Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 209 G3-X Damaged

"Crack!"

The locomotive came to an emergency stop, and the electric current spread along the rainwater, causing sparks to erupt on the ground.

"Kaminaga!"

Sumiko Ozawa's shouts were mixed with harsh noise.

Communications appeared to be disrupted, the video system became blurry, and the data was all gibberish.

It turns out that the power battery of the electromechanical equipment is malfunctioning due to damage.

The AI ​​system also became ineffective.

"Come back quickly, Kaminari! Can you hear me? Operation terminated!"

"Sizzle!"

Xia Chuan steadied himself and stepped off the motorcycle amidst the lightning flashes of the G3-X armor exploding. After a brief moment of stiffness, he suddenly looked up and stared directly at the Jellyfish-Headed Venerable, continuing his march despite the ongoing lightning attacks.

The jellyfish-headed man lowered his lightning-attracting arm in confusion, and then suddenly his body trembled.

The attacked G3-X did not catch fire; instead, it caught fire on its own, with heavy rain falling around it and creating bursts of mist.

A truly supernatural fire...

"Ugh!"

The jellyfish head wobbled and steadied itself, but when it tried to continue its attack, it found that the G3-X had already rushed up to it. The water splashes along its steps hadn't even landed yet, and countless raindrops that were exploding at high speed were clearly visible.

He doesn't look like an armored warrior covered in heavy equipment at all.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Bang!"

The jellyfish-headed creature took the first blow to the cheek with the iron fist. Seeing the kick coming in the same direction, it quickly disappeared as it slid backward.

Swish!

"Teleportation?"

Xia Chuan stumbled and lost his footing. Sensing with his telekinesis, he suddenly drew his gun and fired backward. After several gunshots, he saw the jellyfish-headed figure hunched over and retreat into the rain to escape.

With so many superpowers, is he still just an ordinary Venerable One?

"Kaminaga!"

"Are you alright, Kaminari?!"

On the other side, Sumiko Ozawa and Isami Kondo hurriedly got out of the car and chased after them. When they saw the faint electric light flashing in the rain, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"call!"

Xia Chuan lowered his gun and turned his gaze to Sayaka and the little boy who were waiting in the rain.

The bespectacled woman approaching them from across the street stopped in her tracks, her eerie face trembling as she met Xia Chuan's gaze in terror.

The black figure reappeared amidst the flames.

"It's you?!"

"What's wrong, Kaminari?"

Kondo Isami followed behind Ozawa Sumiko and they ran into the bespectacled woman leaving in the pouring rain, her hair disheveled, wearing a long skirt and slippers, looking like a crazy woman.

I didn't pay much attention to it at first.

However, in that instant of passing by, a terrifying electric shock struck his heart, and the sense of deadly threat was just like when he first faced Kuroko.

"Who is this guy?"

Kondo Isami stared in horror at the bespectacled woman's retreating figure, his lips trembling as he suppressed the urge to run away, standing like a statue in the rain.

"The battery unit is severely damaged, and all other components throughout the body are damaged to varying degrees, rendering the vehicle immobile..."

Sumiko Ozawa ran to Natsukawa's side, disregarding everything else, and hurriedly put on insulated gloves to dismantle the armor.

"I'll get you out right away!"

"No."

Xia Chuan did not feel uncomfortable; in fact, he felt much better after the AI ​​failed.

"Let's get back in the car first."

"But……"

Sumiko Ozawa stared wide-eyed as Natsukawa, wearing damaged armor, turned and walked toward the motorcycle.

"Are the power and battery units still usable?"

The G3-X's ability to move freely and possess strength comparable to a knight is mainly due to the battery unit on its back.

Compared to its predecessor, the G3, the current armor is much heavier, not to mention it has suffered such a severe attack.

Shaking her head, Sumiko Ozawa turned around and called to the motionless Isami Kondo, "What are you still standing there for? Let's go, Toru Hojo!"

The G3-X has sufficient attack power, but it still has shortcomings in defense and needs to be further strengthened after returning.

"Where are you guys?"

Sumiko Ozawa bent down and asked Sayaka and the little boy.

"Want to come together?"

Sayaka lowered her head in fear, pursed her lips, and took out Natsukawa's agency business card: "Let's go here."

"I see," Ozawa Sumiko said, glancing at the business card. She then turned to Kondo Isami, who was still somewhat distracted. "Hojo Toru, I'll go back with Kaminaga first. You can take them both home; you should be able to do this little thing."

"Why are you suddenly calling me by my first name? That's very rude."

Kondo Isamu muttered to himself, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the task.

That's really strange; he would never have done something so thankless before.

Why should I listen to her?

Kondo Isami glanced at Ozawa Sumiko, who was hanging back, with a puzzled look, and then looked around nervously at the gray, rainy sky.

That woman with glasses probably won't be coming back.

