Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 652 Lipia, What a Familiar Figure

"Um?"

After reminiscing about the past, a whooshing sound suddenly came from above.

It is similar to an airplane, yet they are very different.

Kondo Isami looked up in confusion.

A huge monster flew over the city and, by sheer bad luck, stopped right above its head and stomped down on it.

"Again!"

Under the shadows, Kondo Isami trembled and threw off his briefcase. Almost reflexively, he materialized the Armored Knight Belt, but the attack came too fast. Before he could insert the lock seed, he was sprayed in the face with white foam.

I'm suddenly a little envious of the knights who can transform directly.

"Ptooey!"

Kondo Isami simply wiped the foam off his face, and the large amount of mucus around him solidified and cocooned. After a brief period of weightlessness, his entire body was pulled into the building along with the other passersby and wrapped up like one white rice dumpling after another.

In a short while, the monster covered the entire building with white saliva as if it were building a nest, like a giant cocoon, with only the monster's disgusting mouthparts visible through the gaps.

It resembles a moth overall, with a face that looks like a combination of a cockroach and a spider, a sharp, pincer-like mouth, three glowing eyes, and two insect antennae on its head.

"What's wrong with this guy?"

Kondo Isami tried to tear off the silk cocoons on his body, but failed. He didn't know if it was because he didn't have enough strength, but the Rider Belt was completely covered, so he couldn't transform.

The temperature inside the building continued to rise, and the passersby who were arrested with him screamed in agony. Many of them fainted and were in extremely poor condition.

Are we going to be eaten by a monster?

Kondo Isami's face showed bitterness.

You can hear engine sounds outside, which means XIG people are coming to rescue us, but how many can be saved with so many people?

This time, I might really be doomed.

"Gurgle!"

As Kondo Isami tried to roll over, thinking about how to die comfortably, he suddenly saw the monster turn around and point its rear end at the gap in the building. A tube full of slime extended into the building, almost touching his nose.

No way?

The pipes writhed continuously, and as the foul stench spread, one monster egg after another was "pushed" around Kondo Isami.

Perhaps due to bad luck, Kondo Isami was completely surrounded by the monster egg while others watched in horror.

When the monster's rear end was facing the other floors, all the monster eggs began to flash and glow as if breathing.

Kondo Isami felt as if he were being stared at by countless hungry insects at the same time.

Although it's food, his life energy seems much more delicious than others.

"Oh no, there are at least 100 eggs!"

Even as night fell, the external XIG dared not make any rash moves, and the rescue team's planes could only circle outside.

"That thing is there to hatch larvae; humans are just food. If they all hatch..."

"The temperature has stabilized, and we should have about half an hour to an hour before successful hatching."

How many people are trapped inside the building?

"Life detection indicates there are approximately 50 people."

"perhaps?"

"Because there's a strange reaction. When surrounded by those eggs alone, it might be due to interference. Sometimes there's no reaction, and sometimes it feels like there are several people around."

Gao Shanwo stood not far from the Cocoon Building, holding analytical equipment and solemnly completing his report.

It's all his fault for being affected by the anomaly and failing to notice the problem in time, allowing the monster to successfully break through the defenses and enter the city.

He couldn't bear to see those people get hurt, no matter what.

If the monster can be dealt with within an hour, or if he can distract it, the rescue team can take the opportunity to rescue the people inside the building.

"The molecular structure of the cocoon has been analyzed," a message came from the air base. "It's made of flammable materials. Be extremely careful if you attack!"

Is it flammable?

A bad thought suddenly arose in my mind during the dream.

In a truly desperate situation, the organization might choose to burn the cocoons to avoid facing the monster horde directly.

He didn't have much time left; all 50 people had to be accounted for, and now...

"Buzz!"

As soon as I took out the Blue Sapphire Cone Transformation Device, another strong buzzing sensation assaulted my mind.

This reaction was far greater than before, it was as if...

"They're here!!"

Gao Shan Gamu exclaimed in surprise as he looked up at the night sky, his dilated pupils reflecting a red streak of meteor light.

Light from the universe!

"Clang!"

Seemingly breaking some kind of restriction, the light stream suddenly accelerated, fully revealing the shape of a fiery red sphere, which fell like a meteorite under the astonished gazes of all the XIG team members.

The landing point was exactly the building that had transformed into a cocoon.

"What is this?"

"not good!"

"hold head high!"

The monster also noticed the ball of light, its mouth opening and closing, emitting a constant hissing sound as if warning. At the same time, its huge insect wings spread out to the sides, and its sharp, scythe-like arms rose up, angrily trying to take to the air and intercept it.

"Bang--!"

A flash of red light appeared, as if crossing two worlds, and before I could even dream or XIG could react, I had already landed with a thud.

The entire space seemed to slow down slightly.

The insect monster, which had just taken flight, froze. First, its scythe-like arms and wings were cut off at the same time, and then its entire body exploded in mid-air.

Before the remains of one of the monster's eyes could even fall in front of me, it collapsed into countless points of light under some unknown force.

"call!!"

"This is?"

Takayama Gamu stared intently at the giant figure who had half-crouched and stood up in the dust and smoke of the night. The moment his eyes met the giant's, his vision jolted, as if he had returned to the time when he first met Gaia.

"Is this the light from the universe? But..."

It doesn't seem to be a Destruction-Inducing Being, but the sense of threat it posed to him only increased.

The message in the warning did indeed point to this giant.

"No way?" Kondo Isami, trapped inside the building, struggled to turn around, staring in disbelief at the red and silver giant that stood as tall as the building outside.

What did he see?

Lipia?!

Although there are some differences, it is indeed the Lipia he remembered.

Shinji Kaminaga! Natsukawa! Kamen Rider Decade... whatever it is, they've finally appeared!

"What a familiar figure!"

Kondo Isami, who had narrowly escaped death, was instantly moved to tears, finally no longer needing to worry about dying with dignity.

"Look this way! Help me, Kaminari! You're my hero!"

"call!"

Natsukawa ignored Kondo Isami and, after a brief glance at Takayama Gamu, carefully examined his own current state.

Is it a direct descent of the true form?

No, the actual entity is still in a higher-dimensional space.

Its intensity is only at the ordinary A level.

"Whoosh!"

A luminous ruby ​​appeared before Xia Chuan's eyes in his perception.

This arrival was indeed very special; the Ultra Star actually became the vessel for his activities, and its level was directly A-rank.

But the real anchor point is elsewhere.

It is not a physical object, but the power of light transformed from the power of thought.

Xia Chuan turned around and expanded his senses, finally pinpointing the source of the longing before the XIG anti-gravity fighter could take action.

The image of Mayumi praying in a parallel universe comes into Natsukawa's view from afar.

What a coincidence!

(End of this chapter)