Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 723 Chess Pieces

"Really? It doesn't seem like it."

Higa Airu couldn't help but burst into laughter, covering her mouth and barely managing to suppress her laughter. Her eyes, which had been filled with melancholy, curved into charming crescent moons.

"What I mean is that your reasons for fighting are probably not that simple. It's clear that you're an elder with a story to tell."

"Hmm."

Xia Chuan's gaze was strange.

Compared to Higa Airu, who has lived for tens of thousands of years, he is hardly an elder.

However, it's best not to bring up age-related issues.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Higa Airu felt uneasy under Natsukawa's gaze and subconsciously touched her cheek, thinking that there was something wrong with her makeup.

"It's nothing."

Xia Chuan grabbed the petrochemical red steel and left the ruins building.

Let it be a misunderstanding.

Normally, a Titan capable of raising its base level to SS must be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years old; otherwise, the new generation wouldn't be able to use fusion and borrowing power.

No wonder Higa Airu made a mistake.

He is an exceptional case among exceptional cases.

"Buzz!"

The Belial Giga Battle Device in Xia Chuan's spiritual space rang once again.

Unlike its initial state of incompleteness, the Giga Combat Device has been fully revived in this era.

If it were taken out, it would definitely startle Belial.

In theory, weapons of this caliber are unique.

It's a pity Lucifer hasn't recovered yet, otherwise we could try letting the Dark Clone use it.

After isolating himself from the aura of the Giga Battle Device, Xia Chuan finally began to examine the petrified red steel in his hand.

He had always been used to fighting with the body of a giant and had never considered weapons or equipment.

Ordinary weapons are useless against him, while weapons like Red Steel have unique characteristics.

It's holding it in my hand now and there's no reaction, so it's obvious that I didn't choose it.

Even if it can be used, it is difficult to exert its true power.

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan exerted force with his palm, directly altering the atomic structure. Behind him, Higa Airu glared and crushed the petrified fragments, revealing the true form of the Red Steel.

It seems there's no need for him to play a role.

Just throw it to Asakura Riku as a weapon.

There's no need to completely replicate the original series, because it's right here.

……

The ruins of Midcoast.

Several days passed in a row.

Asakura Riku deeply felt the malice from the universe. Perhaps because Natsukawa had not responded, the alien gang not only did not restrain themselves, but instead intensified.

Someone leaked the information, saying that he possessed extremely valuable Ultra Capsules and that he had inherited Belial's legacy.

It's utterly baffling.

"Are you really Geed? Belial's son?" Toba Raiyo asked Asakura Riku, his eyes gleaming with a strange light as he shook off a group of pursuers.

"I am Geed, that's true, but I'm not Belial's son, and of course I didn't inherit any property," Asakura Riku explained dramatically. "Besides, Belial isn't dead! That guy's still alive!"

Toba Raiyo didn't seem to care much about any of this: "So, that killer who entered the gathering area with you, is he the Ultraman who defeated Belial?"

"Why are you asking this?" Asakura Riku asked warily.

He felt a good impression of the girl who had helped him for several days, but he didn't completely trust her.

Although the possibility is slim, but...

"You wouldn't happen to be Belial, would you?" Riku Asakura asked suspiciously.

"How is that possible?" Toba Raiyo rolled her eyes. "A very authoritative voice told me that Ultraman can save the Earth and the world, so I came to Okinawa to gather information."

"Why come to Okinawa to gather intelligence?"

"There is an alien with very special abilities who knows almost everything about the entire universe."

"So that's how it is," Asakura Riku murmured to himself in realization. "No wonder Mr. Kaminaga came here; he must also be looking for that intelligence broker."

"Mr. Kaminari?"

Toba Raiyo raised an eyebrow again, inadvertently thinking of Natsukawa, whom she had met at the information brokerage.

"Is the Mr. Kaminaga you're talking about a middle-aged man with a stoic expression who wears a suit?"

"Calling him expressionless is too much," Asakura Riku said angrily. "Kanaga-san is just not good at expressing his emotions; he always stays rational."

"Most aliens don't have human expressions, Ultraman is an alien too, right?" Toba Raiyo shrugged.

She briefly joined the AIB, where the branch leader was a Shad alien who always had a blank expression and never even opened his mouth to speak.