"Let's hurry up and go," Kondo Isami said, taking a deep breath before quickly leading Sayaka and the other woman away. "Actually, you could leave this world on your own. There should be a disposable shuttle, right? Or not?"

Sayaka nodded and then shook her head: "I can't leave."

……

G3 truck.

Xia Chuan removed his helmet, and his armor opened with steam. Behind him, Ozawa Sumiko quickly operated to remove the mounting unit.

Because the anti-G suit also provides electromagnetic protection, Xia Chuan's body was not affected in any way.

"That's strange, there really isn't a single scratch," Ozawa Sumiko said, checking Natsukawa's exposed head and neck for sure. "Not a single scrape. You're incredibly lucky!"

Xia Chuan sat down to the side without explaining, letting Ozawa Sumiko continue inspecting the armor.

I'm starting to feel a sense of detachment again.

In fact, after improving physical fitness and enhancing mental strength, the time that can be maintained is much longer than initially, but in actual use it is still not enough and there are still large fluctuations.

The last Dawn incident only lasted half a day because of the White God and the Water Angel.

I don't know when I'll be able to break free from the time limit, just like when the original body enters.

If the shuttle exits, it will not only have two days to cool down, but the timing of its re-entry will also be uncontrollable.

"What's wrong, Kaminari?" Sumiko Ozawa asked worriedly after finishing her final checkup. "Maybe you should go to the hospital; there might be some other problem."

"fine."

Xia Chuan, who was very sensitive to physical examinations in this world, stood up and said upon hearing this.

"Can I take a day off? Those two children still need to be taken care of."

"Alright."

Sumiko Ozawa hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.

"Leave the rest to me. Go back and get some rest for a few days. I'll let you know when I need you."

It was evening when Kondo Isami saw Ozawa Sumiko again. The truck was parked in the countermeasures team's garage, and the damaged G3-X was sent to the research lab for repair and enhancement.

"What about Shen Yong?"

"Let him go back and rest for a few days."

Sumiko Ozawa carefully removed the G3-X video storage device. The combat unit was okay, but the head components were the most severely damaged.

That's why she was surprised that Xia Chuan had no injuries at all.

"Sizzle!"

After connecting to the computer, a video clip was extracted.

It was slightly better than the footage transmitted from the scene, but the quality was still very poor, and it couldn't even capture the complete jellyfish head.

The only blurry image was taken at the beginning when the motorcycle was moving, and its shape was still difficult to discern.

"The higher-ups know about what happened on the 4th."

Kondo Isami's expression was complicated.

"The recent sporadic spontaneous combustion incidents have all been attributed to number 4 for some reason."

"Number 4?" Sumiko Ozawa stopped in surprise. "Didn't Number 4 disappear along with the Grongi?"

"That happened two years ago. In fact, passengers on the Tianliang ship saw number 4 six months ago."

Kondo Isamu placed a secretly taken photo, protected by a transparent bag, on the table.

"This photo, sent to the Metropolitan Police Department this morning, shows Tomoko Miura before her murder and number 4. After investigation, they concluded that number 4 possessed supernatural fire-starting abilities."

"Are you kidding me?" Sumiko Ozawa frowned. "The recent spontaneous combustion incidents must all be the work of that jellyfish-headed unknown creature, right? A witness mentioned that one of the victims was suspected of being struck by lightning before spontaneously combusting."

"I think so too," Kondo Isami said with a helpless expression. "Kaminaga was attacked similarly by that guy today."

Although this is a world of knights, it is different from the world where knights roam freely. The upper class is still made up of ordinary people, and their attitudes toward knights are not uniform.

It is said that Number 4 once saved the world, but...

As he pondered this, Kondo Isami's expression grew even more peculiar.

How come it's so similar to what God encountered in this world?

Do beings from another world share similar experiences?

His seems to be different; in the Faiz dungeon, it even turned into Orphnoch.

"Can we use video footage as evidence?" Kondo asked, snapping out of his daze.

"It's difficult. The data we saved is too short," Sumiko Ozawa said in a low voice, looking at the video feed. "Let me see if I can find a way to recover it."

"Then I'll go check on the victims' side," Kondo Isami nodded. "The victims' families might be attacked."

What kind of nonsense is this?

He seems to have deviated a bit from the original plan.

Originally, the plan was to find the conditions for passing the checkpoint by starting with the Metropolitan Police Department, but now they haven't even fully investigated the matter of the Dawn.

……

"Clang! Clang!"

The North City Detective Agency is located near a railway track where trains clatter past.

As darkness fell, the little boy quickly made a makeshift bed on the floor and went to sleep, but his posture gradually became distorted, and the blankets were kicked to one side.

Seeing this, Sayaka smiled slightly, covered the boy with a blanket, and then lay down on her own bed.

Under the moonlight, the empty office caught Sayaka's attention.

Is he really not Kaminari-sensei?

They look so alike.

"call!"

