Ultraman: Invincible from Saving Tiga.

Chapter 576 Hajikai, you're seriously ill; even consulting a master remedy hasn't helped.

A moment later, in the rest area of ​​the hot spring inn.

Lin Yu, with a bath towel wrapped around his lower body and a bathrobe casually draped over his upper body, was lounging lazily on a recliner, drinking chilled juice.

Kai, Jugglus Juggler, Solti, and Hal were dressed in matching yukatas, standing in a row in front of him like schoolchildren who had made a mistake, heads bowed, not daring to breathe.

"master."

Finally, Kai broke the silence. He looked up, his eyes filled with the joy and excitement of reunion. "I never expected to see you here. It has been a full fifteen years since you last left."

"Fifteen years?"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and took a sip of juice. "The time I was gone, at most, was only a month or two, right?"

"It's because the flow of time is different in different universes."

Jugglus explained from the side, his posture much more natural than Kai's, having already found a seat to sit down. "The proportion of time passing in our universe is quite different from the universe you were in before. So what happens is that one day there is more than three months here."

He picked up a cup of tea, took a small sip, and spoke with a hint of barely perceptible emotion.

"Fortunately, we are all aliens. Master, at least when you come back next time, you won't see us old and frail."

For a race like them, whose lifespan is measured in millennia or even tens of thousands of years, a dozen years is but a fleeting moment.

But for Kai, these fifteen years have been a long journey of solitary cultivation and chasing after his master.

Lin Yu didn't pick up on that topic; instead, he was more curious about Jugglus Juggler's appearance.

However, he didn't ask. He knew that with Jugglus's personality, asking would be pointless; the guy kept all his thoughts to himself.

Judging from what he just said, he probably witnessed the passing of an old friend.

The theory of lifespan can only be defeated by "infinite love".

Lin Yu turned to look at Kai, who was looking expectant, and asked, "What about you? I remember before you left, you seemed to have accepted a quest to collect the four elemental gems. How's it going?"

Upon hearing this, Kai's face immediately lit up with pride. He straightened his chest and began to recount his experiences over the past fifteen years.

“Yes, Master! My first stop is the gem planet Kobor, to find the ‘Earth Element’.”

Kai described it vividly.

It was a prosperous planet renowned throughout the galaxy for its abundant mineral resources and gem-processing technology, but this also fostered a huge gap between the rich and the poor and frequent criminal activities.

“At the Cobol spaceport, I happened to catch a pickpocket teenager,” Kai said, pointing to Solti beside him.

Solti scratched his head sheepishly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu's lips twitched, and he retorted, "What a similar scene. I remember once at the Warrior's Peak, I also encountered a kid named Fengma. He was quite bold, actually daring to go with me to provoke the Gapia aliens."

It's actually the same name as Taiga's Fuma, so you can only say it's benefiting from someone else's good name.

"Cough cough."

Kai coughed to cover his embarrassment and continued, "I was originally planning to give Solty a lecture, but just then, a mysterious gang of alien thugs suddenly appeared. They seemed very interested in what Solty had stolen. To protect him, I fought with the gang."

"In the process of tracking down the truth of the incident, I met a female prophet named Muruna. She kept warning everyone that the planet was about to be destroyed."

"Later, after investigation, I discovered that she was actually a wanted criminal from around the world who specialized in stealing gems from wealthy people."

Kai's expression turned serious as he spoke. "I infiltrated her hideout and confronted her. She demonstrated her ability to turn anything into a gem and said some very strange things."

Kay tried to recall, mimicking Muruna's tone: "'Do you know why gems are so dazzling, Kaysan? Because they have lost their lives. The beauty of gems comes from the life they have lost.' She said that this world is full of troubles and cannot be trusted, while gems, crystal clear, form a pure and beautiful little world of their own, which is what her cold skin longs for..."

"stop."

Lin Yu frowned as he listened and couldn't help but interrupt him, "In plain terms, it's like a guy who's not quite right in the head, who likes to collect shiny stones and comes up with a bunch of impressive-sounding excuses to justify doing bad things?"

