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

It waited quietly for its final fate in despair, but unexpectedly, the terrifying and pure darkness did not completely corrupt its soul; it merely made it recognize a master.

Because it possessed dark power, the Mehist alien was the first and most powerful of the modified dark aliens to awaken. So when it realized what had happened, it quieted down and obediently stood behind its new master.

As it sorted out the power within itself, it felt quite alarmed. This darkness was far too pure, so pure that it couldn't sense even a trace of negative energy. Instead, it had a very strange feeling.

Warmth? No, not the warmth of light, but a feeling of peace that encompasses everything...

The power of darkness can actually make people feel safe?!

The Mehister alien was somewhat doubtful of its senses, yet also somewhat relieved. Did this mean that its new master was not some evil being?

It pondered, felt fortunate, and then offered its loyalty without reservation.

"Mehist aliens, we pledge our loyalty to you!"

If it is this kind of darkness, does it mean that it will no longer be possessed by dark forces and harm others?

Then, it heard the first command given by its new owner.

"You know what to do, right?"

This is still a declarative sentence.

Its new master is a capricious and powerful Dark King who doesn't need their opinions or allow them to disobey in any way; they only need to execute orders perfectly.

The terrifying darkness slowly faded, the terrifying aura gradually disappeared, and the oppressive light shone brightly again. It wasn't until long after its new owner had left that it dared to stand up.

"Gentlemen," it said slowly, looking at its new colleagues, "the Dark Lord's orders have been issued. This is our first battle as kings, and there can be no mistakes!"

No one refuted its words, so of course they knew what to do; at least for now, they were very clear about it.

All the alien creatures withdrew their dark power, the black markings on their bodies began to fade, and their scarlet glowing organs returned to normal.

The warehouse has been restored to its original state...

Chapter 129 Annoying People

It's four in the morning. The command room of dash is quiet, with only Ellie and the others sitting motionless inside, in a state of temporary hibernation.

If there was anything amiss, it was only the faint red light flickering in Ellie's eyes.

Suddenly, the signal light turned on brightly, and the machine turned around, emitting an alarm.

The red light in Ellie's eyes quickly faded, and her silver-blue pupils returned as she looked at the computer in front of her.

Less than five minutes later, Hijikata hurriedly walked in, his shirt zipped up, followed by a string of team members.

"What happened?" Hijikata asked Ellie.

"Captain, a powerful energy fluctuation has been detected in Sector H211. Its energy reaction is similar to that of a Shadow Mage." Ellie said with a straight face, typing on the keyboard and bringing up the scene footage.

In the image, a person draped in a black robe floats in the air, looking down at a group of strangely-looking aliens.

The standoff didn't last long. One of the aliens waved his hand, and six aliens either sprouted wing-like organs from their bodies or took to the air, rushing towards the man in black robes. The other aliens on the ground didn't just stand by and watch; they used various ranged attack methods to besiege the man in black robes.

How did the Shadow Mage manage to do that? He attracted so many aliens to attack him all at once?!

Are there really so many aliens on Earth?!

Is this internal strife or something else?!

The Dash team members' minds were racing, but they quickly and professionally pulled Manfei's thoughts back to reality.

At this point, Tu Fang remembered the professionals and turned to look for someone: "Where's Tu?" Where are their professionals?

“Here it is.” Hong Tu leaned against the doorway, her eyes fixed on the large screen, making no attempt to hide her schadenfreude.

All that Hong Tu did last night was for this very moment.

The goal was to make the aliens conceal their presence, so that the man in black robes wouldn't initially notice anything amiss. However, this could only deceive them at the beginning.

Once the man in black robes got close, the dark power couldn't be hidden from him at all. But Hong Tu didn't have any wishful thinking about hiding it. After all, the man in black robes possessed dark power similar to his own, so he just wanted to annoy him.

Silently infiltrate the enemy's stronghold, turn their hard-earned subordinates into your own, and then stage a scene of subordinates betraying you and the weak provoking the strong—this will absolutely infuriate the enemy.

