Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 5 Transformation

"Whoosh!"

The chaotic altar was quickly enveloped by a barrier, which also enclosed Xia Chuan outside.

I don't know if it's because of the appearance of two monsters, but the barrier formed much faster and the area was much larger than last time.

Why?

Xia Chuan stared intently at the barrier with a somber expression.

Almost none of the many guests were able to escape, and a few were even cut in half by the barrier because they were stuck in the middle and couldn't leave in time. The splattered blood terrified many people.

"Aaaaaah!"

"Blood!"

The surrounding crowd of refugees, unable to escape, cried out in despair. They could only hide in the ravaged temple grounds to avoid becoming the monster's next target.

The funeral scene, which had been exceptionally peaceful just moments before, instantly turned into a living hell. Fortunately, the green-skinned monster seemed to be searching for something, and only instinctively captured a few people in front of it, without indiscriminately slaughtering them.

"Karekare!"

"Bang!"

Xia Chuan temporarily hid behind a table, clenching his fists to observe the movements of the two strange men.

It did indeed seem like it was consciously searching for something.

Is it...

Following the strange man's gaze, Xia Chuan turned to the chaotic crowd, and the familiar figures of Tsugami and her son instantly came into view.

The mother and child.

Wasn't the attack on the middle-aged man yesterday a coincidence?

"Found it!"

The two strange creatures also noticed the mother and child, and stopped attacking simultaneously. They even flung away a bespectacled man that the tentacles had just captured without hesitation.

"Bang!"

Xia Chuan was startled. Facing the black shadow thrown by the strange man's tentacles, he hurriedly rolled over to dodge. The next moment, he saw the bespectacled man smash the table into pieces and pass out.

That's some real strength.

Looking back at the green-skinned monster in the arena, the words of the Kamen Rider's report resurfaced in Natsukawa's mind.

Green Thorns, Danger Level 2...

He was fairly familiar with the world of Kamen Rider, but to his recollection, no other Kamen Rider series had a monster with green tentacles like this.

What exactly does danger level 2 mean?

They may look like just some kind of monster, but they pose a surprisingly great threat to ordinary people.

"Buzz!"

Xia Chuan's pupils dilated as a surge of information flooded into his mind.

To upgrade your physique from LV1 to LV2, you need to hunt down two of these green-skinned monsters.

"Hunting?"

Xia Chuan's eye twitched.

You're giving him too much credit; he can't even beat one of them.

Despite his improved physical condition, he still didn't believe he had a way to deal with this green-skinned monster.

The injuries from last time haven't fully healed yet, and there are still bruises on my arm from the whipping.

"ah--!"

At this moment, screams rang out again from the crowd that had been attacked. A slightly plump woman emerged from the crowd, clutching her hair and howling in agony. Her body twisted and quickly transformed into a new green-skinned monster.

Xia Chuan's body trembled slightly: "This thing is actually human?!"

"Three? That seems a bit tricky."

A young man emerged from the crowd with a headache, observing the green-skinned monster as he fastened his knight's bracelet to his left wrist.

A bracelet-shaped transformation item.

Xia Chuan shifted his gaze from the green-skinned monster to the young man, slightly lost in thought when he saw the peak-shaped mechanical insect flapping its wings and flying out of the void.

Bracelets and insect detectors...

It is the third Kamen Rider in "Kamen Rider Kabuto", the exclusive equipment of the elite squad leader. It has a mask form covered with heavy armor and a regular Rider form that can enter time-up mode after the armor breaks.

Time Rise, also known as Speed ​​Rise, is the core ability of the Kabuto Riders. It can accelerate the user's escape from the constraints of the time flow, creating a magical scene that is almost like time stopping. The protagonist in the series even mastered the powerful ability to travel through the past and future by relying on the final transcendent form.

"Look closely, it's my turn to perform!"

The young man seemed to enjoy the attention of those around him, chuckling as he caught the mechanical insect device on the spot. Just as he was about to attach it to his bracelet to transform, a fourth green-skinned monster suddenly rushed out of the ruins behind him, lunging at the young man like an inflated sphere.

"What?!"

"Bang--!"

A loud explosion resounded in the altar. Although the young man reacted in time and rolled to avoid it, he was still hit by most of the blast. He was thrown around in a mess and landed with injuries all over his body. Even his knight's bracelet was thrown off.

The sudden turn of events stunned everyone, followed by fear, and the nascent hope plummeted once again.

Natsukawa also didn't expect to encounter such a careless, chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer.

Why bother showing off when you're transforming?

"This is bad."

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The explosion damaged the fire hydrants and the water pipes in the temple grounds, causing a large amount of water to gush down. Xia Chuan was soaked to the bone, his suit and shirt wrinkled and clinging to his body, looking completely disheveled.

However, at this moment, he sees nothing else.

The fire in the ruins was extinguished before it could spread, and water vapor filled the entire area, making even the monster's figure appear and disappear, becoming even more terrifying.

