Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

"I feel like your experiences are a bit too much."

As Rikka Takarada spoke, her fingers flew across her phone, carefully processing each message. However, she didn't make any definitive statements. Ultimately, she didn't know if Subaru and the others had any plans that might come in handy in the future. After all, Subaru gave her the feeling that every step he took was part of a prelude.

Is this the composure a four-year-old Ultraman warrior should exude? That's really quite outrageous.

"Haha, actually it's not that exciting or not, it's just fighting monsters."

Subaru put down his chopsticks, closed the bento box he had finished eating from, tied it with a strip of cloth, and handed it to Rikka Takarada, saying:

"This... um?!"

Suddenly, Subaru sensed something and abruptly looked eastward, where he felt an unusual fluctuation. Undoubtedly, this was a sign that a monster was about to appear. Subaru's expression hardened, and he immediately raised his arm, revealing the Gridman's Primal Fusion Device. He pressed the button on it, preparing to transform into Gridman...

"no response?"

Seeing Subaru's actions, Rikka Takarada immediately realized something. She was about to step aside when she noticed something amiss with Subaru and whispered:

"Do we have to go to Gridman's place...?"

"call out!"

Obviously, Subaru realized this as well, and immediately transformed into light particles and rushed towards the secondhand store "Tsubaki JUNK SHOP". Rikka Takarada wanted to go with Subaru, but she was too slow to speak. By the time she called out, Subaru had already arrived at the secondhand store and stood in front of the old-fashioned computer. Gridman's image immediately appeared on the screen.

"Subaru, let's go!"

"Access Flash!"

Without any delay, Gen Subaru immediately activated the Primal Fusion Device, entered the computer, merged with Gridman, and grew to gigantic size, appearing in the town to block the monster's path.

Is this monster headed for Dujuantai High School?

Having just completed his transformation, Gridman sensed the direction the monster was heading. However, Subaru had already realized this as well. Gridman helplessly watched as Subaru regained control of his body.

After reflecting on this period of time, Gridman realized why he couldn't compete with Subaru for control. Although the child was only four years old, his warlike nature—yes, warlike nature, and an extremely strong one at that—made it impossible for Gridman to fight against him.

Upon realizing this, Gridman fell into deep thought. Being good at fighting is not the same as being warlike, but there is no doubt that Minamoto no Subaru has developed a certain dependence on the existence of 'battle' and even 'war' through his past experiences.

Perhaps even Subaru himself didn't realize that at the moment the battle began, his mental state was quite active, like a sleeping being awakening at that moment, while Gridman, who was merged with him, clearly noticed this.

Furthermore, Gridman, as an experienced super agent, also noticed something from Subaru's fighting style, realizing that this Ultra Warrior also had a subconscious tendency towards self-destruction.

Thus, the image of a warrior who grew up amidst carnage, who saw battle as the meaning of survival, and who yearned for the end of battle, emerged in Gridman's mind.

What made Gridman even more silent was that, after the last battle, he also realized that now that he had been ambushed and torn to pieces, even if he had control over the monster, he would probably find it difficult to defeat it and would ultimately have to rely on Subaru to fight.

This...this...this is really too much...

286 Thank you, Subaru

At this moment, due to the fusion, Gen Subaru also noticed Gridman's emotional reaction, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking that Gridman might feel disappointed because he had lost control of the monster again and was fighting it. Gen Subaru didn't feel too much sorry about this.

After all, judging from the current situation, his combat ability is superior to Gridman's. Therefore, he should be the one to fight. As for Gridman, he can just watch him for now and consider him a rest.

Gen Subaru stared at the monster in front of him. Its body seemed to be pieced together from white armor modules. Between the armor modules were dark, flesh-like structures and dense electronic patterns. These patterns connected to form a circular pattern on its chest. On its head was something like a semi-circular hood, and small eyes flashed red under the gaps in the hood.

Without a doubt, the circular electronic pattern should be the location of this monster's main firepower, and its seemingly fragmented armor modules should also have other functions, or perhaps there is something like a second stage inside after the armor is broken.

Otherwise, the mastermind should understand that a monster with such obvious weaknesses would be useless in terms of intelligence or effectiveness if it were sent out.

With that in mind, Gen Subaru used Gridman's weapon module to launch a probing energy attack at the monster. As expected, the monster was immune to light attacks, and the probing attack failed to even touch its body.

At the same time, the circular electronic patterns on the monster's chest began to condense energy and fired beams at Gen Subaru. However, the accuracy of these beam attacks was not very good. At least in Gen Subaru's eyes, these attacks could be easily broken through head-on.

So, at Dujuantai High School, the students who were taking refuge saw the giant robot skillfully evade most of the attacks, and use its lightning-fast arms to block the beams of light that were about to hit the ground, while in the process, it kept closing the distance between itself and the monster.

Facing Subaru's sudden attack, the monster roared and began to gather a new round of even more intense energy attacks. Although the beam's accuracy wasn't great, it was already so close to his face, how could it possibly miss again?!

"Danger!!!"

The monster's actions were naturally observed by the people of Dujuan Terrace. Although they didn't know much about combat, they could sense that the giant robot was moving too fast to dodge. This caused some people to cry out in surprise. Rikka Takarada also gripped her bracelet tightly, feeling the warmth that always existed within it.

On the battlefield, as if in a video that had suddenly sped up, a flash of lightning streaked across the giant robot's body. Then, its speed suddenly increased dramatically, and a lightning-fast punch slammed into the circular pattern on the monster's chest, sending the monster flying into the sky.

Then....

There's no after that.

