Chapter 200: Chapter 199: GAIA!!
Chapter 199: GAIA!!
"What are you doing here?"
Saber Alter looked at Artoria with a face full of disgust, making her feel extremely unwelcome.
"Does my presence here have anything to do with you? You rice worm freeloading in someone else’s house. Do you really think you’re the master?" Artoria retorted, tit-for-tat. After being in the chat group for so long, even if she hadn’t been completely corrupted into an abstract being, she had undergone some baptisms. Her tongue had become a bit more poisonous.
"Heh. Artoria, you’ve really learned to talk back now," Saber Alter sneered. This version of the King of Knights was rather interesting, not so stiff and boring. However, that didn’t stop her from disliking Artoria.
Their faces were identical. Their gazes clashed in the air, seemingly about to strike sparks. It was a stalemate. It was very common to not get along with oneself. Just look at Archer and Shirou Emiya.
"Father asks you to come visit the Hoshimi family when you have time," Hoshimi Miyabi said, her face expressionless.
Kenji was taken aback. Go see my father-in-law? A little interesting. Ruan Mei and Elysia didn’t have fathers, but Miyabi did. He would have to dye his hair blonde and ride his flashy custom bike, parking it right at the Hoshimi family’s front door. Old man, is it safe to park my bike at your gate?
"What was your father’s expression?"
Kenji was a little curious. Mrs. Hoshimi must have said something. But for any father, seeing some punk elope with his precious daughter... he would probably be upset, right?
"I don’t know. When my mother returned and heard from my father that he rarely had time to spend with me in the early years because of political affairs, she made him kneel on a washboard," Miyabi shook her head.
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A question mark appeared above Kenji’s head. Kneeling on a washboard? What kind of move is that? Mr. Souichiro, is your status in the family that low?
"My mother asked about family matters over the years. When she heard that... she made him kneel on the washboard."
The Hoshimi family was a well-known martial family in New Eridu. There were all sorts of social obligations and banquets to attend, so Souichiro hadn’t had much time to spend with his daughter at the beginning.
Kenji understood. This was collateral damage. Miyabi probably didn’t resent it, but Mrs. Hoshimi certainly did, so she gave him a little punishment. And for Souichiro, seeing his wife return, he would certainly be happy to kneel on a washboard; he wouldn’t feel wronged at all. Who knows if he had ever knelt on one before. If he had, this would be a nice trip down memory lane.
"Did Seiya not come?"
Kenji looked around but didn’t see the Cautious Hero. That was reasonable. With his level of caution, he would definitely feel that another world was too dangerous and would have imagined countless ways it could harm him. He was probably training right now. He had signed in and gotten a Limit Break; his max level was no longer LV99, but LV999.
"He didn’t come. He rarely pops up in the group chat," Stelle said. She had never seen such a cautious person. He was in the late stages of persecution paranoia. He was incurable.
"It’s normal. After experiencing that kind of thing in his past life, caution has been carved into his soul," Furina said. His wife, child, and companions had all died. It was truly too desperate and painful. If he could have exchanged his one life to take the Demon Lord down with him at that time, Seiya probably would have done it without hesitation. At that moment, Seiya must have hated his own powerlessness, the fact that he couldn’t do anything.
"An adventure in another world! Is that a dinosaur?"
Jade Chan looked left and right, her curiosity overflowing. To actually be able to see dinosaurs that were extinct on Earth, and dinosaurs with volcanoes on their backs at that.
"A super giant barbecue grill! This is just... too cool!"
Jade looked up, her watery eyes going wide. She had never seen such a massive barbecue grill. Even a single grate was bigger than any grill she had ever seen.
"Most worlds wouldn’t be able to achieve this level of barbecue," Tony Stark said seriously. The main issue was that the area it covered was just too large. Forget a few people; even dozens of people couldn’t eat that much.
"If you threw a Sea King onto this grill, there would probably still be room to spare," Kizaru said, rubbing his chin, his mind comparing a Sea King to the barbecue grill.
"I have a question... how are we supposed to cook this?" Erina asked, her jaw dropping. How do you brush on the seasoning? How do you flip it?
How do we cook this...
Kenji looked at Daigo and Gamu. In the movie, they had used airplanes to spray the seasoning, but now, there was another way.
"You’re not going to ask us, are you?" Daigo and Gamu asked, pointing at themselves.
"That’s right. It’s just as you think," Kenji nodded.
Daigo and Gamu looked at each other. It seemed it was up to them.
They each took out their Sparklence and Esplender.
"GA—IA—!!"
Daigo was already preparing to raise his Sparklence to transform into Tiga, but he was interrupted by a sudden, ear-splitting roar from Gamu next to him, like the lion’s roar of the east. It scared him so much he almost dropped his Sparklence.
What the hell? Do you have to shout that loud to transform? He could even hear Gamu’s voice crack. Does shouting with more spirit make you stronger?
Kenji nodded. Yes, that’s the feeling. That’s the taste. So spirited. The atmosphere here is much more intense now. My youth has returned. This is much better.
BOOM!
Gaia made his shining debut. The moment he landed, a giant cloud of dust was kicked up, nearly covering the entire dozens-of-meters-tall Ultraman Gaia.
A perfect landing!
Although this wasn’t his home Earth, with the chat group, resonating with the ground was no problem. A Gaia that lands softly has no soul.
"Cough, cough!"
...
The spreading dust cloud made everyone unavoidably choke, leaving them a bit disheveled.
"Good heavens. He really is the Earth Wrecker."
Tsukasa marveled. Who ever heard of a warrior who protects the Earth, only to first launch an attack on Mother Earth the moment he appears?
The other group members nodded in agreement. The Earth Wrecker was confirmed.
"So this is a Giant of Light from another world?" Hikari watched Gaia with interest. A light that was not quite the same as that of the Land of Light. When I get back, I should use Gaia’s light to make a medal.
Daigo looked at his Sparklence. It was better to be a little more low-key.
Tiga appeared, standing directly on the ground, without any commotion at all.
With Gaia’s brilliant pearl as a comparison, Tiga’s transformation seemed bland and tasteless, with no special features.
"Although I’m not an Ultraman, Tiga’s aesthetic is very cool," Madara Uchiha acknowledged Tiga’s visual design.
Kenji also agreed. Coolness was a feeling, and it was written into Tiga’s very settings.
"Hikari, how does Tiga’s aesthetic rank in the Land of Light?" Kenji asked.
"Hmm... very good. If Tiga came to the Land of Light, many female Ultras would be interested in him. This model is truly impeccable," Hikari evaluated. "Whether it’s the head shape or the body’s color scheme, it’s all just right, giving one a sense of perfect and coordinated beauty. Among Ultramen, he is definitely a handsome man, without a doubt. He can rank in the top three."
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