For aliens, especially those mimicking humans, facial paralysis is the norm unless they are very familiar with humans and have adapted to life on Earth.

Asakura Riku hesitated for a moment, then could only mutter, "In any case, Kaminaga-san is different; Kaminaga-san must be human too!"

"Are you an idiot?"

Toba Raiyo crossed his arms scrutinizingly, suddenly wondering about the real reason why Natsukawa had abandoned Asakura Riku alone.

Some even suspect that the scar on Riku Asakura's eye was from fighting aliens, or from accidentally injuring himself while playing around as a child.

It feels like they're not mature at all.

"Buzz!"

As they were talking, Toba Raiyo's expression suddenly changed, and the indistinct voice of the King of Ultra rang in her mind again: "Belial is here!"

As majestic as ever, like a resounding bell, it made one's mind pause for a moment.

"Beria?"

Toba Laiye suddenly drew his sword and looked around. A familiar figure suddenly came into view above the coastal ruins city wall.

A smile played on his lips as he leaned on his cane, his fingernails gleaming black, and he toyed with two monster capsules between his fingers.

It was exactly the same figure that attacked her six years ago, killed her parents, and then transformed back into a human from a monster.

"Fukui Izuru!" Asakura Riku exclaimed in surprise, recognizing the person who appeared.

Despite the stark contrast to his former image as an elegant novelist, his face remained highly recognizable; he had simply transformed from an intellectual into a dark and ruthless villain.

"Asakura Riku," Fukui Izumi said loudly, ignoring the hatred in Toba Raiyo's eyes, looking down at him disdainfully, "You actually managed to chase me all the way here, were you prepared to clean up the mess?"

Within a few days, Asakura Riku had practically made a scene all over Okinawa; it was impossible not to notice him.

If it weren't for Lord Belial holding him back, he would have wanted to get rid of Asakura Riku immediately.

Fortunately, the time has finally come.

"call!"

Fukui Izumi opened his arms in the sea breeze, tilted his head back to face the green light falling from the sky, and closed his eyes.

"Stellum, my home planet!"

"The Light of Strom?"

Xia Chuan appeared in a corner of the ruins.

Belial seems to have used some means to prematurely attract the Strum Planetary Light, which can enhance the phase converter officer of Fukuide K.

It seems they can't wait to reap the rewards and seize the spoils.

Fukuide Kei, having lost his Strom organ, won't live long; this is clearly treating Fukuide Kei as a tool.

But this is for the best.

He has already made preparations on his end.

"Bang--!"

With a thunderous roar, two enormous figures suddenly appeared on both sides of the ruins city wall, rising rapidly.

Unable to obtain the power of the King of Ultra, Riku Asakura chose the basic form, fusing and sublimating the Belial capsule with the original Ultraman capsule infused with Natsukawa's power.

Fukuide K chose King Joe and the Zetton Capsule to transform into Pedanim Zetton.

Upon impact, Pedanim Jetton was blasted away like a child.

As Fukuide Kei's strongest fusion form to date, it had previously suppressed Asakura Riku, but after being strengthened, it has fallen into a disadvantageous position.

You could even say they're not even in the same league.

"How is this possible?" Fukuide Kei angrily steadied himself. "When did you acquire new powers? You mere experimental subject, yet you've deviated from my plans..."

"Ugh—!"

The green light that had been stained red and black on Pedanim Jetton's chest surged violently.

Despite the excruciating pain, Fukuide K growled as he inserted an additional capsule into the extremely enhanced Strom organ in his chest.

Dark Lugiel and Emperor Alien Capsule.

Both are SS+ level cosmic bosses. The former once used the Dark Spark to turn all the Ultramen in the Land of Light into puppets during the chaos, while the latter once started the Ultra War and almost destroyed the Land of Light.

Belial turned to darkness because he witnessed the power of Alien Empera during the Ultra War.

"Ha ha--!"

As the two super dark capsules merged, Fukuide Kei's eyes completely changed color, and he fell into a state of out-of-control madness.

Even the enhanced Strom organs could not allow him to control the power of Dark Lugiel and Emperor Alien.

"Do you see that, Lord Belial?" Fukuide Kei's monstrous body swelled further, rising to hundreds of meters in height, his agonizing laughter echoing across the entire coastline. "I've come to fulfill your dreams and nightmares!"

(End of this chapter)