Subaru's punch had already injected Gridman's energy into the monster's body. The monster's energy, which was gathering, immediately went into a chaotic and rampaging state after being disturbed, and then exploded into a firework in the sky.

ended.

Gen Subaru casually caught a piece of monster carcass and gently rubbed it. He felt that something was wrong with the texture. This monster had clearly existed as a body of flesh and blood in the battle just now, but the remains left behind were a materialized data stream. He had to admit that the enemy's methods were more sophisticated than he had imagined.

Well, at the moment, we can't use this as a clue to find the real culprit.

Yuan Mao sighed helplessly. How should I put it? He had been reckless for so long that he was used to it. Suddenly having to use his brain felt very strange.

Amidst the child's sighs, the fusion with Gridman was severed, and Gen Subaru returned to the secondhand shop "Ayaka JUNK SHOP." He shook his hand, then turned and left. If his previous guess was correct, the previous 'sleep' incident should occur tonight. So, he should take action now and set up the psychic nodes. This was probably one of the few things he could use as a breakthrough point.

Subaru acted quickly; before Gridman could even say anything to him, he had already disappeared into the streets. Meanwhile, with the monster defeated, the students of Dujuantai High School were given a half-day holiday. Amidst a mix of curiosity, unease, joy, and fear, the students began to leave the school one after another.

"Rikka, why are you in such a hurry?"

Meanwhile, Rikka Takarada, who was eager to get home and check if Subaru was injured, was slowed down by two classmates on either side of her. On the left was a lazy female student wearing a blue shawl and a mask, while on the right was a sporty girl with a jacket tied around her waist and a red hair clip.

"Ren, Namiko, it's you two."

The names that Rikka Takarada called out corresponded perfectly to the two people on the left and right. They were Rikka Takarada's good friends, the kind of besties.

"Excuse me, I have something urgent to attend to, so I'll have to go now."

Are you in a hurry to see your boyfriend?

"Hey?!"

The masked Ren suddenly spoke, startling Rikka Takarada, who stopped in her tracks. Namiko seized the opportunity to put her arm around Rikka's shoulder and said with a grin:

"Wow, Rikka, you managed to snag such a handsome guy without saying a word. You kept it so secret, didn't you? You even kept it from us, didn't you?"

"No, no, no, what are you talking about?"

Rikka Takarada looked a little overwhelmed and quickly shook off Namiko's tickling hands, her face slightly flushed, and said:

"I didn't hide the fact that I have a boyfriend from you guys, so don't talk nonsense."

"You brought two bento boxes today, and they disappeared as soon as it was time to eat."

Ren held up two fingers at Rikka Takarada, and even with the mask on, Rikka could guess what was behind it:

"Could it be that our Miss Baoduo has suddenly developed a good appetite lately and secretly hid away to eat lunch for two by herself? Yo-hee yo-hee, let me feel how round Miss Baoduo's belly has become."

"Hey, stop fooling around."

Just as Rikka Takarada was dodging Ren's groping hands, Namiko took out her phone, opened a picture, and showed it to Rikka. The person in the picture was Subaru Minamoto. Namiko pointed to the flip phone in the boy's hand and said:

"Hey, Rikka, if I'm not mistaken, this should be your old phone. I never expected it, Rikka, you actually found a gigolo. Not only does he make you bring his lunch, but he also uses your things. This is really terrible..."

“Subaru…”

"Oh~~~~" x2

"Subaru~~~~" x2

Hearing Namiko's words, Rikka Takarada, who was focused on dealing with Ren, blurted out without thinking. Although she stopped herself immediately after saying just a few words, it was too late. Seeing Ren and Namiko huddled together, chuckling to themselves, she realized that she had fallen into their trap. She stomped her foot in anger and turned to leave.

Ren and Namiko immediately followed, saying with grins:

"Don't be angry, Rikka, we were just worried about you."

"That's right, you're such a 'pickup artist' young lady, and suddenly you've fallen in love, and you've even found someone who's very handsome, but we can't find out about him no matter how hard we try. We're just afraid you'll get scammed."

Rikka Takarada understood Ren and Namiko's good intentions. After all, Subaru's existence... if she hadn't witnessed those surreal events firsthand, she would have found it hard to believe that someone like Subaru existed.

"Well, how should I put it... well, I really need to explain this to you all right now."

Rikka Takarada scratched her head and said with a hint of helplessness:

"In short, I wasn't scammed. Thank you for your concern, but I will explain everything to you when the time is right. Sorry, I have to go now."

After saying that, Rikka Takarada ran off. Watching her best friend's figure gradually disappear, Ren and Namiko huddled together, laughing and whispering to each other:

"A girl's heart is full of such thoughts..."

"So cute~~~~"

Subaru... huh? Not here?

Not long after, Rikka Takarada returned home. The girl, who had initially thought Subaru would be there reviewing things with Gridman, searched the shop but couldn't find him. She then turned her attention to the old-fashioned computer and whispered:

"Um, Mr. Gridman, do you know where Subaru went?"

"He should be in the northeast direction. I can sense that the Primal Fusion Device exists in that location."

Gridman's figure appeared on the screen, and he said softly:

"But before I go to find Minamoto no Subaru, Miss Rikka Takarada, could you please go and find the Samurai Holy Sword for me? There is something I need to discuss with him immediately."

"I...I know."

Rikka Takarada was genuinely surprised by Gridman's serious tone and quickly agreed. Following Gridman's directions, she headed to the location of the Samurai Sword.

Subaru was completely unaware of this. He had already set up the connections between the psychic nodes, and then sat on a rock to the side, closing his eyes and quietly waiting for night to fall. He was rapidly thinking about the various scenarios that might occur next.

"Subaru, you've changed your location this time."