In fact, the man in the black robe was furious.

Trash! Trash! Trash! Did you hear me?! Trash Red Tea! Oh right, you really can't hear me? Well, I'm going to curse you too! Trash! Bastard! I'll 'beep—', you 'beep—', don't you have any professional ethics?! Can't you follow the rules?! Infiltrating someone's headquarters and stealing their subordinates, is that how a person behaves?!

Do you know how hard it was for me to recruit these people?! And you all turned against me in an instant! Trash!

But what angered him most was Hong Tu's purpose—this was purely to annoy him! They both knew that even if these aliens were enhanced, they wouldn't be a match for the black-robed man, so they really were just there to annoy him!

Thinking about it this way, I got even angrier! Is this person really inhuman?! Huh?!

The man in black robes waved his hands, and a massive amount of dark power condensed into dozens of energy bullets beside him, which rushed towards the aliens and knocked them to the ground one by one.

Seeing this, Hong Tu finally stopped watching the show.

“Let me go,” Hong Tu looked at Tu Fang with a determined gaze. “I want to settle things with that guy.”

Tu Fang could tell that even if he refused, Hong Tu would still go, so he might as well go together.

"Dash, let's go!" Hijikata didn't say anything unnecessary, simply issuing the order and expressing his attitude.

"Yes, sir!" Everyone stood at attention and saluted. Everyone smiled at Hong Tu and gave him a thumbs-up. Mu Ting and Xi En even patted Hong Tu on the shoulder before walking into the passage leading to the mothership.

Hong Tu watched them enter the passage, tilted his head slightly, his expression somewhat inscrutable, and finally disappeared from the command room without saying anything more.

Ellie stared at the big screen and saw Hong Tu suddenly appear, darkness surging from his body as he descended from the sky. With his powerful momentum, he crashed into the black-robed man in the sky, slamming him and the man together to the ground, creating a huge crater.

Dust was stirred up, temporarily obscuring the view. The next moment, two black beams of light shot out from the pit, colliding and entangled with each other. The sky, the ground, and the nearby buildings all became their battlefield.

The surviving aliens around them helped each other away from the war zone and disappeared into the buildings.

Two black lights intertwined and crashed onto an open ground. When the black light faded, two people appeared there, exchanging blows.

Hong Tu grabbed the black-robed man's arm and threw him away.

The man in black robes flipped over and landed lightly. Before he could even stand up straight, he twisted his waist and sideways to avoid Hong Tu's kick. He grabbed Hong Tu's calf and kicked his other leg.

Hong Tu pushed off the ground with his left foot, leaping into the air. He twisted and spun in mid-air, breaking free from the black-robed man's grasp, and then swept his other leg fiercely towards his head.

The man in black robes vanished from his spot, dodging the attack, and reappeared not far away.

As the red tea leaves landed, the red tea leaves looked at the black-robed man, and the red tea leaves in the tea leaves gradually turned into a dark, almost black red. An ominous black mist began to slowly rise around the black-robed man opposite him.

The next moment, the man in black robes raised his hand, and a black energy ball flew out of his hand, rushing towards Hong Tu at an extremely fast speed.

Hong Tu dodged the energy blast, then swung his hand and fired an energy blast at the black-robed man, while simultaneously charging forward.

Several energy blasts appeared around the man in black robes, preventing him from getting closer.

Hong Tu dodged a few, casually grabbed one, spun around, and threw the larger energy ball back, shattering the two incoming energy balls. Taking this opportunity, he closed in again.

Both of them possess the ability to teleport, making the battlefield unpredictable and employing a variety of fighting styles.

Energy blasts, dark rays, and condensed black energy blades—the two fought from the streets to the buildings, from the ground to the sky, locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle. Dash, who arrived at the scene, was of little help and could only stand on the ground, gun in hand, watching helplessly.

