People in Ultraman: Beginning Plunder and Fusion

Chapter 72 King's Bridge 2

"Yoko, Duolue, how are things going on your end?" Hebikura contacted Yoko and Duolue simultaneously.

The two of them opened the car door and got out. They had just arrived at their destination and were handing over the superionization box. Yoko was holding the box, and Doroki accompanied her.

"It's up to you now," Hebikura said before hanging up.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Tongxian Research Institute and saw a person dressed as a researcher walking ahead of them.

Yoko and Duolue exchanged a glance and nodded, indicating that everything was proceeding according to plan.

They knew that this superionized box was crucial to the research and had to be safely handed over to the actual researchers.

Duolue immediately recognized that it was Kaburagi posing as a researcher; he was trying to trick Yoko into handing over the box under the guise of a researcher.

After all, Duolue had seen the original storyline.

The first thing he did after getting the box was to open it and release the plasma to attract King Joe, who had recently been holding a fake medal.

Yoko walked over and greeted the researcher who was bowing his head, saying, "Hello, we are Yoko Nakajima and Duolue from the Armory."

Just as Yoko was about to hand over her hand, unexpectedly, Duolue grabbed it and said, "This man in front of us is suspicious. We can't trust him. He's the one who used to control the robots to kidnap me."

"What?" Yoko was terrified. After realizing what had happened, she backed away and moved a distance away.

At that moment, Kabura looked up and, upon hearing what Dulu said, was so surprised that he quickly ran away. He wanted to kill Dulu, but then he remembered that he had been defeated even after transforming into the Five Emperors. Unfortunately, he couldn't do it.

Yoko saw Kaburagi run away, and then noticed that Duolue next to her wasn't giving chase. She asked, "Duolue, why didn't you chase after him and take him down?"

Duo Lue casually replied, "Ever since I was easily rescued by Ultraman Tiga when I was kidnapped, coupled with my strong physique and the cruel lessons I learned..."

He was so scared when he saw me that he ran away. Besides, I had already taught him a lesson when I was rescued from my kidnapping. Therefore, I forgave him.

After Kaburagi escaped, Yoko and Doroki handed the box to the real researcher. Just as they were about to leave, Doroki reported to Yoko.

"Yoko, I need to use the restroom. Wait for me for a moment, I'll be back in three minutes." With that, Duolue hurriedly ran towards the restroom, leaving Yoko waiting quietly by the car door.

Duolue entered the toilet, and as long as he avoided Yoko's gaze, he used his invisibility ability, which he had previously obtained from Nelonga, to secretly teleport in and open the box that the researcher had just placed.

The toilet door closed softly, shutting out the outside world. Duolue took a deep breath, focused his mind, and used the invisibility ability he had acquired from Nelonga.

His body gradually became transparent until it completely disappeared into the air.

He carefully opened the toilet door, making sure Yoko didn't see him, and then quickly moved towards the direction where the researcher had placed the box.

The box was placed on a lab bench, and no one was around. Duo Lue approached the box and gently opened it.

In the original storyline, Kaburagi opened the box, but this time it was Takuro who opened it himself.

At this moment, the researcher looked surprised: "Strange, there's no one else here? How did the box open by itself? Oh well, never mind."

Duolue teleported back to the toilet, deactivated his invisibility, and walked out of the toilet to meet up with Yoko. He lied and said, "Yoko, I just saw the researcher open the box to check it in the end. The plasma signal must have spread out and been sensed by the monster."

Yoko was startled when she heard this and contacted Hebikura and the other two to come over as well.

Hebikura ordered Haruki to drive the Undam to the location, while Hebikura and Yuka returned to the armory by car without helping.

The broadcast announced: "A local flying object is approaching. Ground staff are requested to immediately proceed to air-raid shelters for refuge."

Sunlight streamed through the thick clouds, but a powerful earthquake shattered the tranquility of Tongxian Research Institute. King Gyoza descended from the sky, its target the three medals belonging to Tongxian Research Institute.

Yoko looked at the towering King George Bridge ahead, afraid to contact the people in Hebikura, and said fearfully, "That's it, the robots have tracked us down here."

King Joe fired a destructive ray at the building where the medals were kept. The building was destroyed by the ray, but the medals stored there remained intact.

