Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 483 The Undying Calamity

Outdoor dessert shop in the shopping mall.

Natsukawa was forced by Shirai Yuki to meet with the victim's family. Not wanting to return her body to Sudo Mei, she could only sit down and focus all her attention on the light meal in front of her.

The milk tea wasn't very good, but the pudding was okay. It's a pity that this place doesn't have taiyaki (fish-shaped cakes).

He suddenly missed this world.

Although only a few days had passed in this world, he had been wandering here for an unknown amount of time, and taiyaki seemed like a very, very long time ago.

They originally planned to come before the alliance to seize the initiative, but they didn't expect to come too early.

With his main body and clone consciousness synchronized, his actual stay in "Saint Blade" was as long as a thousand years.

"Ya Yi? She's being interviewed."

Shirai Yuki nudged Natsukawa in surprise.

"You're acting strange today. And do you really have to carry this sword with you all the time?"

As Shirai Yuki was about to touch Shiraken, Natsukawa skillfully dodged her.

"Feel sorry."

Xia Chuan sat up straight and looked at the victim's family members across from him who were sobbing and wiping away tears.

Strictly speaking, he didn't possess Sudo Mei; he only briefly controlled her through the power of the sword, so of course he had to keep the white sword with him at all times.

"N-nothing..."

Shirai Yuki gave a stiff smile, feeling increasingly that her subordinates were acting very strangely today.

It was as if I was possessed by some evil spirit.

Sure enough, everything changed after I saw the other world.

"Cough cough."

After forcing herself to stop thinking about it, Shirai Yuki continued to ask questions of the young woman she was interviewing.

"You saw the monster when your husband went missing, right?"

"Yes," the young woman wiped her eyes, her legs pressed tightly together, looking extremely pained, "Just like you said, before that he said he saw an incredible world, but where...where did my husband go?"

"really."

As someone who experienced it firsthand, Shirai Yuki's understanding was profound, and seeing the young woman continuously shedding tears, she felt uneasy.

Through continuous interviews, similar situations emerged one after another, and all the missing persons mentioned another world.

The victims in this series of disappearances may have all turned into monsters because of this, but she was lucky enough to be separated in time and thus did not disappear.

"Ya, do you think we should reveal the truth?"

After seeing the young woman off, Shirai Yuki suddenly looked at Natsukawa with red eyes.

"I never imagined there would be so much misfortune and so many victims behind the scenes... This world is far from the wonderful place I thought it was."

Newlywed wives, young children in school, elderly people with white hair living alone at home, couples who had arranged to meet... In just one day, she witnessed almost every kind of parting and sorrow in life.

The grief and despair brought on by the disappearance of someone important to her made it hard for her to breathe.

Only today's strange "Sudo Mei" is still able to calmly enjoy the food.

"It's better not to make it public, otherwise it will not only cause trouble for you, but also be a second blow to the victim's family."

Xia Chuan got up and walked to the railing, frowning as he looked at the victims' families who were meeting each other, his fingers gently pressing against his heart.

Upon seeing this body, Mei Sudo felt a surge of intense sadness, an emotion that had been absent from her heart for a very long time.

Although it's just a story world, and everything is an evolution of the script, it's just that...

When the script is powerful enough, it seems no different from the real world.

Or perhaps this is a real world manipulated by a script.

Whether it's a dungeon or the real world, there's something called fate, it's just that fate is manifested here.

"Can those who disappeared come back?" Shirai Yuki asked anxiously.

"The future is possible."

Xia Chuan's gaze flickered as he stared silently.

The dungeon always seemed to be a contradiction for him.

While participating in it, they were also like mere bystanders passing by.

However, after completing the game, he wouldn't mind giving Sacred Blade a happy ending.

……

into the night.

After Shirai Yuki finished her interview and left, Natsukawa finally had some time alone.

Mei Sudo's body still needs more training to adjust, but that won't be possible today.

He has taken up too much of someone else's time, and it would be troublesome if it caused resistance.

There is no swordsman yet who can replace Sudo Mei, and it is still a long time before he can act independently.

There's no need to rush.

"Da da!"

The streets grew quieter and quieter with the night, as if some terrifying creature was lurking in the shadows.

Even a normal person like Sudo Mei would feel goosebumps and intense discomfort instinctively. She only managed to stay upright and not collapse to the ground thanks to Natsukawa's control.

Because it wasn't possession, Sudo Mei's body became his weakness.

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly. As the whirlwind swirled around him, the white sword in his hand emitted bursts of golden light, and a warm aura instantly dispelled the cold and flowed throughout his body.

"Clang!"

"Calamity Slash!"

Suddenly, a string of firelight lit up the ground in the darkness. A longsword imbued with purple energy dragged across the ground at lightning speed before spinning endlessly in the air and slashing. Although the powerful impact was blocked by the white sword in time, it still forced Sudo Mei's body, which was controlled by Natsukawa, back several steps.

"Bang!"

Xia Chuan released a whirlwind to support his body, and after landing in mid-air, the longsword in his hand simultaneously displayed the power of five holy sword marks.

Earth's defense, immense strength, and the speed of light and wind were displayed simultaneously, and the sneak attacking figure had no time to retreat before being slammed to the ground by the powerful destructive attack.

"Wow--!"

The flames once again stretched across the ground, their dazzling light revealing the black-armored, red-faced figure of the Calamity. The red scarf, which stretched out like tentacles, seemed to want to capture Sudo Mei, but it was torn apart in the middle by the attack of the white sword.

"Hahaha, it wasn't that easy after all," Tianzai said, painfully struggling to his feet with his sword, facing Xia Chuan with a hint of helplessness. "Where did such a powerful holy sword come from?"

"A mix of Migito?"

As Xia Chuan dispelled the whirlwind and landed, the white sword in his hand hummed once more amidst his flowing white hair.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Natural Disaster, who had been locked onto by a deadly threat, hurriedly raised his hand and stepped back. "I was just joking, calm down, I'm leaving now..."

"Clang—!"

The whirlwind swept and bound the natural disaster, and before it could struggle to escape, countless beams of light and swords swept through and instantly engulfed it.

The moonlight restored calm to the ground, but Xia Chuan's brow remained furrowed.

Only a faint trace of energy remained where the sword light covered; the natural disaster had not been truly eliminated.

Immortality?

It seems that it requires destroying the other party's exclusive driving manual.

Fortunately, they weren't very strong, otherwise it would have been a considerable problem.

"Whoosh!"

On the other side of the city, the natural disaster, as it gathered purplish-black energy, returned to its original form and collapsed to its knees, panting heavily.

Having never had a concept of death before, he experienced the fear of death for the first time.

It seems that one would truly die before that unknown holy sword.

"That was close, I was careless..."

"Isn't this the Disaster I created?"

One of the three leaders, the quiet young man Stryus, appeared with a smile.

"You did a good job testing that sword for me."

"Get out of my way!" Natural Disaster jumped to his feet in shock and anger. "I'm not helping you! I'm free!"

Stryus chuckled and pressed his forehead: "Heh heh heh, actually claiming to be free..."

"What's so funny?!"

The calamity retreated in anger and fear, its form once again dissipating as blackish-purple energy.

"You should think about yourself first; that sword is definitely more dangerous than you imagine!"

(End of this chapter)