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

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Kazama Chiba looked into her eyes and said.

"Because I see my unfortunate past self in you."

"Huh?"

Michiyo raised her large, ever-shifting eyes, as if to confirm the truth of what she had said.

"Really……?"

"Didn't you have any friends when you were little, big brother?"

Kazama Chiba's mind flashed back to the time she fought for food in the orphanage, and to the time she always huddled in a corner watching others get adopted.

If someone had reached out to him back then, he wouldn't be in this situation now.

"I guess so. Like you, I always feel like I'm an extra piece of the puzzle in this world, and I don't fit in no matter where I'm placed."

A brief silence fell in the darkness.

After a while, a small hand grabbed the hem of Kazama Chiba's clothes.

"Big brother, can I be willful just this once?"

Michiyo spoke with unusual seriousness, as if she were making a will.

"Since my older brother has no friends, and I have no friends either... but before I die, could I be my older brother's friend?"

"Although I'm useless, timid, and always causing trouble for others, if I'm your friend, at least you won't be friendless in the future."

"This is the only thing I can do for you."

Kazama Chiba ruffled the girl's messy pink hair.

"Fine, now that you're my friend, I absolutely won't let you die, understand?"

friend……

Michiyo repeated those two words blankly.

The fear, inferiority, and despair that had been building up inside me actually dissipated quite a bit at that moment.

So, I can actually have this kind of relationship?

Then, the little girl who always shrugged and looked like she was sorry smiled for the first time.

"Ok!"

She nodded emphatically and buried her head in Kazama Chiba's arms.

"I believe in my big brother... As long as I'm with my big brother, it doesn't matter if I become a monster!"

Kazama Chiba no longer hesitated.

Since that's the case, there's nothing to hesitate about.

Just as he was about to recite the incantation to summon the Shadow Legion.

"what?"

Michiyo behind her suddenly let out a surprised exclamation.

"Um... big brother, why is your backpack glowing?"

"what?"

Kazama Chiba subconsciously turned around.

Glowing light?

Besides the sealed book, the bag contained some emergency rations and water.

The Book of Seals does indeed possess magic, but it never emits its own light.

Moreover, the Rat Talisman is currently dormant and could not possibly cause such a disturbance.

Filled with doubt, he stopped summoning the Shadow Legion and pulled his backpack to his chest.

The instant the zipper was unzipped.

"Om-"

A beam of light, imbued with a sacred aura, burst forth from the backpack like a flood.

The originally dark and desolate underground space was instantly illuminated as bright as day by this light.

Kazama Chiba subconsciously narrowed her eyes.

In that dazzling brilliance, he saw the source of the light itself.

The magic wand that lay quietly in the pile of clutter was now bursting with a light so intense it was impossible to look directly at it.

"This……"

Kazama Chiba subconsciously looked at the Book of Seals.

I repeatedly confirmed that the rat charm was still in the book and had not come into contact with the magic wand.

Without any magical power, this fake transformation device actually became real at this moment?

Looking at the gleaming light stick in her hand, Kazama Chiba was puzzled.

This is not scientific; in fact, it's not magical at all.

According to Kazama Chiba's understanding of the setting, she wanted to get a response from the Spark Lens.

Either you're a chosen one like Daigo, born with ancient genes, or you're a child with light in your heart like in the movie.

And he happens to be neither of those things.

But looking at the expectant little girl beside her, Kazama Chiba had a wild guess in her mind that even she found absurd.

Could it be that the belief that I had just had in order to keep this girl alive caught the light's attention?

Even Kazama Chiba herself was a little skeptical.

Michiyo Urushihara, standing nearby, was unaware of the extremely complex inner thoughts that Kazama Chiba was experiencing.

As a seasoned tokusatsu fan (although she watched it to escape reality), she recognized what the glowing stick was at first glance.

"Could this be... a Spark Lens?!"

The little girl's eyes widened instantly, as if she were witnessing a miracle. She stretched out a finger and carefully poked the soft white light.

"Big brother, you're actually Ultraman Tiga?!"

Kazama Chiba shook her head, trying to bring the child to her senses, and also to bring herself to her senses.

"I'm just an ordinary person. I don't have ancient genes, and I don't glow."

"Not at all!"

Before he could finish speaking, Michiyo suddenly retorted loudly.

This socially awkward girl, who usually blushes even when speaking to someone, displayed a surprising stubbornness at this moment.

"Daigo in the TV series always says that he is just an ordinary person."

"That's different. At least Daigo has some kind of DNA inheritance, but my body is a pure native of Shenshui City."

But the girl continued, "But if big brother has Michiyo as a friend now, then he's not an ordinary person!"

Kazama Chiba almost strained her back from this absurd logic.

"What kind of reason is that? Are you indirectly praising yourself for being important?"

"No, no, that's not true!"

Michiyo's face instantly turned red.

"I mean... in my opinion, the fact that my older brother is willing to be friends with a weirdo like me, and willing to stay for a burden like me... just based on this inner kindness, he has already surpassed all ordinary people!"

"From the moment my older brother decided not to abandon me... in my eyes, you have become more dazzling than any Ultraman!"

That was too direct.

Kazama Chiba couldn't find any points to refute for a moment.

He looked into the girl's bright, sparkling eyes.

There was no doubt there, only pure trust.

It's like saying, "If it's you, you can definitely do it."

"You bastard..."

"You really know how to flatter people. Since you've put it that way, if I keep being coy, wouldn't I make myself look bad?"

"Then transform quickly!"

"Big brother, what are you waiting for?"

Michiyo suddenly shoved him hard, pointing to the top of his head, which was blocked by a boulder.

"Transform! Let's beat that monster and protect the Earth!"