"Ah!" Yoko was almost hit by the destroyed building next to her. Duolue quickly used the weakest ordinary Tiga card to control her with his mind, then rushed over and rescued Yoko in a princess carry, forcibly severing the connection.

Immediately afterwards, two enormous figures appeared here; they were Ultraman Tiga and King Joe.

Now is not the time for the plunderer to send out his monster generals.

"Yoko-senpai! Yoko-senpai!" When Haruki ran towards Uyingdam, his face looked unwell, and he seemed very anxious.

However, he also remembered that he was going with Yoko, so Haruki obediently drove the Undying to the location.

Using his mind control, Ultraman Tiga jumped up and kicked King Joe away to prevent King Joe from bullying Yoko, an ordinary person.

Duolue looked at the ordinary Tiga he controlled with his mind, then at Yoko whom he was holding in his arms. His tone was gentle, and the air seemed to freeze as he said, "It's dangerous here. Boss Tiga has appeared. Let's leave quickly!"

Yoko, her face flushed after being snatched away in the princess carry, said, "Okay, let's leave quickly."

Duolue quickly left with Yoko in his arms, leaving only King Joe and the regular Ultraman Tiga on the field.

Ultraman Tiga and King Joe slowly walked around half a circle, both assuming their fighting stances.

The battle is about to break out.

Ultraman Tiga switched to his powerful form and launched the first attack. He quickly raised his right leg and kicked King Joe hard.

King Joe nimbly dodged, then retaliated with a backhand strike, knocking Ultraman Tiga back. The two warriors then engaged in a fierce battle.

Ultraman Tiga skillfully dodged King Joe's attacks, and at the same time seized the opportunity to swing his powerful fist and strike King Joe's abdomen.

Unfortunately, Tiga's Power Type seemed to have no effect on the sturdy King Joe, who kicked it away with his own legs.

Tiga teleported back to his original location, switched to his composite form, took out his weapon Zeta Spear from the system's storage space, and fired an ice arrow to temporarily freeze King Joe.

Because Duolue knew that King Joe's defenses were very strong, and ordinary light could not harm him.

Soon after, King Joe broke through the ice, and the first thing he did was to fire a destructive beam at Ultraman Tiga.

Just then, Haruki piloted Windom and landed in front of Tiga, greeting him and shouting, "Master Tiga, I'm here! I see you're about to be hit by the Destruction Beam in your weakest normal form, so are you testing me? Here I come."

Unexpectedly, King Joe's destructive beam struck Uindam, who had just landed.

After the destructive ray ended, Windom lost its action time before even engaging in combat. They arrived in good health, but there's no going back.

Looking at the scene before him, Duolue couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

In a safe place some distance away, Yoko turned around and looked at Windom in the distance, asking with concern, "Yoki, you idiot, does someone of Ultraman Tiga's caliber need protection?"

Haruki took out the Zeta Riser from the cockpit and pressed the button to enter the portal.

Yaohui took the identity card that had appeared out of thin air and put it into the Ascension Device.

The sublimator's voice: "Yaohui, access granted."

"Transform at will, mysterious light, Tiga-senpai, Dyna-senpai, Gaia-senpai." Haruki placed it into the Riser and spun it.

The voice of the sublimator: "Tiga, Dyna, Gaia."

"Oh!" Yaohui got into position.

"Say my name, Ultraman Zeta!" Zeta appeared out of thin air with his arms outstretched.

"Ultraman Zeta!" Haruki shouted, raising the Riser and pressing the button.

Ultraman Zeta, Gamma Future.

Duolue moved a little closer and comforted him, "It's alright. Based on past experience, Yaohui will be fine."

Duolue pointed at Ultraman Zeta and said to Yoko, "Look! Ultraman Zeta has also revealed his third form."

Duolue, controlling Tiga with his mind, looked at Zeta and said, "It's Haruki's turn to show you how strong you've become."

Seeing that he was no match for King Joe, he fired an absorption beam to pull the intact medals from the ruined building in an attempt to escape.

Duolue's words of comfort eased Yoko's mind a little. She knew that Duolue's words were not unfounded; Haruki did indeed possess incredible resilience and combat intelligence.

She turned her head and looked at Ultraman Zeta's third form, feeling proud of Haruki.

Ultraman Zeta's third form is powerful and mysterious. His body is surrounded by beams of light, making him appear even more majestic and inviolable.

