Chapter 36: Warrior

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From a high-altitude view, the entirety of Minamihara City had fallen into pitch blackness.

At this moment the only things still giving off light were the two colossal beings standing upon the earth.

“There’s not a single bit of light. Does that mean all the electricity has been sucked away by this guy…”

Kagami Yuto assumed a fighting stance.

The moment he thought of those people hiding in the underground shelters who would feel panic because of the sudden darkness, the anger in the depths of his heart could not help but grow even greater.

Not to mention that the girl he cared about might also be among them.

If she suffered any harm because of this…

“Bastard…”

Thinking of this, he angrily charged forward and launched an attack at the kaiju.

Hum—

“Hm? That’s not right, it…!”

His punch missed.

Feeling as if his fist had struck empty air, Kagami Yuto was a little astonished.

In that instant just now, he only felt as if a flash of lightning had passed through his eyes.

“It dodged…”

The kaiju named Sairon was already no longer in its original spot.

He looked back and discovered that the latter had somehow come behind him.

The other party swung its tail, and the tail blade carrying lightning whipped heavily against his body like an electric lash, sending the giant-transformed him flying several hundred meters.

It was only when his body crashed into a building and used the cushioning that he barely came to a stop.

“Hiss, this guy, not only is it fast, its attacks are this strong too…”

After all, it’s a war weapon used for conquering planets. More than that, Yuto, I feel your heart is a bit chaotic.

Roya’s voice rang in his mind.

Kagami Yuto bit his lip, neither admitting nor denying it.

He did indeed want to resolve the kaiju quickly.

After all, if it dragged on any later, the girl he cared about would be in that much more danger.

[Swift Charge]

[Ultraman Roya, High-Speed Form!]

“Haaah—!!”

“When it comes to competing in speed, I won’t lose to you!”

As the stripes on his body turned blue, he let out a battle roar.

Facing that lightning rapidly moving among the buildings, he launched another offensive toward it without another word.

A miraculous scene occurred.

Two blue streaks of light continuously moved at high speed and collided within the city.

Thanks to the enhancement of High-Speed Form, from Kagami Yuto’s perspective everything around him seemed to have slowed down, including the kaiju’s speed.

Although his attacks still easily missed, at least he could finally see the kaiju’s movement trajectory clearly, unlike before when he could not react at all.

“Come on, bastard!”

The instant the Super-Electric Kaiju used its speed to crash toward him head-on, Kagami Yuto’s eyes and hands were quick as he grabbed the two sharp horns on its head.

When the impact force weakened slightly, he rapidly used his knee to fiercely strike the other’s jaw, following up with a kick that instantly flipped its massive body over.

Boom————!

Kagami Yuto stood in place gasping heavily.

Just when he thought this could temporarily suppress the other party, the kaiju quickly climbed up from the ground as if it had not taken much damage.

At the same time its main body seemed to have entered a certain enraged state.

The spear-like dorsal fins on its back now sprang up and lifted.

A pair of wings also spread open at this moment.

But somewhat counterintuitively, there were no membranes under its wing bones.

Instead there were countless large and small rectangular jet orifices.

Just as he was still curious about this, a powerful electric current that made one’s scalp tingle instantly erupted from the kaiju’s body.

“What?!”

The lightning in that instant was as dazzling as the sun.

When the light weakened, Kagami Yuto finally saw the kaiju’s current form clearly.

Electric arcs as thick as his arm flowed beneath the kaiju’s dorsal fins.

At the same time, blue electric current continuously spewed outward from under those wings without membranes.

The current spread outward in a radiating pattern, instantly turning the center of the battlefield where they were into a high-voltage thunderstorm zone.

The situation instantly took a sharp turn for the worse.

The kaiju simply stood in place without moving.

Just by relying on the thunderstorm attack formed by its twin wings, it made Kagami Yuto suffer a great loss.

In High-Speed Form the giant’s defense was extremely weak.

