Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"...The growth cycle of Ultraman is very long." X was silent for a long time before he explained, "If you rely solely on personal efforts to practice, it may take decades or even hundreds of years to see results. In this situation where time is tight and there is no time for people to grow, Taichi's method of relying purely on luck is the most likely to have the best chance."

"And that's exactly what's happening." Axe sighed as he looked at the 'miracle light' and the 'despair crystal'. "Let's not talk about the crystal for now. Just this light that represents the 'miracle', once I fully understand it, I may be able to improve in essence. I may even surpass myself before I lost my body."

Chapter 77: The Lost Phantom Thieves

Under Taichi's gaze, Nakajima Naomi and Ogasawara Nana left with their respective small groups. Okami Sayaka also left with Saenoki Nanahoshi who wanted to apologize to her parents.

In addition to Jusantsuki Aikari and Takai Azusa who had already "turned from darkness to light", the others who stayed behind included sisters Niwa Kune and Niwa Aiko.

"I hope to use your connections in this circle to help me find information about a religious organization similar to the 'Tomb of Maltoba'." Taiyi looked at the two sisters Niwa Kune and Niwa Aiko and said, "As a reward, I can give Miss Kune normal health and Miss Aiko a large amount of money."

When Taichi first met Niwa Kunon, he already noticed the "weakness" and "illness" beneath her seemingly healthy body.

The appearance of a 20-year-old, the body functions of an 80-year-old.

Fortunately, this is not a functional decline caused by normal growth and development of the human body, but an abnormal phenomenon similar to a "curse".

Otherwise, even Irisviel's 'Healing Magic' + Himiko's 'Kamikaze' + X's 'Light Tolerance' couldn't save her.

"Hey? Can I regain my health?" Niwa Kunin looked at Taiyi in surprise and asked.

"Money...wait a minute! Is there something wrong with my sister's health?" Niwa Aiko, who didn't know Niwa Kune's physical condition, looked at her sister with a confused look on her face.

Although she kept saying that she hated her sister, to her, her sister was probably the only person in the world who truly cared about her.

Even her parents, who originally cared about her and loved her, used the money she earned to travel around the world and disappeared from her world because she was too capable.

"It's so serious that she won't live long." Taiyi shrugged and replied, "With the current medical level, we can't even detect the reason why her body functions are so weakened, let alone treat her."

"…Is this the reason why my sister is involved in the supernatural circle? Do you want to find a way to restore her body functions to normal from mysticism?" Niwa Aiko suppressed her inner uneasiness and looked at Niwa Kune and asked.

"Although there are reasons for this." Niwa Kunito pulled her hair shyly, "But the most important thing is that my sister is involved in such a dangerous circle. If I don't catch up quickly, she will be useless in the future."

"But, sister failed." Niwa Kuni lowered her head with a look of disappointment, "Not only did she fail to find out why her body became like this and how to restore her health, she couldn't even protect Aiko-chan."

“…Ha——” Niwa Aiko sighed, then squatted down with her hands covering her face, “What on earth was I fighting with before?”

"Aiko-chan?" Niwa Kuni looked at Niwa Aiko blankly.

She had no idea how much pressure she was putting on her sister.

Although she knew that her sister didn't like her very much, Niwa Kunon had no idea why things turned out that way.

So, when she heard the conditions that Aiko Niwa proposed to Taichi, she was so happy that she burst into tears.

"Money and stuff doesn't matter to me...I'd rather exchange it all for my sister's health." Aiko Niwa didn't dare to meet her sister's eyes.

"I hope you can be faster." Taichi was indifferent to the change of conditions. "After all, after I clean up the 'Tomb of Maltoba' provided by Aikariya and Azusa, I will start with other groups."

Through the impact of the "Tomb of Maltoba" on Tianshen Elementary School and the big fuss caused by the Shadow Mage, Taiyi completely adopted a "destroy all" mentality towards those cults who like to operate things that are beyond their own understanding.

Otherwise, Taiyi is very worried that when he is at a disadvantage in a battle in the future, these idiots who like to stir up trouble will stab him in the back.

"Clean up..." When Niwa Kunito understood this word, her pupils shrank slightly.

As an adult who has witnessed a lot of social filth, she has a deep understanding of what Taikou means by "cleaning up".

And from Taichi's attitude of ruthlessly smashing those spirits with one punch in Tenjin Elementary School, she could also see that Mr. Taichi Naruto, who rescued her sisters, was not a person who liked to reason.

Therefore, she had some psychological pressure on what she was going to do next.

After all, we have to carefully screen out those religious groups that have really gone too far before providing them to Taiyi for "cleansing."

Not long after Niwa Kune and Niwa Aiko left, Taichi took Jusantsuki Aikari and Takai Azusa on a journey to 'clean up' the cultists.

……

That's how it should be.

Taichi's breathing stopped for a moment when he heard the crying voice of Sakura Futaba coming from the phone.

