Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 40 Power

"Don't come any closer!"

With Daguba gone, Frog Youth was like someone who had survived drowning, but before he could even catch his breath, he was once again under tremendous pressure.

Xia Chuan stood quietly by the lawn. Without the tangible pressure of Daguba, he seemed no different from an ordinary person, yet he still felt suffocated.

"Who are you? You and Daguba...?"

"Brother Lian!"

Several children ran to the young man, trying to help him up, but they couldn't budge the frog costume at all.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'll go call Dad..."

"N-nothing," the young man said, sweat pouring down his forehead. He glanced nervously at Xia Chuan and hurriedly pushed the children away. "I just need to rest for a bit. You guys go back quickly!"

"But……"

"Your name is Lian?"

Xia Chuan looked at the young man and asked him in a low voice.

He couldn't even tell the young man's identity. If it weren't for Daguba, the young man would have looked like an ordinary human being.

Either his disguise abilities exceeded his understanding, or he had truly integrated into human society.

What a strange guy.

"what?"

The young man didn't react for a moment, and looked blankly at Xia Chuan's question.

It doesn't seem to be one of his bloodthirsty relatives.

who is it?

"never mind."

Xia Chuan ignored the young man and took one last look in the direction where Daguba disappeared before leaving the amusement park.

Every time we meet, I can clearly feel that Daguba has become stronger.

But he didn't seem to have any good solutions.

Although Daguba has not yet obtained the ultimate power, he still doesn't have much of a chance of winning.

And this guy is very wary of him too.

It seems a bit difficult to imagine something like the ancient times.

……

"call!"

Knights School Comprehensive Training Hall.

Xia Chuan unbuttoned his shirt in an equipment room in preparation for warm-up exercises.

Unlike his usual elite and capable demeanor, once he took off his suit and white shirt, his golden physique, unique to warriors, was revealed.

His muscular physique was exceptionally perfect, neither bloated nor thin, exuding power, as if a dangerous beast was lurking within, ready to pounce at any moment.

After adjusting his breathing slightly, Xia Chuan clenched his fist and brought it close to the punching machine. After measuring the distance in front of the test target, he stepped back.

"Bang--!"

Training hall lounge.

Kondo Isami adjusted his glasses, looked around, and secretly took out a magazine. Just as he was about to flip through it, a deafening explosion suddenly erupted outside, shaking the entire room.

"Is it over in the equipment room?"

Kondo Yu jumped up abruptly, hurriedly stuffed the magazine back in, and strode out of the lounge.

It's his turn to be on duty today. If anything goes wrong, he'll be the one whose salary is deducted.

"You little brat, don't let me catch you..."

When they found the equipment room where the incident occurred, Kondo Isami stood frozen at the door.

The room was filled with the ruined punching machine in disarray, and smoke was still rising from the huge hole in the center of the test target.

"Who is it?! Don't they know that transforming is not allowed here?"

Kondo Isami's eyebrows twitched violently.

The punching machine is ridiculously expensive; for it to turn out like this is no ordinary mistake!

"What happened?"

Onoue Takumi also heard the loud noise and came to investigate, only to be met by the enraged Kondo Isami.

"Mentor Kondo?"

"What else could it be? Some brat is transforming here..."

Kondo Isami cursed angrily, but his face froze the next moment.

The destructive power on the scene exceeded that of an ordinary Level 2 Rider; even if his B-class students transformed, they would have a hard time doing so.

Only the A-class students who joined the patrol team in advance had this power.

"Fine, this won't happen again."

Kondo Isamu slunk away from the equipment room.

Ryota Murai's identity as Kuuga is no longer a secret, and recent signs all indicate that Kuuga is related to him.

It's just a deduction from my salary; I can get reimbursed by the team leader.

He was, after all, carrying out a mission.

canteen.

Natsukawa changed back into his suit, got his food at the window, and sat down directly opposite Murai Ryota and the dazed Fujiwara Saiji.

My physical strength has increased significantly. The Gurongi of the Ge level are indeed extraordinary. I feel that the level 3 physique is not as far away as before.

lv2.7?