Kai opened his mouth, realizing that although his master's summary was blunt, it seemed... impossible to refute.

"In short, I continued to track her down, but unfortunately, she got away in the end."

Kay's tone was somewhat disappointed. "Just then, the Kobor television station suddenly broadcast an emergency news report. Astronomer Dr. Kigo announced that a giant comet named 'Balsas 6' would collide with Kobor in a week, and disaster was inevitable."

"The whole planet is in chaos. The wealthy residents are abandoning their mines and properties and fleeing Kobor in a panic. Meanwhile, a mysterious investor is taking advantage of the situation and buying up all their assets at extremely low prices."

Hearing this, Lin Yu's lips twitched: "Wait a minute, we're all interstellar travelers now. If a comet is going to crash into us, can't we all work together to smash it?"

"Uh……"

Kai scratched his head awkwardly, "Master, actually... we later discovered that the so-called meteorite was actually a huge holographic projection."

“We discovered Dr. Gigo and Murunau’s conspiracy through the holographic memory chip hidden in the gem that Solti stole. But at the time, many residents were in despair due to panic, and Solti and I could only go door to door to comfort them and tell them the truth.”

"While we were tracking that mysterious investor, a huge, mechanically modified monster—a dinosaur tank—suddenly appeared in front of us!"

Lin Yu's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed upon hearing this.

He leaned back in the recliner, shifting to a more comfortable position, and a look of interest appeared on his face.

"Alright, alright, so this is another case of primitive capital accumulation by cosmic capitalists, isn't it?"

Lin Yu's tone held a hint of amusement, "Don't tell me you didn't kill that guy in the end?"

A dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.

"These kinds of cosmic capitalists are vermin of the universe. As for why we should get rid of them..."

Lin Yu thought of his thriving "Tiga Salvation Light Cult".

Lin Yu recalled his title of "Cosmic Capitalist".

As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain.

For my church to grow and thrive, we must eliminate these wicked colleagues and complete our "basic accumulation"!
"Of course we took them down!"

When Solti saw that Kai was stumped, he immediately rushed to answer. He looked at Lin Yu with admiration in his eyes, as if he were reporting his achievements to his idol.

"At that time, the ones driving that dinosaur vehicle were the female prophet Murunau and Dr. Gigor. The real identity of that mysterious investor was Dr. Gigor! The two of them joined forces to create this scam in order to take the opportunity to plunder the wealth of the entire planet."

Solti became more and more excited as he spoke, and he stepped back, giving the stage to Kay.

"Then, Brother Kai stepped forward."

Kai, feeling a little embarrassed by Solti's adoring gaze, still straightened his chest and raised his arm as if he were holding the invisible Orb Holy Sword.

"I transformed into Orb's original form and engaged in a fierce battle with the Dinosaur Tank. In the end, I used the power of the Holy Sword to successfully defeat it and dealt them a heavy blow!"

“After the battle, I obtained the ‘Earth Element’ from Solti, which he had stolen from Murunau.”

Kai took out a yellow gem that shimmered with a heavy light from his pocket and showed it to Lin Yu. "Then, I installed it on the Orb Holy Sword."

Solti watched this scene, his eyes glazed over, as if he had returned to that evening. Under the setting sun, the colossal giant of light, wielding a holy sword, cleaved the evil chariot in two; that figure became his eternal hero.

Aizen Makoto: He's actually my half-brother?!

Orb as seen through Aizen Makoto's eyes

"Well done." Lin Yu nodded, acknowledging Kai's performance.

Encouraged and even happier, Kai continued, "Finally, the Interstellar Alliance arrived in time, arrested Dr. Gigo and Murunau, and sent them to prison planet 484. Evil has finally been brought to justice!"

He looked proud, as if he had accomplished a great feat and was waiting for his master's praise.

However, what he saw were two identical looks from Lin Yu and Jugglus, as if they were looking at an idiot.

Kai's smile gradually froze.

"W-What's wrong, Master? Jugglus?" He scratched his head in confusion.

Finally, Jugglus Juggler couldn't hold back any longer. He put down his teacup and spoke in a tone of utter disappointment.

