Ultraman: I Really Didn't Want to Rule the World

Dark Tiga became the ruler of darkness.

Gatanothor sensed the terrifying darkness emanating from the person before him. The familiar feeling reminded him of the time thirty million years ago when he was being beaten up by Dark Tiga.

It instinctively tucked its leg behind it!

Dark Tiga continued walking faster and faster, even leaving afterimages as it appeared in front of it, raising its hand to deliver a punch.

The punch landed on Gatanothor's shell, but this time, its tough shell could no longer protect it.

"Roar~" The familiar pain returned to its body. Gatanothor swung its giant claws, trying to clamp down on Dark Tiga's hand that was striking again, but it was no use.

The second punch landed squarely on its upside-down face.

After punching the guy twice, leaving him dazed and confused, Dark Tiga retreated with satisfaction, spread his arms, and began to condense the Dark Zepelion Ray.

The Dark Ruler, struck by the light, froze, remained silent for a second, and then exploded into flames.

Countless red particles of light appeared, carrying with them the black clouds that shrouded the sea area, gradually converging into the timer on Dark Tiga's chest, and finally condensing into a card at the other end of the dark ring.

Bathed in light, Dark Tiga and Shining Tiga stood on the sea, gazed at each other, and then disappeared together.

Hong Tu appeared on the sea surface. As soon as she took on a human form, she felt as if she were bound by something.

Suddenly everything went black, and he found himself in a mysterious space.

A kind of unseen consciousness appeared in his ears.

"The Earth's... darkness... remains... to be cleaned up..."

The next moment, the dark ring hanging on his waist lit up with a scarlet light, enveloping the young man and disappearing into this mysterious space.

Chapter 102 A World Without Ultraman

A black crystal enveloped in red light travels through the cracks of space and time, surrounded by all sorts of colorful bubbles.

Each bubble here represents an unknown world.

Suddenly, the surface of a world shattered like a mirror, and two beams of light, one black and one white, intertwined and emerged from the cracks. Soon, the surface of that world was restored to its original state.

Two distinctly colored lights collided and intertwined, chasing each other in the gap of this space-time. Suddenly, the black light changed direction and chased straight towards the red light, while the white light followed closely behind, relentlessly pursuing it.

The red light paid no attention to the two tails following behind it. It was much faster than the two beams of light behind it and quickly found a brightly colored world and disappeared into it.

The arriving black light looked at the several worlds in the spot where the red light had just disappeared, and for a moment it didn't know which one the other had gone to. But the white light behind it had caught up, so it didn't hesitate any longer, picked one, and went inside.

The white light followed behind it, and together they entered this unknown world.

In one world, red light fell from the sky, crashing into the sea, creating a high curtain of water before finally settling down.

……

Ten years later, a three-meter-high opaque crystal floats deep in the ocean, a depth that humans have never been able to reach. Since it fell into the ocean ten years ago, it has remained here quietly, undisturbed by the surrounding water currents, and no life has ever set foot in this area.

Until today, an uninvited guest arrived.

This is a red alien with three glowing organs on its head that look like braids, and a soft, tube-like vocal organ at its mouth. It doesn't look like a life form from the benevolent side.

"What a chilling darkness." The alien, or rather the Hipporito alien, looked at the crystal in front of him. "If we could use it, we could eliminate those despicable Ultramen sooner."

With a wave of its hand, a monster shaped like a large fish emerged from the water, swallowed the black crystal, and floated to the surface.

Before it even surfaced, the monster suddenly opened its mouth, and a stream of water pushed the crystal out of the water, eventually causing it to fall onto the beach.

The Hipporito appeared beside the crystal and suddenly bowed respectfully: "Lord Dark Shadow Mage, I have brought you this dark crystal."

A cloud of black mist appeared out of nowhere and landed beside it. When the black mist dissipated, a body shrouded in a black robe appeared, revealing only the hands of a person.

"What terrifying darkness." The Shadow Mage touched the crystal with his hand, carefully sensing the dark power beneath his touch.

The pure dark power that has condensed into a crystal shape, and in such a large quantity, is a surprising find in this world.

If we could absorb this dark power...

The next instant, it immediately withdrew its hand, took a few steps back, and looked at the crystal with surprise and uncertainty.

It had just tried to absorb these powers, but unexpectedly, not only did it fail to absorb the enormous power contained in the crystal, it also had its own power absorbed by the crystal.

What on earth is this thing?!

"Crack!" The sound of crystal shattering rang out. The Hipporito aliens and the Shadow Mage saw the various cracks appearing on the crystal and the terrifying dark power overflowing from it. They all began to retreat in unison, cautiously watching the sudden change.

"Crack!" The crack on the crystal grew larger and larger, and the darkness that overflowed became thicker and thicker. Being in that dark place actually made the two Dark Star beings feel suffocated.

Suddenly, the shattered crystal fragments completely split into several pieces, and a human-looking young man stood in the center of the fragments.

"Hmm~" The young man stretched comfortably, moving his body around. "I slept pretty well."

Noticing the two non-human figures standing not far away, the young man paused, then turned to check his surroundings: "Hello, is this Earth?"

He woke up to find two aliens he'd never seen before standing next to him, and before he left, it seemed his own family member had taken him away from the Ultraman Tiga world...

Hong Tu even wondered if he had been taken to some alien planet with an environment similar to Earth.

