Ultraman: Invincible from Saving Tiga.

Chapter 378 Torregia: It feels like I've seen Tai Nai.
At the epicenter of the explosion, two faint lights were stubbornly flickering.

Light converges and recombines.

Soon, Taro's figure was the first to reform.

The light around him dimmed, and the timer on his chest flickered like a candle in the wind, clearly indicating that he had consumed a great deal of energy. However, because of the Ultra Heart, he did not truly die.

Immediately afterwards, another golden light condensed into the form of Mebius.

The Mebium Bomb is a self-sacrificing technique that Mebius learned in battle after comprehending the principle of Taro's Ultra Bomb and utilizing the vast energy stored in Mebius's aura.

Although it places a great burden on the body, its effectiveness is undeniable.

The crisis has finally been resolved.

Taro and Mebius exchanged a glance, both seeing a trace of exhaustion and lingering fear in each other's eyes.

Taro stepped forward and extended his hand.

Mebius also reached out his hand, and the two huge palms clasped together tightly.

Then, two beams of light shot into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

A few minutes later.

In a secluded park on the outskirts of Osaka.

With a flash of light, two figures landed on the ground.

One was a young man wearing a jacket, who looked more mature and composed than his youthful days. He was Kotaro Higashi.

The other one is a young man named Hibino Mirai, wearing a Victory team uniform and with a slightly childlike face.

"Huh, it's finally solved."

Kotaro Higashi let out a long sigh and rubbed his shoulder. "The monsters of this era are getting more and more outrageous."

"Yes, instructor."

Hibino Mirai stood at attention respectfully, her face filled with reverence. "If you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have been..."

Higashi Kotaro patted him on the shoulder with a smile, his gaze falling on his team uniform, a hint of nostalgia and understanding in his eyes.

"I understand, I understand everything."

He spoke with the air of someone who'd been there: "Being a member of the defense force on Earth must be tough, right?"

"Yes!"

"Well done."

Kotaro Higashi nodded approvingly. "But be careful not to reveal your identity, haha!"

"Yes! Instructor!"

Hibino Mirai responded loudly again, her expression extremely serious.

Just then, as if sensing something, the two turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the park entrance.

A young man dressed casually was seen carrying a convenience store bag and slowly walking towards them.

Inside the bag were three bottles of glass marble soda, reflecting a cool light in the evening sun.

"Hey, you two huskies who are destroying the house, you've had a tough time."

Lin Yu walked over and handed over the bag. "You've worked so hard, have a bottle of Ramune soda to soothe your throat."

"Lin Yu-san!" Hibino Mirai exclaimed in surprise.

"Lin Yu?"

Kotaro Higashi was also surprised to see who it was. "What are you doing here?"

"That's what I should be asking you, Taro."

Lin Yu revealed a sinister smile, showing eight pearly white teeth. "This is my home turf. I've only been gone a short while, and you've already come to my house to demolish it?"

Thank goodness you two bastards managed to move the monster to the depths of a deserted forest. We were just enjoying the show, but who knew these two would suddenly decide to drag the monster into a self-destruction.

He glanced at the forest and gave Aihara Ryu an expression.

What have you all been protecting?!

"Haha, it's a long story."

Higashi Kotaro immediately scratched his head, feeling sweat pouring down his back.

Will I be killed by Ultraman Tiga here?

No way?
Taro felt the chances were slim, but definitely not zero.

So he quickly took the soda, skillfully pressed the cap down to make a crisp sound.

He took a sip before explaining, "I brought Torregia with me."

"Torregia?" Lin Yu was taken aback.

"Yeah, Hikari's been working on some new project lately, but he's hit a roadblock, so he sent us a distress signal."

Kotaro Higashi said matter-of-factly, "Tregear is very interested in his research, so I just came along to take a look."

Looking at Higashi Kotaro's relaxed expression that seemed to say, "I'm just hanging out with my buddy," Lin Yu suddenly realized what was going on.

Good guy.

So it turns out they were duo-queuing and just happened to come to Earth to climb the ranks.

Wait, what about your best buddy Tregear?
Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, feeling that he had grasped the crux of the matter.

“Tregear, I’ve seen him before, that scientist from the Blue Clan.” He looked at Higashi Kotaro. “How come he came with you?”

Kotaro Higashi wore an expression of complete entitlement, even with a hint of smugness.

"Hikari has been researching something called the 'Ultra Riser' lately, but he encountered a technical problem and sent a distress signal to the entire Space Research Bureau."

He counted on his fingers, "As you know, we Red Clan know nothing about these scientific research things. Only Toregia is the only genius scientist that Hikari acknowledges."

"So you just followed him to slack off?" Lin Yu hit the nail on the head.