This airtight attack almost completely countered him.

“Ugh…! Damn it…”

Not only that, the kaiju could even move within the thunderstorm domain, and its movement speed was even faster than before.

From Kagami Yuto’s perspective he only saw an even larger streak of lightning crash heavily into his chest.

That force was like being directly hit by a large truck loaded with a hundred tons of cargo in human form.

Yuto!

His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string and smashed heavily between several high-rises, instantly filling the entire area with flying dust.

Lying on the ground, Kagami Yuto only felt his head spinning.

His whole body’s bones felt as if they had fallen apart, and even getting back up was difficult.

Yuto, are you okay, Yuto!

Get up quickly, you can’t fall here!

“Roya, I…”

“Why can’t I defeat it… Where exactly is the problem…”

Yuto…

Your heart is too chaotic. From earlier you’ve been thinking about other things. The enemy is strong, that’s true, but your current state makes you even less sufficient to face it…

“Is that so? So it was my heart…”

He closed his eyes with complexity, remembering that from the very beginning he had not truly been focused on facing the enemy.

His heart had always been caring about that girl who had been waiting for him.

His departure without a word had already filled his heart with guilt.

Not to mention if she had suffered some accident because of it…

A warrior on the battlefield cannot be of two minds. Even if there are attachments, you cannot let them affect yourself.

I have said all I can.

“…I understand, Roya.”

He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth as he stood up once more.

The energy lamp on his chest was now beginning to flicker due to insufficient energy.

This was a reminder for him, and at the same time an encouragement with no way to retreat.

He could not fall here.

The millions of people in this city were all counting on his protection.

If he fell, then there would be no one who could protect these people.

Thinking of this, when he opened his eyes again his entire being was filled with resolve and firmness.

[Courage Key]

[Composite State]

[Ultraman Roya, Assault Form!]

Red and blue dual-colored light patterns appeared on the giant’s body.

At this moment, he would wager everything.

“I will not fall here. Ryuune is still waiting for me to return, and you, the fellow who destroyed the girl’s flawless wish…”

His words were filled with anger.

Before the words were finished, the giant fiercely charged toward the ferocious beast in front of him!

“Cosmic Fist Technique!”

Bathing in the sea of lightning, even though his entire body was numb with pain from being struck by electricity, his fist and foot offensives still remained swift and unabated.

“Haaah—!”

Seeing this, the kaiju instinctively turned into lightning to dodge.

But Kagami Yuto had already guessed its movement.

Inside the giant’s body, he picked up the transformation device in his hand, loaded the High-Speed Form key handle once more, and continuously pulled the trigger.

[Triple Acceleration Form!]

“Where do you think you’re running!”

A miraculous scene occurred.

This time his speed actually kept up with the Super-Electric Kaiju Sairon that had turned into lightning.

From a high-altitude view, one could only see two flashes of light nearly parallel as they rapidly shuttled and collided between the city!

Kagami Yuto seized the timing and in the same way took out another key handle.

[Courage Key]

[Triple Power Mode!]

“Assault Armament, Ultra Battle Blade!”

“Haaah—!!!”

The head dart turned into two streaks of light that attached to the back of his right fist, then he punched heavily toward the kaiju at his side!

The kaiju’s massive body was directly sent flying nearly a thousand meters, and even the super-strong armor on its body shattered because of it.

Sensing the danger, Sairon decisively rose into the air, intending to drill into the eye of the typhoon in one go to replenish energy.

Seeing this, Kagami Yuto did not give the other party this opportunity at all.

Facing the latter that had turned into lightning once more and launched toward the sky, he decisively hung both hands vertically in front of his chest!

“Shiomus—Ray!!”

The ray shot toward the trajectory the kaiju was advancing on.

Unable to dodge in time, Sairon was completely hit by the ray and exploded into a fierce burst of fire in the sky.

At this moment the giant also, because he had exhausted his energy, turned into points of light and disappeared from the spot.