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

The earth immediately rose in altitude and flew towards the outskirts of the city.

The monster blinked its six small eyes, somewhat puzzled as to why this annoying thing was moving. But it couldn't quite figure it out with its large, decorative head, so it could only follow its instincts and disappear from the spot.

"There!" Ya pointed in the direction the mothership was heading. Without him saying anything, Mizuki knew where the monster had appeared.

"Captain, the monster is in front of you!"

Hijikata was startled, realizing he had exceeded the flight altitude.

The next second, a blue wave appeared, and the monster's enormous body reappeared. If he hadn't instinctively flown too high, he would have already boarded it!

"Alright, now!" The monster reappeared in an empty open space, the perfect place to bury it.

Two specially designed DASH missiles struck the monster's body instantly. The monster cried out in pain, opened its three-lobed mouth, and let out a painful roar.

Mu Ting's gaze darkened, and he aimed at the monster's open mouth and fired the third shot: "How about another one!"

The missile struck the monster's mouth, instantly silencing its roar. After a moment of silence, explosions began to erupt from its head, shattering its entire body into fragments.

"Nice!" Sheen cheered.

A proud smile appeared on Mu Ting's face. He could finally hold his head high and redeem himself.

"Success!" The others couldn't help but laugh and cheer for their successful operation.

"Thanks to Masayuki." Kaito patted Masayuki's head. "Thank you."

“No,” Masayuki shook his head, “It’s Team Member Kiten. He really is a very skilled marksman!”

Upon hearing the channel, Mu Ting couldn't help but smile happily. Xi En saw through his thoughts, secretly punched him, and then gave him a thumbs up.

The operation was a complete success. Hong Tu sat in the command room, his eyes still fixed on the big screen.

At this moment, the big screen was still showing the scene after the monster exploded, and Hong Tu's eyes were fixed on a corner: "Ellie, zoom in on the bottom right corner."

"Yes!" Ellie zoomed in on the spot Hong Tu pointed out, clearly capturing the image of a person draped in a black robe.

“Code name Shadow Mage, confirmed.” Ellie blinked, recognizing the man in black robes.

In the scene, the man in black robes seemed to realize that he had been discovered. He looked up once and then disappeared.

As Hong Tu watched the man in black robes disappear, a meaningful smile gradually appeared on his face: "I see."

Ellie turned her head to look at him, blinked, not understanding what he was saying, and could only turn her gaze back.

Hong Tu has confirmed the situation of the man in black robes. He is never one to sit idly by and wait for death. That guy tricked him once before, and now it's time to get revenge.

The monster has been defeated. Hijikata asked Kiba to take Masayuki home, believing the two would have a lot to talk about. The others returned to the base.

As soon as they came in, Ellie reported their previous findings to them. After a short rest, the group resumed their discussion.

Hong Tu, seeing their tired faces, interrupted their discussion: "Alright, you've been busy for almost a day, go and rest now."

That guy has left for now. Ellie and I will keep an eye on him for you.

Ellie nodded blankly beside her: "Please remember to charge your batteries."

Seeing the team members' tired expressions, Tu Fang took the lead and headed towards the canteen.

Hongtu watched them leave, made himself a cup of coffee, and sat down.

"Doesn't Tu need to recharge?" Ellie blinked, looking at Hong Tu, not understanding why he wasn't going to eat.

“Hmm, no need.” Hong Tu took a sip of coffee, put down the cup, walked behind Ellie, and put her hand on Ellie’s shoulder. “Ellie, how about doing me a favor? I’ll pay you.”

Ellie blinked, puzzled, and the next moment, her eyes were filled with red.

Sensing something was wrong, it started spinning, and just as it was about to sound an alarm, all the indicator lights on it suddenly went out and became silent.

Chapter 126: The Trouble Begins

The door to the command room opened automatically, and Mu Ting walked in happily. However, the only people in the command room were Hong Tu drinking coffee and Ellie sitting in front of the computer.

"Huh? Where are the captain and the others?"

"Going to eat and rest."

Hong Tu took a sip of coffee and calmly said, "You can still make it if you go now."

"Aren't they going to wait for me?" Without thinking too much, Mu Ting hurriedly rushed out again and ran towards the cafeteria.

The command room fell silent again. Hong Tu looked at Ellie, whose red light had just faded, and at the indicator light that had lit up again, before turning her gaze back to the large screen.

The scene above is replaying the disappearance of the man in black.

"Let me see what you really are." His pure black eyes gradually turned dark red. "Come on, let me see what you're capable of."

……

When the others returned, everything had returned to normal, and no one noticed what Hong Tu had just done.

Ellie sat in front of the computer with her usual expressionless face and remained as quiet as ever, forgetting the alarm she was about to issue.

After the others returned, the group began discussing the man in black robes again.

Professor Yoshinaga's information: "Judging from the current situation, the Shadow Mage's appearance this time is probably aimed at that monster."

The large screen behind her unfolded, displaying information about some monster remains: "We did a little investigation and found that the monster remains left at the scene were not complete; some remains must have been taken away by the other side."

