending to send them away before discussing business.

When the children heard the word "eat," they were initially reluctant to leave Yunyu, but when they remembered what the older brother had said earlier—that "eating well will turn you into Ultraman"—they immediately wavered.

They all rushed towards Risa, one after another.

Risa smiled, took the hands of several children, winked at her older sister, and left with a group of chattering children.

The field fell silent, leaving only Yun Yu, Captain Ozaki, and Nonoko, Misato, and Sakiko who were organizing their equipment not far away.

The wind blew across the ruins, stirring up dust and scraps of paper. The sky had cleared, revealing a pale blue expanse.

Captain Ozaki looked at Yun Yu with a complicated expression.

Before she could even speak, Yun Yu seemed to have guessed what she was going to ask and spoke first.

His tone was calm, offering no further explanation, no attempt to gain trust, and no display of power to intimidate. He simply looked her in the eyes and stated a fact:

"I am not from this world. I am here to help everyone."

Captain Ozaki was stunned.

She had prepared a whole host of questions, but the other person shut them all down with a single sentence.

What's even stranger is that she believed it.

She experienced the apocalypse.

From the moment the monsters descended, one by one, the people around her disappeared or died. She had witnessed too much betrayal and deception, and too many people turned against each other over a bite of food or a bottle of water.

She had long since learned not to easily trust anyone, especially someone who possessed power equal to that of a monster, and could even easily kill monsters they couldn't defeat.

Even though the person in front of him possessed terrifying power like a monster, looking into those clear eyes, Captain Ozaki inexplicably felt that this person wasn't lying.

He came here to help.

Captain Ozaki was silent for a few seconds, the wind ruffling her hair. She looked at Yun Yu and spoke slowly, her voice carrying a hint of weakness she herself didn't realize:

"...My name is Anna Ozaki, and I'm the captain of Team-U. We're the city's defense force." She paused for a moment before introducing herself, then pointed to the team members beside her.

Yun Yu glanced in the direction she pointed and smiled, "It's great. With you all here, the children are much happier."

"Yes." Captain Ozaki nodded, her tone softening slightly when she mentioned the children, but quickly returning to its serious tone.

"Although I don't know where you come from or why you're helping us, but..."

She paused for a moment, as if making a decision, then held out her hand:

"Welcome, Ultraman Sirius."

Yun Yu stared at the outstretched hand, paused for a moment, and then smiled.

He reached out and gripped it tightly.

"Just call me Yunyu."

On this devastated ruin, after a fierce battle, two people from different worlds reached a basic level of trust in such a simple way.

In the distance, Risa and the children had already walked far away, and the children's laughter drifted on the wind, as clear and crisp as bells.

The sky grew brighter, and sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining on the ruins and giving the collapsed buildings and shattered roads a warm golden edge.

Captain Ozaki looked up at the blue sky, then at the excessively young Ultraman beside him, and suddenly felt that perhaps this world really could still be saved.