Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 659 10 yen

A cheap apartment building in the suburbs.

Kondo Isami squeezed into the cramped one-bedroom apartment, carefully tidied up his suit, and then sighed as he prepared instant noodles.

This is no way to live.

They eat instant noodles every day and can't even bear to buy an egg.

I still have a mortgage to pay, and I don't know if I'll be able to find a job next.

Think back to how glorious they were during their time as knights, and look at them now...

Nobody even wants him as a bodyguard.

"Ugh!"

With a worried look on his face, Kondo Isamu picked up the kettle and boiled water.

Although the Knight System seems to have been upgraded, it hasn't changed much for him now.

Instead, it made him look incredibly foolish, giving him a sense of social humiliation.

How about we try our luck at XIG?

He's considered a special talent now, and I wonder if XIG will want him.

I heard there will be an exam...

"Um?"

Kondo Isami once again materialized the Rider's Belt and suddenly realized that someone was calling him.

As I slowly passed through a portal of light, my eyes were suddenly filled with light.

It was the same mysterious space as before, where Fujiwara Saiji and the other three appeared as holographic projections, making him feel a little breathless.

Is it not an illusion?

"you……"

Kondo Isami's mind was flooded with all the information from the new system, and before he could fully digest it, he received 100 points from Fujiwara Saiji.

"Kondo, you're really in a bad situation," Fujiwara Saiji clicked his tongue. "Hurry up and level up. If you can't collect monster data, accumulate daily tasks. Consider this 100 as our investment. Let's exchange it for a teleportation card to save our lives."

"A quest? A shop?"

Perhaps due to being in different worlds, the mysterious space seems unstable, and communication with Fujiwara Saiji and the others is intermittent.

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, Kondo Isami quickly exited the space and returned to his cheap apartment, panting heavily.

The noise from next door and upstairs returned to my ears, with pots and pans clattering.

"It's so noisy!"

Kondo Isami rubbed his throbbing forehead, belatedly realizing that he was being teased by Fujiwara Saiji.

He wanted to yell back, but the powerful aura of the students made him back down.

He felt uncomfortable because he was too weak and couldn't even stay in that mysterious space for long.

"How did you suddenly fall behind?"

Kondo Isami felt deeply saddened.

Being bullied by a group of younger students...

"I wasn't this unlucky when Kaminaga was still around."

It's almost like being cursed.

Kondo Isami skillfully tore open the cup noodle packaging, then remembered the message he had just received.

There is indeed an exchange shop in the data panel, and a teleportation card is worth exactly 100 points.

"At least you guys have a conscience."

Suppressing his desire for the Imperial Knight card in the shop, he turned his attention to the daily tasks.

His daily task was actually to make money.

"Do I look like someone who can make money?"

Kondo Isami was overcome with grief.

In the first year, I was able to make some money, but not much. After the Destruction Brings In, everything went wrong.

The house I bought with a hard-earned loan was turned into sand by a monster, and there's still no follow-up.

After checking his account balance, Kondo Isami hesitated for a long time before trying to submit 10 yen. He waited anxiously for the result, but only saw the panel increase by 1 point. He felt like he was about to vomit blood.

Profiteer!

I hurriedly turned around to check my balance.

Even though no transfer was made, the money automatically decreased.

I tried to get it back, but there was no response.

Beast!

……

Tadanoya.

Xia Chuan took out the banknotes that were in an envelope.

Exactly 10, no more, no less.

It's a bit little, but I don't need to consider part-time work for the time being.

"We're having beef today."

Natsukawa ignored Kondo Isami's mutterings and went out to buy groceries.

They're making a huge fuss over a little bit of money to save their lives.

The descent of Angel Zog is probably not far off, so instead of worrying about paying off the mortgage, I should level up as soon as possible.

"call!"

A large patch of dark clouds drifted in from nowhere over the city streets, and the once clear sky was suddenly filled with the sound of thunder.

Xia Chuan walked out of the supermarket, carrying a bag of groceries, past residents who were rushing home to collect their laundry, and looked up at the clouds again.

His feeling was right.

This point in time was indeed influenced by some force.

Time is an elusive concept; its essence is a description of how things work. Theoretically, it is impossible to go back to the past, and no matter how much you try to reverse it, it will only lead to a new future.

Unless you can escape this world and escape the timeline.

There shouldn't be such a powerful monster in Gaia.

Let's take another look.

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan's gaze continued to penetrate the clouds, finally locking onto a special space within the distant cumulonimbus clouds.

An independent future timeline?

It turned out to be the case.

The past cannot be changed, but we can introduce a future timeline to change the future in advance.

A monster has seen the future through other timelines and now wants to change the current timeline.

The monster data automatically appeared in Xia Chuan's mind.

Time-space monster, El Robopa.

A special monster capable of traversing different timelines, besides its head tentacles that distort time, also possesses high intelligence. When activating its abilities, it performs precise calculations on complex elements such as timeline path coordinates to avoid getting lost in countless parallel times.

In other aspects, it's relatively average.

In the future of a certain timeline, this monster will perish along with the Falcon Team after attacking the XIG airbase.

"elder brother!"

At the Tadano family's doorstep.

When Xia Chuan returned, he happened to run into Xiao Hui.

He was still wearing the XIG uniform.

"Why are you back?" Natsukawa asked, puzzled. "Did something happen at XIG?"

"No, I just..."

Xiao Hui bit her lip, unsure how to explain her feelings for Captain Yoneda of the Falcon Team.

Captain Yoneda is even older than his older brother.

"Is this high-grade beef?" Xiao Hui's eyes were suddenly drawn to the ingredients Xia Chuan was carrying. "Brother, where did you get the money?"

"I found a part-time job... Never mind that," Xia Chuan said, taking out his keys to open the door. "Stay for dinner."

"No, I... I need to go back to base."

"If you have any worries, feel free to tell me anytime."

Xia Chuan called out to Xiao Hui, who was distracted.

"No matter what, I'm your brother, I can definitely help you."

Xiao Hui let out a breath, smiled faintly and nodded: "I know, thank you, brother."

In the end, she still didn't reveal her inner troubles.

She is no longer the little girl who always caused trouble for her brother.

We mustn't drag my brother into the dangerous monster incident.

……

XIG Air Base.

Summoning her courage, Xiao Hui stopped the Falcon Team, who were preparing to attack, in the bridge passage, her eyes fixed on Captain Yoneda.

"I really don't understand! Why do you always choose dangerous missions? It's like you don't care about your own life or death at all, Captain Yoneda..."

"Xiaohui, do you believe in fate?" Mi Tian asked gravely. "Fate is something we can't control until that final moment arrives."

"Sizzle!"

Spatiotemporal interference intensifies.

Xia Chuan, whose beef had just been cooked on the ground, was forced to disconnect from his senses.

However, he already had a basic understanding of the situation.

The Falcon Team, Captain Yoneda... he hadn't learned anything about these things.

My sister's views on love are really unique. How can there be such a couple?

What would the real older brother think?

After sensing the time-space monster state once more, Xia Chuan untied her apron and walked out of the kitchen.

We'll have to wait until we get back to eat the beef.

In any case, being the older brother means taking responsibility.

(End of this chapter)