Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 268 Two Starting Points

The door connecting the detective agency to the secret base was opened a crack.

Philip, who didn't seem to fit in, silently observed Shotaro Sato, who was talking to himself, from behind the door.

He's completely aged.

"Make a decision quickly, someone," the masked woman's voice entered Philip's mind again, "Shotaro Sato is already useless, Ryu Terui is the most suitable candidate. He has an extraordinary physique like you, and his ability to be immune to aging dopant attacks is proof of that."

"I will help Shotaro recover..."

"Even if he recovers, what then?"

The masked woman's voice was indifferent.

"Neither of you can transform into the ultimate W, Gale Acceleration Limit Form. Only this form can defeat the Aging Dopant and even defeat Sonozaki Ryubei."

The boy's face showed struggle: "But..."

"Guards, you have no choice," the masked woman urged anxiously. "Think carefully, why did you transform into W? Just for so-called friendship?"

Partnering with Terui Ryu to obtain the strongest power and then ending everything is also a way of protecting Hidden Shotaro. After overthrowing the museum's rule, you can also transform into W.

"Buzz!"

A mechanical eagle-shaped object hovered behind the boy, accompanied by the voice of a masked woman.

The Ultimate Memory is an essential item for performing the Ultimate Transformation. It can completely fuse the powers of the two Ws together, and can be said to be the true W.

"Use the Ultimate Memory! Someone!" The masked woman's figure gradually faded in the boy's mind. "Transform into the ultimate W!"

"Bang!"

The slight sound of the door closing caught Xia Chuan's attention.

His current state is rather strange; he seems to be possessed, yet he isn't.

Seemingly influenced by this world, Earth, it is in a rather peculiar state, not merging with Shotaro, yet only able to observe and perceive the outside world through Shotaro.

The boy at the agency's secret base is likely W's other half, the user of the Gaia Memory "Hurricane," named Sonozaki Raito.

Philip is the name the other person used after leaving the Sonozaki family.

As for that masked woman, if I'm not mistaken, she should be Philip's mother, Ayane Sonozaki, the creator of the Knight System.

The "w" dungeon is practically a family affair.

"Um?"

Forest park.

The masked woman, Ayane Sono, sensed an unknown gaze, turned around abruptly with her hands clasped in her pockets, and flames suddenly erupted from the surrounding grass.

Through the distorted air, a ray of green light seemed to spread out.

"Is it an illusion? That Shotaro Sato has an ordinary physique and definitely doesn't have immunity to aging, how could he possibly have such mental power?"

"What's wrong?"

Inside the office, Shotaro Sato didn't hear Natsukawa's voice for a long time, and suddenly felt a pang of panic.

"Hey, are you still there? Are you just going to abandon me? Don't go! How do I protect myself from mental attacks? I've already been attacked; is it even possible to reverse it?"

"Of course you can," Xia Chuan said, withdrawing his senses. "It's easy to understand if you treat the opponent's attack as a curse. If your mental will is strong enough, you can naturally break the curse."

"Mental willpower? That's what they say... Oh no, I'm suddenly getting sleepy so easily."

Shotaro yawned in a daze, his cognitive thinking seemingly turning into that of an old man. He sipped his tea with a smile, and only after a while did he suddenly wake up.

"Damn it, is my willpower really that weak?"

"It's just not strong," Xia Chuan said calmly. "The special thing about that Terui Ryu is that he has a lot of intense hatred, strong enough to ignore mental attacks."

"Hatred?" Shotaro suddenly smiled bitterly, "That guy's entire family was killed by the hybrid... I could never do something like that."

"Then how about you temporarily entrust your body to me?"

Xia Chuan tries to break free from the influence of Earth.

"I'll help you deal with that hybrid, on the condition that you help me get my body back."

"I'll give you my body?" Shotaro's eyelids twitched wildly, and he laughed awkwardly, "Well... let me think about it. Even like this, I can still fight..."

"It's up to you, but you'd better make a decision quickly. Your aging process will get worse and worse, and you might not even be able to transform in the end."

Xia Chuan didn't show much emotion. After giving a reminder, he turned to observe the white space around him.