"You stupid!"

"what?"

"Then let me ask you,"

Jugglus stood up, walked up to Kai, and looked down at him. "That woman named Muruna, since she claims to be a wanted criminal who steals valuable items everywhere, where are her spoils?"

Kai was taken aback: "Spoils of war?"

"What happened to her collection of jewels? Didn't you find them?"

"I...I was so focused on chasing her that I didn't notice..."

"besides!"

Jugglus's voice rose a few decibels, "That Dr. Giggs, since he has already acquired almost all the assets on the entire planet at extremely low prices, then what about those assets?"

"The assets... should have been frozen by the Interstellar Alliance, right?" Kai answered uncertainly.

"freeze?"

Jugglus chuckled in anger. "Isn't that our stuff? You defeated them, you exposed their conspiracy, and those properties they illegally seized should rightfully be yours to deal with. Why did you hand them over to some damned Interstellar Alliance?"

Kai was completely dumbfounded: "But...but they are criminals, shouldn't their property...be handed over?"

"Hand it in?"

Lin Yu finally spoke, leaning back lazily in his recliner, his tone indifferent, "Give it to whom? Give it to the councilors of the Interstellar Alliance, let them line their own pockets, and then release those two guys in a few years to continue being cosmic capitalists under a different identity?"

Jugglus immediately retorted, "What do you think the so-called interstellar prison is? It's a sanatorium for the rich to vacation in. As long as you spend enough money, you can live more comfortably than an emperor in there. You can come and go as you please! Do you really think that group of interstellar councilors sitting in the parliament are all the best people in the world?"

Their words were like heavy hammer blows, slamming into Kai's innocent and pure worldview.

His mouth was agape, his eyes were vacant, and he seemed to have been ripped from his soul, turning into a stone sculpture.

Kai petrified.

Nani? !
Can this be done?
A prison...is it a resort? A politician...could be corrupt?

How...how is this possible? That's the Interstellar Alliance, the organization that upholds cosmic order and justice!
Seeing Kai's utterly shattered worldview, Lin Yu and Jugglus exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of helplessness and...pleasure in each other's eyes.

Teaching (disciplining) this overly naive and foolish junior brother (disciple) is so much fun.

Just as an eerie silence fell over the lounge, the door leading to the women's bathhouse was pushed open.

"Lin Yu!"

Risa's clear voice rang out. She had already changed into the cute yukata provided by the hotel, her face flushed from the steam of the hot spring, like a ripe apple. When she saw Lin Yu, she immediately fluttered like a little butterfly and hugged his arm tightly.

Where should we go next?

Kai was frozen in place. He mechanically turned his head and saw the cute little girl who had suddenly appeared and was behaving intimately with his master.

He looked at Lin Yu again, then at Risa.

A bold and outrageous idea exploded in his already overheated brain.

Master...and the little girl...

Could it be that……

Kai's eyes widened suddenly, and with a look of utter disbelief, he pointed at Risa and stammered to Lin Yu:
"N-N-what?! Master...you...you even have a daughter?!"

Lin Yu: "..."

Jagula: "..."

Solti & Hal: "..."

The air in the lounge seemed to freeze for the second time.

The smile on Lin Yu's face vanished completely. A clear "well" character slowly appeared on his forehead.

He took a deep breath, stood up from the recliner, and stretched his wrists.

Hajikai, you're seriously ill; even consulting a master doctor won't help.

"Kay."

"Yes, yes, Master!" Kai instinctively stood at attention.

"You're fine."

Lin Yu spoke slowly and deliberately, and then, to Kai's horrified gaze, he raised his leg and kicked him hard in the buttocks.

"boom!"

Kai let out a scream and flew out of the lounge window like a cannonball, tracing a beautiful parabola in the air before disappearing into the distant horizon.

"I don't have a disciple as stupid as you!"

Lin Yu withdrew his foot, still roaring with lingering anger.

Jugglus silently picked up his teacup, took a sip, and used it to hide the wildly upturned smile on his face.

Risa Nanase tilted her head.

What happened?

(End of this chapter)