Light, a dazzling radiance, lit up beneath the gloomy sky.
It fell like a bomb into the hearts of everyone watching the situation nearby.
The woman holding the little girl forgot to seek shelter, staring blankly at the scene, her eyes growing brighter and brighter.
"A god...?"
The change here also startled the fighting Gillas brothers and Leo, causing their battle to pause involuntarily.
"Roar!"
Sensing a certain danger from that cluster of light, the Gillas brothers tacitly halted their impending attack on Leo, beginning to gather energy in their single head-horns, preparing to strike the light.
"Ha!"
At that moment, a low battle cry rang out. Leo lunged between the Gillas brothers, grabbing the heads of both beasts with his hands and forcibly twisting the direction of their attack.
Two red destructive beams shot out, diverted by Leo into the sea, triggering two massive explosions.
"Hey!"
With a burst of strength in his arms, Leo hurled the Gillas brothers behind him, then looked toward the blossoming light. Feeling the entity within, he instinctively clenched his fists, feeling a surge of encouragement in his heart.
The dazzling light grew increasingly bright until, at a certain moment, it paused and finally began to slowly dissipate.
As the light gradually faded, a tall figure within was gradually revealed.
An oval yet slightly angular face, a streamlined body interwoven with silver and red, bright silver chest armor, and encased within it, a sparkling azure rhombic timer on the chest.
"Ultraman! It's a new Ultraman!"
"We're saved, that's wonderful!"
A group of onlookers who hadn't fled too far yet loved the excitement started cheering.
"Roar!"
Discovering that another new Ultra Warrior had appeared, the Gillas brothers grew agitated, wanting to use Integration to perform the Gillas Spin and attack Leo.
Keeping Minghui's teachings in mind, Leo pulled out all the stops to keep the two separated, refusing to give them the opportunity.
"Hah!"
As his consciousness gradually cleared, feeling his shifting perspective and the immense power coursing through his body, Minghui instinctively clenched his fists.
Yet the next moment, a massive tsunami over fifty meters high, carrying tons of seawater, slammed fiercely against him. The heavy impact forced him to let out a muffled grunt.
"Hah!"
This force was surprisingly massive; even his current Ultra Body could not completely withstand it, and he took two steps back before regaining his footing.
An ordinary tsunami would have been far from enough to make this powerful body of his retreat. Clearly, the power of the Gillas brothers was mixed into this.
"Ah..."
"The water is coming! Ultraman, save us!"
Cries of alarm rang out from the crowd behind him. Minghui felt a sinking sensation in his chest; though his body was massive now, it was still not enough to block all the seawater. The water scattered upon impact against his body, then re-gathered on his sides and surged past.
Minghui grew increasingly anxious. Yet possessing a powerful body without any special skills, he was completely powerless to stop the advance of the seawater, and could only wave his arms in vain, attempting to intercept more of the water.
Leo also noticed Minghui's predicament. He wanted to come to the rescue, but was tightly entangled by the Gillas brothers, and was even sent flying by a tail-whip from Black Gillas while distracted.
"Damn it!"
The surging seawater was getting closer and closer to the crowd, and it was already too late for people to run. Many began to tremble with fear, that terror and helplessness solidifying into something tangible, constantly battering Minghui's mind.
The woman's gaze, which had lit up upon seeing Minghui's Ultra Body, slowly dimmed, gradually swallowed by despair, yet she still held her child tightly in her arms.
Sakurako, held in her arms, quietly looked at the figure who appeared so immensely tall yet currently seemed somewhat battered, trying desperately to block more of the seawater.
Her eyes held no despair; instead, filled with expectation, she said silently yet with utmost clarity, "Thank you, Mr. Ultraman."
"Rumble~"
A massive volume of seawater swept past with heaven-shattering momentum, bending trees and collapsing houses in its wake.
Right ahead of it were the mother and daughter locked in a tight embrace.
"How can this... Hah!"
Powerful energy surged within Minghui's body. Under the violent fluctuations of his emotions, this energy burst outward like a great net, firmly trapping the surging seawater.
As if hit by a pause button, the seawater that had been unstoppable the previous instant all halted right where it was.
Looking at the seawater hovering in the air less than half a meter in front of her, the woman stood in a daze.
Sakurako was not frightened at all; instead, she reached out a small hand, wanting to grab a small fish trapped and immobile within the water.
"Hah!"
With a roar from Minghui, the next moment, as if time were flowing backward, all the seawater began to recede—from the shore back to the coast, and from the coast back into the sea—until finally, gathering in one place, it slammed fiercely into the Gillas brothers, sending the two beasts—who were about to combine for the Gillas Spin—flying through the air.
"Ha... ha..."
His chest heaved violently. With that single move, Minghui felt as though nearly half of his entire strength had been drained away, but the results were stellar, instantly resolving his predicament.
Ultra Telekinesis, was it...?
Yet this was merely an ability he had unleashed unintentionally in a moment of desperation. Wanting to use it again right now, he could no longer find that exact feeling.
"Hah!"
Minghui waved to the crowd behind him, gesturing for them to evacuate quickly.
If another tsunami came, he could not guarantee he would be able to push it back again.
Having finished all this, Minghui turned his head to look at the battlefield between Leo and the Gillas brothers.
The three of them were locked in combat once more. Because Minghui had just controlled the seawater to knock the Gillas brothers away, their intention to execute the Gillas Spin had fallen through, leaving the two brothers rather angry and continuously launching destructive beams at Leo.
Leo shifted his body, dodging the attacks with several consecutive backflips.
"Maybe I can do it?"
Clenching his fists and feeling the powerful energy within his body, a bold idea suddenly popped into Minghui's mind.
With Alien Magma absent right now, if he teamed up with Leo, they might just be able to defeat the Gillas brothers.
"Hah!"
With a roar, Minghui charged toward Red Gillas, whose body was entirely red.
Seeing the newly emerged Ultra Warrior charging right at him, Red Gillas was startled. Then, gathering energy in the horn on its head, it tried to fire a destructive beam at him.
The red beam struck squarely on the chest armor of Minghui's chest, sparking a cascade of lights. Minghui let out a cry of pain as his body flew backward, crashing down onto the shore of Kuroshio Island.
Red Gillas tilted its head: ?
"This idea was way too bold..."
Lying flat on the shore, Minghui wept tears of regret in his heart.