In Ultraman: Starting with the Battle Device

Suddenly, he felt as if the flow of energy in his body had stopped. So, he seized this last opportunity to kick Gakuma away and then got up.

Without much thought, he switched to his composite form, which consumed less energy, and used his remaining energy to unleash the Zepelion Ray at Gakuma.

"This is the moment!"

Raven was already prepared on the side.

Just as Gakuma was about to explode after being hit by the Zepelion Ray, the Battle Device emitted a burst of light that enveloped Gakuma, which eventually disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Seeing that the combat device in his hand had developed a second life, Raven smiled.

"Melba, come back soon!"

Raven then raised the combat device and quickly put Melba back. Now that his objective had been achieved, there was no need to get entangled with the GUTS team.

In the eyes of the Victory Team members, Melba simply vanished.

"Disappeared?"

Horii was completely dumbfounded. He repeatedly checked the life display on the radar. Melba had really just vanished into thin air. He looked utterly incredulous.

How did such a huge monster disappear?

"What's going on? What happened?" Shinjo had been watching Gakuma closely when he saw the marker belonging to Melba on the radar suddenly disappear.

Tiga turned around and saw that Melba had disappeared. He didn't think about it anymore, since he didn't have any extra energy to fight anyway, so he flew away.

Raven stood at a distance, glanced at them, and then turned and left.

In the mine, Daigo appeared from a corner at some unknown time.

"Daigo, are you alright?" Rena asked worriedly as she saw Daigo running towards her from a distance.

"It's alright, I just happened to be hiding in a safe place," Daigo said somewhat guiltily, knowing it was best not to reveal that he was a Titan.

The Victory Flying Swallow 2 landed to the side, and Shinjo and Horii came out and waved to everyone.

"Our super-powerful beam is pretty strong, it's just a pity that guy got away."

Horii looked arrogant; as a weapons developer, he was very confident in the performance of the weapons he helped develop.

"Something's happened today. Let's go back to headquarters first," Deputy Captain Zongfang said after a moment's thought.

……

TPC Far East Headquarters

Inside the command center, Megumi Kijima and the rest of the Victory Team watched the large screen.

"How exactly did Melba appear? This is footage captured by a monitoring satellite."

Ye Rui operated the computer and then brought up the screen.

In the scene, a ball of light appears, and after the light dissipates, Melba's figure emerges.

"Did this light appear out of thin air?" Horii pondered, stroking his chin.

“I compared the footage of Melba being defeated by the giant a few days ago and found that Melba actually turned into a ball of light in the end.” Nori split the screen, showing two images.

"So, Melba didn't actually die, but just disappeared?" Daigo said at this moment.

“But it’s also possible that there’s more than one Melba, and even two Gakuma,” Shinjo thought to himself.

After a moment of contemplation, Megumi Kijima said, "Shrink the image of the pyramids and check the surrounding area to see if the surveillance satellites have captured any clues."

"Yes." Ye Rui continued to manipulate the satellite images.

The screen scans the entire mine and pyramid area from a god-like perspective, searching for content sent during this period.

Before I knew it, a figure flashed by on the rapidly scrolling screen.

"Stop! Back up a bit."

Megumi Kijima keenly noticed something.

The image of the pyramid area eventually freezes on a blurry human figure.

"Is there a way to make it clearer?" asked Megumi Kijima.

Ye Rui said there was no problem.

Then, through computer processing, a picture was finally produced that showed a clear human face.

“Captain, this might just be a passerby who’s here to climb the mountain and just happened to be passing by,” Horii said, looking at Raven in his mountaineering gear in the video.

"It doesn't seem that simple. Look, he didn't run away or panic when facing the monster; instead, he kept getting closer," Zongfang said at this moment.

"Then what is his purpose?" Lina asked from the side.

“But this alone doesn’t prove anything,” Horii said, feeling that everyone was making a fuss over nothing.

"The satellite video gets blurry here; it looks like he's gone into the woods."

Raven's figure disappeared from the screen, and Nori said to Kijima Megumi.

