Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

“Let’s go take a look there,” Estend said. “Maybe we can find some remaining clues if we get closer.”

A monster that could scare Kerubim away must be a high-level predator, right? Adding to the previous Gudon, so many monsters have appeared in just a few days. It seems Earth isn't peaceful after all. Perhaps my plan to travel around and coast along is going to fall through. Eistend sighed silently.

“Samuel…” Estend really sighed, no, he really was about to throw up: “My stomach! Can you please stop carrying me like this? I’m going to throw up my breakfast!”

To avoid attracting attention, Samuel, who was carrying him and running across the rooftop, said "Oh" and changed his posture.

So Estend was grabbed by the belt and lifted up by his hand. To prevent his legs from scraping the ground, Samuel raised his hand a little higher and thoughtfully added, "Pull your legs back."

"When I get back, I'll make you all sweep the floor on the seventh basement level!" Estend silently shrank his legs, cursing the idiots who had given Samuel a new thought system. What kind of thing had they given him?

No, this belt is killing me... I'll find a different place to put the medicine box tomorrow... No, no... I feel like I'm going to throw up again...

When Samuel put Estend down, Estend was deathly pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. He steadied himself by holding onto the bridge railing and, after a long pause, asked, "Did you find anything?"

Samuel had slowly walked to the middle of the bridge, carefully observing any possible "oddities" in the air, like a seasoned hunter searching for the slightest clues to his prey.

He walked to the bridge, then suddenly reached out and made a grasping motion in the air, as if he had grasped something: "It disappeared here."

Samuel released his grip, and a black particle emanating an ominous aura disappeared from his field of vision.

“It’s somewhat similar to Glomez, but it’s not it,” Samuel said. “I’ve memorized the scent, and I’ll be able to pinpoint it the next time it appears in the vicinity.”

“Hmm.” Estend nodded.

"Do we need live subjects, or tissue materials for the experiment?" Samuel turned around to ask for instructions, as was the routine procedure.

“No, no, we don’t need you to collect experimental materials here on Earth. Even if you did, I couldn’t handle them,” Estend said with a headache. This guy, who had been led astray by his teacher, had a slightly different way of thinking. “We’re here to gather intelligence. You don’t need to collect anything else. You should… relax, relax.”

"Relax?" Samuel's nodding machine was a bit malfunctioning at this moment.

“Ah… relax,” Estend clapped his hands, stepped forward and pulled Samuel away: “Let’s go see that factory, see if we can help salvage some machines or something.”

"Resuscitation...is it relaxation?"

“We’re just going to take a look. I mean, you don’t have to think about monsters and experimental materials all the time. You can do other things occasionally.”

"why?"

Estend choked for a moment. Talking to someone with this kind of thought process was too exhausting, so he simply gave up thinking: "For no reason... Now we're going to help save the machine. This is... this is the Guide's instruction!"

Chapter Twenty-One: The Aiba Brothers

Sugita is a respectable businessman.

He had no idea what bad luck he had. Just a few days ago, he was drinking and watching TV, marveling at how the Ultraman warriors he had heard about as a child had actually appeared. He wondered if aliens were about to invade Earth.

My factory will be gone in a few days!

It got stomped on by a monster and died!

He stared at the rubble, tears welling in his eyes. The machine was insured, but the accident insurance provided by the insurance company was basically for natural disasters, and he didn't know if they would recognize it if it was destroyed by a monster.

Fortunately, it was the weekend and the employees were on holiday. The person on duty secretly slacked off and went to buy cigarettes on the opposite street, so there were no casualties.

He did a good job swimming; considering he survived such a close call, we won't deduct his salary.

Even though he knew the chances were slim, Sugita could only try to get one person at a time, mobilizing his workers and relatives to cooperate with the government's disaster relief team to salvage his assets. Otherwise, his hard-earned small business owner status would have to be replaced by design work.

The design is being messed with by the client! Just thinking about it makes me feel like the last bit of hair on my head is about to leave me.