"Except for those who did not enter the Impression Space, all members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are missing?"

"Yes! Taichi! What should we do!" Sakura Futaba was so panicked that her brain couldn't think.

"Futaba, calm down first and tell me the whole story." Taichi was contacting Sakura Futaba while trying to contact other people through the chat group.

There is no problem with the chat group composed of non-staff members.

Except for Shinjima Shin, who was originally the liaison, everyone else responded one by one.

As the core members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, except for Yuigahama Yui and Yukinoshita Yukino, who were prohibited from entering the Image Space and the Palace alone because they did not have the power of the Personality Mask, none of the people with the power of the Personality Mask could be contacted.

Including Sae Niijima, who had just given Taichi the information about the "Tomb of Maltoba".

It was as if the memory space had unilaterally cut off the connection between the Phantom Thieves and the real world.

Meanwhile, during Taichi's internal meeting, Irisviel, Jeanne d'Arc, and Himiko, who also existed as the power of the Personality Mask, did not notice anything unusual at all.

"...I understand. Please wait patiently. I will let Raikou protect your safety later." After learning from Sakura Futaba that the Phantom Thieves of Hearts have been attacking the Impression Space recently, Taichi had some guesses in his mind, but in order to comfort Sakura Futaba, he could only say something that would make her feel at ease as much as possible, "As for Ren and Shin, I will go to the Impression Space to investigate."

"Sniff, sniff - Taichi-brother, I'm begging you to bring everyone back." After sniffing, Sakura Futaba's emotions gradually returned to normal.

With Ultraman's help, no matter how big the crisis Amamiya Ren and the others encounter, they will always be able to return safely... right?

Thinking of what she had heard from Ryuji Sakamoto and the others about the monster that appeared in the Shido Justice Hall, Sakura Futaba felt uneasy.

Don’t let everyone be wiped out by the monster before Taichi arrives.

Chapter 78: The Dilemma of the Personality Users

After stopping all the actions at hand and temporarily placing Takai Azusa and Jusantsuki Aikari in a "safe house", Taichi directly entered the impression space.

"What's going on?" Looking around at the prison-like environment, Taiyi touched the mask that had already appeared on his face in surprise, "I just entered the image space and I'm wearing a Phantom Thief Suit? And when did the image space become a prison style?"

"Aix, search for the signal source of Amamiya Ren and the others." Taiyi knocked on his mask and instructed.

"Done!" In just a few seconds, Aix had found the location of Amamiya Ren and the others, and marked the nearest route for Taiyi. "I don't know why, but I always feel that this memory space is not as stable as before. I infiltrated my consciousness into it just like breaking through an empty door, with no obstacles at all."

"Ah... Taichi, I detected that there are other signal sources present besides the members of the Phantom Thieves." Aix suddenly added, "Two of them are 'Yukari Takeuchi' and 'Mitsuru Kirijo' that I marked in advance."

"Shit! Could it be that all the Personality Mask users who are working are trapped together?" Taichi raised his eyebrows and muttered, "Could it be that "that guy" doesn't want to act anymore and just show his hand?"

The Holy Grail - the false god Yaldabaoth.

"We are dialing everyone's cell phone number, including Amamiya Ren's," Aix reminded, "Be prepared to transmit data at any time."

The impression space where Taiyi landed is a bit far from where Amamiya Ren and others gathered. The most appropriate way is to use data transmission to send Taiyi directly to the destination.

……

"This is terrible, this guy is too outrageous, isn't he?" Sakamoto Ryuji, who was seriously injured and could only lean against the wall to survive, gasped and looked at the huge figure and sighed, "It's just like a monster... Without Ultraman, we can't beat it at all."

"We have to fight even if we can't win." As a remote support personnel, Yamagishi Fuuka, who belongs to the "Shadow Patrol", said with a firm face, "If we can't hold on, the real world will be invaded by that guy named Yaldabaoth."

"Besides, we also have powerful fighters on our side." Yamagishi Fuuka pursed her lips and looked at the two people at the front line who were resisting Yaldabaoth's attacks and achieving the greatest attack effect.

"Narakami-kun from the 'Special Search Team', and JOKER-kun from your 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts'."

"As long as we surround those two people and provide them with the necessary assistance, we will be able to defeat Yaldabet."

Jingle Bell--

The cell phones of everyone present rang at the same time.

The fighters on the front line were almost beaten to a pulp by Yaldabert because of this sudden change.

Fortunately, Yu Narukami reacted in time and blocked Yaldabaoth's attack.

But he wasn't feeling well either. The slap made his blood boil and he almost vomited.

"This call is... oh oh oh——" Looking at the 'nickname' on the caller ID, the originally seriously injured Sakamoto Ryuji instantly shouted, "Here they come! The most powerful reinforcements have finally arrived!"

"Come on!" Ignoring the confused look of Yamagishi Fuuka, Ryuji Sakamoto directly pressed the answer button.

The next second, all incoming call ringtones disappeared instantly.

