Ultraman: Invincible from Saving Tiga.

Chapter 343 Stringman Captain: Me, blanching? Box!
As night falls, the hustle and bustle of the day is washed away.

In the city park, warm yellow lights gently illuminate the paths, and the evening breeze carries the fragrance of grass and earth.

The chirping of insects rose and fell in waves.

Gento Hiruma took off his SKaRD uniform and changed into civilian clothes. At this moment, he was not the captain of the Earth Defense Force, but just an ordinary husband and father.

He looked into the distance and saw his wife, Tomoko, playing with their son, Jun, on the slide. The little guy was wearing a slightly rough Ultraman Blaze mask and was laughing loudly, his clear voice echoing in the quiet park.

A gentle smile unconsciously appeared on Xianren's face.

The daytime battle, the mysterious red giant, and the pressure from headquarters all seemed to have faded away from him at this moment.

This moment of peace is what he is willing to do everything in his power to protect.

"Anata".

Tomoko's voice interrupted his thoughts, "Could you go to that vending machine over there and buy two bottles of Ramune soda? Jun is a little thirsty."

"Okay, I'll be right there," Gento replied with a smile, turning and walking towards the lights not far away.

Tomoko took her son's little hand and led him down the slide, gently straightening his crooked mask.

Just then, a young man dressed in casual clothes walked over with a smile, naturally squatted down, and looked at Xiao Chun, who was wearing a mask.

"Hello, little hero."

Lin Yu's voice was gentle and magnetic, "This mask is really cool."

Xiao Chun wasn't shy at all. He puffed out his little chest and proudly declared, "This is Blaze! The strongest Ultraman!"

"Really?"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, feigning surprise. "How strong?"

"He can defeat huge monsters!" Xiao Chun stretched out his arms and gestured as he tried to do so.

Lin Yu was amused by his serious expression, reached out and gently patted his head: "Yes, I believe he must be the strongest."

Gento was holding two bottles of chilled Ramune soda when he turned around and saw this scene.

He didn't pay much attention at first, assuming that the boy was just another passerby who was out for a walk in the park and was attracted by his son's cute outfit.

But in the next second, a certain primal instinct within him, the wild perception that arose after connecting with Ultraman Blaze, suddenly jolted.

wrong!

That person!
Gento's pupils contracted instantly, and all the muscles in his body tensed up involuntarily.

Almost instinctively, he stuffed the soda in his hand into his pocket, rushed forward, shielded Zhizi and his son behind him, and stared at Lin Yu warily.

Tomoko was startled by his sudden action: "Gento? What's wrong?"

"fine."

"The stringed man said in a deep voice, but his gaze never left Lin Yu," the stringed man said.

strangeness.

His brain was screaming warnings, telling him that the man before him was extraordinary, even more so than the beetle monster from earlier that day.

But his intuition told him that he didn't sense the slightest bit of malice.

Not only was there no danger, but... on the contrary, there was a strange sense of security, as if as long as I stood next to this person, I had nothing to fear.

This feeling is like basking in the warmest sun in the dead of winter, making you want to get closer.

and……

Gento narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is it just my imagination? Why does this man seem to be glowing?
It is not light in the physical sense, but a more conceptual kind, as if its very existence is a walking source of light.

"Hello."

Lin Yu stood up, his face still bearing that calm and composed smile, as if he were completely unaware of the hostility from the others. "Your son is very cute."

"you……"

Xianren frowned, carefully examining Lin Yu's face.

This face looks so familiar.

correct.

It was during the day in the forest! That fleeting figure.

"Have we... met somewhere before?"

Lin Yu couldn't help but twitch his lips as he looked at Xuanren squinting as if resisting the bright light.

Okay, okay, let’s play like this, right?

In your eyes, I've become a shining star again, haven't I?
It was supposed to be that only extraterrestrials with extraordinary perception could detect it, so how come even ordinary humans can see it now?

wrong.

A thought flashed through Lin Yu's mind in an instant.

A respectable human being? Can Gento Hiruma be equated with "respectable human beings"?

This is the kind of superhero who, with sheer brute force, managed to pull Ultraman Blaze out of a wormhole!

He can see it, and it seems... quite reasonable?
"Maybe."

Lin Yu smiled noncommittally, "After all, the Earth isn't that big, but it's not that small either."

He glanced at Tomoko and Jun, who were being protected by Gento and looked bewildered, and said, "Can we talk alone? I think it's inconvenient to say some things with your family here."

The string player's heart tightened.

His first instinct was to refuse.

But looking into Lin Yu's calm eyes, she just couldn't bring herself to say no.

He hesitated for a moment, then nodded and turned to his wife, saying softly, "Zhizi, take Xiaochun over there to play for a while. I'll have a chat with this gentleman."

Although Tomoko was full of doubts, she nodded out of trust in her husband and walked away with Jun.

Only Lin Yu and Xuanren remained on the park path.

The evening breeze rustled the leaves.

"My name is Lin Yu."

Lin Yu was the first to break the silence.

“Bi-liu Jianren.”

The string player responded in a deep voice, his body still in a ready-to-respond posture to any unexpected situation.

Lin Yu put his hands in his pockets, paced a couple of steps, then stopped, turned around, and calmly looked into Xianren's eyes.

He didn't beat around the bush; he dropped a bombshell.

