A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

"It's about time to leave."

The red light on his chest was flashing so brightly it looked like a neon sign that was about to die.

If he didn't leave soon, he would be freefalling from 10,000 meters in human form. Although there were wind deflectors to cushion the fall, the experience would definitely not be pleasant.

Tiga's body began to disintegrate.

The silver and red light transformed into a sky full of particles, drifting towards the direction of Shenshui City.

The moment she landed, Qianyu's legs almost gave way.

The burden of that long-range Zepelion ray, which traversed nearly half of the Pacific Ocean, was ultimately too heavy.

"As expected, showing off comes at a price."

Qianyu lay back on the bench, staring at the sky above her, which was gradually turning blue again, but her gaze did not relax at all.

His mind was racing, reviewing everything that had happened in the past two days.

From the appearance of Gorba to the discovery of the R'lyeh ruins, and then to the Zoga parachute drop that almost destroyed half the city.

These events may seem like random disasters, but upon closer examination, they are closely related to something.

Yin-Yang balance

Kazama Chiba immediately thought of this, because it was the only explanation for the current situation.

This is the world setting of "Jackie Chan Adventures," something he's very familiar with.

The balance of Yin and Yang refers to the fact that opposing forces such as light and darkness, Yin and Yang, good and evil will always be in a delicate dynamic equilibrium.

Once one side's power expands excessively, the other side will forcefully generate a counterforce to achieve balance.

This is why, despite being sealed away for thousands of years, the Holy Lord in the drama was still able to rise again and again.

Because as long as the side representing light continues to be active, the side representing darkness will never truly perish; it will only reappear in a different guise.

Now, Chiyu is facing the same dilemma.

He recalled his journey so far. Ever since he fused with the Rat Talisman and gained the power to become a saint in the flesh, he had frequently borrowed the power of the Giant of Light to forcibly interfere with reality.

In this world, Qianyu, as the righteous one, is so heavy that he is about to break the scales.

Perhaps it was precisely because his strength soared too quickly that it triggered the balance of Yin and Yang, which inadvertently led to the birth of dark forces such as Camilla.

Because Yin and Yang absolutely cannot allow such a one-sided imbalance of power.

"What a disgusting thing."

Qianyu couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The most disgusting thing about this mechanism is that it's a perfect infinite loop.

Following this line of reasoning, even if Kazama Chiba were to exert all her strength to reduce Camilla's three dark giants to ashes, the world's mechanisms would definitely not let it go.

It will definitely forcefully create an even more terrifying opponent to fill the void left by the dark forces.

For example, Gatanothor himself.

Just thinking about that ultimate BOSS with a giant conch shell on its head and tentacles all over its body made Qianyu's temples throb.

That thing isn't some lowly grunt that can be dealt with by just throwing out a couple of beams of light.

In the original story, Tiga defeated Gatanothor by accumulating the light of all the people in the world and activating his Shining Form.

Can Kazama Chiba replicate this move?

The answer is: Suspended.

What about his Tiga? Let alone Shining Form, it's questionable whether he can even get Shining Hinata out.

Today, I took advantage of the panic caused by the monster attack on the city to free-load a wave of faith power. That's because humans instinctively crave light in despair, but how many times can we have such an opportunity?

You can't just summon a monster to scare people every time you're low on mana, can you?

That's fucking despicable.

Although he is indeed quite unethical, this short-sighted approach is ultimately not a sustainable solution.

"Therefore, Camilla and the others cannot die."

Qianyu instantly understood that the key to breaking the deadlock lay in the speed at which she became stronger.

The current Camilla trio is actually like Shendu hanging on the wall in "Jackie Chan Adventures".

Although they are a huge hidden danger, as long as they are still breathing and as long as they remain in R'lyeh, they will truly occupy an extremely important 'dark energy organization' in this world.

Theoretically speaking, as long as Qianyu chooses to lie low and doesn't actively disrupt the existing balance, the world can probably continue to coexist peacefully.

Unfortunately, the "turtle-style" playstyle of merely prolonging one's life has never been Kazama Chiba's style.

To entrust one's life to a vague and uncertain balance? To pray that one's opponent will remain in the cage forever?

Do not make jokes.

The phrase "sitting and waiting for death" does not exist in Qianyu's dictionary.

He likes to strike while the iron is hot, to plunder resources, develop aggressively, and do everything he can to become stronger while the enemy is still trapped in the deep sea and can't get out. Then he crushes the enemy before they can climb out. That's the right way to do it.

"Since no matter what I do, there will always be stronger enemies who will emerge, the way to break this deadlock is very simple."

