Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 9 Fusion Coefficient 99

The following morning.

Xia Chuan opened his eyes as a beam of sunlight shone through the window. His pupils briefly turned white before returning to normal, and his consciousness gradually awoke from the fragmented memories of the battle.

It felt like a dream, yet it was incredibly real.

"hiss!"

The intense muscle soreness brought Xia Chuan back to reality. When he got up, he found that his body was covered in bruises, and there were even white crystals left by dried sweat.

What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be just a matter of consciousness traveling between consciousnesses?

How could there be signs of a fight on his body?

Xia Chuan looked down at his waist belt.

The shuttle has become the Kuuga belt, but unlike in Kuuga, it's now more like a piece of equipment rather than something directly integrated into and modified into his body.

Race: human

Lifespan: 35/200

Physique: All Rider Transformation lv2

Life level: E

Rank: 1

Material: Kuuga (fusion coefficient 99)

……

Sure enough, even wiping out the Gurongi clan did not improve their physical condition.

It seems the system panel can only be used in this world.

"Whoosh!"

The Kuuga belt automatically faded and disappeared under Natsukawa's gaze, then reappeared and glowed again at Natsukawa's prompting.

It's much more convenient than THEBEE's belt, and once the belt is summoned, even without transforming, a strong energy continuously flows into the body, allowing for transformation during battle without the kind of mishaps that occur with THEBEE wearers.

"A large-scale thunderstorm occurred at Mount Kuro in Nagano Prefecture last night. According to the subsequent forest rescue and investigation team, the incident occurred at the site of the Mount Kuro ruins excavation, and it is suspected that a large-scale explosion took place there..."

"According to the weather station, the unexplained thunderstorms that night came very suddenly... So far, only two tourists have been killed, and further details are pending police announcement."

"Does a curse really exist?"

"The ruins of Mount Kuro."

Xia Chuan's ears twitched slightly as he heard the news report coming from the izakaya downstairs. He quickly turned on the TV in the living room.

What appeared on the screen was aerial footage from a television station, showing a large area around the ruins that had exploded, with densely forested hills now charred and messy, and broken trees everywhere.

The terrain is almost identical to that ancient killing field.

The reporter may not have noticed, but he, who had participated in the game, saw it very clearly: one of the muddy areas full of pits was the location where he eliminated all the Gurongi of the Ge Group.

"What exactly happened? Have those Grongi been resurrected in this world?"

Why?

Coincidence or...

Natsukawa looked again at his abdomen and the Kuuga belt.

He wasn't the only one who used the shuttle, so it probably has nothing to do with him.

Otherwise, the world would have been in chaos long ago.

……

in the afternoon.

The ruins of Mount Kuro.

Xia Chuan looked down at the explosion site, which was cordoned off by the police, from the side of the mountain road. After watching the entrance to the ruins cave for a while, he crossed the cordon with his ID and finally found the muddy area that had flashed by in the news footage.

With just one glance, a scene of strange human arms reaching out from the ground naturally appeared in his mind.

Deep resentment still lingered at the scene.

"Kuuga!!"

"Kaminaga?"

Asami Hiroko walked by with a young policewoman wearing glasses and a ponytail. When she saw Natsukawa, she couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm a little concerned after seeing the news."

Xia Chuan gathered his thoughts, his usually expressionless face showing a hint of confusion.

"You've been transferred to work in Nagano?"

"No," Hiroko Asami explained, "I'm currently an investigator for the Kamen Rider support team, responsible for providing intelligence support to Kamen Rider. This is my new partner, Takahashi."

The young policewoman pushed up her glasses, seemingly particularly interested in Xia Chuan, her "senior."

"Hello, I'm Kazumi Takahashi. I've heard Hiroko-senpai talk about you a lot..."

"Ahem, Takahashi, go and check on the situation first."

Hiroko Asami pulled Kazumi Takahashi aside, sending her new partner away, and then breathed a sigh of relief before asking Natsukawa a question.

"What was the result? Did it succeed? If it really didn't work out..."

"The result was alright," Xia Chuan said frankly, no longer dwelling on the Gurongi. "It was just a bit tiring fighting; there were too many weirdos."

"A weirdo? What weirdo?"

Hiroko Asami was slightly taken aback.

"Isn't entering the Knight Space supposed to involve randomly battling a knight? If you survive for a certain period, you can bind to the corresponding Knight System... Kaminari, didn't you pass the test?"

"Fighting a knight?"

Xia Chuan paused.

The so-called Knight Space dungeon quest is simply about fighting knights, and you only need to survive for a certain period of time?

So what exactly is going on with him?

The difference seems too great.

It's like spending days grinding to finally beat a game, only to have someone say that a few minutes of trial play is enough.

Is this targeting him?

"Kaminaga?"

Seeing that Natsukawa remained silent, Asami Hiroko offered words of comfort.

"It's okay, there will be other opportunities in the future. Maybe I wasn't prepared the first time."

