"Where am I?" Xiao Luuo said as he slowly sat up and rubbed his head.
"Why does my head hurt so much? Didn't I go to sleep at home? How did I suddenly end up in a forest?"
Just then, an angry roar echoed in his ears. The sound was unlike any creature Xiao Luuo had ever known; it sounded much more like the roar of a Monster from Ultraman, his favorite tokusatsu series.
Xiao Luuo turned his head toward the source of the sound, and saw a red, purple, and silver giant fighting two Monsters.
It was Golza, Melba, and Ultraman Tiga!
Xiao Luuo was immersed in shock! He couldn't help thinking to himself, "This dream is so realistic!"
Yet at that exact moment, Golza unleashed an ultrasonic ray at Ultraman Tiga. Tiga side-stepped to dodge, and the ray struck the ground not far from Xiao Luuo without missing a beat!
Xiao Luuo was sent flying by the massive shock wave! He slammed hard into the ground, and it was as if one could actually see the flesh on his face ripple from the impact.
Lying on the ground, Xiao Luuo took a long time to catch his breath before slowly crawling back up, cursing, "Damn it, you were aiming right at me, weren't you?"
"Wait a minute! With a feeling this real, if it were a dream, I would have woken up by now!" he muttered while clutching his lower back and limping away from the area.
"Beep! Reionics Battle System is activating!"
"A cheat system?" Xiao Luuo couldn't help exclaiming. As an avid reader of various novels, Xiao Luuo naturally knew what this was, and his heart surged with excitement!
"Activation at thirty percent..."
"Fifty percent..."
It quickly reached one hundred percent, taking only a dozen seconds or so, yet those dozen seconds felt to Xiao Luuo as long as years.
"I am the Reionics Battle System. There is currently one Newbie Gift Pack available. Would you like to open it?"
"Open!" Xiao Luuo said immediately without a second thought.
"Beep, congratulations to the host for obtaining one initial Battle Niser and three Monster lottery draws. Would you like to start the draw?"
"Open!" At this, Xiao Luuo suppressed the excitement in his heart, given that he was well-versed in all things Ultraman!
"Beep, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Ancient Monster — Gomora, and two blank Monster cards!"
Then, a card collector and an initial Battle Niser appeared at Xiao Luuo's waist.
"It's Gomora, a powerful Monster partner. While it might not be able to sweep through everything single-handedly, it's pretty good for just barely surviving in the world of Ultraman Tiga!" Xiao Luuo thought to himself.
Shortly after, a virtual screen appeared before Xiao Luuo's eyes, displaying a 3D hologram of Gomora along with various stats. It also featured a Monster lottery system, an Ultraman lottery system, and a shop.
The only difference was that the Ultraman lottery section was locked with a gray padlock, and the shop was the same.
The system's voice rang out again at that moment: "The host can gain a slight boost in physical stats by acquiring Monsters. Since the host does not belong to this world, your appearance has also caused other changes in the original world — for instance, the Monsters have inexplicably become abnormally powerful."
As the system's voice faded away, a miserable scream echoed from afar!
Xiao Luuo turned to look, and sure enough, it was the scene of Ultraman Tiga snapping Gomora's—no, snapping Melba's spine in Power Type! Wait, no—Tiga had just had the upper hand, but suddenly, Tiga was sent flying several meters by a burst of dark energy descending from the sky. That black light slowly sank into Melba's body, and at that moment, the muscles all over Melba's body surged, its eyes flashed with an eerie red light, and dark red patterns appeared across its body!
"What! What is that? Weren't the giant just having the upper hand?" Shinjo sat in the aircraft, watching the Monster before him nervously as he asked in puzzlement.
At this moment, Munakata and his party were watching the situation unfold from Guts Wing 2. Since Guts Wing 2 lacked offensive capabilities at the present time, they could only worry anxiously!
"Beep, mission issued: assist Ultraman Tiga in defeating Melba, and let Golza escape. Reward: 50 points (one thousand points for one lottery draw). Unlocks the shop system."
Xiao Luuo was extremely perplexed upon hearing this. Why let Golza go? He decided to push the system aside for now; getting the points and unlocking the shop came first. He directly pulled the Battle Niser from his waist and inserted the Gomora card into the card slot.
"Battle Niser! Activate! Ancient Monster — Gomora!"
At this moment, the Gomora card seemed to come to life. With a golden light flying out from the Battle Niser, it soared into the air and transformed directly into the real Gomora. Dirt and dust splattered everywhere—even Gaia would have given that landing a perfect ten! Xiao Luuo, who was closest to Gomora, was once again knocked to the ground by the shock.
Thanks to Gomora's physique buff, he didn't suffer any injuries.
Seeing this inside Guts Wing 2, Munakata immediately contacted headquarters: "Headquarters! Headquarters! This is Munakata, a new Monster has suddenly appeared at the scene!"
"Yes, I've detected it here too, but the Time Machine didn't say this Monster would appear." Megumi Iruma rested her chin on her hands, staring intently at the screen. She was utterly baffled as to why a new Monster would suddenly appear. At this moment, as she watched Ultraman Tiga struggling immensely just to handle two Monsters, she couldn't help thinking: is humanity doomed to perish because of this?
Muzui was also typing away furiously on his keyboard at that moment!
Xiao Luuo shouted directly at the top of his lungs: "Gomora! Beat the crap out of that thing, ignore that dinosaur and hit the bird!"
Hearing this, Gomora let out an angry roar at Melba and charged straight toward it!
Melba's attention was also drawn by Gomora at that moment. It shoved Tiga away with a single sweep of its paw and lunged at Gomora! At this point, the Color Timer on Tiga's chest was already flashing incessantly.
Seeing this, Golza tried to intercept Gomora, but the already-weakened Golza was sent flying by a single slap from Gomora!
Gomora's speed increased instead of slowing down as it went head-to-head in a brawl with Melba!
"They're... fighting each other?" Hori looked at this scene in disbelief, his tone heavy.
"But why? Aren't they both Monsters?" Rena also wore a look of puzzlement.
Munakata's expression remained calm as he said, "Regardless, this turns out to be a good thing for us anyway."
Back at the TPC command center, Megumi Iruma wore an even more bewildered expression. The newly appeared Monster was brawling with the prophesied Monster—what on earth was going on here?
Watching the fierce battle between Gomora and Melba from afar, Xiao Luuo suddenly noticed Golza digging into the dirt after being sent flying. This sight made him couldn't help but chuckle; this fellow was utterly shameless—after getting knocked away, instead of getting back up, it just started making its escape right on the spot!
Observing the current situation, Ultraman Tiga gave up on the idea of pursuing Golza and rushed forward to team up with Gomora for a two-on-one beatdown.
As Xiao Luuo noticed Gomora suppressing and beating up Melba—who had been invaded by the dark energy—his heart couldn't help but fill with joy. This indirectly demonstrated Gomora's strength.
It also gave Xiao Luuo some peace of mind and confidence when facing future Monsters.
PS: "Writing a novel for the very first time as a newcomer author. If there are any parts that are poorly written, please point them out and I will correct them."