Ultraman: Forced to become the Dark Boss

While Muraka was searching, the defense forces found the unconscious Rimana not far from the location of the strange battle.

Strangely, no parachute was found. Search and rescue personnel speculated that after the parachute was cut, Li Mana may have lost consciousness due to exhaustion while evacuating the scene.

This view was unanimously agreed upon, and soon, everyone worked together to lift the wounded onto the rescue helicopter.

The military helicopter carrying Ritsu Mana and some wounded soldiers then ascended to a certain altitude and quickly flew towards the defense military hospital.

Muraka, who arrived late, stood where the helicopter had just landed, hands on her knees, bent over, panting heavily.

Originally, she rushed over to check on her senior's condition. Even though the rescuers said that Mana was fine, Muraka was still a little worried because she cared about her teammate.

"Noi, why are you still so calm? That's our teammate!"

Turning her head, Muraka saw Noi looking somewhat absent-minded and clearly lost in thought.

"What are you thinking? You were doing the same thing in the air just now..."

Muraka didn't think he was worried about his teammates, and while complaining, she gave him an annoyed look.

This kind of partnership is truly baffling; it's like the partner is an outsider.

Chapter 25 Noi's Memories

"I wonder how the branch will view the newly emerged Giant of Light."

Noi suddenly brought up a completely unrelated topic.

Fortunately, this topic did catch Muraka's attention.

"Eh... I think, from the battle twenty years ago, to the giant of light destroying Jormungandr 2 in the ocean, and now, saving us from Zetton..."

"Isn't this an obvious problem..."

"At the very least, the Giant of Light is definitely on our side!"

"It was so bright, it gave off a warm feeling..."

Muraka looked on with anticipation, her hands clasped together, her eyes almost squinting into peach blossom shapes.

"Yeah…"

"Twenty years ago, the battle between the giants and the dragons resulted in 70 casualties in the entire city of Kyoto."

Noi gave an enigmatic smile, a smile that always seemed fake, even hateful.

"...However, if it weren't for the appearance of the Giant of Light, the Demon Dragon would never have been destroyed!"

Muraka glared at him, her tone clearly showing dissatisfaction.

Hmph, that gloomy fellow, his mind is definitely full of dark thoughts...

Extreme and incomprehensible.

As Muraka thought this to herself, her expression toward Noi became even more strange.

"So that's your opinion. I see."

Noi's lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything more.

They walked forward in silence, their standard combat boots clattering against the gravel on the road.

"What a strange person..."

Muraka blushed and did not chase after him.

She sulked as she watched the other person's figure gradually disappear into the distance, her face looking like a puffed-up steamed bun, fair and pleasing to the eye.

Because the other party was, after all, her comrade-in-arms and partner, she didn't say anything that would embarrass him. However, Noi's impression of her had already become extremely bad.

"Heh... Twenty years ago, when the dragon appeared, the giants appeared. Now, when the monster appears, the giants appear..."

"They are nothing more than natural enemies, adversaries. As for us humans, in their eyes, we are probably not even ants, are we?"

"Only absolute power can produce absolute justice. So-called rules are just tombstones used by the strong to bind the weak."

"If I had strength comparable to a giant, how could I have let monsters harm my parents..."

Noi gradually moved away from the search and rescue group, stood on a broken wall, looked at the dirty marks and mottled bloodstains on the wall, and said coldly.

With his fists clenched and his face contorted in a frightening grimace, a hint of dark red flashed in his bloodshot eyes.

...

twenty years ago.

Noi was seven years old and was still a child who was constantly cared for by her parents.

Innocent and naive, lively and active, and with an insatiable appetite.

It was a sunny Saturday.

The sky was clear and azure, with only blue and white colors.

The pure, flawless clouds, with their refreshing beauty that captivates at first glance, and the blue backdrop that serves as a backdrop, seem to allow one to empty their mind and forget all worries.

Blue and white together create a series of abstract images.

Inside a park in B Ward, Kyoto City.

"Hey, Daddy, Daddy, doesn't that look like a big lion?"

As a child, Noi was lively and cheerful, loved to laugh and play. He would cling to his father, waving his little hands and then quickly grabbing his father's sleeve.

With her other hand, she was still holding a piece of torn-off marshmallow, making her little hands all sticky.

Seeing his son struggling to look up and still trying to point to the sky, Noi's father found it somewhat amusing. Following his son's direction, he did indeed see the cloud that resembled a ferocious beast.

but…

"That's clearly a tiger, isn't it?"

The father smiled tenderly, knelt down gently, and supported Noi with his every move, his every action filled with care.

"Eh, really?"

Onoi silently sucked on her fingers, which were still covered in cotton candy, and looked thoughtful.

Yes…

The father remained very patient, just like Noi's mother.

"Noi~"

A soft call came from not far away.

Ono's attention was drawn by the familiar voice. He turned around with surprise and saw the figure that made him feel warm and made him want to get closer and lean on it.

Following Noi's gaze, the father saw a young woman leaning slightly forward.

She appeared to be half-squatting, one hand supporting her knee, the other holding a brightly colored, tempting ice cream cone.

As the ice cream was gently shaken, it reflected a crystalline color under the sunlight.

"Wow, thank you, Mom!!"

Ono's eyes lit up instantly.

It was like a sudden downpour hitting land that had been suffering from a severe drought.

That kind of surprise and joy is a very special feeling.

With her short legs wobbling, Noi ran towards her mother.

Even her wind-blown, messy hair reflects Onoi's happy mood.

Noi's father quickly followed, taking small steps to avoid Noi being bumped into in the bustling crowd.

Noi's mother quickly took a few steps forward, and as Noi, slightly out of breath, came to her side, she gently rubbed his chest: "Why are you in such a hurry? No one will take little Noi from me~"

"Xizi, we can't spoil him too much. He just had sweets, and then you bought this..."

Noi's father was slightly disgusted; how could a child's stomach handle something so cold?

"Hey? You were the one who ignored my warnings and bought the kid a cotton candy the size of an adult..."

The woman called Xizi curled her lip and said nonchalantly.

The ice cream being handed to Onoi was tilted upwards.

Noi let her mother rub her, but her gaze followed the ice cream upwards, causing her eyes and little face to tilt upwards, making her look somewhat inexplicably comical.

"Alright, just this once."

Noi's father still managed to find a perfect balance between his strictness and his love, and said while pretending to be unhappy.

"Hooray! Thank you, Dad!"

Like a horse freed from its shackles, Noi carefully took the ice cream with her two small hands, gazing at the colorful decorations on it, a glistening tear appearing at the corner of her mouth.

Mmm...delicious!

"Really? Even if it's delicious, don't eat it so fast!"

The father sat on a park bench, resting, and watched Xizi and her son play with a smile on his face.

Sunlight spills into every corner, bringing warmth without being scorching; the summer breeze brushes through everyone's hair, bringing coolness without being chilly.

Everything seemed so perfect, so natural.

Just like this family of three, warm and beautiful.

...

"boom!!"

“huang, huang…”

Just as Noi's father stretched and prepared to accompany Noi to the slide, the ground suddenly shook. A clear tremor, accompanied by a deafening roar, was transmitted to everyone's senses through their feet and ears. In just a few seconds, violent shaking occurred from every corner and from everyone's perspective!

"what happened?"

Noi's father's face changed drastically. He grabbed his bewildered wife and children and shouted, "Quick, let's go! There's an earthquake! There's too much clutter in the park. Let's go to the square!"

Xizi nodded frantically, her hands tightly protecting the bewildered Xiaoyejing.

"Look, the tree has fallen!"