"Huff huff"

Xia Chuan stood up from behind the bunker, glanced at the survivors huddled among the brick and tile rubble, and at the young man covered in blood in the ruins.

This guy is completely incapable of fighting.

The new knight is still nowhere in sight.

We can't just wait around.

Let's take advantage of the current moisture cover and try to fight one more time.

"Buzz!"

Xia Chuan raised his hand in a deep voice and forcibly grabbed the hovering bee-shaped insect device amidst the young man's puzzled gaze.

"What are you going to do?"

The young man's expression suddenly tightened. Seeing Xia Chuan bend down to pick up the knight's bracelet from the ground, he hurriedly shouted loudly.

"Hey, stop messing around! The Knight System is personal-bound; you can't transform! Stop it!"

"call--!"

Xia Chuan closed his eyes slightly, and the image of Ultraman appeared deep in his mind. The surrounding noise disappeared, leaving only the slow and powerful sound of his own heartbeat.

Taking a deep breath, Xia Chuan suddenly opened his eyes and forcefully embedded the still-struggling insect device into the knight's bracelet.

"Transformation."

"HenShin!"

The insect device emitted simple mechanical sound effects, accompanied by bursts of yellow light spreading outwards. Starting from the Knight's Bracelet, the Wasp TheBee Armor quickly covered Natsuki's entire body.

The first form, Masked Form, features a head and upper body covered in heavy metal armor with honeycomb-like features, giving it a very protective look.

Although this form lacks the ability to advance in time, it focuses on defense and close combat, making it a melee warrior form.

"It's a success!"

Xia Chuan scratched his fingers, carefully sensing his own state.

With reinforced armor on both arms, the increased strength is noticeable, and the hearing and vision in the head are also greatly enhanced, allowing the user to easily detect the three green-skinned monsters moving in the mist.

These monsters seemed to have poor eyesight and didn't notice his transformation at all. They all rushed towards the young man who had just been shouting.

"How is this possible?! He actually transformed!!"

The young man, unaware of the danger, stared wide-eyed at the Kamen Rider figure revealed after the dazzling light subsided.

On what grounds?

TheBee Insect Machine has self-awareness. Normally, it has to beg and plead before it can transform, and it doesn't dare to use too much force, let alone be as rough as the mysterious man.

"Who exactly are you?" The young man swallowed hard.

Their faces were obscured by the mist, but judging from their clothing, they were likely guests attending a funeral.

"Go hide in the back."

Xia Chuan stepped between the green-skinned monster and the young man, raised his hand and flipped the wings of the insect device. As electricity surged around him, his heavy armor was unlocked and bulged slightly.

"Sizzle!"

"Cast Off!"

With one last twist of the bee-shaped insect device, the masked form suddenly burst open amidst the surging light, and the three green-skinned monsters that had just rushed forward were simultaneously blasted away by the deflected armor.

"Bang!"

"Change Wasp!"

TheBee Rider form appeared in the mist, completely transforming into a Kamen Rider form compared to the slightly bulky heavy armor form.

Despite losing the protection and strength boost from heavy armor, its combat power is significantly greater, making it more suitable for combat.

and.

Only in this form can the Time-Based Battle be activated, allowing you to end the battle in an instant and easily win even when facing a large number of enemies at the same time.

"CLOCK UP!"

Xia Chuan lightly touched his belt, and the scene before him suddenly changed.

The mist stopped, and the air was filled with a dense curtain of suspended water droplets. Several green-skinned monsters also slowly retreated in comical poses.

The motion of all objects is slowed down, and you can only see the movement trajectory if you look closely.

This acceleration ability is somewhat abnormal, second only to time stopping.

"call!"

Xia Chuan wasted no time, pressed the full-speed switch of the insect device, and concentrated all the surging superluminal particles into the needle at the tail of the insect device, then struck the three green-skinned monsters in succession with lightning speed.

"Bang bang bang"

"CLOCK OVER!"

As the time-shifting ended, before the surrounding survivors could fully react, they saw the three green-skinned monsters explode in the mist, instantly annihilated.

Only the blurry figure of Kamen Rider remained amidst the rising steam.

"Time-based?"

The young man looked as if he had seen a monster.

"You can even use Time Ascension? There's only one person in the entire league who can do that. Could it be that you are...?"

"Buzz!"

The bee-shaped insect device automatically detached from the knight's bracelet and flew into the void, while the armor covering Xia Chuan also dissipated and returned to the bracelet.

Thankfully, the battle was over; it would have been terrible if I had deactivated my transformation during the fight.

It really does need its own knight system.

Xia Chuan secretly took off the knight's bracelet with a start, turned his gaze to the many survivors watching in the ruins behind him, lingered on Tsugami and her son for a moment, and then turned and walked out of the altar where the barrier had been lifted.

He still couldn't see anything special about the mother and son.

"Wait!" the young man suddenly realized. "My knight's bracelet!"

"Here you go."

Xia Chuan casually tossed it behind him, and it landed precisely in the arms of the flustered young man.

"Don't make the same mistake next time. Fighting is not child's play."

(End of this chapter)