"Well……"

"I almost forgot," Hiroko Asami suddenly laughed before Natsukawa could explain, "The captain is currently the principal of the Knight Academy, and he said he wants you to work there."

"A knight school?" Xia Chuan asked in surprise. "Does such a school exist?"

"It's a newly established one-year special training school," Hiroko Asami explained. "It's true that Kamen Riders are powerful, but their initial abilities were too weak, with uneven quality and serious deficiencies in various aspects. The higher-ups felt that training was needed to reduce the weaknesses of the Kamen Riders and thus avoid unnecessary casualties."

"That sounds good, but what would I do there? Become a teacher?"

Xia Chuan shook his head slightly.

"I don't think I'd get along with those Kamen Riders."

He didn't have a very good impression of the Kamen Riders he had encountered.

When ordinary people suddenly gain power, their mentality will inevitably be affected to some extent. Becoming a teacher to these guys is simply asking for trouble.

"To be precise, you should be called a mentor. The captain felt that you, as a former elite police officer, couldn't continue to be so decadent, so he applied for mentor qualifications for you in advance, and the salary and benefits are the same as before."

Hiroko Asami said earnestly.

"Think about it, Kaminaga. Are you really going to stay on leave indefinitely? Becoming a Kamen Rider mentor might give you a chance to return to the Public Security Bureau in the future."

"I've long since given up on going back."

Xia Chuan shook his head again.

"However, I could try the tutor job. When do I start?"

His advisor wasn't particularly interested, but he really needed a job; he couldn't stay without income forever.

"I'll take you there next week."

Hiroko Asami smiled happily, made an appointment with Natsukawa, and left with a lighter step.

After meeting up with her partner Kazumi Takahashi, Hiroko Asami suddenly grabbed Takahashi's buttocks while she was dressed in business attire: "Alright, let's go home for today."

"Senpai!" Kazumi Takahashi tensed her legs, and when she saw that it was Hiroko Asami, she could only blush and follow.

"..."

Xia Chuan calmly watched the two get into the car and drive away from the scene.

His situation is still not very safe, and it's best not to let Hiroko Asami know about the binding of Kuuga for the time being.

This former teammate has already helped him a lot; he can't be dragged into danger again.

……

"Boom!"

into the night.

A dark figure sneaked into the sealed-off ruins site, taking advantage of the thunder and rain for cover, and somehow found a petrified Kuuga belt.

However, just as it was about to run out of the ruins, the dark figure suddenly stopped, looking at the snake-shaped Gurongi monster blocking its path, its face showing a look of terror amidst the flashes of lightning.

"Kuuga?"

The serpentine Gurongi pierced the neck of the shadowy figure with one hand, staring directly at the petrified belt and uttering strange sounds. The monster's eyes held both fear and anger.

Tear!

He tossed aside the black shadowy corpse that was torn apart like shredded cloth, and the strange voice from the serpentine Gurongi's mouth intensified as he desperately tried to destroy the belt.

Before the attack could land, a red knight's afterimage flashed through the night rain, and the serpentine Gurongi's body exploded violently and was thrown away.

"Bang--!"

"Um?"

The red knight stopped and looked at the spot where the snake-shaped Gurongi had landed with a soft exclamation.

After briefly turning into black mist, the snake-like monster miraculously reformed its body and reappeared unharmed in the rain.

"Immortality?"

The red knight's voice was indifferent as he lightly patted the side of his belt, then moved at high speed again, smashing the snake-shaped Gurongi with a thunderous roar. The red beetle's figure was both handsome and powerful in the torrential rain.

Kabuto.

Kaname, now in his Kuuga form, walked through the rain and stood at the edge of the forest, observing the battle in the rain without moving, using his super vision to capture the figure of the red knight.

CLOCK UP is indeed a bit abnormal; you need to concentrate to catch the opponent's high-speed movement afterimage.

Fortunately, his opponent wasn't fast enough to be invincible, and he could barely keep up.

After all, he was quite familiar with CLOCK UP, and had even used Thebee to start it once.

"Bang--!"

Another loud explosion echoed through the rain, but no matter how Kabuto attacked, the snake-shaped Grongi could repeatedly revive, as if they were impossible to kill.

Xia Chuan was slightly surprised.

He had killed this snake-shaped Gurongi before; it wasn't that troublesome.

mutated?

Seeing the snake-shaped Gurongi dodge the Kabuto and flee towards him, Xia Chuan stopped watching, stepped out from behind the tree as his right foot heated up, and kicked the snake-shaped Gurongi back.

"Ugh!!"

Unlike before, a sealing script appeared on the chest of the snake-shaped Gurongi in mid-air. After a brief delay, it exploded into countless fragments, and no more black mist was generated.

"What?!"

Kabuto, who was chasing after them, was suddenly startled, his blue eyes fixed on Natsukawa as he turned and walked away.

"Wait, who are you?!"

(End of this chapter)