"Cough, what do you mean by 'slacking off'? I'm just being a guard!"

Kotaro Higashi's expression turned serious. "The Land of Light is currently short-handed. It's common sense that a valuable scientific researcher like Tregear must be accompanied by a top-tier combatant like me when he goes out!"

Hibino Mirai nodded vigorously, indicating that the instructor was right.

Lin Yu wanted to say something more, but Higashi Kotaro suddenly paused, scratched his head, and looked around.

"Speaking of which, what about the Toregians?"

He muttered to himself, "He seemed to have said something about collecting some atmospheric data from Earth. It should be coming up later, right?"

He just finished speaking.

An incredibly thick golden beam of light shot into the sky from the center of Osaka without warning, seemingly piercing the entire firmament and striking the outer atmosphere with perfect precision.

Kotaro Higashi's expression froze instantly.

What's the fuss?
The next second, in space, a blue ball of light that was slowly descending was hit squarely by the golden beam of light.

The energy shield on the surface of the light sphere shattered instantly, as if made of paper. The entire sphere, like a kite with a broken string, plummeted straight down in their direction, emitting black smoke and leaving a long trail.

Kotaro Higashi and Mirai Hibino exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

Especially Kotaro Higashi, whose expression changed instantly when he saw the energy fluctuations of the blue orb.

"Boohoo!"

Taro let out his classic scream of terror, no longer caring about his seniority, and transformed into a streak of red light, rushing madly towards the direction where the ball of light was falling.

Lin Yu stood there, silently reaching out to cover his face, looking as if he couldn't bear to look at himself.

What is this thing called?

Boom——

The enormous blue sphere of light crashed into the abandoned industrial area not far away, kicking up clouds of dust.

When Kotaro Higashi was the first to rush to the scene, he was stunned and stood there frozen in place.

In the center of the enormous impact crater, beside the broken blue orb, stood an enormous... golden conch shell.

The creature was made entirely of pure golden crystal, and its form was ten to nine parts similar to the legendary evil god Gatanothor, but it had no evil aura at all. Instead, it radiated a sacred and pure radiance.

At this moment, this pure golden version of Gatanothor is opening its enormous mouth, and a destructive golden beam of light is converging within it, aimed at the ball of light that has just fallen and is still sparking with electricity.

"Xiao Jia, wait a minute."

Lin Yu's voice rang out just in time. He took a step forward, and his figure instantly appeared between the golden conch and the blue light sphere.

When the golden conch saw Lin Yu, its movement of gathering light visibly paused, a hint of doubt flashing in its enormous eyes. Then, the energy, powerful enough to destroy everything, slowly receded.

To the astonishment of Higashi Kotaro and Hibino Mirai, the massive body of the golden conch began to disintegrate into countless particles of light, which eventually coalesced into a petite humanoid shape.

She was a girl who looked only twelve or thirteen years old, with long, bright orange hair that almost reached her ankles. She was barefoot and floating in mid-air.

"Miss Kaga!" Hibino Mirai exclaimed in surprise upon recognizing the person who had arrived.

"Little... Jia?"

Kotaro Higashi was dumbfounded. He pointed at the little girl, then at the spot where the conch shell had been, and stammered, "The monster... it actually turned into a human?"

Roland, the most beautiful monster in the universe: Of course, easily.

The girl called Xiao Jia ignored him, tilted her head and looked at Lin Yu, pointed at the blue ball of light, and spoke in a cold, broken tone.

"It is collecting data about Earth."

"I'll take it down."

As soon as he finished speaking, the energy ripples of the blue light sphere opened, and a human figure in uniform rolled out of it, looking dizzy.

He shook his head, his eyes glazed over, as if he hadn't quite grasped the situation.

He had a feeling that he had just seen his great-grandmother.

"Tregear!"

Seeing that his friend was alright, Higashi Kotaro finally breathed a sigh of relief, rushed over, and helped him up.

He patted his chest, still shaken, and complained to Lin Yu, "My God, this Earth is too dangerous! When I came in just now, those countless missile turrets in orbit were firing at me like crazy. Luckily I was fast, or I would have been shot down by them!"

There was even a hint of pride in Higashi Kotaro's tone.

Lin Yu looked at him, his lips twitching violently, and he finally couldn't hold back anymore.

No, with your red ball form's speed, you could easily plow the Earth in the blink of an eye. What missile could catch you? The R1 Planet-Exploding Missile?
Are you still proud?

"Cough cough."

Lin Yu cleared his throat, walked up to Xiao Jia, and explained gently, "Xiao Jia, these two are our own people, reinforcements from the Land of Light."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jia nodded expressionlessly, which was taken as his approval.

"Alright, we shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's go back to the base," Lin Yu called to the group.

(End of this chapter)