"Who are you?" The shadow mage paused for a moment, then asked in a hoarse voice. Its voice was strange, like many people whispering in one's ear, making one feel very uncomfortable.

Hong Tu squinted at it, her expression unreadable: "Shouldn't you state your name before asking someone?"

“Excuse me,” the Shadow Mage said tactfully, giving an elegant bow. “I am the Dark Shadow Mage, and this is my subordinate, a Dark Alien named Hipporito.”

"Neg," Hong Tu reported the code name given to him by TPC.

"Would Lord Nag be willing to join us? We are both in the darkness, so I think we have a lot in common." The Shadow Mage tried to persuade the young man to join him.

"For example?" Hong Tu stared at the Shadow Mage, showing a slight interest, though what he was interested in was another matter.

"Completely eliminate the Ultraman from the parallel world!"

"Ultraman from a parallel world?" The young man tilted his head slightly, seemingly curious.

But the two non-human beings opposite him misunderstood his meaning.

They investigated and found that the Ultraman of this world only exists in tokusatsu dramas, and there are only seven counterparts of Ultraman from other worlds who have failed to awaken.

In other words, this being that has been sleeping underwater for who knows how long probably doesn't know what Ultraman is.

So the Shadow Mage put it another way: "It's those repulsive lights."

Hong Tu found its explanation somewhat strange, but she suppressed her questions and showed an interested expression: "Oh, that sounds pretty good."

He agreed.

Hong Tu joined this dark faction of only two people, listened with great interest to their plan against Ultraman, promised them that he would follow the plan, and then found an excuse to go out for a stroll.

Judging from what those two guys were saying, there's no Ultraman in this world?

Hong Tu glanced at the dark ring that was quietly storing toys, but ultimately said nothing.

In a way, the Dark Ring did help me, so I won't hold back whether it brought me to this world on purpose or not.

The handsome young man leaned against the bridge railing, looking at the clear river below, but his ears were constantly listening to the sounds around him, trying to find out what kind of world this was from the people's words.

A world without Ultraman, yet one that even produced Ultraman tokusatsu dramas, struck Hong Tu as somewhat surreal, making him wonder if his original world was like this.

But if such a world has an alternate version of Ultraman, what about his original world?

The young man pondered, a look of interest appearing on his face.

It was at this moment that he sensed a very familiar light, which was very faint but already showed the beginnings of awakening.

"Daigo...Tiga?"

Chapter 103 The Lingering Ghost

The dark ring was so excited it seemed to burst out from behind the young man's waist!

Holy crap! Where the hell are you?! How come you're everywhere?! I specifically chose a world far from yours, a world without Ultraman, and why can I still see you?!

That's right, the Ring has already put Tiga on the Chief's blacklist, the kind of person it never wants to see again in its lifetime. So it went a long way to send its bound person, who had been converted from the dark power of Earth by falling into a deep sleep to prevent itself from being detained by Earth, to this world without Ultraman.

result……

Having calmed down, the Dark Ring has begun to consider the possibility of immediately moving to another world.

Hong Tu could not possibly ignore the strangeness of the dark ring, and could guess its thoughts to some extent. He stroked the ring with his fingertips, soothing it: "Don't get excited, it's not too late to leave after I finish eating."

Upon hearing this, the dark ring was instantly calmed down, and began to flicker with a faint red light, conveying a sense of happiness.

Seeing that the circle had been calmed down, the young man turned his head and saw Daigo, who was wearing a suit and leading a group of foreigners.

"..." So, is Daigo in this world a tour guide?

Hongtu couldn't resist taking a picture, but then realized she didn't have a camera with her, so she had to give up on this tempting idea.

Knowing that this was not the Daigo she knew, Hong Tu made no attempt to say hello and turned to leave the bridge.

After spending a day exploring the city, the young man discovered the otherworldly counterpart of Ultraman that his two allies had mentioned.

Their professions are as follows: museum curator, caddie at a sports field, baker, chef, bicycle seller, car mechanic, and Daigo, an employee of Yokohama City Hall.

What a down-to-earth job... He thought these Ultraman would have some more prestigious or high-class jobs...

……

On his first night in the new world, the young man walked down the street, absorbing the darkness of the city as he always had, when a strange fellow approached him.

It's strange because the person who came was the human form of an Ultraman, and a dark Ultraman who had awakened his power, or perhaps an outsider.

The dark ring flickered slightly, reminding him that the person before him was an outsider.

Upon first glance, both men realized the other was no ordinary person. The young man spoke first: "Hey, are you the one spying on us lately?"

"Spying on you?" Hong Tu was taken aback. Did he mean the human forms of Ultraman by "you"? Had the Dark Ultraman and the Light Ultraman already become friends?

Seeing that the person opposite him was getting impatient because he hadn't received a reply for a long time, the young man pulled his wandering thoughts back a little and thought about it seriously. He had wandered around the city today and looked for the human forms of Ultraman... could it be considered spying?

But then he realized that what the Shadow Mage was referring to was probably the Shadow Mage. The Shadow Mage had apparently said he wanted to go and see these guys for himself.

“It shouldn’t be,” Hong Tu said honestly. “You’re probably talking about a guy called Shadow Mage.”

Out of a sense of reciprocity, since the other party had asked a question, he had to ask one in return: "Are you... Dark Ultraman?"