"That's... another giant?"
Gen Narumi holding his oversized gun-blade raised his head. Saw that blue giant. Eyes wide.
A giant from outer space—another one appeared?
"Eh? Natsuki-sensei?" Kaiju Kafka's gaze kept switching between the blue giant and Natsuki. Head full of question marks.
Natsuki-sensei clearly hasn't transformed. Why did a giant appear?
"A blue... giant." Captain Igarashi looked at the giant. Brow furrowed.
This was his first time seeing a Giant of Light with his own eyes. He didn't know why the other appeared here...
But from first impression alone, he could sense the other's gentleness. As if arriving to save.
"What is that?"
"A Kaiju? Looks... not quite."
"Why would such a giant appear?"
Citizens in transport vehicles saw from afar the figure standing in the city. Full of confusion.
The second wave of Kaiju emerging from the sinkhole also included withered tree-like slender giants. They didn't know if there was any connection.
But regarding appearance, they leaned toward this blue giant standing on humanity's side. A completely baseless intuition.
"Arrived quite fast, Ultraman Cosmos."
Natsuki looked at Cosmos. Smiled. Looks like this battle doesn't need my intervention.
The giant under sunlight—at this moment appeared especially sacred.
The massive Kaiju surging from the sinkhole couldn't make him panic in the slightest. Bright eyes filled with compassion.
"Uuuu—"
The withered tree-like giants landed in the city. As if lacking self-awareness, stiffly twisted their necks and heads. Looked at the blue giant. Released dull, decayed cries. Started walking.
Facing them, the blue giant didn't immediately attack.
Instead mobilized energy within his body. Waved his arms. Converted it into light waves filled with purification energy. Released from between his palms. Shot toward the sky.
A rain filled with light scattered across this entire city area.
Those ant-type Kaiju surging from underground contacted this light. All froze. Abnormal energy within their bodies was purified and expelled under this light's effect.
Massive bodies underwent drastic changes. Those twisted flesh masses all retracted. Fierce appearances gradually became no different from normal ants. Body size also returned to normal.
A Kaiju wave capable of causing tens of thousands of deaths—just like that, resolved by the blue giant. They all reverted to their appearance before being affected by underground fault energy.
"This is..."
"So warm..."
Some citizens at the edges also touched this light. Watching gentle light particles dissipate in their palms, they became completely calm. Felt warmth from their souls.
"How is this possible... such an ability exists in the world..." Usually hot-tempered Captain Igarashi bathed in this light. Discovered irritation in his heart swept away at once. His entire state relaxed.
This phenomenon was too miraculous. Completely unexplainable by science.
"Am I... crying?" Kaiju Kafka suddenly discovered tears streaming from his eyes. Heart full of confusion.
I don't have any emotion wanting to cry. My heart is very calm. Why is this happening?
Soon, he discovered this special emotion's source—his heart's core. It was producing emotional fluctuations.
The Kaiju coexisting with him, experiencing this purification energy, seemed to recall some past events.
"These ants turned into Kaiju are easier to handle."
"But those Kaiju without self-awareness can't be purified?" Natsuki watched the withered tree giants continuing forward beside Cosmos. Realized this point.
The enemy created two types of Kaiju.
One type used Earth creatures plus special energy to form Kaiju. The other used special energy plus inorganic matter to create weapons.
Forcibly purifying them to dissipation—Cosmos could completely do it.
But right now, clearly a more efficient solution existed.
"Uuuu—"
These withered tree giants, after approaching Cosmos, suddenly accelerated... One even stomped the ground with a THUD and lunged at Cosmos.
Over fifty meters tall—slightly taller than Cosmos. The lunging pressure was immense.
To this, Cosmos's feet moved back a step. Body shifted position. Simultaneously extended his hand. The instant the other lunged, grabbed the other's body. Borrowed force while applying force!
THUD!!
Directly planted the first lunging withered tree giant into the ground. The ground transmitted a tremor.
Next, to another withered tree giant clawing over, extended his hand again. One palm like a swimming serpent controlled the other's exerting arm. Then smoothly struck with the other palm!
BOOM!!
The blue palm rubbed through air. Formed a sonic boom. Powerful force entirely transmitted into this withered tree giant. Not a bit spilled to damage surrounding buildings.
Could only see a shockwave-formed air blast form in the air behind this withered tree giant's back. Then the entire withered tree giant exploded!
Debris scattered everywhere.
Whether possessed power or power control—Cosmos had already reached absolute expert standards.
Facing the remaining dozens of withered tree giants, Cosmos didn't continue close combat. Instead mobilized vast energy within his body. Condensed it in his right hand.
Blue light burst from his palm in rings. Expanded to envelop all withered tree giants before him. Fixed some in place, some midair.
Then stepped forward.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!
Afterimages separated from his body. Rapidly solidified. Rushed in all directions. Came before each withered tree giant. Separately launched attacks. Shattered all these withered tree giants into sky-filling fragments.
An attack that would cause at least tens of thousands of deaths—just like that, easily resolved by the blue giant.
Under countless people's incomprehensible gazes—
This giant flew toward the cracked sinkhole at Shibuya's center.
Palms together aimed at the disaster-stricken ground below. Rainbow-colored light condensed between his palms. Slowly expanded and scattered toward the ground.
"What... what..."
"That giant—could he really be a god?" Captain Igarashi watched destroyed buildings rise from the ground and restore to original state. Even the massive central sinkhole became a flat street. Felt his scalp tingle.
This event, for him, for anyone seeing this scene—was a violent shock to their worldview.
For these people in constant contact with Kaiju, this scene could completely be called a miracle!
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