Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 71 Rat-shaped Tooth Vampire

The central building of the base, the office area.

Hiroko Asami stood behind Tamura, looking at the Rose Woman opposite her with a puzzled expression.

The school ultimately agreed to Rose's request to join the staff and temporarily placed her in the medical department.

It is said that the Fujiwara Group played a significant role.

But what exactly is this woman thinking?

Instead of hiding, they actually came to the Knights training base on their own initiative.

What's the point?

And whether it was just my imagination or not, Rose Woman's gaze would always fall on her, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Then we'll be colleagues from now on, Baluba."

Tamura smiled and handed a letter of appointment to Rose.

Normally, getting a job at the medical department wouldn't be a big problem, but Rose Girl's special identity made it difficult.

Although the higher-ups didn't say anything, as the principal, he couldn't ignore it.

"Just to be on the safe side, I must remind you again," Tamura continued, "No matter what your relationship is with the Fujiwara Foundation, you cannot leave the infirmary at will, and your activities are limited to the school's public areas."

If you cause a misunderstanding due to unnecessary actions, you could be shot dead on the spot at any time. I believe you are already aware of nerve-severing bullets.

"I just want to find a place to settle down."

Rose frowned slightly, not quite used to being so close to people.

However, now that we live in the human age, we must adapt as quickly as possible and transform into human beings in order to survive.

"Very good."

Outside the office, Fujiwara Saiji breathed a sigh of relief, watching the rose-wearing woman's figure gradually lose focus.

"I knew I wasn't wrong. Even among the Gurongi, there are good and bad. Baluba must be the kind one."

Natsukawa stood to the side, watching Fujiwara Saiji begin his self-conquest, unsure of what to say.

He's still a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) at heart, always overthinking things. He'll probably only truly mature after getting hurt.

Is Rose Girl truly kind?

It has indeed not harmed humans so far, but to call it kind is definitely impossible.

From beginning to end, Rose Woman never cared about the lives or deaths of humans.

Not taking action doesn't mean someone is a good person.

"Stop thinking about it," Natsukawa interrupted Fujiwara Saiji's daydream. "Rose has thorns, so don't accidentally hurt yourself."

"I'm not afraid. Getting pricked by rose thorns is a normal thing. Pain is also a form of love."

Fujiwara laughed foolishly.

"Mentor, from now on I will be Baluba's guardian knight."

Hopeless.

Xia Chuan's cheek twitched.

Being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) is indeed a disease, but he's too lazy to care anymore.

With him around, Rose Girl wouldn't be able to do anything outrageous; at most, she'd just make the kid suffer a bit.

This can be considered an indirect lesson.

"Hiroko!"

Natsukawa left Fujiwara Saiji behind and called out to Asami Hiroko, who was hurrying away.

"Any news from the league?"

"The investigation is still ongoing," Hiroko Asami said, sounding somewhat tired. "There have indeed been quite a few missing persons cases in the city recently, but the culprit is very cunning, and we haven't found any clues yet. All we know is that it seems to be some kind of rat-like monster."

"A rat-like monster?"

Xia Chuan thought of the rat-shaped blood demon he had eliminated last time.

These feral vampires usually appear in a whole colony; the one last time was clearly just one of them.

It seems necessary to take a trip to the city center and, if I happen to come across any, I'll just grab them and get rid of them.

By the way, if it's Wataru, who wears the Kiva outfit, he should have the ability to sense the location of the Fang Vampire, right?

In Kiva, Wataru always manages to appear in front of the Fang Blood Demons; it's unclear whether Wataru in this world can do the same.

After watching Hiroko Asami's departing figure, Natsukawa paused, then turned to Fujiwara Saiji, who was still infatuated with her, and asked, "Fujiwara, do you know where Watari is?"

"Huh?" Fujiwara Saiji snapped out of his daze. "I don't know. I haven't been able to contact him for the past few days. He's acting strangely, like he's looking for something everywhere."

"Master Kaminari," Mizusawa asked hesitantly as he approached, "do you need my help? I can deal with those monsters too."

"You should get used to your body first."

Xia Chuan waved his hand and went to the parking lot alone.

I've been resting for too long lately and almost forgot that most of my students are problem children.

Currently, only Ryota Murai is relatively normal, cooperating with the police to eliminate the remaining Gurongi and striving to grow stronger.

Well, the Gurongi are no longer a force to be reckoned with; their leaders are either dead or have fled. It will probably take Murai Yoshihiro a long time to grow.

……

"Achoo!"

Urban area.

While on patrol, Murai Ryota suddenly sneezed violently. Sakurai Kagekazu, who was next to him, laughed and said, "What's wrong? Missing home? I heard you haven't been back in a long time."

"A little."

Ryota Murai rubbed his nose and looked at Keikazu Sakurai curiously, asking a question.

"What about you, senpai? Why do you keep teaming up with me? I've already told you I'm not that Kuuga."

"Of course I know, but I really want to see him again, and the best chance is by your side."

"I hope," said Sakurai Keikazu.

"I'm very curious about that person's purpose in participating in the Knights Challenge."

Murai Liangda smiled bitterly when he heard this.

He and the other Kuga didn't have much of a connection, and their meetings were all because of Daguba.

How could we possibly encounter them while patrolling like this?