Fortunately, there are still many good people in the world. Even though he had just encountered a monster and was still shaken, he still...

Passersby who were gradually returning home joined the team helping to save the factory.

Two of the twelve machines are still operational, and the other one can be repaired and put back into use, which is enough to barely restore some production capacity. If Sugita is willing to swallow his pride and ask downstream companies for more time, his factory should be able to recover.

Moved, Sugita took the hand of the passerby who had offered to help.

"Thank you so much! You... are you brothers? May I ask your names?" Sugita looked at the two young men in front of him who looked somewhat similar. Hmm... their clothes were also similar, so they were probably brothers.

Estend turned to look at Samuel and gave an awkward laugh.

When Estend was designing the Earthling form, he was still struggling with Earthling aesthetics and didn't know what kind of appearance wouldn't look strange. Samuel, however, had somehow gone mad and changed it to a form that wasn't in the illustrations.

It didn't look bad, so Estend asked him how he came up with it, and Samuel only replied, "I don't know." So Estend got too lazy to think about it anymore, and just followed Samuel's model, adjusting it according to his own aesthetic, as a disguise for his Earth appearance.

The factory owner mistook him for a brother.

Estend glanced quickly at the billboards on the street and suddenly had an idea: "My name is Aiba Kanade, and his name is... Aiba Yu."

"Why is it Aiba Yu? Has the Guide decided to change my codename?" Samuel wondered, but didn't speak.

Sugita chuckled and took the two men's hands: "If it weren't for you two, I wouldn't have been able to fix that machine. If it had been buried any longer, the support would have broken. To thank you both..."

He originally intended to offer money as a token of gratitude, but Sugita suddenly remembered that he was also short of money.

So, the words that were on the tip of his tongue turned into: "I wonder what you two are doing now? If it's related to my business, we might be able to talk about cooperation. If not, that's fine too. I can offer you lifetime memberships to my personal brand and also write you a thank-you letter. Don't let my appearance fool you, I actually have some influence in the clothing industry, which might be good for your reputation in the company."

Estend glanced at Samuel again and smiled awkwardly: "Um... I'm doing some... plant observation and research, and Yu is my assistant."

"Oh my, you're researchers!" Sugita looked at them with more respect. "That's really great. I also enjoy tending to flowers and plants. I know some very good gardeners who are dedicated to cultivating new and unusual varieties. If you need any introductions, I can help you. Also, you must visit Okinawa. There's a tropical plant research institute there."

Good heavens... what's going on... this factory owner seems to be quite the talker...

Estend nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, we'll arrange it in the schedule..."

"boom--!"

"His-!"

Before he could finish speaking, a huge roar suddenly rang out, the ground shook, and the newly cleared building debris collided with each other, making a dull sound.

Before anyone could react, an alarm sounded over the loudspeaker:

"Monster sighted! Evacuate immediately! Evacuate immediately! Prioritize your safety!"

Sugita exclaimed "Ah!" and subconsciously looked at the three machines that had been rescued with great difficulty, but Estend had already pulled him away and run towards the neighborhood away from the monster.

As Sugita was being dragged along, he could only glance back at his assets, his wrinkles twitching as he finally turned away, no longer looking.

With each step the monster took, the ground trembled violently, the road surface was crushed, and fragments of stone were kicked up when it landed.

Sugita was past the age where he could run like the wind, and he almost twisted his ankle several times while running on the constantly trembling road.

Estend didn't give any orders, so Samuel just followed him, subtly deflecting the rubble that was about to hit them with his mind.

Not everyone is as lucky as Sugita. Estend glanced back and saw that someone was lying on the road where the monster had passed, probably injured in the leg by a rock. The person was struggling to crawl onto the sidewalk.

The sight of him crawling through the ruins startled Estend, and he instinctively wanted to call for Samuel to rescue him. Before he could finish speaking, a spiral of green light appeared, and Kerubim abruptly stopped in his tracks.