Only Ryuji Sakamoto, who answered the call, saw something strange on his phone.

"Numbers! Numbers are floating out of the phone!" Yamagishi Fuuka was so frightened by the strange sight that she took several steps back.

Then, a man wearing leather armor and chains appeared from the series of numbers.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time! KNIGHT!" Ryuji Sakamoto cheered as he looked at the visitor with tears in his eyes.

"I haven't seen you guys for a while. You guys are all teaming up to fight the big BOSS." Looking at Amamiya Ren and the others fighting against a giant 'artificial angel' hundreds of meters high not far away, Taichi curled his lips and said with emotion, "You guys are already fighting the BOSS before everyone's even gathered. How much do you despise that BOSS?"

"It's not that we want to let it go, it's that guy who has no martial ethics. He suddenly dragged us in when we were doing our daily dungeon run." Sakamoto Ryuji explained with a bitter face, "And I don't know what means he used, all the different world navigation apps on our phones have become unavailable for selection. Even if we want to leave here, we can't do it."

"Even the guys who call themselves the 'Special Search Team' and the 'Shadow Patrol' are trapped here and can't leave."

Taichi looked at the injuries on Sakamoto Ryuji's body and covered his face with his hands.

Personality mask changes!

Jeanne d'Arc——Irisviel!

The Heavenly Robe replaced the previous chain leather armor and covered Taiyi's body.

The crown on the head shines brightly.

Select all 'friendly' units, and then... O White Holy Grail, sing (Song of Grail)——!

Green light appears on all the personality mask users, representing self-recovery, the removal of all negative states, and the removal of continuous damage.

"This is..." Sakamoto Ryuji looked at the serious injury on his body that made him unable to move and gradually healed himself, with a look of astonishment on his face, "Have you awakened the personality mask of a super nanny?"

"And it happens collectively..." Watching with her own eyes the data of her 'comrades' recovering to their peak state one after another, Yamagishi Fuuka could not hide her shock.

The next moment, the weather suddenly changed.

The dusk that was approaching was instantly shrouded by the pitch-black night.

Everyone lost their vision in an instant.

"As expected, you are here too. Warrior of light." Yaldabaoth's voice passed through everyone's ears in the night.

"Don't panic, everyone! Stand back to back and be on full alert!" Kirijo Mitsuru shouted at the top of her voice, trying to get her companions to calm down and regroup in this sudden change in the weather.

And in the darkness, the smartphone in Taiyi's hand emitted light.

Looking at his phone whose screen remained black no matter how many times he pressed the power button, Ryuji Sakamoto really wanted to ask Taichi where he bought this phone.

But the next moment, a huge beam of light suddenly leaped from where Taiyi was just now, and rushed towards the sky in the distance.

Ryuji Sakamoto understood instantly...it wasn't that the quality of the phone was different, but that the person was transforming.

Aix-Himiko-Achilles armed transformation form!

After transforming, Taichi generously scattered the light from his body in all directions, helping the Personality Mask users on the ground who were like headless flies and couldn't find their way, to regain light and vision.

Chapter 79: Yaldabaoth and his Super Jetton

"...Am I stunned? Why do I see Ultra Warriors in the memory space?" Looking up at the huge glowing object, Ming Shangyou murmured blankly.

"It's a companion." Amamiya Ren transformed into JOKER and jumped to the side of Ming Shangyou and reminded, "Now the priorities are reversed. Let's assist Aix."

Five seconds after they met, a cutting beam shot towards Yaldabaoth.

Yaldabaoth was astonished by the data set by humans about the Ultra Warriors. He didn't want to be hit by Ultraman's light at all, so he erected a translucent barrier in front of himself to block Ultraman's light skills.

He also obtained new data about Ultraman updated in real time from his allies, so the barrier was quite targeted.

The cutting light shot out by Taiyi had no effect at all.

"I am no match for you." Yaldabaoth stared at Taichi and shouted, "Show me the power of the Space Dinosaur! Come out! Super Zetton!"

"Chi-ton--"

Along with the violent shaking of space, the sixty-meter-tall cosmic dinosaur Jetton broke out of the ground in the impression space.

"Why does Yaldabaoth have a monster on hand? And it's the space dinosaur Jetton!" Ryuji Sakamoto looked at the classic Jetton in astonishment and roared with his face covered.

"Are you one of the Shadow Mage's allies on Earth?" Taiyi sent a communication request to Yaldabaoth via telepathy.

“Hehehe, that’s right! I am the Shadow Mage’s most steadfast ally, Yaldabaoth.” Yaldabaoth sneered from somewhere, “Now, open your eyes and watch! This is the Super Zetton forged by me, Yaldabaoth!”

Following Yaldabaoth's declaration, the darkness in the space, except for the area barely illuminated by Taichi's light, rushed towards the two corners of Zetton as if sucked into a whirlpool.

The space instantly changed from pitch black to the previous dusk color.