Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 639 The Realm of Time and Space, the Monster's Secret Realm

Sakura Hill.

After nightfall, the spacetime reaction suddenly became unusually strong, with mysterious phenomena emerging one after another. Many passersby disappeared in the lightning strikes, forcing TPC to urgently seal off the area and speed up the evacuation of people.

Amid the tense atmosphere, a group of people arrived at the scene early, namely Fujiwara Saiji and his group, whom Shinjo had been unable to contact.

"Is this the place where the monster's secret realm is about to appear?" Hiroko Asami looked up at the spacetime energy that was being nurtured above the town.

The knights are no strangers to dungeons; similar daily instances used to frequently appear in this world.

The commotion, however, was nowhere near as exaggerated.

"The mysterious magnetic fields scattered all over the world are converging here, including the Lion Nose Tree Sea, where we last investigated and suspected the existence of monsters, the place where the rainbow magic realm appeared."

Emu Hojo fully fulfilled his duties as vice-captain, taking the lead in data analysis.

"Something is opening the gate to a different dimension."

"Does the spacetime realm contain the abundant monster resources you mentioned?"

Hiroko Asami turned to face Makio Kirino, whose expression remained calm.

"Since you knew this would happen, why didn't you notify TPC beforehand? If the evacuation had been carried out sooner..."

"Is it really that simple?"

Kirino Makio stared straight ahead, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the rapidly moving TPC convoy.

"Maybe I can save a lot more people, but have you ever thought about it? I'm not a hero, just an ordinary person. I'm different from you. I don't have the power to match my superpowers, and no one can protect me like your mentor did."

What do you think will happen if my existence is discovered? Will I still be able to live like a normal person? Or will I even be able to live at all?

"Then why did you meet with us?" Fujiwara Saiji asked, puzzled.

"Because I foresaw your future, and since you are willing to believe in me, I want to believe in you this once more."

Kirino Makio's expression was numb yet revealed a great deal of human emotion.

His superpowers didn't bring him many pleasant memories; they've tormented him like a curse ever since.

Because I heard too much, I became unable to interact with people normally, and I saw through the falsehood between people and the filth of the world very early on.

Fearing exposure, they had to stay away from people and could only live in dark corners like rats.

It was precisely at this moment that he saw dangers that most people wouldn't notice, and even a dark and destructive future.

Since destruction is inevitable anyway, what's the point of saving one or two people?

That's what he thought before he met Lipia.

"With all of you here, I'm tempted to do something," Kirino Makio said, gathering his thoughts. "Alright, now you should be thinking about how to successfully enter the Time-Space Realm and how to collect monster resources inside, since dealing with monsters is quite risky."

"It's definitely not okay for us to go in."

Hōshō Eimū fell into deep thought.

"We still need to join forces with the Victory Team."

Although Kirino Makio said that the Monster Secret Realm is mainly inhabited by C-rank ordinary monsters, they certainly wouldn't be blindly optimistic.

Putting aside other factors, an entity that opens the gate to the spacetime dimension and causes a huge commotion cannot be a simple entity.

Even after the system upgrade, teleportation remains a scarce resource, even more so than before. Unless absolutely necessary, it should be conserved whenever possible.

Of course, the main reason for bringing in the Victory Team was Shinjo and Daigo.

The two Ultramen definitely can't be absent.

……

"Crack!"

As the magnetic field continued to expand, lightning kept falling over Sakura Hill, and one could vaguely see different timelines merging together.

A transparent barrier gradually appeared in the center. The shape of the monster on the other side was not clear, but occasionally the outline of the monster could be seen moving around.

No one dared to approach before receiving the report from the Cavaliers, and the Victory team even prepared to destroy the spacetime energy after analysis.

"Are we going into the dimension of time and space?"

"That's right, we must eliminate that spacetime monster inside that's the source of the chaos."

"I see……"

Xincheng was somewhat bewildered when he received the order.

Venturing into unknown territory without any prior knowledge is undoubtedly risky, but he didn't question anything.

Vice-Captain Munakata and Captain Megumi Kijima are not people who act recklessly; they must have some important intelligence.

"call!"

With some time still before the official operation, Xincheng carefully examined the prayer beads and amulet his sister had given him, and smiled contentedly to himself.

"That girl has finally learned to care about her brother."

"Is it possible that you're just an afterthought?" Xia Chuan's illusory figure stepped out, gazing at the spacetime barrier shrouded in thunderstorms.

He had been observing Kirino Makio's actions, but since he didn't sense any malice, he let it go.

I didn't expect this plan.

Monster Secret Realm?

Did such a place originally exist in Ultraman Tiga?

"A side effect?" Shinjo's smile froze for a moment. "Even if it's a side effect, it's still out of concern for me. She's never said those things to me before."

"That's because you spoil her too much," Xia Chuan said calmly. "If it were an ordinary girl, she would have been spoiled by you long ago."

"If you don't spoil your younger sister, are you even a proper brother?"

Xincheng carefully put away his prayer beads and amulets.

"Lippia, you probably don't have a younger sister, do you?"

Xia Chuan did not respond.

How could he possibly have a younger sister? Not to mention that he came from the Divine Mirror Panel, he didn't even have a younger sister during Shinji Kaminari's era.

They didn't even have any relatives.

"From now on, Mayumi will also be your sister," Shinjo said with a smile. "To keep our two sisters from worrying, I'm entrusting this operation to you as well."

Xia Chuan's eyebrows twitched slightly. He turned back to look at Xin Cheng, who was in the zone, and his emotions were also affected, as if he had returned to the moment when he first arrived.

Sure enough, this guy only significantly increases his anchor level when his sister is involved.

Normally, my compatibility score hovers around the passing mark of 60. If I didn't train hard, I probably wouldn't even be able to transform.

"Buzz!"

Outside the Sakuragaoka blockade, TPC has been setting up energy equipment, and various departments are urgently analyzing real-time intelligence to make full preparations for the Victory Team's attack on the Time-Space Dimension.

Transport planes landed one after another, and the Flying Swallow fighter jets and underground Pipa tanks for ground assault finally arrived at the scene.

"Are you ready?"

"With the current magnetic field strength, we only have two chances. If we fail both times, it will be very difficult to enter that spacetime barrier again."

"The remaining energy is needed to prevent the magnetic field from spreading further; we'll need to reserve one more time for you to come out..."

"We understand."

Shinjo and Daigo team up again to ride in the underground Pipa Tank.

Although it felt like a waste of his ace pilot talent, it was indeed more convenient to operate with Daigo.

There's no need to consider the risk of a plane crash.

"What about the Cavaliers?" Daigo asked, puzzled, after setting up his equipment. "Didn't they say they wanted to get in too?"

"They seem to have other methods."

New City isn't worried about the Cavaliers at all.

They might have to rely on the Cavaliers to come back in the end.

Those teleportation devices are practically a godsend for small groups escaping; I wonder if Lypia will use them.

"This is the new city. The Pipa tank is about to enter the designated passage. Everything is normal at this point..."

"Crack!!"

An even more violent bolt of lightning suddenly struck the departing Pipa Tank, and the entire machine, along with Shinjo and Daigo inside, vanished instantly.

All that could be heard in the on-site communications was static.

"They should... be inside, right?" The scientists who had come to provide support looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)