“It’s Mikulas…” Estend murmured, then suddenly his left hand went limp, and he fell to the ground with it. “Hey, President Sugita? Are you alright?”

Sugita, his face already creased with wrinkles, tried to stand up: "Ouch, my foot!"

Kerubim turned around and started fighting with Mikula. However, this time it wasn't him beating Mikula one-sided. Instead, Mikula, who had mustered up his courage, grabbed him by the tail and slammed him to the ground, then rode on top of him and gave him a good beating.

As a cosmic beast, Kerubim was certainly not someone to be trifled with. Mikula was riding on its back, getting into the swing of things, but he didn't notice Kerubim's tail whip. By the time he realized what was happening and knew to defend himself, his head had already been whipped twice, and he was about to collapse, dizzy and disoriented.

Just then, golden-red light gathered around Mikulas, and the giant's warm hand supported it, gently patting its head in a comforting manner.

“It’s an Ultra Warrior…” Estend managed to help Sugita sit up, and when he looked up again, Mikula had already turned back into a capsule under the comforting words of the Giant of Light.

Estend suddenly realized something was wrong: "Don't go! Samuel!"

Sugita is rubbing his head with his head

Startled by his shout, he hurriedly looked in the direction of the monster, only to find something missing: "Where's your brother?"

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Glorious Warrior

Where is my brother?

[Mission Two: Defeat the Ultra Warriors.]

The moment the Ultra Warriors appeared, Estend knew he probably couldn't stop Samuel.

At this moment, in the middle of the battlefield where the silver-red warriors and Kerubim were facing off, a cloud of silver particles emitting black smoke suddenly appeared, and a human figure emerged from the black and white light and shadow.

Kerubim almost instinctively took a step back; the sense of danger from that figure was no less than that from Bogaru.

Mebius looked at the giant that appeared before him with a puzzled expression: if you called it a monster, it had a similar appearance to Ultraman; if you called it Ultraman, it was shrouded in a dark aura—and those ominous black patterns covering its entire body…

Ultraman who has fallen into darkness?

Mebius searched his memory, but had no recollection of such a person in the Land of Light.

Samuel and Mebius faced off from a distance. Kerubim dared not retreat further, but also dared not advance, so he obediently stood still and retracted his long claws.

Without any probing, Samuel charged straight at Mebius in his usual simple and brutal fighting style, his silver fist whistling through the air and narrowly missing Mebius's neck.

The GUYS members, who were raising their guns to attack Kerubim, were a little confused by the scene. Aihara Ryu changed his aim and aimed at Samuel: "A new Ultra Warrior? Why is he fighting with Mebius?"

Ikaruga Sadaharu, still staring at the seemingly docile Kerubim, also frowned: "Doesn't seem like it... that new giant is too irritable."

Mebius used several backflips to move the battlefield to an open area by the river. Samuel leaped into the air without hesitation and delivered a flying kick. Mebius hastily raised his barrier, and with a loud bang followed by a crisp cracking sound, an energy storm swept across several miles, shattering the glass of nearby buildings. Mebius, shield and all, staggered backward along the river, his hands even experiencing a brief numbness.

Seeing Mebius at a disadvantage, Kerubim, who thought Samuel was his teammate, finally mustered up the courage to make a move. It opened its mouth and breathed out a scorching flame, while swishing its tail as it charged in from the side.

Mebius reacted quickly, dodging the flames with a backflip, but his old strength had dissipated and new strength hadn't yet been generated. If Samuel seized the opportunity to attack, he would likely have to take the hit head-on. (Monthly fee (group 69493) 6135)

But the expected attack didn't come; instead, Samuel slashed a light blade at Kerubim with his other hand.

"Awooo—" Sparks flew from the left side of Kerubim's skin.

Aihara Ryu, who was aiming at Samuel, was once again bewildered: "They've switched to fighting monsters? What's going on?"

Have these two made up?