In Ultraman: Starting with the Battle Device

But he's not a monster.

Raven then twisted around, grabbed Daigo, and threw him away.

Daigo's body rolled several times on the ground after being thrown.

But he quickly got up, crossed his arms, and transformed into his red, powerful form.

After transforming into Daigo Happy Type, Tiga seemed to gain confidence and continued his attack on Raven, who remained as immovable as a mountain.

Despite Daigo's fierce attacks, Raven easily deflected them all. To be honest, while Tiga's red form was significantly stronger, his speed had decreased dramatically.

If the composite form of Tiga could barely touch him before, now the red form of Tiga can only stare helplessly.

"Huh~"

Daigo stopped, panting heavily, but he didn't intend to give up so easily. He changed his form again.

This time it's a purple aerial type.

In this form, Tiga's speed and agility are significantly enhanced, but his strength and defense are considerably reduced.

So Daigo rallied his forces and charged at Raven once more.

This time, Raven could no longer dodge Tiga's attacks so easily, so instead of dodging, he punched Daigo in a vital spot during Daigo's high-speed movement.

This left Daigo unable to get up for a long time.

Raven sighed. In truth, Tiga's form changes were largely meaningless. Against opponents far stronger than himself, this kind of piecemeal form-changing was ineffective.

With the exception of Dyna, the later Ultraman characters all experienced a comprehensive enhancement after changing forms, with significant increases in speed, strength, and defense.

For example, Gaia's V2 and Supreme forms, Gauss's Corona Mode, Eclipse Mode, and Future Mode...

"Daigo, attack me with the Zepelion Ray."

Daigo struggled to his feet and was taken aback when he heard Raven say those words to him.

"But is this okay? Won't you get hurt?"

Daigo understood the power of the Zepelion Ray. Even if Raven was strong, he would still get injured if he tried to take it head-on.

"Don't worry, just come on, I'll cover any injuries you get," Raven said, patting his chest.

"Then you'd better be prepared," Daigo said seriously.

Raven put his hands on his hips and then signaled to Daigo that he could begin.

Daigo then switched back to his composite form and began to gather his strength to unleash the Zepelion Ray!

"Whoosh!"

The beam of light struck Raven's silver body directly.

"Ha~!"

Raven also lost his balance, then he shouted and used all his strength to withstand the force.

The Zepelion Ray gradually entered Raven's body and quickly dissipated.

"what?"

Daigo was immediately shocked. The Zepelion Ray had actually been absorbed?

Meanwhile, Raven's body underwent a change.

Its original silver-black body turned into a reddish-purple-silver color, just like Ultraman Tiga's...

"This is……"

Daigo looked at Raven, who had changed his form, and asked in confusion.

Raven also carefully examined himself, but he didn't feel that he had become stronger.

Is it because it is a composite form?

So he copied Ultraman Tiga, crossing his arms and switching to another form.

Raven's body color changed again, this time turning red.

Raven swung his fist and found that he was at least three times stronger than before.

He could sense that if he threw a full-force punch now, Daigo would either die or be seriously injured.

However, gaining this power comes at the cost of significantly reduced speed and beam strength. This form would be at a disadvantage if faced with multiple formidable enemies.

Conversely, the same applies when it turns into its purple form.

"Mr. Raven, what's going on?" Daigo finally couldn't help but ask.

"I just copied your ability, don't make a fuss," Raven said, waving his hand.

His ability to copy can be said to have come from Tiga, or more precisely, from Dark Tiga.

"I see." After hearing Raven's explanation, Daigo didn't ask any more questions.

"Let's take a break now," Raven said to Daigo.

Upon hearing this, Daigo breathed a sigh of relief and deactivated his transformation.

The two lay on the sun-drenched grass and began to chat.

"Mr. Raven, is Saki with you right now?" Daigo suddenly asked, turning his head.

“Yes, Saki will stay with me until Machina recovers from her injuries,” Raven said, resting his head on his arm and looking at the bright sky.

"By the way, you have to keep this a secret. I don't want TPC people watching my house every day," Raven added.

“Saki is an alien, so it’s inevitable that she will attract attention, but I’m still quite at ease with Mr. Raven by her side.”

“Speaking of which, Mr. Raven, the way you shrunk Machi is very similar to what happened to Melba before,” Daigo suddenly said to Raven.

He stood up, sat on the grass, pointed at Raven who was still leisurely basking in the sun with his eyes half-closed, and said as if he had just realized something.

"So, you've been controlling Melba all along?!"

Raven sighed softly, placed his hands on the grass for support, and then stood up.

"It seems we can't hide it anymore."

Upon hearing Raven's reply, Daigo asked with some anger, "Did you instruct Melba to destroy the statue, and also to attack me on Kura Island that day?"

How can this be explained...?

Raven was also helpless, so he quickly said, "Destroying the statue really has nothing to do with me. Didn't you see that my statue was almost destroyed by Melba that day? I only controlled Melba later."

In short, Raven had to use a lot of persuasion to convince Daigo.

So, to express his apology, Raven deliberately went easy on him during the afternoon training session.

Chapter 24 The Crow People

Both Daigo and Raven gained a lot from today's training.

Through special training, Daigo has developed many of his potentials, and his overall strength has improved slightly compared to before.

Raven, on the other hand, gained Tiga's ability to change forms. Although he didn't become stronger overall, this ability was still quite useful in different environments.

As evening approached, Raven treated them to a bowl of ramen before they went their separate ways.

So the two of them continued to train together during Daigo's rest periods.

Daigo incurred Rena's great dissatisfaction as a result.

Some even suspect that Daigo might have secretly found a girlfriend.

But Daigo was unable to tell the truth, so he could only come up with various reasons and excuses to appease Rena.

……

"Several citizens have gone missing this week..."

Raven was lying on the living room sofa watching TV when he suddenly came across this news while changing channels.

"A missing person case? Could it be the Crow People?"

Raven suddenly perked up. To be honest, these days had been rather boring. Ever since the incident with Machina, the dark mage Garuba hadn't caused any trouble.

Then, he wasn't interested in the energy of ordinary monsters, so he never appeared, and Tiga always took care of them.

Saki, who was sitting next to Raven, noticed his unusual reaction and asked, "Why are you interested in missing persons cases?"

“This case may be related to aliens,” Raven said gravely.

These damned crow people dare to come to Earth to capture humans and sell them as slaves.

I will personally go and destroy this evil civilization one day. This time, I'll start by wiping out their vanguard that came to Earth.

Raven clenched his fists, then prepared to set off immediately to find the Crow People's lair.

"Be careful." Saki could tell that Raven was a little angry, but that was all she could say.

"Don't worry, those mere crow people can't hurt me. I'm Ultraman." Raven said confidently, and then went out.

Then, he activated the listening device left with the Victory Team and learned that Shinjo had gone to the Crow People's lair alone and been captured.

He then headed to the location that the Victory Team had identified.

In an abandoned building in the suburbs.

"You're awake."

After being shrunk by the crow people, Xincheng was lying in a box when he suddenly saw a huge crow face appear in front of him and was immediately startled.

"It seems that at this point, the members of the Victory Team are no different from ordinary people."

"What exactly are you?"

"Why bring humans here?!"

Xincheng said angrily.

"Hahaha~"

The crow-man couldn't help but let out a wicked laugh as he saw Newtown struggling angrily.

“We come from the p413 nebula, and we have animals on our planet that are very similar to yours.”