I'm just an ordinary person passing by.

There's still someone there... They're still alive, still calling for help... I can't just leave like this!

"You go first, I'll be right back!"

The old man patted his wife's wrinkled hands and smiled.

The next moment, the old man went against the current...

There are two generations of the Assassin Super Beast Baraba. The first generation is the original Baraba, whose body is entirely silver, very bulky, and covered in metallic colors. Its body is also covered with various kinds of scales, giving it strong defensive capabilities.

Meanwhile, Barabá has prominent long spines on its back, and its arms are covered with wolf fangs.

Its left arm is equipped with a sharp sickle, and its right arm with a spiked hammer. The hammer is topped with a hook shaped like an anchor, with four sharp claws—one in the front and four in the back. Its tail is relatively long, with a long fork at the end.

Then, the materials used to synthesize this thing are swallowtail butterfly larvae and space monsters.

The larvae of the universe are always beyond our imagination to grow to this size.

The second-generation Barabba has undergone fewer changes compared to the first generation. However, the second-generation Barabba appeared in Zebo TV and is set as a collection of resentment from a super beast that was defeated by Ace. Therefore, the overall color of the second-generation Barabba changed from silver to gray-blue, the scales on its abdomen were dark red, and the connection between the weapons on its left and right arms and its forearms changed from the original solid body color to the current silver-white.

According to the established setting, the second generation Barabá's strength is undoubtedly superior to that of the first generation.

The first generation could only fight Ace to a draw, but the second generation combined the power of Belial and King Johnson, and even defeated Zebo head-on when facing Zebo's Delta Claw.

It was also thanks to Zebo not remembering that he had Gamma Future Form, otherwise, the second generation probably wouldn't have been able to wait for Ace to arrive.

If you break Zebo Gamma Future Form's leg, he can fight until the very end in one form.

Ahem, of course, none of that matters. What matters is that what's here now is the second-generation Barabá.

Standing 75 meters tall and weighing 85,000 tons, its roar destroyed everything around it.

And faintly, it seems to be calling someone's name...

"Ace...Ace...Ace!!!"

The old man dodged Baraba's attacks, helped up those who had fallen, handed lost children back to their mothers, and evacuated many people all by himself.

When there was no one left on the street, the old man looked at the collapsed houses and rushed towards them without hesitation...

The old man climbed up the stairs little by little, trying to avoid the tremors and move his body faster.

Then, he rescued one after another the people who were trapped in the same place and unable to escape.

The old man didn't realize that, at the age of 75, he still had the strength to save people here after evacuating the crowd on the street.

Most 75-year-olds would struggle to even escape, let alone swim upstream to save someone. Yet, this old man not only successfully rescued someone but also traveled such a long distance from Baraba to save others.

If we're not careful, the old man could die here.

Fortunately, the old man kept moving and wasn't discovered by Barabara... no, he wasn't found out!

When the old man rescued someone and was about to leave, Balaba suddenly looked at the old man!

"Ace!! Ace!!! Ace!!!"

As if he had seen an absolute enemy, Baraba's voice echoed throughout the sky.

The old man inexplicably realized that this Balaba had come to find him!

"Run! Run!"

Without any hesitation, the old man released the man, telling him to leave quickly, and then ran alone in the opposite direction...

"I'm here! You came to kill me, didn't you? Here! Baraba! Look over here!"

"Ace!!!"

Just as the old man had expected, Baraba's gaze was drawn over, and the resentful Baraba let out an angry sound.

It followed in the old man's footsteps and left...

The old man wanted to run as far as possible, hoping to buy that person enough time, but the beast's speed far exceeded his. In just a few steps, the old man was caught up...

But the old man who was caught up did not lose heart; he had done his best and tried his best to run.

—The child he rescued was saved...

Then, in the next moment, scorching flames engulfed the old man's body...

Chapter 86 One Heart, One Body, Ultraman Ace!

The blazing flames engulfed the old man's body, and the resulting explosion and smoke reached dozens of meters high.

The old man smiled amidst the flames.

He was dying... but he had no regrets... He hadn't accomplished much in his life, but he was happy to have protected a few more tender shoots before he died...

That's it...

The old man closed his eyes.

