Ultraman: Invincible from Saving Tiga.

Chapter 188 The Promise from Ultraman Tiga

Lin Yu arrived at the familiar abandoned warehouse with ease.

This was his fourth visit, so in a sense he was a regular customer.

The scene looks so familiar.

He carried the still unconscious boy, kicked open the already dilapidated iron gate, and went inside.

The warehouse was no different from when he left, except for the mess left by some uninvited guests. Lin Yu gently placed Xin Xingmian on a pile of relatively clean canvas and began to check his physical condition.

He reached out his hand, and a soft ray of light seeped from his palm, slowly enveloping the boy's body.

Lin Yu had initially thought that after being kept as a guinea pig for so many days, the child's physical condition must be terrible, and he might even have some hidden injuries. But upon examination, he was stunned.

Goodness, his physical condition is even better than before he was captured.

With abundant Qi and blood, vigorous vitality, and all bodily functions at their peak, it's as if he's taken a super tonic. Those cold nutrient solutions must be top-quality; he's being treated like a national treasure.

Lin Yu's lips twitched, and he felt a surge of urge to roar.

These people really went all out, are they afraid the wishing machine's "battery" will run out of power halfway through?

"Judging from this, you'll wake up soon."

Lin Yu withdrew his hand, looked at the boy sleeping, and sighed, "However, once you wake up, you probably won't be able to stay in this world."

Thinking about this, Lin Yu felt a sense of absurdity.

I woke up to find that my country's international standing had plummeted—no, it had been delisted.

And he, an ordinary elementary school student, inexplicably became the focus of the world, his status was directly elevated to the height of Mount Everest, and anyone who wanted to touch him had to think twice before considering whether they were even a match for Dark Tiga's finger.

What kind of urban fantasy novel features a protagonist who wakes up to find their global status plummeting by a factor of ten thousand while remaining unchanged?

However, Lin Yu felt that this was a kind of compensation for the child.

After all, he also bears some responsibility. It's a fact that Superman failed to keep his promise.

Moreover, the child himself deserves this "compensation".

The red ball stayed in his hands for at least a month. During that month, apart from drawing Gaia and wishing to see his idol, he did not do anything outrageous.

It's important to understand that the red ball subtly amplifies the holder's desires. For a teenager whose mind is not yet fully developed to be able to restrain their desires until the very last second is an extremely rare quality in itself.

This is the reward for those who persevere.

"But then again, this kid doesn't seem to want anything in particular, except for seeing the mountains and dreaming of it."

Lin Yu scratched his head. "We can't really kidnap Gaia from the Gaia Universe, can we? Mother Earth over there would probably go crazy. It would be too inhumane for such a big son to suddenly disappear."

His gaze then fell upon the dull, lifeless red sphere that he had casually placed aside.

"Risa."

He reached out and gently stroked the cold sphere, trying to call upon the tiny consciousness.

The red ball remained unresponsive and lifeless.

Lin Yu did not give up, but quietly conveyed his thoughts to the other person, with comfort and a call to them.

After a while, a faint ripple finally appeared on the surface of the red ball.

A flash of light appeared, and a girl wearing a red dress and a huge red bow on her head quietly emerged above the red ball.

She curled up, squatting in mid-air, seemingly still somewhat confused.

When she slowly raised her head and saw Lin Yu standing close by, her beautiful eyes instantly lit up with surprise.

"Big brother!"

Risa Nanase cheered and jumped right into Lin Yu's arms.

"Waaah, I thought I'd never see you again!"

Lin Yu held the small, slightly chilly body in his arms, and his heart warmed.

"I am back."

He gently patted her back. "It's alright now." Nanase Risa lifted her head from his embrace, her face still showing relief at surviving the ordeal, but soon her expression turned sad again. She opened her small palm, where several shattered crystal fragments, shimmering faintly, lay quietly.

"This is broken." She held the broken pieces, her voice full of grievance.

Lin Yu's gaze fell on the fragments, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The once radiant, transdimensional crystal now appeared corrupted, with wisps of black mist seeping from the cracks in its fragments, carrying a nauseating, dark, and decaying stench.

Lin Yu's face instantly darkened.

"Good good."

He was so angry he laughed, "So it was you Gatanothor's whole family again who hacked my SOS signal, huh!"

He instantly understood why he hadn't received any response when Risa crushed the crystal. It wasn't that there was a problem with his own spacetime, but rather that dark forces from another dimension had directly blocked his signal.

"You have met your demise in a just way!" Lin Yu uttered in a voice like that of a god-king.

"Big brother?" Nanase Risa was startled by the sudden burst of aura emanating from him and looked at him timidly.

"fine."

Lin Yu immediately suppressed his aura, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down. "Risa, can you tell me what exactly happened before?"

Risa Nanase nodded and began to recount her story in fits and starts.

“We were doing well before. Mian would paint here every day, and I would watch him.”

Her voice was soft, “But one day, suddenly a lot of bad guys broke in, and they captured Mian.”

"I was terrified because I was just a consciousness, I couldn't do anything and I couldn't affect the red ball."

Risa Nanase's eyes showed a hint of lingering fear. "Just when I didn't know what to do, this crystal you left me suddenly started to glow."

"A warm light enveloped me, and then I felt as if I could connect with the red ball."

She tilted her head, seemingly trying to recall the feeling at the time, "So I desperately thought, I can't let bad people make wishes, absolutely not! Then I went into the red ball and made it fall asleep."

"Then, the crystal shattered, and a lot of black smoke came out, which smelled terrible."

Lin Yu listened quietly and nodded.

It turned out to be the case.

It was the last moment before the hyperspace crystal shattered that it poured its remaining spacetime power into Risa, granting her, who was originally a void consciousness, the authority to briefly interfere with the main body.

It was precisely because of this coincidence that a disaster that could have destroyed the world was averted.

"It's good that you're all alright." Lin Yu rubbed her little head.

He looked at Risa and suddenly asked, "Risa, are you able to influence the red ball now?"

"Ok!"

The little girl nodded vigorously, a proud smile on her face. "I think it's because of the promise I made with my big brother! The one about 'protecting this world'."

She stretched out her little hand and gestured, saying, "Before, I could only be carried around by the red ball. At most, I could influence it a little when it was choosing a master, so that it would try to be with kind-hearted people. But now, it's completely different!"

Her eyes became incredibly clear and resolute.

"I believe that big brother can definitely stop the red ball! Even if he can't, I believe that big brother will make sure that the power of the red ball is used for good, instead of causing the world to be destroyed!"

"I have always, always firmly believed this!"

She looked at Lin Yu with a trust that was pure and unadulterated. It was the most unconditional trust in the identity of "Ultraman".

Lin Yu fell silent.

Looking into the girl's eyes, where trust could melt steel, he felt the burden on his shoulders grow even heavier.

After a long silence, he nodded solemnly.

"Yes, I promise you."

(End of this chapter)