"Wow!" Sheen couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Is this how aliens fight?"

Mu Ting nodded subconsciously, then realized what he meant and turned to glare at him. "Whose side are you on anyway? Is this the time to be praising this?!"

"No, we can't help at all like this." With Max's help, Kaito could barely see the two's movements, but he could only barely make out what they were doing. He couldn't get involved in their fight at all.

Those below could only watch helplessly as the two deities fought, and Hong Tu finally decided she didn't want to get entangled any longer.

He suddenly and swiftly kicked the man in black robes away, then landed steadily on his own.

The man in black robes couldn't keep up with his sudden increase in speed and was kicked in the chest, crashing into a container in a warehouse and creating a large dent in the container. However, he quickly got up and, apart from being a little out of breath, seemed to be unharmed.

"Even now, you're still unwilling to give up this body?" Hong Tu looked at the panting black-robed man and laughed arrogantly, completely unlike the gentle demeanor Dash usually showed. "In this way, you are no match for me at all."

“Heh,” the man in black chuckled, his originally hoarse voice gradually becoming somewhat familiar to the members of Dash, “As expected, your injuries have long since healed.”

Black mist rose from the black-robed man, and the black robe covering his body also dissipated into black energy.

A middle-aged man appeared on the spot and fell to the ground due to losing consciousness. The black energy hovering above his head gradually condensed into a person not far from Hong Tu, a person that everyone in Dash is very familiar with!

Chapter 130 Same and Different

"...Tu?"

Rachel held up her gun, looking at two people not far away who were exactly the same except for their clothes.

“...It actually turned into Tu’s appearance!” Mu Ting angrily raised the muzzle of his gun, aimed at “Red Tu” who was still dressed in pure black, and fired a shot.

But the black-clad "Red Tea" could easily scatter the light with a slap of his hand, without even sparing a glance at the people in dash.

Hong Tu calmly looked at the person in front of her who looked exactly like her except for the clothes, and didn't seem surprised at all: "Although I had expected it, it was still quite surprising when I actually saw it!"

This nonsensical remark drew everyone's attention.

What do you mean by that?!

The man in black robes was not surprised by his words, and even quickly followed his train of thought.

“As expected, you saw through my identity long ago,” the black-clad “Red Tea” raised an eyebrow, his expression remarkably similar to that of Red Tea. “These humans who consider you a friend are truly pathetic; they’re still completely in the dark, utterly deceived by you.”

Sure enough, no matter how much you disguise yourself, you can't hide the fact that you're just a monster.

"If I am a monster, then what are you?" Hong Tu did not refute his words. Whether it was deception or monster, she did not refute either of them. It was almost an attitude of tacit acceptance. She could even have a peaceful conversation with this mysterious person who was just like herself.

"Of course I am a monster too, but I will devour you and completely replace you!" The black-robed "Red Tea" revealed a malicious smile, a smile that was extremely similar to Red Tea's.

The dark ring flickered wildly, trembling incessantly at Hong Tu's waist.

“One last question.” Hong Tu soothed the restless dark ring, the red light in his eyes growing even darker, and slowly revealed a wicked smile identical to that of the black-robed man. “How should I address you?”

"Nothingness, I am a person with nothing, but when I devour you, I will become the darkness called Red Tea." The black-robed man, or rather, Nothingness, extended a black light blade from his hand, ready to strike.

With a wave of his hand, Hong Tu also extended a black light blade from his hand.

"No, a very fitting name." The darkness in his red eyes completely tore away the human disguise. No longer caring about the members of Dash, a massive black mist spread around him, almost completely obscuring his body. His voice became layered, like the roars of countless monsters, "Come on, let's see who devours whom first!"

The two black lights clashed again, but one was pure black, while the other was black with a dark red glow mixed in.

"Captain?" Kaito looked at Hijikata, silently asking what to do next.

Hijikata couldn't think of a solution for the time being. They were completely unable to intervene in this battle that was almost a fight against the heavens.