There's no physical danger; you can research this place first.

Perhaps there's a way to return directly to the body.

"Could this be the Earth Library?" Xia Chuan reached out to a book in front of him, but his fingers grasped nothing as if by magic.

Unable to read.

The Earth Library in the W world is an aggregation of Earth's memories, essentially a huge database storing all information about Earth.

Philip was able to search for all sorts of information for investigation or combat because he was connected to this place. Apart from the protected information about the Sonozaki family, he could read almost everything.

I just don't know if there's any information about the Fujiwara Foundation here.

……

A construction site somewhere in Fengdu.

A young police officer dressed as a worker followed his colleague into the construction site, his safety helmet soaked with sweat.

Damn it, entering the dungeon for the second time felt like being punished. I didn't even get a meal and was inexplicably forced to work under the scorching sun.

Whether before or after becoming a knight, he had never done this kind of hard labor.

"Hey, Taoist priest!" the foreman shouted, his eyes sharp. "Are you even capable? Stop giving me that sour look. If you can't even do this much work, get out!"

"I'm fine."

The young police officer wiped away his sweat with a grim expression, and after lifting a bag of cement, his thin frame bulged with muscles.

There's no other way but to adapt to this world first.

They should at least have a meal before leaving.

Of course, with his abilities, it's easy for him to get a meal; he can make some money anywhere.

Even in a dungeon world, he didn't want to break the rules or act recklessly.

The last one who didn't take the dungeon world seriously, the Fang King, has been out of contact since.

Moreover, he also has his own dignity as a police officer.

"Be careful!"

"Get out of the way!"

Suddenly, a terrified scream came from behind the police officer. He turned around and saw the steel frame above collapsing, with a large pile of materials crashing down.

"Bang--!"

The construction site was filled with dust and smoke, and the entire area where the police youth was originally located was covered by materials, remaining silent for half a day.

Just when everyone thought someone had died, the young police officer coughed and crawled out.

"Hey, are you alright?" the foreman called out anxiously.

In such a situation, he'll either die or be crippled; he'll suffer along with them.

"fine."

The young police officer, covered in dust, got up, shook his slightly dizzy head, and continued carrying cement amidst the bewildered gazes of his fellow workers.

"Master, you should go wash up and then go to the hospital to get checked out..."

"It's really nothing."

After greeting his fellow workers, the police officer youth found a tap next to the makeshift mobile prefabricated house to wash himself quickly, and couldn't help but think of Xia Chuan, who had entered the instance with him.

Normally, the name doesn't change after entering a dungeon. He just checked and there was no information about "Shinji Kaminari".

It's very likely that, like him, he was also from a low-level background, similar to a construction worker.

If that's the case, it's barely acceptable.

"call!"

Suddenly, a gust of cold air came with the wind. The young police officer wiped his hands and returned to the construction site. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the frozen construction site in front of him.

The workers who were cleaning up the fallen materials were all turned into ice sculptures. The foreman who had been shouting at him earlier was no exception. He was still in the action of giving instructions when a strong gust of wind blew by and the foreman crashed into the steel frame and shattered on the ground.

Glacier dopant?

The young police officer looked up sharply at the hybrid monster standing on the rooftop and reflexively activated his Ace Memory.

According to information provided by the alliance, doped memory is divided into physical, mental, and rule-based categories.

Physics may seem like a low-level subject, but it can still be quite terrifying once you reach a certain level.

The Ice Dopant, which briefly appeared in this world, displayed freezing superpowers far exceeding those of ordinary monsters.

Level 5 Overlord Bull is easy to expose.

But can we handle it with just the ace memory?

"Transform!"

The young police officer gritted his teeth, wanting to retreat, but found that the Glacier Dopant had already set its sights on him, leaving him no choice but to fight.

As he donned his purplish-black battle suit, the young police officer somersaulted to avoid the icy blasts from the glacial hybrid, then leaped into the air to launch his attack.

This instance is dangerous, but it is also his opportunity.

With his strength, he might be able to advance to a Level 5 Memory Knight before Kaminari.

(End of this chapter)