"I know you are Ultraman Blaze." Those words, like a thunderclap, exploded in Gento's mind!
He froze on the spot, his mind blank, his pupils dilated with extreme shock.

I blanch?

box?!

He's been exposed? How could that be? This secret couldn't possibly be known by anyone other than himself.

Who exactly is this man named Lin Yu? How did he know?

Seeing Gento's expression—like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling with anger—Lin Yu knew that he had achieved his goal.

He wanted to start this dialogue in the most direct and impactful way.

The next morning.

SKaRD, a special monster response detachment, is a secret underground base.

The team members, dressed in their blue-gray uniforms jokingly referred to as "air conditioner repairmen," moved back and forth in the technologically advanced command center, where the air was filled with the aroma of coffee and the sound of keyboards being typed.

On the huge screen in the center of the command room, yesterday's battle footage was being played repeatedly.

In the scene, Ultraman Nexus appears with the force of thunder, knocking out Taganura with a single punch, then easily subduing Blaze, and finally pulling the monster that was trying to dig a hole to escape from the ground and giving it a "friendly" lecture.

Every scene is visually striking.

"Captain, captain?"

Aobe Emi's clear voice pulled Gento's thoughts back from the distant horizon.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Gento suddenly snapped out of his daze and looked at his teammates with a blank expression.

His mind was still filled with the conversation he had in the park last night.

"I come from another universe, and I am also an Ultra Warrior."

"My world, and many more worlds, are facing an unprecedented crisis."

"I am looking for a partner to fight alongside."

Every word Lin Yu spoke felt like a mountain pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

He rubbed his throbbing temples, feeling immense pressure.

What is this thing called?

Their own Earth is constantly threatened by monsters, yet an Ultraman so much stronger than Blaze has already started calling in reinforcements and waging team battles all over the world.

What kind of terrifying enemy are they going to face?

Although I really wanted to help, but...

He looked down at his hands.

He has his own team, his own family, and a planet he must protect.

He can't do it, he really can't.

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"Captain, you've been distracted since this morning."

Hui Mei placed a cup of hot coffee in front of him, a hint of worry on her beautiful face. "Are you worried about that new giant that appeared yesterday?"

Genji picked up his coffee, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I guess so."

"Don't think about it too much, Captain."

Nearby, Vice Captain Teruaki Nagakura, who was maintaining his personal weapon, said in a deep voice, "No matter what kind of enemy appears, we SKaRD will fight back."

"That's it."

Asgaron's pilot, Yasunori Sakato, poked his head out of the simulator and shouted nonchalantly, "Who cares what kind of Ultraman he is? If he dares to cause trouble on Earth, Asgaron will blast him away!"

Listening to the team members' words, a warm feeling welled up in Xianren's heart, but the sense of helplessness deepened.

He sighed and finally voiced the pressure from above: "It's not that problem. Headquarters has issued orders requiring us... to develop countermeasures against that new giant, codenamed 'Nexus'."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire command room fell silent.

"No way?"

Sakato Yasunori's mouth gaped open in an "O" shape, his face filled with disbelief. "Are you kidding me? You want us to go and fight that giant? That guy looks incredibly powerful; even Blaze couldn't beat him."

"Blaze isn't that weak!"

The string player almost instinctively retorted.

As soon as he said it, he froze, then his lips twitched violently, and he quickly covered his mouth.

It's over.

In the command room, everyone's eyes were fixed on him, their gazes filled with curiosity and inquiry.

Huiming scratched his head. "The captain's reaction is a bit over the top."

Hui Mei rested her chin on her hand, looking thoughtful.

Tae-shin scratched his head, looking like he'd heard something incredible.

"Cough cough."

Gento coughed awkwardly twice, forcibly changing the subject, "What I mean is, Blazer is our partner on Earth, we can't underestimate ourselves. Besides, the order from above is to develop 'countermeasures,' not to go to war directly."

"But how should we deal with this?"

Hui Mei shrugged and pulled up Nexus's analysis data. The screen was empty except for a bright red "Unable to parse".

"We know absolutely nothing about him. He emerged from a flying train, knocked out our helpless monster with a single punch, then disciplined Blaze like a schoolchild, and finally released the monster. The logic behind his actions is simply incomprehensible!"

"I agree."

Huiming nodded and said, "His fighting style is completely different from Blaze's. Blaze is more like a hunter who relies on instinct and skill, while Nexus... he gives me the feeling of a battle-hardened warrior. Every attack of his is precise, efficient, and full of overwhelming power. It is almost impossible to find his weakness."

"Then it's over!"

Taixin slapped his thigh. "This mission is impossible to complete! I think we should just figure out how to equip Asgaron with a drill, so that next time a monster digs a hole, we can just crawl in with it!"

The team members' complaints eased the atmosphere in the command room a little, but the gloom in Xianren's heart did not dissipate at all.

He knew that what his teammates said was true.

Faced with an existence like Nexus, humanity's current technology seems far too insignificant and powerless.

He knew better than anyone else that the man named Lin Yu, that Ultraman Nexus, was not an enemy at all.

But he couldn't tell anyone this fact.

This feeling made him feel even more powerless and exhausted than when facing a powerful monster alone.

What will the future of this world be like? (choking up)
(End of this chapter)