Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 611 Although I'm afraid of ghosts, I'm still an ace.

Suna Mountain.

Shinjo, who had just been discharged from the hospital, received an abnormal report and was once again paired with Daigo for an event.

When piloting the Flying Swallow 1 away from the base, even the ace pilot couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, but there were no major setbacks until they reached their destination.

He wasn't worried about himself, but rather about Daigo getting hurt.

We can't possibly ask Lipia to save Daigo again when the time comes.

My brother-in-law has no idea how much trouble he's caused Lipia.

"call!"

The fighter jet landed slowly in the moonlight. Xincheng breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the pitch-black mountain area, his heart began to pound again.

Ground operations don't require worrying about crashing, but the environment is actually quite frightening.

Strange birds called out in the gloomy, dense forest, branches swayed, and a cold wind whistled incessantly. Occasionally, strange shadows could be seen.

"I'm telling you, Daigo," Shinjo's voice trembled slightly, "do we really have to go in now?"

"Of course," Daigo said, puzzled. "The report says that the Sukuna Oni sealed here has been revived, and the commander said it is very likely related to a monster."

"The commander is really something, couldn't he have waited until dawn?"

"Are you scared?"

"W-How could this be? I'm the ace of the GUTS team."

Shin-chan's neck was stiff, but he gritted his teeth and joined up with the local patrol officers along with Dai-gu.

Perhaps due to his fusion with Lipia, his senses have become exceptionally sharp, and even amplified a thousand or ten thousand times, they are still difficult to control.

I can already sense something is wrong even before I get close.

Something about the whole mountain is off.

It felt like standing on the belly of a monster.

"what!"

Shinjou suddenly shouted, startling even the patrol officer and Daigo who were leading the way.

"What's wrong?" Daigo asked warily, drawing his gun.

"It felt like I stepped on something very soft," Shinjo forced a strained smile. "How about we come back when it's light?"

"It's just some leaves," Daigo said, looking at them with a puzzled expression. "If you're scared, you can go back first..."

"Afraid? Why would I be afraid?"

Xincheng gritted his teeth and looked at the patrol officers ahead who were shining flashlights.

"How much longer until we arrive?"

"We're almost there, look here."

The police officer's flashlight shone on a row of small, eerily smiling stone statues by the roadside.

The red scarf on the stone statue fluttered in the wind, and a white mist gradually rose from the mountain forest.

"The shrine is just a short walk ahead."

"Excuse me," Shinjo said, his scalp tingling, forcing himself to ask, "Excuse me, were you the one who saw Sukuna-giri?"

"It wasn't me, it was Mr. Yamada," the patrolman shook his head repeatedly. "Mr. Yamada is a very superstitious person. He must have just seen wrong. There's no such thing as a ghost these days. Sukuna-ghost is a legend from a long time ago."

Xincheng turned pale again.

It's only possible in this day and age.

He had seen many examples; his brother-in-law, Takumo, could also be considered a ghost.

Even he himself had died once.

To put it more scientifically, some force allows the human soul to exist in the form of plasma.

That might be the case in the mountains of Sukum, and not just any ordinary spirit, but a true ghost or deity.

"There's nothing to be afraid of about ghosts," Daigo muttered, then continued the questioning for Shinjo, "Could you tell me more about the legend of Sukuna Oni?"

"I also learned about it from Mr. Yamada; it's a story about a samurai."

The patrol officers couldn't help but find Xincheng's reaction amusing.

Even the Victory Team members are afraid of ghosts.

"It is said that there was once a samurai named Iida Iryu who defeated the demons that were haunting the Sukuna Mountain area and sealed the demons in the mountains. The shrine in front is Iida Iryu's temple, which enshrines a statue of the god and a sword that suppresses the demons."

"Iida Iryu? Never heard of him before."

"That's for sure. Every place has its own legends. But speaking of which, there's more than one legend about Jinglong. In ancient legends, that guy was like Ultraman Tiga now, specializing in dealing with monsters."

