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

"Your vacation is over, Ultraman Sirius. You should be back to work now, right?"

High in the sky, inside the Baltan aliens' spaceship.

The alien leaned back in his command chair, his eyes fixed on the monitor screen.

At this moment, Yun Yu is sitting on a grassy area outside the shelter, with her back to the camera, holding something in her hand, and looking up at the starry sky.

As the Baltan alien watched the increasingly prosperous base on the surveillance screen, and then glanced at Yun Yu, who was deep in thought on the grass, a ferocious smile slowly spread across his face.

"You've rested enough, haven't you?" Its fingers tapped lightly on the control panel, its voice carrying a playful, cat-and-mouse tone.

"I really put a lot of effort into this monster so that you could die gloriously."

It pressed a button, and in the incubation chamber beneath the spaceship, a gigantic figure began to slowly awaken. Terrifying energy fluctuations seeped from the incubation chamber, causing even the spaceship's hull to tremble slightly.

"Hehehe—!"

The laughter of the Baltans echoed in the empty command room, as jarring as fingernails scraping against glass.

On the other side, Yun Yu was sitting on the grass, holding Su Mo's photo in her hand, looking up at the starry sky.

The phone case is transparent, and the photo is tucked inside, so you can see Su Mo's smiling face perfectly.

That was the picture he took of Su Mo at the entrance of the amusement park.

Yunyu gently stroked the phone case with her fingers, as if touching the smiling face in the photo through the plastic layer.

He was actually somewhat relieved.

I'm glad I didn't put Su Mo's photo in my phone case because I was shy.

If that were the case, he wouldn't even have a thought left in this godforsaken place.

After much deliberation, he finally realized one thing: the woman who called him a coward in his dream was this wicked woman.

At the time, he thought Su Mo was teasing him for being afraid to face the monster, but now that he thinks about it, it doesn't seem to be entirely what she meant.

As Yunyu pondered this, she suddenly smiled gently.

This wicked woman—she was insulting him—was too cowardly to take that final step.

Yun Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly, flipped her phone over, placed the screen down on her lap, then lay back on the grass, gazing at the starry sky above.

To be honest, it wasn't that he didn't want to, it was that he didn't dare.

He was terrified, terrified that his feelings were just one of the "three great illusions of life"—that she liked him.

What if? What if Su Mo only sees him as a younger brother, a friend, or a playmate? What if he confesses and they can't even be friends anymore?

He was even more afraid that he and Su Mo would end up like Qiu Zi and Bai Zi.

Hideki Go and Akiko Sakata, Gen Otori and Momoko Yamaguchi...

Those were some of the couples he felt most heartbroken about when he watched Ultraman as a child.

Akiko was killed by the Nackle aliens, and Hyakuko was killed by the disc creatures. The regret of being separated by life and death made his heart ache just thinking about it.

Or perhaps, like Komon and Riko, their fates were predetermined from the very beginning.

Riko was long dead, transformed into Dark Faust. Komon tried everything to save her, but in the end, he could only watch helplessly as she vanished into the light...

Sometimes, Yunyu really wished that reality could be as simple as Galegemu.

You can view the affection bar, choose options, save and load your game, and gradually work your way to the perfect ending.

As long as you choose the right options and max out the affection level, you're guaranteed a happy ending. You don't need to worry about accidents, life and death, or that your choices will hurt others.

But reality is reality.

Every step is live, every choice is irreversible, and every person may leave without your knowledge.

Some things we just have to face.

Yun Yu looked at the starry sky, her eyes slowly hardening.

Perhaps there will be various crises between him and Su Mo in the future, or even dangers brought about by his own Ultraman identity.

He could not predict any of these things, nor could he guarantee that he could avoid them.

But he can give it his all, do everything he can to protect her, and do everything he can to create the most perfect ending.

This is the spirit of Ultraman!

……wrong.

Yun Yu suddenly rolled over, lying face down on the grass, propping her chin on her elbow, and earnestly corrected herself:

This is the spirit of the corner tree!

Thinking about this, Yun Yu couldn't help but laugh at herself.

Just then, as if sensing something, Yun Yu suddenly looked up at the distant sky.

His pupils gleamed slightly, and his extraordinary senses pierced through the thick clouds, capturing the terrifying energy fluctuations surging in the distant sky.

"After being silent for so long, it's finally here."

Yun Yu stood up, brushed the grass clippings off her pants, and a relieved smile appeared on her face.

To be honest, before the crisis came, he had to be on guard every day, fearing that the Baltan aliens might suddenly make a big move.

The feeling of waiting is more agonizing than actually facing a crisis.

But now that the crisis has really arrived, he can finally get rid of that tense state he used to be in.

What's meant to come will come; there's no escaping it.

Yun Yu had no intention of rushing in to engage in a decisive battle with the Baltan aliens.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't.

During this time, through his eyes that could sense energy, he keenly perceived a fact: the Baltan aliens had long since taken control of almost the entire universe, and they could destroy everything at any time.

I can definitely take it down.

But what's the point of exploding if the universe is destroyed?

Moreover, he couldn't be 100% sure of success; if it didn't explode, that would be a real loss.

Yun Yu took a deep breath and, without the slightest hesitation, pulled out the Syrus Star Chart from her collar and held it tightly in her palm.

The astrolabe in his hand glowed with a blue light, growing brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling.

"Sylvias!"

With a shout, a thick beam of blue light shot into the sky, tearing through the dark red night sky and flying rapidly toward the direction from which the monster was attacking.

On the grass, only a cell phone remained, screen down, lying there quietly.

Inside the phone case, Su Mo's smiling face was illuminated by the moonlight, gentle and bright.

A gust of wind rustles the grass, as if bidding farewell to warriors about to head to the battlefield.