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

"coward……"

In a daze, Yunyu heard a familiar voice cursing at her.

The voice was light and airy, with a hint of teasing and mischief, like a feather tickling the tip of his heart.

Yun Yu's brows furrowed instantly.

Who? Who's calling him a coward? He, Yun Yu, the mighty Ultraman Sirius, can fight Noah with his bare hands, kick Legend, and take on Ultraman King one-on-one without batting an eye. How is he a coward?!

"Who are you calling a coward!"

Yun Yu immediately panicked. Before she even opened her eyes, she sprang up from the bed, her voice so loud it could lift the roof off.

Then he heard a scream from the side, followed by a "thud" as something fell to the ground.

Yun Yu suddenly opened her eyes, looking around in a daze.

Risa Ozaki was standing by the bed when the towel in her hand fell to the ground, and half of the water in the basin spilled out, scattering all over the floor.

She was so frightened that she took half a step back, clutching her chest with one hand, her face pale, her big eyes wide open, looking at Yun Yu as if she were looking at a zombie.

The two stared at each other for three seconds.

Yun Yu: "..."

Oh, right.

He remembered.

After playing Tyrant yesterday, he put on a big show and went straight back to the factory. When he got a little hungry and wanted to eat, he fell asleep while eating.

It seems someone discovered him and moved him here.

Risa clutched her chest, taking a while to catch her breath. She looked at Yun Yu's bewildered expression, her lips twitched, and then she broke into a laugh.

Risa laughed for a long time before straightening up, wiping away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, and looking at Yun Yu's even more bewildered expression, she said, "The way you look when you wake up is a little different from what I imagined."

Yun Yu was already considering whether or not to leave Earth altogether.

Risa suddenly seemed to remember something, tilted her head to look at him with a hint of curiosity and gossip, and slowly asked a question:

"By the way, who is Su Mo?"

Yunyu was drenched in sweat.

My mind, which had been a little dazed, became completely clear the moment I heard that name.

He suddenly looked at Risa, his eyes widening even more than when Risa had been startled earlier:

"How...how do you know that name?!"

Risa, seeing his expression, became even more curious. She bent down to pick up the towel from the floor, wrung it out, and then, while wiping the water off her hands, slowly said:

"You kept muttering this name while you were sleeping, over and over again. Sometimes you'd smile, sometimes you'd frown. I listened to it for a while and got a little curious."

Yunyu felt as if her pants had been pulled down in public.

Oh no, oh no, oh no, this is too outrageous! If my dream scene is shown on TV, I feel like there will be a trending topic about Ultraman having a wet dream right away!

He turned his face away somewhat embarrassedly, and his face turned red at a visible speed.

He opened his mouth, intending to say "just a friend," but swallowed the words back. The people in this world didn't know Su Mo, and saying she was a friend wouldn't explain why he kept mentioning her name.

Moreover... he didn't want to define Su Mo as just a "friend".

Yun Yu scratched her face, hesitated for a long time, and finally muttered in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz:

"It's...it's the name of the person I like."

The room was silent for two seconds.

Then Risa's voice suddenly rose eight octaves:

"Huh?!"

She stared at Yun Yu in disbelief, her eyes wide as saucers, nearly dropping the towel in her hand: "Ultraman, a being almost like a god, would actually fall in love with a human?!"

In Risa's mind, Ultraman is light, is God, and is a hero who saves the world.

How could such a being have someone it likes? Especially a human? It's as absurd as telling her "the sun has fallen in love with a firefly".

Seeing Risa's jaw nearly drop in surprise, Yun Yu wasn't shy anymore. He cleared his throat and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Of course I like them. And it's not just me, there are many seniors who like humans very much. Some seniors even like humans to the point of spoiling them."

Although the statement "likes humans" was slightly different from what she had said, Risa still understood the gist of it.

After understanding what he meant, Risa looked at him and suddenly fell silent.

She remembered Yun Yu's words when he first woke up: "Who are you calling a coward?" She also remembered the way he frowned and muttered Su Mo's name in his sleep. After hesitating for a moment, she looked up at Yun Yu's eyes and asked:

"So... are you afraid of monsters?"

Yun Yu was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't expected Risa to ask that question. He looked into Risa's eyes, as if trying to understand her intention in asking it.

Yun Yu and Risa stared at each other for a few seconds. As if afraid he would misunderstand, Risa added, her voice very soft and serious:

"I just feel... if I die in battle, I might never see the person I love again. Just thinking about that would be really scary."

The room fell silent.

Yun Yu looked at her, remained silent for a moment, and then chuckled softly.

There was no bravado or pretense in that laughter, only a sense of ease and composure.

"Of course I'm afraid," he said calmly.

"I was once afraid of a monster so much that I was trembling. When that monster stood in front of me, my legs went weak, my mind went blank, and all I wanted to do was turn around and run away."

Risa's eyes widened slightly. She hadn't expected that Ultraman, a hero, could be so afraid that he would tremble.

"but……"

As Yun Yu spoke, her entire demeanor suddenly changed. The slightly embarrassed expression from before disappeared, replaced by a firmness that emanated from her very bones.

His eyes lit up, as if light were burning within them:

"There are always things more important than life itself, aren't there?"

He looked at Risa and said, word by word:

"It's okay to be scared, it's okay to tremble. Even if your legs go weak, even if you're terrified, you still have to stand up when it's time to stand up."

It's not because I'm not afraid of death, it's because... there are some things worth protecting with my life.