Anime Crossover: My Part-Time Job as a Giant of Light While Studying Abroad in Chiba

He suddenly looked up at Tiga, his eyes filled with anxiety.

The stone statue stood silently, its dim eyes offering no response.

Duan Zilian stared at him for a long time.

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. After all, you are light, and I am just a person."

Silence spread in the darkness, and Duan Zilian buried her head in her knees.

After a while, he suddenly spoke again in a low voice, as if asking the statue, or perhaps asking himself:

"Do you think... if Yukinoshita knew I was dead, would she cry for me?"

"Probably...after all, we're such good friends sitting next to each other."

His eyes were so sincere it was heartbreaking, yet filled with sorrow by the endless silence.

The giant remained silent, as if it were all a one-man show.

"..."

"Tiga... I'm the one who killed you... Even though you chose me, but..."

"If I had been more vigilant and hadn't followed him to that classroom, would things have been different...? Just now, I heard... your cries of pain. I'm in so much pain, and you must be in so much pain too..."

He pursed his lips, scratched his head awkwardly, and his figure appeared so lonely in the darkness.

"Tiga, I'm sorry."

Just then, in the deepest darkness, he suddenly heard a faint sound.

"Giant... Ultraman Tiga..."

The voice was clear, firm, and slightly trembling.

It was the sound beneath the snow.

Duan Zilian was stunned.

"Honestly, am I missing her too much? Even the revolving lantern can play her voice." Duan Zilian gave a wry smile.

"Tiga..."

The sound came again, this time clearer, like a sharp blade cutting through the void.

"There's no mistake, this is Yukinoshita! What's going on?!" Duan Zilian suddenly stood up, looking around in a panic.

At that moment, a blurry panoramic view suddenly appeared in front of Duan Zilian like ripples on water.

"This...this is..."

The wind howled, and the beach was a mess.

"Hey! Yuki! Where are you going! It's dangerous there!" Yui Yuigahama frantically tried to pull at Yukinoshita, but the girl suddenly broke free.

Yukino Yukinoshita stepped onto the soft sand, one step at a time, without hesitation, and walked toward the dim giant lying on the ground.

Finally, Yukino Yukinoshita stopped in front of Ultraman Tiga's enormous, dull head.

She looked into those eyes that were once as warm as the sun, but now looked like dead ashes. The wind howled, and cold sand covered the giant's body, almost burying it.

"Why... does it hurt so much..." Yukinoshita clutched her chest, her face ashen.

Yukinoshita looked up at the huge face covered in dust. Her reason told her that it was just a huge alien creature, but the heart-wrenching feeling that seemed to tear her heart apart made it almost impossible for her to breathe.

She took a deep breath, and her clear, cold voice echoed across the empty coastline, heavy as a thousand pounds:

"Tiga... Ultraman."

"They say you are a demon who brings calamity, while others say you are a high and mighty god."

The sounds beneath the snow echoed in the night wind, carried to every corner by countless fallen cell phones and radios.

But I don't think so!

Snowdrop's hands clenched tightly, her eyes reddening, yet she stubbornly refused to let the tears fall.

“One of my teachers once said that you are just a warrior.”

"As a soldier, you will bleed, feel exhausted, blame yourself for not being able to protect others, and be angry when misunderstood!"

"The high and mighty gods will not cease their judgment before monsters, nor will demons use their backs to shield strangers from fireballs!"

"Since you're a soldier... you'll have feelings, you'll feel pain, and you'll have a place you want to go back to, right?"

Two lines of clear tears finally slid down from the girl's cold eyes and dripped onto the scorched earth.

Not far away, Hong Kai and Wei Lai stood there, quietly watching the girl.

On the other side, Azusagawa and Hachiman's hearts sank as they looked at this unconventional yet consistently correct girl.

"You are a lot like someone I know. He is also a fool who would sacrifice himself to protect others, just like you."

Everyone stared blankly at the aloof girl in front of Tiga. Every word she spoke felt like a boulder pressing down on them, making it hard for them to breathe.

"But he always manages to escape safely in the end, laughing and spouting nonsense, saying he's fine."

"So, if you're going to be a fool and take everyone's fate on your shoulders... then don't give up in a place like this!"

She took a sudden step forward, her voice trembling, almost broken.

"If you can hear me... please stand up! Don't lose to those hypocritical monsters... don't let them mistake your gentleness for weakness! Don't let this world be unworthy of your sacrifice!"

……

Duan Zilian saw everything outside, saw Xuexia with tears streaming down her face, saw the familiar figures around her, and saw her own body lying on the ground.

"Under the snow..."

Duan Zilian's heart clenched. He reached out, wanting to touch the window. "Even if you say that, I don't have the strength to stand up now."

Then, Duan Zilian suddenly thought of something, and he looked up sharply at the evil gaze looking down from the sky.

