Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 439 Evolution Knight Card

"What's wrong?"

Misora ​​Ishidou looked at Natsukawa, who had suddenly closed his eyes and remained motionless by the window, with a puzzled expression. Thinking of Banjou and his group who were still fighting against Eberl, she felt a tightness in her chest.

"Did something happen to Wan Zhang and the others? Dad... Ebert, he..."

"Kiryu Sento is alright now."

Xia Chuan turned around gently.

"I have something to attend to, so I won't bother you any longer."

"We've troubled you." Ishidou Misora ​​subconsciously replied, staring blankly as Natsukawa walked out of the ward.

Something felt off, but it's normal for the director to be busy.

"Whoosh!"

The spiritual world.

Space shattered like a broken mirror, and Ebert's mimicry stone appeared. After a moment of adjustment, he gritted his teeth and charged towards the radiating light that felt like a bone-chilling wind. A dragon-shaped flame transformed into a sphere and roared out.

"Whoever you are, get out of here!"

"Clang!"

Xia Chuan's luminous figure coalesced, and he reached out to grab the ferocious fire dragon. A large amount of scattered electricity tore through his fingers, causing it to rush around like a wild horse. However, in the next moment, it was crushed into countless scattered light points, and the fire dragon in the center was directly extinguished and turned into green smoke.

"Sizzle—!"

Ebert was startled for a moment, then his superpowers continued to intensify. He held one hand out to the side and used the other hand to support his wrist, mobilizing all his strength. In the fierce struggle, all of his hair stood up.

"Don't go too far!!"

The spatial scene changes, with the Earth, like a jewel, spinning beneath your feet, and images and pictures dotting the deep space of the universe like stars.

Xia Chuan subdued Eberth with one hand, then turned his gaze to the surrounding images.

These were all Ebert's memories.

"call!"

Compared to the other blurry images, a much larger, clear image caught Xia Chuan's attention.

That was a memory of planetary destruction.

The city collapsed en masse amidst the laughter of a demonic figure. The owner of the memory had no choice but to risk everything to sneak into the palace and escape with Pandora's Tower. The memory was frozen at the moment the planet disintegrated.

Another rather unique fragment of memory is the Battle for the Destruction of Mars.

In the destructive tornado unleashed by Pandora's Tower, the Martian Queen sacrificed her life to deliver the final blow. The long-forgotten ruins were only disturbed by a Martian rover, and more than a decade later, Pandora's Box was brought back to Earth by astronauts...

"asshole!"

Ebert discovers that his memories have been spied on, his face turns red, and he is no longer as casual and playful as he was when facing the main characters. In extreme frustration, he transforms into his knight form in the mental world.

His past memories are nothing, but his memories after coming to Earth are related to his resurrection and evolution plan, and must not be exposed.

"That's enough!"

"Bang--!"

History seemed to be repeating itself, except this time the fighter was not Wan Zhanglong, but Ebolt himself. A large number of fire bombs were launched in all directions, and Ebolt's figure flashed and charged in close succession.

However, before the attack could land, Xia Chuan opened his fingers again.

Although this is Eberl's mental space, it seems to be more advantageous to him. His superpowers, which are almost equal to or even slightly superior to his physical body due to the Collapse Source Body, are activated to the extreme. With the support of the Evolution Knight Card, he has the illusion that Eberl is like an ant.

It wasn't entirely an illusion; Ebert's attack was indeed not very threatening.

"Bang!"

"Ugh!"

Ebert, who had only charged halfway, suddenly appeared and was sent flying. He forcibly flipped backward to steady himself, only to find that the all-around attacking fire bombs had melted away just one meter away from Xia Chuan.

"you……"

Although he couldn't see Xia Chuan's specific appearance under the radiance, he could still feel the cold gaze upon him.

Damn it, if only he possessed the full power of his original form...

"You've successfully angered me."

Ebert lowered his head to suppress his anger, his fingers gripping the belt lever tightly. A cosmic energy, resembling a star map, rapidly surged from his forehead, eventually gathering into a disc shape at his right foot.

"Evoltic Finish!"

"Ciao!"

Recreating the collision scene with the mighty dragon Lava Croz, Ebolt bets all his power on a single, fatal blow, as the fiery energy expands and fills the entire space.

"This is my world!!"

"Bang--!"

The devastating impact erupted fiercely, seemingly intent on destroying everything.

Eberl, who was the first to be hit, roared and suffered the backlash. Even though his armor exploded in mid-air and Ishido Souichi's mimicry was intermittent and could not be maintained, he did not retreat an inch.

"Ha~ha..."

When the flames subsided, everything went blank. There was no glowing figure of Xia Chuan, nor that damned card.

His own strength is also slowly recovering.

"I won!"

After a brief moment of alertness, Ebert burst into uncontrollable laughter, panting heavily as he returned to reality. The possessed dragon, Wan Zhang, could hardly contain his smile.

However, just to be on the safe side, it's still best to have your body checked repeatedly.

Indeed, the power did not continue to diminish.

"Is it really gone?"

Despite the somewhat fantastical scene, Ebert breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze back to Pandora's Box.

"Next..."

"Is this the interior of Pandora's Tower?" Xia Chuan, supporting himself against the gray stone wall, entered the empty hall. He could clearly touch the solid objects, yet it felt completely empty.

Perhaps because of the completion of the Evolution Knight Card, he also has a special connection with the Magic Tower and can vaguely control it through Pandora's Box.

"Teacher Kakuju?" Ebert exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing here?!"

"Just now, all the passages in this tower suddenly opened," Natsukawa looked at Ebert in the direction of the voice, "and not only me, but people from Namba Heavy Industries also came in."

"Hmm? Your nose is really sharp; it found us so quickly."

Ebert raised his hand and summoned the projection screen, whereupon he saw Chairman Nanba and others exploring another level of space within the tower.

"Hmph, ignore them. Namba Heavy Industries is just Faust's patron; they're just tools to us."

"Isn't it about time you explained?" Natsukawa sized up the Ryuga, who was possessed by Ebert. "What's your current situation?"

"As you can see, I have reclaimed the power that was rightfully mine."

Ebert packed up Pandora's Box and the energy bottle, and resumed his lazy demeanor.

"Twenty-three years ago, an unmanned probe from this planet landed on Mars, which we destroyed. At that time, I sent a portion of my genetic material into it. After returning to Earth, I happened to meet the guardian Mother Wan Zhang."

"I originally intended to possess that woman, but an accident happened. That part of me possessed the body of the baby in my womb. At birth, it lost my memories and abilities and degenerated into an ordinary human."

Eberl leaned against the pillar, observing his moving fingers.

"The reason I set up all sorts of trials to constantly increase the danger level of Wan Zhanglong is so that only when it reaches 5.0 can it merge with me and become my new vessel."

"Then what is the purpose of developing the pseudo-evolution driver?" Natsukawa asked curiously.

"It was originally intended as a backup, to be used to transform into Ishido Sōichi's human body if the plan failed. Now, of course, it's left for you, Sensei," Ebert said with a smile, trying to win people over. "Once the pseudo-evolution driver is completed, I will perform the modification surgery on you, Sensei. With your talent, I'm sure you'll be able to make the most of that belt."

"I'm not interested in fighting."

"Haha, as expected of Kakuju-sensei."

Ebert pressed down on Xia Chuan's shoulder with slight surprise.

"Now it's time for the ceremony. For your safety, teacher, I'll see you out first."

(End of this chapter)