The weariness of wandering for many days overwhelmed Sayaka, and she gradually drifted off to sleep.

The faint shouts echoed in my ears in my sleep, and I could almost see a figure in black and white beckoning.

"Stand up! Attack him! Kill him!"

"Who is it?"

"Stand up!"

"Buzz—!"

Sayaka's breathing quickened, and as she struggled and writhed amidst a buzzing sound, the green-bodied knight's phantom reappeared.

This time, compared to the previous world, there were significantly more thorny tentacles, with longer and sharper spikes.

"Kill him and you'll become the real Agito!"

"This is your mission!"

"Hmm!"

Sayaka struggled more and more violently, and finally sat up abruptly, her eyes wide open. Covered in sweat, she reached out and crawled toward the sleeping little boy.

The little boy scratched his nose, rolled over, and just then exposed his delicate neck to Sayaka.

It seems that just a little force is enough to snap the cervical spine.

"call!"

At the street corner below the office building, the long-haired boy, with a slight smile on his lips, suddenly frowned and turned around.

Under the streetlights, the red Kuuga figure cast a long shadow, and a powerful spiritual aura swept over him, even faintly overshadowing his Nen power.

This force is...

"Whoosh!"

As his expression shifted rapidly, the long-haired boy raised his hand, and the dark power mark on the back of his hand merged into the darkness.

He is destined to become a god; there's no need for him to take the risk himself.

"Black God?"

Xia Chuan was puzzled when the transformation ended, but the pattern on the back of the boy's hand still remained in his mind.

That was indeed a mark of dark power, but the boy didn't seem to be the Black God.

Even if Black God were to be resurrected in a human body through genetic information, his appearance would not change; his appearance should be similar to that of the young White God.

The difference shouldn't be that big.

This guy...

The image of the little boy next to the refined young man in this world flashed through Xia Chuan's mind.

Did these people steal the power of the Black God?

"Whoosh!"

Upstairs in the office, Sayaka collapsed to the ground, panting, and suddenly covered her face in anguish as she looked at the unharmed little boy.

Never go back.

She will eventually become a monster and cease to be human.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

The little boy's face was wet with tears. He opened his eyes groggily, saw Sayaka, and reached out to wipe away the tears that were still falling.

"Don't cry, sister. I can protect you too!"

Xia Chuan stood downstairs and did not approach any further.

This was his first time here, and it looked a lot like the Mouri Detective Agency from "Detective Conan".

Even "Ran" and "Conan" are included.

Unfortunately, this isn't a detective world.

"call!"

After confirming that there was no other danger for the time being, Xia Chuan also turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

He didn't come into this world to be a bodyguard, and he wouldn't care about anything else if something really happened.

The most urgent task is to complete the customs clearance as soon as possible.

Whether it's the erosion of our world by the spacetime in Agito, or some alien scheme, clearing the game will solve everything.

but.

Now that the Black God has not been successfully revived, what are the conditions for clearing the game?

Kill all Venerable Ones... or was it the long-haired boy from earlier?

As seen from Fujiwara's experience, if one is assimilated into the timeline of a dungeon, there is also the possibility of becoming the final boss.

Stealing the power of the Black God can be considered as taking over the boss's identity, right?

Xia Chuan looked thoughtful.

Since it involves divine power, he needs to test the waters first.

We might be able to leverage Minami Kotaro's abilities; it would be a waste to leave an immortal body unused.

I believe Kotaro Minami won't mind.

"Is there something you need to tell me? About the Dawn?"

Metropolitan Police Department.

Kondo Isamu walked out of the research room in surprise.

His efforts paid off, and he finally obtained crucial intelligence.

He no longer had much ambition regarding clearing the level, as his strength seemed insufficient.

However, he can assist Captain Minami Kotaro in clearing the game and also gain something from it.

"When do you have time? I do right now! Okay, okay, I'll treat you later, to that barbecue restaurant again!"

"So mysterious."

Sumiko Ozawa muttered something in disgust and buried herself in repairing the G3-X components.

Barely able to connect to the computer, a string of imported data made Sumiko Ozawa frown even more.

The recorded data exceeded the theoretical value of AI.

The G3 series armor isn't really that difficult; it's just a matter of upgrading it. They also have powerful main weapons.

However, considering load-bearing capacity and practical application, not everything can be directly piled with materials.

The core of this system is AI.

The reason why AI is needed, besides assisting in maneuvering the armor, is mainly because human reaction speed and other aspects cannot compare with unknown life forms.

However, data on computers is now more powerful than AI.

"Did something go wrong?" Sumiko Ozawa rubbed her temples wearily.

Compared to the unidentified life forms of the past, the current enemies are much stronger, with a variety of superpowers emerging, posing a severe test for G3.

It needs continuous strengthening and adjustment.

I doubt he'll be back by the 4th; he'll probably be lamenting how times have changed.

(End of this chapter)