As if she had thought of something, Megumi said, "Search carefully for the footage from the mine as well."

Then everyone stared at the screen, afraid of missing any detail.

"Isn't there a figure over there?" Staff Officer Nan Yuan said, pointing to a spot on the screen.

Xincheng also looked over, wondering if there were still any quarry workers who hadn't left.

“I remember that the crowd had already been evacuated to a safe place,” Lina said.

"Yorui, zoom in on the image and make the portrait clearer," said Jujian Hui with a serious expression.

"Yes." Ye Rui continued typing on the keyboard.

Finally, the screen on the left appeared, and the result surprised everyone present.

Chapter 7 The Kyrielords

"It's still the same person. This can't be a coincidence anymore," Zongfang said, looking at Raven on the screen.

"Why would he appear on Kyuro Island?" Daigo asked.

“Use facial recognition to check this person’s identity. I suspect that Melba’s appearance is related to this person,” said Megumi Kijima, frowning.

"The results are in."

Ye Rui moved very quickly, and he displayed all of Raven's identity information on the big screen.

"This is all the information we can find. This person is called Lei Wen, 26 years old, currently unemployed and unmarried. His parents passed away early but left him a substantial inheritance. He has no other relatives."

"So he hasn't been working for the past few years. He's been traveling and exploring all over the world. His photos have won quite a few awards, so he's a fairly well-known traveler," Ye Rui said.

That's all? The only thing you don't know is what color his underwear is.

Everyone looked at each other with longing.

Based on the information available so far, there seems to be nothing suspicious. After all, the other party is someone who enjoys traveling and adventure. His lack of fear in the face of monsters may simply be due to his boldness and curiosity. His appearance on Jiuliang Island this time may just be a coincidence.

"Can you find his current address?" asked Megumi Kijima.

“He owns several properties, but based on his current activity patterns, we can send people to keep an eye on these places first,” Ye Rui analyzed.

"Let's observe him discreetly first to see if there's anything else suspicious about him, and then find a time to make contact with him," Kijima Megumi considered.

That concludes the matter concerning Raven for now.

“I have an idea,” Daigo said timidly at this moment, “Even the monsters have names, like Golza, Melba, and Jakuma.”

"But we've always called the giant the giant. Isn't the giant just too pitiful?"

Munakata agreed with Daigo's idea, so he also had an idea: "He's as big as a mountain, how about we call him Giant Mountain Super Powerhouse?"

Zongfang had an inexplicable confidence in his taste in naming.

"Mountain Super Powerhouse?"

"Sounds silly," Horii said, crossing his arms over his chest and frowning.

Everyone laughed, and then Daigo said, "I want to call him Ultraman Tiga, what do you all think?"

"Hey!"

“That’s a good name.” Horii and Daigo immediately agreed.

“Ultraman Tiga.” Megumi said thoughtfully.

"Hmm, that's a good name," Staff Officer Nan Yuan also commented.

Thus, the giant was officially named Ultraman Tiga.

……

a few days later.

In Tokyo, Raven was unaware that he had been exposed. After returning from Kuroshima, he followed the instructions given by the system and went to the home that had been arranged for him.

In a large, luxuriously decorated room in a high-end apartment building, Raven lay on the bed.

"System, you've arranged things quite comprehensively. It seems pretty good."

The room was filled with hiking and outdoor gear, as well as some odds and ends, just like the place Raven used to live.

"Host, I've told you everything I need to say. I'm going into hibernation now. Remember to wake me up when you need to absorb energy."

The system's voice sounded.

"Okay, we'll talk about it later. I'm already very tired." Raven fell asleep quickly.

The next day, at some unknown time, a huge explosion was suddenly heard.

The powerful shockwave shattered the windows of the room, waking Raven from his dream.

"Holy crap, what happened?"

Still half-asleep, Raven rubbed his eyes and cursed.

He then got up and went to the floor-to-ceiling window, where he saw a building in the distance engulfed in flames.

"An explosion? Why does it seem so familiar?"

Raven was slowly recalling the events from his memory, then he muttered to himself, "Was it done by the Kirieloids?"