But just as the old man closed his eyes, a red light suddenly fell from the sky, shining into the flames and protecting him like a mother's warm embrace.

Countless lights... surrounded the old man.

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Consciousness... In that ethereal state of mind, the old man, who had been engulfed by flames, opened his eyes.

He was surrounded by light, with countless particles swirling around him—a truly wondrous and astonishing sight.

But, inexplicably, the old man wasn't surprised... no, it's not that he wasn't surprised, it's more like he felt as if he had experienced it himself.

That familiarity... a familiarity that emanates from unfamiliarity, is so reassuring, so warm...

The old man laughed, as if he were meeting an old friend after many years, a laugh filled with nostalgia and joy.

"Ultraman Ace..."

"We meet again... Beidou... no, Gaofeng..."

"We meet again... huh? I don't remember anything... No, it's not me, is it another world?"

Although the old man is old and retired, he still watches the news every day, coming from the world of comics, the world of anime, and the world of tokusatsu.

If Wang Xiaoming from another world appears in this world, then Hokuto Seiji, who once fought alongside Ultraman Ace in another world, will also exist.

Ultraman Ace... Ultraman Ace, who once fought alongside Seiji Hokuto, now appeared before him...

"Thank you for saving me, Ultraman Ace."

"Can you still fight, Gao Feng?"

Ultraman Ace's soft words made the old man tremble involuntarily.

Memories of the past...playing Hokuto Seiji as his human form...watching Ultraman Ace on TV...memories flooded back all at once.

Back then, when I played Hokuto Seiji, I was only twenty-six years old, in the prime of my life. But now, fifty years have passed in a flash, and I am now a seventy-five-year-old man.

When Ultraman Ace first appeared, he was a spirited new warrior from the Land of Light. But now, countless years have passed, and the warrior who was once protected by his brothers has become a towering tree, protecting those tender buds.

They've all gotten old...

But... does getting old mean you can't fight anymore? Does getting old mean you can't protect the tender shoots?

Do not!

They can still fight!

It can also protect the children on this planet when danger strikes!

"Let's attack together, Ultraman Ace!"

Ultraman Ace nodded gently, opened his arms, and his silver and red body transformed into countless points of light, which flowed into the old man's body little by little.

Two rings shimmering with starlight appeared in the old man's hand.

The old man looked at the starlight ring, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a surge of courage.

He clenched his fists, swung his arms, and brought the two Ultra Rings together. A bright red light shone, and the old man shouted out the name that had once stirred his blood...

"Ace!"

The red light intensified amidst the flames, and the gentle starlight dispelled the darkness in the sky. The fleeing people stopped in their tracks and looked up at the heavens.

—A silver giant stands tall on the earth!

Our eternal ace, Ultraman Ace!

"Ace...!?"

"Ultraman Ace!?"

"It's Ultraman Ace! Ultraman Ace is here! We're saved!"

Some of the fleeing people smiled, while others cried loudly. They stood or sat, their eyes filled with tears.

Ultraman Ace has arrived! They're saved!

The old woman stood there blankly, with her children and grandchildren beside her. They, like everyone else, were happy about the arrival of Ultraman Ace, but she inexplicably trembled.

"Old man..."

is it you?

Ultraman Ace clenched his fists and assumed his fighting stance.

It might not be very obvious in the TV series, but when you put it in real life, you'll find that Barabba's courage is much stronger than it is in the TV series.

According to the setting, Baraba is 75 meters tall and weighs 85,000 tons, while Ultraman Ace is only 40 meters tall and weighs 45,000 tons. Whether in terms of height or weight, Baraba is completely suppressed.

If I had to describe it, it would be like a child standing in front of an adult.

Even so, Ultraman Ace showed no fear.

He is Ace, the eternal ace, Ace!

Ultraman Ace clenched his fists and charged fiercely at the towering Baraba.

When Ultraman Ace attacked, Baraba, possessed by resentment, also let out a deafening roar.

"Ace, Ace, Ace!!!"

The enormous bodies slammed into the earth, and the two behemoths collided.

The steel bodies clashed with a dull thud, and the immense force that swept over them caused Ultraman Ace to involuntarily take a step back.