The group ventured further into the forest and, sure enough, found a small temple deep within the thicket of fallen leaves.

"This is a shrine?" Daigo couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

It was just a tiny, dilapidated temple.

The temple door had been pried open, the talismans had fallen off, and the rusty chains hung on the ground, clattering in the wind.

The temple was not very large, and it looked dilapidated, with cobwebs everywhere.

The altar was completely empty, and footprints and signs of tampering were clearly visible.

"The statue and the sword have been taken," the patrolman said angrily. "These are lawless bastards! Mr. Yamada was probably tricked by them! Sorry, you might have made a wasted trip..."

"wrong!"

Xin Cheng's heart raced as he looked around at the mountains and forests. He could clearly sense that a certain atmosphere was becoming more and more active, and the sound of the wind was also intensifying.

"Something has indeed revived in this mountain, something terrifying."

"There is indeed a resurrected Sukuna Oni here. Just treat it as a monster; it's no big deal."

Xia Chuan couldn't stand it any longer and spoke up to remind Shinjo in his consciousness.

That's so embarrassing for him.

Like a beggar who suddenly gains a huge fortune, Shinjo has no control over his superpowers. If this continues, he might become allergic to the whole world.

There's another evil god across the Pacific Ocean; if that guy senses it...

Ultimately, it's the anchor point you chose yourself.

Xia Chuan shook his head secretly.

Shinjo is excellent, otherwise he wouldn't have been selected for the Victory Team, but he doesn't seem quite right as a human form.

The reason he was able to transform was thanks to his worry for his younger sister Mayumi and his strong desire not to die.

Strong emotions shaped everything, and are probably the reason that brought him to this point in time.

In other aspects, it was less than satisfactory.

Like Captain Kazukura of the Night Raid Team, he is just an excellent ordinary person with a bit of a sister complex.

"Um?"

Xia Chuan's consciousness descended directly, preparing to eliminate Sukuna Oni ahead of time, when he suddenly sensed some more presences.

Several furtive figures hid in a corner of the woods, watching the small temple from a distance.

"call!"

Xia Chuan locked onto the target, and the next moment, the figures of Asami Hiroko and others appeared one after another.

You were able to come so early?

Xia Chuan's eyes flickered as a series of data flooded into his mind at the same time.

It seems that because of the panel sharing, his connection with the knights has deepened significantly.

He is now like the core of the knights' system, and he exists independently of the Divine Mirror.

Cheats?

So this is his new connection with the knights.

Because of a momentary action, the future seems to have countless new possibilities.

Completely independent of the Divine Mirror, or becoming the new Divine Mirror.

"Shinjo? Shinjo!" Daigo's shout interrupted Natsukawa's thoughts. "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly spacing out like that? I've already contacted the command team. No matter what's in this mountain, whether it's that Sukuna Oni or not, we need to scan it carefully."

"Before the plasma materializes, it will be difficult for the Victory Team to detect it with their current technology."

Natsukawa's senses spread, bypassing the peeping Asami Hiroko and the others, and enveloping the entire Sukuna Mountain.

The same scent permeated the mountains, and one could vaguely see a large number of fragmented parts such as hands, feet, torso, heart, and head.

He hasn't studied plasma yet, but related concepts are indeed very active in this instance.

The emotional power here is stronger than in any of the instances he has experienced before; it seems that everyone has the potential to become a being of light.

Human consciousness can easily give rise to all sorts of strange phenomena; it can even create monsters out of thin air, not to mention the legendary Sukuna Oni.

If those four aliens had created the concept of "Lucifer" in the "Ultraman Tiga" arc, it would probably have been easier than in "Nexus," though their strength might have been slightly weaker.

In the "Ultraman Tiga" dungeons, there are very few monsters that reach A-rank or higher, and Gatanothor is probably the only one that reaches S-rank.

(End of this chapter)