It might just be a matter of a few Grongi of the Ge class.

but.

Just in case, he still needed to take some time to train Murai Ryota.

If Ryota Murai could control the power of Kurokuga a little, it could be of some help.

"Master Kaminaga," Fujiwara Saiji said, gazing intently at the completed sketch in his hand, "Are there any Grongi who are close to humans?"

"..."

Xia Chuan glanced silently at the rose-woman on the drawing paper.

This guy started having a relapse as soon as he was discharged from the hospital.

"Maybe there are, but you'd better not get your hopes up. Those guys are different from us. No matter how similar they are, they're still not human."

The Rose Woman is quite different from the frog Gurongi he encountered.

Frogs are of a very low level, and are not much different from humans.

But Rose Woman is a manager-level figure who oversees the killing game, and the sense of danger she evoked in him never disappeared.

"Kaminari is right."

Hiroko Asami, dressed in a bodycon skirt and business attire, walked into the cafeteria, laughing as she snatched the sketch from Fujiwara's hand, her behavior rather fierce.

"The Gurongi usually look just like us, and have even learned our language, but they have no human emotions at all, and their values ​​are completely different."

"Hiroko? Are you all done with your work?"

Xia Chuan raised an eyebrow in surprise, wondering why this woman would suddenly come to the base.

He did manage to take care of the porcupine Gurongi, but things are probably not completely over yet.

Hiroko Asami's expression darkened slightly: "Last night, all 90 students perished, with only one transfer student surviving because he hadn't yet made contact with the mysterious youth."

Fujiwara Saiji, who was about to reclaim the sketch, froze, his mood inevitably becoming heavy.

"Is it another Grongi? They want me to protect that transfer student..."

"It's no longer needed."

Hiroko Asami's gaze inadvertently drifted towards Natsukawa.

"It seems that the Gurongi who committed the crime has been eliminated by Kuuga. Someone witnessed the explosion in Arakawa."

Asami Hiroko then added to Murai Ryota beside her, "It's not you, it's another Kuuga."

Murai Ryo's eyes were filled with sadness.

He knew without being specifically reminded.

"From now on, how about you call me Number 2? Number 4 is fine too."

"Why is it number 4?" Fujiwara Saiji asked curiously.

"That sounds nice."

Outside the cafeteria.

Hiroko Asami followed Natsukawa back to the villa area. Looking at the familiar figure in front of her, the image of Shinji Kaminaga's transformation from 5 years ago suddenly flashed into her mind.

"Back then, Kaminaga would always leave without permission whenever a monster appeared, disappearing at crucial moments and completely ignoring his partner. Later I found out that you were fighting a monster."

"Um?"

Natsukawa turned to look at Hiroko Asami, who was grinning foolishly.

"You mean Ultraman? I don't remember anything about that."

"Uh, yes, yeah."

Hiroko Asami awkwardly snapped out of her daze and turned her gaze to the several vacant villas nearby.

Unlike villas in other places, this one clearly looks like no one is taking care of it.

"Do you live here alone?"

"These are the students' dormitories, but they've moved to the other dormitory area now."

"what?"

"Beep beep beep!"

Hiroko Asami's phone suddenly vibrated.

"Senior! Another suspected Gurongi murder case has occurred!"

"What?"

"The victim was a taxi driver," Kazumi Takahashi explained frantically at the noisy crime scene. "It was horrible. His body looked like it had been dissolved by something, and there was blood everywhere."

"I understand, I'll be right there."

Hiroko Asami hung up the phone and looked back at Natsukawa, who had returned to the villa.

Whether it was the work of aliens or not, the proof of Ultraman's existence disappeared from the internet at some point, and no related information can be found in public search results.

It seems that fewer and fewer people remember Shen Yong.

Perhaps many years later, only these former teammates will retain the memories and forever remember the time they fought side by side with Kaminari and Ultraman.

"Kaminaga," Hiroko Asami murmured to herself as she faced the villa, "Can I still trust you? Like before?"

(End of this chapter)