Duolue, controlling Tiga with his mind, looked at Zeta and said, "It's Haruki's turn to show you how strong you've become."

Seeing that he was no match for King Joe, he fired an absorption beam to pull the intact medals from the ruined building in an attempt to escape.

King Joe didn't intend to take responsibility for his act of immediately launching a destructive ray to destroy buildings. Instead, he pulled up his pants and ran away—no, he should be called taking the medal and running away.

Unexpectedly, Zeta saw that the medal floating towards the Golden Bridge was in danger, so he decided to run ahead and grab it with his hand.

Haruki looked at the medals, and Zeta told him they were the medals of Cosmos, Nexus, and Mebius.

Zeta launched an attack.

"Gamma Freeze." Zeta stretched out his arms to use the skill.

He froze King Joe once again. Why once again? Because not long ago, he had used his mind to control Ultraman Tiga and freeze him once with the Zeta Spear.

"Gamma Illusion." Zeta snapped his fingers with his right hand to activate the skill.

King Joe had been frozen once in the previous battle by Ultraman Tiga, who was controlled by his mind, using the Zeta Spear, but its powerful force allowed it to break free of the ice and continue fighting.

However, this time, Ultraman Zeta is prepared to use his powerful skill "Gamma Illusion" to completely eliminate this threat.

Ultraman Zeta snapped his fingers, and powerful energy began to gather around his body.

These energies formed shimmering points of light in the air, gradually coalescing into a dazzling beam of light.

With Ultraman Zeta's will, the surrounding air began to fluctuate, the light distorted around his body, and a passage seemed to open in space.

Immediately afterwards, the illusions of Ultraman Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia emerged one by one from this distorted space.

Although these illusions are not physical entities, they look just like real Ultraman, radiating a powerful aura.

The encounter between the real Tiga and the illusion of Tiga resulted in nothing happening.

Duolue said to Yoko next to him, "Look, Zeta's fourth form even borrowed the power of Tiga! Zeta is finally not a rookie anymore."

The illusions of Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia will each assume their own battle stances, ready to unleash their signature moves.

At a command, these illusions will simultaneously unleash their beam attacks, such as Tiga's Zepellion Ray, Dyna's Solgent Ray, and Gaia's Photon Ice Blade.

After all, no matter how thick-skinned King Joe is, he can't possibly withstand the attack of four beams of light at the same time.

King Joe was defeated and turned into wreckage. Zeta and Tiga flew into the sky together and deactivated their transformation. Tiga disappeared and turned back into a card, automatically entering the system card space of the Plunder.

After leaving Uyingdam, Yaohui met up with Yoko and Duolue and returned to the armory together.

It seems like something's been forgotten? The arsenal shrouded in the virtual data domain hasn't been retrieved yet. While taking a break to use the restroom, Duolue opened the system card space, took out the Mechanical Tiga card, transformed into a miniaturized form, and retrieved the virtual data.

Suddenly, a pop-up window appeared in his Waste Card Fusion System, as if it had something to say to Duolue.

"Ding! This system has been upgraded. From now on, when the host uses someone else's transformation device, if the transformation material is not a card but a medal, crystal, capsule, key, bracelet, or doll, the cards in the system's card space can switch forms to become the corresponding transformation material. You can directly use any card you want to transform or summon without needing to open the system's card space."

The system also realized a few things, saying, "Also, the system's storage space and card space have been merged into the system space. If you want to put something in or take something out, the items will enter and leave the storage space out of thin air."

Your spacetime tunnel has transformed into a blue, circular spacetime portal, no longer connected to the wormhole; it is now independent. It still retains the ability to freely enter other people's alternate dimensions, transform into different dimensions, and explore within their bodies. Energy absorption or reflection and the vortex space are still connected through the wormhole.

"Also, I've helped upgrade your plundering ability. Even if the host kills someone and leaves nothing but ashes, you can still plunder them and turn them into cards, except for ordinary people."

Duolue thanked him, saying, "That makes it very convenient to use."

Because King Joe was a very good mechanical monster, the Armory decided to recycle King Joe's wreckage and modify it into Robot No. 3.

Suddenly, an alien emerged from the rubble of King Joe.

He had bluish-green stripes on his arms, shoulders, and waist, and swirling stripes on his palms; the rest of his body was bluish-gray.