Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 402 Daughter of Origin

"Ugh!"

In the forest and mountain stream, Gao Siwu walked barefoot on the pebbles along the bank, her white skirt stained with blood. As she stumbled and fell, the world and the bed in her eyes were in chaos, as if she could see countless timelines.

Kōta Kuzuba, Kaito Kazumon, Mitsumi Kureshima...

Everyone is caught up in a painful war.

"Whoosh!"

Takashi Mai's steps trembled, and as the red light in her right eye, which was in a state of high fever, surged, her entire body plunged headfirst into the water.

The golden fruit fused with his heart, making separation impossible; the energy it released alone already exceeded the capacity of ordinary humans to withstand.

"Is it over?"

With her consciousness fading, Takashi Mai struggled to lift her head and saw the suddenly appearing Jabu. After his armor melted away like flying dust, the familiar figure of "Kakui Yuya" was revealed, but his face and expression were still unfamiliar. Through his right eye, she could vaguely see an incomprehensible glowing object.

"Yuya..."

"The Daughter of Origin seems to be the one who witnesses everything. According to the original future, you will choose either Kouta Kuzuha or Kaito Kamen Rider to decide who owns the Golden Fruit."

Xia Chuan stepped forward to help Gao Siwu up, his superpowers briefly suppressing the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit.

"This is the future we are looking for, but you can also choose a future without sacrifice, without sorrow and despair."

"Can the future really be changed?" Tears streamed from Takashi Mai's other normal eye. "If this continues, everyone will die..."

"Impossible!"

The mysterious man in the turban appeared on the edge of the forest on the opposite bank, and shouted at Xia Chuan and the other two, crossing his arms.

"Although I cannot see the future, since it is a future that already exists in the universe, it cannot be changed. The future that has already begun cannot be stopped by anyone, no one can!"

"Nonsense! If the future really can't be changed, what are you doing here?"

Xia Chuan ignored the warning look from the man in the headscarf.

He knew the ending of the "Gaim" TV series, where Kouta Kazuha, who became the Origin Man, did not destroy humanity, but instead took the corrupted Heim Forest to another planet in the universe to rebuild civilization.

Anything is possible in the future of this world.

"If you trust me," Natsukawa continued, turning to Takashi Mai, "you can witness my future."

"Yuya's going to join the war too?" Mai Takashi shook her head, choking back tears. "That's enough. I don't want to see anyone else get hurt, not you, Yuya, or anyone else..."

"Whoosh—!"

The energy of the Golden Fruit erupted completely, rapidly eroding Takashi Mai's body and transforming her beyond her limits into the Daughter of Origin.

The silver-clad figure, enveloped in golden light, gradually floated, lingering in the rift of time before reforming.

Even the brief encounter with Natsukawa in the past was projected as a light screen into the forest.

"So you actually want to change the past?"

The man in the headscarf frowned slightly.

"This is too reckless. Even the Golden Fruit couldn't accomplish this. Faced with the suppression of time, let alone doing anything, it's difficult to even say what you want to say."

"It's better than doing nothing."

The ethereal Gao Siwu gritted her teeth and re-entered time, further exacerbating the spatial and temporal chaos around her.

However, the past is the past, and what one wants to say and do is completely beyond one's control. Not only did it fail to stop Kouta and his group from participating in the battle, it further turned them into guides.

In despair, Takashi Mai painfully turned back.

"Stay alive, Yuya..."

"The end and the beginning, to usher in a new era, this outdated world must be destroyed, and the Daughter of Origin is the one who witnesses all of this."

The man in the headscarf waved his hand to disperse the spatial turbulence, glanced at Xia Chuan, and let Gao Siwu disappear into time.

"My mission is to bring the Daughter of Origin into the world, and then to witness the future she will see. Only after the future is determined can she return and give the golden fruit to the chosen victor. Of course, you outsiders are not qualified to participate."

"I should be considered Yuya Kakui now."

Xia Chuan watched quietly as the time rift completely disappeared, then turned around and unfolded the dimensional wall, walking out of the Forest of Heim from beside the turban-wearing man.

Mai Takashi is still trapped in a parallel world, but that might not be a bad thing.

Just as the turban-wearing man said, the existence of the Origin Woman is to witness the future and decide the final ownership of the Golden Fruit; she herself has almost no combat power.

At least for now, safety is guaranteed, and there's no need to worry about any trouble caused by Foundation X.

……

"Boom—!"

Zeya City.

Soon after Xia Chuan chose to leave, a great battle of knights was ignited.

Almost all the knights of this world who participated in the battle gathered here, and the World Tree Tower, which was originally damaged, was restored by the power of the miracle and, guided by witchcraft, became a huge life energy collection device.

Whether knights or outsiders, all the energy from the battle continuously converged underground, eventually being transmitted to the top of the tower, where it further absorbed the life energy of the entire Zeya City.

The entire city of Zeya has become a giant altar.

The Green Alien, Redie, watched all this with satisfaction, then walked up to the top platform of the tower and bowed to Roshua.

"Your Majesty, as long as we collect the life energy of these otherworldly knights, we can complete the final ritual to resurrect the Queen."

"Um."

Luo Xiu'ao's voice was calm.

Because of his connection to the Forest of Heim, he already knew that Takashimaru had become the Daughter of Origin.

Reddie's scheme was doomed to failure.

However, none of this mattered to him; as long as the ceremony proceeded smoothly, that was all that mattered.

"Thump!"

Luo Xiu'ao conjured a heavy, broad-backed saber out of thin air. The glowing blade caused thunder to rumble around the top of the tower, and a terrifying pressure descended upon the many knights fighting below.

"What happened?"

The rider, startled, steadied himself, only to catch a glimpse of the intense light bursting from the top of the World Tree Tower.

The same light as when dealing with missile cluster attacks.

"This force is..."

Let's end it here.

Luo Xiu'ao raised his greatsword with one hand and swept it quickly. All the knights on the ground were pressed to the ground by the invisible force. Even the sixth-level knights were completely unable to resist the powerful storm and could only let the Heim Forest vines that spread around them bind them.

The Lockseed Knights who entered the tower ahead of time escaped unscathed, but when they tried to investigate, they were surrounded by outsiders. Only Kaito, the Demon Hunter, successfully passed through the crack in the bottom of the Divine Tree and made his way to the Forest of Helheim.

"Boom!"

Another clap of thunder rang out, and Wu Daoguang trembled slightly as he pressed himself against the French windows, grinning foolishly as he watched Luo Xiu'ao and Redie teleport together in front of the knights.

The resurrection ceremony is about to enter its final stage.

"Redie".

Luo Xiu'ao casually shouted, and Redie immediately stepped forward, preparing to cast the final spell.

Damn it, these knights are so useless, they can't even get close.

Reddie, with her back turned, was secretly annoyed.

The resurrection fuel doesn't actually need a knight. His arrangement was simply to suppress Roshua's condition as much as possible so that a second plan could be implemented if the ritual failed.

However, the king's abilities had improved considerably more than he had predicted.

In this case, all they can do is hope for the ritual to succeed and for that alien knight named "Destroyer".

"call!"

As the disgruntled Radiel formed a hand seal, all the struggling knights were pulled into a dream and fell into a deep sleep.

Once the life energy cycle is complete, barring any unforeseen circumstances, these knights will die unconsciously in their dreams.

"Hmph, that's your only value."

(End of this chapter)