Chiyu chewed the mint in her mouth thoroughly and swallowed it.

"I don't care how you balance the black energy."

"Wouldn't it be enough if I just became a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than all the powerful enemies you could possibly encounter?"

Chiyu's bottom line is clear: Gatanothor will definitely appear at some point in the future.

He must raise his combat power to a level where he can at least fight it head-on, or even kill it single-handedly, before the giant conch shell comes ashore.

Only in this way can we nip this ticking time bomb in the bud.

Qianyu took a deep breath and turned her gaze away from the distant ruins.

With the direction set, he now needs to assess how many resources he still has and where to acquire more support.

There are many ways to improve one's strength.

He still has a huge collection of Clow Cards to collect, and he's only managed to get two of the twelve charms. Medea's Holy Grail plan is still in the works, and he hasn't even used the Dark Spark Lens that Camilla gave him yet...

There are too many resources available.

But time may not be as plentiful as you might imagine.

Chapter 159 Tsuburaya Productions: We're innocent!

Meanwhile, what Qianyu was unaware of was that the internet in Shenshui City had completely exploded.

This wasn't some minor incident that became the top trending topic; it was an epic explosion that would be recorded in the annals of Japanese internet history.

The entire internet has been turned into a pot of boiling oil because of that monster's sudden appearance that lasted only a few minutes.

The monsters from tokusatsu films have come to life in reality.

This fantastical plot, which sounds like the beginning of a third-rate light novel, was witnessed by hundreds of thousands of citizens crowded on the main street of Shenshui City.

Not to mention the terrifying sense of oppression that made people vomit their dinner from the day before yesterday, even from several streets away, when the two-hundred-meter-tall evil god Gatanothor appeared.

This is a real fear that no Hollywood special effects could ever create.

Twitter, 2ch forums, and various social media servers crashed three times in just half an hour.

The netizens' rational defenses were shattered this afternoon.

Fear transformed into anger, which desperately needed an outlet.

The Japanese government's official account was flooded with hundreds of thousands of comments within minutes.

All the remarks were extremely sharp, questioning whether the authorities were conducting some kind of inhumane biological experiment and demanding the disclosure of all the secrets of the Monster Project.

But in this online frenzy that swept the entire internet.

The most unfortunate, innocent, and bewildered victims were neither the severely damaged municipal government nor the Self-Defense Forces responsible for security.

It is Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.

As the official copyright holder of the Ultraman series and various classic monster characters.

This film company, which originally only produced costumed movies and sold merchandise, faced its biggest public relations crisis since its founding on this day.

Large numbers of disaster victims who suffered property damage, along with tens of thousands of netizens who followed suit and became obsessed, flooded Tsuburaya Productions' official Twitter account and website message board like zombies unleashed.

The comments section was absolutely absurd.

Those are monsters you created! You must give an explanation to the citizens of Shenshui City who died or were injured!

[Turning tokusatsu costumes into biological weapons?! Just how many shady secrets is your company hiding?!]

My house was flattened by that winged black bird! Since it's a monster from your show, you have to compensate me for all my losses!

[We strongly demand that Tsuburaya Productions immediately hand over Ultraman! Since you can create monsters, you must have also created Ultraman and are hiding him in the basement! It's time to release him to save the world!]

If these remarks were made yesterday, they would definitely be considered the ramblings of an escaped mental hospital patient.

But on the afternoon that the monster, which was tens of meters tall, had just receded, these absurd accusations received the support and likes of tens of thousands of people.

Faced with this unexpected accusation, the top executives at Tsuburaya Productions were practically spitting blood.

They are just a film and television company that makes costume movies. Their employees are ordinary workers who carry cameras, do special effects, and sew monster costumes. They are not some evil military enterprise that secretly researches monsters.

The monster grew legs and ran out to carry out urban demolition, so why should it ask them for money?

But netizens don't care about any of that; when emotions run high, logic doesn't exist.

Conspiracy theories spread like wildfire on Twitter.

Some people claim with certainty that Tsuburaya Productions is actually a secret agency of the Japanese government, specializing in brainwashing the public under the guise of "fictional works" to make them believe that the monsters are fake.

Some people have dug up all sorts of dubious "evidence" to support their views—such as "the filming location of Ultraman Tiga and the terrain of Kamisui City are highly similar" or "the founder of Tsuburaya Productions worked in the military when he was young."

Seeing that public opinion was turning increasingly unfavorable, Tsuburaya Productions became anxious.

In the conference room of the headquarters building in Shenshui City, senior executives are sitting together for a meeting.

"This is utterly absurd!"