Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 454 The Scientist Who Changed Fate

"Ugh—!"

research room.

Just as Nariaki Utsumi finished organizing the data, he heard a rapid alarm sound. After identifying the source, his expression changed drastically.

"There's a problem at the Striker Lab! Professor Kakuju, I'll go check it out!"

"Um."

After Xia Chuan's expression remained unchanged, he sensed that Ebert was not at the research institute; he must have brought Utsumi there and then gone somewhere else.

Could it be for the sake of the other three vampires?

The governor's inaugural address is in a few days, but things may not be so peaceful.

While Ebert was busy collecting Lost Energy Bottles and the Ruinous Heavy Industries were displaying their might, he quietly kept an eye on the vampire trio.

Although they couldn't find the Exorcism Ring or any clues about the seal, they unexpectedly discovered that the group harbored ulterior motives towards Eberth.

The fact that the fully evolved Ebolt did not immediately destroy the Earth has clearly aroused suspicion among several people.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a series of explosions erupted in the underground research facility of the base. Not only did the two riders escape and cause chaos, but the outside was also attacked by Build Riders, and even the main gate was forcibly destroyed. Mechanical defenders fell to the ground along the way.

"Damn it! Did they deliberately get caught to inject nebula gas?"

When Utsumi Shigeaki arrived at the scene, he was both shocked and furious. He had just submitted to Eberl and yet he had made such a mess of things.

As Namba Heavy Industries' last seed of revenge, it cannot fall in a place like this.

"Transform!"

"Walk!"

"Wanzhang, I'm entrusting Yihai and Ahuan to you!"

"Be careful!"

Wan Zhanglong blasted through a group of guards with his lava flames, and while Sento blocked Utsumi Nariaki, he picked up one person with each hand, spread his lava wings on his back, and rushed out of the ground at high speed.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

research room.

Natsukawa casually checked the data in the Utsumi archives. Meanwhile, Shinobu Katsuragi next door had already transformed into Build Knight and rushed out shortly after the conflict broke out, and the entire research institute was in chaos.

Just as he was thinking that it had nothing to do with him, the figure of the War Rabbit Knight suddenly appeared at the door of the research room.

"Director?"

Sento stared at Natsukawa's retreating figure and called out uncertainly. Remembering Ichikai's whispered reminder before leaving, he wasn't in a hurry to leave the Faust base.

Although he was wearing a gas mask, his familiar white coat made him stand out from the others, especially with his white hair, the kind of person you would never forget once you saw him.

"Chief!"

Looking back at the commotion outside, Sento rushed anxiously into the research lab.

"If we don't stop Ebert now, it will really be too late. Come back and help us. Your strength is definitely enough to defeat Ebert..."

"I just have superpowers, but I'm not much different from the Martian princess in essence. I'm definitely no match for Eberl in his current full form."

Xia Chuan lost interest after looking at the information for a while and used his telekinetic power to push Zhan Tu away.

"Let's hurry, Ebert should be back soon."

"Director..."

"The way to defeat Ebert is all in your father's file; the key word is 'Lost Energy Bottle'."

Xia Chuan quietly used his telekinesis to send Sento out of the research lab.

"Trust your father."

"Father?"

Sento silently watched Natsukawa until he heard footsteps chasing him outside, then he sped away to escape.

"Bang!"

"Quick, after them!"

Following closely behind, Katsuragi Shinobu shoved the heavily injured Utsumi Nariaki, then stopped at the laboratory door, also looking at Natsukawa.

As the first person to catch up, Sento had witnessed everything that had just happened.

It appears that Natsukawa tampered with the test chamber...

Don't you want the knight to become an experimental subject?

With a tacit nod, Shinobu Katsuragi removed the energy bottle, deactivated his transformation, and returned to his research lab as if nothing had happened.

According to the original script, he would find a way to reveal Ebert's fatal weakness to the knights, and then use the refined energy bottle as bait to lure Ebert into faking his death.

However, he has finally made up his mind to trust Xia Chuan this time and rebuild the New World Plan.

"Whoosh!"

Ebert mimicked the space and returned to the research institute. He glanced at the messy scene, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his mood became extremely bad.

"To actually let them break in and take away the experimental subject, that's so unlike you, teacher."

"After all, he's a genius rider."

Katsuragi Shinobu, whose gaze was fixed on him, tensed up.

Xia Chuan was right; Ebert did indeed have doubts about him.

"But it's not a big problem. There are only 3 energy bottles left that need refining, which shouldn't be too difficult for you. There's no need to keep an eye on these knights."

Katsuragi Shinobu turned his head away, his voice indifferent.

"They do possess the threshold required to become Lost Strikers, but given the existence of the Genius Energy Bottle, continuing would only be a waste of time."

"Are there three left?"

Ebert's gaze was thoughtful, and he couldn't help but think of his three constantly fidgeting kin.

Those three guys are still possessing humans, and their danger level is not low, at least much higher than the previous human test subjects. They are exactly the most suitable candidates for Lost Strikers.

……

Dongdu (Eastern Capital)

The coffee shop's basement.

Wan Zhanglong repeatedly tested the newly developed Blizzard Gauntlets, but failed time and time again. Uncontrolled energy shocked his entire body, and in the end, he felt as if he had been pulled out of the water.

"No... my body won't obey me..."

"Enough!" Misora ​​Ishidou, glaring at Ryuga Banjou who looked like he was being tortured, snapped at Sento, who was trying to continue the experiment. "Are you trying to kill him? What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden, Sento?!"

"At this rate, we can't possibly defeat Ebert," Kiryu Sento said, suppressing the panic in his eyes. "That guy could destroy the Earth at any moment, who knows when..."

Everyone was clueless and thought that finding the head of the neighborhood would turn the situation around.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, the director's power is only to suppress the Eberst power in Wan Zhang's body, something the Martian princess could do at the beginning.

Even the genius Rider Build's power couldn't defeat Perfect Eberst, so what can the Director, who can't transform, do?

Everyone thinks too highly of the director, or perhaps he just doesn't want to accept reality, so he's found a solace in something to keep himself from falling into complete despair.

"I understand, War Rabbit."

Ryuga Banjou fell straight to the ground once again, his eagerness no less than that of Sento Kiryu, his mind echoing with Ebert's words during the battle.

Indeed, the director's power helped him neutralize the Eberst genetic factor, resolving the risk of him going out of control, but it also limited his danger level.

No matter how much you don't want to admit it, the transformation ultimately relies on Ebers' genetic factors.

"You saw the director back then, Sento, right?" Banjou Ryuga struggled to stay upright despite the electric shock, panting heavily. "So, what exactly happened with the director? Was he really just a covert infiltrator?"

"Probably," Kiryu Sento rubbed his temples blankly, took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Ichikai and Gen were able to escape successfully because of the director, but Ebert seems to trust the director too much. If I'm not mistaken, that pseudo-evolution activator was actually sent over by the director at Ebert's request."

"What are you talking about, Sento?" Misora ​​Ishidou couldn't help but interrupt. "Hasn't the director been helping us all along?"

"That's true, but it seems the director's goal from the beginning was to push Eberl to his complete form... I'm not sure what's going on either."

Kiryu Sento had a headache and closed his eyes.

"Why did things turn out like this when we could have dealt with Ebolt much earlier? Even the director himself admits he's no match for a fully-powered Ebolt."

(End of this chapter)