Because the items taken were taken randomly, perhaps just a few larger pieces of wreckage were chosen, the other party's purpose cannot be confirmed at this time.

As she spoke, she looked at Hong Tu.

Hong Tu lived up to expectations and offered an explanation: "If I'm not mistaken, he should also be injured."

He took the monster remains with him, presumably to eat, replenish his energy, and heal his wounds.

The others nodded in agreement. In their own opinion, Hong Tu was already very powerful, and the Shadow Mage who injured Hong Tu was probably also injured himself.

However, when this was mentioned, Kaito looked at Hong Tu with concern: "Tu, how are your injuries?"

"Well, it's halfway done." Hong Tu tilted her head slightly. "The battle is still no problem."

In fact, his injuries were not very serious to begin with. He had escaped in time, and he had absorbed some of the energy from the light streams. He didn't have time to absorb the rest, but the damage was limited. In addition, with the dark energy given to him by the girl in red shoes, he was completely healed when he woke up, and his strength had even increased.

He continued to stay there pretending to be sick only because he saw Max and it suddenly occurred to him, but now it seems there's no point in continuing...

Hijikata nodded: "Can the opponent replenish energy and recover from injuries using monster corpses?"

Sheen raised his head angrily and asked Professor Yoshinaga, "Tu can also recover from injuries with monsters, right? Then can the remaining monster remains be... devoured by Hong Tu?"

The others understood his unfinished words and looked at Professor Yoshinaga with anticipation.

"This needs to be discussed with my superior; I can't make a decision on my own," Yoshinaga said after considering for a moment.

Looking back now, Hong Tu might be one of the most important combat forces known to be able to deal with "Shadow Mages," so perhaps it would be a good thing for him to recover sooner.

Hong Tu rested his chin on his hand, looking at the group of people whose expressions had relaxed, his expression inscrutable, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

……

At night, the base quieted down, and apart from a few people who worked the night shift, no one else was active.

Hong Tu stood in her room for a while, then disappeared from the room. When she reappeared, she was in a dark dead-end alley.

"It's been a long time since I've gone out for a night stroll." His clothes were shrouded in black mist, but when the mist dissipated, they had turned into casual clothes.

A faint black mist drifted around him as Hong Tu walked out of the alley and blended into the crowd of people in the night.

The dark ring behind his waist shimmered slightly and emitted a soft tremor.

Hong Tu walked along, turning her head to look for something: "Just one last thing to confirm. Conceal your presence. We snuck out here, so don't get caught."

The dark ring paused and fell silent.

Hong Tu began to explain with satisfaction: "I have a rough idea of ​​what happened to that man in black robes. Now I just need to confirm it."

"You should know that I must have lost something when you took me through time."

He ran his fingertips along the red ring: "But you're not cooperating at all." He didn't seem to care what he had lost.

Sensing the unfriendly tone of its bound person, the ring obediently remained still, pretending to be an innocent toy without any life or thoughts.

Hong Tu didn't care about his attitude, because he had already figured out what he had lost.

"That man in black robes must be an avatar released by the guy who took my things; his real body shouldn't be in this world."

When you travel through time, something must be chasing you.

The Dark Ring thought about it and realized that it did exist, but it didn't pay any attention to it because that thing couldn't catch up with it at all. In addition, the spacetime rift was unpredictable, and the concept of time was very vague inside. Sometimes what looked like a close distance could actually be several years or even decades apart, so it didn't pay much attention to the little tail behind it.

It now appears that the little tail was biting harder than it had imagined.

“The bait he offered earlier was also a kind of provocation,” Hong Tu continued. “He wanted to devour me, to completely obtain my power, or rather, to replace me.”

The ring didn't understand anything else, but it did understand that the other party wanted to eat the person it was bound to. It immediately went into a frenzy, its red ring body flashing, wishing it could kill the black-robed man right now.

Hong Tu smiled and said, "Don't get excited. We can't make a move yet. We can't confirm whether that person only sent a clone, and we don't know how powerful that guy's influence has become."

Now, let's confirm it.

He stopped in front of a warehouse with its doors tightly shut, enveloped in black mist that coalesced into a black robe that covered him.

Hong Tu raised her arm, and after confirming that she looked exactly like the man in black robes, she nodded in satisfaction, pushed open the warehouse door, and went inside.

The warehouse door was suddenly opened, and all the "people" inside stopped what they were doing and turned to look at them.

Hong Tu looked around the warehouse with complete openness.

This place has clearly been renovated. The originally spacious interior has been divided into several areas, including an entertainment area, a living area, and a work area, with everything you need. A basement has also been added beneath the warehouse.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing here is the "people" living inside, because they are a group of strange-looking aliens.

Hong Tu glanced at them briefly and counted about a dozen aliens.

A group of aliens saw the black-robed Hong Tu, exchanged glances, and then an alien that looked like a starfish was pushed forward.

The poor alien shakily walked up to Hong Tu and bowed his head, saying, "My lord, why have you returned?"

Chapter 127 You know what to do