He sensed the immense malice emanating from the Kirieloids, and he instantly panicked.

Duan Zilian frantically pounded on the void, shouting anxiously:

"Ah! You idiot minister! What are you standing there for! It's dangerous there! Get out of here!! If you die because of me, I'll regret it in my next life!"

"Forget about the giants, run!!!!"

Suddenly, two more voices came from not far away.

"Hey, Titan! Did you hear me?! Get up and clock in for work right now!" Hachiman Hikigaya's voice cracked as he roared.

"If you die like this, I'll come to hell and settle the score with you!" Sakuta Azusagawa also came over, protecting his younger sister Kaede.

Immediately afterwards, the sounds coming from that window became increasingly noisy and loud.

In the Shinomiya Foundation's conference room in Tokyo, the once high-ranking executive collapsed to the floor as if all his strength had been drained, staring at the dead giant and the hypocritical "devil" on the large screen, and buried his head in his hands.

"What...what are we doing..."

……

"This is Chiba TV... We... We saw it!"

Inside the news helicopter mid-air, the anchor, tears streaming down his face, screamed into the camera: "That giant protected us until his death! We were wrong... That guy swaggering around in the sky is the real demon!!!"

The host's screams pierced the sky, and the fighter jets circling in the air roared!

"All personnel, listen to my command!!!"

In the sky, the commander's furious roar echoed through the defense forces' public channel: "Squadron 1, Squadron 2, disengage! Launch a full-scale firepower attack on that demon who calls himself an angel and that door!!!"

"Roger that!"

"Damn it!! I couldn't take it anymore!!"

Over the radio, every pilot's reply was filled with overwhelming rage and murderous intent.

……

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"

Countless missiles and anti-aircraft artillery bombarded the Kirieloid in mid-air like a torrential downpour. But when the smoke cleared, the demon remained unharmed, hovering in mid-air.

He coldly watched the humans resisting like ants, his eyes no longer feigning sanctity, but only a deathly calm.

"Are you kidding me...?"

It silently endured the relentless bombardment, as if all the sounds of the world had been silenced.

"They're just a bunch of insects. Why don't they just obediently accept the baptism of the god Kirieloid? The demons have already been judged, and the god of this world already exists. Why resist?"

Its eyes grew increasingly vicious, and the yellow crystal on its forehead radiated extreme cruelty.

It let out a low, cold laugh.

The laughter concealed an extreme rage at being defied: "A bunch of lowly commoners, how dare you bare your fangs before God?"

Its gaze pierced through the smoke and locked onto the girl below who was standing in front of Tiga's head, spouting nonsense.

"What a great declaration! You are the one who gave that stupid speech, aren't you?"

"Alright, then you shall be the first sacrifice to atone to the gods!"

The Kirieloid raised his right hand, and a ball of dark purple infernal flames gathered in his palm.

The Hellfire Bullet shot straight towards Yukina's location like a spear of judgment!

Yukino watched as the ever-growing mass of deathly flames enlarged.

She didn't hide under the snow. Her eyes were fixed on the demon in the sky, and a mocking sneer even appeared on her lips.

She was mocking, mocking this hypocritical god, mocking this ugly mask.

Rather than be ruled by those disgusting guys like a puppet, I'd rather die standing up.

"It's just... a little regrettable that I couldn't see that primitive creature one more time."

A final trace of regret appeared in her eyes.

"Yukinoshita!!!" Her classmates who knew her roared, and Kai and Miku Hibino in the distance were furious, desperately trying to rush out.

However, the next second.

--boom!!!

A deafening explosion rang out on the beach, and towering flames turned half of the coastline crimson.

Everyone's heart stopped beating at that moment.

But when the black smoke dissipated, Yukinoshita stood unharmed in the same spot.

Above her head, a broad, mountain-like hand firmly blocked the deadly inferno bullet!

"!!"

Yukinoshita suddenly looked up, and at the same time, the hearts of Kai, Mirai, Daigo, and all of humanity were violently shaken.

The giant, who had been presumed dead, actually moved.

His eyes remained deathly black, and the indicator light on his chest did not light up.

But he did just that, raising his left hand and tightly protecting Yukinoshita beside him.

"Giants! Giants have awakened!!!" The control tower roared.

Then, as if driven by some instinct that transcended life and death, or perhaps by some obsession, the giant slowly began to move.

He braced himself against the ground with his arms, allowing his almost broken spine to straighten up little by little.

Chapter 43 Rebirth! Light Rekindled from Ashes!

"This...this is impossible!"

The Kirielod people were so frightened by the horrific sight that they took a half-step back.

"You have no light left! You are dead!"

It raised its hand in alarm and unleashed several more violent infernal bullets.

boom! boom! boom!

Having lost its light, Tiga, who had just stood up, was slammed backward as the Hellfire Bullets tore at his body, sparks flying everywhere.