Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 235 Between Time and Space

"Are all police officers this annoying?"

Hiroko Asami sullenly watched the young man lead the group away.

Xia Chuan was still unaware of what was happening; instead, she was furious and recalled her past interactions with the police.

These guys are different from ordinary police officers; they often use national security as an excuse to do whatever they want.

They don't seem to care about the reckless behavior of Team 01.

"Don't worry about him. Kondo used to be like that too. The more he lacks something, the more he cares about it. If you don't say anything, you can still look up to him."

Xia Chuan's attention remained focused on the students.

As his student, being weak is not a big deal, but turning evil is unacceptable.

I wonder what these guys will become after being exposed to the dungeon.

If possible, I don't want to see anyone stand against him.

"Really?"

Hiroko Asami was a beat slow to react, staring at Isamu Kondo, whose legs were weak and whose smile was stiff, before glancing at the elite-looking young police officer.

"The old Kondo? This... the difference is too great!"

"It is indeed a bit big."

Natsukawa tried hard to recall the first time he met Kondo Isami.

When did it start?

Kondo Isami seems to have lost his former arrogance.

Humans are truly fickle.

"Speaking of which," Taki Akihisa couldn't help but ask in surprise, "why didn't we see Mr. Kotaro this time? Was it because of the Level 6 Knight restriction?"

"I heard he was recruited by the Alliance," Kazumi Takahashi explained. "It seems the Alliance has discovered RX's new instance and wants to establish a passage through Mr. Kotaro."

"A new RX dungeon? Is it really necessary?"

"Mr. Kotaro said that he is not a true level 6 warrior yet, and he does not want to be bound to other knight systems, so he wants to find a way through a new dungeon."

"That's too modest. Such a powerful knight, yet he still works so hard. As expected of Mr. Kotaro."

Xia Chuan glanced at the group of people discussing something, then suddenly touched his waist and abdomen, and slowly backed away from the crowd.

The dungeon operation was approved last week, so today's announcement is just a formality. There are only a few hours left before the dungeon opens.

Correspondingly, the shuttle's reaction became increasingly intense.

It feels like you're being drawn into the Den-O timeline even if you don't actively seek it out.

It would be better if he went over and checked the situation first.

Being able to explore with one's consciousness is always better than crossing over to the physical body without any preparation.

Although he knew about "Den-O", he wasn't actually that familiar with it, let alone the "Den-O" that had become a copy.

This kind of world involving timelines is much more complex than ordinary time-space dungeons, and with the intervention of the Alliance, it's hard to say what exactly is going on inside.

"what?"

Taki Akira turned around in surprise.

"Where are Kaminaga and Hiroko? They were just here..."

"Don't worry about it," Kazumi Takahashi said with a gossipy look. "Don't you know what it means to help others achieve their goals? Don't meddle in their affairs."

"call!"

Xia Chuan quickly left the training hall, intending to return to the villa first, but as he walked, he sensed a strong gaze from those watching him.

After walking a few steps, he noticed Hiroko Asami cautiously following behind.

That's terrible tracking ability.

It's virtually impossible to hide anything from his senses.

Even when he is in a passive situation, he can easily detect the attention he receives from those around him, not to mention that he is usually on guard in such situations.

However, this situation is also quite troublesome.

Given Hiroko Asami's personality, she absolutely cannot give up easily.

It's not that he would actually die for the League, but he had this serious nature back in the Ultraman era.

With the image of Hiroko Asami, whose movements were thought to be discreet, clearly imprinted in his mind, Natsukawa continued walking, only throwing out a Knight card as he turned the corner.

The root of the suspicion should be the Hibiki dungeon; once that's confirmed, the problem will be much easier to solve.

There are indeed quite a few Kuuga characters in this world now, but Hibiki is the only one without a listed Rider System.

Let's deal with this for now.

He doesn't have time to play hide-and-seek with Hiroko Asami right now.

"Whoosh!"

"Who goes there?!"

"Transform!"

Natsukawa's reprimanding voice rang out from the other side of the corner, and the furtive Asami Hiroko immediately abandoned all pretense of hiding and hurriedly ran out.

finally coming?

This time we absolutely must catch the real transformation...

"what?"

Hiroko Asami, who had just reached the corner, suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The familiar figure of Hibiki, engulfed in purple flames, came into view with a powerful presence, but the one who transformed was not Natsukawa.

In the synchronized sound effects, Xia Chuan reveals the desire driver he had prepared in advance under his coat, which is assembled into the Extreme Fox in a rotating data device.

She did transform, but it wasn't what she expected.

"Hiroko?"

As the fox fur ribbons fluttered, Natsukawa turned back to look at Hiroko Asami.

"Why did you come here?"

"I……"

Hiroko Asami stared blankly as Hibiki turned and jumped away. She wanted to speak, but then saw Natsukawa quickly chasing after him. She was filled with questions but couldn't bring herself to ask them.

"Whoosh!"

Outside the base, Xia Chuan chased after them into the mountains and forests, and only after he could no longer sense anything amiss did he wave his hand and put away the Hibiki Card.

Despite the slight delay, the shuttle belt still emerged in place of the Desire Driver, and the Extreme Fox Armor automatically deactivated.

The projection of the Decade belt was clearer than ever before, and the petrification had noticeably subsided.

This belt seems to have also entered the Den-O dungeon.

"call!"

After adjusting his state slightly, Xia Chuan didn't hesitate much and stepped directly into the Knight Space. At the same time, his consciousness followed the shuttle and connected with the upcoming "Den-O" dungeon.

……

"Ugh—!"

A familiar tram horn rang in his ears. Xia Chuan, who had just regained his senses, turned his head and saw a white tram hurtling towards him. Before he could react, he was smashed to pieces.

but.

He now seemed to have no body, no pain, and no sense of touch, and soon reassembled into a blurry sandman behind the whistling tram.

This is……

After observing his own strange form, Xia Chuan finally had time to look around at the desolate Gobi Desert.

"I've become an Otherworldly God?"

Imagin, also known as Imagin, is a monster that appears in the world of Den-O. Its true identity is a person from a certain timeline in the future, whose goal is to change the past and make the future in which it exists real.

Although they are from the future, they have no physical form; most of them are just a mass of spiritual energy, or like him now, they exist in the form of sand.

There is usually only one way to obtain a physical body: to possess a human and sign a contract.

That's roughly what happened...

The Xia Chuan Sandman's form disintegrated, transforming back into a ball of light that chased after the speeding tram.

This place, which looks like a Gobi Desert, belongs to a space-time continuum, where the sand represents the flow of time.

The time train ahead travels through the past, present, and future. If you don't catch it, you might be banished by time forever because you can't transform.

This time, my luck has really been terrible.

Based on past experience, even if he withdraws now, it will be useless. Once his identity is fixed, it cannot be changed even if he switches back to his original body.

It would be best to first use the time train to find a human that can possess the body.

I'm starting to think I should go to the hospital for a checkup; my writing is getting slower and slower, taking more than twice as long as before...

(End of this chapter)