"Strange," Murai Ryota suddenly looked across the street in surprise, "Just now, it looked like Professor Kaminaga... Am I mistaken?"

"Kaminaga hasn't left the house in a long time," Murai Ryota said, shaking his head. "I heard that many people in the league don't like Kaminaga. He must be feeling pretty bad, right? After all, his Kamen Rider applications keep getting rejected, and he wasn't even selected for the last round of recruitment this year."

"An alliance?"

Sakurai Keikazu felt a surge of anger stuck in his throat.

He and his sister will never forget the moment they saw the giant figure of Ultraman five years ago.

Ultraman saved the Earth and also completely rescued his family.

Only after entering the Knight School did they learn that the member of the Fate Team who was chosen by Ultraman was actually their mentor, Kaminari.

"This world is indeed sick; former heroes are being treated so coldly."

"Whoosh!"

An underground passage.

The rat-shaped vampire fled in panic, glancing back every now and then.

"Damn Kiva, just wait for our revenge!"

Upon realizing it hadn't been caught, the rat-shaped vampire angrily rubbed its teeth together.

This world seems to have no other types of fanged vampires besides the Kiva, and human warriors find it very difficult to kill them, making it a paradise for the rat-fanged vampires.

"Soon, we'll be able to take over this city... Huh?"

The rat-shaped vampire unexpectedly heard the sound of leather shoes and looked towards the end of the underground passage in confusion.

A figure was standing right there in the light from the exit.

"Isn't it Kiva?"

The rat-shaped vampire carefully observed for a moment, then spread its legs and cackled.

"You're just unlucky to have run into me, human. Your life energy smells delicious, hehehe!"

"Not unlucky at all."

Xia Chuan also observed the rat-shaped blood demon in front of him.

It's unclear whether these creatures originally consisted of many individuals or were all split entities.

If it's the latter, the rat-shaped fanged vampire's level wouldn't just be level 2, it would be at least level 3, so it wouldn't be like getting nothing at all.

"Toothed bat."

Xia Chuan raised his hand and stretched out his fingers, grabbing the second Fang Bat that flapped its wings and flew out of the void.

"Be grateful," the second Fang Bat sneered, "witness the moment of a king!"

"bite!"

As the power of the Demon Emperor was injected, the distinctive black patterns of Dark Kiva spread to Natsukawa's face, and the chain around his waist followed suit, transforming into a transformation buckle.

As the Fang Bat II was hung upside down and embedded in the belt, rings of blue-green light spread out, and the dark Kiva suit overlapped with Xia Chuan's body in the shattered illusion of the spatial mirror.

"Transform!"

"Kiva?!"

The rat-shaped vampire with fangs suddenly retreated halfway through its charge.

"Wait, where did you come from?!"

"Hmph, a nobody is a nobody," Fang Bat II sneered mercilessly. "You don't even recognize Dark Kiva? You don't even deserve to be killed!"

"..."

Xia Chuan suddenly began to doubt whether his Dark Kiva system was genuine.

After this second-generation Tooth Bat was bound to him, he suddenly became very talkative, unlike the original version which was so profound.

He's just a nobody, why say so much?

"Um?"

Xia Chuan glanced at the rat-shaped fanged vampire fleeing in the opposite direction and was about to give chase when he saw that the rat-shaped fanged vampire stopped after running not far.

At the same time, pairs of dark eyes suddenly lit up, instantly sealing off the entire underground passage.

"Hahaha, how foolish," the rat-shaped vampire sneered as he turned around. "Did you really think I was the only one? We were originally planning to deal with another Kiva, but eliminating you first isn't so bad!"

"Is this a rat's nest?"

Xia Chuan looked around and discovered that the underground passage was full of rat-toothed blood demons.

It's really rare to see so many level 2 monsters.

Even with limited experience, you won't be completely unsuccessful if you do a lot of work.

"call!"

Xia Chuan raised his arm again, and a huge black bat mark wrapped in fluorescent light expanded and enveloped the underground passage.

There's no need to use your ultimate skill to deal with these rat-toothed blood demons. Besides immobilizing them, the sealing barrier can also be used as a clearing damage skill.

"Sizzle!"

Faced with the swarm of rats rushing in from all sides, Xia Chuan pressed down with his fingers, and the huge mark suddenly fell.

A crimson lightning explosion filled the entire underground passage, instantly engulfing all living things outside of Xia Chuan.

"Bang--!"

Xia Chuan lowered his arm amidst the continuous explosions and flames.

When the current dissipated, the ground was completely empty, not even a single shard of stained glass remained after the vampire's death.

The entire team was wiped out.

Dark Kiva is indeed comfortable to use, as he can be both a warrior and a mage. If you don't use his ultimate move, the side effects aren't too great, and his stamina consumption is far less exaggerated than that of Ultimate Kuuga.

"call!"

"This is……"

Entrance to the passage.

Watari braked his motorcycle amidst the heat of the explosion, and his eyes narrowed sharply when he saw the red and black battle suit revealed in the dissipating flames.

"Dark Kiva?! Even you've appeared..."

With trembling fingers, Du gritted his teeth and walked into the underground passage. His breathing became increasingly heavy, and he stared at Xia Chuan with a grim face, his eyes gradually becoming tainted with hatred.

"I will defeat you and avenge my father!"

(End of this chapter)